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1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

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Field	Value
election_name	1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
country	Sri Lanka
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
previous_year	1989
outgoing_members	9th Parliament of Sri Lanka
next_election	2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
next_year	2000
elected_members	10th Parliament of Sri Lanka
seats_for_election	All 225 seats in the Parliament of Sri Lanka
113 seats were needed for a majority
election_date	16 August 1994
turnout	76.24%
<!-- People's Alliance -->	image1	Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga As The President of Sri Lanka.jpg
leader1	Chandrika Kumaratunga
leader_since1	1994
party1	People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)
leaders_seat1	Gampaha District
last_election1	31.90%, 67 seats
seats1	105
seat_change1	38
popular_vote1	3,887,823
percentage1	48.94%
swing1	17.04pp
<!-- United National Party -->	image2
leader2	D. B. Wijetunga
leader_since2	1993
party2	United National Party
leaders_seat2	n/a
last_election2	50.92%, 125 seats
seats2	94
seat_change2	31
popular_vote2	3,498,370
percentage2	44.04%
swing2	6.88pp
map_image	Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election 1994.png
map_size	250px
map_caption	Winners of polling divisions. PA in blue and UNP in green.
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Prime Minister-designate
before_election	Ranil Wickremasinghe
after_election	Chandrika Kumaratunga
before_party	United National Party
after_party	People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)

113 seats were needed for a majority

Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on 16 August 1994. They marked the decisive end of seventeen years of United National Party rule and a revival of Sri Lankan democracy.

Background

Democracy in Sri Lanka had seemed doomed as the presidencies of J.R. Jayewardene and Ranasinghe Premadasa arbitrarily banned opposition parties, severely muzzled the media, and routinely used death squads, torture, and kidnappings in the two civil conflicts against the LTTE and JVP. The UNP had simply cancelled the 1983 parliamentary elections; its control of the media led it to victory in the 1988 and 1989 elections.

The population was increasingly tired of war and repression, worn out with jingoistic Sinhalese nationalism, and wanted a return to freedom, peace, and democracy. Chandrika Kumaratunga, leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, formed a coalition with small leftist parties called the People's Alliance. This was in some ways a revival of her mother's coalition from the 1970s, but this time campaigning for rapprochement with the Tamils rather than their marginalization.

Results

The PA did not win a majority, but was able to govern with the support of the smaller parties.

By province

By electoral district

Elected members

Legacy

The 1994 election did not live up to its great hopes. The PA government was unable to come to an agreement with the LTTE, and ended up prosecuting war just as brutally as its UNP predecessor. The Executive Presidency, which Kumaratunga had promised to abolish, remained as powerful as before.

Notes

References

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