evidence: Post-Conflict Phase (December 1, 1989-September 4, 1994): Prime Minister Wijetunge resigned on March 28, 1990, but he formed a new government as prime minister on March 30, 1990. President Premadasa was assassinated in Colombo on May 1, 1993 (23 other individuals were also killed in the bombing), and Prime Minister Wijetunge became acting-president on May 2, 1993. President Wijetunge dissolved parliament on June 24, 1994. Legislative elections were held on August 16, 1994, and the People’s Alliance (Bahejana Nidahas Pakshaya – BNP), which was a coalition of the SLFP and several other political parties, won 105 out of 225 seats in the parliament. The UNP won 94 seats in the parliament. Nineteen individuals were killed in election-related violence. Chandrika Kumaratunga of the BNP formed a government as prime minister on August 19, 1994. The government lifted the state-of-emergency on September 4, 1994. Some 100 individuals were killed in political violence between December 1989 and September 1994. Post-Crisis Phase (September 5, 1994-August 3, 1998): Chandrika Kumaratunga of the BNP was elected president with 62 percent of the vote on November 9, 1994, and she was inaugurated as president on November 12, 1994. President Kumaratunga appointed Sirimavo Bandaranaike as prime minister on November 14, 1994. Local elections were held on March 21, 1997, and the BNP won 194 out of 238 seats on local councils.