Gampaha Electoral District Electoral district of Sri Lanka
Gampaha 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 Gampaha in the Western province . The district currently elects 19 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 1,785,964 registered electors in 2020.[ 2] The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 02.[ 3]
Polling Divisions
The Gampaha Electoral District consists of the following polling divisions:[ 3]
A: Wattala
B: Negombo
C: Katana
D: Divulapitiya
E: Mirigama
F: Minuwangoda
G: Attanagalla
H. Gampaha
I. Ja-Ela
J. Mahara
K. Dompe
L. Biyagama
M. Kelaniya
Presidential Elections
1982 presidential election
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
%
Junius Jayewardene
UNP
22,531
25,398
25,974
26,573
27,845
32,420
26,504
24,732
25,853
29,672
30,289
30,346
29,387
8,323
365,847
52.50%
Hector Kobbekaduwa
SLFP
31,495
18,539
23,447
27,508
28,532
21,074
22,027
19,050
25,580
25,849
24,143
13,345
15,717
5,502
301,808
43.31%
Rohana Wijeweera
JVP
1,926
1,389
1,547
1,670
1,942
1,683
1,356
2,179
1,952
1,992
3,186
1,049
1,402
428
23,701
3.40%
Colvin R. de Silva
LSSP
272
237
231
247
336
346
334
312
307
260
316
236
232
169
3,835
0.55%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara
NSSP
65
47
79
57
101
157
104
74
69
70
67
127
59
46
1,122
0.16%
Kumar Ponnambalam
ACTC
32
13
28
33
33
29
36
25
17
27
29
97
119
16
534
0.08%
Valid Votes
56,321
45,623
51,306
56,088
58,789
55,709
50,361
46,372
53,778
57,870
58,030
45,200
46,916
14,484
696,847
100.00%
Rejected Votes
430
410
432
519
517
488
437
480
418
399
478
412
425
147
5,992
Total Polled
56,751
46,033
51,738
56,607
59,306
56,197
50,798
46,852
54,196
58,269
58,508
45,612
47,341
14,631
702,839
Registered Electors
67,061
55,457
61,494
66,207
72,371
69,624
60,560
58,671
65,660
69,566
70,695
59,884
58,015
835,265
Turnout
84.63%
83.01%
84.14%
85.50%
81.95%
80.71%
83.88%
79.86%
82.54%
83.76%
82.76%
76.17%
81.60%
84.15%
1988 presidential election
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
%
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
SLFP
35,758
23,633
25,857
30,829
34,340
25,357
25,379
22,877
30,305
29,751
27,712
16,601
19,361
7,793
355,553
48.83%
Ranasinghe Premadasa
UNP
22,242
23,930
25,792
26,155
25,948
30,021
28,760
21,395
26,024
29,424
26,835
29,016
27,945
6,605
350,092
48.08%
Ossie Abeygunasekera
SLMP
1,475
1,518
1,055
976
1,839
1,766
2,036
2,700
2,407
1,404
1,074
1,720
1,901
596
22,467
3.09%
Valid Votes
59,475
49,081
52,704
57,960
62,127
57,144
56,175
46,972
58,736
60,579
55,621
47,337
49,207
14,994
728,112
100.00%
Rejected Votes
735
685
742
511
721
1,052
822
690
735
825
860
587
666
477
10,108
Total Polled
60,210
49,766
53,446
58,471
62,848
58,196
56,997
47,662
59,471
61,404
56,481
47,924
49,873
15,471
738,220
Registered Electors
79,172
66,166
68,377
72,945
85,424
81,566
76,452
65,961
79,936
78,056
78,953
68,250
68,477
969,735
Turnout
76.05%
75.21%
78.16%
80.16%
73.57%
71.35%
74.55%
72.26%
74.40%
78.67%
71.54%
70.22%
72.83%
76.13%
1994 presidential election
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
%
Chandrika Kumaratunga
PA
51,923
36,459
35,220
39,151
51,197
44,166
42,916
35,601
46,494
42,041
40,288
31,648
37,373
16,177
550,654
64.74%
Srima Dissanayake
UNP
17,437
19,678
23,749
19,920
20,094
24,260
24,637
18,825
21,935
22,839
22,585
22,131
23,671
6,847
288,608
33.93%
Harischandra Wijayatunga
SMBP
374
340
169
228
403
266
184
344
311
299
270
133
183
190
3,694
0.43%
Hudson Samarasinghe
Ind 2
396
201
235
283
215
152
251
151
251
252
248
184
180
20
3,019
0.35%
A. J. Ranasinghe
Ind 1
206
235
149
152
246
236
187
187
235
233
208
172
214
51
2,711
0.32%
Nihal Galappaththi
SLPF
175
127
115
116
147
150
128
107
188
121
222
80
99
57
1,832
0.22%
Valid Votes
70,511
57,040
59,637
59,850
72,302
69,230
68,303
55,215
69,414
65,785
63,821
54,348
61,720
23,342
850,518
100.00%
Rejected Votes
1,065
930
832
867
958
1,141
864
920
1,064
892
1,446
761
922
475
13,137
Total Polled
71,576
57,970
60,469
60,717
73,260
70,371
69,167
56,135
70,478
66,677
65,267
55,109
62,642
23,817
863,655
Registered Electors
91,907
80,600
77,104
80,415
100,416
97,305
92,027
78,191
98,091
89,192
89,455
80,589
85,516
1,140,808
Turnout
77.88%
71.92%
78.43%
75.50%
72.96%
72.32%
75.16%
71.79%
71.85%
74.76%
72.96%
68.38%
73.25%
75.71%
1999 presidential election
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
%
Chandrika Kumaratunga
PA
51,204
36,550
35,245
39,214
51,606
44,098
45,607
30,947
46,703
42,314
38,075
28,515
32,954
9,764
532,796
56.58%
Ranil Wickramasinghe
UNP
21,709
26,061
27,007
23,857
26,257
29,726
27,389
22,215
27,771
28,328
28,456
28,156
30,566
6,471
353,969
37.59%
Nandana Gunathilake
JVP
3,608
2,825
2,046
2,794
4,433
3,089
2,224
2,940
3,941
3,658
4,213
1,360
2,127
1,214
40,472
4.30%
Harischandra Wijayatunga
SMBP
411
369
215
281
626
236
261
512
402
450
415
106
184
285
4,753
0.50%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara
LDA
125
118
97
97
198
224
171
124
171
106
112
156
279
124
2,102
0.22%
Tennyson Edirisuriya
Ind 1
143
110
107
142
130
112
148
108
113
125
116
111
74
10
1,549
0.16%
W. V. M. Ranjith
Ind 2
133
114
127
137
114
82
125
76
122
134
150
92
83
6
1,495
0.16%
Abdul Rasool
SLMP
212
94
54
81
63
82
82
103
99
98
198
126
60
2
1,354
0.14%
Rajiva Wijesinha
LPSL
95
78
100
121
90
72
92
52
103
102
106
74
72
8
1,165
0.12%
Kamal Karunadasa
PLSF
77
54
62
71
77
57
71
59
62
94
82
55
47
10
878
0.09%
Hudson Samarasinghe
Ind 3
45
24
36
35
39
27
25
19
30
29
50
36
22
3
420
0.04%
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka
DUNF
52
27
21
48
26
21
19
19
30
33
31
20
27
12
386
0.04%
A. W. Premawardhana
PFF
14
18
30
29
23
26
21
16
27
20
21
15
17
3
280
0.03%
Valid Votes
77,828
66,442
65,147
66,907
83,682
77,852
76,235
57,190
79,574
75,491
72,025
58,822
66,512
17,912
941,619
100.00%
Rejected Votes
1,933
1,443
941
1,081
1,780
1,759
1,545
1,582
1,809
1,514
1,619
1,181
1,541
1,040
20,768
Total Polled
79,761
67,885
66,088
67,988
85,462
79,611
77,780
58,772
81,383
77,005
73,644
60,003
68,053
18,952
962,387
Registered Electors
101,470
88,034
83,077
87,240
111,814
104,076
100,352
77,425
107,701
98,927
96,907
83,508
88,377
1,228,908
Turnout
78.61%
77.11%
79.55%
77.93%
76.43%
76.49%
77.51%
75.91%
75.56%
77.84%
75.99%
71.85%
77.00%
78.31%
2005 presidential election
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
%
Mahinda Rajapaksa
UPFA
52,393
43,249
39,347
45,849
62,018
46,950
49,095
33,179
56,759
49,509
45,537
24,236
31,446
17,131
596,698
54.78%
Ranil Wickramasinghe
UNP
33,171
34,685
34,945
30,306
34,376
42,606
40,473
28,676
37,772
37,801
36,345
40,805
40,984
8,819
481,764
44.23%
Siritunga Jayasuriya
USP
252
155
217
227
197
196
258
130
211
259
227
252
200
9
2,790
0.26%
A. A. Suraweera
NDF
214
183
179
238
191
167
195
142
198
179
196
141
141
7
2,371
0.22%
Victor Hettigoda
ULPP
208
118
115
129
168
175
177
101
155
162
145
92
151
87
1,983
0.18%
Chamil Jayaneththi
NLF
83
47
79
61
70
54
79
37
55
74
85
75
47
10
856
0.08%
Aruna de Soyza
RPP
63
42
46
51
55
51
84
23
60
42
38
37
37
2
631
0.06%
Anura De Silva
ULF
40
28
51
52
46
56
52
26
42
59
70
46
39
2
609
0.06%
Wimal Geeganage
SLNF
48
41
48
56
42
45
43
20
50
38
62
34
37
6
570
0.05%
A. K. J. Arachchige
DUA
37
23
36
39
31
19
31
23
35
36
42
42
22
2
418
0.04%
Wije Dias
SEP
35
21
15
28
29
29
18
20
29
29
28
25
31
6
343
0.03%
P. Nelson Perera
SLPF
16
7
15
11
9
11
13
5
10
22
13
16
8
1
157
0.01%
H. S. Dharmadwaja
UNAF
8
2
7
8
9
3
10
5
4
10
13
1
5
2
87
0.01%
Valid Votes
86,568
78,601
75,100
77,055
97,241
90,362
90,528
62,387
95,380
88,220
82,801
65,802
73,148
26,084
1,089,277
100.00%
Rejected Votes
1,090
754
680
669
944
973
977
708
901
947
982
799
873
427
11,724
Total Polled
87,658
79,355
75,780
77,724
98,185
91,335
91,505
63,095
96,281
89,167
83,783
66,601
74,021
26,511
1,101,001
Registered Electors
112,898
99,193
93,677
97,143
124,714
117,040
114,595
80,301
122,039
111,211
107,553
89,361
94,455
1,364,180
Turnout
77.64%
80.00%
80.89%
80.01%
78.73%
78.04%
79.85%
78.57%
78.89%
80.18%
77.90%
74.53%
78.37%
80.71%
2010 presidential election
Results of the 6th presidential election held on 26 January 2010 for the district:[ 9]
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Mahinda Rajapaksa
UPFA
61,337
52,066
48,149
56,758
71,811
56,726
59,558
36,242
69,085
60,318
54,697
32,125
39,316
20,528
718,716
61.66%
Sarath Fonseka
NDF
30,110
31,762
28,518
23,619
32,262
39,701
38,605
26,740
34,807
33,057
30,169
36,669
38,789
9,698
434,506
37.28%
M. C. M. Ismail
DUNF
136
102
197
124
122
149
150
124
136
235
160
187
215
22
2,059
0.18%
A. A. Suraweera
NDF
202
118
145
208
129
140
117
84
216
184
168
122
140
6
1,979
0.17%
W. V. M. Ranjith
Ind 1
121
91
108
137
114
73
142
67
123
111
131
69
82
10
1,379
0.12%
C. J. Sugathsiri Gamage
UDF
91
68
90
81
78
73
105
85
98
101
101
138
110
11
1,230
0.11%
A. S. P. Liyanage
SLLP
77
100
61
59
65
77
72
90
76
54
89
67
97
8
992
0.09%
Ukkubanda Wijekoon
Ind 3
57
54
55
74
55
45
82
24
49
49
74
35
50
7
710
0.06%
Aithurus M. Illias
Ind 2
60
28
44
38
43
31
34
31
42
39
65
34
35
2
526
0.05%
Lal Perera
ONF
47
40
38
31
35
35
48
27
36
43
43
50
48
3
524
0.04%
Vikramabahu Karunaratne
LF
46
25
24
25
40
32
54
18
40
49
30
48
60
19
510
0.04%
Sarath Manamendra
NSH
49
35
43
37
40
34
46
28
28
38
38
32
50
2
500
0.04%
Siritunga Jayasuriya
USP
41
34
41
29
35
40
40
28
36
45
58
27
37
8
499
0.04%
M. K. Shivajilingam
Ind 5
26
20
15
17
11
15
37
13
17
19
22
48
42
1
303
0.03%
Wije Dias
SEP
26
8
14
20
15
23
25
16
24
18
10
14
22
3
238
0.02%
M. Mohamed Musthaffa
Ind 4
19
14
12
13
18
17
12
10
15
14
7
14
8
0
173
0.01%
Ven.Battaramulla Seelarathana Thero
JSP
15
10
16
12
6
10
14
7
23
14
16
7
11
7
168
0.01%
Sanath Pinnaduwa
NA
11
7
9
12
8
11
16
9
11
13
16
11
12
0
146
0.01%
Sarath Kongahage
UNAF
10
8
17
6
6
24
10
7
6
9
10
7
12
3
135
0.01%
Aruna de Soyza
RPP
14
7
11
10
21
10
8
8
8
6
11
7
5
4
130
0.01%
Senaratna de Silva
PNF
9
10
9
6
9
7
13
7
12
10
10
10
10
1
123
0.01%
M. B. Thaminimulla
ACAKO
11
4
8
8
4
6
9
6
17
9
8
2
9
1
102
0.01%
Valid Votes
92,515
84,611
77,624
81,324
104,927
97,279
99,197
63,671
104,905
94,435
85,933
69,723
79,160
30,344
1,165,648
100.00%
Rejected Votes
645
629
476
484
682
692
767
584
629
618
719
650
830
555
8,960
Total Polled
93,160
85,240
78,100
81,808
105,609
97,971
99,964
64,255
105,534
95,053
86,652
70,373
79,990
30,899
1,174,608
Registered Electors
120,900
107,786
99,742
104,155
133,606
127,821
127,421
83,105
134,581
120,860
114,566
96,028
103,893
1,474,464
Turnout
77.06%
79.08%
78.30%
78.54%
79.05%
76.65%
78.45%
77.32%
78.42%
78.65%
75.64%
73.28%
76.99%
79.66%
2015 presidential election
Results of the 7th presidential election held on 8 January 2015:[ 10]
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Maithripala Sirisena
NDF
50,308
48,667
40,112
38,491
53,922
58,669
58,507
37,884
55,334
51,581
45,202
53,331
56,541
20,386
669,007
49.83%
Mahinda Rajapaksa
UPFA
54,777
50,173
45,813
54,714
63,962
53,481
54,355
32,856
63,314
54,929
51,244
25,432
38,001
20,296
664,347
49.49%
R. A. Sirisena
PNF
86
89
95
109
102
89
119
79
94
125
104
64
82
12
1,249
0.09%
Namal Rajapaksa
ONF
100
62
75
104
61
73
77
63
112
73
81
62
69
21
1,033
0.08%
Aithurus M. Illias
Ind 1
98
49
83
72
70
70
84
35
68
88
82
65
59
7
930
0.07%
A. S. P. Liyanage
SLLP
57
56
67
38
57
62
84
46
51
61
69
110
108
6
872
0.06%
M. I. Mohamed Mishlar
UPF
91
56
64
62
54
53
64
69
61
66
53
83
84
5
859
0.06%
Duminda Nagamuwa
FSP
50
75
57
52
85
52
47
34
87
55
51
50
60
25
780
0.06%
R. Peduru Arachchi
ULPP
48
46
45
51
40
49
57
45
63
53
48
62
57
4
668
0.05%
Siritunga Jayasuriya
USP
44
27
30
26
44
41
48
35
33
54
55
48
65
16
566
0.04%
Ven.Battaramulla Seelarathana Thero
JSP
40
34
23
32
42
28
35
30
25
30
27
16
26
21
409
0.03%
Sarath Manamendra
NSH
35
22
26
36
28
27
35
19
32
39
28
42
25
5
399
0.03%
Vajirapani Wijesiriwardene
SEP
26
13
19
19
23
24
22
19
30
25
18
17
21
5
281
0.02%
Anurudha Polgampola
Ind 2
17
18
11
14
21
24
30
8
20
21
14
22
32
5
257
0.02%
M. B. Theminimulla
ACAKO
19
13
20
11
13
14
19
14
17
21
17
19
17
2
216
0.02%
Prasanna Priyankara
DNM
16
4
14
16
13
10
19
9
12
11
20
22
20
6
192
0.01%
Sundaram Mahendran
NSSP
22
8
11
11
7
4
12
6
8
21
17
17
23
2
169
0.01%
Wimal Geeganage
SLNF
9
8
8
6
14
16
7
10
11
10
11
13
14
3
140
0.01%
Jayantha Kulathunga
ULGC
16
13
10
7
6
11
14
5
9
7
6
7
7
4
122
0.01%
Valid Votes
105,931
99,433
86,583
93,871
118,564
112,797
113,635
71,260
120,381
107,270
97,147
79,482
95,311
40,831
1,342,496
100.00%
Rejected Votes
1,024
997
701
878
1,222
1,584
1,505
859
1,154
986
880
871
1,332
654
14,647
1.08%
Total Polled
106,955
100,430
87,284
94,749
119,786
114,381
115,140
72,119
121,535
108,256
98,027
80,353
96,643
41,485
1,357,143
82.08%
Registered Electors
133,023
121,702
108,529
115,536
147,280
143,843
143,885
90,122
149,453
132,981
124,679
106,213
120,471
42,726
1,637,537
2019 presidential election
Results of the 8th presidential election held on 16 November 2019:[ 11]
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Gotabaya Rajapaksa
SLPP
66,850
68,145
55,371
67,754
84,507
71,690
71,565
43,668
83,989
69,978
61,478
31,743
48,214
30,918
855,870
59.28%
Sajith Premadasa
NDF
39,548
33,715
32,149
28,629
31,984
41,649
43,053
27,521
38,407
37,212
35,184
44,032
49,463
12,125
494,671
34.26%
Anura Kumara Dissanayake
NMPP
4,829
4,188
3,117
3,070
6,256
5,556
5,343
3,134
5,547
5,259
4,720
4,132
3,428
3,181
61,760
4.28%
Mahesh Senanayake
NPP
503
646
399
341
932
1,527
1,375
589
804
646
365
1,546
899
700
11,272
0.78%
Rohan Pallewatte
JSWP
252
215
179
229
627
313
351
138
235
269
178
199
258
143
3,586
0.25%
Ajantha Perera
SPSL
231
211
221
272
247
201
247
122
269
251
228
138
127
21
2,786
0.19%
M. L. A. M. Hizbullah
Ind 11
177
126
121
136
145
135
173
90
157
129
139
128
129
17
1,802
0.12%
Ariyawansa Dissanayake
DUNF
120
71
121
90
99
121
133
76
98
127
139
159
191
8
1,553
0.11%
Siripala Amarasinghe
Ind 02
85
58
78
68
53
60
79
47
87
86
96
91
70
13
971
0.07%
Ven.Battaramulla Seelarathana Thero
JSP
76
58
56
54
61
56
79
47
82
76
77
69
111
26
928
0.06%
Ajantha de zoysa
RJP
69
52
70
79
56
65
93
46
68
86
74
76
57
17
908
0.06%
Namal Rajapaksa
NUA
71
54
54
70
60
78
92
41
82
53
70
52
61
9
847
0.06%
Duminda Nagamuwa
FSP
51
73
57
45
108
54
59
30
110
50
51
55
56
41
840
0.06%
Milroy Fernando
Ind 09
63
52
64
41
47
73
73
43
63
55
52
111
95
8
840
0.06%
Ven.Aparekke Punnananda Thero
Ind 01
54
30
30
35
34
53
52
37
35
43
48
50
64
19
584
0.04%
Jayantha Ketagoda
Ind 07
46
40
27
35
28
48
52
26
44
34
33
58
44
4
519
0.04%
Anuruddha Polgampola
Ind 08
39
20
25
32
29
30
35
25
26
24
26
46
51
4
412
0.03%
Subramanium Gunaratnam
ONF
33
21
32
28
15
25
46
16
24
30
40
24
36
0
370
0.03%
A. S. P. Liyanage
SLLP
21
23
19
17
17
34
32
15
23
18
20
40
41
3
323
0.02%
Aithurus M. Illias
Ind 03
22
11
28
20
20
14
25
19
18
25
38
28
22
2
292
0.02%
Aruna de soyza
DNM
13
14
16
17
21
24
21
11
26
34
26
29
27
2
281
0.02%
Piyasiri Wijenayake
Ind 13
23
10
26
23
22
20
27
13
20
24
21
22
12
4
267
0.02%
Sirithunga Jayasuriya
USP
16
13
17
14
12
17
21
9
14
17
27
24
28
2
231
0.02%
Vajirapani Wijesiriwardene
SEP
15
11
13
19
28
26
12
7
21
12
11
18
24
6
223
0.02%
M. K. Shivajilingam
Ind 10
14
14
7
9
9
10
20
12
13
11
13
35
41
3
211
0.01%
A. H. M. Alavi
Ind 04
18
5
17
20
14
15
17
10
16
18
22
24
12
1
209
0.01%
Rajiva Wijesinha
Ind 14
15
14
13
19
11
18
18
8
14
18
21
17
19
2
207
0.01%
Sarath Manamendra
NSU
14
10
12
20
15
20
15
9
7
16
25
16
9
2
190
0.01%
Ashoka Wadigamangawa
Ind 12
17
11
13
14
31
10
19
8
9
10
12
17
7
4
182
0.01%
Sarath Keerthirathna
Ind 05
18
10
4
20
19
14
9
7
8
14
10
15
12
3
163
0.01%
Priyantha Edirisinghe
ACAKO
12
2
15
7
15
9
14
9
10
9
11
11
17
2
143
0.01%
Samaraweera Weeravanni
Ind 15
5
3
6
9
7
8
8
4
8
8
5
16
14
3
104
0.01%
Saman Perera
OPPP
8
6
7
6
6
13
12
7
6
9
7
8
8
0
103
0.01%
B. G. Nandimithra
NSSP
15
4
4
5
8
3
6
7
6
8
5
6
9
1
87
0.01%
Samansiri Herath
Ind 06
5
2
4
4
4
8
4
4
4
7
7
4
6
2
65
0.00%
Valid Votes
113,348
107,938
92,392
101,251
125,547
121,997
123,180
75,855
130,350
114,666
103,279
83,039
103,662
47,296
1,443,800
100.00%
Rejected Votes
960
902
780
684
1,191
1,625
1,786
899
1,166
1,123
981
1,430
1,418
806
15,751
0.9%
Total Polled
114,308
108,840
93,172
101,935
126,738
123,622
124,966
76,754
131,516
115,789
104,260
84,469
105,080
48,102
1,459,551
83.31%
Registered Electors
135,618
128,417
110,231
117,950
151,418
153,164
153,448
93,979
156,924
137,067
124,599
110,551
129,912
48,614
1,751,892
2024 presidential election
Results of the 9th presidential election held on 21 September 2024:[ 12]
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Votes
%
Anura Kumara Dissanayake
NPP
63,916
61,452
46,362
55,130
78,778
71,359
69,944
37,049
76,417
66,829
56,245
45,206
47,505
33,226
809,410
55.5%
Sajith Premadasa
SJB
28,714
20,439
28,540
24,009
22,130
27,567
33,262
17,042
26,979
28,968
28,642
24,484
32,391
6,383
349,550
23.97%
Ranil Wickremesinghe
Ind16
16,223
20,314
11,013
16,750
18,138
16,907
15,984
12,452
20,818
16,480
14,455
9,284
18,094
9,116
216,028
14.81%
Namal Rajapaksa
SLPP
2,840
3,212
5,485
3,595
3,709
2,917
4,030
2,347
3,548
2,761
2,975
1,112
1,719
943
41,193
2.82%
Dilith Jayaweera
SLCP
1,188
1,906
978
1,335
1,909
1,550
1,144
1,160
1,886
1,150
951
429
1,116
441
17,143
1.18%
D. M. Bandaranayake
Ind13
247
226
199
212
267
219
253
106
226
234
215
214
212
23
2,853
0.2%
Sarath Fonseka
Ind12
137
112
121
127
171
161
147
173
183
172
140
92
140
64
1,940
0.13%
Suranjeewa Anoj de Silva
DUNF
167
184
140
142
182
122
146
74
203
161
168
50
61
57
1,857
0.13%
K. K. Piyadasa
Ind04
144
86
129
134
84
95
171
74
122
138
135
195
145
17
1,669
0.11%
Namal Rajapaksa
SBP
116
92
125
113
141
97
126
78
118
86
124
49
73
59
1,397
0.1%
Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe
JPF
133
93
110
86
117
100
107
72
128
130
133
56
86
40
1,391
0.1%
Sarath Keerthirathne
Ind05
115
90
91
105
92
73
138
57
82
107
116
90
71
5
1,232
0.08%
Nuwan Bopege
SPF
86
94
55
56
115
78
72
58
123
86
75
82
102
63
1,145
0.08%
Anuruddha Polgampola
Ind11
73
63
78
85
93
77
124
41
81
91
94
112
108
8
1,128
0.08%
Ajantha de Zoyza
RJA
77
73
69
80
93
89
90
47
102
98
77
92
74
12
1,073
0.07%
Ven.Battaramulle Seelarathana Thero
JSP
79
54
47
61
109
55
56
54
89
79
78
23
56
25
865
0.06%
Ven.Akmeemana Dayarathana Thero
Ind01
67
49
62
71
67
42
67
36
74
67
69
50
65
21
807
0.06%
Pakkiyaselvam Ariyanethiran
Ind09
21
24
19
21
19
44
66
33
11
18
19
192
235
9
731
0.05%
K. R. Krishan
APP
60
23
75
58
47
36
81
25
52
78
70
50
45
4
704
0.05%
Priyantha Wickremesinghe
NSSP
71
57
40
61
51
51
47
44
55
64
55
35
60
8
699
0.05%
Siripala Amarasinghe
Ind02
51
32
51
44
51
34
59
21
31
46
53
36
44
9
562
0.04%
Abubakar Mohamed Infaz
DUA
44
28
39
39
32
21
38
22
36
41
28
35
45
1
449
0.03%
Mahinda Dewage
SLSP
44
40
26
44
25
21
45
24
37
27
28
34
18
6
419
0.03%
Sirithunga Jayasuriya
USP
30
31
32
30
34
29
44
19
27
35
35
30
29
4
409
0.03%
Keerthi Wickremeratne
AJP
40
35
16
29
52
28
31
27
35
25
24
15
24
11
392
0.03%
Victor Anthony Perera
Ind10
27
26
23
36
25
21
38
15
33
40
43
28
34
2
391
0.02%
Roshan Ranasinghe
Ind15
26
23
18
24
29
30
27
22
38
33
24
37
23
6
360
0.02%
Vajirapani Wijesiriwardene
SEP
27
30
15
15
42
30
18
18
33
18
18
24
32
5
325
0.02%
Oshala Herath
NIF
24
17
14
27
29
20
27
15
20
25
18
25
27
5
293
0.02%
Lalith De Silva
UNFP
22
15
22
11
31
26
20
8
32
24
26
23
17
3
280
0.02%
Ananda Kularatne
Ind06
32
22
15
28
15
18
30
2
19
24
32
15
18
0
270
0.02%
Premasiri Manage
Ind14
28
17
32
22
13
10
48
11
16
14
25
14
20
0
270
0.02%
P. W. S. K. Bandaranayake
NDF
32
18
24
27
29
7
24
7
17
19
17
21
17
3
262
0.02%
Sidney Jayarathna
Ind07
23
19
23
24
23
15
31
11
19
13
16
22
15
0
254
0.02%
Janaka Ratnayake
ULPP
25
16
12
12
25
21
20
6
15
21
14
13
7
4
211
0.01%
Mylvanagam Thilakarajah
Ind08
6
14
10
9
4
9
12
7
8
3
35
11
23
3
154
0.01%
A. S. P. Liyanage
SLLP
11
10
9
10
6
11
15
6
13
10
6
13
16
1
137
0.01%
Sarath Manamendra
NSU
8
9
8
7
13
8
17
6
15
13
10
13
7
2
136
0.01%
Valid Votes
114,974
109,045
94,127
102,669
126,790
121,990
126,599
71,269
131,741
118,228
105,288
82,306
102,774
50,589
1,458,389
100.00%
Rejected Votes
2,159
1,947
1,763
2,226
2,286
2,384
2,412
1,707
2,571
2,222
2,072
1,690
2,526
1,416
29,381
1.97%
Total Polled
117,133
110,992
95,890
104,895
129,076
124,374
129,011
72,976
134,312
120,450
107,360
83,996
105,300
52,005
1,487,770
79.09%
Registered Electors
145,602
138,720
118,718
127,767
163,087
163,461
167,689
97,376
169,884
149,482
132,932
115,968
138,957
52,486
1,881,129
Preferential votes [ 13]
Parliamentary Elections
1989 parliamentary general election
Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989 for the district:[ 14]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
United National Party
25,194
25,435
27,430
27,777
30,376
34,415
28,660
23,549
28,310
32,021
33,179
30,610
28,841
9,936
385,733
54.14%
10
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
28,576
18,521
23,286
25,746
27,765
19,230
22,318
18,716
25,361
25,061
22,985
12,566
17,229
7,130
294,490
41.34%
7
United Socialist Alliance [ a]
1,166
1,435
850
857
1,426
1,901
2,656
3,064
2,112
1,015
557
1,810
2,029
787
21,665
3.04%
0
United Lanka People's Party
1,765
1,253
233
345
859
390
333
438
513
756
1,618
1,310
512
224
10,549
1.48%
0
Valid Votes
56,701
46,644
51,799
54,725
60,426
55,936
53,967
45,767
56,296
58,853
58,339
46,296
48,611
18,077
712,437
100.00%
17
Rejected Votes
2,677
2,507
2,536
2,401
2,297
2,640
2,457
2,190
2,631
2,436
2,713
2,403
2,200
409
32,497
Total Polled
59,378
49,151
54,335
57,126
62,723
58,576
56,424
47,957
58,927
61,289
61,052
48,699
50,811
18,486
744,934
Registered Electors
77,198
65,038
67,159
71,255
82,689
80,113
75,135
65,066
78,192
76,279
77,242
67,618
67,601
19,073
969,658
Turnout
76.92%
75.57%
80.91%
80.17%
75.85%
73.12%
75.10%
73.71%
75.36%
80.35%
79.04%
72.02%
75.16%
96.92%
76.82%
Preferential votes
Alliance
Party
Candidate[ 14]
votes
SLFP
SLFP
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
214,390
SLFP
SLFP
Anura Bandaranaike
107,177
UNP
UNP
Joseph Michael Perera
104,094
UNP
UNP
John Amaratunga
90,797
UNP
UNP
Ranil Wickramasinghe
86,477
UNP
UNP
Sarath Chandra Rajakaruna
80,154
UNP
UNP
Paul Perera
63,602
SLFP
SLFP
Lakshman Jayakody
62,652
UNP
UNP
Wijayapala Mendis
59,235
UNP
UNP
Donald Dissanayake
56,610
UNP
UNP
Mahendra Wijeratne
52,738
SLFP
SLFP
Jeyaraj Fernandopulle
51,485
SLFP
SLFP
Anura Pradeep Hapangama
47,550
UNP
UNP
Mahen Gunasekera
44,630
UNP
UNP
Ariyarathna Jayathilaka
39,893
SLFP
SLFP
Reggie Ranatunga
37,163
SLFP
SLFP
Sardhatissa Sakalasooriya
36,363
1994 parliamentary general election
Results of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994 for the district:[ 15]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
People's Alliance [ b]
45,629
34,719
32,951
35,849
47,822
40,838
40,684
32,961
43,413
39,893
37,512
28,830
32,311
15,618
509,030
56.79%
11
United National Party
24,269
25,537
29,141
26,552
27,133
31,851
29,617
23,504
29,173
29,455
30,492
28,624
31,482
8,801
375,631
41.91%
7
Sri Lanka Progressive Front [ c]
849
1,048
523
589
1,340
970
633
1,314
1,149
844
1,100
289
593
386
11,627
1.30%
0
Valid Votes
70,747
61,304
62,615
62,990
76,295
73,659
70,934
57,779
73,735
70,192
69,104
57,743
64,386
24,805
896,288
100.00%
18
Rejected Votes
2,638
2,373
2,228
2,331
2,456
2,567
3,044
2,271
2,685
2,288
2,739
2,566
2,627
740
33,553
Total Polled
73,385
63,677
64,843
65,321
78,751
76,226
73,978
60,050
76,420
72,480
71,843
60,309
67,013
25,545
929,841
Registered Electors
91,907
80,600
77,104
80,415
100,416
97,305
92,027
78,191
98,091
89,192
89,455
80,589
85,516
1,140,808
Turnout
79.85%
79.00%
84.10%
81.23%
78.42%
78.34%
80.39%
76.80%
77.91%
81.26%
80.31%
74.84%
78.36%
81.51%
Preferential votes
Alliance
Party
Candidate[ 15]
votes
PA
SLFP
Chandrika Kumaratunga
464,588
UNP
UNP
John Amaratunga
122,813
PA
SLFP
Jeyaraj Fernandopulle
102,129
UNP
UNP
Wijayapala Mendis
96,559
UNP
UNP
Joseph Michael Perera
93,884
PA
SLFP
Lakshman Jayakody
88,628
PA
SLFP
Felix Perera
80,539
UNP
UNP
Aloysius Reginold Perera
73,508
PA
SLFP
Athula Nimalasiri Jayasinghe
65,623
UNP
UNP
Suranimala Rajapaksha
63,067
UNP
UNP
Anura Pradeep Hapangama
62,829
PA
SLFP
Reggie Ranatunga
61,458
UNP
UNP
Sarath Chandra Rajakaruna
59,992
PA
SLFP
Jinadasa Nandasena
58,237
PA
SLFP
Lionel Gunawardena
57,091
PA
SLFP
Neil Rupasinghe
57,090
PA
SLFP
Upali Gunaratne
55,328
PA
SLFP
A. V. Suraweera
50,740
2000 parliamentary general election
Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000 for the district:[ 16]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
People's Alliance [ d]
42,537
30,828
32,294
35,897
45,394
38,150
42,316
24,734
40,884
38,350
33,116
24,826
29,015
11,677
470,018
48.87%
10
United National Party
23,248
27,052
28,894
25,053
27,794
33,089
30,157
24,045
30,031
30,025
30,025
28,983
32,570
7,362
378,328
39.34%
7
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
6,229
5,796
3,289
4,576
8,284
6,198
3,906
5,651
7,489
6,148
6,732
2,557
4,146
2,109
73,110
7.60%
1
Sinhala Heritage
1,315
1,539
658
972
2,434
2,180
1,578
2,292
1,983
1,530
813
975
1,320
708
20,297
2.11%
0
National Unity Alliance [ e]
3,475
2,039
17
205
40
47
223
405
339
411
982
2,596
191
43
11,013
1.15%
0
New Left Front [ f]
286
202
254
310
291
261
314
178
270
272
310
285
226
43
3,502
0.36%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
123
184
52
53
158
68
50
170
112
231
94
36
67
65
1,463
0.15%
0
United Lalith Front
86
68
98
105
68
72
80
62
107
96
102
67
78
4
1,093
0.11%
0
Citizen's Front
81
49
34
44
105
47
48
58
78
55
69
30
57
19
774
0.08%
0
Democratic United National Front
52
25
25
37
54
29
37
21
50
48
35
28
27
5
473
0.05%
0
Independent Group 01
29
19
11
16
20
23
27
20
16
24
24
17
22
2
270
0.03%
0
Independent Group 03
30
16
27
24
25
12
31
11
20
24
13
13
19
0
265
0.03%
0
Independent Group 05
16
15
29
20
11
12
17
11
24
23
29
12
12
2
233
0.02%
0
Liberal Party
15
12
21
10
17
10
27
15
29
14
19
22
13
8
232
0.02%
0
Independent Group 04
19
17
12
11
17
7
14
15
17
13
17
8
9
1
177
0.02%
0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front
34
12
9
6
13
6
12
9
9
8
8
12
7
4
149
0.02%
0
Independent Group 02
11
16
11
6
21
9
7
9
13
11
6
9
8
0
137
0.01%
0
People's Freedom Front
10
8
3
17
10
13
5
5
9
9
7
1
1
1
99
0.01%
0
Ruhunu People's Party
4
3
1
3
11
6
7
5
5
5
4
5
15
2
76
0.01%
0
Valid Votes
77,600
67,900
65,739
67,365
84,767
80,239
78,856
57,716
81,485
77,297
72,405
60,482
67,803
22,055
961,709
100.00%
18
Rejected Votes
3,507
2,431
2,439
2,540
2,903
2,823
3,350
2,251
3,075
2,926
3,214
2,858
2,564
509
37,390
Total Polled
81,107
70,331
68,178
69,905
87,670
83,062
82,206
59,967
84,560
80,223
75,619
63,340
70,367
22,564
990,099
Registered Electors
103,895
90,501
84,780
89,364
114,218
106,334
103,105
77,681
110,100
101,131
98,681
84,290
89,336
1,253,416
Turnout (%)
78.07%
77.71%
80.42%
78.23%
76.76%
78.11%
79.73%
77.20%
76.80%
79.33%
76.63%
75.15%
78.77%
79.71%
Preferential votes
Alliance
Party
Candidate[ 17]
votes
UNP
UNP
Karu Jayasuriya
237,387
PA
SLFP
Susil Premajayantha
165,905
PA
SLFP
Jeyaraj Fernandopulle
138,859
UNP
UNP
Anura Bandaranaike
99,536
PA
SLFP
Felix Perera
96,222
PA
SLFP
Pandu Bandaranaike
92,182
UNP
UNP
Jayalath Jayawardena
82,730
PA
SLFP
Reggie Ranatunga
79,510
PA
SLFP
Sarath Keerthiratne
77,427
UNP
UNP
John Amaratunga
67,104
UNP
UNP
Edward Gunaserkara
65,157
PA
SLFP
Lionel Gunawardena
59,777
UNP
UNP
Joseph Michael Perera
59,646
PA
SLFP
Sarathchandra Peramuna
52,416
PA
SLFP
Neil Rupasinghe
51,500
UNP
UNP
Suranimala Rajapaksha
49,697
PA
SLFP
Ananda Moonasinghe
48,863
JVP
JVP
Vijitha Herath
8,823
2001 parliamentary general election
Results of the 12th parliamentary election held on 5 December 2001 for the district:[ 18] [ 19]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
United National Front [ g]
29,618
32,882
31,434
28,707
32,479
38,219
35,075
27,174
34,904
32,726
33,405
35,678
37,592
7,396
437,289
43.94%
9
People's Alliance [ h]
39,531
28,778
29,656
33,199
41,519
34,522
39,498
23,419
37,499
34,348
31,014
21,811
24,651
9,335
428,780
43.08%
7
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
9,351
8,665
5,817
7,558
12,791
9,856
7,388
7,589
11,262
9,627
10,143
4,141
6,641
3,161
113,990
11.45%
2
Sinhala Heritage
694
549
303
337
1,090
708
548
932
831
633
462
265
513
240
8,105
0.81%
0
New Left Front [ i]
330
220
196
291
315
282
296
175
303
267
284
262
220
47
3,488
0.35%
0
United Socialist Party
47
78
40
45
41
58
60
41
66
61
73
56
62
8
736
0.07%
0
United Lalith Front
46
47
33
62
41
56
53
35
41
65
62
40
39
3
623
0.06%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
37
28
12
22
39
21
16
40
39
44
38
15
17
21
389
0.04%
0
Ruhunu People's Party
42
36
19
18
23
26
25
18
35
24
33
18
15
2
334
0.03%
0
Independent Group 6
24
23
25
32
20
30
30
12
40
24
25
18
14
0
317
0.03%
0
United Sinhala Great Council
22
7
14
17
18
13
16
34
21
11
7
7
34
5
226
0.02%
0
Independent Group 5
15
14
11
19
18
14
18
11
17
14
24
12
7
0
194
0.02%
0
Sri Lanka Muslim Party
9
5
4
9
10
16
20
15
14
11
21
10
10
1
146
0.01%
0
Independent Group 3
24
11
8
16
8
9
12
8
7
6
15
6
5
1
136
0.01%
0
Independent Group 4
10
8
4
10
10
9
14
4
6
11
9
11
4
3
113
0.01%
0
Independent Group 2
8
9
4
10
11
10
6
9
12
3
11
7
5
2
107
0.01%
0
Independent Group 1
4
7
6
7
7
8
1
3
14
8
10
6
8
2
100
0.01%
0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front
2
7
1
11
8
10
7
7
6
11
4
7
8
1
90
0.01%
0
Sri Lanka National Front
2
7
6
5
4
3
6
5
6
10
6
3
4
0
67
0.01%
0
Valid Votes
79,816
71,381
67,593
70,375
88,452
83,870
83,089
59,531
85,123
77,904
75,646
62,373
69,849
20,228
995,230
100.00%
18
Rejected Votes
3,490
2,617
2,672
2,569
2,909
2,524
3,143
2,532
3,158
2,906
3,330
3,044
2,791
487
38,172
Total Polled
83,306
73,998
70,265
72,944
91,361
86,394
86,232
62,063
88,281
80,810
78,976
65,417
72,640
20,715
1,033,402
Registered Electors
106,025
93,735
87,050
91,487
116,768
109,799
106,508
79,217
113,172
103,461
100,833
85,784
92,154
1,285,993
Turnout
78.57%
78.94%
80.72%
79.73%
78.24%
78.68%
80.96%
78.35%
78.01%
78.11%
78.32%
76.26%
78.82%
80.36%
Preferential votes
Alliance
Party
Candidate[ 20]
votes
PA
SLFP
Anura Bandaranaike
265,160
UNF
UNP
Karu Jayasuriya
250,912
UNF
UNP
Jayalath Jayawardena
116,737
PA
SLFP
Jeyaraj Fernandopulle
95,591
UNF
UNP
Joseph Michael Perera
86,959
UNF
UNP
John Amaratunga
82,326
UNF
UNP
Olitha Premathiratne
81,302
PA
SLFP
Pandu Bandaranaike
78,614
PA
SLFP
Felix Perera
73,029
UNF
UNP
Edward Gunaserkara
70,667
UNF
UNP
Suranimala Rajapaksha
60,861
UNF
UNP
Sarath Chandra Rajakaruna
60,776
PA
SLFP
Sarana Gunawardena
59,470
UNF
UNP
Ravindra Randeniya
56,449
PA
SLFP
Reggie Ranatunga
53,031
PA
SLFP
Neil Rupasinghe
48,167
JVP
JVP
Vijitha Herath
13,981
JVP
JVP
Anjan Umma
10,834
2004 parliamentary general election
Results of the 13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004 for the district:[ 21]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
United People's Freedom Alliance [ j]
45,529
34,502
34,257
40,327
51,944
42,453
41,823
25,774
47,558
41,026
39,853
24,357
28,344
12,216
509,963
51.51%
9
United National Front [ k]
24,282
24,696
26,267
23,111
24,652
34,248
31,919
21,450
27,012
28,632
27,523
33,709
34,041
6,030
367,572
37.13%
6
Jathika Hela Urumaya
8,741
11,434
5,666
5,943
11,357
6,009
6,254
10,956
11,194
9,292
6,775
1,759
4,525
2,611
102,516
10.36%
2
National Development Front
189
306
278
164
327
671
637
251
377
339
193
387
478
25
4,622
0.47%
0
United Socialist Party
237
197
234
192
116
236
282
147
178
248
265
277
233
10
2,852
0.29%
0
New Left Front [ l]
54
57
40
26
53
97
98
51
76
63
46
148
102
21
932
0.09%
0
Independent Group 10
27
14
26
22
20
23
18
17
16
26
20
14
16
1
260
0.03%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
8
15
17
7
15
4
62
11
25
15
10
4
4
6
203
0.02%
0
Independent Group 09
13
9
15
13
7
6
10
11
12
9
20
8
16
0
149
0.02%
0
Independent Group 03
22
9
9
14
17
10
13
6
12
9
16
4
1
1
143
0.01%
0
Swarajya Party
4
15
5
12
12
5
10
35
12
1
6
4
7
1
129
0.01%
0
Democratic United National Front
4
3
3
6
35
9
4
9
2
4
1
7
20
0
107
0.01%
0
Liberal Party of Sri Lanka
7
1
4
20
8
8
6
5
5
1
2
4
2
73
0.01%
0
Sri Lanka Muslim Party
4
4
3
4
2
4
10
6
7
4
3
7
15
0
73
0.01%
0
Independent Group 07
6
3
5
2
7
4
11
2
4
4
4
7
6
1
66
0.01%
0
Independent Group 01
3
4
3
5
3
4
7
4
5
9
1
11
5
1
65
0.01%
0
Independent Group 04
3
5
2
4
6
3
3
4
3
7
4
4
0
48
0.00%
0
Independent Group 08
4
3
4
2
4
9
1
4
3
3
4
2
0
43
0.00%
0
Ruhuna People's Party
3
2
3
3
5
6
2
2
4
2
3
3
4
0
42
0.00%
0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front
2
7
2
2
1
4
4
1
1
7
2
3
3
1
40
0.00%
0
Independent Group 06
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
5
2
4
4
6
1
34
0.00%
0
Sri Lanka National Front
7
1
0
1
2
1
5
2
3
2
1
3
0
0
28
0.00%
0
Independent Group 02
2
1
2
4
3
0
2
2
0
3
2
4
0
0
25
0.00%
0
Independent Group 05
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
1
3
1
2
1
1
0
17
0.00%
0
Valid Votes
79,155
71,292
66,847
69,885
88,597
83,816
81,185
58,753
86,514
79,709
74,759
60,725
67,837
20,928
990,002
100.00%
17
Rejected Votes
3,853
2,585
2,884
3,073
3,485
2,997
3,268
2,396
3,448
3,169
3,677
2,842
2,761
424
40,862
Total Polled
83,008
73,877
69,731
72,958
92,082
86,813
84,453
61,149
89,962
82,878
78,436
63,567
70,598
21,352
1,030,864
Registered Electors
109,731
96,568
90,352
94,755
120,833
113,559
110,706
80,329
117,826
107,679
104,122
88,773
91,912
1,327,145
Turnout
75.65%
76.50%
77.18%
77.00%
76.21%
76.45%
76.29%
76.12%
76.35%
76.97%
75.33%
71.61%
76.81%
77.68%
Preferential votes
Alliance
Party
Candidate[ 22]
votes
UPFA
JVP
Vijitha Herath
215,540
UNF
UNP
Karu Jayasuriya
202,029
UPFA
SLFP
Anura Bandaranaike [ m]
198,444
UPFA
JVP
Siripala Amarasingha[ n]
128,633
UPFA
JVP
Anjan Umma
111,755
UNF
UNP
Joseph Michael Perera
95,231
UNF
UNP
Jayalath Jayawardena
93,643
UPFA
SLFP
Jeyaraj Fernandopulle [ o]
90,307
UPFA
SLFP
Lasantha Alagiyawanna
86,550
UNF
UNP
John Amaratunga
86,141
UPFA
SLFP
Sripathi Sooriyaarachchi [ p] [ q]
76,637
UPFA
SLFP
Felix Perera
72,616
UPFA
SLFP
Pandu Bandaranaike
56,715
UNF
UNP
Sarath Chandra Rajakaruna
55,337
UNF
UNP
Edward Gunaserkara
44,890
JHU
JHU
Ven. Kolonnawe Sri Sumangala Thero[ r]
25,154
JHU
JHU
Ven. Aparekke Punnananda Thero
7,389
2010 parliamentary general election
Results of the 14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010 for the district:[ 30]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
United People's Freedom Alliance [ s]
51,172
41,478
38,957
46,356
58,268
43,920
49,766
30,276
55,327
49,033
45,428
26,076
31,444
21,975
589,476
63.37%
12
United National Front [ t]
15,912
20,438
18,026
14,185
17,976
26,397
22,919
16,479
20,387
19,295
17,971
23,987
26,659
5,892
266,523
28.65%
5
Democratic National Alliance [ u]
5,626
5,089
2,931
3,709
7,188
6,544
5,228
5,322
7,027
5,270
4,491
3,463
4,929
2,930
69,747
7.50%
1
Independent Group 02
5
47
65
23
47
223
418
37
83
91
15
239
166
10
1,469
0.16%
0
Sri Lanka National Front
36
13
64
34
69
83
52
15
22
31
63
19
87
37
625
0.07%
0
National Development Front
30
15
32
22
18
19
54
20
23
47
18
88
18
5
409
0.04%
0
Independent Group 09
23
13
18
18
25
21
27
21
18
30
24
19
16
6
279
0.03%
0
United National Alternative Front
22
14
12
15
21
16
22
20
19
13
12
13
24
6
229
0.02%
0
Independent Group 13
6
13
6
11
34
8
1
15
7
42
38
11
10
5
207
0.02%
0
Janasetha Peramuna
22
2
4
14
12
10
12
6
4
13
10
50
9
9
177
0.02%
0
United Democratic Front
13
7
4
5
13
10
10
9
15
14
10
8
8
8
134
0.01%
0
Independent Group 15
9
8
5
3
12
6
12
14
13
6
16
4
7
5
120
0.01%
0
Independent Group 11
12
6
15
9
11
6
8
4
3
3
4
11
16
0
108
0.01%
0
Sri Lanka Labour Party
4
7
3
2
9
8
6
8
15
5
1
8
1
2
79
0.01%
0
Independent Group 08
6
2
6
4
2
6
18
4
1
9
6
4
5
3
76
0.01%
0
Patriotic National Front
6
5
4
3
7
6
3
4
8
5
3
5
6
1
66
0.01%
0
Independent Group 05
2
1
6
2
8
6
11
2
4
1
3
5
11
3
65
0.01%
0
Independent Group 14
8
0
1
4
4
7
3
3
9
6
6
3
5
4
63
0.01%
0
Independent Group 03
9
3
2
4
6
3
7
7
1
3
5
2
1
1
54
0.01%
0
Independent Group 10
6
0
0
2
14
4
2
2
6
5
4
2
3
1
51
0.01%
0
Independent Group 01
5
5
3
3
3
7
2
4
4
3
2
3
2
4
50
0.01%
0
Independent Group 07
3
3
0
3
4
4
6
6
1
4
3
1
5
2
45
0.00%
0
Independent Group 06
3
6
2
0
3
2
3
3
3
2
4
6
3
2
42
0.00%
0
All Are Citizens, All Are Kings Organisation
1
2
4
3
3
6
2
1
0
2
5
1
6
4
40
0.00%
0
Independent Group 04
4
1
2
3
3
2
5
2
1
2
3
4
6
1
39
0.00%
0
United Lanka Great Council
1
4
2
2
2
3
3
0
1
3
4
3
3
0
31
0.00%
0
Independent Group 12
2
1
0
0
6
2
0
1
5
1
1
4
6
0
29
0.00%
0
Valid Votes
72,948
67,183
60,174
64,439
83,768
77,329
78,600
52,285
83,007
73,939
68,150
54,039
63,456
30,916
930,233
100.00%
18
Rejected Votes
3,774
2,998
4,017
3,518
3,930
4,208
5,021
2,668
3,925
3,675
3,522
3,711
4,328
939
50,234
Total Polled
76,722
70,181
64,191
67,957
87,698
81,537
83,621
54,953
86,932
77,614
71,672
57,750
67,784
31,855
980,467
Registered Electors
120,900
107,786
99,742
104,155
133,606
127,821
127,421
83,105
134,581
120,860
114,566
96,028
103,893
1,474,464
Turnout
63.46%
65.11%
64.36%
65.25%
65.64%
63.79%
65.63%
66.12%
64.59%
64.22%
62.56%
60.14%
65.24%
66.50%
Preferential votes
Alliance
Party
Candidate[ 31]
votes
UPFA
SLFP
Basil Rajapaksa
425,861
UPFA
SLFP
Sudarshani Fernandopulle
186,140
UPFA
SLFP
Mervyn Silva
151,085
UPFA
JHU
Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thero
112,010
UNF
UNP
Ruwan Wijewardene
88,850
UNF
UNP
Upeksha Swarnamali
81,350
UPFA
SLFP
Felix Perera
69,938
UPFA
SLFP
Ruwan Ranatunga
66,488
UPFA
SLFP
Lasantha Alagiyawanna
65,939
UPFA
SLFP
Sarana Gunawardena
61,150
UNF
UNP
Karu Jayasuriya
60,310
UNF
UNP
Jayalath Jayawardena
58,302
UNF
UNP
John Amaratunga
52,331
UPFA
SLFP
Dulip Wijeysekara
51,469
UPFA
SLFP
Wasantha Senanayake
51,124
DNA
JVP
Vijitha Herath
50,967
UPFA
SLFP
Pandu Bandaranaike
49,613
UPFA
SLFP
Sarath Kumara Gunaratna
46,040
2015 parliamentary general election
Results of the 15th parliamentary election held on 17 August 2015:[ 32]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
United National Front for Good Governance [ v]
42,371
41,232
35,725
35,390
42,585
51,807
50,393
31,501
45,446
43,373
39,794
48,517
51,011
17,859
577,004
47.13%
9
United People's Freedom Alliance [ w]
44,926
42,759
38,471
44,925
53,901
43,051
45,582
28,323
54,362
45,898
41,014
18,928
30,743
17,075
549,958
44.92%
8
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
6,973
6,742
3,951
4,557
9,754
8,333
6,662
5,206
8,603
7,400
6,255
3,902
5,141
4,401
87,880
7.18%
1
Democratic Party
327
444
120
317
356
419
297
427
603
291
248
221
315
321
4,706
0.38%
0
Bodu Jana Peramuna
132
212
76
103
154
104
102
169
194
146
106
14
77
75
1,664
0.14%
0
Frontline Socialist Party
39
82
49
30
111
24
41
31
104
37
25
35
55
30
693
0.06%
0
Independent Group 15
67
14
22
8
38
55
57
13
25
36
28
29
37
2
431
0.04%
0
United People's Party
30
38
21
32
30
34
31
21
31
22
38
37
41
9
415
0.03%
0
Independent Group 11
40
17
7
6
59
7
6
4
17
27
28
8
10
5
241
0.02%
0
Janasetha Peramuna
5
16
7
11
19
17
17
22
9
10
32
5
6
9
185
0.02%
0
All Citizens are All Kings Organization
11
6
5
93
12
6
8
6
10
8
6
6
2
5
184
0.02%
0
Nava Sama Samaja Party
13
7
7
4
28
14
8
0
5
29
4
9
10
3
141
0.02%
0
Independent Group 16
10
11
10
12
8
13
9
5
8
7
9
11
10
6
129
0.01%
0
Independent Group 07
4
1
2
1
2
70
2
3
4
3
4
1
13
2
112
0.01%
0
Independent Group 10
7
2
2
9
8
6
10
5
5
12
8
3
5
2
84
0.01%
0
United Peace Front
10
3
4
7
5
8
5
1
7
6
5
3
7
6
77
0.01%
0
Independent Group 12
9
4
3
4
3
6
8
4
0
3
12
2
2
2
62
0.01%
0
Independent Group 01
1
2
4
6
8
4
5
1
4
4
8
3
3
2
55
0.00%
0
Independent Group 05
5
5
0
3
2
8
2
3
4
3
4
2
10
1
52
0.00%
0
Independent Group 02
1
3
2
2
5
11
5
4
2
4
1
3
3
1
50
0.00%
0
Independent Group 08
1
0
1
0
5
3
3
0
3
1
12
12
2
0
43
0.00%
0
Independent Group 09
7
3
4
0
7
3
2
1
2
3
3
1
5
1
42
0.00%
0
Motherland People's Party
1
5
0
3
1
5
5
4
2
2
7
3
1
2
41
0.00%
0
Independent Group 14
4
1
0
10
2
2
5
0
4
1
5
2
3
0
39
0.00%
0
Independent Group 06
1
3
0
1
3
1
10
0
3
2
5
4
1
0
34
0.00%
0
Independent Group 04
4
1
1
1
4
0
3
1
4
4
2
4
1
0
30
0.00%
0
Independent Group 13
2
3
0
2
1
3
2
2
4
2
1
1
1
1
25
0.00%
0
Independent Group 03
1
3
2
2
1
4
0
1
1
0
1
5
3
0
24
0.00%
0
Valid Votes
95,005
91,619
78,496
85,539
107,112
104,108
103,280
65,758
109,466
97,334
87,665
71,771
87,518
39,820
1,224,401
100.00%
18
Rejected Votes
4,880
3,737
3,707
3,712
4,457
4,283
5,522
3,024
4,646
4,667
3,997
4,191
4,392
1,026
56,246
4.39%
Total Polled
99,885
95,356
82,202
89,256
111,569
108,301
108,802
68,782
114,112
102,001
91,662
75,962
91,910
40,846
1,280,647
78.21%
Registered Electors
133,023
121,702
108,529
115,356
147,280
143,843
143,885
90,122
149,453
132,981
124,679
106,213
120,471
1,637,537
Preferential votes
Alliance
Party
Candidate[ 33]
votes
UPFA
SLFP
Prasanna Ranatunga
384,448
UNFGG
UNP
Ranjan Ramanayake
216,463
UNFGG
DNM
Arjuna Ranatunga
165,890
UNFGG
UNP
Ruwan Wijewardene
157,932
UNFGG
UNP
Harshana Rajakaruna
122,455
UNFGG
UNP
Ajith Mannapperuma
113,889
UPFA
SLFP
Prasanna Ranaweera
112,395
UPFA
SLFP
Nimal Lanza
94,375
UPFA
SLFP
Sisira Jayakody
90,749
UNFGG
UNP
John Amaratunga
83,070
UNFGG
UNP
Kavinda Jayawardena
81,383
UPFA
SLFP
Indika Anuruddha
78,109
UPFA
SLFP
Sudarshani Fernandopulle
73,553
UNFGG
DNM
Chathura Senarathne
71,243
UNFGG
UNP
Edward Gunasekara
65,874
UPFA
SLFP
Duleep Wijesekera
58,936
UPFA
SLFP
Lasantha Alagiyawanna
57,450
JVP
JVP
Vijitha Herath
55,299
2020 parliamentary general election
Results of the 16th parliamentary election held on 5 August 2020:[ 34]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance [ x]
62,674
62,301
51,251
64,663
73,455
67,798
70,062
39,172
76,227
65,763
55,063
36,536
47,230
35,701
807,896
65.76%
13
Samagi Jana Balawegaya [ y]
21,324
18,077
17,826
15,749
17,481
25,723
25,055
17,684
21,287
20,225
18,034
25,023
34,706
7,615
285,809
23.27%
4
National People's Power [ z]
4,675
4,374
2,675
2,681
6,372
5,944
5,041
3,421
5,789
4,757
4,685
3,834
3,744
3,841
61,833
5.03%
1
United National Party
2,610
3,051
1,621
1,207
1,681
2,022
1,775
1,501
2,692
1,925
1,916
2,784
2,138
1,359
28,282
2.3%
0
Our People's Power Party
2,199
1,711
1,474
1,065
2,140
1,147
1,510
1,045
1,760
1,973
3,630
618
661
694
21,627
1.76%
0
Independent Group 04
324
557
185
259
821
508
372
596
634
549
226
218
260
161
5,670
0.46%
0
National Development Front
263
306
234
377
399
392
391
195
350
297
233
257
292
63
4,049
0.33%
0
Independent Group 09
142
93
134
165
124
130
156
76
135
174
183
143
116
20
1,791
0.15%
0
Frontline Socialist Party
127
140
113
70
223
78
89
66
150
97
107
99
93
82
1,534
0.12%
0
Socialist Party of Sri Lanka
82
86
64
86
84
90
83
55
106
125
114
67
95
38
1,175
0.1%
0
Independent Group 18
87
48
75
74
71
71
85
41
62
85
93
62
68
23
945
0.08%
0
Jana Setha Peramuna
48
48
74
83
53
73
79
53
67
60
60
56
117
21
892
0.07%
0
Independent Group 11
54
34
57
63
51
61
49
39
51
55
59
47
51
7
678
0.06%
0
Independent Group 13
53
38
52
46
40
40
51
30
36
50
54
28
34
8
560
0.05%
0
Sri Lanka Labour Party
43
44
30
43
44
52
48
28
49
47
42
35
44
8
557
0.05%
0
Democratic United National Front
118
28
22
25
27
16
23
34
26
26
114
26
20
34
539
0.04%
0
New Democratic Front
46
36
61
42
31
34
45
29
42
58
38
30
33
12
537
0.04%
0
Independent Group 03
22
14
13
37
175
27
22
7
73
56
15
35
13
19
528
0.04%
0
Sinhaladeepa National Front
29
80
13
17
58
15
29
22
47
42
23
34
34
27
470
0.04%
0
Motherland People's Party
38
73
16
52
27
9
15
28
37
25
25
15
13
21
394
0.03%
0
Independent Group 15
30
25
20
27
21
18
26
37
21
23
26
36
22
7
353
0.03%
0
New Sinhala Heritage
20
9
24
22
13
24
20
15
21
14
25
20
20
15
264
0.02%
0
Independent Group 14
18
26
20
26
14
14
14
16
20
30
22
14
20
10
264
0.02%
0
Independent Group 17
35
10
13
22
16
12
17
11
15
17
29
14
26
11
248
0.02%
0
Independent Group 12
12
5
29
7
6
17
41
12
6
50
7
25
11
10
238
0.02%
0
Independent Group 06
12
12
9
6
13
23
19
8
14
18
27
34
18
8
221
0.02%
0
Independent Group 05
11
15
9
31
15
21
10
12
23
10
4
22
16
4
203
0.02%
0
Independent Group 10
15
10
10
16
9
17
9
4
12
16
15
14
24
8
179
0.01%
0
Independent Group 02
22
9
12
9
11
13
9
5
18
7
18
15
11
11
170
0.01%
0
Independent Group 01
14
6
10
10
16
10
10
1
9
9
15
34
10
15
169
0.01%
0
Independent Group 16
10
10
10
10
5
17
15
10
14
17
19
11
9
3
160
0.01%
0
Independent Group 07
6
7
4
9
7
11
10
6
15
7
8
16
31
19
156
0.01%
0
Independent Group 08
6
5
3
7
5
7
6
2
6
10
5
10
7
4
83
0.01%
0
Valid Votes
95,169
91,288
71,163
87,006
103,508
104,434
105,186
64,261
109,814
96,617
84,934
70,212
90,003
49,879
1,228,474
100.00%
18
Rejected Votes
6,162
4,946
4,780
4,067
5,319
6,258
7,234
4,090
6,250
5,830
5,476
5,780
6,673
2,644
75,509
4.23%
Total Polled
101,331
96,234
80,943
91,073
108,827
110,692
112,420
68,351
116,064
102,447
90,410
75,992
96,676
52,523
1,303,983
73.01%
Registered Electors
137,300
130,751
111,857
120,061
153,947
156,003
156,287
94,950
160,034
139,540
126,021
112,012
133,103
54,098
1,785,964
Preferential votes
Alliance
Party
Candidate[ 35]
votes
SLPFA
SLPP
Nalaka Godahewa
325,479
SLPFA
SLPP
Prasanna Ranatunga
316,544
SLPFA
SLPP
Indika Anuruddha
136,297
SLPFA
SLPP
Sisira Jayakody
113,130
SJB
SJB
Sarath Fonseka
110,555
SLPFA
SLPP
Nimal Lanza
108,945
SJB
SJB
Ranjan Ramanayake
103,992
SLPFA
SLPP
Sahan Pradeep Withana
97,494
SLPFA
SLPP
Sudarshani Fernandopulle
89,329
SLPFA
SLPP
Prasanna Ranaweera
83,203
SLPFA
SLPP
Kokila Gunawardena
77,922
SJB
SJB
Harshana Rajakaruna
73,617
SLPFA
SLFP
Lasantha Alagiyawanna
73,061
SLPFA
SLPP
Nalin Fernando
69,800
SLPFA
SLPP
Milan Jayathilaka
68,449
SLPFA
SLPP
Upul Mahendra
67,756
SJB
SJB
Kavinda Jayawardena
52,026
NPP
JVP
Vijitha Herath
37,008
Provincial Council Elections
1988 provincial council election
Results of the 1st Western provincial council election held on 2 June 1988 for the district:[ 36]
1993 provincial council election
Results of the 2nd Western provincial council election held on 17 May 1993 for the district:[ 37]
1999 provincial council election
Results of the 3rd Western provincial council election held on 6 April 1999:[ 38] [ 39] [ 40]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
People's Alliance [ ac]
39,599
24,848
26,399
28,707
36,453
30,573
34,001
18,877
31,566
29,746
24,903
22,121
23,137
5,234
376,176
48.3%
17
United National Party
19,128
22,740
22,696
21,904
21,891
26,939
25,968
19,581
23,948
26,578
27,459
24,387
27,691
3,510
317,698
40.79%
15
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
5,300
4,128
2,510
3,854
7,004
4,806
3,177
4,924
6,510
5,400
5,381
1,677
3,246
580
58,277
7.48%
3
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
1,348
1,655
1,278
583
1,544
705
603
2,899
1,301
1,333
973
255
735
300
15,492
1.99%
1
New Left Front [ ad]
805
392
505
637
564
789
886
309
640
542
487
1,220
614
39
8,409
1.08%
0
Muslim United Liberation Front
220
218
21
55
44
54
87
164
102
58
62
175
63
6
1,347
0.17%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
94
37
31
57
104
48
51
97
83
59
56
33
39
18
807
0.1%
0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front
57
34
21
19
96
58
21
41
101
52
42
14
100
7
663
0.09%
0
Valid Votes
68,551
54,048
56,481
55,596
67,700
63,952
64,794
47,186
64,269
63,788
59,343
49,882
55,625
9,694
778,869
100.00%
36
Rejected Votes
4,706
3,051
3,118
3,061
4,120
3,900
4,246
3,061
3,823
3,917
3,470
3,283
3,506
502
48,262
5.83%
Total Polled
71,257
57,099
59,577
58,857
71,820
67,852
69,040
50,247
68,092
67,885
63,313
53,165
59,131
10,196
827,131
68.16%
Registered Electors
100,036
85,996
81,978
85,898
109,577
103,443
99,203
77,119
106,244
96,859
95,615
83,276
88,328
1,213,589
Preferential votes
Party
Candidate[ 41]
votes
PA
Lasantha Alagiyawanna
70,070
PA
Prasanna Ranatunga
62,656
PA
Sarath Keerthiratne
50,381
UNP
Edward Gunasekara
48,553
PA
Sarana Gunawardena
43,933
PA
Sunil Wijeratne
36,542
PA
Nandana Mendis
33,022
UNP
Lorenz Madiwela
32,293
UNP
Udena Wijerathna
31,727
PA
Lalith Wanigaratne
31,008
PA
Sarath Kumara Gunaratna
30,697
PA
Ananda Ranjith Roopasinghe
29,579
PA
Edward Silva Dewagirige
29,191
PA
Sardhatissa Sakalasooriya
28,212
PA
Ananda Premachandra
27,911
UNP
George Perera
26,123
UNP
Gamini Gunaratne
25,509
PA
Duleep Wijesekera
24,725
UNP
Susantha Senanayake
24,693
UNP
Upul Dewa Wanawasa
24,373
UNP
Chandrasoma Saranalal
24,304
UNP
Abayasiri Ramanayake
24,266
PA
Nihal Premasiri
23,971
UNP
Olitha Premathiratne
23,934
UNP
Nalin Dissanayake
23,884
UNP
Ananda Samarasekara
23,806
PA
Ananda Moonasinghe
23,620
UNP
Ajith Prasanna Seneviratne
23,107
UNP
Ariyapala Uduwevidana
22,972
UNP
Philician de Silva
22,920
PA
Abesekara Hewadewage
22,439
PA
Lionel Jayasinghe
22,375
JVP
Gihan Wijesinghe
4,827
MEP
Sisira Jayakody
4,631
JVP
Anjan Umma
4,336
JVP
A. A. Diyamantha
4,286
2004 provincial council election
Results of the 4th Western provincial council election held on 10 July 2004 for the district:[ 42]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
United People's Freedom Alliance [ ae]
34,731
27,163
26,522
31,198
37,572
32,434
31,872
21,286
36,457
32,425
30,664
22,098
21,174
7,285
392,881
61.35%
24
United National Party
12,614
16,802
17,611
14,615
14,460
20,082
16,959
14,923
16,371
17,925
16,991
15,928
20,792
2,830
218,903
34.19%
14
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
4,653
2,631
15
379
24
25
387
1,209
790
1,183
1,575
3,447
287
16
16,621
2.60%
1
Western People's Front
11
12
9
9
14
127
86
419
32
11
29
413
1,626
0
2,798
0.44%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
114
67
1,200
29
111
39
431
82
137
195
40
19
48
52
2,564
0.40%
0
United Socialist Party
173
219
190
187
127
187
183
180
177
194
191
165
224
22
2,419
0.38%
0
National Development Front
113
128
143
94
134
365
411
98
166
152
84
206
260
7
2,361
0.37%
0
Independent Group 03
478
11
32
27
14
7
6
1
13
8
179
4
8
6
794
0.12%
0
Independent Group 04
29
16
17
17
20
16
18
7
22
34
20
18
17
7
258
0.04%
0
United Sinhala Great Council
18
15
20
18
16
16
18
7
14
21
11
20
34
8
236
0.04%
0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front
29
12
6
8
8
7
8
17
18
12
12
10
11
1
159
0.02%
0
Liberal Party
6
11
4
29
11
10
10
5
13
9
9
9
12
4
142
0.02%
0
Independent Group 01
14
4
6
5
8
8
10
8
9
10
9
9
4
6
110
0.02%
0
Independent Group 02
9
3
5
11
4
6
8
14
4
11
8
5
11
1
100
0.02%
0
Valid Votes
52,992
47,094
45,780
46,626
52,523
53,329
50,407
38,256
54,223
52,190
49,822
42,351
44,508
10,245
640,346
100.00%
39
Rejected Votes
3,649
2,608
2,400
2,647
3,434
3,183
3,028
2,668
3,176
3,335
3,009
2,177
2,727
749
38,790
Total Polled
56,641
49,702
48,180
49,273
55,957
56,512
53,435
40,924
57,399
55,525
52,831
44,528
47,235
10,994
679,136
Registered Electors
109,731
96,568
90,352
94,755
120,833
113,559
110,706
80,329
117,826
107,679
104,122
88,773
91,912
1,327,145
Turnout
51.62%
51.47%
53.32%
52.00%
46.31%
49.76%
48.27%
50.95%
48.72%
51.57%
50.74%
50.16%
51.39%
51.17%
Preferential votes
Party
Candidate[ 42]
votes
UPFA
Waruna Deepthi Rajapaksha
56,118
UPFA
Prasanna Ranatunga
46,135
UPFA
Eraj Crishantha de Alwis
43,064
UPFA
Ashoka Ranwala
35,623
UPFA
Ananda Ranjith Rupasinghe
34,614
UPFA
Duleep Wijesekera
34,509
UPFA
Sunil Wijerathna
33,496
UPFA
Gihan Wijesinghe
32,992
UPFA
Nimal Lanza
31,502
UPFA
Sardhathissa Sakalasooriya
31,356
UPFA
Sarath Kumara Gunaratna
29,411
UPFA
U. A. Nandaseeli
29,107
UPFA
Kulasiri de Silva
28,326
UPFA
Meril Perera
27,513
UPFA
Wimalasena Silva
26,865
UPFA
Nandana Mendis
26,083
UPFA
Kinsley Kasthuriarachchi
25,739
UPFA
Lalith Wanigarathna
24,710
UPFA
Gunasiri Jayanath
24,480
UNP
Gamini Gunarathna
23,947
UPFA
Sisira Jayakody
23,859
UNP
Upul Deva Wanawasa
23,632
UNP
George Perera
23,339
UPFA
Ashantha Namal Gunawardhana
22,097
UPFA
Chandana Jayakody
21,907
UPFA
Nihal Premasiri
21,694
UNP
Lorenz Madiwela
21,591
UNP
Chandrasoma Saranalal
21,458
UPFA
R. Waragoda
21,446
UNP
A. K. Paul Perera
21,195
UNP
Edward Silva Digirige
20,629
UNP
Philician de Silva
18,637
UNP
Clarance Thushara Perera
17,868
UNP
Kithsiri Manchanayake
15,757
UNP
Ananda Samarasekara
15,529
UNP
Palitha Lihiniyakumara
15,066
UNP
Abhayasiri Ramanayake
14,996
UNP
Douglas Morine Fernando
14,246
SLMC
Mohamed Shaffi Raheem
3,001
2009 provincial council election
Results of the 5th Western provincial council election held on 25 April 2009 for the district:[ 43]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
United People's Freedom Alliance [ af]
51,661
45,061
42,097
48,383
60,210
50,015
53,286
32,388
59,679
55,692
45,740
32,475
36,467
11,376
624,530
69.07%
27
United National Party
12,763
18,241
17,387
14,315
16,968
23,430
21,921
14,694
18,163
17,466
17,728
17,823
22,657
2,700
236,256
26.13%
10
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
1,553
1,689
1,063
1,313
2,590
1,853
1,385
1,406
2,270
1,503
2,223
777
1,303
563
21,491
2.38%
1
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
4,321
2,086
53
159
9
97
610
1,521
984
941
1,352
3,558
2,291
32
18,014
1.99%
1
Democratic Unity Alliance
376
88
14
16
44
59
48
87
120
55
155
83
276
3
1,424
0.16%
0
United Socialist Party
29
41
56
46
28
57
59
50
51
40
71
54
71
4
657
0.07%
0
Independent Group 04
42
32
35
56
69
48
57
32
54
41
36
32
34
0
568
0.06%
0
Ruhunu People's Party
10
36
6
5
15
289
34
11
9
6
2
26
37
1
487
0.05%
0
National Development Front
15
24
13
17
15
16
20
13
25
21
19
16
15
0
229
0.03%
0
Independent Group 02
28
12
1
3
4
2
9
23
16
7
10
18
14
0
147
0.02%
0
Democratic United National Front
4
3
1
2
3
17
4
12
5
5
3
1
46
1
107
0.01%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
8
9
6
8
8
4
8
8
6
10
3
6
8
3
95
0.01%
0
Independent Group 01
8
2
4
4
5
5
4
3
6
8
5
7
7
2
70
0.01%
0
Independent Group 03
6
4
1
7
4
5
4
7
6
3
5
3
4
1
60
0.01%
0
United Lanka Great Council
7
1
1
2
4
3
1
1
5
2
6
14
4
4
55
0.01%
0
Valid Votes
70,831
67,329
60,738
64,336
79,976
75,900
77,450
50,256
81,399
75,800
67,358
54,893
63,234
14,690
904,190
100.00%
39
Rejected Votes
2,436
1,789
1,910
1,792
2,295
2,183
2,639
1,632
2,325
2,310
2,324
1,912
2,232
391
28,170
Total Polled
73,267
69,118
62,648
66,128
82,271
78,083
80,089
51,888
83,724
78,110
69,682
56,805
65,466
15,081
932,360
Registered Electors
119,299
106,550
98,572
103,058
132,375
126,026
125,510
83,239
132,781
119,350
113,421
94,871
103,243
1,458,295
Turnout
61.41%
64.87%
63.56%
64.17%
62.15%
61.96%
63.81%
62.34%
63.05%
65.45%
61.44%
59.88%
63.41%
63.93%
Preferential votes
Party
Candidate[ 44]
votes
UPFA
Prasanna Ranatunga
186,338
UPFA
Nimal Lanza
76,156
UPFA
Pradeep Perera
62,948
UPFA
Sunil Wijerartna
58,444
UPFA
Lalith Wanigarathna
53,773
UNP
Ruwan Wijewardene
53,756
UPFA
Sisira Jayakody
49,975
UPFA
Ananda Ranjith Rupasinghe
49,058
UPFA
Chandrika Sakalasooriya
48,852
UPFA
Meril Perera
48,176
UPFA
Ananda Harishchandra De Silva
47,687
UPFA
H. M. G. B. Kotakadeniya
47,139
UPFA
Kokila Gunawardena
46,997
UPFA
Gunasiri Jayanath
42,068
UPFA
Nihal Premasiri
40,142
UPFA
Sandya Siriwardhana
39,542
UPFA
Ravindra Prasad Perera
38,836
UNP
Harshana Rajakaruna
37,485
UNP
Ajith Mannapperuma
37,330
UPFA
Lionel Jayasinghe
37,240
UPFA
Upali Gunaratne
33,795
UPFA
Clerance Thushara Perera
33,441
UPFA
Kamal Kuruppu
31,332
UNP
Sudesh Mahendra Perera
30,843
UPFA
Chandana Jayakody
29,663
UPFA
Randeer Rodrigo
29,072
UNP
George Perera
29,033
UPFA
Darshana Mallawa
28,311
UPFA
Shalitha Lakshman Wijesundara
27,951
UPFA
Dilip Kumara Rajapaksha
27,399
UPFA
R. Waragoda
27,336
UPFA
Doltan Janaka
26,186
UNP
Kithsiri Manchanayake
23,804
UNP
Margret Rose Fernando
22,439
UNP
Udena Wijerathna
19,607
UNP
A. K. Paul Perera
18,705
UNP
Shirantha Amarasekara
18,472
SLMC
Mohamed Shaffi Raheem
12,344
JVP
Waruna Deepthi Rajapaksha
5,689
2014 provincial council election
Results of the 6th Western provincial council election held on 29 March 2014:[ 45]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
United People's Freedom Alliance [ ag]
50,735
40,473
40,666
44,256
50,227
46,286
50,857
28,200
55,286
51,035
43,418
28,763
36,550
15,816
582,668
57.98%
24
United National Party
13,663
19,859
17,835
18,277
16,663
25,364
22,491
13,030
17,872
18,205
16,957
22,687
22,642
3,701
249,230
24.80%
10
Democratic Party
6,333
6,691
4,823
5,206
10,143
7,267
9,083
5,677
9,136
6,759
5,550
3,294
5,432
3,163
88,557
8.81%
4
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
4,244
5,073
2,112
2,774
6,767
5,534
3,964
4,288
5,965
4,809
3,763
2,330
3,433
1,344
56,405
5.61%
2
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
4,504
1,924
98
402
16
41
609
1,349
1,121
858
1,256
3,946
1,143
32
17,296
1.72%
1
Democratic People's Front
112
43
15
21
36
313
321
557
81
36
27
1,388
3,873
21
6,844
0.68%
0
Jana Setha Peramuna
208
59
15
32
137
22
18
52
55
64
53
11
84
21
831
0.08%
0
United Lanka People's Party
34
28
27
28
40
49
41
39
41
44
50
31
35
48
535
0.05%
0
United Lanka Great Council
54
40
19
42
68
36
55
28
53
46
33
11
34
11
530
0.05%
0
Patriotic National Front
22
28
15
38
45
43
38
22
34
25
32
11
28
14
395
0.04%
0
New Sinhala Heritage
16
16
18
16
38
11
10
12
23
25
11
11
24
14
245
0.02%
0
Nava Sama Samaja Party
12
19
3
5
58
16
27
8
16
18
6
18
15
8
229
0.02%
0
Independent Group 09
21
13
9
13
21
14
18
10
12
16
14
10
15
12
198
0.02%
0
Sri Lanka Labour Party
13
13
5
8
17
13
19
4
12
10
10
17
11
3
155
0.02%
0
Independent Group 05
13
9
10
8
14
14
13
15
10
14
8
9
8
1
146
0.01%
0
Independent Group 08
10
26
4
9
6
15
4
17
13
10
5
3
3
2
127
0.01%
0
Independent Group 01
12
22
3
2
15
9
7
7
16
8
3
9
9
3
125
0.01%
0
Independent Group 03
7
7
4
8
5
12
14
4
12
7
11
10
12
2
115
0.01%
0
Independent Group 07
7
5
10
5
8
3
8
3
11
5
8
6
5
5
89
0.00%
0
Independent Group 06
5
6
2
13
14
12
7
2
5
4
4
4
5
3
86
0.00%
0
Independent Group 02
7
13
2
3
10
7
8
7
3
4
2
7
8
4
85
0.00%
0
Independent Group 04
11
5
4
3
4
5
3
11
5
3
4
1
2
0
71
0.00%
0
Valid Votes
80,047
74,372
65,699
71,174
84,322
85,086
87,615
53,342
89,782
82,005
71,225
62,574
73,481
24,228
1,004,952
100.00%
41
Rejected Votes
3,267
2,777
2,396
2,442
3,706
3,394
3,651
2,328
3,665
3,070
3,058
2,649
3,304
1,006
40,713
Total Polled
83,314
77,149
68,095
73,616
88,028
88,480
91,266
55,670
93,447
85,075
74,283
65,223
76,685
25,234
1,045,665
Registered Electors
130,058
117,747
106,431
112,475
144,152
138,704
139,658
86,853
144,717
129,885
121,853
103,115
114,428
1,590,076
Preferential votes
Party
Candidate[ 46]
votes
UPFA
Prasanna Ranatunga
249,678
UPFA
Nimal Lanza
106,661
UPFA
Sahan Pradeep Withana
59,892
UPFA
Samanmalee Sakalasooriya
53,447
UNP
Harshana Rajakaruna
51,018
UPFA
Sisira Jayakody
43,331
UPFA
Sunil Wijerathne
42,488
UNP
Kavinda Jayawardena
41,654
UPFA
Kokila Gunawardena
40,291
UPFA
Meril Perera
40,180
UPFA
Ananda Ranjith Rupasinghe
38,477
UPFA
Upul Mahendra
37,674
UPFA
Susara Dinal Silva
37,598
UPFA
Gunasiri Jayanath
36,240
UPFA
Lakshman Gunawardhana
33,781
UPFA
Lalith Wanigarathna
32,713
UPFA
Ananda Harishchandra De Silva
30,833
UPFA
Nirosha Athukoralage
30,807
UPFA
Chandana Jayakody
30,081
UNP
Edward Gunasekara
29,944
UPFA
Lionel Jayasingha
29,863
UNP
Priyantha Perera
29,703
UNP
Shirantha Amarasekara
29,559
UNP
Wijitha Fernando
29,291
UNP
Margret Rose Fernando
29,267
UPFA
Upali Gunaratne
29,215
UPFA
Sandya Siriwardhana
29,206
UPFA
Upul Rajitha
27,308
UPFA
Ravindra Prasad Perera
26,396
UPFA
Nirosh Dilshan
25,489
UPFA
Lalantha Gunasekara
25,419
UNP
Sudesh Mahendra Perera
24,728
UNP
Udena Wijerathna
23,712
UNP
Pushpakumara De Silva
20,390
JVP
Mahinda Jayasinghe
15,933
DP
Rajitha Rangana
14,644
DP
Anuruddha Lekamge
14,058
SLMC
Mohamed Shaffi Raheem
12,335
DP
Asoka Dayarathna
9,985
DP
Indika Bandara
9,270
JVP
Ashoka Ranwala
7,437
Notes
^ Including the CPSL , LSSP , NSSP , SLMP .
^ Including the SLFP .
^ Including the JVP .
^ Including the SLFP .
^ Including the SLMC .
^ Including the NSSP .
^ Including the UNP , SLMC , CWC , WPF .
^ Including the SLFP .
^ Including the NSSP .
^ Including the SLFP , JVP .
^ Including the UNP , SLMC , CWC , WPF .
^ Including the NSSP .
^ Anura Bandaranaike (UPFA-SLFP) died on 16 March 2008.[ 23] His replacement Sarana Gunawardena (UPFA-SLFP) was sworn in on 6 May 2008.[ 24]
^ Siripala Amarasingha (UPFA-JVP) resigned on 19 April 2006. His replacement was Sarath Kumara Gunaratna (UPFA-SLFP).[ 25]
^ Jeyaraj Fernandopulle (UPFA-SLFP) was murdered on 6 April 2008.[ 26] His replacement Dulip Wijeysekara (UPFA-SLFP) was sworn in on 6 May 2008.[ 24]
^ Sripathi Sooriyaarachchi (UPFA-SLFP(M)) was killed on 9 February 2008.[ 27] His replacement was Reggie Ranatunga (UPFA-SLFP).
^ Reggie Ranatunga (UPFA-SLFP) died on 31 May 2008.[ 28] His replacement Neil Rupasinghe (UPFA-SLFP) was sworn in on 6 June 2008.[ 29]
^ Ven. Kolonnawe Sri Sumangala Thero (JHU) resigned on 8 October 2004. His replacement was Ven. Alawwe Nandaloka Thero (JHU).
^ Includung the SLFP .
^ Including the UNP , SLMC , DPF , SLFP .
^ Including the JVP .
^ The alliance consisted of ACMC ,DNM, JHU ,MTNA,NFGG, SLMC , TPA (DPF , NUW and UCPF ),ULF and UNP .
^ The alliance consisted of CWC ,CF,DNF,DPC, LBSL , MEP , NC , NFF ,PHU, SA (CPSL , DLF , LSSP ,NLPP and SLPP ), SLFP , TMVP and UCF.
^ The alliance consisted of CWC , CPSL , DLF , DVJP , EPDP , LSSP , MEP ,MTK, NC , NFF ,PHU, SLFP , SLMP , SLPP , TMVP ,UPP & VDJS.
^ The alliance consisted of JHU , SLMC , TPA (NUW , DPF , UCPF ), ACMC ,NLNP & JSP.
^ Including JVP .
^ Including the CPSL , LSSP , NSSP , SLMP .
^ Including the SLFP .
^ Including the SLFP , SLMC et al.
^ Including the NSSP et al.
^ Includung the SLFP , JVP .
^ Includung the SLFP .
^ Includung the Sri Lanka Freedom Party .
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