Results of the 2004 Sri Lankan general election by electoral district

Last updated August 19, 2024

Results of the 2004 Sri Lankan general election by electoral district.

Number of votes

Electoral District	Province	UPFA	UNP	TNA	JHU	SLMC	UCPF	EPDP	Ind	NDF	USP	CDUA	NLF	DPLF	Others	Valid Votes	Rejected Votes	Total Polled	Registered Electors	Turnout %
Ampara	NE	111,747	42,121	55,533	1,130	76,563		1,611	693	66	104		50		743	290,361	18,264	308,625	379,044	81.42%
Anuradhapura	NC	212,943	148,612		8,034				334	432	1,439		177		154	372,125	21,281	393,406	514,149	76.52%
Badulla	UV	178,634	181,705		6,932				662	610	588		248		799	370,178	30,159	400,337	511,115	78.33%
Batticaloa	NE	26,268	6,151	161,011	17	43,131		2,556	415	32	71		119	1,010	594	241,375	12,648	254,023	303,928	83.58%
Colombo	WE	414,688	441,841		190,618			539	1,242	2,420	894		2,037		3,687	1,057,966	38,605	1,096,571	1,467,751	74.71%
Galle	SO	306,385	209,399		22,826				514	626	456		457		848	541,511	30,380	571,891	716,709	79.79%
Gampaha	WE	509,963	367,572		102,516				850	4,622	2,852		932		695	990,002	40,862	1,030,864	1,327,145	77.68%
Hambantota	SO	178,895	98,877						350	328	239		195		426	279,310	17,724	297,034	384,361	77.28%
Jaffna	NE			257,320	95	1,995		18,612	5,307		291		266		140	284,026	21,233	305,259	644,279	47.38%
Kalutara	WE	291,208	212,721		56,615				599		432		560		884	563,019	30,741	593,760	746,138	79.58%
Kandy	CE	268,131	313,859		42,192				726	1,109	324		501		1,024	627,866	45,484	673,350	880,634	76.46%
Kegalle	SA	214,267	186,641		18,034				294	488	487		307		613	421,131	25,685	446,816	570,299	78.35%
Kurunegala	NW	412,157	340,768		37,459				575	1,058	265		349		1,016	793,647	40,396	834,043	1,089,482	76.55%
Matale	CE	108,259	100,642		8,819				440	271	1,135		109		387	220,062	19,549	239,611	312,556	76.66%
Matara	SO	241,235	139,633		16,229				541	718	1,526		192		159	400,233	22,769	423,002	550,506	76.84%
Monaragala	UV	117,456	71,067		2,675				204	158	135		76		342	192,113	12,816	204,929	262,742	78.00%
Nuwara Eliya	CE	82,945	176,971		4,454		49,728		250	532	1,426	10,736	187		380	327,609	24,413	352,022	436,236	80.70%
Polonnaruwa	NC	106,243	75,664		2,413				123	116	627		41		34	185,261	12,673	197,934	254,062	77.91%
Puttalam	NW	142,784	135,152		10,000				310	785	132		169		431	289,763	21,431	311,194	450,057	69.15%
Ratnapura	SA	261,450	205,490		20,801				764	585	649		1,336		928	492,003	28,346	520,349	647,035	80.42%
Trincomalee	NE	31,053	15,693	68,955	791	65,187		540	224				87		264	182,794	8,863	191,657	224,307	85.44%
Vanni	NE	7,259	33,621	90,835	74			1,097	448		588		66	6,316	73	140,377	10,626	151,003	226,604	66.64%
Total		4,223,970	3,504,200	633,654	552,724	186,876	49,728	24,955	15,865	14,956	14,660	10,736	8,461	7,326	14,621	9,262,732	534,948	9,797,680	12,899,139	75.96%

Percentage of votes

Electoral District	Province	UPFA	UNP	TNA	JHU	SLMC	UCPF	EPDP	Ind	NDF	USP	CDUA	NLF	DPLF	Others	Total
Ampara	NE	38.49%	14.51%	19.13%	0.39%	26.37%		0.55%	0.24%	0.02%	0.04%		0.02%		0.26%	100.00%
Anuradhapura	NC	57.22%	39.94%		2.16%				0.09%	0.12%	0.39%		0.05%		0.04%	100.00%
Badulla	UV	48.26%	49.09%		1.87%				0.18%	0.16%	0.16%		0.07%		0.22%	100.00%
Batticaloa	NE	10.88%	2.55%	66.71%	0.01%	17.87%		1.06%	0.17%	0.01%	0.03%		0.05%	0.42%	0.25%	100.00%
Colombo	WE	39.20%	41.76%		18.02%			0.05%	0.12%	0.23%	0.08%		0.19%		0.35%	100.00%
Galle	SO	56.58%	38.67%		4.22%				0.09%	0.12%	0.08%		0.08%		0.16%	100.00%
Gampaha	WE	51.51%	37.13%		10.36%				0.09%	0.47%	0.29%		0.09%		0.07%	100.00%
Hambantota	SO	64.05%	35.40%						0.13%	0.12%	0.09%		0.07%		0.15%	100.00%
Jaffna	NE			90.60%	0.03%	0.70%		6.55%	1.87%		0.10%		0.09%		0.05%	100.00%
Kalutara	WE	51.72%	37.78%		10.06%				0.11%		0.08%		0.10%		0.16%	100.00%
Kandy	CE	42.71%	49.99%		6.72%				0.12%	0.18%	0.05%		0.08%		0.16%	100.00%
Kegalle	SA	50.88%	44.32%		4.28%				0.07%	0.12%	0.12%		0.07%		0.15%	100.00%
Kurunegala	NW	51.93%	42.94%		4.72%				0.07%	0.13%	0.03%		0.04%		0.13%	100.00%
Matale	CE	49.19%	45.73%		4.01%				0.20%	0.12%	0.52%		0.05%		0.18%	100.00%
Matara	SO	60.27%	34.89%		4.05%				0.14%	0.18%	0.38%		0.05%		0.04%	100.00%
Monaragala	UV	61.14%	36.99%		1.39%				0.11%	0.08%	0.07%		0.04%		0.18%	100.00%
Nuwara Eliya	CE	25.32%	54.02%		1.36%		15.18%		0.08%	0.16%	0.44%	3.28%	0.06%		0.12%	100.00%
Polonnaruwa	NC	57.35%	40.84%		1.30%				0.07%	0.06%	0.34%		0.02%		0.02%	100.00%
Puttalam	NW	49.28%	46.64%		3.45%				0.11%	0.27%	0.05%		0.06%		0.15%	100.00%
Ratnapura	SA	53.14%	41.77%		4.23%				0.16%	0.12%	0.13%		0.27%		0.19%	100.00%
Trincomalee	NE	16.99%	8.59%	37.72%	0.43%	35.66%		0.30%	0.12%				0.05%		0.14%	100.00%
Vanni	NE	5.17%	23.95%	64.71%	0.05%			0.78%	0.32%		0.42%		0.05%	4.50%	0.05%	100.00%
Total		45.60%	37.83%	6.84%	5.97%	2.02%	0.54%	0.27%	0.17%	0.16%	0.16%	0.12%	0.09%	0.08%	0.16%	100.00%

Seats

Electoral District	Province	UPFA	UNP	TNA	JHU	SLMC	UCPF	EPDP	NDF	USP	CDUA	DPLF	Total
Ampara	NE	3	1	1	0	2		0	0	0			7
Anuradhapura	NC	5	3		0				0	0			8
Badulla	UV	3	5		0				0	0			8
Batticaloa	NE	0	0	4	0	1		0	0	0		0	5
Colombo	WE	8	9		3			0	0	0			20
Galle	SO	6	4		0				0	0			10
Gampaha	WE	9	6		2				0	0			17
Hambantota	SO	5	2						0	0			7
Jaffna	NE			8	0	0		1		0			9
Kalutara	WE	6	3		1					0			10
Kandy	CE	5	6		1				0	0			12
Kegalle	SA	5	4		0				0	0			9
Kurunegala	NW	9	7		0				0	0			16
Matale	CE	3	2		0				0	0			5
Matara	SO	5	3		0				0	0			8
Monaragala	UV	3	2		0				0	0			5
Nuwara Eliya	CE	2	4		0		1		0	0	0		7
Polonnaruwa	NC	3	2		0				0	0			5
Puttalam	NW	5	3		0				0	0			8
Ratnapura	SA	6	4		0				0	0			10
Trincomalee	NE	1	0	2	0	1		0					4
Vanni	NE	0	1	5	0			0		0		0	6
National List		13	11	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	29
Total		105	82	22	9	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	225

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References

"Parliamentary General Election 2004 – All Island Result". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2012-12-19.

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