2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/2001_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:cause Dissolution of Parliament by President Chandrika Kumaratunga
gptkbp:country gptkb:Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:date 5 December 2001
gptkbp:dissolved 10 October 2001
gptkbp:epdpSeatsWon 2
gptkbp:epdpVotePercentage 0.60%
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
gptkbp:jvpLeader Somawansa Amarasinghe
gptkbp:jvpSeatsWon 16
gptkbp:jvpVotePercentage 9.10%
gptkbp:losses gptkb:People's_Alliance
gptkbp:majoritySeats 113
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:2004_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election
gptkbp:notableEvent Defeat of incumbent People's Alliance government
Formation of United National Front government
Increase in seats for Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
Emergence of Tamil National Alliance as a parliamentary group
gptkbp:paLeader gptkb:Chandrika_Kumaratunga
gptkbp:party gptkb:People's_Alliance
gptkb:Eelam_People's_Democratic_Party
gptkb:Tamil_National_Alliance
gptkb:Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress
gptkb:United_National_Front
gptkb:Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna
gptkbp:paSeatsWon 77
gptkbp:paVotePercentage 37.19%
gptkbp:presidentDuringTerm gptkb:Chandrika_Kumaratunga
gptkbp:previousEdition gptkb:2000_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Ranil_Wickremesinghe
gptkb:Ratnasiri_Wickremanayake
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 225
gptkbp:slmcSeatsWon 5
gptkbp:slmcVotePercentage 2.01%
gptkbp:tnaSeatsWon 15
gptkbp:tnaVotePercentage 3.89%
gptkbp:type parliamentary
gptkbp:unfLeader gptkb:Ranil_Wickremesinghe
gptkbp:unfSeatsWon 109
gptkbp:unfVotePercentage 45.62%
gptkbp:voterTurnout 76.04%
gptkbp:winner gptkb:United_National_Front
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:United_National_Front
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7