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Background
The elections were called by President Chandrika Kumaratunga for October 24, 2000. Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga (born June 29, 1945) was the 5th President of Sri Lanka and 4th Executive President of Sri Lanka (November 12, 1994 - November 19, 2005). ...
October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ...
This article is about the year 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 Peoples Alliance is the English name of several parties Spain The Peoples Alliance (in Spanish Alianza Popular) was a political party in Spain. ...
Tamil Tigers emblem The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), also known as the Tamil Tigers, is a military and political organization that has waged a violent secessionist campaign against the Sri Lankan Government since the 1970s in order to secure independence for the Tamil portions of Sri Lanka. ...
The ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka is an ongoing conflict between the Government of Sri Lanka and a minority terrorist group consisting of Ethnic Sri Lankan Tamils on the island-nation of Sri Lanka. ...
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 fraud and intimidation. The United National Party (UNP, Sinhalese:(pronounced Eksath Jathika Pakshaya), Tamil: à®à®•à¯à®•à®¿à®¯ தேசியக௠கடà¯à®šà®¿) is a political party in Sri Lanka. ...
The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. ...
As was the case for most elections since 1983, few ballots were cast in LTTE-held parts of the country. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Results The PA remained in office but lost its majority. The resulting deadlock led to the 2001 election. [discuss] – [edit]
Summary of the 2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | | Constituency | Party list | Total | | People's Alliance | 3,900,901 | 45.11 | | | 107 | | United National Party | 3,477,770 | 40.22 | | | 89 | | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 517,774 | 6.00 | | | 10 | | Tamil United Liberation Front | 106,033 | 1.23 | | | 5 | | Eelam People's Democratic Party | 50,890 | 0.59 | | | 4 | | National Unity Alliance | 197,983 | 2.29 | | | 4 | | Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization | 25,216 | | | | 3 | | Sinhala Urumaya | 127,683 | 1.48 | | | 1 | | All Ceylon Tamil Congress | 26,415 | | | | 1 | | Totals | 8,647,668 | 100.00 | 196 | 29 | 225 | |
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