The People's Alliance (PA) government Kumaratunga had led for six years was facing increasing criticism on two fronts: a series of military defeats at the hands of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in the country's civil war, and the faltering performance of the economy.
The elections were marred by violence. Seventy people were killed during the campaign, including six on election day itself. [1]. Both the UNP and SLMC parties accused the PA of election fraud and intimidation.
As was the case for most elections since 1983, few ballots were cast in LTTE-held parts of the country.
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Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on 10 October 2000 2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election 1994 10 October 2000 2001 outgoing memberselected members All 225 seats in the Parliament of Sri Lanka 113 seats were needed for a majorityTurnout75 63 First party Second party Third party Leader Chandrika Kumaratunga Ranil Wickremesinghe Somawansa AmarasingheParty PA UNP JVPLeader since 1994 1994 1990Leader s seat n a Colombo District n aLast election 48 94 105 seats 44 04 94 seats 1 13 1 seatSeats won 107 89 10Seat change 2 5 9Popular vote 3 900 901 3 477 770 518 774Percentage 45 11 40 22 6 00 Swing 3 83 3 82 4 87 Winners of polling divisions PA in blue and UNP in green Prime Minister before electionRatnasiri WickremanayakePeople s Alliance Prime Minister designate Ratnasiri WickremanayakePeople s AllianceThe People s Alliance PA government Kumaratunga had led for six years was facing increasing criticism on two fronts a series of military defeats at the hands of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in the country s civil war and the faltering performance of the economy The elections were marred by violence Seventy people were killed during the campaign including six on election day itself 1 Both the UNP and SLMC parties accused the PA of election fraud and intimidation As was the case for most elections since 1983 few ballots were cast in LTTE held parts of the country Contents 1 Results 1 1 By province 1 2 By electoral district 1 3 Elected members 2 Notes 3 ReferencesResults EditThe PA remained in office but had problems to form a majority The resulting deadlock led to the 2001 election PartyVotes SeatsDistrictNationalTotalPeople s Alliance a 3 900 90145 119413107United National Party b 3 477 77040 22771289Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna518 7746 008210National Unity Alliance c 197 9832 29314Sinhala Heritage127 8631 48011Tamil United Liberation Front106 0331 23505Eelam People s Democratic Party50 8900 59404New Left Front32 2750 37000All Ceylon Tamil Congress27 3230 32101Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization26 1120 30303Ceylon Workers Congress23 0130 27000Democratic People s Liberation Front20 8480 24000Puravesi Peramuna20 0060 23000Left and Democratic Alliance9 7310 11000Motherland People s Party7 2930 08000National Union of Workers5 7370 07000The Liberal Party5 1880 06000Democratic United National Front4 4050 05000United Lalith Front4 0480 05000Eksath Sinhala Maha Sabha3 9270 05000Muslim United Liberation Front2 5750 03000National People s Party1 5420 02000Sri Lanka Muslim Katchi1 2870 01000Bahujana Nidahas Peramuna1 2420 01000Sri Lanka Progressive Front1 1360 01000People s Liberation Solidarity Front8120 01000Jathinka Sangwardhena Peramuna7690 01000Ruhuna Janatha Party6580 01000Socialist Equality Party3890 00000Independents67 1380 78101Total8 647 668100 0019629225Valid votes8 647 66894 73Invalid blank votes481 1555 27Total votes9 128 823100 00Registered voters turnout12 071 06275 63Source Election CommissionBy province Edit Main article Results of the 2000 Sri Lankan general election by province By electoral district Edit Main article Results of the 2000 Sri Lankan general election by electoral district Elected members Edit Main article 11th Sri Lankan ParliamentNotes Edit Consisting of the Ceylon Workers Congress in Kurunegala Nuwara Eliya and Ratnapura only the Communist Party of Sri Lanka the Desha Vimukthi Janatha Party the Lanka Sama Samaja Party Mahajana Eksath Peramuna the Sri Lanka Freedom Party Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya and the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress in Ampara and Trincomalee only Including the Democratic Workers Congress the National Workers Congress and the Up Country People s Front Including the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress in all districts except Ampara and Trincomalee References Edit Parliamentary General Election 2000 All Island Result Composition of Parliament Department of Elections Sri Lanka Archived from the original on 26 August 2010 Parliamentary General Election 2000 All Island Result Department of Elections Sri Lanka Archived from the original on 19 December 2012 Parliamentary General Election 10 10 2000 Final District Results Department of Elections Sri Lanka Archived from the original on 5 August 2012 General Election 2000 Preferences PDF Department of Elections Sri Lanka Archived from the original PDF on 26 August 2010 2000 General Election Results LankaNewspapers com Table 41 Parliament Election Electoral District 2000 Sri Lanka Statistics 10 February 2009 Archived from the original on 9 October 2011 Retrieved 3 October 2010 Sri Lanka Parliamentary Chamber Parliament Elections Held in 2000 Inter Parliamentary Union 2000 Parliamentary General Election Manthree com REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OF 12 OCTOBER 2000 Psephos Adam Carr s Election Archive REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OF 12 OCTOBER 2000 Psephos Adam Carr s Election Archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election amp 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