Matale Electoral District
Matale | |
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Electoral District for the Parliament of Sri Lanka | |
Administrative District | Matale |
Province | Central |
Polling divisions | 4 |
Population | 483,000[1] (2008) |
Electorate | 342,684[2] (2010) |
Area | 1,993 km2 (770 sq mi)[3] |
Current Electoral District | |
Number of members | 5 |
MPs | Rohini Kavirathna SJB Rohana Dissanayake, SLPFA Nalaka Kottegoda, SLFPA Premitha Bandara Tennakoon, SLFPA Janaka Bandara Tennakoon, SLFPA |
Matale 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 Matale in the Central province. The district currently elects five of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 342,684 registered electors in 2010.[2]
Presidential Elections
[edit]1982 presidential election
[edit]Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982 for the district:[4]
Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Junius Jayewardene | UNP | 27,368 | 17,354 | 22,452 | 25,183 | 1,674 | 94,031 | 58.11% | |
Hector Kobbekaduwa | SLFP | 21,748 | 12,149 | 11,632 | 12,982 | 788 | 59,299 | 36.65% | |
Rohana Wijeweera | JVP | 2,501 | 1,158 | 1,400 | 2,033 | 77 | 7,169 | 4.43% | |
Colvin R. de Silva | LSSP | 309 | 155 | 153 | 239 | 10 | 866 | 0.54% | |
Kumar Ponnambalam | ACTC | 46 | 39 | 85 | 82 | 1 | 253 | 0.16% | |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara | NSSP | 40 | 34 | 49 | 61 | 12 | 196 | 0.12% | |
Valid Votes | 52,012 | 30,889 | 35,771 | 40,580 | 2,562 | 161,814 | 100.00% | ||
Rejected Votes | 385 | 272 | 332 | 396 | 29 | 1,414 | |||
Total Polled | 52,397 | 31,161 | 36,103 | 40,976 | 2,591 | 163,228 | |||
Registered Electors | 60,536 | 35,129 | 43,705 | 47,906 | 187,276 | ||||
Turnout | 86.56% | 88.70% | 82.61% | 85.53% | 87.16% |
1988 presidential election
[edit]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 | 4,276 | 9,055 | 12,544 | 10,599 | 533 | 37,007 | 57.85% | |
Sirimavo Bandaranaike | SLFP | 3,195 | 8,908 | 6,889 | 6,380 | 453 | 25,825 | 40.37% | |
Ossie Abeygunasekera | SLMP | 137 | 216 | 437 | 320 | 25 | 1,135 | 1.77% | |
Valid Votes | 7,608 | 18,179 | 19,870 | 17,299 | 1,011 | 63,967 | 100.00% | ||
Rejected Votes | 102 | 198 | 463 | 297 | 50 | 1,110 | |||
Total Polled | 7,710 | 18,377 | 20,333 | 17,596 | 1,061 | 65,077 | |||
Registered Electors | 72,515 | 41,110 | 48,841 | 52,472 | 214,938 | ||||
Turnout | 10.63% | 44.70% | 41.63% | 33.53% | 30.28% |
1994 presidential election
[edit]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 | 37,869 | 26,092 | 25,234 | 28,300 | 3,954 | 121,449 | 60.98% | |
Srima Dissanayake | UNP | 23,746 | 13,013 | 16,006 | 18,187 | 2,372 | 73,324 | 36.82% | |
Hudson Samarasinghe | Ind 2 | 602 | 507 | 379 | 618 | 5 | 2,111 | 1.06% | |
Harischandra Wijayatunga | SMBP | 273 | 137 | 288 | 250 | 44 | 992 | 0.50% | |
Nihal Galappaththi | SLPF | 229 | 143 | 137 | 154 | 17 | 680 | 0.34% | |
A. J. Ranasinghe | Ind 1 | 187 | 119 | 126 | 169 | 7 | 608 | 0.31% | |
Valid Votes | 62,906 | 40,011 | 42,170 | 47,678 | 6,399 | 199,164 | 100.00% | ||
Rejected Votes | 1,458 | 897 | 1,253 | 1,636 | 73 | 5,317 | |||
Total Polled | 64,364 | 40,908 | 43,423 | 49,314 | 6,472 | 204,481 | |||
Registered Electors | 85,870 | 48,525 | 58,638 | 66,238 | 259,271 | ||||
Turnout | 74.96% | 84.30% | 74.05% | 74.45% | 78.87% |
1999 presidential election
[edit]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 | 35,811 | 24,073 | 21,709 | 26,959 | 2,680 | 111,232 | 51.42% | |
Ranil Wickramasinghe | UNP | 30,850 | 16,091 | 20,185 | 22,336 | 2,482 | 91,944 | 42.51% | |
Nandana Gunathilake | JVP | 3,496 | 1,069 | 1,392 | 1,574 | 393 | 7,924 | 3.66% | |
W. V. M. Ranjith | Ind 2 | 323 | 200 | 168 | 255 | 5 | 951 | 0.44% | |
Harischandra Wijayatunga | SMBP | 233 | 112 | 239 | 264 | 54 | 902 | 0.42% | |
Rajiva Wijesinha | LPSL | 270 | 181 | 172 | 235 | 2 | 860 | 0.40% | |
Tennyson Edirisuriya | Ind 1 | 214 | 171 | 122 | 232 | 8 | 747 | 0.35% | |
Abdul Rasool | SLMP | 169 | 64 | 170 | 142 | 5 | 550 | 0.25% | |
Kamal Karunadasa | PLSF | 132 | 74 | 56 | 78 | 3 | 343 | 0.16% | |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara | LDA | 91 | 35 | 94 | 75 | 13 | 308 | 0.14% | |
Hudson Samarasinghe | Ind 3 | 76 | 48 | 59 | 78 | 0 | 261 | 0.12% | |
A. W. Premawardhana | PFF | 57 | 30 | 33 | 27 | 2 | 149 | 0.07% | |
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka | DUNF | 46 | 31 | 34 | 28 | 0 | 139 | 0.06% | |
Valid Votes | 71,768 | 42,179 | 44,433 | 52,283 | 5,647 | 216,310 | 100.00% | ||
Rejected Votes | 1,876 | 1,112 | 1,322 | 1,627 | 234 | 6,171 | |||
Total Polled | 73,644 | 43,291 | 45,755 | 53,910 | 5,881 | 222,481 | |||
Registered Electors | 97,348 | 53,732 | 64,069 | 71,025 | 286,174 | ||||
Turnout | 75.65% | 80.57% | 71.42% | 75.90% | 77.74% |
2005 presidential election
[edit]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 | 38,692 | 22,249 | 29,637 | 31,449 | 3,910 | 125,937 | 50.25% | |
Mahinda Rajapaksa | UPFA | 43,853 | 23,637 | 20,945 | 25,551 | 6,547 | 120,533 | 48.09% | |
A. A. Suraweera | NDF | 361 | 279 | 235 | 334 | 8 | 1,217 | 0.49% | |
Siritunga Jayasuriya | USP | 325 | 243 | 278 | 362 | 4 | 1,212 | 0.48% | |
Chamil Jayaneththi | NLF | 117 | 86 | 73 | 78 | 2 | 356 | 0.14% | |
Victor Hettigoda | ULPP | 102 | 37 | 88 | 96 | 19 | 342 | 0.14% | |
Wimal Geeganage | SLNF | 71 | 65 | 34 | 58 | 0 | 228 | 0.09% | |
Aruna de Soyza | RPP | 84 | 51 | 33 | 55 | 1 | 224 | 0.09% | |
Anura De Silva | ULF | 61 | 45 | 48 | 53 | 1 | 208 | 0.08% | |
A. K. J. Arachchige | DUA | 41 | 35 | 25 | 39 | 1 | 141 | 0.06% | |
Wije Dias | SEP | 31 | 28 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 95 | 0.04% | |
P. Nelson Perera | SLPF | 23 | 14 | 15 | 24 | 0 | 76 | 0.03% | |
H. S. Dharmadwaja | UNAF | 17 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 51 | 0.02% | |
Valid Votes | 83,778 | 46,781 | 51,439 | 58,129 | 10,493 | 250,620 | 100.00% | ||
Rejected Votes | 1,073 | 679 | 932 | 955 | 146 | 3,785 | |||
Total Polled | 84,851 | 47,460 | 52,371 | 59,084 | 10,639 | 254,405 | |||
Registered Electors | 111,401 | 60,990 | 71,171 | 78,314 | 321,876 | ||||
Turnout | 76.17% | 77.82% | 73.58% | 75.45% | 79.04% |
2010 presidential election
[edit]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 | 58,016 | 31,277 | 26,996 | 32,818 | 8,846 | 157,953 | 59.74% | |
Sarath Fonseka | NDF | 28,171 | 16,300 | 26,013 | 25,991 | 4,038 | 100,513 | 38.01% | |
M. C. M. Ismail | DUNF | 360 | 213 | 289 | 232 | 11 | 1,105 | 0.42% | |
A. A. Suraweera | NDF | 267 | 188 | 174 | 210 | 2 | 841 | 0.32% | |
W. V. M. Ranjith | Ind 1 | 250 | 136 | 100 | 139 | 10 | 635 | 0.24% | |
C. J. Sugathsiri Gamage | UDF | 158 | 100 | 159 | 203 | 3 | 623 | 0.24% | |
A. S. P. Liyanage | SLLP | 96 | 90 | 83 | 97 | 6 | 372 | 0.14% | |
Ukkubanda Wijekoon | Ind 3 | 107 | 70 | 75 | 87 | 1 | 340 | 0.13% | |
Siritunga Jayasuriya | USP | 85 | 59 | 57 | 97 | 2 | 300 | 0.11% | |
Sarath Manamendra | NSH | 75 | 72 | 61 | 88 | 3 | 299 | 0.11% | |
Lal Perera | ONF | 51 | 46 | 60 | 91 | 1 | 249 | 0.09% | |
M. K. Shivajilingam | Ind 5 | 41 | 44 | 48 | 57 | 2 | 192 | 0.07% | |
Aithurus M. Illias | Ind 2 | 62 | 32 | 39 | 40 | 1 | 174 | 0.07% | |
Vikramabahu Karunaratne | LF | 43 | 31 | 34 | 43 | 6 | 157 | 0.06% | |
Sanath Pinnaduwa | NA | 27 | 28 | 29 | 32 | 1 | 117 | 0.04% | |
Wije Dias | SEP | 29 | 21 | 25 | 27 | 1 | 103 | 0.04% | |
M. Mohamed Musthaffa | Ind 4 | 23 | 20 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 92 | 0.03% | |
Ven.Battaramulla Seelarathana Thero |
JP | 27 | 20 | 17 | 25 | 0 | 89 | 0.03% | |
Aruna de Soyza | RPP | 20 | 15 | 16 | 34 | 1 | 86 | 0.03% | |
Senaratna de Silva | PNF | 20 | 15 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 74 | 0.03% | |
M. B. Thaminimulla | ACAKO | 10 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 57 | 0.02% | |
Sarath Kongahage | UNAF | 11 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 48 | 0.02% | |
Valid Votes | 87,949 | 48,798 | 54,347 | 60,388 | 12,937 | 264,419 | 100.00% | ||
Rejected Votes | 778 | 361 | 650 | 760 | 117 | 2,666 | |||
Total Polled | 88,727 | 49,159 | 54,997 | 61,148 | 13,054 | 267,085 | |||
Registered Electors | 119,453 | 64,696 | 75,154 | 83,381 | 342,684 | ||||
Turnout | 74.28% | 75.98% | 73.18% | 73.34% | 77.94% |
2015 presidential election
[edit]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 | 57,657 | 33,821 | 26,684 | 32,235 | 8,483 | 158,880 | 51.41% | |
Maithripala Sirisena | NDF | 47,652 | 21,511 | 36,052 | 37,319 | 8,394 | 145,928 | 47.22% | |
R. A. Sirisena | PNF | 205 | 170 | 123 | 141 | 5 | 649 | 0.21% | |
Namal Rajapaksa | ONF | 158 | 136 | 65 | 137 | 4 | 500 | 0.16% | |
A. S. P. Liyanage | SLLP | 92 | 73 | 101 | 125 | 3 | 394 | 0.13% | |
M. I. Mohanmed Mishlar | UPF | 104 | 59 | 91 | 134 | 4 | 392 | 0.13% | |
R. Peduru Arachchi | ULPP | 74 | 72 | 96 | 134 | 4 | 380 | 0.12% | |
Aithurus M. Illias | Ind 1 | 90 | 52 | 77 | 86 | 1 | 306 | 0.1% | |
Siritunga Jayasuriya | USP | 66 | 42 | 72 | 102 | 3 | 285 | 0.09% | |
Duminda Nagamuwa | FSP | 79 | 39 | 54 | 72 | 7 | 251 | 0.08% | |
Sarath Manamendra | NSH | 75 | 50 | 44 | 71 | 1 | 241 | 0.08% | |
Anurudha Polgampola | Ind 2 | 36 | 30 | 40 | 45 | 1 | 152 | 0.05% | |
Sundaram Mahendran | NSSP | 24 | 33 | 36 | 40 | 2 | 135 | 0.04% | |
M. B. Theminimulla | ACAKO | 36 | 22 | 25 | 36 | 0 | 119 | 0.04% | |
Vajirapani Wijesiriwardene | SEP | 27 | 11 | 28 | 31 | 0 | 97 | 0.03% | |
Ven.Battaramulla Seelarathana Thero |
JSP | 30 | 12 | 15 | 28 | 3 | 88 | 0.03% | |
Prasanna Priyankara | DNM | 25 | 13 | 11 | 34 | 4 | 87 | 0.03% | |
Jayantha Kulathunga | ULGC | 27 | 17 | 9 | 25 | 3 | 81 | 0.03% | |
Wimal Geeganage | SLNF | 15 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 57 | 0.02% | |
Valid Votes | 101,472 | 56,178 | 63,637 | 70,812 | 16,923 | 309,022 | 100.00% | ||
Rejected Votes | 1,074 | 581 | 773 | 1,079 | 146 | 3,653 | 1.17% | ||
Total Polled | 102,546 | 56,759 | 64,410 | 71,891 | 17,069 | 312,675 | 82.35% | ||
Registered Electors | 131,831 | 70,323 | 84,225 | 93,296 | 17,330 | 379,675 |
Parliamentary General Elections
[edit]1989 parliamentary general election
[edit]Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989 for the district:[10]
Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United National Party[a] | 23,381 | 19,839 | 21,422 | 22,019 | 2,208 | 88,869 | 63.81% | 4 | |
Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 18,786 | 7,143 | 8,553 | 10,225 | 1,010 | 45,717 | 32.82% | 1 | |
United Lanka People's Party | 882 | 157 | 364 | 912 | 35 | 2,350 | 1.69% | 0 | |
United Socialist Alliance[b] | 445 | 350 | 773 | 710 | 66 | 2,344 | 1.68% | 0 | |
Valid Votes | 43,494 | 27,489 | 31,112 | 33,866 | 3,319 | 139,280 | 100.00% | 5 | |
Rejected Votes | 3,818 | 2,453 | 2,445 | 3,079 | 132 | 11,927 | |||
Total Polled | 47,312 | 29,942 | 33,557 | 36,945 | 3,451 | 151,207 | |||
Registered Electors | 71,722 | 40,656 | 47,520 | 51,452 | 3,588 | 214,938 | |||
Turnout | 65.97% | 73.65% | 70.62% | 71.80% | 96.18% | 70.35% |
The following candidates were elected:[10]
Alliance | Party | Candidate | votes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNP | UNP | J. Wijeratna Banda | 31,635 | ||
UNP | UNP | Alick Aluwihare | 31,004 | ||
UNP | UNP | P. B. Kaviratne | 23,541 | ||
UNP | UNP | V. G. Jinadasa | 22,941 | ||
SLFP | SLFP | Nandimithra Ekanayake | 17,941 |
1994 parliamentary general election
[edit]Results of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994 for the district:[11]
Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
People's Alliance[c] | 34,286 | 20,648 | 20,607 | 22,856 | 4,283 | 102,680 | 49.85% | 3 | |
United National Party [d] | 30,468 | 17,970 | 22,446 | 26,283 | 2,954 | 100,121 | 48.61% | 2 | |
Independent Group | 597 | 437 | 294 | 390 | 10 | 1,728 | 0.84% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka Progressive Front[e] | 600 | 153 | 338 | 266 | 76 | 1,433 | 0.70% | 0 | |
Valid Votes | 65,951 | 39,208 | 43,685 | 49,795 | 7,323 | 205,962 | 100.00% | 5 | |
Rejected Votes | 3,881 | 2,618 | 2,630 | 3,393 | 124 | 12,646 | |||
Total Polled | 69,832 | 41,826 | 46,315 | 53,188 | 7,447 | 218,608 | |||
Registered Electors | 85,870 | 48,525 | 58,638 | 66,238 | 259,271 | ||||
Turnout | 81.32% | 86.19% | 78.98% | 80.30% | 84.32% |
The following candidates were elected:[11]
Alliance | Party | Candidate | votes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNP | UNP | Alick Aluwihare | 61,526 | ||
PA | SLFP | Janaka Bandara Tennakoon | 52,437 | ||
PA | SLFP | Nandimithra Ekanayake | 51,919 | ||
PA | SLFP | Monty Gopallawa | 40,555 | ||
UNP | UNP | V. G. Jinadasa | 35,474 |
2000 parliamentary general election
[edit]Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000 for the district:[12]
Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
People's Alliance[f] | 35,421 | 23,692 | 19,877 | 27,615 | 3,608 | 110,213 | 50.53% | 3 | |
United National Party | 30,455 | 14,941 | 22,089 | 21,331 | 3,020 | 91,836 | 42.11% | 2 | |
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 4,396 | 1,283 | 2,233 | 2,138 | 623 | 10,673 | 4.89% | 0 | |
New Left Front[g] | 778 | 460 | 440 | 660 | 12 | 2,350 | 1.08% | 0 | |
Sinhala Heritage | 279 | 65 | 618 | 391 | 105 | 1,458 | 0.67% | 0 | |
United Lanka Great Council | 109 | 94 | 86 | 80 | 0 | 369 | 0.17% | 0 | |
Citizen's Front | 73 | 61 | 90 | 108 | 14 | 346 | 0.16% | 0 | |
Liberal Party | 38 | 31 | 51 | 57 | 2 | 179 | 0.08% | 0 | |
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya |
37 | 19 | 40 | 48 | 14 | 158 | 0.07% | 0 | |
Democratic United National Front |
56 | 31 | 18 | 37 | 2 | 144 | 0.07% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka Muslim Party | 33 | 8 | 22 | 31 | 2 | 96 | 0.04% | 0 | |
National Development Front | 43 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 86 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Independent Group | 16 | 13 | 13 | 33 | 0 | 75 | 0.03% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 15 | 8 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 65 | 0.03% | 0 | |
People's Freedom Front | 7 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 49 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Valid Votes | 71,756 | 40,728 | 45,626 | 52,582 | 7,405 | 218,097 | 100.00% | 5 | |
Rejected Votes | 5,385 | 2,843 | 3,334 | 4,002 | 155 | 15,719 | |||
Total Polled | 77,141 | 43,571 | 48,960 | 56,584 | 7,560 | 233,816 | |||
Registered Electors | 99,756 | 54,910 | 65,389 | 72,597 | 292,652 | ||||
Turnout | 77.33% | 79.35% | 74.87% | 77.94% | 79.90% |
The following candidates were elected:[13]
Alliance | Party | Candidate | votes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNP | UNP | Ranjith Aluwihare | 62,911 | ||
UNP | UNP | Alick Aluwihare | 60,419 | ||
PA | SLFP | Janaka Bandara Tennakoon | 42,366 | ||
PA | SLFP | Monty Gopallawa | 40,397 | ||
PA | SLFP | Nandimithra Ekanayake | 39,585 |
2001 parliamentary general election
[edit]Results of the 12th parliamentary election held on 5 December 2001 for the district:[14]
Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United National Front [h] | 34,066 | 16,117 | 28,478 | 28,088 | 3,242 | 109,991 | 50.43% | 3 | |
People's Alliance [i] | 29,281 | 20,938 | 15,044 | 20,506 | 3,230 | 88,999 | 40.81% | 2 | |
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 6,958 | 2,133 | 2,816 | 3,179 | 977 | 16,063 | 7.37% | 0 | |
New Left Front [j] | 649 | 402 | 306 | 453 | 14 | 1,824 | 0.84% | 0 | |
United Lalith Front | 130 | 64 | 85 | 85 | 1 | 365 | 0.17% | 0 | |
Independent Group | 76 | 40 | 31 | 75 | 1 | 223 | 0.10% | 0 | |
Liberal Party | 55 | 37 | 23 | 37 | 0 | 152 | 0.07% | 0 | |
United Sinhala Great Council | 36 | 10 | 31 | 60 | 2 | 139 | 0.06% | 0 | |
People's Freedom Front | 24 | 25 | 15 | 39 | 0 | 103 | 0.05% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka Muslim Party | 45 | 13 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 96 | 0.04% | 0 | |
National Development Front | 27 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 67 | 0.03% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka National Front | 12 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 40 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Ruhunu People's Party | 10 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 28 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Valid Votes | 71,369 | 39,801 | 46,873 | 52,578 | 7,469 | 218,090 | 100.00% | 5 | |
Rejected Votes | 5,225 | 2,740 | 3,106 | 4,253 | 125 | 15,449 | 1.65% | ||
Total Polled | 76,594 | 42,541 | 49,979 | 56,831 | 7,594 | 233,539 | |||
Registered Electors | 102,302 | 56,244 | 67,034 | 74,026 | 299,606 | ||||
Turnout | 74.87% | 75.64% | 74.56% | 76.77% | 77.95% |
The following candidates were elected:[15]
Alliance | Party | Candidate | votes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNF | UNP | Alick Aluwihare | 75,620 | ||
UNF | UNP | Ranjith Aluwihare | 72,553 | ||
PA | SLFP | Janaka Bandara Tennakoon | 49,959 | ||
UNF | UNP | Sanjeeva Kaviratne | 37,226 | ||
PA | SLFP | S. B. Yalegama | 35,450 |
2004 parliamentary general election
[edit]Results of the 13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004 for the district:[16]
Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United People's Freedom Alliance[k] |
40,616 | 21,307 | 18,496 | 22,747 | 5,093 | 108,259 | 49.19% | 3 | |
United National Front[l] | 29,456 | 18,784 | 24,058 | 25,330 | 3,014 | 100,642 | 45.73% | 2 | |
Jathika Hela Urumaya | 1,982 | 579 | 3,135 | 2,611 | 512 | 8,819 | 4.01% | 0 | |
United Socialist Party | 264 | 220 | 263 | 383 | 5 | 1,135 | 0.52% | 0 | |
National Development Front | 64 | 34 | 89 | 81 | 3 | 271 | 0.12% | 0 | |
National People's Party | 77 | 29 | 67 | 90 | 4 | 267 | 0.12% | 0 | |
Independent Group 6 | 91 | 43 | 48 | 80 | 1 | 263 | 0.12% | 0 | |
New Left Front [m] | 33 | 10 | 31 | 32 | 3 | 109 | 0.05% | 0 | |
Independent Group 3 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 64 | 0.03% | 0 | |
Independent Group 5 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 48 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Independent Group 1 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Liberal Party | 5 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka Muslim Party | 11 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka National Front | 2 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya |
9 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent Group 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Ruhunu People's Party | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent Group 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Swarajya Party | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Valid Votes | 72,660 | 41,066 | 46,266 | 51,429 | 8,641 | 220,062 | 100.00% | 5 | |
Rejected Votes | 6,905 | 3,598 | 3,273 | 4,959 | 177 | 18,912 | |||
Total Polled | 79,565 | 44,664 | 49,539 | 56,388 | 8,818 | 238,974 | |||
Registered Electors | 107,353 | 58,799 | 69,860 | 76,544 | 312,556 | ||||
Turnout | 74.12% | 75.96% | 70.91% | 73.67% | 76.46% |
The following candidates were elected:[17]
Alliance | Party | Candidate | votes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UPFA | JVP | Sujatha Alahakoon | 57,234 | ||
UPFA | SLFP | Janaka Bandara Tennakoon | 54,711 | ||
UNF | UNP | Ranjith Aluwihare | 47,152 | ||
UNF | UNP | Alick Aluwihare [n] | 39,649 | ||
UPFA | SLFP | Rohana Dissanayake | 37,091 |
2010 parliamentary general election
[edit]Results of the 14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010 for the district:[20]
Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United People's Freedom Alliance[o] |
42,847 | 27,777 | 23,734 | 26,818 | 9,893 | 131,069 | 66.96% | 4 | |
United National Front [p] | 15,080 | 8,478 | 14,659 | 14,666 | 2,854 | 55,737 | 28.47% | 1 | |
Democratic National Alliance [q] |
2,645 | 688 | 1,974 | 1,574 | 755 | 7,636 | 3.90% | 0 | |
Our National Front | 57 | 48 | 34 | 21 | 3 | 163 | 0.08% | 0 | |
National Development Front | 28 | 14 | 34 | 46 | 6 | 128 | 0.07% | 0 | |
Independent Group 1 | 18 | 30 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 96 | 0.05% | 0 | |
Independent Group 7 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 68 | 0 | 92 | 0.05% | 0 | |
Independent Group 11 | 22 | 33 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 90 | 0.05% | 0 | |
Independent Group 9 | 26 | 17 | 16 | 25 | 2 | 86 | 0.04% | 0 | |
United National Alternative Front |
14 | 13 | 18 | 29 | 2 | 76 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Independent Group 2 | 19 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 0 | 75 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka National Front | 4 | 19 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 75 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Independent Group 6 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 51 | 0.03% | 0 | |
Independent Group 5 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 0.02% | 0 | |
United Lanka Great Council | 6 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 39 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Independent Group 8 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 39 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Independent Group 10 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 38 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Janasetha Peramuna | 24 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 0.02% | 0 | |
United Democratic Front | 13 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Independent Group 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Patriotic National Front | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Left Liberation Front | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent Group 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka Labour Party | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya |
2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 0.01% | 0 | |
All Are Citizens All Are Kings Organisation |
4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Ruhuna People's Party | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Valid Votes | 60,898 | 37,204 | 40,670 | 43,425 | 13,553 | 195,750 | 100.00% | 5 | |
Rejected Votes | 5,932 | 3,217 | 3,990 | 5,567 | 604 | 19,310 | |||
Total Polled | 66,830 | 40,421 | 44,660 | 48,992 | 14,157 | 215,060 | |||
Registered Electors | 119,453 | 64,696 | 75,154 | 83,381 | 342,684 | ||||
Turnout | 55.95% | 62.48% | 59.42% | 58.76% | 62.76% |
The following candidates were elected:[21]
Alliance | Party | Candidate | votes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UPFA | SLFP | Lakshman Wasantha Perera | 65,077 | ||
UPFA | SLFP | Janaka Bandara Tennakoon | 47,133 | ||
UPFA | UNP | Nandimithra Ekanayake | 35,754 | ||
UPFA | SLFP | Rohana Dissanayake | 32,803 | ||
UNF | UNP | Wasantha Aluwihare | 31,529 |
Provincial Council Elections
[edit]1988 provincial council election
[edit]Results of the 1st Central provincial council election held on 2 June 1988[22]
Party | Total Votes | % | Seats | |
---|---|---|---|---|
United National Party | 57,225 | 59.37% | 6 | |
United Socialist Alliance[r] | 32,923 | 34.16% | 4 | |
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 6,229 | 6.46% | 1 | |
Valid Votes | 96,377 | 100.00% | 11 |
1993 provincial council election
[edit]Results of the 2nd Central provincial council election held on 17 May 1993:[23]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
---|---|---|---|---|
United National Party | 94,376 | 53.17% | 6 | |
People's Alliance [s] | 46,322 | 26.1% | 3 | |
Democratic United National Front | 31,299 | 17.63% | 2 | |
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 4,153 | 2.34% | 0 | |
Nava Sama Samaja Party | 1,334 | 0.75% | 0 | |
Valid Votes | 177,484 | 100.00% | 11 |
1999 provincial council election
[edit]Results of the 3rd Central provincial council election held on 6 April 1999 for the district:[24][25][26]
Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
People's Alliance [t] | 31,586 | 22,192 | 16,556 | 23,015 | 1,766 | 95,115 | 51.38% | 6 | |
United National Party | 23,887 | 12,651 | 16,742 | 15,736 | 1,689 | 70,705 | 38.2% | 4 | |
National Union of Workers [u] | 228 | 885 | 3,303 | 4,871 | 19 | 9,306 | 5.03% | 1 | |
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 3,044 | 1,380 | 1,667 | 1,652 | 267 | 8,010 | 4.33% | 0 | |
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | 429 | 182 | 418 | 362 | 62 | 1,453 | 0.78% | 0 | |
Independent Group | 89 | 75 | 178 | 166 | 8 | 516 | 0.28% | 0 | |
Valid Votes | 59,263 | 37,365 | 38,864 | 45,802 | 3,811 | 185,105 | 100.00% | 11 | |
Rejected Votes | 4,878 | 3,056 | 3,494 | 4,691 | 138 | 16,257 | 8.07% | ||
Total Polled | 64,141 | 40,421 | 42,358 | 50,493 | 3,949 | 201,362 | 71.64% | ||
Registered Electors | 95,125 | 52,861 | 62,744 | 70,359 | 281,089 |
The following candidates were elected:[27]
Party | Candidate | votes | |
---|---|---|---|
UNP | Wasantha Aluwihare | 42,689 | |
PA | S. B. Yalegama | 30,342 | |
PA | Sarath Ekanayake | 27,966 | |
PA | W. M. Yasamana | 26,559 | |
PA | L. D. Nimalasiri | 17,722 | |
UNP | Sanjeeva Kaviratne | 17,559 | |
PA | Dhammika Ransiri | 16,811 | |
UNP | Mohan Weerakoon | 15,031 | |
PA | K. H. M. G. Seneviratne | 12,256 | |
NUW | Muthusamy Sivagnanam | 5,967 |
2004 provincial council election
[edit]Results of the 4th Central provincial council election held on 10 July 2004 for the district:[28]
Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United People's Freedom Alliance[v] |
32,668 | 20,551 | 15,496 | 19,981 | 3,814 | 92,510 | 56.12% | 6 | |
United National Party | 19,831 | 12,352 | 16,988 | 18,124 | 2,014 | 69,309 | 42.04% | 4 | |
United Socialist Party | 259 | 238 | 270 | 379 | 6 | 1,152 | 0.70% | 0 | |
Up-Country People's Front | 104 | 48 | 629 | 350 | 4 | 1,135 | 0.69% | 0 | |
National Development Front | 101 | 79 | 80 | 138 | 1 | 399 | 0.24% | 0 | |
Independent Group | 32 | 23 | 39 | 22 | 4 | 120 | 0.07% | 0 | |
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya |
23 | 18 | 33 | 33 | 10 | 117 | 0.07% | 0 | |
National People's Party | 15 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 62 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka Muslim Party | 15 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 53 | 0.03% | 0 | |
Valid Votes | 53,048 | 33,333 | 33,573 | 39,048 | 5,855 | 164,857 | 100.00% | 10 | |
Rejected Votes | 3,808 | 2,250 | 2,554 | 3,515 | 342 | 12,469 | |||
Total Polled | 56,856 | 35,583 | 36,127 | 42,563 | 6,197 | 177,326 | |||
Registered Electors | 107,353 | 58,799 | 69,860 | 76,544 | 312,556 | ||||
Turnout | 52.96% | 60.52% | 51.71% | 55.61% | 56.73% |
The following candidates were elected:[28]
Party | Candidate | votes | |
---|---|---|---|
UNP | Wasantha Aluwihare | 33,364 | |
UNP | Nandimithra Ekanayake | 27,731 | |
UPFA | Champaka Sugishwara Wijerathna | 25,688 | |
UPFA | S. B. Yalegama | 24,270 | |
UPFA | W. M. Yasamana | 23,637 | |
UPFA | Gamagedara Dissanayake | 23,216 | |
UPFA | Sarath Wijesinghe | 21,029 | |
UPFA | L. D. Nimalasiri | 18,954 | |
UNP | Sanjeeva Kaviratne | 15,728 | |
UNP | Rohana Bandaranayake | 12,452 |
2009 provincial council election
[edit]Results of the 5th Central provincial council election held on 14 February 2009 for the district:[29]
Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United People's Freedom Alliance[w] |
49,785 | 27,169 | 25,759 | 30,826 | 6,756 | 140,295 | 69.48% | 7 | |
United National Party | 14,668 | 9,912 | 14,789 | 15,139 | 1,501 | 56,009 | 27.74% | 3 | |
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 1,568 | 759 | 740 | 808 | 209 | 4,084 | 2.02% | 0 | |
National Development Front | 94 | 84 | 79 | 118 | 3 | 378 | 0.19% | 0 | |
United National Alliance | 91 | 63 | 75 | 114 | 3 | 346 | 0.17% | 0 | |
Independent Group 8 | 30 | 40 | 74 | 61 | 2 | 207 | 0.10% | 0 | |
Independent Group 4 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 87 | 0 | 112 | 0.06% | 0 | |
Independent Group 7 | 15 | 12 | 38 | 24 | 0 | 89 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Left Front [x] | 12 | 4 | 10 | 33 | 1 | 60 | 0.03% | 0 | |
Independent Group 6 | 13 | 9 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 55 | 0.03% | 0 | |
United Lanka Great Council | 18 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 50 | 0.02% | 0 | |
National People's Party | 23 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 48 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Independent Group 5 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 46 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Independent Group 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 28 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya |
8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent Group 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Patriotic National Front | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent Group 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Ruhuna People's Party | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Valid Votes | 66,376 | 38,104 | 41,652 | 47,289 | 8,490 | 201,911 | 100.00% | 10 | |
Rejected Votes | 4,785 | 3,158 | 3,476 | 4,780 | 296 | 16,495 | |||
Total Polled | 71,161 | 41,262 | 45,128 | 52,069 | 8,786 | 218,406 | |||
Registered Electors | 117,788 | 64,147 | 74,839 | 82,172 | 338,946 | ||||
Turnout | 60.41% | 64.32% | 60.30% | 63.37% | 64.44% |
The following candidates were elected:[30]
Party | Candidate | votes | |
---|---|---|---|
UPFA | Pramitha Tennakoon | 49,665 | |
UPFA | Nandimithra Ekanayake | 35,995 | |
UPFA | W. M. Yasamana | 32,991 | |
UPFA | S. B. Yalegama | 30,878 | |
UNP | Wasantha Aluwihare | 28,855 | |
UPFA | L. D. Nimalasiri | 27,958 | |
UPFA | Parakrama Dissanayake | 25,903 | |
UPFA | Champaka Sugishwara Wijerathna | 25,754 | |
UNP | Sanjeeva Kaviratne | 15,845 | |
UNP | Rohana Bandaranayake | 13,341 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ 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 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.
- ^ Alick Aluwihare (UNF-UNP) died on 17 May 2009.[18] His replacement Nandimithra Ekanayake (UNF-UNP) was sworn in on 9 June 2009.[19].
- ^ Including the SLFP.
- ^ Including the UNP, SLMC, DPF, SLFP(P).
- ^ Including the JVP,DNF et al.
- ^ Including the CPSL, LSSP, NSSP & SLMP
- ^ Including the SLFP et al.
- ^ Including the SLFP, SLMC et al.
- ^ Including the CWC, DWC.
- ^ Including the SLFP,JVP.
- ^ Including the SLFP.
- ^ Including NSSP et al.
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