Results of the 2010 Sri Lankan general election by electoral district

Last updated August 19, 2024

Results of the 2010 Sri Lankan general election by electoral district.

Number of votes

Electoral District	Province	UPFA	UNF	DNA	TNA	Ind	UCPF	TMVP	SMBP	TULF	TNPF	DPLF	SLNF	Others	Valid Votes	Rejected Votes	Total Polled	Registered Electors	Turnout %
Ampara	EA	132,096	90,757	2,917	26,895	2,029		1,490					56	696	256,946	15,516	272,462	420,835	64.74%
Anuradhapura	NC	221,204	80,360	18,129		528			11,445				147	725	332,538	22,930	355,468	579,261	61.37%
Badulla	UV	203,689	112,886	15,768		5,073	11,481		137					644	349,678	24,169	373,847	574,814	65.04%
Batticaloa	EA	62,009	22,935	324	66,235	6,034		16,886	11	4,424		136		1,624	180,618	14,749	195,367	333,644	58.56%
Colombo	WE	480,896	339,750	110,683		1,222			35	834			924	5,031	939,375	50,354	989,729	1,521,854	65.03%
Galle	SO	305,307	120,101	33,663		895			30				330	1,062	461,388	24,013	485,401	761,815	63.72%
Gampaha	WE	589,476	266,523	69,747		2,697							625	1,165	930,233	50,234	980,467	1,474,464	66.50%
Hambantota	SO	174,808	83,027	19,186		252							81	700	278,054	11,240	289,294	421,186	68.69%
Jaffna	NO	47,622	12,624	201	65,119	8,744		69		2,892	6,362			4,870	148,503	19,774	168,277	721,359	23.33%
Kalutara	WE	313,836	139,596	36,722		1,476			22				172	1,031	492,855	51,751	544,606	813,233	66.97%
Kandy	CE	339,819	192,798	23,728		832			25				921	1,103	559,226	58,333	617,559	970,456	63.64%
Kegalle	SA	242,463	104,925	13,518		438			44				256	811	362,455	25,965	388,420	613,938	63.27%
Kurunegala	NW	429,316	213,713	26,440		1,032			37				483	1,415	672,436	53,130	725,566	1,183,649	61.30%
Matale	CE	131,069	55,737	7,636		660			13				75	560	195,750	19,310	215,060	342,684	62.76%
Matara	SO	213,937	91,114	20,465		410		49	19				478	1,110	327,582	14,289	341,871	578,858	59.06%
Monaragala	UV	120,634	28,892	9,018		204			10				136	597	159,491	10,149	169,640	300,642	56.43%
Nuwara Eliya	CE	149,111	96,885	3,984		1,995	13,189		225				20	825	266,234	37,236	303,470	457,137	66.38%
Polonnaruwa	NC	118,694	45,732	6,457		158		53	6				47	324	171,471	14,798	186,269	280,337	66.44%
Puttalam	NW	167,769	81,152	8,792		468			14				266	331	258,792	21,562	280,354	495,575	56.57%
Ratnapura	SA	305,327	125,076	11,053		573			15				97	1,232	443,373	37,022	480,395	734,651	65.39%
Trincomalee	EA	59,784	39,691	2,519	33,268	594		1,712	14		1,182		170	808	139,742	10,240	149,982	241,133	62.20%
Vanni	NO	37,522	12,783	301	41,673	2,633		25	58	1,073		5,900	29	4,980	106,977	10,208	117,185	266,975	43.89%
Total		4,846,388	2,357,057	441,251	233,190	38,947	24,670	20,284	12,170	9,223	7,544	6,036	5,313	31,644	8,033,717	596,972	8,630,689	14,088,500	61.26%

Percentage of votes

Electoral District	Province	UPFA	UNF	DNA	TNA	Ind	UCPF	TMVP	SMBP	TULF	TNPF	DPLF	SLNF	Others	Total
Ampara	EA	51.41%	35.32%	1.14%	10.47%	0.79%		0.58%					0.02%	0.27%	100.00%
Anuradhapura	NC	66.52%	24.17%	5.45%		0.16%			3.44%				0.04%	0.22%	100.00%
Badulla	UV	58.25%	32.28%	4.51%		1.45%	3.28%		0.04%					0.18%	100.00%
Batticaloa	EA	34.33%	12.70%	0.18%	36.67%	3.34%		9.35%	0.01%	2.45%		0.08%		0.90%	100.00%
Colombo	WE	51.19%	36.17%	11.78%		0.13%			0.00%	0.09%			0.10%	0.54%	100.00%
Galle	SO	66.17%	26.03%	7.30%		0.19%			0.01%				0.07%	0.23%	100.00%
Gampaha	WE	63.37%	28.65%	7.50%		0.29%							0.07%	0.13%	100.00%
Hambantota	SO	62.87%	29.86%	6.90%		0.09%							0.03%	0.25%	100.00%
Jaffna	NO	32.07%	8.50%	0.14%	43.85%	5.89%		0.05%		1.95%	4.28%			3.28%	100.00%
Kalutara	WE	63.68%	28.32%	7.45%		0.30%			0.00%				0.03%	0.21%	100.00%
Kandy	CE	60.77%	34.48%	4.24%		0.15%			0.00%				0.16%	0.20%	100.00%
Kegalle	SA	66.89%	28.95%	3.73%		0.12%			0.01%				0.07%	0.22%	100.00%
Kurunegala	NW	63.84%	31.78%	3.93%		0.15%			0.01%				0.07%	0.21%	100.00%
Matale	CE	66.96%	28.47%	3.90%		0.34%			0.01%				0.04%	0.29%	100.00%
Matara	SO	65.31%	27.81%	6.25%		0.13%		0.01%	0.01%				0.15%	0.34%	100.00%
Monaragala	UV	75.64%	18.12%	5.65%		0.13%			0.01%				0.09%	0.37%	100.00%
Nuwara Eliya	CE	56.01%	36.39%	1.50%		0.75%	4.95%		0.08%				0.01%	0.31%	100.00%
Polonnaruwa	NC	69.22%	26.67%	3.77%		0.09%		0.03%	0.00%				0.03%	0.19%	100.00%
Puttalam	NW	64.83%	31.36%	3.40%		0.18%			0.01%				0.10%	0.13%	100.00%
Ratnapura	SA	68.86%	28.21%	2.49%		0.13%			0.00%				0.02%	0.28%	100.00%
Trincomalee	EA	42.78%	28.40%	1.80%	23.81%	0.43%		1.23%	0.01%		0.85%		0.12%	0.58%	100.00%
Vanni	NO	35.07%	11.95%	0.28%	38.96%	2.46%		0.02%	0.05%	1.00%		5.52%	0.03%	4.66%	100.00%
Total		60.33%	29.34%	5.49%	2.90%	0.48%	0.31%	0.25%	0.15%	0.11%	0.09%	0.08%	0.07%	0.39%	100.00%

Seats

Electoral District	Province	UPFA	UNF	DNA	TNA	UCPF	TMVP	SMBP	TULF	TNPF	DPLF	SLNF	Total
Ampara	EA	4	2	0	1		0					0	7
Anuradhapura	NC	7	2	0				0				0	9
Badulla	UV	6	2	0		0		0					8
Batticaloa	EA	1	1	0	3		0	0	0		0		5
Colombo	WE	10	7	2				0	0			0	19
Galle	SO	7	2	1				0				0	10
Gampaha	WE	12	5	1								0	18
Hambantota	SO	5	2	0								0	7
Jaffna	NO	3	1	0	5		0		0	0			9
Kalutara	WE	7	2	1				0				0	10
Kandy	CE	8	4	0				0				0	12
Kegalle	SA	7	2	0				0				0	9
Kurunegala	NW	10	5	0				0				0	15
Matale	CE	4	1	0				0				0	5
Matara	SO	6	2	0			0	0				0	8
Monaragala	UV	4	1	0				0				0	5
Nuwara Eliya	CE	5	2	0		0		0				0	7
Polonnaruwa	NC	4	1	0			0	0				0	5
Puttalam	NW	6	2	0				0				0	8
Ratnapura	SA	7	3	0				0				0	10
Trincomalee	EA	2	1	0	1		0	0		0		0	4
Vanni	NO	2	1	0	3		0	0	0		0	0	6
National List		17	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29
Total		144	60	7	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	225

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References

"Parliamentary General Election – 2010". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2010-04-14.

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