2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
2 April 2004
All 225 seats in the Parliament of Sri Lanka
113 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout75.96%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Chandrika Kumaratunga Ranil Wickremesinghe
Party UPFA United National Front
Leader since 1994 1994
Leader's seat n/a Colombo District
Last election 37.20%, 77 seats 45.60%, 109 seats
Seats won 105 82
Seat change 12 27
Popular vote 4,223,970 3,504,200
Percentage 45.60% 37.83%
Swing 0.01% 7.73%
Winners of polling divisions. UPFA in blue and UNF in green.
Prime Minister before election

Ranil Wickremesinghe
United National Front

 Prime Minister-designate

Mahinda Rajapaksa
UPFA

Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on 2 April 2004. The ruling United National Party of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was defeated, winning only eighty two seats in the 225-member Sri Lankan parliament. The opposition United People's Freedom Alliance won 105 seats. While this was eight seats short of an absolute majority, the Alliance was able to form a government.

On 6 April, President Chandrika Kumaratunga appointed former Minister of Labour Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Minister.

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