Sri Lankan legislative election, 2001
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Legislative elections were held in Sri Lanka on December 6, 2001.
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 Party (Ekshat Jathika Pakshaya, UNP)
National summary of votes and seats
================================================================== Registered Voters: 12,428,208 Votes cast: 9,449,813 76.0% Rejected Votes: 493,944 05.2% Valid Votes: 8,955,869 94.8% ------------------------------------------------------------------ Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------ Dem People's Liberation Front 16,669 00.2 1 Eelam People's Dem Party 72,783 00.8 2 People's Alliance 3,330,815 37.2 77 Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 815,353 09.1 16 Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 105,346 01.2 5 Tamil United Liberation Front 348,164 03.9 16 United National Party 4,086,026 45.6 109 Others 180,379 02.0 - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 8,955,869 225 ------------------------------------------------------------------
Source: Adam Carr's Election Archive (http://psephos.adam-carr.net/)