1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

16 August 1994

All 225 seats in the Parliament of Sri Lanka
113 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout76.24%
  First party Second party
 
UNP
Leader Chandrika Kumaratunga D. B. Wijetunga
Party People's Alliance UNP
Leader since 1994 1993
Leader's seat Gampaha District n/a
Last election 31.90%, 67 seats 50.92%, 125 seats
Seats won 105 94
Seat change 38 31
Popular vote 3,887,823 3,498,370
Percentage 48.94% 44.04%
Swing 17.04pp 6.88pp

Winners of polling divisions. PA in blue and UNP in green.

Prime Minister before election

Ranil Wickremasinghe
UNP

Prime Minister-designate

Chandrika Kumaratunga
People's Alliance

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.