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The 10th Parliament of Sri Lanka (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.

Election

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.

Results

Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
	People's Alliance	3,887,823	48.94%	105
	United National Party	3,498,370	44.04%	94
	Eelam People's Democratic Party	10,744	0.14%	9
	Sri Lanka Muslim Congress	143,307	1.80%	7
	Tamil United Liberation Front	132,461	1.67%	5
	Democratic People's Liberation Front Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization	38,028	0.48%	3
	Sri Lanka Progressive Front	90,078	1.13%	1
	Others	142,895	1.80%	1
Total		7,943,706	100.00%	225

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.

Government

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

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

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

President Kumaratunga dissolved parliament on 18 August 2000.

Members

Deaths and resignations

The 10th parliament saw the following deaths and resignations:

• 1994 – J. P. V. Vipulaguna (SLPF/HAM) resigned. Replaced by Nihal Galappaththi (SLPF/HAM).
• 24 October 1994 – Gamini Dissanayake (UNP/KAN), Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi (UNP/COL) and Ossie Abeygunasekara (UNP/COL) assassinated. Replaced by P. P. Devaraj (UNP/COL) and Ramaiah Yogarajan (UNP/COL).
• 12 November 1994 – Chandrika Kumaratunga (PA/GAM) vacated her seat to take up presidency.
• 11 February 1997 – Nalanda Ellawala (PA/RAT) murdered.
• 5 July 1997 – A. Thangathurai (TULF/TRI) assassinated.
• 20 July 1997 – M. E. H. Maharoof (UNP/TRI) assassinated.
• 30 December 1997 – Bernard Soysa (PA/COL) died. Replaced by Dixon J. Perera (PA/COL).
• 15 July 1998 – Sarawanabavanandan "Vasanthan" Shanmuganathan (DPLF/VAN) murdered.
• 29 July 1999 – Neelan Tiruchelvam (TULF/NAT) assassinated. Replaced by Mavai Senathirajah (TULF/NAT).
• 3 September 1999 – A. C. S. Hameed (UNP/KAN) died.
• 30 October 1999 – Savumiamoorthy Thondaman (PA/NAT) died.
• 2 November 1999 – Nadarajah "Ramesh" Atputharajah (EPDP/JAF) assassinated.
• 7 June 2000 – C. V. Gunaratne (PA/COL) assassinated.

List

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2011)

References

• "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1994" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010.

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