Results of the 2001 Sri Lankan general election by province explained

Results of the 2001 Sri Lankan general election by province.

Number of votes

	UNF	PA	JVP	TNA	SLMC	EPDP	SU	NLF	Ind	DPLF	USP	NDP	DLF	Others	Valid Votes	Rejected Votes	Total Polled	Registered Electors	Turnout %
Central	639,445	400,369	64,289				4,682	7,416	1,128		1,262	6,600	373	3,201	1,128,765	85,925	1,214,690	1,555,456	78.09%
North Central	251,841	223,072	58,961				824	4,796	448					899	540,841	31,650	572,491	730,190	78.40%
North Eastern	186,856	131,779	16,641	335,468	105,346	72,136	836	3,134	28,565	16,669	652		2,054	1,429	901,565	57,465	959,030	1,707,174	56.18%
North Western	529,641	453,756	81,747				4,387	5,064	798					2,544	1,077,937	53,039	1,130,976	1,471,845	76.84%
Sabaragamuwa	435,306	383,695	77,088				3,494	7,103	1,107		1,556			1,869	911,218	53,152	964,370	1,178,203	81.85%
Southern	523,170	509,247	175,975				4,861	7,329	1,844		1,584		465	2,568	1,227,043	58,759	1,285,802	1,602,333	80.25%
Uva	281,722	220,248	48,807				1,403	1,745	6,002			352		891	561,170	42,264	603,434	738,568	81.70%
Western	1,238,045	1,008,649	291,845	12,696		647	30,178	9,314	1,860		4,401		3,322	6,373	2,607,330	111,690	2,719,020	3,444,439	78.94%
Total	4,086,026	3,330,815	815,353	348,164	105,346	72,783	50,665	45,901	41,752	16,669	9,455	6,952	6,214	19,774	8,955,869	493,944	9,449,813	12,428,208	76.04%

Percentage of votes

	UNF	PA	JVP	TNA	SLMC	EPDP	SU	NLF	Ind	DPLF	USP	NDP	DLF	Others	Total
Central	56.65%	35.47%	5.70%				0.41%	0.66%	0.10%		0.11%	0.58%	0.03%	0.28%	100.00%
North Central	46.56%	41.25%	10.90%				0.15%	0.89%	0.08%					0.17%	100.00%
North Eastern	20.73%	14.62%	1.85%	37.21%	11.68%	8.00%	0.09%	0.35%	3.17%	1.85%	0.07%		0.23%	0.16%	100.00%
North Western	49.13%	42.09%	7.58%				0.41%	0.47%	0.07%					0.24%	100.00%
Sabaragamuwa	47.77%	42.11%	8.46%				0.38%	0.78%	0.12%		0.17%			0.21%	100.00%
Southern	42.64%	41.50%	14.34%				0.40%	0.60%	0.15%		0.13%		0.04%	0.21%	100.00%
Uva	50.20%	39.25%	8.70%				0.25%	0.31%	1.07%			0.06%		0.16%	100.00%
Western	47.48%	38.69%	11.19%	0.49%		0.02%	1.16%	0.36%	0.07%		0.17%		0.13%	0.24%	100.00%
Total	45.62%	37.19%	9.10%	3.89%	1.18%	0.81%	0.57%	0.51%	0.47%	0.19%	0.11%	0.08%	0.07%	0.22%	100.00%

Seats

	UNF	PA	JVP	TNA	SLMC	EPDP	SU	NLF	Ind	DPLF	USP	NDP	DLF	Others	Total
Central	15	8	1				0	0	0		0	0	0	0	24
North Central	7	5	1				0	0	0					0	13
North Eastern	6	4	0	14	4	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	31
North Western	12	9	1				0	0	0					0	22
Sabaragamuwa	10	7	2				0	0	0		0			0	19
Southern	13	9	3				0	0	0		0		0	0	25
Uva	7	6	0				0	0	0			0		0	13
Western	26	18	5	0		0	0	0	0		0		0	0	49
National List	13	11	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29
Total	109	77	16	15	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	225

See also

Results of the 2001 Sri Lankan general election by electoral district

References

• Web site: Parliamentary General Election 2001 – All Island Result. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.