133:
126:
338:
1564:
30:
323:
315:
307:
266:
258:
250:
140:
1780:
1775:
1288:
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1876:
1871:
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1846:
1841:
1836:
1831:
1277:
1530:
1795:
418:(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
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1945:
1770:
1552:
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1805:
1800:
1790:
1785:
1687:
1657:
1652:
1647:
1642:
1692:
1901:
1449:
1437:
1560:
1475:
756:
1752:
1747:
1742:
1737:
1732:
1727:
1717:
1712:
1707:
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429:
The elections were marred by violence. Seventy people were killed during the campaign, including six on election day itself.
54:
44:
1702:
1697:
1682:
1677:
1672:
1667:
1662:
1624:
1619:
1614:
1609:
1604:
1599:
1594:
1589:
1584:
848:
1965:
1815:
1142:
1413:
1924:
708:
1545:
636:
1425:
894:
494:
419:
415:
391:
373:
170:
1955:
1906:
1896:
1891:
1886:
1861:
1371:
1322:
1263:
1396:
1358:
1538:
612:
1523:
1375:
1330:
1326:
824:
74:
69:
1515:
1346:
1318:
732:
380:
362:
1467:
447:
As was the case for most elections since 1983, few ballots were cast in LTTE-held parts of the country.
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207:
132:
1499:
1392:
1388:
1354:
1350:
1052:
1028:
684:
542:
437:
180:
1338:
387:
369:
455:
The PA remained in office but had problems to form a majority. The resulting deadlock led to the
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1342:
1334:
566:
86:
1576:
1568:
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125:
660:
518:
433:
175:
160:
150:
430:
423:
155:
8:
1456:
337:
1495:
1479:
1417:
1414:"Parliamentary General Election 2000 – All Island Result Composition of Parliament"
1507:
1429:
441:
1939:
1563:
1289:
Results of the 2000 Sri Lankan general election by electoral district
408:
1496:"Sri Lanka Parliamentary Chamber: Parliament Elections Held in 2000"
1438:"Parliamentary General Election 10.10.2000 – Final District Results"
1524:"REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OF 12 OCTOBER 2000"
1516:"REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OF 12 OCTOBER 2000"
1278:
Results of the 2000 Sri Lankan general election by province
139:
1476:"Table 41 Parliament Election (Electoral District) (2000)"
1426:"Parliamentary General Election 2000 – All Island Result"
1478:. Sri Lanka Statistics. 10 February 2009. Archived from
1455:. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from
1440:. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from
1428:. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from
1416:. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from
466:
1937:
426:, and the faltering performance of the economy.
357:
1546:
1553:
1539:
1526:. Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive.
1518:. Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive.
1374:, the National Workers' Congress and the
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1508:"2000 - Parliamentary General Election"
1946:2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
1938:
1569:Elections and referendums in Sri Lanka
22:2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
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1248:
1235:
1222:
1209:
475:
472:
469:
1951:Parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka
1076:People's Liberation Solidarity Front
757:Democratic People's Liberation Front
342:Winners of polling divisions. PA in
90:113 seats were needed for a majority
1450:"General Election 2000 Preferences"
709:Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization
13:
1293:
14:
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895:Democratic United National Front
420:Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
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1468:"2000 General Election Results"
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1271:
1098:Jathinka Sangwardhena Peramuna
962:Muslim United Liberation Front
1:
1406:
613:Tamil United Liberation Front
1372:Democratic Workers' Congress
1331:Desha Vimukthi Janatha Party
1327:Communist Party of Sri Lanka
802:Left and Democratic Alliance
7:
1966:October 2000 events in Asia
1347:Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya
1053:Sri Lanka Progressive Front
10:
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1300:11th Sri Lankan Parliament
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440:parties accused the PA of
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1500:Inter-Parliamentary Union
1389:Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
1376:Up-Country People's Front
1351:Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
1325:and Ratnapura only), the
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1257:
1249:Registered voters/turnout
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1231:
1218:
1205:
1185:
1029:Bahujana Nidahas Peramuna
940:Eksath Sinhala Maha Sabha
849:National Union of Workers
825:Motherland People's Party
685:All Ceylon Tamil Congress
543:Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
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83:
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38:
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1339:Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
1319:Ceylon Workers' Congress
1304:
1143:Socialist Equality Party
733:Ceylon Workers' Congress
388:Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
370:Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
1343:Sri Lanka Freedom Party
1335:Lanka Sama Samaja Party
1006:Sri Lanka Muslim Katchi
984:National People's Party
567:National Unity Alliance
405:Parliamentary elections
87:Parliament of Sri Lanka
1956:2000 elections in Asia
1470:. LankaNewspapers.com.
1283:By electoral district
519:United National Party
161:Somawansa Amarasinghe
151:Chandrika Kumaratunga
85:All 225 seats in the
1432:on 19 December 2012.
1120:Ruhuna Janatha Party
411:on 10 October 2000.
156:Ranil Wickremesinghe
1264:Election Commission
1223:Invalid/blank votes
918:United Lalith Front
463:
217:Last election
201:Leader's seat
23:
1462:on 26 August 2010.
1420:on 26 August 2010.
1317:Consisting of the
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444:and intimidation.
274:Popular vote
220:48.94%, 105 seats
187:Leader since
21:
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1932:
1482:on 9 October 2011
1444:on 5 August 2012.
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872:The Liberal Party
780:Puravesi Peramuna
495:People's Alliance
422:in the country's
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392:People's Alliance
374:People's Alliance
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245:Seat change
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115:
113:Second party
112:
109:
106:
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101:
97:
93:
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1577:Presidential
1484:. Retrieved
1480:the original
1457:the original
1442:the original
1430:the original
1418:the original
1383:
1366:
1323:Nuwara Eliya
1313:
1166:Independents
454:
446:
432:. Both the
428:
413:
404:
403:
386:
379:
368:
361:
116:Third party
110:First party
49:
18:
1918:Referendums
1397:Trincomalee
1359:Trincomalee
1272:By province
1236:Total votes
1210:Valid votes
346:and UNP in
288:Percentage
1940:Categories
1816:2014 (Sep)
1811:2014 (Mar)
1764:Provincial
1693:1960 (Jul)
1688:1960 (Mar)
1407:References
1252:12,071,062
383:-designate
280:3,477,770
277:3,900,901
1486:3 October
1239:9,128,823
1213:8,647,668
1189:8,647,668
523:3,477,770
499:3,900,901
424:civil war
409:Sri Lanka
1349:and the
1262:Source:
484:National
481:District
283:518,774
16:Election
1796:2008–09
1226:481,155
617:106,033
593:127,863
571:197,983
547:518,774
451:Results
294:40.22%
291:45.11%
147:Leader
121:
107:
95:Turnout
1393:Ampara
1361:only).
1355:Ampara
1341:, the
1333:, the
1329:, the
1242:100.00
1192:100.00
1169:67,138
783:20,006
761:20,848
737:23,013
713:26,112
689:27,323
665:32,275
641:50,890
326:4.87%
318:3.82%
310:3.83%
302:Swing
297:6.00%
167:Party
98:75.63%
1825:Local
1460:(PDF)
1453:(PDF)
1305:Notes
1255:75.63
1216:94.73
1186:Total
1057:1,136
1033:1,242
1009:1,287
987:1,542
965:2,575
943:3,927
921:4,048
899:4,405
875:5,188
853:5,737
829:7,293
805:9,731
526:40.22
502:45.11
487:Total
476:Seats
470:Votes
467:Party
348:green
196:1990
193:1994
190:1994
1925:1982
1908:Next
1902:2019
1897:2018
1892:2011
1887:2009
1882:2008
1877:2006
1872:2003
1867:2002
1862:1998
1857:1997
1852:1994
1847:1991
1842:1983
1837:1981
1832:1977
1806:2013
1801:2012
1791:2004
1786:1999
1781:1994
1776:1993
1771:1988
1754:Next
1748:2020
1743:2015
1738:2010
1733:2004
1728:2001
1723:2000
1718:1994
1713:1989
1708:1977
1703:1970
1698:1965
1683:1956
1678:1952
1673:1947
1668:1936
1663:1931
1658:1924
1653:1921
1648:1917
1643:1911
1625:2024
1620:2019
1615:2015
1610:2010
1605:2005
1600:1999
1595:1994
1590:1988
1585:1982
1488:2010
1395:and
1357:and
1353:(in
1229:5.27
1172:0.78
1150:0.00
1126:0.01
1104:0.01
1082:0.01
1060:0.01
1036:0.01
1012:0.01
990:0.02
968:0.03
946:0.05
924:0.05
902:0.05
878:0.06
856:0.07
832:0.08
808:0.11
786:0.23
764:0.24
740:0.27
716:0.30
692:0.32
668:0.37
644:0.59
620:1.23
596:1.48
574:2.29
550:6.00
438:SLMC
436:and
414:The
344:blue
234:107
212:n/a
204:n/a
55:2001
45:1994
1201:225
1195:196
1147:389
1123:658
1101:769
1079:812
511:107
434:UNP
240:10
237:89
181:JVP
176:UNP
1942::
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1337:,
1198:29
559:10
535:89
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529:77
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505:94
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253:2
171:PA
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