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10th Parliament of Sri Lanka

1994–2000 meeting of the Sri Lankan legislature From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The 10th Parliament of Sri Lanka, known officially as the 3rd Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, was a meeting of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, with the membership determined by the results of the 1994 parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994. The parliament met for the first time on 25 August 1994 and was dissolved on 18 August 2000.

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Election

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The 10th parliamentary election was held on 16 August 1994. The People's Alliance (PA), an alliance of opposition parties, became the largest group in Parliament by winning 105 of the 225 seats. The incumbent United National Party (UNP) won 94 seats. The Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP), a government-backed Tamil paramilitary group, won 9 seats and the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) won 7 seats. Smaller parties won the remaining 10 seats.[1]

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Winners of polling divisions. PA in blue and UNP in green.
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The new parliament was sworn in on 25 August 1994. K. B. Ratnayake was elected Speaker, Anil Moonesinghe was elected Deputy Speaker and Rauff Hakeem was elected Deputy Chairman of Committees.

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Government

The PA was able to form a government with the support of the seven SLMC MPs and one independent MP.[1]

On 19 August 1994, President D. B. Wijetunga appointed Chandrika Kumaratunga, the leader of the PA, as Prime Minister.[1] The rest of the cabinet was sworn in on the same day.[1]

Prime Minister Kumaratunga was elected president in the 1994 presidential elections. On 14 November 1994, Kumaratunga appointed her mother Sirimavo Bandaranaike as Prime Minister.[1] Prime Minister Bandaranaike retired on 10 August 2000 and was replaced by Ratnasiri Wickremanayake.[2]

President Kumaratunga dissolved parliament on 18 August 2000.

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Members

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Deaths and resignations

The 10th parliament saw the following deaths and resignations:

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