1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

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All 225 seats in the Parliament of Sri Lanka 113 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	76.24%
First party Second party   Leader Chandrika Kumaratunga D. B. Wijetunga Party People's Alliance UNP Leader since 1994 1993 Leader's seat Gampaha District n/a Last election 31.8%, 67 seats[a] 50.7%, 125 seats Seats won 105 94 Seat change 38 31 Popular vote 3,887,823 3,498,370 Percentage 48.94% 44.04%
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.
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