Sri Lanka

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Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on December 6, 2001, just a little over a year after the last elections in October 2000. Flag of the President of Sri Lanka // List of presidents The following is a list of Sri Lankan Presidents. ... Percy Mahendra Mahinda Rajapaksa (born November 18, 1945) is the President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, and a Sri Lankan politician. ... The following is a list of Sri Lankan Prime Ministers: Don Stephen Senanayake (February 4, 1948 - March 26, 1952) Dudley Shelton Senanayake (March 26, 1952 - October 12, 1953) John Lionel Kotalawela (October 12, 1953 - April 12, 1956) Solomon Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike (April 12, 1956 - September 26, 1959) Wijeyananda Dahanayake (September... Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (born on May 5, 1933) is the 14th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka and a veteran politician. ... The Parliament of Sri Lanka is a Unicameral 225-member legislature elected by universal suffrage and proportional representation for a six-year term. ... This article lists political parties in Sri Lanka. ... During the Donoughmore period of political experimentation (1931-48), several Sri Lanka leftist parties were formed. ... Politics of Sri Lanka Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in Sri Lanka ... Sri Lanka is divided into eight provinces for the purposes of local governance. ... Below the provinces Sri Lanka is divided into 25 administrative districts. ... The Sri Lanka Independence Struggle against British rule was often dormant but eventually succeeded in winning independence for Sri Lanka in 1948. ... 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. ... Sri Lanka traditionally follows a nonaligned foreign policy but has been seeking closer relations with the United States since December 1977. ... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... December 6 is the 340th day (341st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Background The elections were called by President Chandrika Kumaratunga for October 24, 2000. ... Look up October in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

Background

The People's Alliance (PA) government faced a blow when most of the SLMC MPs left the coalition. President Chandrika Kumaratunga tried to recruit the JVP to replace it, but this angered several PA MPs, thirteen of which defected to the opposition. A no-confidence motion was prepared; to forestall this, Kumaratunga called the election. The Peoples Alliance is the English name of several parties Spain The Peoples Alliance (in Spanish Alianza Popular) was a political party in Spain. ... The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. ... 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). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A motion of no confidence, also called a motion of non-confidence, a censure motion, or a no-confidence motion, is a parliamentary motion traditionally put before a parliament by the opposition in the hope of defeating or embarrassing a government. ...

More than 1,300 incidents of election violence were reported during the campaign. [1]. Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake was nearly killed by a suicide bomber. Overall, 60 people were killed in election-related violence, including 14 on polling day. [2] Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (born on May 5, 1933) is the 14th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka and a veteran politician. ... A suicide bombing is a bomb attack on people or property, committed by a person who knows the explosion will cause his or her own death in addition to the attacks primary purpose (see suicide, suicide weapons). ...

Parties

• Democratic People's Liberation Front (DFLP)
• Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP)
• People's Alliance (Bahejana Nidasa Pakhsaya, BNP), which consisted of:
  • Communist Party of Sri Lanka
  • Democratic United National Front
  • Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Sri Lanka Equal Society Party, LSSP)
  • Sri Lanka Freedom Party (Sri Lanka Nidahas Pakshaya, SLNP)
  • Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya (Sri Lanka People's Party, SLMP)
• Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (People's Liberation Front, JVP)
• Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
• Tamil United Liberation Front (Tamil Vimuktasi Peramuna, TVP)
• United National Front, which consisted of:
  • United National Party (Ekshat Jathika Pakshaya, UNP)
  • Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC)

DPLF Election Symbol Democratic Peoples Liberation Front (Tamil: ஜனநாயக மக்கள் விடுதலை முன்னணீ), a registered political party in Sri Lanka and a front of the Peoples Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE). ... The Eelam Peoples Democratic Party is a political party in Sri Lanka. ... The Peoples Alliance is the English name of several parties Spain The Peoples Alliance (in Spanish Alianza Popular) was a political party in Spain. ... CPSL May Day poster in Kandy CPSL Kandy provincial election candidate, CYF President Raja Uswetakeiyyawa Communist Youth Federation The Communist Party of Sri Lanka is a communist political party in Sri Lanka. ... Democratic United National Front (Tamil: ஜனநாயக ஐக்கிய தேசிய முன்னணி), a political party in Sri Lanka. ... The Lanka Sama Samaja Party (literally Ceylon Equal Society Party, in Sinhala: ලංකා සම සමාජ පක්ෂය, in Tamil: லங்கா சமசமாஜக் கட்சி) is a trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. ... The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is a major political party in Sri Lanka. ... The Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya (Sri Lanka Peoples Party) is a political party in Sri Lanka. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. ... TULF Election Symbol The Tamil United Liberation Front (in Sinhala: Tamil Vimuktasi Peramuna) is a political group in Sri Lanka, which seeks autonomy or independence for the Tamil-populated areas of Sri Lanka, which they call Tamil Eelam. ... The United National Front is a alliance in Sri Lanka, formed by the United National Party and the Ceylon Workers Congress. ... The United National Party (UNP, Sinhalese:(pronounced Eksath Jathika Pakshaya), Tamil: ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி) is a political party in Sri Lanka. ...

Results

Kumaratunga's People's Alliance lost the resulting general election, which saw the United National Front win the legislative power. The UNP's leader, Ranil Wickremasinghe, became the new prime minister. The United National Front is a alliance in Sri Lanka, formed by the United National Party and the Ceylon Workers Congress. ... Ranil Wickremasinghe Ranil Shriyan Wickremasinghe (born March 24, 1949) is a popular Sri Lankan politician. ... The following is a list of Sri Lankan Prime Ministers: Don Stephen Senanayake (February 4, 1948 - March 26, 1952) Dudley Shelton Senanayake (March 26, 1952 - October 12, 1953) John Lionel Kotalawela (October 12, 1953 - April 12, 1956) Solomon Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike (April 12, 1956 - September 26, 1959) Vijayananda Dahanayake (September...

Having a President and Prime Minister from different parties proved to be unstable, and Parliament was dissolved again in 2004, leading to yet another general election. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Legislative elections were held in Sri Lanka on 2 April 2004. ...

Source: Adam Carr's Election Archive The United National Front is a alliance in Sri Lanka, formed by the United National Party and the Ceylon Workers Congress. ... The Peoples Alliance is the English name of several parties Spain The Peoples Alliance (in Spanish Alianza Popular) was a political party in Spain. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... TULF Election Symbol The Tamil United Liberation Front (in Sinhala: Tamil Vimuktasi Peramuna) is a political group in Sri Lanka, which seeks autonomy or independence for the Tamil-populated areas of Sri Lanka, which they call Tamil Eelam. ... The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. ... The Eelam Peoples Democratic Party is a political party in Sri Lanka. ... DPLF Election Symbol Democratic Peoples Liberation Front (Tamil: ஜனநாயக மக்கள் விடுதலை முன்னணீ), a registered political party in Sri Lanka and a front of the Peoples Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE). ...

See also

• Politics of Sri Lanka

Elections in Sri Lanka
Parliamentary elections 1947 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 (Mar) | 1960 (July) | 1965 | 1970 | 1977 1989 | 1994 | 2000 | 2001 | 2004
Presidential elections 1982 | 1988 | 1994 | 1999 | 2005
Sri Lankan political parties