@ Graphic Desk Election Milestones of the Electoral History in Sri Lanka 1931-06-13/20 7 days 1952-05-24/30 4 days 1936-02-22/03-07 11 days 1947-08-23/09-20 19 days 1 st State Council 2 nd State Council 1 st Parliament 2 nd Parliament 3 rd Parliament 4 th Parliament General Election General Election General Election House of Representaves General Election House of Representaves General Election House of Representaves General Election House of Representaves 1956-04-05/10 1960-03-19 3 days 5 th Parliament General Election House of Representaves 1960-07-20 6 th Parliament General Election House of Representaves 1965-03-22 7 th Parliament General Election House of Representaves 1970-05-27 8 th Parliament 9 th Parliament General Election 2 nd Naonal State Assembly General Election 2 nd Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka 1977-07-21 1 st 2 nd Presidential Election Presidential Election 1982-10-20 Referendum 1982-12-22 1999-01-25 1999-04-06 1999-06-10 1988-12-19 3 rd Presidential Election 1994-11-09 1989-02-15 10 th Parliament General Election 3 rd Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka 1994-08-16 11 th Parliament General Election 4 th Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka 2000-10-10 12 th Parliament General Election 5 th Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka 2001-12-05 13 th Parliament General Election 6 th Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka 2004-04-02 4 th Presidential Election 1999-12-21 5 th Presidential Election 2005-11-17 1991-05-11 1993-05-17 1994-03-24 Provincial Councils Election Provincial Councils Election North Western Province Western Province, Central Province, North Central Province, Uva Province, Sabaragamuwa Province Southern Province Southern Province Eastern Province 2004-04-25 2004-07-10 Provincial Councils Election North Western Province Western Province, Central Province, North Central Province, Uva Province, Sabaragamuwa Province, Southern Province Local Government Election 1994-03-01 Local Government Election 1997-03-21 Local Government Election Local Government Election 1988-04-28 1988-06-02/09 1988-11-19 Provincial Councils Election North Western Province, North Central Province Uva Province, Sabaragamuwa Province Western Province,Central Province Southern Province North Eastern Province 2002-03-20/05-20 2003-03-08 Akuressa Pradeshiya Sabha Local Government Election 2006-03-30/05-20 Local Government Election 2008-03-10 Baccala District 2008-05-10 2008-08-23 2009-02-14 2009-04-25 2009-08-08 Provincial Councils Election Eastern Province North Central Province, Sabaragamuwa Province Central Province, North Western Province Western Province Uva Province Jaffna Municipal Council, Vavuniya Urban Council 2009-08-08 2009-10-10 Southern Province Provincial Councils Election 6 th Presidential Election 2010-01-26 14 th Parliament General Election 7 th Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka 2010-04-08/20 Local Government Election 2011-03-17 2011-07-23 2011-10-08 2012-09-08 2013-09-21 2014-03-29 2014-09-20 Provincial Councils Election Eastern Province, North Central Province, Sabaragamuwa Province Western Province, Southern Province Uva Province Central Province, Northern Province North Western Province 7 th Presidential Election 2015-01-08 15 th Parliament General Election 8 th Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka 2015-08-17 Next Election Sources: www.parliament.lk/dates-of-elecons Centre for Monitoring Election Violence