The incumbent People's Alliance (PA) retained control of parliament by winning 107 of the 225 seats.
On 13 October 2000, President Chandrika Kumaratunga re-appointed Ratnasiri Wickremanayake as Prime Minister.
President Kumaratunga retained control of the important ministries of Defence and Finance.
[5] By late 2001, a political crisis engulfed the 11th parliament as several PA MPs defected to the opposition.
Faced with losing a vote of no-confidence, President Kumaratunga dissolved parliament on 10 October 2001.