Kalutara Electoral District
Electoral district of Sri Lanka
This article is about the electoral district in Sri Lanka. For the administrative district, see
Kalutara District .
Kalutara 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 Kalutara in the Western province . The district currently elects 10 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 813,233 registered electors in 2010.[ 2]
Presidential elections
1982 presidential election
Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982:[ 4]
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Junius Jayewardene
UNP
25,681
26,631
27,951
21,486
27,056
26,167
24,494
26,648
5,478
211,592
50.15%
Hector Kobbekaduwa
SLFP
21,041
25,500
22,349
20,068
23,518
22,992
23,154
23,861
3,391
185,874
44.06%
Rohana Wijeweera
JVP
2,043
1,583
1,812
998
1,361
2,306
2,164
2,011
221
14,499
3.44%
Colvin R. de Silva
LSSP
2,079
730
608
521
359
1,707
537
1,776
296
8,613
2.04%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara
NSSP
79
81
42
57
186
112
89
189
36
871
0.21%
Kumar Ponnambalam
ACTC
80
35
39
64
48
39
107
27
4
443
0.11%
Valid Votes
51,003
54,560
52,801
43,194
52,528
53,323
50,545
54,512
9,426
421,892
100.00%
Rejected Votes
944
628
544
582
459
612
741
677
103
5,290
Total Polled
51,947
55,188
53,345
43,776
52,987
53,935
51,286
55,189
9,529
427,182
Registered Electors
62,890
65,013
64,357
51,297
61,356
64,944
61,809
67,549
499,215
Turnout
82.60%
84.89%
82.89%
85.34%
86.36%
83.05%
82.97%
81.70%
85.57%
1988 presidential election
Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988:[ 5]
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
SLFP
15,255
26,897
21,920
18,491
24,116
22,425
19,908
28,366
2,383
179,761
49.57%
Ranasinghe Premadasa
UNP
15,155
26,066
20,529
18,705
23,868
22,551
17,917
22,701
2,018
169,510
46.74%
Ossie Abeygunasekara
SLMP
905
2,261
952
743
1,339
2,559
836
3,548
232
13,375
3.69%
Valid Votes
31,315
55,224
43,401
37,939
49,323
47,535
38,661
54,615
4,633
362,646
100.00%
Rejected Votes
521
871
700
880
632
1,161
716
799
257
6,537
Total Polled
31,836
56,095
44,101
38,819
49,955
48,696
39,377
55,414
4,890
369,183
Registered Electors
70,991
73,585
73,408
58,030
69,405
75,912
70,457
78,330
570,118
Turnout
44.85%
76.23%
60.08%
66.89%
71.98%
64.15%
55.89%
70.74%
64.76%
1994 presidential election
Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994:[ 6]
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Chandrika Kumaratunga
PA
32,467
40,503
36,364
27,072
36,064
37,490
33,726
42,951
9,049
295,686
61.47%
Srima Dissanayake
UNP
21,903
23,655
23,487
20,094
21,886
22,209
20,667
20,032
4,533
178,466
37.10%
Hudson Samarasinghe
Ind 2
322
315
246
281
351
237
286
166
9
2,213
0.46%
Harischandra Wijayatunga
SMBP
190
263
115
172
262
226
202
340
98
1,868
0.39%
A. J. Ranasinghe
Ind 1
163
187
135
131
212
170
168
198
34
1,398
0.29%
Nihal Galappaththi
SLPF
201
177
153
145
147
161
201
161
42
1,388
0.29%
Valid Votes
55,246
65,100
60,500
47,895
58,922
60,493
55,250
63,848
13,765
481,019
100.00%
Rejected Votes
893
929
660
772
932
929
1,045
922
227
7,309
Total Polled
56,139
66,029
61,160
48,667
59,854
61,422
56,295
64,770
13,992
488,328
Registered Electors
78,540
86,676
83,849
63,131
77,877
86,437
80,135
89,554
646,199
Turnout
71.48%
76.18%
72.94%
77.09%
76.86%
71.06%
70.25%
72.33%
75.57%
1999 presidential election
Results of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999:[ 7]
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Chandrika Kumaratunga
PA
30,128
40,384
34,369
25,424
37,559
35,751
32,352
39,081
6,169
281,217
52.88%
Ranil Wickramasinghe
UNP
26,506
28,430
29,585
22,879
27,700
27,131
25,813
24,976
4,403
217,423
40.88%
Nandana Gunathilake
JVP
3,014
3,262
2,421
1,397
2,648
3,369
3,221
3,647
791
23,770
4.47%
Harischandra Wijayatunga
SMBP
227
384
148
184
308
386
316
596
172
2,721
0.51%
W. V. M. Ranjith
Ind 2
208
171
160
156
182
127
183
90
2
1,279
0.24%
Tennyson Edirisuriya
Ind 1
176
154
150
131
139
135
148
96
4
1,133
0.21%
Rajiva Wijesinha
LPSL
163
139
114
128
126
111
162
81
4
1,028
0.19%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara
LDA
78
154
81
45
130
131
75
242
67
1,003
0.19%
Abdul Rasool
SLMP
86
78
159
69
77
105
74
144
4
796
0.15%
Kamal Karunadasa
PLSF
76
90
70
69
79
77
83
60
4
608
0.11%
Hudson Samarasinghe
Ind 3
83
37
35
63
40
38
71
19
0
386
0.07%
A. W. Premawardhana
PFF
34
40
15
28
31
31
32
16
2
229
0.04%
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka
DUNF
34
31
14
24
21
21
35
25
11
216
0.04%
Valid Votes
60,813
73,354
67,321
50,597
69,040
67,413
62,565
69,073
11,633
531,809
100.00%
Rejected Votes
1,226
1,467
1,145
991
1,417
1,540
1,492
2,014
504
11,796
Total Polled
62,039
74,821
68,466
51,588
70,457
68,953
64,057
71,087
12,137
543,605
Registered Electors
82,145
93,107
87,513
66,212
86,680
90,723
84,575
91,768
682,723
Turnout
75.52%
80.36%
78.24%
77.91%
81.28%
76.00%
75.74%
77.46%
79.62%
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
37,518
50,481
37,402
29,218
44,801
45,143
40,006
46,097
11,027
341,693
55.48%
Ranil Wickramasinghe
UNP
31,449
34,749
37,390
25,918
34,300
32,916
30,853
33,034
5,434
266,043
43.20%
Siritunga Jayasuriya
USP
408
341
372
371
293
237
379
216
6
2,623
0.43%
A. A. Suraweera
NDF
254
279
224
251
232
222
271
182
6
1,921
0.31%
Victor Hettigoda
ULPP
81
105
105
85
134
91
105
128
31
865
0.14%
Chamil Jayaneththi
NLF
91
63
84
81
68
63
67
85
12
614
0.10%
Aruna de Soyza
RPP
57
52
66
46
56
76
65
46
4
468
0.08%
Anura De Silva
ULF
56
72
55
36
53
43
58
47
4
424
0.07%
Wimal Geeganage
SLNF
57
59
48
66
54
48
60
25
5
422
0.07%
A. K. J. Arachchige
DUA
52
40
47
40
48
36
53
22
1
339
0.06%
Wije Dias
SEP
24
21
27
28
21
37
29
23
5
215
0.03%
P. Nelson Perera
SLPF
26
23
21
30
15
13
23
14
0
165
0.03%
H. S. Dharmadwaja
UNAF
8
6
10
9
14
5
13
2
1
68
0.01%
Valid Votes
70,081
86,291
75,851
56,179
80,089
78,930
71,982
79,921
16,536
615,860
100.00%
Rejected Votes
656
870
885
644
802
808
756
762
334
6,517
Total Polled
70,737
87,161
76,736
56,823
80,891
79,738
72,738
80,683
16,870
622,377
Registered Electors
89,979
107,308
99,026
71,080
100,085
102,020
93,479
101,328
764,305
Turnout
78.62%
81.23%
77.49%
79.94%
80.82%
78.16%
77.81%
79.63%
81.43%
2010 presidential election
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
%
Mahinda Rajapaksa
UPFA
47,317
62,363
43,787
38,018
57,292
51,330
47,988
50,772
13,695
412,562
63.06%
Sarath Fonseka
NDF
23,717
32,290
35,678
19,073
27,818
29,719
26,016
31,319
6,177
231,807
35.43%
A. A. Suraweera
NDF
286
203
172
190
209
218
275
122
8
1,683
0.26%
M. C. M. Ismail
DUNF
168
140
133
233
155
129
183
96
5
1,242
0.19%
C. J. Sugathsiri Gamage
UDF
173
122
153
163
107
111
233
112
7
1,181
0.18%
W. V. M. Ranjith
Ind 1
195
156
124
103
130
133
124
100
10
1,075
0.16%
A. S. P. Liyanage
SLLP
107
107
80
119
89
76
108
77
2
765
0.12%
Ukkubanda Wijekoon
Ind 3
72
79
78
77
85
63
77
50
1
582
0.09%
Siritunga Jayasuriya
USP
83
57
44
69
65
43
73
34
4
472
0.07%
Sarath Manamendra
NSH
76
52
60
62
71
43
53
33
3
453
0.07%
Lal Perera
ONF
49
68
54
49
62
40
56
42
1
421
0.06%
Aithurus M. Illias
Ind 2
57
67
49
47
51
34
44
26
4
379
0.06%
Vikramabahu Karunaratne
LF
41
27
27
39
44
30
42
49
6
305
0.05%
M. K. Shivajilingam
Ind 5
36
33
12
40
39
24
47
15
2
248
0.04%
Wije Dias
SEP
23
29
22
41
27
25
34
19
4
224
0.03%
Sanath Pinnaduwa
NA
22
18
23
26
21
15
21
11
2
159
0.02%
M. Mohamed Musthaffa
Ind 4
18
13
16
24
22
17
21
22
1
154
0.02%
Ven.Battaramulla Seelarathana Thero
JP
25
22
10
23
13
7
29
10
4
143
0.02%
Senaratna de Silva
PNF
18
8
10
22
27
8
22
5
0
120
0.02%
Aruna de Soyza
RPP
14
15
12
21
18
7
17
16
0
120
0.02%
M. B. Thaminimulla
ACAKO
12
13
7
10
13
12
4
6
1
78
0.01%
Sarath Kongahage
UNAF
14
10
7
7
8
1
15
11
3
76
0.01%
Valid Votes
72,523
95,892
80,558
58,456
86,366
82,085
75,482
82,947
19,940
654,249
100.00%
Rejected Votes
486
558
523
423
666
581
564
553
187
4,541
Total Polled
73,009
96,450
81,081
58,879
87,032
82,666
76,046
83,500
20,127
658,790
Registered Electors
93,972
118,942
104,363
74,991
108,781
106,878
99,737
105,569
813,233
Turnout
77.69%
81.09%
77.69%
78.51%
80.01%
77.35%
76.25%
79.10%
81.01%
2015 presidential election
Results of the 7th presidential election held on 8 January 2015:[ 9]
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Mahinda Rajapaksa
UPFA
44,750
61,199
37,424
37,311
57,633
48,851
45,984
45,908
14,830
395,890
52.65%
Maithripala Sirisena
NDF
33,950
48,469
53,280
28,341
42,065
44,804
38,668
46,820
12,962
349,404
46.46%
R. A. Sirisena
PNF
154
154
96
123
120
92
148
84
8
979
0.13%
Namal Rajapaksa
ONF
142
118
88
95
107
82
114
57
5
808
0.11%
Duminda Nagamuwa
FSP
79
89
93
74
76
92
96
71
25
695
0.09%
A. S. P. Liyanage
SLLP
67
68
113
79
62
60
94
54
8
605
0.08%
R. Peduru Arachchi
ULPP
87
75
75
78
52
58
94
37
4
560
0.07%
M. I. Mohanmed Mishlar
UPF
79
73
79
42
71
55
76
79
5
559
0.07%
Aithurus M. Illias
Ind 1
67
97
73
64
77
48
59
59
6
547
0.07%
Siritunga Jayasuriya
USP
55
73
37
49
64
43
57
31
7
416
0.06%
Sarath Manamendra
NSH
53
45
38
39
48
27
49
33
0
336
0.04%
Pani Wijesiriwardene
SEP
19
31
27
29
22
25
30
20
7
210
0.03%
Ven.Battaramulla Seelarathana Thero
JSP
21
36
20
11
25
24
20
34
15
206
0.03%
M. B. Theminimulla
ACAKO
25
24
28
19
19
20
20
20
3
178
0.02%
Anurudha Polgampola
Ind 2
18
22
23
24
22
23
27
10
2
171
0.02%
Sundaram Mahendran
NSSP
18
21
15
17
13
6
26
14
0
130
0.02%
Prasanna Priyankara
DNM
20
15
13
17
11
12
15
7
6
121
0.02%
Jayantha Kulathunga
ULGC
14
10
14
8
13
12
12
12
3
93
0.01%
Wimal Geeganage
SLNF
11
12
4
11
17
8
8
5
4
80
0.01%
Valid Votes
79,764
110,628
93,540
66,431
100,517
94,342
85,597
93,355
27,900
751,984
100.00%
Rejected Votes
1,002
999
951
716
952
905
1,063
1,152
641
8,381
1.1%
Total Polled
80,676
111,627
94,491
67,147
101,469
95,247
86,660
94,507
28,541
760,365
84.73%
Registered Electors
100,040
133,887
117,033
82,123
122,511
117,931
108,996
114,828
28,997
897,349
2019 presidential election
Results of the 8th presidential election held on 16 November 2019:[ 10]
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Gotabaya Rajapaksa
SLPP
52,400
74,879
48,037
42,021
69,822
59,796
55,932
57,447
22,586
482,920
59.49%
Sajith Premadasa
NDF
28,744
38,981
47,654
25,407
32,967
34,076
31,451
35,761
9,172
284,213
35.01%
Anura Kumara Dissanayake
NMPP
2,319
4,312
3,172
1,468
3,532
4,034
3,028
3,904
1,912
27,681
3.41%
Mahesh Senanayake
NPP
203
432
252
169
412
542
257
649
297
3,213
0.40%
Ajantha Perera
SPSL
243
295
228
187
299
241
226
161
22
1,902
0.23%
Rohan Pallewatte
JSWP
182
206
127
169
239
157
199
184
48
1,511
0.19%
M. L. A. M. Hizbullah
Ind 11
185
193
266
151
146
179
164
137
19
1,440
0.18%
Ariyawansa Dissanayake
DUNF
149
124
142
93
120
98
139
85
6
956
0.12%
Siripala Amarasinghe
Ind 02
111
82
78
110
105
53
111
59
12
740
0.09%
Duminda Nagamuwa
FSP
67
108
97
74
75
109
93
89
27
739
0.09%
Ajantha de zoysa
RJP
106
74
97
78
81
71
84
55
10
637
0.08%
Namal Rajapaksa
NUA
53
77
60
68
93
75
96
58
10
590
0.07%
Milroy Fernando
Ind 09
83
87
91
67
61
59
85
50
4
587
0.07%
Ven.Battaramulla Seelarathana Thero
JSP
55
90
86
59
64
55
81
54
12
566
0.07%
Jayantha Ketagoda
Ind 07
62
59
58
42
64
40
82
34
4
445
0.05%
Anuruddha Polgampola
Ind 08
35
44
62
50
52
30
70
30
8
381
0.05%
Ven.Aparekke Punnananda Thero
Ind 01
41
52
49
44
47
39
46
33
16
367
0.05%
Subramanium Gunaratnam
ONF
40
35
54
50
44
34
75
25
4
361
0.04%
A. S. P. Liyanage
SLLP
45
32
48
34
30
27
39
17
1
273
0.03%
Piyasiri Wijenayake
Ind 13
24
36
42
25
36
30
38
18
4
253
0.03%
Aruna de soyza
DNM
33
30
24
29
35
18
25
20
4
218
0.03%
Aithurus M. Illias
Ind 03
30
32
33
21
33
24
22
16
2
213
0.03%
Vajirapani Wijesiriwardene
SEP
19
24
23
25
28
29
21
17
7
193
0.02%
Sirithunga Jayasuriya
USP
24
22
15
26
19
18
31
16
9
180
0.02%
Sarath Manamendra
NSU
22
20
23
20
23
21
29
13
1
172
0.02%
Rajiva Wijesinha
Ind 14
17
4
21
20
26
21
20
14
2
145
0.02%
A. H. M. Alavi
Ind 04
15
20
16
21
21
11
24
14
0
142
0.02%
Ashoka Wadigamangawa
Ind 12
18
15
13
18
21
18
21
10
2
136
0.02%
M. K. Shivajilingam
Ind 10
14
12
14
13
14
15
17
11
4
114
0.01%
Priyantha Edirisinghe
ACAKO
7
7
16
12
17
12
14
15
4
104
0.01%
Saman Perera
OPPP
10
14
22
13
16
7
7
7
8
104
0.01%
Sarath Keerthirathna
Ind 05
12
15
15
8
11
9
9
9
2
90
0.01%
B. G. Nandimithra
NSSP
8
7
9
10
13
6
15
5
2
75
0.01%
Samaraweera Weeravanni
Ind 15
7
10
6
12
14
8
8
8
0
73
0.01%
Samansiri Herath
Ind 06
8
7
4
3
3
3
7
3
1
39
0.00%
Valid Votes
85,391
120,437
100,954
70,617
108,583
99,965
92,566
99,028
34,222
811,763
100.00%
Rejected Votes
492
944
885
503
883
870
786
827
657
6,847
0.72%
Total Polled
85,883
121,381
101,839
71,120
109,466
100,835
93,352
99,855
34,879
818,610
85.71%
Registered Electors
99,484
140,999
121,486
82,439
128,005
119,526
109,804
118,719
35,218
955,079
2024 presidential election
Results of the 9th presidential election held on 21 September 2024:[ 11]
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Votes
%
Anura Kumara Dissanayake
NPP
34,139
60,752
44,146
28,052
54,322
52,607
43,598
48,586
21,589
387,764
47.73%
Sajith Premadasa
SJB
29,833
33,363
39,007
23,773
27,090
25,006
27,738
25,032
5,465
236,307
28.91%
Ranil Wickremesinghe
Ind16
13,518
21,996
14,583
11,903
23,064
17,078
16,046
17,641
7,456
143,285
17.53%
Namal Rajapaksa
SLPP
3,117
3,573
2,414
2,693
3,024
1,997
2,580
2,666
663
22,727
2.7%
Dilith Jayaweera
SLCP
896
1,876
510
729
1,786
1,293
890
1,891
390
10,261
1.26%
K. K. Piyadasa
Ind04
252
193
312
210
188
151
288
118
18
1,730
0.21%
D. M. Bandaranayake
Ind13
194
254
179
150
177
176
201
161
29
1,521
0.19%
Sarath Fonseka
Ind12
158
160
161
149
187
136
168
145
53
1,317
0.16%
Nuwan Bopege
SPF
114
145
118
90
80
198
118
104
43
1,013
0.12%
Sarath Keerthirathne
Ind05
117
133
132
124
135
108
135
69
7
960
0.12%
Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe
JPF
109
125
123
102
142
83
126
91
37
938
0.11%
Suranjeewa Anoj de Silva
DUNF
81
188
77
76
170
115
84
104
30
925
0.11%
Namal Rajapaksa
SBP
113
123
80
96
106
58
105
78
30
789
0.1%
Anuruddha Polgampola
Ind11
97
114
105
98
102
75
87
89
6
773
0.09%
Ven.Akmeemana Dayarathana Thero
Ind01
91
84
60
78
92
85
83
61
18
652
0.08%
K. R. Krishan
APP
124
73
68
80
83
47
103
31
2
611
0.07%
Ajantha de Zoyza
RJA
72
99
73
56
74
67
80
51
10
582
0.07%
Priyantha Wickremesinghe
NSSP
67
91
58
50
89
62
85
46
13
561
0.07%
Siripala Amarasinghe
Ind02
67
61
64
59
49
46
65
43
5
459
0.06%
Ven.Battaramulle Seelarathana Thero
JSP
51
79
28
40
68
56
37
63
12
434
0.05%
Victor Anthony Perera
Ind10
79
42
47
60
50
29
61
24
3
395
0.05%
Sirithunga Jayasuriya
USP
57
46
48
59
44
28
45
47
3
377
0.05%
Premasiri Manage
Ind14
56
39
40
59
31
23
41
28
1
318
0.04%
Abubakar Mohamed Infaz
DUA
35
34
52
46
37
20
38
32
5
299
0.04%
Mahinda Dewage
SLSP
35
42
27
23
33
37
33
21
7
258
0.03%
Roshan Ranasinghe
Ind15
20
32
23
16
32
26
26
60
14
249
0.03%
Keerthi Wickremeratne
AJP
24
40
23
26
40
16
35
30
7
241
0.03%
Oshala Herath
NIF
21
32
26
24
37
36
26
22
6
230
0.03%
P. W. S. K. Bandaranayake
NDF
28
38
34
30
26
21
29
16
1
223
0.03%
Vajirapani Wijesiriwardene
SEP
28
39
18
41
20
12
30
24
5
217
0.03%
Ananda Kularatne
Ind06
27
26
41
18
32
21
28
22
1
216
0.03%
Pakkiyaselvam Ariyanethiran
Ind09
24
26
28
26
30
19
43
15
4
215
0.03%
Lalith De Silva
UNFP
16
19
26
29
17
19
18
25
7
176
0.03%
Sidney Jayarathna
Ind07
25
25
18
15
19
20
16
14
2
154
0.02%
Janaka Ratnayake
ULPP
18
15
15
19
17
6
13
11
10
124
0.02%
Sarath Manamendra
NSU
8
16
13
6
10
11
6
8
2
80
0.01%
A. S. P. Liyanage
SLLP
7
15
13
10
8
5
8
7
2
75
0.01%
Mylvanagam Thilakarajah
Ind08
10
9
14
7
5
5
7
2
3
62
0.01%
Valid Votes
83,518
124,017
102,804
69,098
111,516
99,798
93,120
94,478
35,979
817,518
100.00%
Rejected Votes
1,448
2,403
1,751
1,734
2,437
1,859
1,792
2,056
763
16,243
1.95%
Total Polled
85,176
126,420
104,555
70,832
113,953
101,657
94,912
99,534
36,722
833,761
81.4%
Registered Electors
104,424
154,272
130,456
86,639
140,590
127,561
117,866
125,088
37,348
1,024,244
Preferential votes [ 12]
Parliamentary general election
1989 parliamentary general election
Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989 for the district:[ 13]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
United National Party [ a]
16,311
24,894
19,298
16,360
25,770
17,840
13,643
20,473
5,480
160,069
49.84%
6
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
11,397
23,202
12,976
12,024
17,658
14,374
12,156
23,778
3,945
131,510
40.94%
5
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
158
1,968
5,250
321
129
2,248
436
2,428
33
12,971
4.04%
0
United Socialist Alliance [ b]
679
1,764
642
207
1,778
3,311
414
3,025
522
12,342
3.84%
0
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
101
369
112
253
839
122
108
641
145
2,690
0.84%
0
United Lanka People's Party
175
167
224
156
103
247
312
165
62
1,611
0.50%
0
Valid Votes
28,821
52,364
38,502
29,321
46,277
38,142
27,069
50,510
10,187
321,193
100.00%
11
Rejected Votes
2,545
2,550
2,214
2,463
2,883
2,407
2,621
2,162
294
20,139
Total Polled
31,366
54,914
40,716
31,784
49,160
40,549
29,690
52,672
10,481
341,332
Registered Electors
69,937
72,270
72,355
57,111
67,915
73,971
68,955
76,836
10,843
570,193
Turnout
44.85%
75.98%
56.27%
55.65%
72.38%
54.82%
43.06%
68.55%
96.66%
59.86%
Preferential votes[ 13]
Alliance
Party
Candidate
votes
SLFP
SLFP
Thilak Karunaratne
54,339
UNP
UNP
Indradasa Hettiarachchi
54,099
SLFP
SLFP
Sumitha Priyanganie Abeyweera
51,494
SLFP
SLFP
Neville Fernando
40,977
SLFP
SLFP
Anil Moonesinghe
40,320
UNP
UNP
Punsiri Samaranayake
36,150
UNP
UNP
Imthiaz Bakeer Markar
35,433
UNP
UNP
P. D. Abeyratne
30,292
SLFP
SLFP
Mangala Moonesinghe
28,522
UNP
UNP
Mervin Joseph Cooray
27,130
UNP
UNP
Sarath Ranawaka
20,983
1994 parliamentary general election
Results of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994 for the district:[ 14]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
People's Alliance [ c]
31,009
37,374
33,686
24,364
32,374
34,349
30,514
39,309
8,775
271,754
53.77%
6
United National Party [ d]
27,007
28,531
29,063
23,755
27,562
27,482
26,520
25,692
5,503
221,115
43.75%
4
Sri Lanka Progressive Front [ e]
693
774
809
226
515
1,107
969
970
175
6,238
1.23%
0
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
402
707
776
305
771
727
670
1,163
393
5,914
1.17%
0
People's Freedom Front
54
31
42
35
50
27
54
41
5
339
0.07%
0
Valid Votes
59,165
67,417
64,376
48,685
61,272
63,692
58,727
67,175
14,851
505,360
100.00%
10
Rejected Votes
3,818
3,059
2,805
3,121
2,656
3,029
4,034
2,642
233
25,397
Total Polled
62,983
70,476
67,181
51,806
63,928
66,721
62,761
69,817
15,084
530,757
Registered Electors
78,540
86,676
83,849
63,131
77,877
86,437
80,135
89,554
646,199
Turnout
80.19%
81.31%
80.12%
82.06%
82.09%
77.19%
78.32%
77.96%
82.14%
Preferential votes
Alliance
Party
Candidate
votes
PA
SLFP
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
88,213
PA
SLFP
Sumitha Priyanganie Abeyweera
85,661
PA
SLFP
Reginald Cooray
85,297
PA
SLFP
Kumara Welgama
79,056
PA
SLFP
Ediriweera Premarathna
70,041
UNP
UNP
Imthiaz Bakeer Markar
68,519
UNP
UNP
Thilak Karunarathna
63,206
UNP
UNP
Sarath Ranawaka
60,506
UNP
UNP
Mahinda Samarasinghe
59,150
PA
SLFP
Anil Moonesinghe
56,071
2000 parliamentary general election
Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000 for the district:[ 15]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
People's Alliance [ f]
28,531
35,860
30,179
24,308
36,659
31,469
29,968
30,848
7,353
255,175
46.86%
5
United National Party
27,665
27,434
29,392
22,812
27,259
26,641
25,518
25,994
4,500
217,215
39.89%
4
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
4,128
5,534
3,988
2,037
4,191
5,516
4,709
7,047
1,223
38,373
7.05%
1
Sinhala Heritage
835
2,760
1,565
597
1,233
2,428
1,648
4,035
518
15,619
2.87%
0
National Unity Alliance [ g]
153
1,688
3,671
471
82
2,464
519
2,857
38
11,943
2.19%
0
New Left Front [ h]
492
323
299
265
452
289
426
363
25
2,934
0.54%
0
Citizen's Front
67
48
185
52
76
47
80
75
12
642
0.12%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
92
81
33
52
80
80
52
146
21
637
0.12%
0
Independent Group 4
70
55
64
38
48
32
56
37
0
400
0.07%
0
Democratic United National Front
41
32
31
41
37
30
40
40
0
292
0.05%
0
Left & Democratic Alliance
9
14
18
17
17
52
75
41
12
255
0.05%
0
Independent Group 5
33
22
18
17
17
26
39
21
3
196
0.04%
0
Independent Group 1
25
15
21
18
20
22
28
22
0
171
0.03%
0
Sri Lanka Muslim Party
20
22
21
5
12
26
37
21
4
168
0.03%
0
Independent Group 3
28
17
8
15
15
17
15
8
0
123
0.02%
0
Independent Group 2
13
21
11
16
13
8
16
20
0
118
0.02%
0
National Development Front
15
30
6
10
14
7
11
18
2
113
0.02%
0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front
8
16
12
3
9
3
5
9
0
65
0.01%
0
People's Freedom Front
4
6
6
6
3
6
6
4
0
41
0.01%
0
Ruhuna People's Party
3
3
5
2
5
6
7
7
0
38
0.01%
0
Valid Votes
62,232
73,981
69,533
50,782
70,242
69,169
63,255
71,613
13,711
544,518
100.00%
10
Rejected Votes
3,534
3,159
2,885
3,046
2,928
3,385
3,672
2,792
330
25,731
Total Polled
65,766
77,140
72,418
53,828
73,170
72,554
66,927
74,405
14,041
570,249
Registered Electors
83,947
95,223
89,742
67,198
88,937
92,550
85,838
94,221
697,656
Turnout
78.34%
81.01%
80.70%
80.10%
82.27%
78.39%
77.97%
78.97%
81.74%
The following candidates were elected:[ 16]
Preferential votes
Alliance
Party
Candidate
votes
PA
SLFP
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
148,705
UNP
UNP
Mahinda Samarasinghe
82,511
UNP
UNP
Imthiaz Bakeer Markar
74,555
UNP
UNP
Rajitha Senaratne
73,382
PA
SLFP
Reginald Cooray
67,945
PA
SLFP
Tudor Dayaratne
63,636
PA
SLFP
Kumara Welgama
60,394
PA
SLFP
Ediriweera Premarathna
53,690
UNP
UNP
P. D. Aberatne
47,271
JVP
JVP
Nandana Gunathilake
5,628
2001 parliamentary general election
Results of the 12th parliamentary election held on 5 December 2001 for the district:[ 17] [ 18]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
United National Front [ i]
29,734
33,272
36,709
24,592
31,462
32,344
29,290
32,013
4,923
254,339
45.94%
5
People's Alliance [ j]
25,147
32,966
25,641
20,909
31,788
28,693
25,761
29,288
6,275
226,468
40.91%
4
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
6,599
8,544
6,581
3,976
7,013
8,768
7,697
9,435
1,835
60,451
10.92%
1
Sinhala Heritage
297
845
455
215
476
736
552
1,367
160
5,103
0.92%
0
New Left Front [ k]
318
326
321
201
346
263
283
290
21
2,369
0.43%
0
United Socialist Party
292
255
358
242
215
291
271
230
8
2,162
0.39%
0
Muslim United Liberation Front
216
220
260
200
201
186
212
189
9
1,693
0.31%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
23
43
6
7
28
26
12
54
5
204
0.04%
0
Independent Group 7
29
15
14
37
26
24
16
16
1
178
0.03%
0
National Development Front
16
20
17
13
12
15
22
12
2
129
0.02%
0
Independent Group 5
22
3
14
8
12
11
18
10
1
99
0.02%
0
Independent Group 6
10
14
9
15
16
6
12
13
0
95
0.02%
0
Independent Group 2
9
8
11
4
10
14
6
6
2
70
0.01%
0
Independent Group 4
11
6
8
3
12
7
7
2
3
59
0.01%
0
Ruhuna People's Party
3
5
9
6
8
5
6
9
4
55
0.01%
0
Sri Lanka National Front
5
8
4
7
5
6
6
11
1
53
0.01%
0
Independent Group 1
9
1
4
6
3
4
11
11
0
49
0.01%
0
Independent Group 3
6
4
9
5
5
6
4
4
0
43
0.01%
0
Valid Votes
62,746
76,555
70,430
50,446
71,638
71,405
64,186
72,960
13,253
553,619
100.00%
10
Rejected Votes
4,963
3,912
3,903
3,730
3,779
3,911
4,472
3,655
292
32,617
Total Polled
67,709
80,467
74,333
54,176
75,417
75,316
68,658
76,615
13,545
586,236
Registered Electors
86,105
98,871
92,658
67,795
91,968
95,698
88,182
96,487
717,764
Turnout
78.64%
81.39%
80.22%
79.91%
82.00%
78.70%
77.86%
79.40%
81.68%
The following candidates were elected:[ 19]
Preferential votes
Alliance
Party
Candidate
votes
PA
SLFP
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
120,432
UNF
UNP
Mahinda Samarasinghe
108,583
UNF
UNP
Rajitha Senaratne
102,919
UNF
UNP
Imthiaz Bakeer Markar
89,147
PA
SLFP
Kumara Welgama
81,507
PA
SLFP
Tudor Dayaratne
55,181
UNF
UNP
P. D. Abeyratne
52,414
PA
SLFP
Rohitha Abeygunawardena
46,571
UNF
UNP
Ananda Lakshman Wijemanne
45,766
JVP
JVP
Nandana Gunathilake
8,312
2004 parliamentary general election
Results of the 13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004 for the district:[ 20]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
United People's Freedom Alliance [ l]
33,939
41,850
33,583
25,374
38,421
37,958
36,294
35,687
8,102
291,208
51.72%
6
United National Front [ m]
26,456
27,240
30,210
22,767
26,764
26,255
24,912
24,020
4,097
212,721
37.78%
3
Jathika Hela Urumaya
2,538
8,989
6,751
2,621
7,166
8,324
4,542
14,274
1,410
56,615
10.06%
1
New Left Front [ n]
39
87
37
34
84
118
35
113
13
560
0.10%
0
United Socialist Party
61
52
75
37
41
47
40
79
0
432
0.08%
0
United Muslim People's Party
56
47
94
40
46
44
58
35
0
420
0.07%
0
Independent Group 9
35
26
24
26
23
24
34
19
1
212
0.04%
0
United Lalith Front
23
18
21
17
26
19
24
11
2
161
0.03%
0
Independent Group 8
21
14
27
11
13
15
22
16
1
140
0.02%
0
Swarajya Party
16
18
4
13
28
6
6
8
1
100
0.02%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
9
10
12
5
12
7
9
12
3
79
0.01%
0
Independent Group 1
10
3
7
6
4
7
14
4
1
56
0.01%
0
Independent Group 7
7
6
2
4
7
4
4
5
4
43
0.01%
0
Independent Group 6
4
8
5
5
3
3
6
6
1
41
0.01%
0
Independent Group 2
2
5
7
6
6
3
5
1
0
35
0.01%
0
Democratic United National Front
5
9
2
6
0
2
6
2
2
34
0.01%
0
Ruhuna People's Party
6
8
3
1
4
3
3
4
0
32
0.01%
0
Sri Lanka National Front
5
5
7
3
2
1
6
2
0
31
0.01%
0
Independent Group 4
4
4
4
5
2
5
1
3
1
29
0.01%
0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front
3
1
2
5
5
4
3
4
0
27
0.00%
0
Independent Group 5
5
3
4
0
4
2
3
3
0
24
0.00%
0
Independent Group 3
2
2
2
1
5
3
3
1
0
19
0.00%
0
Valid Votes
63,246
78,405
70,883
50,987
72,666
72,854
66,030
74,309
13,639
563,019
100.00%
10
Rejected Votes
4,665
3,826
3,912
3,728
3,407
3,766
4,000
3,240
197
30,741
Total Polled
67,911
82,231
74,795
54,715
76,073
76,620
70,030
77,549
13,836
593,760
Registered Electors
88,142
104,093
96,897
69,720
96,686
99,940
90,919
99,741
746,138
Turnout
77.05%
79.00%
77.19%
78.48%
78.68%
76.67%
77.02%
77.75%
79.58%
Preferential votes
Alliance
Party
Candidate
votes
UPFA
JVP
Nandana Gunathilake
135,743
UNF
UNP
Rajitha Senaratne
97,001
UPFA
JVP
Jayantha Samaraweera
95,461
UNF
UNP
Mahinda Samarasinghe
93,758
UPFA
SLFP
Reginald Cooray [ o]
78,693
UPFA
JVP
Piyasiri Wijenayake
75,982
UPFA
SLFP
Kumara Welgama
73,350
UPFA
SLFP
Rohitha Abeygunawardena
62,598
UNF
UNP
Sarath Ranawaka [ p]
48,380
JHU
JHU
Ven.Athuraliye Rathana Thero
10,772
2010 parliamentary general election
Results of the 14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010 for the district:[ 25]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
United People's Freedom Alliance [ q]
35,541
44,927
32,709
29,522
44,136
38,300
35,920
37,818
14,963
313,836
63.68%
7
United National Front [ r]
14,402
19,017
21,737
11,737
16,613
16,838
17,295
18,022
3,935
139,596
28.32%
2
Democratic National Alliance [ s]
1,909
5,803
5,716
1,577
4,020
5,584
2,990
7,340
1,783
36,722
7.45%
1
Our National Front
31
53
34
32
48
36
37
32
7
310
0.06%
0
Independent Group 22
30
28
34
29
27
26
37
19
2
232
0.05%
0
Independent Group 19
15
30
25
19
28
28
26
39
3
213
0.04%
0
National Development Front
28
24
12
26
16
23
29
12
3
173
0.04%
0
Sri Lanka National Front
1
16
0
0
123
3
5
21
3
172
0.03%
0
Independent Group 9
5
45
4
21
53
9
8
2
1
148
0.03%
0
United National Alternative Front
17
11
23
15
11
20
26
11
1
135
0.03%
0
Left Liberation Front
8
16
13
4
26
14
10
34
2
127
0.03%
0
Independent Group 5
14
20
15
11
8
20
14
10
0
112
0.02%
0
Independent Group 20
17
26
4
10
17
9
12
7
0
102
0.02%
0
Independent Group 3
8
11
14
8
28
13
7
4
2
95
0.02%
0
United Democratic Front
11
12
15
5
12
10
12
10
2
89
0.02%
0
Independent Group 4
6
16
13
14
9
12
10
7
1
88
0.02%
0
Independent Group 21
9
8
11
9
12
4
10
6
1
70
0.01%
0
Patriotic National Front
9
6
5
3
6
8
7
9
0
53
0.01%
0
Independent Group 13
0
4
2
6
30
1
2
7
0
52
0.01%
0
Independent Group 7
11
3
4
2
4
7
13
3
0
47
0.01%
0
Janasetha Peramuna
3
6
19
3
7
1
5
2
1
47
0.01%
0
Independent Group 15
4
3
11
2
5
5
4
11
0
45
0.01%
0
All Are Citizens, All Are Kings Organisation
5
9
5
2
3
10
3
6
1
44
0.01%
0
Independent Group 10
13
4
3
4
1
5
7
2
0
39
0.01%
0
United Lanka Great Council
2
5
6
6
2
2
7
2
1
33
0.01%
0
Independent Group 8
2
11
1
2
4
0
12
0
0
32
0.01%
0
Independent Group 12
5
1
6
1
2
0
5
11
0
31
0.01%
0
Independent Group 6
6
3
2
5
3
4
5
2
1
31
0.01%
0
Independent Group 14
3
2
6
1
4
6
2
4
2
30
0.01%
0
Independent Group 11
6
1
6
1
6
4
1
3
1
29
0.01%
0
Independent Group 1
5
3
1
1
6
1
2
2
1
22
0.00%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
2
5
2
1
0
2
2
5
3
22
0.00%
0
Sri Lanka Labour Party
6
1
1
1
4
2
1
2
2
20
0.00%
0
Independent Group 2
3
2
4
3
0
3
2
2
0
19
0.00%
0
Independent Group 16
3
2
0
3
1
2
1
1
1
14
0.00%
0
Independent Group 18
2
1
0
3
2
0
4
1
0
13
0.00%
0
Independent Group 17
1
1
1
4
2
2
1
0
0
12
0.00%
0
Valid Votes
52,143
70,136
60,464
43,093
65,279
61,014
56,534
63,469
20,723
492,855
100.00%
10
Rejected Votes
6,851
7,122
6,644
5,734
6,100
6,056
6,566
5,851
827
51,751
Total Polled
58,994
77,258
67,108
48,827
71,379
67,070
63,100
69,320
21,550
544,606
Registered Electors
93,972
118,942
104,363
74,991
108,781
106,878
99,737
105,569
813,233
Turnout
62.78%
64.95%
64.30%
65.11%
65.62%
62.75%
63.27%
65.66%
66.97%
The following candidates were elected:[ 26]
Preferential votes
Alliance
Party
Candidate
votes
UPFA
SLFP
Kumara Welgama
124,766
UPFA
SLFP
Mahinda Samarasinghe
97,778
UPFA
SLFP
Nirmala Kotalawala
82,044
UPFA
SLFP
Rohitha Abeygunawardena
77,205
UPFA
UNP
Rajitha Senaratne
66,710
UPFA
SLFP
Reginald Cooray
60,196
UNF
UNP
Palitha Thewarapperuma
51,153
UPFA
SLFP
Vidura Wickremenayake
50,114
UNF
UNP
Ajith Perera
48,588
DNA
DNA
Arjuna Ranatunga
27,796
2015 parliamentary general election
Results of the 15th parliamentary election held on 17 August 2015:[ 27]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
United People's Freedom Alliance [ t]
38,125
53,314
33,142
31,612
50,024
40,837
38,114
40,809
12,824
338,801
48.56%
5
United National Front for Good Governance [ u]
37,731
42,069
47,987
26,254
36,325
39,525
35,267
39,190
11,866
310,234
44.47%
4
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
2,860
6,180
3,670
2,052
5,037
5,775
4,087
6,253
2,561
38,475
5.52%
1
Bodu Jana Peramuna
388
455
2,119
219
290
652
953
520
131
5,727
0.82%
0
Democratic Party
109
340
102
121
166
217
159
477
105
4,706
0.26%
0
Frontline Socialist Party
81
130
85
55
72
110
78
101
38
750
0.11%
0
Our National Front
44
61
40
35
51
44
35
35
4
349
0.05%
0
United Socialist Party
31
27
52
35
33
30
73
37
6
324
0.05%
0
United People's Party
29
32
26
32
52
33
35
33
10
282
0.04%
0
Independent Group 05
35
23
36
28
26
24
44
23
0
239
0.03%
0
Independent Group 04
21
13
12
10
8
10
14
10
0
98
0.01%
0
All Citizens are All Kings Organization
6
10
8
15
26
10
10
9
2
96
0.01%
0
Independent Group 01
7
18
7
3
37
8
5
3
4
92
0.01%
0
Nava Sama Samaja Party
25
4
7
6
11
2
19
10
1
85
0.01%
0
Janasetha Peramuna
6
12
10
5
9
7
7
11
3
70
0.01%
0
Independent Group 03
8
3
2
10
8
3
5
5
1
45
0.01%
0
Motherland People's Party
2
2
20
2
4
4
3
3
2
42
0.01%
0
United Lanka People's Party
4
0
7
2
12
4
8
3
0
40
0.01%
0
Independent Group 02
7
2
3
7
3
2
3
3
1
31
0.00%
0
Sri Lanka National Force
3
2
2
5
4
4
3
4
0
27
0.00%
0
Democratic National Movement
3
1
2
3
1
3
4
1
2
20
0.00%
0
Sri Lanka Labour Party
3
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
12
0.00%
0
Valid Votes
73,528
102,699
87,340
60,513
92,200
87,305
78,927
87,541
27,582
697,637
100.00%
10
Rejected Votes
2,691
2,734
2,782
2,340
2,760
2,425
2,978
2,232
424
21,366
2.97%
Total Polled
76,219
105,433
90,122
62,853
94,960
89,730
81,905
89,773
28,006
719,001
80.13%
Registered Electors
100,040
133,887
117,033
82,133
122,511
117,931
108,996
114,828
897,349
Preferential votes
Alliance
Party
Candidate[ 28]
votes
UPFA
SLFP
Kumara Welgama
218,614
UNFGG
DNM
Rajitha Senaratne
142,196
UNFGG
UNP
Ajith Perera
131,383
UPFA
SLFP
Rohitha Abeygunawardena
127,040
UNFGG
UNP
Palitha Thewarapperuma
118,128
UPFA
NFF
Jayantha Samaraweera
101,139
UPFA
SLFP
Vidura Wickremenayake
90,488
UPFA
SLFP
Piyal Nishantha de Silva
71,428
UNFGG
UNP
Ananda Lakshman Wijemanna
58,219
JVP
JVP
Nalinda Jayatissa
24,853
2020 parliamentary general election
Results of the 16th parliamentary election held on 5 August 2020:[ 29]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance [ v]
48,038
69,327
47,098
39,321
66,361
52,344
49,991
52,533
23,686
448,699
64.08%
8
Samagi Jana Balawegaya [ w]
17,504
22,469
34,029
15,077
17,510
18,582
19,005
21,416
6,396
171,988
24.56%
2
National People's Power [ x]
2,488
5,227
3,322
1,838
4,267
5,111
3,328
5,344
2,589
33,434
4.77%
0
United National Party
1,481
2,481
1,236
1,520
1,573
2,251
2,873
1,967
1,183
16,485
2.35%
0
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
1,252
2,855
525
524
649
1,915
1,671
944
644
10,979
1.57%
0
Independent Group 01
56
276
1,152
195
68
3,614
516
172
158
6,207
0.89%
0
Independent Group 05
163
210
498
212
79
335
174
2,780
38
4,489
0.64%
0
Frontline Socialist Party
159
173
148
119
111
212
212
114
86
1,334
0.19%
0
National Development Front
124
129
119
115
157
191
135
135
29
1,132
0.16%
0
Independent Group 12
113
120
166
108
136
83
89
67
8
890
0.13%
0
United Socialist Party
104
56
112
87
96
60
91
56
15
677
0.1%
0
Independent Group 02
127
105
75
68
93
60
66
52
5
651
0.09%
0
Socialist Party of Sri Lanka
66
88
73
52
85
67
72
52
6
561
0.08%
0
Democratic United National Front
61
145
56
77
66
29
38
29
17
518
0.07%
0
Sinhaladeepa National Front
34
66
58
34
49
68
38
60
23
430
0.06%
0
Independent Group 13
47
34
73
36
88
31
46
28
4
387
0.06%
0
Independent Group 03
21
37
32
13
66
62
22
20
6
279
0.04%
0
Independent Group 04
30
37
28
36
19
21
36
15
9
231
0.03%
0
Independent Group 07
22
20
39
21
23
32
25
17
4
203
0.03%
0
Independent Group 08
23
26
25
16
17
28
19
25
10
189
0.03%
0
Independent Group 10
38
13
24
15
17
12
22
10
3
154
0.02%
0
Independent Group 09
17
12
24
18
18
16
18
9
2
134
0.02%
0
Independent Group 11
10
27
31
12
15
11
13
5
2
126
0.02%
0
Independent Group 06
10
8
8
10
8
7
11
12
5
79
0.01%
0
Valid Votes
71,828
103,941
88,951
59,524
91,571
85,142
78,509
85,862
34,928
1,182,776
100.00%
10
Rejected Votes
5,351
5,972
5,891
4,976
5,718
5,253
6,532
5,140
1,582
46,415
4.77%
Total Polled
77,197
109,913
94,842
64,500
97,289
90,395
85,041
91,002
36,510
746,671
76.79%
Registered Electors
100,140
143,708
123,063
83,201
130,927
120,922
111,541
120,770
37,777
972,319
Preferential votes
Alliance
Party
Candidate[ 30]
votes
SLPFA
SLPP
Vidura Wickremenayake
147,958
SLPFA
SLPP
Rohitha Abeygunawardena
147,478
SLPFA
SLPP
Sanjeeva Edirimanna
105,973
SLPFA
SLPP
Piyal Nishantha de Silva
103,904
SLPFA
NFF
Jayantha Samaraweera
85,287
SLPFA
SLPP
Anupa Pasqual
97,777
SJB
DNM
Rajitha Senaratne
77,476
SJB
NLFP
Kumara Welgama
77,083
SLPFA
SLPP
Lalith Ellawala
76,705
SLPFA
SLFP
Mahinda Samarasinghe
58,514
Provincial council elections
1988 provincial council election
Results of the 1st Western provincial council election held on 2 June 1988[ 31]
1993 provincial council election
Results of the 2nd Western provincial council election held on 17 May 1993:[ 32]
1999 provincial council election
Results of the 3rd Western provincial council election held on 10 July 2004 for the district:[ 33] [ 34]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
United National Party
25,039
27,165
23,873
22,452
25,534
26,142
24,371
22,480
1,708
199,054
44.16%
10
People's Alliance [ aa]
20,774
29,850
27,388
18,212
24,539
23,972
22,723
28,925
2,319
198,702
44.08%
10
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
3,245
4,203
3,121
1,464
3,934
3,996
3,630
4,467
287
28,347
6.29%
2
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
74
617
2,499
227
77
1,656
324
1,752
4
7,230
1.6%
1
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
453
810
634
506
1,620
531
1,319
1,178
98
7,149
1.59%
0
New Left Front [ ab]
928
758
445
370
789
636
818
659
26
5,427
1.2%
0
National Union of Workers [ ac]
523
121
165
1,060
1,100
149
810
116
7
4,051
0.9%
0
Muslim United Liberation Front
67
73
76
51
80
80
74
66
0
567
0.13%
0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front
54
12
12
12
19
30
24
43
3
209
0.05%
0
Valid Votes
51,427
63,809
58,233
44,354
57,692
57,192
54,091
59,686
4,452
400,736
100.00%
23
Rejected Votes
3,437
3,466
3,309
3,040
3,677
3,916
3,759
3,632
210
28,491
5.94%
Total Polled
54,864
67,075
61,542
47,394
61,364
61,108
57,850
63,318
4,462
479,177
70.78%
Registered Electors
81,475
92,160
86,398
65,666
84,988
90,192
83,837
92,246
676,962
The following candidates were elected:[ 35]
Preferential votes
Party
Candidate
votes
UNP
Kitsiri Kahatapitiya
39,171
PA
Tudor Dayaratne
31,969
UNP
Bandula Parakrama Gunawardhene
28,818
UNP
P. D. Abeyratne
28,087
UNP
Ananda Lakshman Wijemanne
27,458
PA
Nirmala Kotalawala
26,673
PA
Erni Yasathilaka
24,438
PA
Rohitha Abeygunawardena
23,702
UNP
Mohomad Yoosuf
23,457
PA
Thilakasiri Perera
23,404
UNP
Sujith Kumara Deshapriya
22,762
UNP
Hemantha Wickremarachchi
22,017
PA
Ranjith Somawansha
21,352
UNP
Kitsiri Samaranayake
20,921
PA
Mohomed Faleel
20,215
UNP
Sanajaya Galaboda
19,998
UNP
Anil Kumara Wijesinghe
19,738
PA
W. K. Wijesiri
19,672
PA
Sumithlal Mendis
17,921
PA
S. A. Premaratne
17,055
SLMC
M. S. M. Aslam
2,460
JVP
I. A. Wijesiri
2,118
JVP
Champika Samanmalee
2,061
2004 provincial council election
Results of the 4th Western provincial council election held on 10 July 2004 for the district:[ 36]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
United People's Freedom Alliance [ ad]
26,811
35,838
24,363
19,537
29,468
28,073
26,259
29,543
5,022
224,914
57.27%
12
United National Party [ ae]
18,944
16,363
16,974
15,066
19,388
16,241
20,838
15,333
2,189
141,336
35.99%
7
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
204
2,974
9,547
585
40
3,760
711
5,070
35
22,926
5.84%
1
United Socialist Party
258
242
295
256
268
255
325
216
10
2,125
0.54%
0
National Development Front
104
166
104
81
105
97
97
113
5
872
0.22%
0
Independent Group 3
22
21
29
31
19
14
45
26
1
208
0.05%
0
Independent Group 2
15
23
15
21
27
18
24
24
6
173
0.04%
0
Independent Group 1
16
25
16
11
14
13
18
26
5
144
0.04%
0
Valid Votes
46,374
55,652
51,343
35,588
49,329
48,471
48,317
50,351
7,273
392,698
100.00%
20
Rejected Votes
3,101
3,504
3,265
2,561
3,469
3,367
3,276
3,592
490
26,625
Total Polled
49,475
59,156
54,608
38,149
52,798
51,838
51,593
53,943
7,763
419,323
Registered Electors
88,142
104,093
96,897
69,720
96,686
99,940
90,919
99,741
746,138
Turnout
56.13%
56.83%
56.36%
54.72%
54.61%
51.87%
56.75%
54.08%
56.20%
The following candidates were elected:[ 36]
Preferential votes
Party
Candidate[ 36]
votes
UPFA
Reginald Cooray
94,316
UNP
Kitsiri Kahatapitiya
50,013
UPFA
Ajith Anura Thalangama
34,826
UPFA
Vaas Gunawardhene
34,165
UPFA
Ranjith Somawansha
32,515
UPFA
Athula Priyantha Bellana
32,206
UPFA
Thilakasiri Perera
30,661
UPFA
Nimal Chandraratne
29,441
UNP
Palitha Thewarapperuma
29,167
UPFA
Chandrasiri Karunaratne
28,862
UPFA
Ananda Karunadhara
28,621
UPFA
Jagath Pushpakumara Perera
28,449
UPFA
A. Chandrabhanu
26,626
UPFA
Janak Chaminda Wijegunawardhene
23,261
UNP
Srima Ramani Kariyawasam
21,287
UNP
Mohomad Yoosuf
19,165
UNP
Anil Kumara Wijesinghe
17,306
UNP
Piyal Jayantha
17,058
UPFA
Prasanna Palihakkara
15,472
SLMC
M. S. M. Aslam
9,477
2009 provincial council election
Results of the 5th Western provincial council election held on 25 April 2009 for the district:[ 37]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
United People's Freedom Alliance [ af]
37,558
55,404
38,980
33,317
51,919
42,102
39,114
44,923
7,898
351,215
69.58%
14
United National Party
13,682
17,148
14,253
11,069
14,897
16,637
15,807
18,968
1,965
124,426
24.65%
5
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
1,044
2,200
1,492
1,151
1,385
1,876
1,723
1,857
378
13,106
2.60%
1
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
301
623
7,958
490
17
1,347
653
985
22
12,396
2.46%
0
Democratic Unity Alliance
34
65
468
48
26
635
163
519
4
1,962
0.39%
0
United Socialist Party
103
85
89
47
61
74
100
114
3
676
0.13%
0
National Development Front
54
46
41
53
38
30
47
39
1
349
0.07%
0
Independent Group 5
20
5
13
6
12
7
27
11
0
101
0.02%
0
Independent Group 4
4
22
11
8
6
6
22
7
1
87
0.02%
0
Independent Group 1
19
6
16
14
9
7
8
3
1
83
0.02%
0
Independent Group 6
12
6
10
14
10
5
14
12
0
83
0.02%
0
United Lanka Great Council
15
7
7
10
2
8
18
5
2
74
0.01%
0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front
5
7
15
6
17
7
8
3
2
70
0.01%
0
Patriotic National Front
10
5
5
7
5
3
18
3
1
57
0.01%
0
Independent Group 2
7
7
1
3
7
4
7
12
3
51
0.01%
0
Independent Group 3
5
4
5
4
7
9
8
2
1
45
0.01%
0
Valid Votes
52,873
75,640
63,364
46,247
68,418
62,757
57,737
67,463
10,282
504,781
100.00%
20
Rejected Votes
2,790
2,840
2,864
2,506
2,484
2,766
2,903
2,296
254
21,703
Total Polled
55,663
78,480
66,228
48,753
70,902
65,523
60,640
69,759
10,536
526,484
Registered Electors
92,898
116,018
103,273
74,111
106,432
105,661
97,739
105,194
801,326
Turnout
59.92%
67.64%
64.13%
65.78%
66.62%
62.01%
62.04%
66.31%
65.70%
The following candidates were elected:[ 38]
Preferential votes
Party
Candidate
votes
UPFA
Reginald Cooray
72,951
UPFA
Vidura Wickremanayake
63,385
UPFA
Vikum Gunasekara
55,338
UPFA
Ranjith Somawansha
54,099
UPFA
Lalith Ellawala
48,453
UPFA
Piyal Nishantha de Silva
47,540
UPFA
Yasapala Koralage
46,146
UPFA
Nimal Chandraratne
41,982
UPFA
Thilakasiri Perera
38,090
UPFA
A. Chandrabanu
34,929
UPFA
Lalith Warnakumara
31,791
UPFA
Sumithlal Mendis
31,702
UPFA
Keerthi Kariyawasam
30,475
UPFA
Chandrasiri Karunaratna
28,870
UNP
Ajith Perera
28,567
UNP
Palitha Thewarapperuma
28,450
UNP
Ananda Lakshman Wijemanne
27,797
UNP
Kitsiri Kahatapitiya
20,147
UNP
P. D. Abeyratne
16,656
JVP
Nalinda Jayatissa
1,393
2014 provincial council election
Results of the 6th Western provincial council election held on 29 March 2014:[ 39]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
United People's Freedom Alliance [ ag]
39,488
54,019
39,715
33,226
44,988
38,777
38,792
37,690
11,229
337,924
58.9%
13
United National Party
14,840
16,087
24,615
11,357
14,948
21,639
17,101
21,558
2,779
144,924
25.26%
6
Democratic Party
3,171
8,997
3,283
2,631
5,315
5,275
5,997
6,694
2,322
43,685
7.62%
2
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
2,003
3,768
2,664
1,455
3,949
3,851
2,593
4,110
973
25,366
4.42%
1
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
71
1,203
4,868
392
14
2,892
790
1,803
23
12,056
2.1%
0
Ceylon Workers' Congress
757
115
49
775
1,355
60
1,198
8
14
4,331
0.75%
0
Independent Group 3
26
167
43
15
23
127
61
887
19
1,368
0.24%
0
Jana Setha Peramuna
34
421
13
30
214
39
44
169
47
1,011
0.18%
0
United Socialist Party
76
99
63
65
106
84
85
138
13
739
0.13%
0
All Citizens are All Kings Organization
13
10
4
5
300
10
13
12
8
375
0.06%
0
United Lanka Great Council
34
66
27
33
39
33
56
49
7
344
0.06%
0
Patriotic National Front
24
61
26
15
31
34
45
43
13
292
0.05%
0
United Lanka People's Party
21
26
32
21
45
33
39
27
11
255
0.04%
0
Independent Group 9
25
39
28
17
32
24
30
18
3
216
0.04%
0
Independent Group 5
27
18
4
20
15
13
29
13
4
143
0.02%
0
Independent Group 2
16
13
11
25
21
9
16
12
6
129
0.02%
0
Independent Group 1
5
21
5
13
23
7
9
13
2
98
0.02%
0
Independent Group 8
7
15
6
11
20
11
13
8
3
94
0.02%
0
Independent Group 6
15
12
10
5
23
6
7
12
2
92
0.02%
0
Independent Group 4
9
10
19
7
4
10
14
8
1
82
0.01%
0
Independent Group 7
4
13
9
8
9
10
12
7
1
73
0.01%
0
Sri Lanka Labour Party
2
5
6
3
17
5
12
5
1
56
0.01%
0
Valid Votes
60,688
85,185
75,500
50,129
71,491
72,949
66,956
73,294
17,481
573,653
100.00%
22
Rejected Votes
3,449
3,886
3,515
2,857
3,801
3,821
3,645
3,086
750
28,810
4.78%
Total Polled
64,117
89,071
79,015
52,986
75,292
76,770
70,770
76,308
18,231
602,463
68.32%
Registered Electors
99,146
131,024
114,791
81,045
119,927
116,212
107,144
112,555
881,814
The following candidates were elected:[ 39]
Preferential votes
Party
Candidate
votes
UPFA
Senal Welgama
115,385
UPFA
Rohana Priyankara
51,539
UPFA
Yasapala Koralage
42,395
UPFA
Thilakasiri Perera
40,962
UPFA
Ranjith Somawansha
40,863
UPFA
Piyal Nishantha de Silva
26,673
UPFA
Nimal Chandraratne
37,674
UPFA
Sumithlal Mendis
33,388
UPFA
Lalith Ellawala
32,580
UPFA
Lalith Varna Kumara
30,079
UNP
Jagath Premalal
29,920
UPFA
Sunethra Lal Fernando
25,453
UPFA
Prasanna Sanjeewa
25,140
UPFA
Keerthi Kariyawasam
24,921
UNP
Mohamed Ifthikar
24,576
UNP
P. D. Abeyratne
20,797
UNP
Vijith Priyantha Silva
19,727
UNP
Kitsiri Kahatapitiya
19,492
UNP
Nihal Premachandra
18,773
DP
Ravindra Yasas
12,885
DP
Anura Deepal
12,469
JVP
Nalinda Jayatissa
11,949
Notes
^ Including the Ceylon Workers' Congress .
^ Including the CPSL , LSSP , NSSP , SLMP .
^ Including the SLFP et al..
^ Including the Ceylon Workers' Congress .
^ Including the JVP .
^ Including the SLFP et al..
^ Including the SLMC et al..
^ Including the NSSP et al..
^ Including the UNP , SLMC , CWC , WPF .
^ Including the SLFP et al.
^ Including the NSSP et al.
^ Including the SLFP , JVP .
^ Including the UNP , SLMC , CWC , WPF .
^ Including the NSSP et al.
^ Reginald Cooray (UPFA-SLFP) resigned on 28 May 2004 to contest the Western provincial council elections.[ 21] His replacement Nirmala Kotalawala was sworn in on 20 July 2004.[ 22] .
^ Sarath Ranawaka (UNF-UNP) died on 25 July 2009.[ 23] His replacement Ananda Lakshman Wijemanna (UNF-UNP) was sworn in on 6 August 2009.[ 24] .
^ Including the SLFP .
^ Including the UNP , SLMC , DPF , SLFP(P) .
^ Including the JVP ,DNF et al.
^ 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 ACMC ,DNM, JHU ,MTNA,NFGG, SLMC , TPA (DPF , NUW and UCPF ),ULF and UNP .
^ The alliance consisted of CWC , CPSL , DLF , DVJP , EPDP , LSSP , MEP ,MTK, NC , NFF ,PHU, 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 et al.
^ Including SLFP et al.
^ Including NSSP et al.
^ CWC , DWC et al.
^ Including SLFP , JVP et al.
^ Including CWC , UNP .
^ Including SLFP et al.
^ Including SLFP et al.
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