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Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on 10 October 2000.
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. . 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.
Results
The PA remained in office but had problems to form a majority. The resulting deadlock led to the 2001 election.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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| District | National | Total | ||||||
| People's Alliance[lower-alpha 1] | 3,900,901 | 45.11 | 94 | 13 | 107 | |||
| United National Party[lower-alpha 2] | 3,477,770 | 40.22 | 77 | 12 | 89 | |||
| Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 518,774 | 6.00 | 8 | 2 | 10 | |||
| National Unity Alliance[lower-alpha 3] | 197,983 | 2.29 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Sinhala Heritage | 127,863 | 1.48 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Tamil United Liberation Front | 106,033 | 1.23 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Eelam People's Democratic Party | 50,890 | 0.59 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
| New Left Front | 32,275 | 0.37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| All Ceylon Tamil Congress | 27,323 | 0.32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization | 26,112 | 0.30 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Ceylon Workers' Congress | 23,013 | 0.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Democratic People's Liberation Front | 20,848 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Puravesi Peramuna | 20,006 | 0.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Left and Democratic Alliance | 9,731 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Motherland People's Party | 7,293 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National Union of Workers | 5,737 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| The Liberal Party | 5,188 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Democratic United National Front | 4,405 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| United Lalith Front | 4,048 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eksath Sinhala Maha Sabha | 3,927 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Muslim United Liberation Front | 2,575 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National People's Party | 1,542 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sri Lanka Muslim Katchi | 1,287 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bahujana Nidahas Peramuna | 1,242 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 1,136 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| People's Liberation Solidarity Front | 812 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jathinka Sangwardhena Peramuna | 769 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ruhuna Janatha Party | 658 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Socialist Equality Party | 389 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Independents | 67,138 | 0.78 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Total | 8,647,668 | 100.00 | 196 | 29 | 225 | |||
| Valid votes | 8,647,668 | 94.73 | ||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 481,155 | 5.27 | ||||||
| Total votes | 9,128,823 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 12,071,062 | 75.63 | ||||||
| Source: Election Commission | ||||||||
By province
By electoral district
Elected members
Notes
- ↑ 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
- "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.
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