2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
← 2000 5 December 2001 2004 →
All 225 seats in the Parliament of Sri Lanka
113 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout76.03%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe Chandrika Kumaratunga
Party UNF PA
Leader since 1994 1994
Leader's seat Colombo District n/a
Last election 40.22%, 89 seats 45.11%, 107 seats
Seats won 109 77
Seat change Increase 20 Decrease 30
Popular vote 4,086,026 3,330,815
Percentage 45.62% 37.19%
Swing Increase 5.40% Decrease 7.92%
  Third party Fourth party
 
JVP
Leader Somawansa Amarasinghe Rajavarothiam Sampanthan
Party JVP TNA
Leader since 1990 2001
Leader's seat n/a Trincomalee District
Last election 6.00%, 10 seats Did not exist
Seats won 16 15
Seat change Increase 6 New party
Popular vote 815,353 348,164
Percentage 9.10% 3.89%
Swing Increase 3.10% New party
Winners of polling divisions. UNF in green and PA in blue.
Prime Minister before election

Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
People's Alliance

Prime Minister-designate

Ranil Wickremesinghe
United National Front

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Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on 5 December 2001, just a little over a year after the previous elections in October 2000.