Kandy (Mahanuwara) | |
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Electoral District for the Parliament of Sri Lanka | |
Administrative District | Kandy |
Province | Central |
Polling divisions | 13 |
Population | 1,396,000 [1] (2008) |
Electorate | 970,456 [2] (2010) |
Area | 1,940 km2 (750 sq mi) [3] |
Current Electoral District | |
Number of members | 12 |
MPs | Mahindananda Aluthgamage, UPFA Dilum Amunugama, UPFA Sarath Amunugama, UPFA A.R.M. Abdul Cader, UNF S. B. Dissanayake, UPFA Rauff Hakeem, UNF M. H. A. Haleem, UNF Lakshman Kiriella, UNF Faiszer Musthapha, UPFA Keheliya Rambukwella, UPFA Lohan Ratwatte, UPFA Erik Weerawardena, UPFA |
Kandy (Mahanuwara) electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Kandy in the Central province. The district currently elects 12 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 970,456 registered electors in 2010. [2]
Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982 for the district: [4]
Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | |||||||||||||
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Junius Jayewardene | UNP | 17,778 | 26,380 | 43,186 | 20,296 | 15,729 | 20,421 | 24,586 | 22,158 | 20,105 | 13,258 | 15,284 | 23,440 | 20,848 | 6,152 | 289,621 | 59.80% | |
Hector Kobbekaduwa | SLFP | 11,874 | 15,340 | 23,301 | 12,286 | 6,498 | 12,898 | 13,512 | 11,783 | 13,219 | 12,747 | 12,242 | 12,100 | 17,596 | 3,251 | 178,647 | 36.89% | |
Rohana Wijeweera | JVP | 1,092 | 528 | 3,374 | 419 | 408 | 1,138 | 961 | 669 | 621 | 821 | 456 | 852 | 964 | 190 | 12,493 | 2.58% | |
Colvin R. de Silva | LSSP | 98 | 188 | 230 | 165 | 149 | 180 | 264 | 161 | 199 | 100 | 157 | 150 | 131 | 84 | 2,256 | 0.47% | |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara | NSSP | 28 | 45 | 91 | 31 | 82 | 46 | 66 | 54 | 93 | 30 | 51 | 47 | 36 | 18 | 718 | 0.15% | |
Kumar Ponnambalam | ACTC | 18 | 60 | 42 | 43 | 64 | 60 | 64 | 37 | 32 | 56 | 38 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 562 | 0.12% | |
Valid Votes | 30,888 | 42,541 | 70,224 | 33,240 | 22,930 | 34,743 | 39,453 | 34,862 | 34,269 | 27,012 | 28,228 | 36,616 | 39,590 | 9,701 | 484,297 | 100.00% | ||
Rejected Votes | 214 | 394 | 605 | 414 | 203 | 355 | 411 | 382 | 277 | 267 | 358 | 246 | 325 | 97 | 4,548 | |||
Total Polled | 31,102 | 42,935 | 70,829 | 33,654 | 23,133 | 35,098 | 39,864 | 35,244 | 34,546 | 27,279 | 28,586 | 36,862 | 39,915 | 9,798 | 488,845 | |||
Registered Electors | 35,940 | 50,563 | 82,590 | 38,947 | 29,751 | 41,314 | 47,445 | 41,888 | 43,442 | 3,145 | 31,788 | 43,223 | 46,731 | 536,767 | ||||
Turnout | 86.54% | 84.91% | 85.76% | 86.41% | 77.76% | 84.95% | 84.02% | 84.14% | 79.52% | 867.38% | 89.93% | 85.28% | 85.41% | 91.07% |
Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988 for the district: [5]
Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | |||||||||||||
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Ranasinghe Premadasa | UNP | 15,071 | 24,800 | 30,708 | 19,688 | 11,301 | 15,231 | 24,203 | 20,902 | 16,825 | 9,912 | 12,032 | 16,582 | 14,478 | 2,391 | 234,124 | 54.88% | |
Sirimavo Bandaranaike | SLFP | 12,549 | 18,976 | 25,594 | 14,015 | 6,959 | 12,118 | 16,082 | 15,087 | 14,690 | 9,417 | 12,466 | 10,420 | 15,699 | 2,115 | 186,187 | 43.65% | |
Ossie Abeygunasekara | SLMP | 330 | 418 | 719 | 298 | 617 | 433 | 559 | 557 | 834 | 247 | 324 | 315 | 515 | 100 | 6,266 | 1.47% | |
Valid Votes | 27,950 | 44,194 | 57,021 | 34,001 | 18,877 | 27,782 | 40,844 | 36,546 | 32,349 | 19,576 | 24,822 | 27,317 | 30,692 | 4,606 | 426,577 | 100.00% | ||
Rejected Votes | 263 | 517 | 962 | 373 | 297 | 407 | 521 | 611 | 395 | 339 | 386 | 550 | 362 | 184 | 6,167 | |||
Total Polled | 28,213 | 44,711 | 57,983 | 34,374 | 19,174 | 28,189 | 41,365 | 37,157 | 32,744 | 19,915 | 25,208 | 27,867 | 31,054 | 4,790 | 432,744 | |||
Registered Electors | 39,671 | 55,425 | 94,109 | 42,868 | 28,958 | 48,841 | 54,010 | 48,741 | 48,208 | 27,659 | 37,345 | 50,223 | 52,182 | 628,240 | ||||
Turnout | 71.12% | 80.67% | 61.61% | 80.19% | 66.21% | 57.72% | 76.59% | 76.23% | 67.92% | 72.00% | 67.50% | 55.49% | 59.51% | 68.88% |
Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994 for the district: [6]
Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | |||||||||||||
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Chandrika Kumaratunga | PA | 17,288 | 29,558 | 48,134 | 19,303 | 12,339 | 24,150 | 26,785 | 23,082 | 22,323 | 14,309 | 22,944 | 24,199 | 25,099 | 10,597 | 320,110 | 56.64% | |
Srima Dissanayake | UNP | 14,862 | 19,692 | 33,007 | 18,076 | 10,477 | 18,243 | 19,423 | 19,995 | 17,152 | 10,742 | 11,906 | 17,442 | 17,621 | 6,881 | 235,519 | 41.68% | |
Hudson Samarasinghe | Ind 2 | 201 | 350 | 582 | 318 | 98 | 285 | 344 | 349 | 172 | 238 | 277 | 287 | 226 | 21 | 3,748 | 0.66% | |
Harischandra Wijayatunga | SMBP | 118 | 193 | 303 | 107 | 258 | 238 | 176 | 175 | 335 | 92 | 86 | 215 | 220 | 102 | 2,618 | 0.46% | |
A. J. Ranasinghe | Ind 1 | 95 | 169 | 228 | 119 | 78 | 122 | 169 | 167 | 123 | 90 | 96 | 155 | 103 | 38 | 1,752 | 0.31% | |
Nihal Galappaththi | SLPF | 61 | 105 | 219 | 74 | 41 | 102 | 110 | 109 | 62 | 85 | 126 | 101 | 130 | 45 | 1,370 | 0.24% | |
Valid Votes | 32,625 | 50,067 | 82,473 | 37,997 | 23,291 | 43,140 | 47,007 | 43,877 | 40,167 | 25,556 | 35,435 | 42,399 | 43,399 | 17,684 | 565,117 | 100.00% | ||
Rejected Votes | 517 | 1,524 | 1,809 | 921 | 583 | 1,081 | 1,509 | 1,652 | 912 | 625 | 892 | 945 | 934 | 275 | 14,179 | |||
Total Polled | 33,142 | 51,591 | 84,282 | 38,918 | 23,874 | 44,221 | 48,516 | 45,529 | 41,079 | 26,181 | 36,327 | 43,344 | 44,333 | 17,959 | 579,296 | |||
Registered Electors | 43,462 | 66,812 | 109,246 | 50,376 | 32,335 | 56,925 | 62,996 | 57,482 | 55,740 | 32,992 | 42,700 | 56,671 | 58,455 | 726,192 | ||||
Turnout | 76.26% | 77.22% | 77.15% | 77.26% | 73.83% | 77.68% | 77.01% | 79.21% | 73.70% | 79.36% | 85.07% | 76.48% | 75.84% | 79.77% |
Results of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999 for the district: [7]
Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | |||||||||||||
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Chandrika Kumaratunga | PA | 16,777 | 29,986 | 40,996 | 19,900 | 10,101 | 23,259 | 28,277 | 32,945 | 19,893 | 14,497 | 18,216 | 22,192 | 23,135 | 8,013 | 308,187 | 50.29% | |
Ranil Wickramasinghe | UNP | 16,428 | 23,928 | 41,640 | 19,808 | 13,809 | 22,974 | 20,885 | 17,372 | 20,803 | 11,955 | 16,335 | 21,920 | 21,219 | 7,284 | 276,360 | 45.10% | |
Nandana Gunathilake | JVP | 933 | 828 | 2,782 | 638 | 639 | 1,569 | 1,353 | 928 | 1,173 | 669 | 632 | 1,199 | 1,293 | 876 | 15,512 | 2.53% | |
Harischandra Wijayatunga | SMBP | 134 | 244 | 384 | 108 | 349 | 267 | 184 | 168 | 431 | 107 | 113 | 251 | 301 | 239 | 3,280 | 0.54% | |
W. V. M. Ranjith | Ind 2 | 115 | 141 | 244 | 153 | 40 | 131 | 195 | 134 | 83 | 139 | 135 | 139 | 125 | 1 | 1,775 | 0.29% | |
Abdul Rasool | SLMP | 57 | 163 | 359 | 149 | 109 | 78 | 110 | 122 | 114 | 33 | 54 | 240 | 105 | 13 | 1,706 | 0.28% | |
Rajiva Wijesinha | LPSL | 93 | 161 | 230 | 128 | 43 | 113 | 149 | 119 | 73 | 88 | 186 | 124 | 102 | 5 | 1,614 | 0.26% | |
Tennyson Edirisuriya | Ind 1 | 70 | 159 | 165 | 116 | 34 | 74 | 165 | 125 | 66 | 109 | 133 | 83 | 61 | 9 | 1,369 | 0.22% | |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara | LDA | 46 | 94 | 110 | 42 | 105 | 60 | 88 | 55 | 133 | 34 | 29 | 68 | 103 | 98 | 1,065 | 0.17% | |
Kamal Karunadasa | PLSF | 41 | 90 | 91 | 51 | 29 | 45 | 86 | 56 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 58 | 49 | 5 | 749 | 0.12% | |
Hudson Samarasinghe | Ind 3 | 49 | 51 | 114 | 46 | 14 | 43 | 77 | 35 | 29 | 34 | 48 | 45 | 54 | 0 | 639 | 0.10% | |
A. W. Premawardhana | PFF | 15 | 22 | 43 | 16 | 9 | 25 | 31 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 30 | 31 | 21 | 0 | 290 | 0.05% | |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka | DUNF | 16 | 26 | 40 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 22 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 5 | 265 | 0.04% | |
Valid Votes | 34,774 | 55,893 | 87,198 | 41,174 | 25,292 | 48,654 | 51,622 | 52,091 | 42,865 | 27,743 | 35,993 | 46,372 | 46,592 | 16,548 | 612,811 | 100.00% | ||
Rejected Votes | 637 | 1,626 | 2,720 | 1,059 | 624 | 1,415 | 1,513 | 1,338 | 1,213 | 720 | 922 | 1,204 | 1,464 | 605 | 17,060 | |||
Total Polled | 35,411 | 57,519 | 89,918 | 42,233 | 25,916 | 50,069 | 53,135 | 53,429 | 44,078 | 28,463 | 36,915 | 47,576 | 48,056 | 17,153 | 629,871 | |||
Registered Electors | 46,621 | 73,137 | 120,150 | 55,180 | 34,410 | 65,317 | 69,098 | 63,055 | 59,187 | 36,214 | 46,840 | 62,497 | 62,747 | 794,453 | ||||
Turnout | 75.96% | 78.65% | 74.84% | 76.54% | 75.32% | 76.66% | 76.90% | 84.73% | 74.47% | 78.60% | 78.81% | 76.13% | 76.59% | 79.28% |
Results of the 5th presidential election held on 17 November 2005 for the district: [8]
Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | |||||||||||||
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Ranil Wickramasinghe | UNP | 20,177 | 35,829 | 59,899 | 25,874 | 17,130 | 31,321 | 29,882 | 31,957 | 28,894 | 16,646 | 20,269 | 30,979 | 27,791 | 10,502 | 387,150 | 54.33% | |
Mahinda Rajapaksa | UPFA | 17,453 | 25,790 | 43,540 | 19,058 | 9,435 | 27,385 | 28,544 | 20,610 | 22,670 | 15,367 | 19,973 | 22,733 | 27,428 | 15,686 | 315,672 | 44.30% | |
Siritunga Jayasuriya | USP | 177 | 276 | 390 | 233 | 55 | 204 | 296 | 284 | 124 | 176 | 186 | 203 | 159 | 12 | 2,775 | 0.39% | |
A. A. Suraweera | NDF | 200 | 258 | 322 | 231 | 55 | 169 | 277 | 206 | 120 | 138 | 207 | 181 | 210 | 15 | 2,589 | 0.36% | |
Victor Hettigoda | ULPP | 48 | 86 | 147 | 55 | 57 | 83 | 85 | 100 | 83 | 45 | 55 | 90 | 100 | 57 | 1,091 | 0.15% | |
Chamil Jayaneththi | NLF | 49 | 70 | 91 | 48 | 20 | 33 | 74 | 73 | 37 | 43 | 68 | 55 | 48 | 8 | 717 | 0.10% | |
Wimal Geeganage | SLNF | 42 | 64 | 77 | 38 | 6 | 35 | 63 | 50 | 29 | 38 | 46 | 45 | 46 | 5 | 584 | 0.08% | |
Anura de Silva | ULF | 43 | 65 | 84 | 38 | 14 | 26 | 44 | 39 | 25 | 35 | 33 | 45 | 34 | 4 | 529 | 0.07% | |
Aruna de Soyza | RPP | 25 | 56 | 72 | 23 | 15 | 40 | 56 | 32 | 16 | 23 | 36 | 40 | 50 | 3 | 487 | 0.07% | |
A. K. J. Arachchige | DUA | 20 | 41 | 62 | 28 | 7 | 24 | 40 | 27 | 16 | 22 | 28 | 29 | 26 | 2 | 372 | 0.05% | |
Wije Dias | SEP | 15 | 27 | 33 | 14 | 10 | 28 | 48 | 29 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 24 | 19 | 12 | 307 | 0.04% | |
P. Nelson Perera | SLPF | 12 | 19 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 219 | 0.03% | |
H. S. Dharmadwaja | UNAF | 8 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 128 | 0.02% | |
Valid Votes | 38,269 | 62,603 | 104,777 | 45,664 | 26,811 | 59,372 | 59,453 | 53,433 | 52,052 | 32,567 | 40,934 | 54,445 | 55,934 | 26,306 | 712,620 | 100.00% | ||
Rejected Votes | 382 | 1,036 | 1,432 | 660 | 335 | 746 | 965 | 885 | 630 | 452 | 564 | 726 | 594 | 410 | 9,817 | |||
Total Polled | 38,651 | 63,639 | 106,209 | 46,324 | 27,146 | 60,118 | 60,418 | 54,318 | 52,682 | 33,019 | 41,498 | 55,171 | 56,528 | 26,716 | 722,437 | |||
Registered Electors | 50,898 | 84,167 | 138,171 | 61,006 | 36,326 | 77,020 | 80,003 | 71,823 | 69,243 | 41,465 | 52,747 | 71,840 | 72,329 | 907,038 | ||||
Turnout | 75.94% | 75.61% | 76.87% | 75.93% | 74.73% | 78.06% | 75.52% | 75.63% | 76.08% | 79.63% | 78.67% | 76.80% | 78.15% | 79.65% |
Results of the 6th presidential election held on 26 January 2010 for the district: [2]
Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | |||||||||||||
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Mahinda Rajapaksa | UPFA | 22,703 | 33,078 | 56,508 | 24,601 | 11,636 | 36,212 | 35,555 | 28,628 | 28,444 | 19,009 | 27,179 | 29,235 | 33,664 | 20,184 | 406,636 | 54.16% | |
Sarath Fonseka | NDF | 15,338 | 32,090 | 51,406 | 21,791 | 15,358 | 27,852 | 25,107 | 27,692 | 25,243 | 13,957 | 13,220 | 27,123 | 23,290 | 10,025 | 329,492 | 43.89% | |
M. C. M. Ismail | DUNF | 170 | 273 | 277 | 295 | 47 | 209 | 332 | 238 | 105 | 183 | 265 | 216 | 177 | 23 | 2,810 | 0.37% | |
A. A. Suraweera | NDF | 120 | 184 | 249 | 202 | 24 | 119 | 209 | 167 | 83 | 119 | 183 | 146 | 135 | 10 | 1,950 | 0.26% | |
C. J. Sugathsiri Gamage | UDF | 84 | 171 | 240 | 136 | 20 | 113 | 208 | 162 | 71 | 105 | 97 | 114 | 94 | 9 | 1,624 | 0.22% | |
W. V. M. Ranjith | Ind 1 | 59 | 129 | 148 | 94 | 31 | 79 | 124 | 97 | 65 | 75 | 132 | 82 | 77 | 8 | 1,200 | 0.16% | |
A. S. P. Liyanage | SLLP | 75 | 104 | 107 | 119 | 16 | 73 | 117 | 108 | 50 | 45 | 89 | 76 | 74 | 6 | 1,059 | 0.14% | |
Sarath Manamendra | NSH | 36 | 99 | 124 | 56 | 20 | 62 | 103 | 84 | 41 | 62 | 58 | 57 | 43 | 3 | 848 | 0.11% | |
Ukkubanda Wijekoon | Ind 3 | 42 | 60 | 112 | 62 | 11 | 50 | 73 | 66 | 28 | 45 | 68 | 54 | 37 | 3 | 711 | 0.09% | |
Lal Perera | ONF | 30 | 83 | 91 | 71 | 14 | 49 | 84 | 68 | 27 | 47 | 51 | 56 | 26 | 6 | 703 | 0.09% | |
Siritunga Jayasuriya | USP | 28 | 61 | 84 | 52 | 4 | 39 | 64 | 71 | 29 | 35 | 44 | 45 | 40 | 4 | 600 | 0.08% | |
Aithurus M. Illias | Ind 2 | 30 | 57 | 63 | 35 | 9 | 26 | 51 | 52 | 27 | 37 | 51 | 44 | 38 | 3 | 523 | 0.07% | |
Vikramabahu Karunaratne | LF | 17 | 38 | 59 | 38 | 28 | 40 | 28 | 33 | 35 | 27 | 30 | 36 | 41 | 12 | 462 | 0.06% | |
M. K. Shivajilingam | Ind 5 | 19 | 49 | 34 | 41 | 16 | 29 | 51 | 50 | 28 | 21 | 30 | 39 | 31 | 4 | 442 | 0.06% | |
Wije Dias | SEP | 10 | 30 | 47 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 40 | 36 | 17 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 305 | 0.04% | |
Sanath Pinnaduwa | NA | 13 | 46 | 33 | 31 | 7 | 12 | 36 | 29 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 17 | 1 | 295 | 0.04% | |
M. Mohamed Musthaffa | Ind 4 | 14 | 18 | 29 | 26 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 24 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 23 | 1 | 243 | 0.03% | |
Ven.Battaramulla Seelarathana Thero | JP | 13 | 18 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 27 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 22 | 5 | 216 | 0.03% | |
Aruna de Soyza | RPP | 13 | 25 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 192 | 0.03% | |
Senaratna de Silva | PNF | 6 | 20 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 178 | 0.02% | |
M. B. Thaminimulla | ACAKO | 13 | 14 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 158 | 0.02% | |
Sarath Kongahage | UNAF | 3 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 139 | 0.02% | |
Valid Votes | 38,836 | 66,657 | 109,714 | 47,721 | 27,277 | 65,060 | 62,320 | 57,703 | 54,356 | 33,876 | 41,613 | 57,454 | 57,881 | 30,318 | 750,786 | 100.00% | ||
Rejected Votes | 300 | 857 | 1,161 | 674 | 268 | 656 | 1,069 | 838 | 534 | 509 | 397 | 631 | 506 | 300 | 8,700 | |||
Total Polled | 39,136 | 67,514 | 110,875 | 48,395 | 27,545 | 65,716 | 63,389 | 58,541 | 54,890 | 34,385 | 42,010 | 58,085 | 58,387 | 30,618 | 759,486 | |||
Registered Electors | 52,553 | 91,146 | 147,475 | 65,176 | 36,938 | 85,857 | 85,136 | 78,688 | 72,906 | 45,144 | 55,629 | 76,812 | 76,996 | 970,456 | ||||
Turnout | 74.47% | 74.07% | 75.18% | 74.25% | 74.57% | 76.54% | 74.46% | 74.40% | 75.29% | 76.17% | 75.52% | 75.62% | 75.83% | 78.26% |
Results of the 7th presidential election held on 26 January 2010 for the district: [9]
Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | |||||||||||||
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Maithripala Sirisena | NDF | 19,818 | 45,328 | 71,533 | 28,049 | 20,316 | 41,238 | 40,233 | 37,840 | 36,127 | 18,624 | 18,472 | 38,018 | 32,298 | 19,100 | 466,994 | 54.56% | |
Mahinda Rajapaksa | UPFA | 21,466 | 33,293 | 51,156 | 24,167 | 10,200 | 32,930 | 32,619 | 26,762 | 26,062 | 18,150 | 27,722 | 25,984 | 30,194 | 17,880 | 378,585 | 44.23% | |
R. A. Sirisena | PNF | 79 | 151 | 152 | 106 | 26 | 90 | 173 | 101 | 49 | 80 | 112 | 87 | 88 | 11 | 1,306 | 0.15% | |
Namal Rajapaksa | ONF | 72 | 130 | 149 | 111 | 10 | 85 | 146 | 88 | 61 | 56 | 129 | 76 | 78 | 13 | 1,204 | 0.14% | |
M. I. Mohanmed Mishlar | UPF | 44 | 161 | 117 | 112 | 19 | 65 | 128 | 90 | 57 | 65 | 80 | 87 | 74 | 4 | 1,103 | 0.13% | |
A. S. P. Liyanage | SLLP | 46 | 132 | 148 | 91 | 19 | 75 | 127 | 85 | 45 | 68 | 58 | 82 | 45 | 7 | 1,028 | 0.12% | |
R. Peduru Arachchi | ULPP | 42 | 131 | 119 | 95 | 23 | 73 | 144 | 90 | 49 | 49 | 66 | 61 | 58 | 3 | 1,003 | 0.12% | |
Aithurus M. Illias | Ind 1 | 47 | 68 | 108 | 56 | 24 | 49 | 95 | 64 | 48 | 63 | 66 | 59 | 42 | 10 | 799 | 0.09% | |
Duminda Nagamuwa | FSP | 26 | 65 | 121 | 44 | 18 | 59 | 70 | 65 | 53 | 37 | 25 | 61 | 47 | 32 | 723 | 0.08% | |
Siritunga Jayasuriya | USP | 39 | 61 | 82 | 46 | 15 | 32 | 105 | 57 | 31 | 31 | 44 | 48 | 28 | 9 | 628 | 0.07% | |
Sarath Manamendra | NSH | 30 | 50 | 77 | 48 | 8 | 41 | 74 | 52 | 31 | 30 | 36 | 37 | 35 | 5 | 554 | 0.06% | |
Anurudha Polgampola | Ind 2 | 22 | 39 | 37 | 30 | 2 | 24 | 42 | 37 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 328 | 0.04% | |
Vajirapani Wijesiriwardene | SEP | 16 | 43 | 35 | 17 | 7 | 23 | 42 | 23 | 25 | 29 | 13 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 318 | 0.04% | |
M. B. Theminimulla | ACAKO | 15 | 37 | 46 | 33 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 31 | 15 | 11 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 312 | 0.04% | |
Sundaram Mahendran | NSSP | 19 | 29 | 31 | 30 | 6 | 23 | 37 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 285 | 0.03% | |
Ven.Battaramulla Seelarathana Thero | JSP | 10 | 22 | 37 | 17 | 7 | 20 | 44 | 27 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 277 | 0.03% | |
Prasanna Priyankara | DNM | 11 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 182 | 0.02% | |
Jayantha Kulathunga | ULGC | 5 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 26 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 163 | 0.02% | |
Wimal Geeganage | SLNF | 8 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 116 | 0.01% | |
Valid Votes | 41,815 | 79,785 | 123,998 | 53,079 | 30,715 | 74,890 | 74,162 | 65,480 | 62,735 | 37,377 | 46,917 | 64,754 | 63,089 | 37,112 | 855,908 | 100.00% | ||
Rejected Votes | 390 | 1,020 | 1,356 | 673 | 401 | 794 | 1,393 | 1,023 | 834 | 517 | 479 | 763 | 748 | 602 | 10,993 | |||
Total Polled | 42,205 | 80,805 | 125,354 | 53,752 | 31,116 | 75,684 | 75,555 | 66,503 | 63,569 | 37,894 | 47,396 | 65,517 | 63,837 | 37,714 | 866,901 | |||
Registered Electors | 54,214 | 102,219 | 157,463 | 69,243 | 40,020 | 94,870 | 95,567 | 85,375 | 81,149 | 47,685 | 58,637 | 82,298 | 80,420 | 38,382 | 1,049,106 | |||
Turnout | 77.85% | 79.05% | 79.61% | 77.63% | 77.75% | 79.78% | 79.06% | 77.90% | 78.34% | 79.47% | 80.83% | 79.61% | 79.38% | 98.26% | 82.63% |
Results of the 8th presidential election held on 16 November 2019: [10]
Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | |||||||||||||
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa | SLPP | 24,829 | 37,648 | 64,298 | 27,263 | 13,795 | 43,788 | 36,436 | 32,057 | 35,247 | 20,296 | 29,334 | 33,003 | 38,765 | 34,748 | 471,502 | 50.43% | |
Sajith Premadasa | NDF | 16,839 | 46,531 | 62,044 | 28,166 | 16,334 | 33,293 | 39,887 | 35,848 | 27,399 | 18,238 | 19,098 | 33,131 | 24,244 | 16,303 | 417,355 | 44.64% | |
Anura Kumara Dissanayake | NMPP | 959 | 1,469 | 3,401 | 791 | 966 | 2,539 | 1,740 | 1,439 | 2,189 | 681 | 748 | 1,913 | 2,021 | 2,683 | 25,539 | 2.52% | |
Mahesh Senanayake | NPP | 135 | 181 | 383 | 116 | 282 | 344 | 179 | 208 | 509 | 107 | 105 | 261 | 302 | 507 | 3,619 | 0.39% | |
Ariyawansa Dissanayake | DUNF | 105 | 244 | 245 | 190 | 37 | 143 | 284 | 213 | 122 | 109 | 135 | 146 | 112 | 24 | 2,109 | 0.23% | |
Ajantha Perera | SPSL | 132 | 160 | 251 | 136 | 41 | 140 | 189 | 153 | 112 | 84 | 120 | 126 | 146 | 34 | 1,824 | 0.2% | |
M. L. A. M. Hizbullah | Ind 11 | 78 | 192 | 227 | 125 | 33 | 137 | 224 | 157 | 86 | 96 | 142 | 122 | 92 | 22 | 1,733 | 0.19% | |
Rohan Pallewatte | JSWP | 93 | 118 | 219 | 84 | 81 | 155 | 138 | 123 | 162 | 79 | 98 | 109 | 125 | 55 | 1,639 | 0.18% | |
Siripala Amarasinghe | Ind 02 | 77 | 171 | 137 | 103 | 22 | 91 | 178 | 159 | 58 | 85 | 78 | 93 | 57 | 13 | 1,322 | 0.14% | |
Milroy Fernando | Ind 09 | 48 | 93 | 121 | 82 | 38 | 84 | 127 | 94 | 50 | 57 | 68 | 72 | 51 | 6 | 991 | 0.11% | |
Ven.Battaramulla Seelarathana Thero | JSP | 39 | 118 | 108 | 60 | 25 | 62 | 102 | 101 | 54 | 50 | 47 | 67 | 63 | 12 | 908 | 0.1% | |
Ajantha de zoysa | RJP | 49 | 98 | 139 | 63 | 13 | 72 | 102 | 75 | 44 | 58 | 56 | 51 | 67 | 8 | 895 | 0.1% | |
Anuruddha Polgampola | Ind 08 | 25 | 117 | 97 | 64 | 17 | 54 | 116 | 102 | 29 | 51 | 45 | 53 | 42 | 3 | 815 | 0.09% | |
Jayantha Ketagoda | Ind 07 | 38 | 112 | 86 | 57 | 9 | 53 | 126 | 81 | 29 | 53 | 36 | 61 | 49 | 7 | 797 | 0.09% | |
Namal Rajapaksa | NUA | 44 | 52 | 80 | 36 | 19 | 37 | 62 | 35 | 40 | 28 | 50 | 42 | 42 | 1 | 577 | 0.06% | |
Subramanium Gunaratnam | ONF | 32 | 61 | 68 | 52 | 10 | 33 | 82 | 64 | 27 | 46 | 38 | 31 | 29 | 4 | 577 | 0.06% | |
Ven.Aparekke Punnananda Thero | Ind 01 | 31 | 77 | 56 | 37 | 10 | 39 | 60 | 60 | 32 | 31 | 38 | 42 | 36 | 23 | 572 | 0.06% | |
A. S. P. Liyanage | SLLP | 27 | 62 | 60 | 36 | 6 | 36 | 63 | 50 | 28 | 28 | 38 | 35 | 20 | 1 | 490 | 0.05% | |
Duminda Nagamuwa | FSP | 9 | 48 | 85 | 17 | 8 | 35 | 36 | 39 | 28 | 23 | 16 | 40 | 32 | 40 | 456 | 0.05% | |
Piyasiri Wijenayake | Ind 13 | 19 | 30 | 33 | 21 | 4 | 28 | 36 | 30 | 15 | 16 | 23 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 298 | 0.03% | |
Aruna de soyza | DNM | 16 | 28 | 42 | 20 | 2 | 20 | 34 | 28 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 274 | 0.03% | |
Rajiva Wijesinha | Ind 14 | 22 | 21 | 27 | 26 | 2 | 15 | 31 | 33 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 266 | 0.03% | |
Sirithunga Jayasuriya | USP | 13 | 21 | 38 | 22 | 8 | 19 | 44 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 264 | 0.03% | |
Aithurus M. Illiyas | Ind 03 | 9 | 25 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 45 | 39 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 260 | 0.03% | |
Sarath Manamendra | NSU | 12 | 24 | 43 | 19 | 5 | 20 | 26 | 24 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 236 | 0.03% | |
A. H. M. Alavi | Ind 04 | 10 | 27 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 26 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 205 | 0.02% | |
M. K. Shivajilingam | Ind 10 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 19 | 36 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 204 | 0.02% | |
Vajirapani Wijesiriwardene | SEP | 9 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 181 | 0.02% | |
Ashoka Wadigamangawa | Ind 12 | 8 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 35 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 176 | 0.02% | |
Saman Perera | OPPP | 7 | 17 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 165 | 0.02% | |
Samaraweera Weeravanni | Ind 15 | 3 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 19 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 147 | 0.02% | |
B.G. Nandimithra | NSSP | 8 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 146 | 0.02% | |
Priyantha Edirisinghe | ACAKO | 7 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 139 | 0.01% | |
Sarath Keerthirathna | Ind 05 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 120 | 0.01% | |
Samansiri Herath | Ind 06 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 74 | 0.01% | |
Valid Votes | 43,745 | 87,881 | 132,497 | 57,716 | 31,804 | 81,370 | 80,567 | 71,414 | 66,405 | 40,368 | 50,478 | 69,607 | 66,464 | 55,559 | 934,875 | 100.00% | ||
Rejected Votes | 277 | 816 | 1,135 | 627 | 409 | 700 | 1,030 | 684 | 666 | 422 | 345 | 563 | 584 | 762 | 9,020 | 0.81% | ||
Total Polled | 44,022 | 88,697 | 133,632 | 58,343 | 32,213 | 82,070 | 81,597 | 72,098 | 67,071 | 40,790 | 50,823 | 70,170 | 67,048 | 55,321 | 943,895 | 84.89% | ||
Registered Electors | 51,632 | 105,054 | 158,903 | 69,251 | 40,507 | 97,309 | 96,659 | 86,342 | 82,680 | 47,510 | 57,764 | 82,842 | 79,471 | 55,936 | 1,111,860 |
Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989 for the district: [11]
Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | Seats | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United National Party [lower-alpha 1] | 16,777 | 23,262 | 21,218 | 20,917 | 9,513 | 9,594 | 22,315 | 17,031 | 14,471 | 6,019 | 16,255 | 9,012 | 11,064 | 7,525 | 204,973 | 61.72% | 8 | |
Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 7,686 | 13,450 | 10,538 | 10,307 | 3,911 | 4,206 | 10,425 | 6,979 | 8,853 | 4,146 | 9,373 | 3,352 | 8,661 | 4,090 | 105,977 | 31.91% | 4 | |
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 495 | 1,555 | 2,476 | 800 | 1,263 | 685 | 1,065 | 1,740 | 1,018 | 249 | 84 | 2,682 | 500 | 85 | 14,697 | 4.43% | 0 | |
United Socialist Alliance [lower-alpha 2] | 288 | 288 | 157 | 192 | 556 | 295 | 921 | 476 | 774 | 113 | 263 | 106 | 334 | 384 | 5,147 | 1.55% | 0 | |
United Lanka People's Party | 81 | 97 | 108 | 119 | 132 | 116 | 114 | 73 | 129 | 34 | 110 | 52 | 61 | 89 | 1,315 | 0.40% | 0 | |
Valid Votes | 25,327 | 38,652 | 34,497 | 32,335 | 15,375 | 14,896 | 34,840 | 26,299 | 25,245 | 10,561 | 26,085 | 15,204 | 20,620 | 12,173 | 332,109 | 100.00% | 12 | |
Rejected Votes | 1,298 | 2,642 | 2,519 | 2,025 | 768 | 1,225 | 2,784 | 1,897 | 1,357 | 758 | 2,585 | 1,048 | 1,062 | 406 | 22,374 | |||
Total Polled | 26,625 | 41,294 | 37,016 | 34,360 | 16,143 | 16,121 | 37,624 | 28,196 | 26,602 | 11,319 | 28,670 | 16,252 | 21,682 | 12,579 | 354,483 | |||
Registered Electors | 38,747 | 54,611 | 92,300 | 42,178 | 28,267 | 47,758 | 53,327 | 47,713 | 46,746 | 27,254 | 36,923 | 48,915 | 50,598 | 12,980 | 628,317 | |||
Turnout | 68.71% | 75.61% | 40.10% | 81.46% | 57.11% | 33.76% | 70.55% | 59.10% | 56.91% | 41.53% | 77.65% | 33.22% | 42.85% | 96.91% | 56.42% |
The following candidates were elected: [11]
Alliance | Party | Candidate | votes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNP | UNP | D. B. Wijethunga | 58,617 | ||
SLFP | SLFP | D. M. Jayaratne | 54,290 | ||
UNP | UNP | M. A. Daniel [lower-alpha 3] | 53,396 | ||
UNP | UNP | A. C. S. Hameed | 36,375 | ||
UNP | UNP | A. R. M. Abdul Cader | 33,757 | ||
UNP | UNP | Chandraman de Silva | 29,726 | ||
UNP | UNP | Harindra Dunuwille | 28,377 | ||
UNP | UNP | Tissa Attanayake | 27,788 | ||
UNP | UNP | Lakshman Wijesiri | 27,555 | ||
SLFP | SLFP | Mahinda Abeykoon | 26,881 | ||
SLFP | SLFP | Yasaratne Tennakoon | 22,736 | ||
SLFP | SLFP | Lakshman Kiriella | 20,898 |
Results of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994 for the district: [13]
Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | Seats | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United National Party [lower-alpha 4] | 18,240 | 27,942 | 42,356 | 22,141 | 13,342 | 22,434 | 26,836 | 25,471 | 21,005 | 13,408 | 18,116 | 21,586 | 21,602 | 7,345 | 301,824 | 52.35% | 7 | |
People's Alliance [lower-alpha 5] | 14,762 | 22,962 | 41,035 | 15,365 | 10,591 | 20,461 | 21,402 | 17,816 | 20,318 | 12,457 | 16,590 | 21,635 | 23,096 | 9,193 | 267,683 | 46.43% | 5 | |
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | 205 | 156 | 425 | 107 | 355 | 402 | 129 | 240 | 474 | 68 | 75 | 384 | 288 | 187 | 3,495 | 0.61% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka Progressive Front [lower-alpha 6] | 144 | 174 | 546 | 92 | 140 | 318 | 211 | 186 | 286 | 99 | 93 | 311 | 350 | 122 | 3,072 | 0.53% | 0 | |
Independent Group 1 | 14 | 30 | 46 | 16 | 8 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 25 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 270 | 0.05% | 0 | |
Independent Group 2 | 10 | 16 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 208 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Valid Votes | 33,375 | 51,280 | 84,443 | 37,734 | 24,443 | 43,651 | 48,612 | 43,754 | 42,114 | 26,064 | 34,916 | 43,946 | 45,366 | 16,854 | 576,552 | 100.00% | 12 | |
Rejected Votes | 1,648 | 3,117 | 4,352 | 2,611 | 843 | 2,434 | 3,148 | 2,731 | 1,610 | 1,766 | 2,149 | 2,238 | 2,122 | 250 | 31,019 | |||
Total Polled | 35,023 | 54,397 | 88,795 | 40,345 | 25,286 | 46,085 | 51,760 | 46,485 | 43,724 | 27,830 | 37,065 | 46,184 | 47,488 | 17,104 | 607,571 | |||
Registered Electors | 43,462 | 66,812 | 109,246 | 50,376 | 32,335 | 56,925 | 62,996 | 57,482 | 55,740 | 32,992 | 42,700 | 56,671 | 58,455 | 726,192 | ||||
Turnout | 80.58% | 81.42% | 81.28% | 80.09% | 78.20% | 80.96% | 82.16% | 80.87% | 78.44% | 84.35% | 86.80% | 81.49% | 81.24% | 83.67% |
The following candidates were elected: [13]
Alliance | Party | Candidate | votes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNP | UNP | Gamini Dissanayake [lower-alpha 7] | 198,207 | ||
PA | SLFP | D. M. Jayaratne | 101,558 | ||
PA | SLFP | Anuruddha Ratwatte | 92,644 | ||
UNP | UNP | Lucky Jayawardena | 66,340 | ||
UNP | UNP | A. R. M. Abdul Cader | 66,136 | ||
PA | SLFP | Wilson Kuruppuarachchi | 63,969 | ||
UNP | UNP | A. C. S. Hameed | 61,906 | ||
UNP | UNP | Tissa Attanayake | 60,531 | ||
PA | SLFP | Lakshman Kiriella | 59,463 | ||
UNP | UNP | Sarath Amunugama | 53,997 | ||
PA | SLFP | Ediriweera Weerawardena | 53,192 | ||
UNP | CWC | Sivasamy Rajarathnan | 38,343 |
Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000 for the district: [14]
Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | Seats | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
People's Alliance [lower-alpha 8] | 16,051 | 29,140 | 34,177 | 18,695 | 7,254 | 21,906 | 30,259 | 24,235 | 17,342 | 13,881 | 17,897 | 19,988 | 21,793 | 9,664 | 282,282 | 46.66% | 6 | |
United National Party | 15,399 | 19,769 | 35,828 | 16,021 | 12,460 | 22,106 | 16,089 | 13,805 | 20,096 | 10,373 | 13,825 | 19,591 | 20,405 | 7,856 | 243,623 | 40.27% | 5 | |
National Unity Alliance [lower-alpha 9] | 1,048 | 2,544 | 10,990 | 1,564 | 1,803 | 883 | 1,388 | 3,277 | 1,469 | 472 | 43 | 4,990 | 1,341 | 211 | 32,023 | 5.29% | 1 | |
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 1,144 | 1,181 | 3,732 | 673 | 1,105 | 2,315 | 1,668 | 1,016 | 2,027 | 843 | 744 | 1,698 | 2,082 | 1,337 | 21,565 | 3.56% | 0 | |
Sinhala Heritage | 331 | 491 | 1,592 | 291 | 1,722 | 898 | 311 | 521 | 2,093 | 156 | 48 | 731 | 1,208 | 606 | 10,999 | 1.82% | 0 | |
Ceylon Workers' Congress | 9 | 490 | 108 | 1,053 | 401 | 967 | 1,372 | 454 | 337 | 772 | 46 | 43 | 16 | 40 | 6,108 | 1.01% | 0 | |
New Left Front [lower-alpha 10] | 176 | 218 | 329 | 194 | 100 | 157 | 437 | 170 | 168 | 209 | 210 | 207 | 220 | 25 | 2,820 | 0.47% | 0 | |
Citizen's Front | 23 | 97 | 99 | 43 | 89 | 176 | 44 | 203 | 74 | 208 | 95 | 43 | 61 | 49 | 1,304 | 0.22% | 0 | |
National Union of Workers | 22 | 132 | 244 | 72 | 51 | 55 | 97 | 77 | 65 | 43 | 8 | 149 | 45 | 6 | 1,066 | 0.18% | 0 | |
United Sinhala Great Council | 53 | 62 | 113 | 47 | 12 | 52 | 69 | 55 | 44 | 59 | 74 | 60 | 48 | 9 | 757 | 0.13% | 0 | |
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya | 20 | 73 | 80 | 12 | 66 | 71 | 41 | 31 | 114 | 11 | 7 | 47 | 80 | 55 | 708 | 0.12% | 0 | |
Democratic United National Front | 18 | 34 | 41 | 18 | 7 | 27 | 32 | 17 | 27 | 17 | 25 | 18 | 41 | 1 | 323 | 0.05% | 0 | |
Liberal Party | 14 | 15 | 31 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 28 | 19 | 56 | 23 | 32 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 301 | 0.05% | 0 | |
Independent Group 2 | 12 | 24 | 40 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 32 | 12 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 264 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Independent Group 4 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 16 | 9 | 29 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 179 | 0.03% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka Muslim Party | 9 | 14 | 26 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 26 | 8 | 161 | 0.03% | 0 | |
Independent Group 5 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 123 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Independent Group | 2 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 103 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Ruhunu People's Party | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 78 | 0.01% | 0 | |
National Development Front | 5 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 76 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent Group 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 65 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Valid Votes | 34,357 | 54,322 | 87,512 | 38,742 | 25,157 | 49,732 | 51,936 | 43,938 | 43,993 | 27,136 | 33,116 | 47,672 | 47,427 | 19,888 | 604,928 | 100.00% | 12 | |
Rejected Votes | 2,099 | 4,055 | 6,340 | 3,268 | 1,136 | 3,289 | 4,060 | 2,334 | 2,373 | 2,578 | 3,473 | 3,171 | 2,972 | 600 | 41,748 | |||
Total Polled | 36,456 | 58,377 | 93,852 | 42,010 | 26,293 | 53,021 | 55,996 | 46,272 | 46,366 | 29,714 | 36,589 | 50,843 | 50,399 | 20,488 | 646,676 | |||
Registered Electors | 47,418 | 75,067 | 122,891 | 56,465 | 34,559 | 67,435 | 70,727 | 64,618 | 60,032 | 37,031 | 48,095 | 63,837 | 64,303 | 812,478 | ||||
Turnout | 76.88% | 77.77% | 76.37% | 74.40% | 76.08% | 78.63% | 79.17% | 71.61% | 77.24% | 80.24% | 76.08% | 79.65% | 78.38% | 79.59% |
The following candidates were elected: [15]
Alliance | Party | Candidate | votes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNP | UNP | Keheliya Rambukwella | 154,403 | ||
PA | SLFP | Anuruddha Ratwatte | 152,511 | ||
PA | SLFP | D. M. Jayaratne | 85,711 | ||
UNP | UNP | Tissa Attanayake | 73,111 | ||
PA | SLFP | Mahindananda Aluthgamage | 71,653 | ||
PA | SLFP | Sarath Amunugama | 67,731 | ||
UNP | UNP | A. R. M. Abdul Cader | 58,375 | ||
PA | SLFP | Lakshman Kiriella | 57,424 | ||
UNP | UNP | M. H. A. Haleem | 47,271 | ||
UNP | UNP | Lucky Jayawardena | 42,085 | ||
PA | SLFP | Ediriweera Weerawardena | 35,388 | ||
NUA | SLMC | Rauff Hakeem | 28,033 |
Results of the 12th parliamentary election held on 5 December 2001 for the district: [16] [17]
Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | Seats | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United National Front [lower-alpha 11] | 18,180 | 25,089 | 53,249 | 14,055 | 16,764 | 26,815 | 22,110 | 19,461 | 25,140 | 13,792 | 17,477 | 28,101 | 24,871 | 9,193 | 314,297 | 52.77% | 7 | |
People's Alliance [lower-alpha 12] | 13,721 | 24,798 | 28,636 | 10,371 | 6,489 | 18,908 | 25,630 | 19,911 | 15,289 | 11,276 | 14,110 | 15,990 | 20,318 | 8,190 | 233,637 | 39.23% | 4 | |
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 1,688 | 2,168 | 7,496 | 996 | 1,551 | 3,355 | 2,811 | 2,071 | 3,254 | 1,697 | 1,695 | 2,859 | 3,243 | 2,262 | 37,146 | 6.24% | 1 | |
Sinhala Heritage | 119 | 228 | 595 | 72 | 551 | 331 | 195 | 187 | 653 | 59 | 55 | 292 | 508 | 195 | 4,040 | 0.68% | 0 | |
New Left Front [lower-alpha 13] | 214 | 467 | 503 | 192 | 89 | 282 | 435 | 270 | 219 | 268 | 290 | 294 | 344 | 38 | 3,905 | 0.66% | 0 | |
Muslim United Liberation Front | 50 | 75 | 128 | 30 | 13 | 42 | 63 | 40 | 35 | 42 | 33 | 37 | 50 | 3 | 641 | 0.11% | 0 | |
United Sinhala Great Council | 32 | 41 | 83 | 30 | 12 | 38 | 64 | 50 | 24 | 46 | 62 | 45 | 36 | 5 | 568 | 0.10% | 0 | |
National Development Front | 3 | 28 | 17 | 14 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 34 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 38 | 12 | 253 | 0.04% | 0 | |
People's Freedom Front | 10 | 27 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 212 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya | 8 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 190 | 0.03% | 0 | |
Independent Group 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 141 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Independent Group 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 105 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Independent Group 6 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 98 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Independent Group 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 77 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent Group 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 64 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Ruhunu People's Party | 2 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka National Front | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 48 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent Group 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Valid Votes | 34,060 | 52,985 | 90,869 | 25,804 | 25,538 | 49,887 | 51,453 | 42,052 | 44,745 | 27,234 | 33,806 | 47,743 | 49,479 | 19,921 | 595,576 | 100.00% | 12 | |
Rejected Votes | 2,032 | 4,338 | 6,813 | 2,230 | 1,152 | 3,413 | 3,780 | 3,069 | 2,252 | 2,780 | 3,946 | 3,068 | 2,512 | 718 | 42,103 | 6.6% | ||
Total Polled | 36,092 | 57,323 | 97,682 | 28,034 | 26,690 | 53,300 | 55,233 | 45,121 | 46,997 | 30,014 | 37,752 | 50,811 | 51,991 | 20,639 | 637,679 | 76.03% | ||
Registered Electors | 48,642 | 77,854 | 126,815 | 57,850 | 35,351 | 70,383 | 72,986 | 67,327 | 61,677 | 37,897 | 49,524 | 65,863 | 66,518 | 838,687 | ||||
Turnout | 74.20% | 73.63% | 77.03% | 48.46% | 75.50% | 75.73% | 75.68% | 67.02% | 76.20% | 79.20% | 76.23% | 77.15% | 78.16% | 76.03% |
The following candidates were elected: [18]
Alliance | Party | Candidate | votes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNF | UNP | Keheliya Rambukwella | 143,235 | ||
PA | SLFP | Anuruddha Ratwatte | 102,906 | ||
UNF | UNP | Tissa Attanayake | 99,381 | ||
PA | SLFP | Sarath Amunugama | 78,110 | ||
UNF | UNP | M. H. A. Haleem | 75,630 | ||
UNF | SLMC | Rauff Hakeem | 71,094 | ||
UNF | UNP | Lakshman Kiriella | 70,241 | ||
UNF | UNP | Chithra Srimathi Manthilake | 51,768 | ||
PA | SLFP | Thilina Bandara Tennakoon | 51,542 | ||
PA | SLFP | Mahindananda Aluthgamage | 50,618 | ||
UNF | UNP | Lucky Jayawardena | 45,693 | ||
JVP | JVP | Dimuthu Bandara Abayakoon | 5,967 |
Results of the 13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004 for the district: [19]
Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | Seats | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United National Front [lower-alpha 14] | 16,645 | 30,109 | 46,572 | 22,724 | 14,367 | 24,807 | 25,823 | 26,230 | 22,435 | 13,380 | 15,285 | 23,413 | 22,647 | 9,422 | 313,859 | 49.99% | 6 | |
United People's Freedom Alliance [lower-alpha 15] | 15,896 | 22,066 | 37,806 | 16,277 | 7,141 | 23,918 | 22,708 | 16,071 | 17,403 | 13,321 | 18,319 | 21,739 | 22,887 | 12,579 | 268,131 | 42.71% | 5 | |
Jathika Hela Urumaya | 1,513 | 2,515 | 7,079 | 1,253 | 3,959 | 3,896 | 1,793 | 2,946 | 6,191 | 674 | 307 | 3,678 | 4,376 | 2,012 | 42,192 | 6.72% | 1 | |
National Development Front | 43 | 63 | 183 | 77 | 70 | 112 | 61 | 75 | 127 | 27 | 20 | 134 | 96 | 21 | 1,109 | 0.18% | 0 | |
United Muslim People's Party | 30 | 68 | 93 | 39 | 12 | 40 | 55 | 45 | 26 | 28 | 26 | 41 | 38 | 7 | 548 | 0.09% | 0 | |
New Left Front [lower-alpha 16] | 11 | 34 | 84 | 22 | 59 | 28 | 44 | 31 | 61 | 9 | 12 | 34 | 51 | 21 | 501 | 0.08% | 0 | |
United Socialist Party | 19 | 30 | 56 | 28 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 33 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 324 | 0.05% | 0 | |
Independent Group 9 | 18 | 18 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 18 | 39 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 233 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Independent Group 7 | 5 | 13 | 52 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 178 | 0.03% | 0 | |
United Lalith Front | 3 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 147 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Independent Group 8 | 9 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 129 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Swarajya Party | 28 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 103 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 81 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka Muslim Party | 4 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka National Front | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent Group 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent Group 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent Group 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent Group 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 29 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Independent Group 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Ruhuna People's Party | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Independent Group 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Valid Votes | 34,241 | 54,979 | 92,078 | 40,500 | 25,659 | 52,907 | 50,642 | 45,536 | 46,338 | 27,503 | 34,049 | 49,155 | 50,192 | 24,087 | 627,866 | 100.00% | 12 | |
Rejected Votes | 2,523 | 4,415 | 6,988 | 3,423 | 1,123 | 3,607 | 4,421 | 4,250 | 2,424 | 2,685 | 3,749 | 2,999 | 2,465 | 412 | 45,484 | |||
Total Polled | 36,764 | 59,394 | 99,066 | 43,923 | 26,782 | 56,514 | 55,063 | 49,786 | 48,762 | 30,188 | 37,798 | 52,154 | 52,657 | 24,499 | 673,350 | |||
Registered Electors | 49,964 | 81,694 | 133,404 | 59,853 | 36,760 | 74,784 | 76,700 | 69,554 | 66,995 | 39,730 | 51,360 | 69,844 | 69,992 | 880,634 | ||||
Turnout | 73.58% | 72.70% | 74.26% | 73.38% | 72.86% | 75.57% | 71.79% | 71.58% | 72.78% | 75.98% | 73.59% | 74.67% | 75.23% | 76.46% |
The following candidates were elected: [20]
Alliance | Party | Candidate | votes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UPFA | JVP | Dimuthu Bandara Abayakoon | 111,923 | ||
UNF | UNP | Keheliya Rambukwella | 110,720 | ||
UNF | UNP | Tissa Attanayake | 93,971 | ||
UNF | UNP | A. R. M. Abdul Cader | 89,829 | ||
UPFA | SLFP | Mahindananda Aluthgamage | 82,036 | ||
UNF | UNP | Lakshman Kiriella | 81,136 | ||
UPFA | JVP | Y. M. Nawartna Banda | 81,036 | ||
UPFA | SLFP | Sarath Amunugama | 78,817 | ||
UNF | UNP | M. H. A. Haleem | 66,669 | ||
UPFA | SLFP | D. M. Jayaratne | 64,317 | ||
UNF | CWC | Faiszer Musthapha | 40,475 | ||
JHU | JHU | Ven.Udawatte Nanda Thero | 10,846 |
Results of the 14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010 for the district: [21]
Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | Seats | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United People's Freedom Alliance [lower-alpha 17] | 18,198 | 27,843 | 46,026 | 20,848 | 9,187 | 26,070 | 38,153 | 23,956 | 21,431 | 14,275 | 20,851 | 26,154 | 26,419 | 20,408 | 339,819 | 60.77% | 8 | |
United National Front [lower-alpha 18] | 8,836 | 19,144 | 30,124 | 13,145 | 10,226 | 16,282 | 11,648 | 16,214 | 15,411 | 7,732 | 7,544 | 15,590 | 14,621 | 6,281 | 192,798 | 34.48% | 4 | |
Democratic National Alliance [lower-alpha 19] | 1,209 | 1,228 | 3,551 | 736 | 1,454 | 2,775 | 1,128 | 1,477 | 2,965 | 800 | 521 | 1,949 | 1,983 | 1,952 | 23,728 | 4.24% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka National Front | 10 | 13 | 62 | 35 | 54 | 205 | 2 | 132 | 280 | 39 | 13 | 23 | 15 | 38 | 921 | 0.16% | 0 | |
National Development Front | 27 | 75 | 87 | 34 | 13 | 56 | 19 | 48 | 21 | 17 | 22 | 27 | 50 | 9 | 505 | 0.09% | 0 | |
United National Alternative Front | 15 | 31 | 38 | 23 | 5 | 22 | 11 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 245 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Independent Group 17 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 108 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Independent Group 11 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 95 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Independent Group 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 72 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Left Liberation Front | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 66 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Patriotic National Front | 8 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 62 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent Group 5 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 58 | 0.01% | 0 | |
United Lanka Great Council | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent Group 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent Group 13 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 54 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent Group 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Muslim Liberation Front | 3 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent Group 1 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Ceylon Democratic Unity Alliance | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 48 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Janasetha Peramuna | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent Group 12 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent Group 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent Group 14 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent Group 16 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent Group 15 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent Group 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka Labour Party | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Independent Group 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Independent Group 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Independent Group 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Valid Votes | 28,354 | 48,459 | 80,056 | 34,886 | 20,980 | 45,515 | 51,076 | 41,950 | 40,205 | 22,939 | 29,060 | 43,839 | 43,179 | 28,728 | 559,226 | 100.00% | 12 | |
Rejected Votes | 3,007 | 6,780 | 8,345 | 4,763 | 1,389 | 4,783 | 4,262 | 5,177 | 2,935 | 3,540 | 4,163 | 4,043 | 3,862 | 1,284 | 58,333 | |||
Total Polled | 31,361 | 55,239 | 88,401 | 39,649 | 22,369 | 50,298 | 55,338 | 47,127 | 43,140 | 26,479 | 33,223 | 47,882 | 47,041 | 30,012 | 617,559 | |||
Registered Electors | 52,553 | 91,146 | 147,475 | 65,176 | 36,938 | 85,857 | 85,136 | 78,688 | 72,906 | 45,144 | 55,629 | 76,812 | 76,996 | 970,456 | ||||
Turnout | 59.67% | 60.60% | 59.94% | 60.83% | 60.56% | 58.58% | 65.00% | 59.89% | 59.17% | 58.65% | 59.72% | 62.34% | 61.10% | 63.64% |
The following candidates were elected: [22]
Alliance | Party | Candidate | votes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UPFA | SLFP | Mahindananda Aluthgamage | 146,765 | ||
UPFA | UNP | Keheliya Rambukwella | 133,060 | ||
UPFA | UNP | S. B. Dissanayake | 108,169 | ||
UPFA | SLFP | Lohan Ratwatte | 81,812 | ||
UPFA | UNP | A. R. M. Abdul Cader | 54,937 | ||
UPFA | SLFP | Erik Weerawardena | 54,195 | ||
UNF | SLMC | Rauff Hakeem | 54,047 | ||
UNF | UNP | Lakshman Kiriella | 53,690 | ||
UNF | UNP | M. H. A. Haleem | 48,588 | ||
UPFA | SLFP | Dilum Amunugama | 45,909 | ||
UPFA | SLFP | Faiszer Musthapha | 44,648 | ||
UPFA | SLFP | Sarath Amunugama | 44,478 |
Results of the 15th parliamentary election held on 17 August 2015: [23]
Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | Seats | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United National Front for Good Governance [lower-alpha 20] | 19,522 | 42,657 | 63,853 | 28,115 | 18,346 | 37,355 | 37,611 | 35,619 | 32,354 | 17,501 | 19,674 | 35,580 | 29,310 | 23,264 | 440,761 | 55.57% | 7 | |
United People's Freedom Alliance [lower-alpha 21] | 17,231 | 27,025 | 42,799 | 18,029 | 8,396 | 26,637 | 25,672 | 20,822 | 21,775 | 14,454 | 21,919 | 20,808 | 24,986 | 18,626 | 309,152 | 38.98% | 5 | |
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 1,287 | 1,583 | 4,459 | 1,059 | 1,497 | 3,250 | 2,157 | 1,779 | 3,211 | 962 | 876 | 2,307 | 2,823 | 3,419 | 30,669 | 3.87% | 0 | |
Ceylon Workers' Congress | 3 | 1,399 | 43 | 415 | 28 | 189 | 719 | 944 | 24 | 480 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 129 | 4,400 | 0.55% | 0 | |
Democratic Party | 110 | 154 | 463 | 98 | 119 | 279 | 469 | 196 | 167 | 35 | 61 | 148 | 193 | 279 | 2771 | 0.35% | 0 | |
Bodu Jana Peramuna | 80 | 189 | 455 | 138 | 120 | 197 | 120 | 168 | 194 | 35 | 25 | 265 | 183 | 136 | 2,305 | 0.29% | 0 | |
Independent Group 07 | 51 | 72 | 127 | 42 | 9 | 41 | 65 | 65 | 26 | 45 | 62 | 48 | 51 | 2 | 706 | 0.09% | 0 | |
United People's Party | 15 | 57 | 68 | 38 | 18 | 24 | 73 | 48 | 31 | 34 | 44 | 39 | 22 | 6 | 517 | 0.07% | 0 | |
Frontline Socialist Party | 8 | 21 | 100 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 18 | 24 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 47 | 25 | 31 | 349 | 0.04% | 0 | |
United Socialist Party | 14 | 54 | 50 | 13 | 11 | 31 | 58 | 29 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 24 | 21 | 6 | 345 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Independent Group 05 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 21 | 36 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 16 | 0 | 203 | 0.03% | 0 | |
Janasetha Peramuna | 9 | 4 | 61 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 155 | 0.02% | 0 | |
All Citizens All Kings Organization | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 68 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 154 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Independent Group 02 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 90 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent Group 06 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 82 | 0.01% | 0 | |
United Peace Front | 2 | 8 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 72 | 0.01% | 0 | |
United Lanka People's Party | 7 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 0.01% | 0 | |
New Sinhala Heritage | 3 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 60 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent Group 01 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent Group 04 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 47 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka National Force | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 46 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent Group 03 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Muslim National Alliance | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Motherland People's Party | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Valid Votes | 38,375 | 73,301 | 112,622 | 48,016 | 28,561 | 68,170 | 67,099 | 57,789 | 57,870 | 33,612 | 42,714 | 59,357 | 57,686 | 45,928 | 793,100 | 100.00% | 12 | |
Rejected Votes | 1,558 | 4,204 | 5,126 | 2,903 | 721 | 2,695 | 5,101 | 3,406 | 1,604 | 2,195 | 2,368 | 2,365 | 2,067 | 752 | 37,065 | 4.46% | ||
Total Polled | 39,933 | 77,505 | 117,748 | 50,919 | 29,282 | 70,865 | 72,200 | 63,195 | 59,474 | 35,807 | 45,082 | 61,722 | 59,753 | 46,680 | 830,165 | 79.13% | ||
Registered Electors | 52,214 | 102,219 | 157,463 | 69,243 | 40,020 | 94,870 | 95,567 | 85,375 | 81,149 | 47,685 | 58,637 | 82,298 | 80,420 | 1,049,160 |
Alliance | Party | Candidate [24] | votes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNFGG | UNP | Lakshman Kiriella | 199,046 | ||
UPFA | SLFP | Lohan Ratwatte | 129,750 | ||
UPFA | SLFP | Mahindananda Aluthgamage | 123,393 | ||
UNFGG | UNP | Mayantha Dissanayake | 111,190 | ||
UNFGG | UNP | M. H. A. Haleem | 111,011 | ||
UPFA | SLFP | Dilum Amunugama | 104,469 | ||
UNFGG | SLMC | Rauff Hakeem | 102,186 | ||
UPFA | SLFP | Anuradha Jayaratne | 93,567 | ||
UPFA | SLFP | Keheliya Rambukwella | 65,687 | ||
UNFGG | UNP | Lucky Jayawardena | 65,461 | ||
UNFGG | DPF | M. Velu Kumar | 62,556 | ||
UNFGG | UNP | Ananda Aluthgamage | 56,625 |
Results of the 16th parliamentary election held on 5 August 2020: [25]
Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | Seats | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance [lower-alpha 22] | 24,888 | 41,759 | 61,159 | 27,733 | 13,337 | 40,939 | 43,629 | 32,456 | 32,433 | 20,486 | 28,630 | 35,786 | 38,839 | 35,372 | 477,446 | 58.76% | 8 | |
Samagi Jana Balawegaya [lower-alpha 23] | 8,575 | 26,331 | 35,532 | 16,963 | 9,366 | 18,707 | 21,538 | 20,438 | 15,502 | 10,391 | 12,410 | 17,732 | 12,532 | 8,511 | 234,523 | 28.86% | 4 | |
Independent Group 01 | 949 | 2,101 | 3,457 | 1,437 | 698 | 4,401 | 1,269 | 2,168 | 2,221 | 1,595 | 619 | 2,142 | 2,000 | 814 | 25,797 | 3.17% | 0 | |
National People's Power [lower-alpha 24] | 948 | 1,276 | 2,712 | 594 | 1,339 | 2,528 | 1,431 | 1,222 | 2,890 | 601 | 937 | 1,753 | 1,831 | 2,935 | 22,997 | 2.83% | 0 | |
United National Party | 645 | 1,937 | 2,290 | 1,437 | 1,234 | 1,555 | 1,327 | 1,604 | 1,665 | 635 | 450 | 1,567 | 1,257 | 1,409 | 19,012 | 2.34% | 0 | |
Independent Group 11 | 198 | 1,382 | 8,199 | 378 | 318 | 189 | 315 | 1,218 | 323 | 127 | 110 | 580 | 226 | 201 | 13,672 | 1.68% | 0 | |
Our Power of People's Party | 188 | 406 | 1,552 | 439 | 311 | 572 | 425 | 1,065 | 618 | 114 | 152 | 436 | 567 | 433 | 7,288 | 0.9% | 0 | |
National Development Front | 189 | 208 | 288 | 140 | 74 | 174 | 252 | 169 | 142 | 101 | 138 | 122 | 128 | 47 | 2,012 | 0.25% | 0 | |
Jana Setha Peramuna | 44 | 114 | 98 | 79 | 16 | 55 | 99 | 104 | 34 | 55 | 67 | 67 | 56 | 18 | 906 | 0.11% | 0 | |
Independent Group 06 | 21 | 46 | 29 | 56 | 196 | 64 | 67 | 176 | 109 | 48 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 41 | 900 | 0.11% | 0 | |
Socialist Party of Sri Lanka | 55 | 90 | 109 | 56 | 21 | 61 | 109 | 72 | 60 | 59 | 66 | 55 | 52 | 10 | 875 | 0.11% | 0 | |
Independent Group 02 | 36 | 90 | 91 | 56 | 14 | 61 | 101 | 59 | 28 | 36 | 62 | 68 | 33 | 27 | 762 | 0.09% | 0 | |
Frontline Socialist Party | 25 | 48 | 129 | 30 | 12 | 54 | 63 | 63 | 29 | 29 | 20 | 99 | 36 | 51 | 688 | 0.08% | 0 | |
National People's Party | 26 | 48 | 64 | 42 | 20 | 47 | 69 | 48 | 31 | 30 | 50 | 74 | 39 | 24 | 612 | 0.08% | 0 | |
National Democratic Front | 67 | 38 | 70 | 30 | 9 | 42 | 67 | 54 | 23 | 36 | 47 | 43 | 38 | 15 | 579 | 0.07% | 0 | |
Independent Group 10 | 32 | 47 | 111 | 34 | 7 | 37 | 47 | 48 | 31 | 34 | 27 | 36 | 32 | 12 | 535 | 0.07% | 0 | |
Sinhaladeepa National Front | 16 | 31 | 105 | 59 | 17 | 32 | 61 | 30 | 40 | 13 | 21 | 30 | 16 | 51 | 522 | 0.06% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka Labour Party | 24 | 54 | 54 | 32 | 12 | 29 | 58 | 66 | 27 | 25 | 40 | 31 | 21 | 13 | 486 | 0.06% | 0 | |
All Citizens are All Kings Organization | 20 | 43 | 79 | 20 | 12 | 32 | 41 | 35 | 32 | 22 | 22 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 426 | 0.05% | 0 | |
Independent Group 12 | 16 | 48 | 79 | 17 | 13 | 24 | 52 | 62 | 18 | 26 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 424 | 0.05% | 0 | |
New Sinhala Heritage | 20 | 29 | 46 | 18 | 20 | 27 | 26 | 51 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 28 | 42 | 399 | 0.05% | 0 | |
Independent Group 07 | 19 | 46 | 39 | 30 | 10 | 21 | 29 | 33 | 12 | 30 | 23 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 336 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Democratic United National Front | 20 | 40 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 39 | 26 | 29 | 16 | 22 | 26 | 18 | 13 | 28 | 319 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Independent Group 03 | 10 | 24 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 36 | 31 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 253 | 0.03% | 0 | |
Motherland People's Party | 6 | 16 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 203 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Independent Group 09 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 171 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Independent Group 05 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 168 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Independent Group 08 | 7 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 29 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 139 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Independent Group 04 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 126 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Valid Votes | 36,915 | 76,308 | 116,357 | 49,693 | 27,096 | 69,774 | 71,207 | 61,389 | 56,369 | 34,626 | 44,040 | 60,819 | 57,863 | 50,122 | 812,578 | 100.00% | 12 | |
Rejected Votes | 2,365 | 6,885 | 7,908 | 4,438 | 1,167 | 4,743 | 6,053 | 5,063 | 3,061 | 3,262 | 3,423 | 3,724 | 2,779 | 2,220 | 57,091 | 5.06% | ||
Total Polled | 39,280 | 83,193 | 124,265 | 54,131 | 28,263 | 74,517 | 77,260 | 66,452 | 59,430 | 37,888 | 47,463 | 64,543 | 60,642 | 52,342 | 869,669 | 77.02% | ||
Registered Electors | 52,073 | 107,217 | 162,717 | 70,373 | 40,471 | 99,506 | 98,425 | 87,639 | 83,715 | 48,329 | 58,588 | 84,711 | 81,284 | 54,054 | 1,129,100 |
Alliance | Party | Candidate [26] | votes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SLPFA | SLPP | Dilum Amunugama | 171,758 | ||
SLPFA | SLPP | Mahindananda Aluthgamage | 161,471 | ||
SLPFA | SLPP | Lohan Ratwatte | 140,917 | ||
SLPFA | SLPP | Anuradha Jayaratne | 140,798 | ||
SLPFA | SLPP | Keheliya Rambukwella | 110,832 | ||
SLPFA | SLPP | Wasantha Yapa Bandara | 108,940 | ||
SJB | SLMC | Rauff Hakeem | 83,398 | ||
SJB | SJB | M. H. A. Haleem | 71,063 | ||
SJB | DPF | M. Velu Kumar | 57,445 | ||
SJB | SJB | Lakshman Kiriella | 52,311 | ||
SLPFA | SLPP | Gunathilaka Rajapaksha | 49,317 | ||
SLPFA | SLPP | Udayana Kirindigoda | 39,904 |
Results of the 1st Central provincial council election held on 2 June 1988 [27]
Party | Total Votes | % | Seats | |
---|---|---|---|---|
United National Party | 195,259 | 60.46% | 17 | |
United Socialist Alliance [lower-alpha 25] | 98,493 | 30.5% | 9 | |
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 29,198 | 9.04% | 2 | |
Valid Votes | 322,950 | 100.00% | 28 |
Results of the 2nd Central provincial council election held on 17 May 1993: [28]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
---|---|---|---|---|
United National Party | 252,926 | 49.78% | 14 | |
People's Alliance [lower-alpha 26] | 155,298 | 30.57% | 9 | |
Democratic United National Front | 90,366 | 17.79% | 5 | |
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 6,079 | 1.19% | 0 | |
Nava Sama Samaja Party | 3,382 | 0.67% | 0 | |
Valid Votes | 508,051 | 100.00% | 28 |
Results of the 3rd Central provincial council election held on 6 April 1999 for the district: [29] [30]
Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | Seats | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
People's Alliance [lower-alpha 27] | 14,412 | 23,298 | 34,377 | 18,390 | 7,988 | 17,053 | 26,220 | 21,166 | 15,840 | 11,368 | 16,095 | 17,760 | 18,732 | 4,551 | 247,250 | 47.51% | 13 | |
United National Party | 13,736 | 20,227 | 35,903 | 15,266 | 11,040 | 20,053 | 14,947 | 13,419 | 17,760 | 10,024 | 13,419 | 19,480 | 18,643 | 4,410 | 232,934 | 46.04% | 13 | |
National Union of Workers | 50 | 2,716 | 267 | 2,238 | 1,085 | 1,617 | 3,481 | 2,897 | 741 | 1,477 | 113 | 95 | 135 | 42 | 16,954 | 3.26% | 1 | |
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 995 | 982 | 2,761 | 558 | 899 | 1,616 | 1,301 | 1,045 | 1,509 | 671 | 746 | 1,288 | 1,346 | 348 | 16,065 | 3.09% | 1 | |
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | 109 | 155 | 518 | 106 | 802 | 651 | 141 | 330 | 830 | 93 | 102 | 269 | 331 | 196 | 4,433 | 0.85% | 0 | |
Liberal Party | 45 | 72 | 134 | 68 | 30 | 74 | 91 | 80 | 33 | 83 | 80 | 55 | 55 | 1 | 881 | 0.17% | 0 | |
Independent Group | 27 | 69 | 174 | 57 | 38 | 59 | 70 | 64 | 49 | 37 | 41 | 56 | 96 | 16 | 853 | 0.16% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 36 | 30 | 79 | 32 | 16 | 30 | 39 | 36 | 41 | 25 | 26 | 151 | 133 | 15 | 689 | 0.13% | 0 | |
Valid Votes | 29,410 | 47,549 | 74,213 | 36,715 | 21,698 | 41,153 | 46,290 | 43,264 | 36,803 | 23,778 | 30,622 | 39,154 | 39,471 | 9,579 | 520,659 | 100.00% | 28 | |
Rejected Votes | 2,024 | 4,494 | 6,736 | 3,225 | 1,526 | 3,508 | 4,409 | 4,158 | 2,882 | 2,296 | 2,654 | 3,201 | 3,195 | 692 | 45,000 | 7.96% | ||
Total Polled | 31,434 | 52,043 | 80,949 | 39,940 | 23,224 | 44,661 | 50,699 | 47,782 | 39,485 | 26,074 | 33,476 | 42,355 | 42,666 | 10,271 | 565,059 | 72.42% | ||
Registered Electors | 45,997 | 71,328 | 117,613 | 53,927 | 34,640 | 63,678 | 87,877 | 62,149 | 58,745 | 35,580 | 45,900 | 61,229 | 61,559 | 780,232 |
The following candidates were elected:
Party | Candidate | votes | |
---|---|---|---|
UNP | Keheliya Rambukwella | 141,552 | |
PA | Mahindananda Aluthgamage | 51,558 | |
UNP | Chithra Srimathi Manthilake | 43,519 | |
UNP | M. H. A. Haleem | 38,283 | |
PA | Thilina Bandara Thennakoon | 34,375 | |
PA | Mahinda Abeykoon | 30,073 | |
PA | Kamal Ajith Kumara | 25,831 | |
PA | Anura Fernando | 24,653 | |
PA | Chaminda Kuruppuarachchi | 24,210 | |
UNP | Mahinda Wijesiri | 22,440 | |
UNP | W. M. P. B. Dissanayake | 21,919 | |
PA | Sunil Kithsiri Amaratunga | 21,077 | |
UNP | H. L. M. Rafeek | 21,014 | |
PA | M. T. M. Ameen | 20,730 | |
UNP | A. M. S. M. Shafie | 20,359 | |
PA | R. B. Herath | 20,339 | |
PA | M. G. Jayaratne | 19,450 | |
UNP | Karunarathne Bandara | 19,185 | |
UNP | Rupa Sriyani Daniel | 19,098 | |
PA | H. A. Ranasinghe | 18,761 | |
PA | S. M. R. B. Samarakoon | 18,576 | |
PA | A. G. Sirisena | 18,488 | |
UNP | Kesera Senanayake | 16,790 | |
UNP | Sarath Piyadasa | 16,411 | |
UNP | Jayaweera Bandara | 16,347 | |
UNP | H. L. M. Jaufer | 13,478 | |
NUW | Thureysami Madiyugaraja | 10,277 | |
JVP | A. R. G. Dharmaratne | 1,794 |
Results of the 4th Central provincial council election held on 10 July 2004 for the district: [31]
Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | Seats | |||||||||||||
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United People's Freedom Alliance [lower-alpha 28] | 15,546 | 20,406 | 36,289 | 15,423 | 6,150 | 23,101 | 23,296 | 14,108 | 15,294 | 13,752 | 18,607 | 17,582 | 16,901 | 8,140 | 244,595 | 54.17% | 16 | |
United National Party | 10,504 | 18,564 | 29,938 | 16,541 | 9,468 | 14,656 | 14,220 | 16,850 | 14,353 | 10,270 | 10,526 | 14,605 | 16,834 | 4,935 | 202,264 | 44.80% | 14 | |
National Development Front | 54 | 69 | 100 | 49 | 20 | 106 | 62 | 144 | 100 | 45 | 38 | 390 | 132 | 51 | 1,360 | 0.30% | 0 | |
United Socialist Party | 67 | 98 | 157 | 82 | 49 | 86 | 116 | 127 | 49 | 59 | 43 | 71 | 70 | 14 | 1,088 | 0.24% | 0 | |
United Muslim People's Alliance | 27 | 73 | 372 | 38 | 68 | 32 | 53 | 96 | 36 | 22 | 22 | 72 | 71 | 5 | 987 | 0.22% | 0 | |
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya | 12 | 31 | 43 | 13 | 51 | 32 | 21 | 28 | 47 | 12 | 6 | 29 | 49 | 45 | 419 | 0.09% | 0 | |
Independent Group 2 | 22 | 27 | 36 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 26 | 18 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 247 | 0.05% | 0 | |
National Democratic Party | 6 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 23 | 8 | 25 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 178 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Ruhunu People's Party | 5 | 8 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 35 | 16 | 161 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Independent Group 1 | 10 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 143 | 0.03% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 4 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 76 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Valid Votes | 26,257 | 39,309 | 67,028 | 32,196 | 15,839 | 38,055 | 37,840 | 31,409 | 29,941 | 24,203 | 29,276 | 32,802 | 34,127 | 13,236 | 451,518 | 100.00% | 30 | |
Rejected Votes | 1,567 | 2,799 | 4,942 | 2,424 | 1,135 | 2,477 | 2,872 | 2,435 | 2,046 | 1,641 | 2,198 | 2,120 | 2,022 | 824 | 31,502 | |||
Total Polled | 27,824 | 42,108 | 71,970 | 34,620 | 16,974 | 40,532 | 40,712 | 33,844 | 31,987 | 25,844 | 31,474 | 34,922 | 36,149 | 14,060 | 483,020 | |||
Registered Electors | 49,964 | 81,695 | 133,404 | 59,853 | 36,760 | 74,784 | 76,700 | 69,554 | 66,995 | 39,730 | 51,360 | 69,844 | 69,992 | 880,635 | ||||
Turnout | 55.69% | 51.54% | 53.95% | 57.84% | 46.18% | 54.20% | 53.08% | 48.66% | 47.75% | 65.05% | 61.28% | 50.00% | 51.65% | 54.85% |
The following candidates were elected: [31]
Party | Candidate [31] | votes | |
---|---|---|---|
UPFA | Dilum Amunugama | 48,491 | |
UPFA | Amaranath Samansiri Fernando | 39,476 | |
UPFA | Sarath Ekanayake | 36,387 | |
UNP | Lucky Jayawardena | 31,071 | |
UNP | M. R. M. Hamjad | 28,447 | |
UPFA | Ananda Aluthgamage | 28,034 | |
UPFA | Mahinda Abeykoon | 27,643 | |
UPFA | Ediriweera Weerawardena | 27,047 | |
UNP | A. G. M. Saheed | 24,991 | |
UPFA | R. G. Samaranayake | 24,181 | |
UNP | Thureysami Madiyugaraja | 23,519 | |
UNP | Chithra Srimathi Manthilake | 23,247 | |
UNP | Mahinda Wijesiri | 23,097 | |
UPFA | M. G. Jayaratne | 21,577 | |
UPFA | Manel Bandara | 21,067 | |
UPFA | Nishshanka Herath | 20,658 | |
UPFA | Sunil Wickramasinghe | 20,613 | |
UNP | Nihal Gunasekara | 20,454 | |
UPFA | A. G. Sirisena | 19,651 | |
UNP | Chanaka Ailapperuma | 18,185 | |
UPFA | Sunil Kithsiri Amarathunga | 18,116 | |
UPFA | H. A. Ranasinghe | 17,428 | |
UPFA | P. B. Dissanayake | 17,392 | |
UPFA | Chandana Dissanayake | 17,099 | |
UNP | Srima Shanthini Kongahage | 16,973 | |
UNP | Sivasamy Rajarathnam | 14,267 | |
UNP | Padmalal de Alwis | 14,071 | |
UNP | M. M. M. Alhaj | 13,719 | |
UNP | Rupa Sriyani Daniel | 13,203 | |
UNP | A. M. N. Alhaj | 13,147 |
Results of the 5th Central provincial council election held on 14 February 2009 for the district: [32]
Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | Seats | |||||||||||||
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United People's Freedom Alliance [lower-alpha 29] | 21,646 | 29,628 | 53,858 | 22,752 | 10,243 | 32,964 | 32,016 | 26,629 | 24,125 | 17,881 | 22,911 | 27,269 | 28,967 | 12,601 | 363,490 | 59.41% | 18 | |
United National Party | 10,446 | 24,745 | 35,928 | 16,523 | 12,146 | 20,078 | 16,126 | 20,309 | 19,507 | 9,997 | 9,906 | 19,708 | 18,654 | 3,754 | 237,827 | 38.87% | 12 | |
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 548 | 410 | 1,402 | 469 | 355 | 870 | 813 | 333 | 760 | 351 | 398 | 652 | 591 | 341 | 8,293 | 1.36% | 0 | |
United Socialist Party | 24 | 60 | 90 | 34 | 22 | 31 | 83 | 45 | 40 | 21 | 12 | 42 | 35 | 7 | 546 | 0.09% | 0 | |
Independent Group 3 | 15 | 4 | 39 | 27 | 55 | 24 | 9 | 12 | 145 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 376 | 0.06% | 0 | |
United Lanka People's Party | 15 | 40 | 35 | 23 | 5 | 16 | 44 | 31 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 292 | 0.05% | 0 | |
Independent Group 1 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 89 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 198 | 0.03% | 0 | |
Independent Group 8 | 8 | 28 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 184 | 0.03% | 0 | |
Independent Group 7 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 0.01% | 0 | |
United Lanka Great Council | 1 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 75 | 0.01% | 0 | |
National People's Party | 4 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 66 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent Group 5 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 0.01% | 0 | ||
Patriotic National Front | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 56 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent Group 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 53 | 0.01% | 0 | ||
Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 52 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Ruhunu People's Party | 3 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 51 | 0.01% | 0 | ||
Independent Group 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent Group 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Valid Votes | 32,731 | 54,963 | 91,483 | 39,903 | 22,866 | 54,047 | 49,202 | 47,437 | 44,643 | 28,394 | 33,295 | 47,764 | 48,319 | 16,741 | 611,788 | 100.00% | 30 | |
Rejected Votes | 1,399 | 3,174 | 4,587 | 2,674 | 711 | 2,476 | 3,818 | 3,057 | 1,696 | 1,881 | 1,947 | 2,048 | 2,020 | 341 | 31,829 | |||
Total Polled | 34,130 | 58,137 | 96,070 | 42,577 | 23,577 | 56,523 | 53,020 | 50,494 | 46,339 | 30,275 | 35,242 | 49,812 | 50,339 | 17,082 | 643,617 | |||
Registered Electors | 52,169 | 89,422 | 145,752 | 64,133 | 36,702 | 84,371 | 82,686 | 76,751 | 71,886 | 44,057 | 54,923 | 75,994 | 76,262 | 955,108 | ||||
Turnout | 65.42% | 65.01% | 65.91% | 66.39% | 64.24% | 66.99% | 64.12% | 65.79% | 64.46% | 68.72% | 64.17% | 65.55% | 66.01% | 67.39% |
The following candidates were elected: [33]
Party | Candidate [32] | votes | |
---|---|---|---|
UNP | S. B. Dissanayake | 181,783 | |
UPFA | Sarath Ekanayake | 99,932 | |
UPFA | Dilum Amunugama | 77,179 | |
UPFA | Lohan Ratwatte | 70,372 | |
UPFA | Ediriweera Weerawardena | 46,903 | |
UPFA | Ananda Aluthgamage | 45,178 | |
UPFA | Thilina Bandara Thennakoon | 30,476 | |
UPFA | Mahinda Abeykoon | 30,170 | |
UPFA | S. M. R. B. Samarakoon | 29,686 | |
UPFA | Wilson Kuruppuarachchi | 29,637 | |
UPFA | R. G. Samaranayake | 28,479 | |
UNP | M. R. M. Hamjad | 27,421 | |
UPFA | A. G. Sirisena | 26,676 | |
UNP | Jamaldeen Jeilabdeen | 26,103 | |
UPFA | Gunathilaka Rajapaksha | 25,957 | |
UPFA | Sunil Kithsiri Amaratunga | 25,787 | |
UPFA | G. V. Jayawardhana | 23,963 | |
UPFA | Nishshanka Herath | 23,477 | |
UPFA | Linton Wijesinghe | 22,879 | |
UNP | Chanaka Ailapperuma | 22,477 | |
UNP | Chithra Srimathi Manthilake | 22,063 | |
UPFA | M. G. Jayaratne | 21,310 | |
UNP | Lucky Jayawardena | 21,028 | |
UPFA | H. A. Ranasinghe | 21,011 | |
UNP | Sivasami Rajarathnam | 20,228 | |
UNP | S. M. M. Marjan | 19,520 | |
UNP | Srima Shanthini Kongahage | 18,472 | |
UNP | A. M. S. M. Shafie | 18,367 | |
UNP | Nihal Gunasekara | 18,115 | |
UNP | Lakshman Wijesiri | 16,479 |
Results of the 6th provincial council election held on 21 September 2013 for the district: [34]
Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | Seats | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United People's Freedom Alliance [lower-alpha 30] | 19,072 | 34,310 | 52,924 | 24,103 | 9,156 | 31,606 | 34,824 | 24,514 | 23,270 | 15,945 | 22,225 | 23,613 | 25,667 | 14,583 | 355,812 | 55.76% | 16 | |
United National Party | 8,931 | 21,578 | 32,401 | 11,559 | 10,047 | 13,136 | 13,358 | 16,432 | 16,762 | 7,938 | 10,782 | 19,071 | 13,973 | 4,219 | 200,187 | 31.37% | 9 | |
Democratic Party | 1,548 | 1,545 | 5,216 | 1,408 | 1,741 | 6,369 | 2,606 | 2,788 | 3,388 | 1,632 | 321 | 2,422 | 4,173 | 2,274 | 37,431 | 5.87% | 2 | |
Ceylon Workers' Congress | 97 | 3,221 | 242 | 2,296 | 498 | 1,832 | 3,490 | 3,905 | 838 | 1,764 | 41 | 302 | 94 | 167 | 18,787 | 2.94% | 1 | |
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 632 | 535 | 2,386 | 1,303 | 293 | 511 | 287 | 1,391 | 215 | 181 | 28 | 2,448 | 842 | 85 | 11,137 | 1.75% | 1 | |
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 463 | 389 | 1,308 | 144 | 221 | 1,104 | 701 | 512 | 635 | 425 | 505 | 347 | 484 | 402 | 7,640 | 1.20% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka People's Party | 63 | 59 | 165 | 47 | 107 | 103 | 44 | 95 | 275 | 41 | 50 | 168 | 311 | 22 | 1,550 | 0.24% | 0 | |
Up-Country People's Front | 12 | 341 | 65 | 162 | 234 | 53 | 360 | 70 | 63 | 48 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 1,458 | 0.23% | 0 | |
Jana Setha Peramuna | 10 | 13 | 85 | 7 | 16 | 31 | 24 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 68 | 438 | 23 | 756 | 0.12% | 0 | |
United Lanka Great Council | 22 | 47 | 82 | 33 | 15 | 75 | 54 | 39 | 30 | 30 | 24 | 43 | 40 | 10 | 544 | 0.09% | 0 | |
New Democratic Front | 28 | 33 | 59 | 12 | 22 | 67 | 46 | 43 | 47 | 11 | 4 | 27 | 28 | 77 | 504 | 0.08% | 0 | |
Our National Front | 17 | 55 | 54 | 30 | 8 | 38 | 54 | 38 | 24 | 28 | 33 | 43 | 27 | 17 | 466 | 0.07% | 0 | |
Patriotic National Front | 19 | 16 | 43 | 12 | 20 | 59 | 23 | 26 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 26 | 38 | 20 | 342 | 0,05% | 0 | |
Independent Group 8 | 17 | 20 | 32 | 27 | 7 | 14 | 41 | 14 | 8 | 21 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 257 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Independent Group 4 | 3 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 23 | 39 | 40 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 228 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Ruhunu People's Party | 0 | 41 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 167 | 0.03% | 0 | |
New Sinhala Heritage | 7 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 154 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Independent Group 7 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 112 | 0,02% | 0 | |
Independent Group 6 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 110 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Independent Group 1 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 106 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Muslim Liberation Front | 5 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 89 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka Labour Party | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 77 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent Group 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 66 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent Group 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 65 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent Group 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Valid Votes | 30,974 | 62,298 | 95,201 | 41,213 | 22,426 | 55,101 | 56,088 | 50,013 | 45,685 | 28,139 | 34,073 | 48,695 | 46,234 | 21,957 | 638,097 | 100.00% | 29 | |
Rejected Votes | 1,471 | 4,331 | 4,993 | 3,003 | 941 | 2,961 | 4,990 | 3,610 | 2,111 | 2,116 | 2,264 | 2,835 | 2,385 | 1,137 | 39,148 | |||
Total Polled | 32,445 | 66,629 | 100,194 | 44,216 | 23,367 | 58,062 | 61,078 | 53,623 | 47,796 | 30,255 | 36,337 | 51,530 | 48,619 | 23,094 | 677,245 | |||
Registered electors | 53,484 | 97,640 | 152,688 | 67,710 | 38,364 | 90,563 | 91,894 | 82,896 | 77,805 | 46,254 | 57,334 | 79,945 | 78,738 | 23,805 | 1,015,315 | |||
Turnout | 60.66% | 68.24% | 65.62% | 65.30% | 60.91% | 64.11% | 66.47% | 64.69% | 61.43% | 65.41 | 63,38% | 64.46% | 61.75% | 97.01% | 66.7% |
The following candidates were elected: [35]
Party | Candidate | votes | |
---|---|---|---|
UPFA | Anuradha Jayaratne | 107,644 | |
UPFA | Sarath Ekanayake | 70,121 | |
UNP | Azath Salley | 55,395 | |
UNP | Jamaldeen Jeilabdeen | 45,792 | |
UPFA | Thilina Bandara Tennakoon | 45,027 | |
UPFA | Ediriweera Weerawardena | 44,206 | |
UPFA | Mahinda Abeykoon | 29,889 | |
UPFA | R. G. Samaranayake | 28,646 | |
UNP | Mayantha Dissanayake | 27,204 | |
UPFA | Nishshanka Herath | 25,877 | |
UPFA | Gunathilaka Rajapaksha | 24,560 | |
UNP | Lucky Jayawardena | 24,437 | |
UPFA | A. G. Sirisena | 24,429 | |
UPFA | Linton Wijesinghe | 24,266 | |
UPFA | Sunil Kithsiri Amaratunga | 23,946 | |
UPFA | Aluthgamage Weerasinghe | 23,652 | |
UPFA | Manel Bandara | 23,400 | |
UPFA | M. G. Jayaratne | 22,816 | |
UPFA | Jagath Wijenayake | 22,386 | |
UPFA | Gamini Wijaya Bandara | 21,639 | |
UNP | Padmalal de Alwis | 19,037 | |
UNP | Chanaka Ailapperuma | 18,603 | |
UNP | M. Velu Kumar | 18,159 | |
UNP | P. B. Warawewa | 16,990 | |
UNP | Chithra Srimathi Manthilake | 16,054 | |
CWC | Thureysami Madiyugaraja | 8,774 | |
DP | Channa Galappaththige | 7,628 | |
DP | Asanga Thilakaratne | 5,542 | |
SLMC | A. L. M. Uvais | 3,275 |
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Kurunegala electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Kurunegala in the North Western province. The district currently elects 15 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 1,183,649 registered electors in 2010.
Puttalam electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Puttalam in the North Western province. The district currently elects 8 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 495,575 registered electors in 2010.
Anuradhapura electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Anuradhapura in the North Central province. The district currently elects 9 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 579,261 registered electors in 2010.
Polonnaruwa electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Polonnaruwa in the North Central province. The district currently elects 5 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 280,337 registered electors in 2010.
Badulla electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Badulla in the Uva province. The district currently elects 8 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 574,814 registered electors in 2010.
Monaragala electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Monaragala in the Uva province. The district currently elects 5 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 300,642 registered electors in 2010.
Kegalle electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Kegalle in the Sabaragamuwa province. The district currently elects 9 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 613,938 registered electors in 2010.
Ratnapura electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Ratnapura in the Sabaragamuwa province. The district currently elects 10 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 734,651 registered electors in 2010.