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Revision as of 03:03, 3 May 2014

12th Sri Lankan parliamentary election
← 2000 5 December 2001 2004 →
All 225 seats to the Parliament of Sri Lanka
113 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout76.03%
  First party Second party
  File:RanilUNP.jpg
Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe Chandrika Kumaratunga
Party United National Front People's Alliance
Leader's seat Colombo District n/a
Seats won 109 77
Popular vote 4,086,026 3,330,815
Percentage 45.62% 37.19%
Winners of polling divisions. UNF in green and PA in blue.
Prime Minister before election

Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
People's Alliance

Prime Minister-designate

Ranil Wickremasinghe
United National Front

This article is part of a series on the
Politics of
Sri Lanka
Constitution
Executive
Legislature

  • Secretary General
  • Kushani Anusha Rohanadeera
Judiciary
  • Parinda Ranasinghe
  • Ayesha Jinasena
Elections
  • R. M. A. L. Rathnayake
  • Members
  • M. A. P. C. Perera
  • Ameer Faaiz
  • Anusuya Shanmuganathan
  • Lakshman Dissanayake
Administrative divisions
Central Bank
  • Senior Deputy Governor
  • K. M. A. N. Daulagala
  • K. M. Mahinda Siriwardana
Foreign relations
Related topics

Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on December 6, 2001, just a little over a year after the last elections in October 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.

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]

Parties

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.

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.

Summary

Template:Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2001

Province

Results of the 2001 Sri Lankan general election by province

Electoral District

Results of the 2001 Sri Lankan general election by electoral district

Elected members

Further information: 12th Sri Lankan Parliament

References

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