DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA
LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS OF 6 DECEMBER 2001
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Elections to the National Assembly
Source: The Island website

Parties
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* BNP - Bahejana Nidasa Pakhsaya (People's Alliance) 
  which consists of:
   >SLNP - Sri Lanka Nidahas Pakshaya (Sri Lanka Freedom Party) 
   > Communist Party of Sri Lanka
   > Democratic United National Front
   > LSSP - Lanka Sama Samaja Pakshaya (Sri Lanka Equal Society 
      Party) 
   > SLPP - Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya (Sri Lanka People's Party) 
* DPLF - Democratic People's Liberation Front
* EJP - Ekshat Jathika Pakshaya (United National Party) 
* EPDP - Eelam People's Democratic Party
* JVP - Janatha Vimuktasi Peramuna (People's United Liberation 
   Front) 
* SLMC - Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
* TVP - Tamil Vimuktasi Peramuna (Tamil United Liberation Front)


NATIONAL SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS
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Registered Voters:              12,428,208
Votes cast:                      9,449,813  76.0%
Rejected Votes:                    493,944  05.2%
Valid Votes:                     8,955,869  94.8%
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Party                                Votes  %     Change   Seats 
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Dem People's Liberation Front       16,669  00.2            1
Eelam People's Dem Party            72,783  00.8  +00.2     2  -02
People's Alliance                3,330,815  37.2  -07.9    77  -30
People's Liberation Front          815,353  09.1  +03.1    16  +06
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress          105,346  01.2            5
Tamil United Liberation Front      348,164  03.9  +02.7    15  +10
United National Party            4,086,026  45.6  +05.4   109  +20
Others                             180,379  02.0      -     -  -10
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Total                            8,955,869                225
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MEMBERS ELECTED FROM NATIONAL LISTS
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Registered Voters:              12,428,208
Votes cast:                      9,449,813  76.0%
Rejected Votes:                    493,944  05.2%
Valid Votes:                     8,955,869  94.8%
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Party                                Votes  %        Seats 
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Dem People's Liberation Front       16,669  00.2      -
Eelam People's Dem Party            72,783  00.8      -
People's Alliance                3,330,815  37.2     11  -2
People's Liberation Front          815,353  09.1      3  +1
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress          105,346  01.2      1  +1
Tamil United Liberation Front      348,164  03.9      1  +1
United National Party            4,086,026  45.6     13  +1
Others                             180,379  02.0      -  -2
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Total                            8,955,869           29
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Members elected
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A R M Abdul Cader (UNP)             Lakshman Kadiragamar (PA)
Rohan Tissa Abhayagunasekara (UNP)  P Kularatne (PLF)
M L M Aboosally (UNP)               M Abdul Majeed (UNP)
Dr Ranjith Atapattu (UNP)           M I M Mansoor (SLMC)
A H M Azwer (UNP)                   Tilak Janaka Marapana (UNP)
Anura Bastian (UNP)                 Ananda Moonasinghe (UNP)
K N Choksy (UNP)                    Alavi Moulana (PA)
Raja Collure (PA)                   G L Peiris (UNP)
Ronnie De Mel (PA)                  Sumithara Peiris (PA)
Anura Dissanayake (PLF)             M B Ratnayake (PLF)
S B Dissanayake (UNP)               S Sathasivam (PA)
Leslie Gunawardana (PA)             M Sivasithamparam (TULF)
Dr A R Abdul Hafeez (UNP)           Batty Weerakoon (PA)
Segu Izzadeen (PA)                  Kingsley Wickramaratna (PA)
D M Jayaratna (PA)
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