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Kandy (Mahanuwara)
Electoral District
for the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Administrative
District		Kandy
ProvinceCentral
Polling divisions13
Population1,396,000[1] (2008)
Electorate970,456[2] (2010)
Area1,940 km2 (750 sq mi)[3]
Current Electoral District
Number of members12
MPsMahindananda Aluthgamage, UPFA
Dilum Amunugama, UPFA
Sarath Amunugama, UPFA
A.R.M. Abdul Cader, UNF
S. B. Dissanayake, UPFA
Rauff Hakeem, UNF
M. H. A. Haleem, UNF
Lakshman Kiriella, UNF
Faiszer Musthapha, UPFA
Keheliya Rambukwella, UPFA
Lohan Ratwatte, UPFA
Erik Weerawardena, UPFA

Kandy (Mahanuwara) electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Kandy in the Central province. The district currently elects 12 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 970,456 registered electors in 2010.[2]

Presidential elections

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1982 presidential election

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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 %
Galagedara
  Junius Jayewardene UNP 17,778 26,380 43,186 20,296 15,729 20,421 24,586 22,158 20,105 13,258 15,284 23,440 20,848 6,152 289,621 59.80%
  Hector Kobbekaduwa SLFP 11,874 15,340 23,301 12,286 6,498 12,898 13,512 11,783 13,219 12,747 12,242 12,100 17,596 3,251 178,647 36.89%
  Rohana Wijeweera JVP 1,092 528 3,374 419 408 1,138 961 669 621 821 456 852 964 190 12,493 2.58%
  Colvin R. de Silva LSSP 98 188 230 165 149 180 264 161 199 100 157 150 131 84 2,256 0.47%
  Vasudeva Nanayakkara NSSP 28 45 91 31 82 46 66 54 93 30 51 47 36 18 718 0.15%
  Kumar Ponnambalam ACTC 18 60 42 43 64 60 64 37 32 56 38 27 15 6 562 0.12%
Valid Votes 30,888 42,541 70,224 33,240 22,930 34,743 39,453 34,862 34,269 27,012 28,228 36,616 39,590 9,701 484,297 100.00%
Rejected Votes 214 394 605 414 203 355 411 382 277 267 358 246 325 97 4,548
Total Polled 31,102 42,935 70,829 33,654 23,133 35,098 39,864 35,244 34,546 27,279 28,586 36,862 39,915 9,798 488,845
Registered Electors 35,940 50,563 82,590 38,947 29,751 41,314 47,445 41,888 43,442 3,145 31,788 43,223 46,731 536,767
Turnout 86.54% 84.91% 85.76% 86.41% 77.76% 84.95% 84.02% 84.14% 79.52% 867.38% 89.93% 85.28% 85.41% 91.07%

1988 presidential election

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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 %
  Ranasinghe Premadasa UNP 15,071 24,800 30,708 19,688 11,301 15,231 24,203 20,902 16,825 9,912 12,032 16,582 14,478 2,391 234,124 54.88%
  Sirimavo Bandaranaike SLFP 12,549 18,976 25,594 14,015 6,959 12,118 16,082 15,087 14,690 9,417 12,466 10,420 15,699 2,115 186,187 43.65%
  Ossie Abeygunasekara SLMP 330 418 719 298 617 433 559 557 834 247 324 315 515 100 6,266 1.47%
Valid Votes 27,950 44,194 57,021 34,001 18,877 27,782 40,844 36,546 32,349 19,576 24,822 27,317 30,692 4,606 426,577 100.00%
Rejected Votes 263 517 962 373 297 407 521 611 395 339 386 550 362 184 6,167
Total Polled 28,213 44,711 57,983 34,374 19,174 28,189 41,365 37,157 32,744 19,915 25,208 27,867 31,054 4,790 432,744
Registered Electors 39,671 55,425 94,109 42,868 28,958 48,841 54,010 48,741 48,208 27,659 37,345 50,223 52,182 628,240
Turnout 71.12% 80.67% 61.61% 80.19% 66.21% 57.72% 76.59% 76.23% 67.92% 72.00% 67.50% 55.49% 59.51% 68.88%

1994 presidential election

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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 17,288 29,558 48,134 19,303 12,339 24,150 26,785 23,082 22,323 14,309 22,944 24,199 25,099 10,597 320,110 56.64%
  Srima Dissanayake UNP 14,862 19,692 33,007 18,076 10,477 18,243 19,423 19,995 17,152 10,742 11,906 17,442 17,621 6,881 235,519 41.68%
  Hudson Samarasinghe Ind 2 201 350 582 318 98 285 344 349 172 238 277 287 226 21 3,748 0.66%
  Harischandra Wijayatunga SMBP 118 193 303 107 258 238 176 175 335 92 86 215 220 102 2,618 0.46%
  A. J. Ranasinghe Ind 1 95 169 228 119 78 122 169 167 123 90 96 155 103 38 1,752 0.31%
  Nihal Galappaththi SLPF 61 105 219 74 41 102 110 109 62 85 126 101 130 45 1,370 0.24%
Valid Votes 32,625 50,067 82,473 37,997 23,291 43,140 47,007 43,877 40,167 25,556 35,435 42,399 43,399 17,684 565,117 100.00%
Rejected Votes 517 1,524 1,809 921 583 1,081 1,509 1,652 912 625 892 945 934 275 14,179
Total Polled 33,142 51,591 84,282 38,918 23,874 44,221 48,516 45,529 41,079 26,181 36,327 43,344 44,333 17,959 579,296
Registered Electors 43,462 66,812 109,246 50,376 32,335 56,925 62,996 57,482 55,740 32,992 42,700 56,671 58,455 726,192
Turnout 76.26% 77.22% 77.15% 77.26% 73.83% 77.68% 77.01% 79.21% 73.70% 79.36% 85.07% 76.48% 75.84% 79.77%

1999 presidential election

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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 16,777 29,986 40,996 19,900 10,101 23,259 28,277 32,945 19,893 14,497 18,216 22,192 23,135 8,013 308,187 50.29%
  Ranil Wickramasinghe UNP 16,428 23,928 41,640 19,808 13,809 22,974 20,885 17,372 20,803 11,955 16,335 21,920 21,219 7,284 276,360 45.10%
  Nandana Gunathilake JVP 933 828 2,782 638 639 1,569 1,353 928 1,173 669 632 1,199 1,293 876 15,512 2.53%
  Harischandra Wijayatunga SMBP 134 244 384 108 349 267 184 168 431 107 113 251 301 239 3,280 0.54%
  W. V. M.
Ranjith		 Ind 2 115 141 244 153 40 131 195 134 83 139 135 139 125 1 1,775 0.29%
  Abdul
Rasool		 SLMP 57 163 359 149 109 78 110 122 114 33 54 240 105 13 1,706 0.28%
  Rajiva
Wijesinha		 LPSL 93 161 230 128 43 113 149 119 73 88 186 124 102 5 1,614 0.26%
  Tennyson Edirisuriya Ind 1 70 159 165 116 34 74 165 125 66 109 133 83 61 9 1,369 0.22%
  Vasudeva Nanayakkara LDA 46 94 110 42 105 60 88 55 133 34 29 68 103 98 1,065 0.17%
  Kamal Karunadasa PLSF 41 90 91 51 29 45 86 56 38 50 60 58 49 5 749 0.12%
  Hudson Samarasinghe Ind 3 49 51 114 46 14 43 77 35 29 34 48 45 54 0 639 0.10%
  A. W. Premawardhana PFF 15 22 43 16 9 25 31 20 13 14 30 31 21 0 290 0.05%
  Ariyawansha Dissanayaka DUNF 16 26 40 19 11 16 22 12 16 14 22 22 24 5 265 0.04%
Valid Votes 34,774 55,893 87,198 41,174 25,292 48,654 51,622 52,091 42,865 27,743 35,993 46,372 46,592 16,548 612,811 100.00%
Rejected Votes 637 1,626 2,720 1,059 624 1,415 1,513 1,338 1,213 720 922 1,204 1,464 605 17,060
Total Polled 35,411 57,519 89,918 42,233 25,916 50,069 53,135 53,429 44,078 28,463 36,915 47,576 48,056 17,153 629,871
Registered Electors 46,621 73,137 120,150 55,180 34,410 65,317 69,098 63,055 59,187 36,214 46,840 62,497 62,747 794,453
Turnout 75.96% 78.65% 74.84% 76.54% 75.32% 76.66% 76.90% 84.73% 74.47% 78.60% 78.81% 76.13% 76.59% 79.28%

2005 presidential election

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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 %
  Ranil Wickramasinghe UNP 20,177 35,829 59,899 25,874 17,130 31,321 29,882 31,957 28,894 16,646 20,269 30,979 27,791 10,502 387,150 54.33%
  Mahinda Rajapaksa UPFA 17,453 25,790 43,540 19,058 9,435 27,385 28,544 20,610 22,670 15,367 19,973 22,733 27,428 15,686 315,672 44.30%
  Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 177 276 390 233 55 204 296 284 124 176 186 203 159 12 2,775 0.39%
  A. A.
Suraweera		 NDF 200 258 322 231 55 169 277 206 120 138 207 181 210 15 2,589 0.36%
  Victor
Hettigoda		 ULPP 48 86 147 55 57 83 85 100 83 45 55 90 100 57 1,091 0.15%
  Chamil Jayaneththi NLF 49 70 91 48 20 33 74 73 37 43 68 55 48 8 717 0.10%
  Wimal Geeganage SLNF 42 64 77 38 6 35 63 50 29 38 46 45 46 5 584 0.08%
  Anura
de Silva		 ULF 43 65 84 38 14 26 44 39 25 35 33 45 34 4 529 0.07%
  Aruna
de Soyza		 RPP 25 56 72 23 15 40 56 32 16 23 36 40 50 3 487 0.07%
  A. K. J. Arachchige DUA 20 41 62 28 7 24 40 27 16 22 28 29 26 2 372 0.05%
  Wije
Dias		 SEP 15 27 33 14 10 28 48 29 21 13 14 24 19 12 307 0.04%
  P. Nelson
Perera		 SLPF 12 19 39 14 6 20 28 17 12 17 9 14 12 0 219 0.03%
  H. S. Dharmadwaja UNAF 8 22 21 10 1 4 16 9 5 4 10 7 11 0 128 0.02%
Valid Votes 38,269 62,603 104,777 45,664 26,811 59,372 59,453 53,433 52,052 32,567 40,934 54,445 55,934 26,306 712,620 100.00%
Rejected Votes 382 1,036 1,432 660 335 746 965 885 630 452 564 726 594 410 9,817
Total Polled 38,651 63,639 106,209 46,324 27,146 60,118 60,418 54,318 52,682 33,019 41,498 55,171 56,528 26,716 722,437
Registered Electors 50,898 84,167 138,171 61,006 36,326 77,020 80,003 71,823 69,243 41,465 52,747 71,840 72,329 907,038
Turnout 75.94% 75.61% 76.87% 75.93% 74.73% 78.06% 75.52% 75.63% 76.08% 79.63% 78.67% 76.80% 78.15% 79.65%

2010 presidential election

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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 22,703 33,078 56,508 24,601 11,636 36,212 35,555 28,628 28,444 19,009 27,179 29,235 33,664 20,184 406,636 54.16%
  Sarath
Fonseka		 NDF 15,338 32,090 51,406 21,791 15,358 27,852 25,107 27,692 25,243 13,957 13,220 27,123 23,290 10,025 329,492 43.89%
  M. C. M.
Ismail		 DUNF 170 273 277 295 47 209 332 238 105 183 265 216 177 23 2,810 0.37%
  A. A.
Suraweera		 NDF 120 184 249 202 24 119 209 167 83 119 183 146 135 10 1,950 0.26%
  C. J. Sugathsiri
Gamage		 UDF 84 171 240 136 20 113 208 162 71 105 97 114 94 9 1,624 0.22%
  W. V. M.
Ranjith		 Ind 1 59 129 148 94 31 79 124 97 65 75 132 82 77 8 1,200 0.16%
  A. S. P.
Liyanage		 SLLP 75 104 107 119 16 73 117 108 50 45 89 76 74 6 1,059 0.14%
  Sarath Manamendra NSH 36 99 124 56 20 62 103 84 41 62 58 57 43 3 848 0.11%
  Ukkubanda Wijekoon Ind 3 42 60 112 62 11 50 73 66 28 45 68 54 37 3 711 0.09%
  Lal
Perera		 ONF 30 83 91 71 14 49 84 68 27 47 51 56 26 6 703 0.09%
  Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 28 61 84 52 4 39 64 71 29 35 44 45 40 4 600 0.08%
  Aithurus
M. Illias		 Ind 2 30 57 63 35 9 26 51 52 27 37 51 44 38 3 523 0.07%
  Vikramabahu Karunaratne LF 17 38 59 38 28 40 28 33 35 27 30 36 41 12 462 0.06%
  M. K. Shivajilingam Ind 5 19 49 34 41 16 29 51 50 28 21 30 39 31 4 442 0.06%
  Wije
Dias		 SEP 10 30 47 8 8 26 40 36 17 22 19 16 20 6 305 0.04%
  Sanath Pinnaduwa NA 13 46 33 31 7 12 36 29 10 12 18 30 17 1 295 0.04%
  M. Mohamed
Musthaffa		 Ind 4 14 18 29 26 4 16 22 24 16 18 17 15 23 1 243 0.03%
  Ven.Battaramulla
Seelarathana Thero		 JP 13 18 14 21 4 9 32 27 5 14 15 17 22 5 216 0.03%
  Aruna
de Soyza		 RPP 13 25 27 12 5 12 21 19 3 14 11 20 9 1 192 0.03%
  Senaratna
de Silva		 PNF 6 20 22 17 9 15 24 17 6 9 17 10 6 0 178 0.02%
  M. B.
Thaminimulla		 ACAKO 13 14 22 5 5 8 15 20 19 12 6 11 6 2 158 0.02%
  Sarath Kongahage UNAF 3 10 18 8 1 10 24 15 4 8 13 12 11 2 139 0.02%
Valid Votes 38,836 66,657 109,714 47,721 27,277 65,060 62,320 57,703 54,356 33,876 41,613 57,454 57,881 30,318 750,786 100.00%
Rejected Votes 300 857 1,161 674 268 656 1,069 838 534 509 397 631 506 300 8,700
Total Polled 39,136 67,514 110,875 48,395 27,545 65,716 63,389 58,541 54,890 34,385 42,010 58,085 58,387 30,618 759,486
Registered Electors 52,553 91,146 147,475 65,176 36,938 85,857 85,136 78,688 72,906 45,144 55,629 76,812 76,996 970,456
Turnout 74.47% 74.07% 75.18% 74.25% 74.57% 76.54% 74.46% 74.40% 75.29% 76.17% 75.52% 75.62% 75.83% 78.26%

2015 presidential election

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Results of the 7th presidential election held on 26 January 2010 for the district:[9]

Candidate Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes %
  Maithripala Sirisena NDF 19,818 45,328 71,533 28,049 20,316 41,238 40,233 37,840 36,127 18,624 18,472 38,018 32,298 19,100 466,994 54.56%
  Mahinda Rajapaksa UPFA 21,466 33,293 51,156 24,167 10,200 32,930 32,619 26,762 26,062 18,150 27,722 25,984 30,194 17,880 378,585 44.23%
  R. A.
Sirisena		 PNF 79 151 152 106 26 90 173 101 49 80 112 87 88 11 1,306 0.15%
  Namal Rajapaksa ONF 72 130 149 111 10 85 146 88 61 56 129 76 78 13 1,204 0.14%
  M. I. Mohanmed
Mishlar		 UPF 44 161 117 112 19 65 128 90 57 65 80 87 74 4 1,103 0.13%
  A. S. P.
Liyanage		 SLLP 46 132 148 91 19 75 127 85 45 68 58 82 45 7 1,028 0.12%
  R. Peduru Arachchi ULPP 42 131 119 95 23 73 144 90 49 49 66 61 58 3 1,003 0.12%
  Aithurus
M. Illias		 Ind 1 47 68 108 56 24 49 95 64 48 63 66 59 42 10 799 0.09%
  Duminda Nagamuwa FSP 26 65 121 44 18 59 70 65 53 37 25 61 47 32 723 0.08%
  Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 39 61 82 46 15 32 105 57 31 31 44 48 28 9 628 0.07%
  Sarath Manamendra NSH 30 50 77 48 8 41 74 52 31 30 36 37 35 5 554 0.06%
  Anurudha Polgampola Ind 2 22 39 37 30 2 24 42 37 18 18 14 26 16 3 328 0.04%
  Vajirapani Wijesiriwardene SEP 16 43 35 17 7 23 42 23 25 29 13 25 15 5 318 0.04%
  M. B. Theminimulla ACAKO 15 37 46 33 5 20 25 30 31 15 11 29 11 4 312 0.04%
  Sundaram Mahendran NSSP 19 29 31 30 6 23 37 19 12 17 22 20 18 2 285 0.03%
  Ven.Battaramulla Seelarathana Thero JSP 10 22 37 17 7 20 44 27 17 11 10 19 21 15 277 0.03%
  Prasanna Priyankara DNM 11 14 19 14 5 20 22 20 10 11 12 13 9 2 182 0.02%
  Jayantha Kulathunga ULGC 5 20 20 11 2 13 26 22 5 9 10 13 3 4 163 0.02%
  Wimal Geeganage SLNF 8 11 10 2 3 10 10 8 4 14 15 9 9 3 116 0.01%
Valid Votes 41,815 79,785 123,998 53,079 30,715 74,890 74,162 65,480 62,735 37,377 46,917 64,754 63,089 37,112 855,908 100.00%
Rejected Votes 390 1,020 1,356 673 401 794 1,393 1,023 834 517 479 763 748 602 10,993
Total Polled 42,205 80,805 125,354 53,752 31,116 75,684 75,555 66,503 63,569 37,894 47,396 65,517 63,837 37,714 866,901
Registered Electors 54,214 102,219 157,463 69,243 40,020 94,870 95,567 85,375 81,149 47,685 58,637 82,298 80,420 38,382 1,049,106
Turnout 77.85% 79.05% 79.61% 77.63% 77.75% 79.78% 79.06% 77.90% 78.34% 79.47% 80.83% 79.61% 79.38% 98.26% 82.63%

2019 presidential election

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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 24,829 37,648 64,298 27,263 13,795 43,788 36,436 32,057 35,247 20,296 29,334 33,003 38,765 34,748 471,502 50.43%
  Sajith
Premadasa		 NDF 16,839 46,531 62,044 28,166 16,334 33,293 39,887 35,848 27,399 18,238 19,098 33,131 24,244 16,303 417,355 44.64%
  Anura Kumara
Dissanayake		 NMPP 959 1,469 3,401 791 966 2,539 1,740 1,439 2,189 681 748 1,913 2,021 2,683 25,539 2.52%
  Mahesh
Senanayake		 NPP 135 181 383 116 282 344 179 208 509 107 105 261 302 507 3,619 0.39%
  Ariyawansa
Dissanayake		 DUNF 105 244 245 190 37 143 284 213 122 109 135 146 112 24 2,109 0.23%
  Ajantha
Perera		 SPSL 132 160 251 136 41 140 189 153 112 84 120 126 146 34 1,824 0.2%
  M. L. A. M.
Hizbullah		 Ind 11 78 192 227 125 33 137 224 157 86 96 142 122 92 22 1,733 0.19%
  Rohan
Pallewatte		 JSWP 93 118 219 84 81 155 138 123 162 79 98 109 125 55 1,639 0.18%
  Siripala
Amarasinghe		 Ind 02 77 171 137 103 22 91 178 159 58 85 78 93 57 13 1,322 0.14%
  Milroy
Fernando		 Ind 09 48 93 121 82 38 84 127 94 50 57 68 72 51 6 991 0.11%
  Ven.Battaramulla
Seelarathana Thero		 JSP 39 118 108 60 25 62 102 101 54 50 47 67 63 12 908 0.1%
  Ajantha
de zoysa		 RJP 49 98 139 63 13 72 102 75 44 58 56 51 67 8 895 0.1%
  Anuruddha
Polgampola		 Ind 08 25 117 97 64 17 54 116 102 29 51 45 53 42 3 815 0.09%
  Jayantha
Ketagoda		 Ind 07 38 112 86 57 9 53 126 81 29 53 36 61 49 7 797 0.09%
  Namal
Rajapaksa		 NUA 44 52 80 36 19 37 62 35 40 28 50 42 42 1 577 0.06%
  Subramanium
Gunaratnam		 ONF 32 61 68 52 10 33 82 64 27 46 38 31 29 4 577 0.06%
  Ven.Aparekke
Punnananda Thero		 Ind 01 31 77 56 37 10 39 60 60 32 31 38 42 36 23 572 0.06%
  A. S. P.
Liyanage		 SLLP 27 62 60 36 6 36 63 50 28 28 38 35 20 1 490 0.05%
  Duminda
Nagamuwa		 FSP 9 48 85 17 8 35 36 39 28 23 16 40 32 40 456 0.05%
  Piyasiri
Wijenayake		 Ind 13 19 30 33 21 4 28 36 30 15 16 23 24 16 3 298 0.03%
  Aruna
de soyza		 DNM 16 28 42 20 2 20 34 28 13 16 15 23 15 2 274 0.03%
  Rajiva
Wijesinha		 Ind 14 22 21 27 26 2 15 31 33 15 17 18 22 11 6 266 0.03%
  Sirithunga
Jayasuriya		 USP 13 21 38 22 8 19 44 20 13 13 17 15 14 7 264 0.03%
  Aithurus
M. Illiyas		 Ind 03 9 25 26 14 8 20 45 39 13 8 17 18 16 2 260 0.03%
  Sarath
Manamendra		 NSU 12 24 43 19 5 20 26 24 5 14 13 13 16 2 236 0.03%
  A. H. M.
Alavi		 Ind 04 10 27 31 14 4 18 26 20 11 15 10 9 8 2 205 0.02%
  M. K.
Shivajilingam		 Ind 10 4 20 17 17 11 19 36 22 14 8 7 9 13 7 204 0.02%
  Vajirapani
Wijesiriwardene		 SEP 9 19 18 13 5 10 31 19 8 5 12 11 14 7 181 0.02%
  Ashoka
Wadigamangawa		 Ind 12 8 23 10 10 4 11 35 21 11 10 8 12 16 4 176 0.02%
  Saman
Perera		 OPPP 7 17 25 11 2 10 24 21 9 13 11 8 3 4 165 0.02%
  Samaraweera
Weeravanni		 Ind 15 3 17 19 21 1 14 19 21 4 3 7 11 7 0 147 0.02%
  B.G.
Nandimithra		 NSSP 8 20 25 9 0 10 18 14 14 9 6 4 8 1 146 0.02%
  Priyantha
Edirisinghe		 ACAKO 7 19 16 6 2 6 14 14 10 6 9 17 12 1 139 0.01%
  Sarath
Keerthirathna		 Ind 05 4 10 17 7 0 10 11 16 9 9 8 8 7 4 120 0.01%
  Samansiri
Herath		 Ind 06 5 8 5 8 0 5 6 14 1 6 9 5 0 4 74 0.01%
Valid Votes 43,745 87,881 132,497 57,716 31,804 81,370 80,567 71,414 66,405 40,368 50,478 69,607 66,464 55,559 934,875 100.00%
Rejected Votes 277 816 1,135 627 409 700 1,030 684 666 422 345 563 584 762 9,020 0.81%
Total Polled 44,022 88,697 133,632 58,343 32,213 82,070 81,597 72,098 67,071 40,790 50,823 70,170 67,048 55,321 943,895 84.89%
Registered Electors 51,632 105,054 158,903 69,251 40,507 97,309 96,659 86,342 82,680 47,510 57,764 82,842 79,471 55,936 1,111,860

2024 presidential election

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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 18,232 28,750 59,456 19,457 13,336 38,452 28,929 26,788 30,655 14,817 17,226 33,232 32,909 32,295 394,534 42.26%
  Sajith
Premadasa		 SJB 15,568 31,503 50,539 23,658 9,083 27,999 28,535 29,760 17,851 15,332 22,336 23,326 19,374 9,134 323,998 34.71%
  Ranil
Wickremesinghe		 Ind16 5,982 21,991 17,182 10,729 6,361 11,628 19,470 10,539 13,139 7,192 6,280 10,383 11,196 10,635 162,707 17.43%
  Namal
Rajapaksa		 SLPP 1,224 1,652 2,732 1,469 380 1,933 969 1,367 1,018 795 2,386 1,367 1,409 702 19,403 2.08%
  Dilith
Jayaweera		 SLCP 386 859 1,167 406 416 914 687 589 849 427 200 845 927 426 9,098 0.97%
  K. K.
Piyadasa		 Ind04 125 389 467 292 46 224 373 396 97 251 269 199 120 30 3,278 0.35%
  D. M.
Bandaranayake		 Ind13 165 206 438 172 37 179 208 159 107 133 161 207 161 32 2,365 0.25%
  Wijeyadasa
Rajapakshe		 JPF 101 163 246 128 30 133 161 201 81 88 114 122 74 26 1,668 0.18%
  Sarath
Fonseka		 Ind12 77 175 201 94 45 127 166 125 100 87 104 115 118 50 1,584 0.17%
  Suranjeewa
Anoj de Silva		 DUNF 66 63 187 72 26 138 93 163 67 36 43 70 72 80 1,176 0.13%
  Anuruddha
Polgampola		 Ind11 50 99 181 86 32 87 111 103 40 58 73 79 63 12 1,074 0.12%
  Sarath
Keerthirathne		 Ind05 52 84 186 70 12 66 119 87 54 59 62 85 70 4 1,010 0.11%
  Priyantha
Wickremesinghe		 NSSP 38 132 102 87 19 60 131 101 47 80 79 58 50 15 999 0.11%
  Ven.Akmeemana
Dayarathana Thero		 Ind01 39 91 106 68 14 77 76 70 41 55 79 47 57 17 837 0.09%
  Victor
Anthony Perera		 Ind10 35 76 99 72 6 45 127 82 31 50 62 42 30 7 764 0.08%
  K. R.
Krishan		 APP 47 62 120 53 10 70 85 73 23 30 71 59 47 4 754 0.08%
  Siripala
Amarasinghe		 Ind02 35 89 115 67 11 44 84 62 22 48 36 61 49 8 731 0.08%
  Ajantha
de Zoyza		 RJA 48 80 110 50 15 51 72 59 32 40 44 58 47 9 715 0.08%
  Namal
Rajapaksa		 SBP 38 46 108 64 15 65 43 62 38 24 64 47 41 44 699 0.07%
  Sirithunga
Jayasuriya		 USP 29 73 86 43 11 32 78 54 30 36 39 42 36 5 594 0.06%
  Nuwan
Bopege		 SPF 11 85 106 18 18 47 31 33 18 8 24 65 34 48 546 0.06%
  Ven.Battaramulle
Seelarathana Thero		 JSP 28 39 75 32 15 45 40 34 42 21 8 37 57 24 497 0.05%
  Abubakar Mohamed
Infaz		 DUA 24 56 73 37 9 32 48 62 20 40 29 34 19 4 487 0.05%
  Pakkiyaselvam
Ariyanethiran		 Ind09 9 49 31 50 53 45 59 32 37 13 16 17 12 10 433 0.05%
  Keerthi
Wickremeratne		 AJP 15 54 48 23 25 35 44 22 28 36 28 31 32 11 432 0.05%
  Premasiri
Manage		 Ind14 29 48 53 30 5 17 31 66 10 22 25 23 23 2 384 0.04%
  Vajirapani
Wijesiriwardene		 SEP 13 50 41 21 11 27 64 38 16 14 8 25 23 3 354 0.04%
  Oshala
Herath		 NIF 19 29 38 42 9 25 39 39 9 17 27 21 19 4 337 0.04%
  Mahinda
Dewage		 SLSP 16 29 46 18 8 26 38 21 25 16 19 29 18 10 319 0.03%
  Ananda
Kularatne		 Ind06 19 31 47 20 3 15 30 24 9 23 16 12 16 10 275 0.03%
  Roshan
Ranasinghe		 Ind15 15 25 46 13 9 21 22 24 25 15 11 12 10 17 265 0.03%
  P. W. S. K.
Bandaranayake		 NDF 13 32 36 14 4 13 21 18 13 18 20 14 12 5 233 0.02%
  Lalith
De Silva		 UNFP 21 13 27 13 8 28 24 15 12 11 21 14 18 7 232 0.02%
  Sidney
Jayarathna		 Ind07 4 22 19 12 5 14 13 14 11 11 7 17 12 1 162 0.02%
  Mylvanagam
Thilakarajah		 Ind08 7 20 24 6 3 26 15 18 8 8 6 11 9 0 161 0.02%
  Janaka
Ratnayake		 ULPP 8 12 19 12 7 8 13 16 21 6 9 6 16 7 160 0.02%
  Sarath
Manamendra		 NSU 6 12 29 11 8 8 12 15 3 7 9 10 9 1 140 0.01%
  A. S. P.
Liyanage		 SLLP 9 9 25 5 4 12 9 6 6 6 11 5 3 1 111 0.01%
Valid Votes 42,603 87,198 134,611 57,514 30,109 82,768 81,070 71,337 64,635 39,930 50,022 70,827 67,192 53,700 933,516 100.00%
Rejected Votes 895 2,750 3,067 1,704 534 2,100 2,714 1,796 1,694 1,301 981 1,573 1,550 1,494 24,153 2.52%
Total Polled 43,498 89,948 137,678 59,218 30,643 84,868 83,784 73,133 66,329 41,231 51,003 72,400 68,742 55,194 957,669 80.38%
Registered Electors 54,236 113,385 173,626 74,173 41,303 106,339 103,976 93,042 87,760 50,662 61,289 89,918 85,893 55,797 1,191,399

Preferential votes[12]

8,020 9,188
Anura Kumara Dissanayake Sajith Premadasa

Parliamentary general elections

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1989 parliamentary general election

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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] 16,777 23,262 21,218 20,917 9,513 9,594 22,315 17,031 14,471 6,019 16,255 9,012 11,064 7,525 204,973 61.72% 8
  Sri Lanka Freedom Party 7,686 13,450 10,538 10,307 3,911 4,206 10,425 6,979 8,853 4,146 9,373 3,352 8,661 4,090 105,977 31.91% 4
  Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 495 1,555 2,476 800 1,263 685 1,065 1,740 1,018 249 84 2,682 500 85 14,697 4.43% 0
  United Socialist Alliance[b] 288 288 157 192 556 295 921 476 774 113 263 106 334 384 5,147 1.55% 0
  United Lanka People's Party 81 97 108 119 132 116 114 73 129 34 110 52 61 89 1,315 0.40% 0
Valid Votes 25,327 38,652 34,497 32,335 15,375 14,896 34,840 26,299 25,245 10,561 26,085 15,204 20,620 12,173 332,109 100.00% 12
Rejected Votes 1,298 2,642 2,519 2,025 768 1,225 2,784 1,897 1,357 758 2,585 1,048 1,062 406 22,374
Total Polled 26,625 41,294 37,016 34,360 16,143 16,121 37,624 28,196 26,602 11,319 28,670 16,252 21,682 12,579 354,483
Registered Electors 38,747 54,611 92,300 42,178 28,267 47,758 53,327 47,713 46,746 27,254 36,923 48,915 50,598 12,980 628,317
Turnout 68.71% 75.61% 40.10% 81.46% 57.11% 33.76% 70.55% 59.10% 56.91% 41.53% 77.65% 33.22% 42.85% 96.91% 56.42%

The following candidates were elected:[13]

Preferential votes
Alliance Party Candidate votes
  UNP   UNP D. B. Wijethunga 58,617
  SLFP   SLFP D. M. Jayaratne 54,290
  UNP   UNP M. A. Daniel [c] 53,396
  UNP   UNP A. C. S. Hameed 36,375
  UNP   UNP A. R. M. Abdul Cader 33,757
  UNP   UNP Chandraman de Silva 29,726
  UNP   UNP Harindra Dunuwille 28,377
  UNP   UNP Tissa Attanayake 27,788
  UNP   UNP Lakshman Wijesiri 27,555
  SLFP   SLFP Mahinda Abeykoon 26,881
  SLFP   SLFP Yasaratne Tennakoon 22,736
  SLFP   SLFP Lakshman Kiriella 20,898

1994 parliamentary general election

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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
  United National Party [d] 18,240 27,942 42,356 22,141 13,342 22,434 26,836 25,471 21,005 13,408 18,116 21,586 21,602 7,345 301,824 52.35% 7
  People's Alliance [e] 14,762 22,962 41,035 15,365 10,591 20,461 21,402 17,816 20,318 12,457 16,590 21,635 23,096 9,193 267,683 46.43% 5
  Mahajana Eksath Peramuna 205 156 425 107 355 402 129 240 474 68 75 384 288 187 3,495 0.61% 0
  Sri Lanka Progressive Front[f] 144 174 546 92 140 318 211 186 286 99 93 311 350 122 3,072 0.53% 0
  Independent Group 1 14 30 46 16 8 26 22 20 14 17 25 13 15 4 270 0.05% 0
  Independent Group 2 10 16 35 13 7 10 12 21 17 15 17 17 15 3 208 0.04% 0
Valid Votes 33,375 51,280 84,443 37,734 24,443 43,651 48,612 43,754 42,114 26,064 34,916 43,946 45,366 16,854 576,552 100.00% 12
Rejected Votes 1,648 3,117 4,352 2,611 843 2,434 3,148 2,731 1,610 1,766 2,149 2,238 2,122 250 31,019
Total Polled 35,023 54,397 88,795 40,345 25,286 46,085 51,760 46,485 43,724 27,830 37,065 46,184 47,488 17,104 607,571
Registered Electors 43,462 66,812 109,246 50,376 32,335 56,925 62,996 57,482 55,740 32,992 42,700 56,671 58,455 726,192
Turnout 80.58% 81.42% 81.28% 80.09% 78.20% 80.96% 82.16% 80.87% 78.44% 84.35% 86.80% 81.49% 81.24% 83.67%

The following candidates were elected:[15]

Preferential votes
Alliance Party Candidate votes
  UNP   UNP Gamini Dissanayake[g] 198,207
  PA   SLFP D. M. Jayaratne 101,558
  PA   SLFP Anuruddha Ratwatte 92,644
  UNP   UNP Lucky Jayawardena 66,340
  UNP   UNP A. R. M. Abdul Cader 66,136
  PA   SLFP Wilson Kuruppuarachchi 63,969
  UNP   UNP A. C. S. Hameed 61,906
  UNP   UNP Tissa Attanayake 60,531
  PA   SLFP Lakshman Kiriella 59,463
  UNP   UNP Sarath Amunugama 53,997
  PA   SLFP Ediriweera Weerawardena 53,192
  UNP   CWC Sivasamy Rajarathnan 38,343

2000 parliamentary general election

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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 [h] 16,051 29,140 34,177 18,695 7,254 21,906 30,259 24,235 17,342 13,881 17,897 19,988 21,793 9,664 282,282 46.66% 6
  United National Party 15,399 19,769 35,828 16,021 12,460 22,106 16,089 13,805 20,096 10,373 13,825 19,591 20,405 7,856 243,623 40.27% 5
  National Unity Alliance [i] 1,048 2,544 10,990 1,564 1,803 883 1,388 3,277 1,469 472 43 4,990 1,341 211 32,023 5.29% 1
  Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 1,144 1,181 3,732 673 1,105 2,315 1,668 1,016 2,027 843 744 1,698 2,082 1,337 21,565 3.56% 0
  Sinhala Heritage 331 491 1,592 291 1,722 898 311 521 2,093 156 48 731 1,208 606 10,999 1.82% 0
  Ceylon Workers' Congress 9 490 108 1,053 401 967 1,372 454 337 772 46 43 16 40 6,108 1.01% 0
  New Left
Front [j]		 176 218 329 194 100 157 437 170 168 209 210 207 220 25 2,820 0.47% 0
  Citizen's
Front		 23 97 99 43 89 176 44 203 74 208 95 43 61 49 1,304 0.22% 0
  National Union of Workers 22 132 244 72 51 55 97 77 65 43 8 149 45 6 1,066 0.18% 0
  United Sinhala Great Council 53 62 113 47 12 52 69 55 44 59 74 60 48 9 757 0.13% 0
  Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya 20 73 80 12 66 71 41 31 114 11 7 47 80 55 708 0.12% 0
  Democratic United National Front 18 34 41 18 7 27 32 17 27 17 25 18 41 1 323 0.05% 0
  Liberal
Party		 14 15 31 15 18 17 28 19 56 23 32 21 10 2 301 0.05% 0
  Independent Group 2 12 24 40 11 18 17 21 13 14 32 12 31 14 5 264 0.04% 0
  Independent Group 4 9 7 9 4 9 37 16 9 29 4 14 12 11 9 179 0.03% 0
  Sri Lanka Muslim Party 9 14 26 3 11 14 13 8 11 3 9 6 26 8 161 0.03% 0
  Independent Group 5 7 11 16 8 9 10 16 8 9 13 9 4 3 0 123 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 2 5 20 5 5 7 7 8 6 7 7 18 4 2 103 0.02% 0
  Ruhunu People's Party 2 9 11 5 6 3 10 7 1 6 2 7 9 0 78 0.01% 0
  National Development Front 5 4 13 3 3 7 11 4 7 3 5 4 6 1 76 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 3 3 2 13 5 8 7 7 1 4 1 4 4 4 2 65 0.01% 0
Valid Votes 34,357 54,322 87,512 38,742 25,157 49,732 51,936 43,938 43,993 27,136 33,116 47,672 47,427 19,888 604,928 100.00% 12
Rejected Votes 2,099 4,055 6,340 3,268 1,136 3,289 4,060 2,334 2,373 2,578 3,473 3,171 2,972 600 41,748
Total Polled 36,456 58,377 93,852 42,010 26,293 53,021 55,996 46,272 46,366 29,714 36,589 50,843 50,399 20,488 646,676
Registered Electors 47,418 75,067 122,891 56,465 34,559 67,435 70,727 64,618 60,032 37,031 48,095 63,837 64,303 812,478
Turnout 76.88% 77.77% 76.37% 74.40% 76.08% 78.63% 79.17% 71.61% 77.24% 80.24% 76.08% 79.65% 78.38% 79.59%

The following candidates were elected:[17]

Preferential votes
Alliance Party Candidate votes
  UNP   UNP Keheliya Rambukwella 154,403
  PA   SLFP Anuruddha Ratwatte 152,511
  PA   SLFP D. M. Jayaratne 85,711
  UNP   UNP Tissa Attanayake 73,111
  PA   SLFP Mahindananda Aluthgamage 71,653
  PA   SLFP Sarath Amunugama 67,731
  UNP   UNP A. R. M. Abdul Cader 58,375
  PA   SLFP Lakshman Kiriella 57,424
  UNP   UNP M. H. A. Haleem 47,271
  UNP   UNP Lucky Jayawardena 42,085
  PA   SLFP Ediriweera Weerawardena 35,388
  NUA   SLMC Rauff Hakeem 28,033

2001 parliamentary general election

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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 [k] 18,180 25,089 53,249 14,055 16,764 26,815 22,110 19,461 25,140 13,792 17,477 28,101 24,871 9,193 314,297 52.77% 7
  People's Alliance [l] 13,721 24,798 28,636 10,371 6,489 18,908 25,630 19,911 15,289 11,276 14,110 15,990 20,318 8,190 233,637 39.23% 4
  Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 1,688 2,168 7,496 996 1,551 3,355 2,811 2,071 3,254 1,697 1,695 2,859 3,243 2,262 37,146 6.24% 1
  Sinhala Heritage 119 228 595 72 551 331 195 187 653 59 55 292 508 195 4,040 0.68% 0
  New Left
Front [m]		 214 467 503 192 89 282 435 270 219 268 290 294 344 38 3,905 0.66% 0
  Muslim United Liberation Front 50 75 128 30 13 42 63 40 35 42 33 37 50 3 641 0.11% 0
  United Sinhala Great Council 32 41 83 30 12 38 64 50 24 46 62 45 36 5 568 0.10% 0
  National Development Front 3 28 17 14 22 18 18 6 34 13 12 18 38 12 253 0.04% 0
  People's Freedom Front 10 27 28 8 5 10 37 7 10 12 23 19 15 1 212 0.04% 0
  Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya 8 22 22 4 14 22 15 5 29 4 4 19 12 10 190 0.03% 0
  Independent Group 2 6 7 19 5 14 21 8 8 29 3 3 11 2 5 141 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 1 6 8 14 3 3 9 9 10 6 3 12 7 12 3 105 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 6 6 6 15 8 4 10 12 9 6 4 7 5 5 1 98 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 4 2 4 11 2 3 10 10 5 5 3 3 12 6 1 77 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 3 4 3 15 5 1 3 4 1 3 5 7 5 6 2 64 0.01% 0
  Ruhunu People's Party 2 6 16 1 0 4 7 2 2 4 1 16 1 0 62 0.01% 0
  Sri Lanka National Front 2 3 5 1 2 3 7 2 2 2 8 5 6 0 48 0.01% 0
  Sri Lanka Progressive Front 3 3 7 4 0 4 12 3 4 1 1 3 3 0 48 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 5 4 2 10 3 1 2 6 4 1 0 3 5 3 0 44 0.01% 0
Valid Votes 34,060 52,985 90,869 25,804 25,538 49,887 51,453 42,052 44,745 27,234 33,806 47,743 49,479 19,921 595,576 100.00% 12
Rejected Votes 2,032 4,338 6,813 2,230 1,152 3,413 3,780 3,069 2,252 2,780 3,946 3,068 2,512 718 42,103 6.6%
Total Polled 36,092 57,323 97,682 28,034 26,690 53,300 55,233 45,121 46,997 30,014 37,752 50,811 51,991 20,639 637,679 76.03%
Registered Electors 48,642 77,854 126,815 57,850 35,351 70,383 72,986 67,327 61,677 37,897 49,524 65,863 66,518 838,687
Turnout 74.20% 73.63% 77.03% 48.46% 75.50% 75.73% 75.68% 67.02% 76.20% 79.20% 76.23% 77.15% 78.16% 76.03%

The following candidates were elected:[20]

Preferential votes
Alliance Party Candidate votes
  UNF   UNP Keheliya Rambukwella 143,235
  PA   SLFP Anuruddha Ratwatte 102,906
  UNF   UNP Tissa Attanayake 99,381
  PA   SLFP Sarath Amunugama 78,110
  UNF   UNP M. H. A. Haleem 75,630
  UNF   SLMC Rauff Hakeem 71,094
  UNF   UNP Lakshman Kiriella 70,241
  UNF   UNP Chithra Srimathi Manthilake 51,768
  PA   SLFP Thilina Bandara Tennakoon 51,542
  PA   SLFP Mahindananda Aluthgamage 50,618
  UNF   UNP Lucky Jayawardena 45,693
  JVP   JVP Dimuthu Bandara Abayakoon 5,967

2004 parliamentary general election

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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 National Front[n] 16,645 30,109 46,572 22,724 14,367 24,807 25,823 26,230 22,435 13,380 15,285 23,413 22,647 9,422 313,859 49.99% 6
  United People's Freedom Alliance[o] 15,896 22,066 37,806 16,277 7,141 23,918 22,708 16,071 17,403 13,321 18,319 21,739 22,887 12,579 268,131 42.71% 5
  Jathika Hela Urumaya 1,513 2,515 7,079 1,253 3,959 3,896 1,793 2,946 6,191 674 307 3,678 4,376 2,012 42,192 6.72% 1
  National Development Front 43 63 183 77 70 112 61 75 127 27 20 134 96 21 1,109 0.18% 0
  United Muslim People's Party 30 68 93 39 12 40 55 45 26 28 26 41 38 7 548 0.09% 0
  New Left
Front[p]		 11 34 84 22 59 28 44 31 61 9 12 34 51 21 501 0.08% 0
  United Socialist Party 19 30 56 28 15 20 35 33 11 14 15 25 18 5 324 0.05% 0
  Independent Group 9 18 18 24 18 3 18 39 20 7 10 24 21 12 1 233 0.04% 0
  Independent Group 7 5 13 52 3 10 22 10 11 16 3 11 11 6 5 178 0.03% 0
  United Lalith Front 3 16 20 14 3 14 14 12 10 7 7 11 14 2 147 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 8 9 16 18 8 3 7 16 12 6 10 7 11 5 1 129 0.02% 0
  Swarajya
Party		 28 3 25 2 5 4 2 10 13 1 3 2 5 0 103 0.02% 0
  Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya 3 6 10 7 2 3 2 7 11 0 2 4 20 4 81 0.01% 0
  Sri Lanka Muslim Party 4 3 20 0 3 1 6 2 4 1 1 8 0 0 53 0.01% 0
  Sri Lanka National Front 3 4 5 5 0 3 6 5 1 5 1 5 4 1 48 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 6 1 3 3 3 2 3 10 7 5 2 1 2 1 0 43 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 1 3 2 4 3 2 1 2 7 3 0 1 4 1 4 37 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 5 4 4 5 3 2 3 2 5 1 2 1 1 1 1 35 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 3 0 1 6 2 1 0 3 1 1 2 1 3 7 1 29 0.00% 0
  Independent Group 4 0 1 5 5 0 5 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 26 0.00% 0
  Ruhuna People's Party 0 2 1 5 0 2 3 1 1 3 3 3 0 0 24 0.00% 0
  Sri Lanka Progressive Front 0 1 6 2 0 0 3 1 1 2 0 3 1 0 20 0.00% 0
  Independent Group 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 16 0.00% 0
Valid Votes 34,241 54,979 92,078 40,500 25,659 52,907 50,642 45,536 46,338 27,503 34,049 49,155 50,192 24,087 627,866 100.00% 12
Rejected Votes 2,523 4,415 6,988 3,423 1,123 3,607 4,421 4,250 2,424 2,685 3,749 2,999 2,465 412 45,484
Total Polled 36,764 59,394 99,066 43,923 26,782 56,514 55,063 49,786 48,762 30,188 37,798 52,154 52,657 24,499 673,350
Registered Electors 49,964 81,694 133,404 59,853 36,760 74,784 76,700 69,554 66,995 39,730 51,360 69,844 69,992 880,634
Turnout 73.58% 72.70% 74.26% 73.38% 72.86% 75.57% 71.79% 71.58% 72.78% 75.98% 73.59% 74.67% 75.23% 76.46%

The following candidates were elected:[22]

Preferential votes
Alliance Party Candidate votes
  UPFA   JVP Dimuthu Bandara Abayakoon 111,923
  UNF   UNP Keheliya Rambukwella 110,720
  UNF   UNP Tissa Attanayake 93,971
  UNF   UNP A. R. M. Abdul Cader 89,829
  UPFA   SLFP Mahindananda Aluthgamage 82,036
  UNF   UNP Lakshman Kiriella 81,136
  UPFA   JVP Y. M. Nawartna Banda 81,036
  UPFA   SLFP Sarath Amunugama 78,817
  UNF   UNP M. H. A. Haleem 66,669
  UPFA   SLFP D. M. Jayaratne 64,317
  UNF   CWC Faiszer Musthapha 40,475
  JHU   JHU Ven.Udawatte Nanda Thero 10,846

2010 parliamentary general election

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Results of the 14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010 for the district:[23]

Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes % Seats
  United People's Freedom Alliance[q] 18,198 27,843 46,026 20,848 9,187 26,070 38,153 23,956 21,431 14,275 20,851 26,154 26,419 20,408 339,819 60.77% 8
  United National Front [r] 8,836 19,144 30,124 13,145 10,226 16,282 11,648 16,214 15,411 7,732 7,544 15,590 14,621 6,281 192,798 34.48% 4
  Democratic National Alliance [s] 1,209 1,228 3,551 736 1,454 2,775 1,128 1,477 2,965 800 521 1,949 1,983 1,952 23,728 4.24% 0
  Sri Lanka National Front 10 13 62 35 54 205 2 132 280 39 13 23 15 38 921 0.16% 0
  National Development Front 27 75 87 34 13 56 19 48 21 17 22 27 50 9 505 0.09% 0
  United National Alternative Front 15 31 38 23 5 22 11 34 13 9 12 16 11 5 245 0.04% 0
  Independent Group 17 3 17 13 7 0 10 14 11 1 7 13 6 5 1 108 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 11 6 13 4 14 4 11 6 10 12 4 2 4 3 2 95 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 4 2 7 5 3 1 8 16 10 8 4 4 0 3 1 72 0.01% 0
  Left Liberation Front 1 7 5 1 6 5 2 2 4 3 2 8 18 2 66 0.01% 0
  Patriotic National Front 8 2 9 5 1 7 8 1 2 3 3 6 6 1 62 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 5 2 10 12 5 1 2 4 5 3 3 2 3 4 2 58 0.01% 0
  United Lanka Great Council 3 5 7 2 2 3 4 8 6 2 6 5 2 1 56 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 8 1 1 4 1 1 4 2 4 6 9 18 2 1 1 55 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 13 0 12 14 1 1 2 2 4 4 1 5 3 2 3 54 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 2 2 1 6 1 2 3 5 7 14 1 3 4 4 0 53 0.01% 0
  Muslim Liberation Front 3 2 20 2 1 4 4 1 2 2 4 2 2 1 50 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 1 6 7 7 4 1 5 3 1 3 5 1 2 3 0 48 0.01% 0
  Ceylon Democratic Unity Alliance 4 8 4 2 1 5 8 5 0 0 3 3 1 4 48 0.01% 0
  Janasetha Peramuna 4 0 5 2 4 5 4 1 2 1 2 8 4 3 45 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 12 0 3 4 2 1 3 1 1 1 4 19 2 1 2 44 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 9 2 1 4 3 0 10 2 3 1 2 3 6 4 3 44 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 14 3 7 8 1 0 2 5 1 2 3 1 4 2 0 39 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 16 3 3 8 4 0 2 5 3 0 2 2 1 4 1 38 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 15 0 3 6 1 0 2 6 2 3 2 2 4 2 2 35 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 6 1 5 5 0 10 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 34 0.01% 0
  Sri Lanka Labour Party 0 3 5 1 1 5 2 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 26 0.00% 0
  Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya 1 1 0 0 1 2 8 3 2 3 0 1 2 1 25 0.00% 0
  Independent Group 3 2 4 3 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 0 2 3 0 22 0.00% 0
  Independent Group 10 2 2 6 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 20 0.00% 0
  Independent Group 7 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 13 0.00% 0
Valid Votes 28,354 48,459 80,056 34,886 20,980 45,515 51,076 41,950 40,205 22,939 29,060 43,839 43,179 28,728 559,226 100.00% 12
Rejected Votes 3,007 6,780 8,345 4,763 1,389 4,783 4,262 5,177 2,935 3,540 4,163 4,043 3,862 1,284 58,333
Total Polled 31,361 55,239 88,401 39,649 22,369 50,298 55,338 47,127 43,140 26,479 33,223 47,882 47,041 30,012 617,559
Registered Electors 52,553 91,146 147,475 65,176 36,938 85,857 85,136 78,688 72,906 45,144 55,629 76,812 76,996 970,456
Turnout 59.67% 60.60% 59.94% 60.83% 60.56% 58.58% 65.00% 59.89% 59.17% 58.65% 59.72% 62.34% 61.10% 63.64%

The following candidates were elected:[24]

Preferential votes
Alliance Party Candidate votes
  UPFA   SLFP Mahindananda Aluthgamage 146,765
  UPFA   UNP Keheliya Rambukwella 133,060
  UPFA   UNP S. B. Dissanayake 108,169
  UPFA   SLFP Lohan Ratwatte 81,812
  UPFA   UNP A. R. M. Abdul Cader 54,937
  UPFA   SLFP Erik Weerawardena 54,195
  UNF   SLMC Rauff Hakeem 54,047
  UNF   UNP Lakshman Kiriella 53,690
  UNF   UNP M. H. A. Haleem 48,588
  UPFA   SLFP Dilum Amunugama 45,909
  UPFA   SLFP Faiszer Musthapha 44,648
  UPFA   SLFP Sarath Amunugama 44,478

2015 parliamentary general election

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Results of the 15th parliamentary election held on 17 August 2015:[25]

Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes % Seats
  United National Front for Good Governance[t] 19,522 42,657 63,853 28,115 18,346 37,355 37,611 35,619 32,354 17,501 19,674 35,580 29,310 23,264 440,761 55.57% 7
  United People's Freedom Alliance[u] 17,231 27,025 42,799 18,029 8,396 26,637 25,672 20,822 21,775 14,454 21,919 20,808 24,986 18,626 309,152 38.98% 5
  Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 1,287 1,583 4,459 1,059 1,497 3,250 2,157 1,779 3,211 962 876 2,307 2,823 3,419 30,669 3.87% 0
  Ceylon Workers' Congress 3 1,399 43 415 28 189 719 944 24 480 9 7 11 129 4,400 0.55% 0
  Democratic Party 110 154 463 98 119 279 469 196 167 35 61 148 193 279 2771 0.35% 0
  Bodu Jana Peramuna 80 189 455 138 120 197 120 168 194 35 25 265 183 136 2,305 0.29% 0
  Independent Group 07 51 72 127 42 9 41 65 65 26 45 62 48 51 2 706 0.09% 0
  United People's Party 15 57 68 38 18 24 73 48 31 34 44 39 22 6 517 0.07% 0
  Frontline Socialist Party 8 21 100 5 8 24 18 24 21 14 3 47 25 31 349 0.04% 0
  United Socialist Party 14 54 50 13 11 31 58 29 12 14 8 24 21 6 345 0.04% 0
  Independent Group 05 7 17 24 13 3 21 36 11 10 8 10 27 16 0 203 0.03% 0
  Janasetha Peramuna 9 4 61 4 4 18 5 12 6 4 0 17 4 7 155 0.02% 0
  All Citizens All Kings Organization 1 11 6 4 8 68 5 13 10 1 2 7 4 14 154 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 02 4 9 15 6 4 4 21 2 8 2 4 8 2 1 90 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 06 6 4 9 8 2 6 15 14 1 5 2 4 5 1 82 0.01% 0
  United Peace Front 2 8 21 4 4 7 12 1 2 3 0 4 3 1 72 0.01% 0
  United Lanka People's Party 7 9 13 4 1 6 9 7 4 3 0 3 1 0 67 0.01% 0
  New Sinhala Heritage 3 3 19 7 3 0 7 5 1 3 2 1 4 2 60 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 01 2 4 10 1 4 2 5 10 1 2 2 5 1 1 53 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 04 7 2 3 2 1 2 5 3 3 1 1 4 10 0 47 0.01% 0
  Sri Lanka National Force 4 4 6 1 0 2 5 5 3 2 1 1 11 1 46 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 03 0 9 7 4 0 3 8 4 3 1 6 1 1 1 41 0.01% 0
  Muslim National Alliance 2 5 5 4 1 2 2 6 1 2 3 0 0 0 33 0.00% 0
  Motherland People's Party 0 2 6 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 22 0.00% 0
Valid Votes 38,375 73,301 112,622 48,016 28,561 68,170 67,099 57,789 57,870 33,612 42,714 59,357 57,686 45,928 793,100 100.00% 12
Rejected Votes 1,558 4,204 5,126 2,903 721 2,695 5,101 3,406 1,604 2,195 2,368 2,365 2,067 752 37,065 4.46%
Total Polled 39,933 77,505 117,748 50,919 29,282 70,865 72,200 63,195 59,474 35,807 45,082 61,722 59,753 46,680 830,165 79.13%
Registered Electors 52,214 102,219 157,463 69,243 40,020 94,870 95,567 85,375 81,149 47,685 58,637 82,298 80,420 1,049,160
Preferential votes
Alliance Party Candidate[26] votes
  UNFGG   UNP Lakshman Kiriella 199,046
  UPFA   SLFP Lohan Ratwatte 129,750
  UPFA   SLFP Mahindananda Aluthgamage 123,393
  UNFGG   UNP Mayantha Dissanayake 111,190
  UNFGG   UNP M. H. A. Haleem 111,011
  UPFA   SLFP Dilum Amunugama 104,469
  UNFGG   SLMC Rauff Hakeem 102,186
  UPFA   SLFP Anuradha Jayaratne 93,567
  UPFA   SLFP Keheliya Rambukwella 65,687
  UNFGG   UNP Lucky Jayawardena 65,461
  UNFGG   DPF M. Velu Kumar 62,556
  UNFGG   UNP Ananda Aluthgamage 56,625

2020 parliamentary general election

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Results of the 16th parliamentary election held on 5 August 2020:[27]

Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes % Seats
  Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance[v] 24,888 41,759 61,159 27,733 13,337 40,939 43,629 32,456 32,433 20,486 28,630 35,786 38,839 35,372 477,446 58.76% 8
  Samagi Jana Balawegaya[w] 8,575 26,331 35,532 16,963 9,366 18,707 21,538 20,438 15,502 10,391 12,410 17,732 12,532 8,511 234,523 28.86% 4
  Independent Group 01 949 2,101 3,457 1,437 698 4,401 1,269 2,168 2,221 1,595 619 2,142 2,000 814 25,797 3.17% 0
  National People's Power[x] 948 1,276 2,712 594 1,339 2,528 1,431 1,222 2,890 601 937 1,753 1,831 2,935 22,997 2.83% 0
  United National Party 645 1,937 2,290 1,437 1,234 1,555 1,327 1,604 1,665 635 450 1,567 1,257 1,409 19,012 2.34% 0
  Independent Group 11 198 1,382 8,199 378 318 189 315 1,218 323 127 110 580 226 201 13,672 1.68% 0
  Our Power of People's Party 188 406 1,552 439 311 572 425 1,065 618 114 152 436 567 433 7,288 0.9% 0
  National Development Front 189 208 288 140 74 174 252 169 142 101 138 122 128 47 2,012 0.25% 0
  Jana Setha Peramuna 44 114 98 79 16 55 99 104 34 55 67 67 56 18 906 0.11% 0
  Independent Group 06 21 46 29 56 196 64 67 176 109 48 25 14 8 41 900 0.11% 0
  Socialist Party of Sri Lanka 55 90 109 56 21 61 109 72 60 59 66 55 52 10 875 0.11% 0
  Independent Group 02 36 90 91 56 14 61 101 59 28 36 62 68 33 27 762 0.09% 0
  Frontline Socialist Party 25 48 129 30 12 54 63 63 29 29 20 99 36 51 688 0.08% 0
  National People's Party 26 48 64 42 20 47 69 48 31 30 50 74 39 24 612 0.08% 0
  National Democratic Front 67 38 70 30 9 42 67 54 23 36 47 43 38 15 579 0.07% 0
  Independent Group 10 32 47 111 34 7 37 47 48 31 34 27 36 32 12 535 0.07% 0
  Sinhaladeepa National Front 16 31 105 59 17 32 61 30 40 13 21 30 16 51 522 0.06% 0
  Sri Lanka Labour Party 24 54 54 32 12 29 58 66 27 25 40 31 21 13 486 0.06% 0
  All Citizens are All Kings Organization 20 43 79 20 12 32 41 35 32 22 22 35 23 10 426 0.05% 0
  Independent Group 12 16 48 79 17 13 24 52 62 18 26 17 22 15 15 424 0.05% 0
  New Sinhala Heritage 20 29 46 18 20 27 26 51 20 20 16 36 28 42 399 0.05% 0
  Independent Group 07 19 46 39 30 10 21 29 33 12 30 23 27 12 5 336 0.04% 0
  Democratic United National Front 20 40 18 13 11 39 26 29 16 22 26 18 13 28 319 0.04% 0
  Independent Group 03 10 24 36 15 5 15 36 31 17 18 19 12 10 5 253 0.03% 0
  Motherland People's Party 6 16 25 14 1 21 24 25 15 12 9 10 16 9 203 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 09 11 17 18 14 5 15 16 15 13 19 12 5 6 5 171 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 05 14 12 20 8 11 17 14 9 11 7 11 8 14 12 168 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 08 7 16 14 7 7 6 10 13 6 29 6 6 10 2 139 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 04 6 11 14 16 0 10 11 26 3 6 8 5 5 4 126 0.02% 0
Valid Votes 36,915 76,308 116,357 49,693 27,096 69,774 71,207 61,389 56,369 34,626 44,040 60,819 57,863 50,122 812,578 100.00% 12
Rejected Votes 2,365 6,885 7,908 4,438 1,167 4,743 6,053 5,063 3,061 3,262 3,423 3,724 2,779 2,220 57,091 5.06%
Total Polled 39,280 83,193 124,265 54,131 28,263 74,517 77,260 66,452 59,430 37,888 47,463 64,543 60,642 52,342 869,669 77.02%
Registered Electors 52,073 107,217 162,717 70,373 40,471 99,506 98,425 87,639 83,715 48,329 58,588 84,711 81,284 54,054 1,129,100
Preferential votes
Alliance Party Candidate[28] votes
  SLPFA   SLPP Dilum Amunugama 171,758
  SLPFA   SLPP Mahindananda Aluthgamage 161,471
  SLPFA   SLPP Lohan Ratwatte 140,917
  SLPFA   SLPP Anuradha Jayaratne 140,798
  SLPFA   SLPP Keheliya Rambukwella 110,832
  SLPFA   SLPP Wasantha Yapa Bandara 108,940
  SJB   SLMC Rauff Hakeem 83,398
  SJB   SJB M. H. A. Haleem 71,063
  SJB   DPF M. Velu Kumar 57,445
  SJB   SJB Lakshman Kiriella 52,311
  SLPFA   SLPP Gunathilaka Rajapaksha 49,317
  SLPFA   SLPP Udayana Kirindigoda 39,904

Provincial council elections

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1988 provincial council election

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Results of the 1st Central provincial council election held on 2 June 1988[29]

Party Total Votes % Seats
  United National Party 195,259 60.46% 17
  United Socialist Alliance[y] 98,493 30.5% 9
  Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 29,198 9.04% 2
Valid Votes 322,950 100.00% 28

1993 provincial council election

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Results of the 2nd Central provincial council election held on 17 May 1993:[30]

Party Votes % Seats
  United National Party 252,926 49.78% 14
  People's Alliance [z] 155,298 30.57% 9
  Democratic United National Front 90,366 17.79% 5
  Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 6,079 1.19% 0
  Nava Sama Samaja Party 3,382 0.67% 0
Valid Votes 508,051 100.00% 28

1999 provincial council election

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Results of the 3rd Central provincial council election held on 6 April 1999 for the district:[31][32]

Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes % Seats
  People's Alliance[aa] 14,412 23,298 34,377 18,390 7,988 17,053 26,220 21,166 15,840 11,368 16,095 17,760 18,732 4,551 247,250 47.51% 13
  United National Party 13,736 20,227 35,903 15,266 11,040 20,053 14,947 13,419 17,760 10,024 13,419 19,480 18,643 4,410 232,934 46.04% 13
  National Union of Workers 50 2,716 267 2,238 1,085 1,617 3,481 2,897 741 1,477 113 95 135 42 16,954 3.26% 1
  Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 995 982 2,761 558 899 1,616 1,301 1,045 1,509 671 746 1,288 1,346 348 16,065 3.09% 1
  Mahajana Eksath Peramuna 109 155 518 106 802 651 141 330 830 93 102 269 331 196 4,433 0.85% 0
  Liberal Party 45 72 134 68 30 74 91 80 33 83 80 55 55 1 881 0.17% 0
  Independent Group 27 69 174 57 38 59 70 64 49 37 41 56 96 16 853 0.16% 0
  Sri Lanka Progressive Front 36 30 79 32 16 30 39 36 41 25 26 151 133 15 689 0.13% 0
Valid Votes 29,410 47,549 74,213 36,715 21,698 41,153 46,290 43,264 36,803 23,778 30,622 39,154 39,471 9,579 520,659 100.00% 28
Rejected Votes 2,024 4,494 6,736 3,225 1,526 3,508 4,409 4,158 2,882 2,296 2,654 3,201 3,195 692 45,000 7.96%
Total Polled 31,434 52,043 80,949 39,940 23,224 44,661 50,699 47,782 39,485 26,074 33,476 42,355 42,666 10,271 565,059 72.42%
Registered Electors 45,997 71,328 117,613 53,927 34,640 63,678 87,877 62,149 58,745 35,580 45,900 61,229 61,559 780,232

The following candidates were elected:

Preferential votes
Party Candidate votes
  UNP Keheliya Rambukwella 141,552
  PA Mahindananda Aluthgamage 51,558
  UNP Chithra Srimathi Manthilake 43,519
  UNP M. H. A. Haleem 38,283
  PA Thilina Bandara Thennakoon 34,375
  PA Mahinda Abeykoon 30,073
  PA Kamal Ajith Kumara 25,831
  PA Anura Fernando 24,653
  PA Chaminda Kuruppuarachchi 24,210
  UNP Mahinda Wijesiri 22,440
  UNP W. M. P. B. Dissanayake 21,919
  PA Sunil Kithsiri Amaratunga 21,077
  UNP H. L. M. Rafeek 21,014
  PA M. T. M. Ameen 20,730
  UNP A. M. S. M. Shafie 20,359
  PA R. B. Herath 20,339
  PA M. G. Jayaratne 19,450
  UNP Karunarathne Bandara 19,185
  UNP Rupa Sriyani Daniel 19,098
  PA H. A. Ranasinghe 18,761
  PA S. M. R. B. Samarakoon 18,576
  PA A. G. Sirisena 18,488
  UNP Kesera Senanayake 16,790
  UNP Sarath Piyadasa 16,411
  UNP Jayaweera Bandara 16,347
  UNP H. L. M. Jaufer 13,478
  NUW Thureysami Madiyugaraja 10,277
  JVP A. R. G. Dharmaratne 1,794

2004 provincial council election

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Results of the 4th Central provincial council election held on 10 July 2004 for the district:[33]

Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes % Seats
  United People's Freedom Alliance[ab] 15,546 20,406 36,289 15,423 6,150 23,101 23,296 14,108 15,294 13,752 18,607 17,582 16,901 8,140 244,595 54.17% 16
  United National Party 10,504 18,564 29,938 16,541 9,468 14,656 14,220 16,850 14,353 10,270 10,526 14,605 16,834 4,935 202,264 44.80% 14
  National Development Front 54 69 100 49 20 106 62 144 100 45 38 390 132 51 1,360 0.30% 0
  United Socialist Party 67 98 157 82 49 86 116 127 49 59 43 71 70 14 1,088 0.24% 0
  United Muslim People's Alliance 27 73 372 38 68 32 53 96 36 22 22 72 71 5 987 0.22% 0
  Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya 12 31 43 13 51 32 21 28 47 12 6 29 49 45 419 0.09% 0
  Independent Group 2 22 27 36 21 1 14 26 18 15 19 13 15 15 5 247 0.05% 0
  National Democratic Party 6 13 21 10 23 8 25 15 15 6 6 10 6 14 178 0.04% 0
  Ruhunu People's Party 5 8 41 10 2 6 6 7 9 3 3 10 35 16 161 0.04% 0
  Independent Group 1 10 9 20 7 3 12 11 10 11 12 11 12 8 7 143 0.03% 0
  Sri Lanka Progressive Front 4 11 11 2 4 2 4 6 12 3 1 6 6 4 76 0.02% 0
Valid Votes 26,257 39,309 67,028 32,196 15,839 38,055 37,840 31,409 29,941 24,203 29,276 32,802 34,127 13,236 451,518 100.00% 30
Rejected Votes 1,567 2,799 4,942 2,424 1,135 2,477 2,872 2,435 2,046 1,641 2,198 2,120 2,022 824 31,502
Total Polled 27,824 42,108 71,970 34,620 16,974 40,532 40,712 33,844 31,987 25,844 31,474 34,922 36,149 14,060 483,020
Registered Electors 49,964 81,695 133,404 59,853 36,760 74,784 76,700 69,554 66,995 39,730 51,360 69,844 69,992 880,635
Turnout 55.69% 51.54% 53.95% 57.84% 46.18% 54.20% 53.08% 48.66% 47.75% 65.05% 61.28% 50.00% 51.65% 54.85%

The following candidates were elected:[33]

Preferential votes
Party Candidate[33] votes
  UPFA Dilum Amunugama 48,491
  UPFA Amaranath Samansiri Fernando 39,476
  UPFA Sarath Ekanayake 36,387
  UNP Lucky Jayawardena 31,071
  UNP M. R. M. Hamjad 28,447
  UPFA Ananda Aluthgamage 28,034
  UPFA Mahinda Abeykoon 27,643
  UPFA Ediriweera Weerawardena 27,047
  UNP A. G. M. Saheed 24,991
  UPFA R. G. Samaranayake 24,181
  UNP Thureysami Madiyugaraja 23,519
  UNP Chithra Srimathi Manthilake 23,247
  UNP Mahinda Wijesiri 23,097
  UPFA M. G. Jayaratne 21,577
  UPFA Manel Bandara 21,067
  UPFA Nishshanka Herath 20,658
  UPFA Sunil Wickramasinghe 20,613
  UNP Nihal Gunasekara 20,454
  UPFA A. G. Sirisena 19,651
  UNP Chanaka Ailapperuma 18,185
  UPFA Sunil Kithsiri Amarathunga 18,116
  UPFA H. A. Ranasinghe 17,428
  UPFA P. B. Dissanayake 17,392
  UPFA Chandana Dissanayake 17,099
  UNP Srima Shanthini Kongahage 16,973
  UNP Sivasamy Rajarathnam 14,267
  UNP Padmalal de Alwis 14,071
  UNP M. M. M. Alhaj 13,719
  UNP Rupa Sriyani Daniel 13,203
  UNP A. M. N. Alhaj 13,147

2009 provincial council election

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Results of the 5th Central provincial council election held on 14 February 2009 for the district:[34]

Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes % Seats
  United People's Freedom Alliance [ac] 21,646 29,628 53,858 22,752 10,243 32,964 32,016 26,629 24,125 17,881 22,911 27,269 28,967 12,601 363,490 59.41% 18
  United National Party 10,446 24,745 35,928 16,523 12,146 20,078 16,126 20,309 19,507 9,997 9,906 19,708 18,654 3,754 237,827 38.87% 12
  Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 548 410 1,402 469 355 870 813 333 760 351 398 652 591 341 8,293 1.36% 0
  United Socialist Party 24 60 90 34 22 31 83 45 40 21 12 42 35 7 546 0.09% 0
  Independent Group 3 15 4 39 27 55 24 9 12 145 3 7 11 14 11 376 0.06% 0
  United Lanka People's Party 15 40 35 23 5 16 44 31 18 13 10 24 15 3 292 0.05% 0
  Independent Group 1 2 4 29 3 2 8 2 15 6 89 17 8 6 7 198 0.03% 0
  Independent Group 8 8 28 24 17 9 13 27 15 9 3 9 11 10 1 184 0.03% 0
  Independent Group 7 2 6 13 6 4 4 24 8 3 4 4 5 1 0 84 0.01% 0
  United Lanka Great Council 1 7 9 9 1 2 11 4 2 11 4 6 5 3 75 0.01% 0
  National People's Party 4 6 9 9 2 4 10 2 1 5 3 6 4 1 66 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 5 8 2 9 4 1 7 7 6 5 3 4 0 1 57 0.01% 0
  Patriotic National Front 4 5 8 10 2 2 5 1 5 2 2 4 1 5 56 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 6 2 5 6 5 10 3 6 2 4 0 4 5 1 53 0.01% 0
  Sri Lanka Progressive Front 1 2 5 1 7 4 5 8 5 3 2 2 5 2 52 0.01% 0
  Ruhunu People's Party 3 9 2 8 5 7 3 4 3 0 3 1 3 51 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 4 3 5 5 8 2 2 1 4 5 1 4 3 2 0 45 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 2 2 3 5 1 2 3 9 6 1 3 3 2 3 0 43 0.01% 0
Valid Votes 32,731 54,963 91,483 39,903 22,866 54,047 49,202 47,437 44,643 28,394 33,295 47,764 48,319 16,741 611,788 100.00% 30
Rejected Votes 1,399 3,174 4,587 2,674 711 2,476 3,818 3,057 1,696 1,881 1,947 2,048 2,020 341 31,829
Total Polled 34,130 58,137 96,070 42,577 23,577 56,523 53,020 50,494 46,339 30,275 35,242 49,812 50,339 17,082 643,617
Registered Electors 52,169 89,422 145,752 64,133 36,702 84,371 82,686 76,751 71,886 44,057 54,923 75,994 76,262 955,108
Turnout 65.42% 65.01% 65.91% 66.39% 64.24% 66.99% 64.12% 65.79% 64.46% 68.72% 64.17% 65.55% 66.01% 67.39%

The following candidates were elected:[35]

Preferential votes
Party Candidate[34] votes
  UNP S. B. Dissanayake 181,783
  UPFA Sarath Ekanayake 99,932
  UPFA Dilum Amunugama 77,179
  UPFA Lohan Ratwatte 70,372
  UPFA Ediriweera Weerawardena 46,903
  UPFA Ananda Aluthgamage 45,178
  UPFA Thilina Bandara Thennakoon 30,476
  UPFA Mahinda Abeykoon 30,170
  UPFA S. M. R. B. Samarakoon 29,686
  UPFA Wilson Kuruppuarachchi 29,637
  UPFA R. G. Samaranayake 28,479
  UNP M. R. M. Hamjad 27,421
  UPFA A. G. Sirisena 26,676
  UNP Jamaldeen Jeilabdeen 26,103
  UPFA Gunathilaka Rajapaksha 25,957
  UPFA Sunil Kithsiri Amaratunga 25,787
  UPFA G. V. Jayawardhana 23,963
  UPFA Nishshanka Herath 23,477
  UPFA Linton Wijesinghe 22,879
  UNP Chanaka Ailapperuma 22,477
  UNP Chithra Srimathi Manthilake 22,063
  UPFA M. G. Jayaratne 21,310
  UNP Lucky Jayawardena 21,028
  UPFA H. A. Ranasinghe 21,011
  UNP Sivasami Rajarathnam 20,228
  UNP S. M. M. Marjan 19,520
  UNP Srima Shanthini Kongahage 18,472
  UNP A. M. S. M. Shafie 18,367
  UNP Nihal Gunasekara 18,115
  UNP Lakshman Wijesiri 16,479

2013 provincial council election

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Results of the 6th provincial council election held on 21 September 2013 for the district:[36]

Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes % Seats
  United People's Freedom Alliance [ad] 19,072 34,310 52,924 24,103 9,156 31,606 34,824 24,514 23,270 15,945 22,225 23,613 25,667 14,583 355,812 55.76% 16
  United National Party 8,931 21,578 32,401 11,559 10,047 13,136 13,358 16,432 16,762 7,938 10,782 19,071 13,973 4,219 200,187 31.37% 9
  Democratic Party 1,548 1,545 5,216 1,408 1,741 6,369 2,606 2,788 3,388 1,632 321 2,422 4,173 2,274 37,431 5.87% 2
  Ceylon Workers' Congress 97 3,221 242 2,296 498 1,832 3,490 3,905 838 1,764 41 302 94 167 18,787 2.94% 1
  Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 632 535 2,386 1,303 293 511 287 1,391 215 181 28 2,448 842 85 11,137 1.75% 1
  Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 463 389 1,308 144 221 1,104 701 512 635 425 505 347 484 402 7,640 1.20% 0
  Sri Lanka People's Party 63 59 165 47 107 103 44 95 275 41 50 168 311 22 1,550 0.24% 0
  Up-Country People's Front 12 341 65 162 234 53 360 70 63 48 4 18 10 18 1,458 0.23% 0
  Jana Setha Peramuna 10 13 85 7 16 31 24 13 20 3 5 68 438 23 756 0.12% 0
  United Lanka Great Council 22 47 82 33 15 75 54 39 30 30 24 43 40 10 544 0.09% 0
  New Democratic Front 28 33 59 12 22 67 46 43 47 11 4 27 28 77 504 0.08% 0
  Our National Front 17 55 54 30 8 38 54 38 24 28 33 43 27 17 466 0.07% 0
  Patriotic National Front 19 16 43 12 20 59 23 26 23 16 1 26 38 20 342 0,05% 0
  Independent Group 8 17 20 32 27 7 14 41 14 8 21 10 19 15 6 257 0.04% 0
  Independent Group 4 3 23 20 20 8 23 39 40 13 11 4 6 12 6 228 0.04% 0
  Ruhunu People's Party 0 41 10 8 2 6 20 13 21 2 1 28 12 3 167 0.03% 0
  New Sinhala Heritage 7 10 21 6 6 15 18 14 16 2 4 9 16 10 154 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 7 6 9 8 13 3 14 19 11 5 8 2 7 7 0 112 0,02% 0
  Independent Group 6 3 12 6 2 6 8 25 9 6 5 9 4 14 1 110 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 1 6 7 20 3 6 5 9 6 10 4 6 7 10 7 106 0.02% 0
  Muslim Liberation Front 5 11 17 4 4 9 11 7 4 6 2 3 4 2 89 0.01% 0
  Sri Lanka Labour Party 2 8 6 3 1 6 14 18 6 8 1 1 3 0 77 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 2 4 6 8 5 0 7 7 8 2 3 3 3 8 2 66 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 5 4 4 13 3 2 2 10 3 3 4 4 6 6 1 65 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 3 3 5 10 3 3 8 4 4 1 3 4 7 2 2 58 0.01% 0
Valid Votes 30,974 62,298 95,201 41,213 22,426 55,101 56,088 50,013 45,685 28,139 34,073 48,695 46,234 21,957 638,097 100.00% 29
Rejected Votes 1,471 4,331 4,993 3,003 941 2,961 4,990 3,610 2,111 2,116 2,264 2,835 2,385 1,137 39,148
Total Polled 32,445 66,629 100,194 44,216 23,367 58,062 61,078 53,623 47,796 30,255 36,337 51,530 48,619 23,094 677,245
Registered electors 53,484 97,640 152,688 67,710 38,364 90,563 91,894 82,896 77,805 46,254 57,334 79,945 78,738 23,805 1,015,315
Turnout 60.66% 68.24% 65.62% 65.30% 60.91% 64.11% 66.47% 64.69% 61.43% 65.41 63,38% 64.46% 61.75% 97.01% 66.7%

The following candidates were elected:[37]

Preferential votes
Party Candidate votes
  UPFA Anuradha Jayaratne 107,644
  UPFA Sarath Ekanayake 70,121
  UNP Azath Salley 55,395
  UNP Jamaldeen Jeilabdeen 45,792
  UPFA Thilina Bandara Tennakoon 45,027
  UPFA Ediriweera Weerawardena 44,206
  UPFA Mahinda Abeykoon 29,889
  UPFA R. G. Samaranayake 28,646
  UNP Mayantha Dissanayake 27,204
  UPFA Nishshanka Herath 25,877
  UPFA Gunathilaka Rajapaksha 24,560
  UNP Lucky Jayawardena 24,437
  UPFA A. G. Sirisena 24,429
  UPFA Linton Wijesinghe 24,266
  UPFA Sunil Kithsiri Amaratunga 23,946
  UPFA Aluthgamage Weerasinghe 23,652
  UPFA Manel Bandara 23,400
  UPFA M. G. Jayaratne 22,816
  UPFA Jagath Wijenayake 22,386
  UPFA Gamini Wijaya Bandara 21,639
  UNP Padmalal de Alwis 19,037
  UNP Chanaka Ailapperuma 18,603
  UNP M. Velu Kumar 18,159
  UNP P. B. Warawewa 16,990
  UNP Chithra Srimathi Manthilake 16,054
  CWC Thureysami Madiyugaraja 8,774
  DP Channa Galappaththige 7,628
  DP Asanga Thilakaratne 5,542
  SLMC A. L. M. Uvais 3,275

Notes

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  1. ^ Including the Ceylon Workers' Congress.
  2. ^ Including the CPSL, LSSP, NSSP, SLMP.
  3. ^ Mahahitana Arachchige Daniel (UNP) was murdered on 25 June 1989.[14].
  4. ^ Including the Ceylon Workers' Congress.
  5. ^ Including the SLFP et al..
  6. ^ Including the JVP.
  7. ^ Gamini Dissanayake (UNP) was murdered on 24 October 1994.
  8. ^ Including the SLFP et al..
  9. ^ Including the SLMC.
  10. ^ Including the NSSP et al.
  11. ^ Including the UNP, SLMC, CWC, WPF.
  12. ^ Including the SLFP et al.
  13. ^ Including the NSSP et al.
  14. ^ Including the UNP, SLMC, CWC, WPF.
  15. ^ Including the SLFP, JVP.
  16. ^ Including the NSSP.
  17. ^ Including the SLFP.
  18. ^ Including the UNP, SLMC, DPF, SLFP(P).
  19. ^ Including the JVP,DNF et al.
  20. ^ The alliance consisted of ACMC,DNM, JHU,MTNA,NFGG, SLMC, TPA (DPF, NUW and UCPF),ULF and UNP.
  21. ^ The alliance consisted of CF,DNF,DPC, LPSL, MEP, NC, NFF,PHU, SA (CPSL, DLF, LSSP,NLPP and SLPP), SLFP, TMVP and UCF.
  22. ^ The alliance consisted of SLFP,CWC, CPSL, DLF, DVJP, EPDP, LSSP, MEP,MTK, NC, NFF,PHU, SLMP, SLPP, TMVP,UPP & VDJS.
  23. ^ The alliance consisted of JHU, SLMC, TPA (NUW, DPF, UCPF), ACMC,NLNP & JSP.
  24. ^ Including JVP.
  25. ^ Including the CPSL, LSSP, NSSP & SLMP
  26. ^ Including the SLFP et al.
  27. ^ Including the SLFP.
  28. ^ Including the SLFP, JVP.
  29. ^ Including the SLFP .
  30. ^ Including the SLFP .

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