1994 Sri Lankan presidential election

1994 Sri Lankan presidential election

← 1993 9 November 1994 1999 →
Turnout70.47% (Increase 15.15pp)
 
Nominee Chandrika Kumaratunga Srima Dissanayake
Party SLFP UNP
Alliance People's Alliance
Popular vote 4,709,205 2,715,283
Percentage 62.28% 35.91%

Results by polling division

President before election

Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
UNP

Elected President

Chandrika Kumaratunga
SLFP

Presidential elections were held in Sri Lanka on 9 November 1994. Nominations were accepted on 7 October 1994 and voter turnout was 70%. Prime Minister Chandrika Kumaratunga of the governing People's Alliance was elected, receiving 62% of the vote and becoming the first female president of Sri Lanka.


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