1994 Sri Lankan presidential election

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3rd Sri Lankan presidential election
← 1988 9 November 1994 1999 →
Turnout 70.47%
  Chandrika Kumaratunga.jpg
Nominee Chandrika Kumaratunga Shrima Dissanayake
Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party United National Party
Alliance People's Alliance
Home state Gampaha District Kandy District
States carried 22 0
Popular vote 4,709,205 2,715,283
Percentage 62.28% 35.91%
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Winners of polling divisions. Kumaratunga in blue and Dissanayake in green.
President before election

Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
United National Party

 Elected President

Chandrika Kumaratunga
People's Alliance

The Sri Lankan presidential election of 1994 was the third presidential election of Sri Lanka. Nominations were accepted on 7 October 1994, and the election was held on 9 November 1994. Electoral participation was 70.47%. Prime Minister Chandrika Kumaratunga of the governing People's Alliance was elected, receiving 62% of all votes cast.

Background

President Ranasinghe Premadasa was assassinated in 1993 by the Tamil Tigers and was succeeded by the Prime Minister, Dingiri Banda Wijetunga. President Wijetunga chose not to run in the 1994 election; therefore the United National Party selected Leader of the Opposition Gamini Dissanayake as their candidate. His main challenger was Prime Minister Chandrika Kumaratunga of the People's Alliance, whose party had won the parliamentary elections earlier in 1994.[1]

On 24 October 1994, during the presidential campaign, Gamini Dissanayake was assassinated by the Tamil Tigers. His name on the ballot paper was replaced by his wife Shrima Dissanayake.[1]

Results

Kumaratunga won the election by a record margin with 62.28% of the vote.[1]


e • d Summary of the 1994 Sri Lankan presidential election[2]
Candidate Party Votes  %
  Chandrika Kumaratunga People's Alliance 4,709,205 62.28%
  Shrima Dissanayake United National Party 2,715,283 35.91%
  Hudson Samarasinghe Independent 58,886 0.78%
  Harischandra Wijayatunga Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya 32,651 0.43%
  A. J. Ranasinghe Independent 22,752 0.30%
  G. A. Nihal Sri Lanka Progressive Front 22,749 0.30%
Valid Votes 7,561,526 100.00%
Rejected Votes 151,706
Total Polled 7,713,232
Registered Electors 10,945,065
Turnout 70.47%

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