Batticaloa Electoral District
Electoral district in Sri Lanka
Batticaloa Electoral District (Tamil : மட்டக்களப்பு தேர்தல் மாவட்டம் Maṭṭakkaḷappu Tērtal Māvaṭṭam ) 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 Batticaloa in the Eastern province . The district currently elects 5 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 449,686 registered electors in 2024. The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 12.[ 3]
Polling Divisions
The Batticaloa Electoral District consists of the following polling divisions:[ 3]
A: Kalkudah
B: Batticaloa
C: Paddiruppu
Election results
1982 presidential election
Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982:[ 4]
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal
Total Votes
%
Batti-
Kal-
Paddi-
J. R. Jayewardene UNP 24,220
15,950
7,129
795
48,094 40.05%
Kumar Ponnambalam ACTC 19,338
5,250
21,918
589
47,095 39.22%
Hector Kobbekaduwa
SLFP 9.922
7,994
3,485
287
21,688 18.06%
Colvin de Silva LSSP 438
304
531
21
1,294
1.08%
Rohana Wijeweera JVP 580
258
415
34
1,287 1.07%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara NSSP 229
155
230
4
618 0.51%
Valid Votes 54,727 29,911 33,708 1,730 120,076 100.00%
Rejected Votes
1,120
880
813
66
2,869
Total Polled
55,847
30,791
34,521
1,796
122,955
Registered Electors
80,394
46,195
45,891
172,480
Turnout (%)
69.47%
66.65%
75.22%
71.29%
1988 provincial council election
Results of the 1st North Eastern provincial council election held on 19 November 1988:[ 5]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Total Votes
%
Seats
Batti-
Kal-
Paddi-
Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front 46,006
32,546
48,394
126,946 74.76%
8
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 29,594
12,331
175
42,100 24.79%
3
United National Party 476
194
86
756 0.45%
0
Valid Votes 76,076 45,071 48,655 169,802 100.00% 11
Rejected Votes
1,495
629
610
2,734
Total Polled
77,571
45,700
49,265
172,536
Registered Electors
100,536
60,288
56,452
217,276
Turnout (%)
77.16%
75.80%
87.27%
79.41%
1988 presidential election
Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988:[ 6]
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal
Total Votes
%
Batti-
Kal-
Paddi-
Ranasinghe Premadasa UNP 29,976
15,289
16,227
165
61,657 50.99%
Sirimavo Bandaranaike SLFP 8,547
8,375
4,031
65
21,018 17.38%
Oswin Abeygunasekara
SLPP 14,972
9,135
13,977
159
38,243 31.63%
Valid Votes 53,495 32,799 34,235 389 120,918 100.00%
Rejected Votes
1,702
1,079
2,373
9
5,163
Total Polled
55,197
33,878
36,608
398
126,081
Registered Electors
99,717
59,421
56,447
215,585
Turnout (%)
55.35%
57.01%
64.85%
58.48%
1989 parliamentary general election
Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989:[ 7]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal
Total Votes
%
Seats
Batti-
Kal-
Paddi-
Tamil United Liberation Front (ENDLF , EPRLF , TELO , TULF )17,194
13,383
24,064
490
55,131 35.49%
3
Independent 1 (EROS )
21,445
11,589
13,007
378
46,419 29.88%
1
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 21,172
15,522
134
39
36,867 23.73%
1
United National Party (CWC , UNP )7,186
1,916
1,943
272
11,317 7.28%
0
Sri Lanka Freedom Party 3,162
445
505
18
4,130 2.66%
0
Independent Group 2 899
404
192
2
1,497 0.96%
0
Valid Votes 71,058 43,259 39,845 1,199 155,361 100.00% 5
Rejected Votes
4,487
4,401
5,003
32
13,923
Total Polled
75,545
47,660
44,848
1,231
169,284
Registered Electors
99,096
60,149
56,079
1,250
216,574
Turnout
76.23%
79.24%
79.97%
98.48%
78.16%
The following candidates were elected:[ 7] G. Karunakaran (TELO), 25,651 preference votes (pv); Alathipody Gunaseelan (EROS), 22,889 pv; Prince Casinader (EPRLF), 21,959 pv; Sam Tambimuttu (EPRLF), 19,431 pv; and M. L. A. M. Hizbullah (SLMC), 15,832 pv.
Sam Tambimuttu (EPRLF) was killed on 7 May 1990. His replacement was Joseph Pararajasingham (TULF).
1994 parliamentary general election
Results of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994:[ 8]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal
Total Votes
%
Seats
Batti-
Kal-
Paddi-
Tamil United Liberation Front 28,020
23,261
23,688
1,547
76,516 43.95%
3
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 19,368
11,179
79
446
31,072 17.85%
1
United National Party (CWC , UNP )13,622
6,891
2,269
462
23,244 13.35%
1
People's Alliance (SLFP et al.)7,413
2,944
8,672
249
19,278 11.07%
0
Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (EROS , PLOTE , TELO )6,804
3,557
6,493
219
17,073 9.81%
0
Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front 2,069
687
1,976
70
4,802 2.76%
0
Independent Group 1 514
91
926
16
1,547 0.89%
0
Independent Group 2 347
100
98
11
556 0.32%
0
Valid Votes 78,157 48,710 44,201 3,020 174,088 100.00% 5
Rejected Votes
5,805
4,705
4,940
81
15,531
Total Polled
83,962
53,415
49,141
3,101
189,619
Registered Electors
123,893
73,640
64,365
261,898
Turnout
67.77%
72.54%
76.35%
72.40%
The following candidates were elected:[ 8] Joseph Pararajasingham (TULF), 43,350 preference votes (pv); P. Selvarasa (TULF), 17,450 pv; K. Thurairajasingam (TULF),15,974 pv; M. L. A. M. Hizbullah (SLMC), 12,583 pv; and Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana (UNP), 11,508 pv.
1994 presidential election
Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994:[ 9]
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal
Total Votes
%
Batti-
Kal-
Paddi-
Chandrika Kumaratunga PA 59,814
41,821
40,489
2,601
144,725 87.30%
Srimathi Dissanayake
UNP 9,812
3,930
631
439
14,812 8.93%
Hudson Samarasinghe
Ind 2 1,685
1,731
1,611
3
5,028 3.03%
G. A. Nihal
SLPF
194
183
107
0
484 0.29%
A. J. Ranashinge
Ind 1 239
77
59
6
381 0.23%
Harischandra Wijayatunga SMBP 145
99
102
3
349 0.21%
Valid Votes 71,887 47,841 42,999 3,052 165,779 100.00%
Rejected Votes
1,061
730
848
25
2,664
Total Polled
72,948
48,571
43,847
3,077
168,443
Registered Electors
123,893
73,640
64,365
3,204
261,898
Turnout (%)
58.88%
65.96%
68.12%
96.04%
64.32%
1999 presidential election
Results of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999:[ 10]
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal
Total Votes
%
Batti-
Kal-
Paddi-
Ranil Wickremasinghe UNP 48,700
22,614
31,295
1,491
104,100 61.19%
Chandrika Kumaratunga PA 29,523
21,939
6,962
551
58,975 34.66%
Rajiva Wijesinha Liberal 687
665
484
2
1,838 1.08%
W. V. M. Ranjith
Ind 2 550
623
354
1
1,528 0.90%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara LDA
406
183
200
95
884 0.52%
T. Edirisuriya
Ind 1 269
381
132
2
784 0.46%
Abdul Rasool
SLMP
394
288
37
31
750 0.44%
Kamal Karunadasa
PLSF
148
130
53
0
331 0.19%
Nandana Gunathilake JVP 159
70
53
8
290 0.17%
Harischandra Wijayatunga SMBP 100
95
54
1
250 0.15%
Hudson Samarasinghe
Ind 3 89
86
59
0
234 0.14%
A. W. Premawardhana
PFF 41
26
22
0
89 0.05%
A. Dissanayaka
DUNF 32
27
18
1
78 0.05%
Valid Votes 81,098 47,127 39,723 2,183 170,131 100.00%
Rejected Votes
1,750
1,043
869
85
3,747
Total Polled
82,848
48,170
40,592
2,268
173,878
Registered Electors
124,480
76,988
68,729
270,197
Turnout (%)
66.56%
62.57%
59.06%
64.35%
2000 parliamentary general election
Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000:[ 11]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal
Total Votes
%
Seats
Batti-
Kal-
Paddi-
Tamil United Liberation Front 16,621
21,425
15,207
1,195
54,448 29.20%
2
National Unity Alliance (SLMC et al.)27,079
23,140
2,796
631
53,646 28.77%
1
United National Party (DWC , NWC, UCPF , UNP )21,267
4,092
3,128
676
29,165 15.64%
1
People's Alliance (SLFP et al.)6,436
1,532
8,088
454
16,510 8.86%
1
Democratic People's Liberation Front (PLOTE )5,539
602
2,847
42
9,030 4.84%
0
All Ceylon Tamil Congress 1,839
333
4,635
161
6,968 3.74%
0
Independent Group 1 2,801
1,416
1,243
96
5,556 2.98%
0
Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization 3,282
276
333
18
3,909 2.10%
0
Eelam People's Democratic Party 1,950
454
870
51
3,325 1.78%
0
Citizen's Front
1,279
228
421
10
1,938 1.04%
0
Independent Group 3 383
164
41
1
589 0.32%
0
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 175
90
27
3
295 0.16%
0
Independent Group 2 174
27
33
6
240 0.13%
0
Liberal Party 72
14
91
0
177 0.09%
0
Independent Group 5 53
41
49
0
143 0.08%
0
Sinhala Heritage
54
17
64
0
135 0.07%
0
Left & Democratic Alliance
68
18
22
5
113 0.06%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya 49
17
26
0
92 0.05%
0
Democratic United National Front 39
17
28
0
84 0.05%
0
Independent Group 4 18
9
16
0
43 0.02%
0
Ruhuna People's Party
18
6
11
0
35 0.02%
0
Valid Votes 89,196 53,918 39,976 186,441 100.00% 5
Rejected Votes
5,047
2,918
3,159
11,205
Total Polled
94,243
56,836
43,135
197,646
Registered Electors
127,532
78,516
69,437
275,485
Turnout (%)
73.90%
72.39%
62.12%
71.74%
The following candidates were elected:[ 12] Nimalan Soundaranayagam (TULF), 16,542 pv; Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana (UNP), 14,284 pv; Joseph Pararajasingham (TULF), 12,605 pv; and S. Ganeshamoorthy (PA), 9,132 pv.
Nimalan Soundaranayagam (TULF) was killed on 7 November 2000.[ 13]
2001 parliamentary general election
Results of the 12th parliamentary election held on 5 December 2001:[ 14] [ 15]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal
Total Votes
%
Seats
Batti-
Kal-
Paddi-
Tamil National Alliance (ACTC , EPRLF(S) , TELO , TULF )32,805
20,767
30,725
1,987
86,284 48.17%
3
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 7,512
18,689
180
344
26,725 14.92%
1
People's Alliance (NUA , SLFP et al.)21,076
2,079
2,159
391
25,705 14.35%
1
United National Front (CWC , UNP , WPF )14,903
3,103
3,967
665
22,638 12.64%
0
Independent Group 4 1,046
4,714
579
67
6,406 3.58%
0
Democratic People's Liberation Front (PLOTE )3,074
1,040
1,449
38
5,601 3.13%
0
Eelam People's Democratic Party 2,054
784
1,265
50
4,153 2.32%
0
New Left Front (NSSP et al.)290
134
195
0
619 0.35%
0
National Development Front
51
48
49
0
148 0.08%
0
Sri Lanka Muslim Party
62
52
9
2
125 0.07%
0
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 63
22
31
3
119 0.07%
0
Sinhala Heritage
40
49
14
0
103 0.06%
0
Independent Group 3 15
43
19
0
77 0.04%
0
Independent Group 1 18
51
4
3
76 0.04%
0
Independent Group 8 59
8
5
3
75 0.04%
0
Independent Group 10 25
17
22
0
64 0.04%
0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front
16
21
9
0
46 0.03%
0
Independent Group 9 14
19
6
1
40 0.02%
0
Independent Group 2 12
13
9
1
35 0.02%
0
Independent Group 5 14
10
10
0
34 0.02%
0
Independent Group 7 9
7
2
0
18 0.01%
0
Independent Group 6 4
5
8
0
17 0.01%
0
Valid Votes 83,162 51,675 40,716 3,555 179,108 100.00% 5
Rejected Votes
5,657
4,272
3,241
105
13,275
Total Polled
88,819
55,947
43,957
3,660
192,383
Registered Electors
130,846
80,685
70,548
282,079
Turnout (%)
67.88%
69.34%
62.31%
68.20%
The following candidates were elected:[ 16] T. Thangavadivel (TNA-TELO), 24,475 preference votes (pv); G. Krishnapillai (TNA-ACTC), 20,675 pv; Joseph Pararajasingham (TNA-TULF), 20,279 pv; M. L. A. M. Hizbullah (PA), 19,787 pv; and M. B. Mohideen Abdul Cader (SLMC), 17,497 pv.
2004 parliamentary general election
Results of the 13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004:[ 17]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal
Total Votes
%
Seats
Batti-
Kal-
Paddi-
Tamil National Alliance (ACTC , EPRLF(S) , ITAK , TELO )57,144
43,503
57,052
3,312
161,011 66.71%
4
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 19,612
22,244
652
623
43,131 17.87%
1
United People's Freedom Alliance (JVP , NUA , SLFP et al.)22,716
2,706
299
547
26,268 10.88%
0
United National Front (CWC , DPF , UNP )3,819
1,364
877
91
6,151 2.55%
0
Eelam People's Democratic Party 1,099
568
821
68
2,556 1.06%
0
Democratic People's Liberation Front (PLOTE )711
44
248
7
1,010 0.42%
0
United Muslim People's Alliance
307
38
12
9
366 0.15%
0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front
72
75
7
1
155 0.06%
0
New Left Front (NSSP et al.)57
41
20
1
119 0.05%
0
Independent Group 1 37
52
13
0
102 0.04%
0
Independent Group 8 31
30
22
1
84 0.03%
0
United Socialist Party 36
15
20
0
71 0.03%
0
Independent 2 36
20
9
0
65 0.03%
0
Independent Group 4 18
12
23
0
53 0.02%
0
Sri Lanka National Front
12
32
5
0
49 0.02%
0
Independent Group 6 22
5
7
0
34 0.01%
0
National Development Front
24
7
1
0
32 0.01%
0
Independent Group 7 12
13
5
0
30 0.01%
0
Independent Group 3 17
5
4
0
2 60.01%
0
Ruhuna People's Party
6
4
14
0
24 0.01%
0
Independent Group 5 17
2
2
0
21 0.01%
0
Jathika Hela Urumaya 6
3
5
3
17 0.01%
0
Valid Votes 105,811 70,783 60,118 4,663 241,375 100.00% 5
Rejected Votes
5,592
3,862
3,125
69
12,648
Total Polled
111,403
74,645
63,243
4,732
254,023
Registered Electors
141,190
86,626
76,112
303,928
Turnout (%)
78.90%
86.17%
83.09%
83.58%
The following candidates were elected:[ 18] Thanmanpillai Kanagasabai (TNA), 57,843 preference votes (pv); Thangeswary Kathiraman (TNA), 50,545 pv; Senathirajah Jeyanandamoorthy (TNA), 44,457 pv; Kingsley Rasanayagam (TNA), 38,633 pv; and Ali Ameer Shihabdeen (SLMC), 21,232 pv.
Kingsley Rasanayagam (TNA) resigned shortly after being elected.[ 19] P. Ariyanethiran (TNA) was sworn in on 18 May 2004.[ 20]
2005 presidential election
Results of the 5th presidential election held on 17 November 2005:[ 21]
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal
Total Votes
%
Batti-
Kal-
Paddi-
Ranil Wickremasinghe UNP 65,401
28,482
24,142
3,489
121,514 79.51%
Mahinda Rajapaksa UPFA 15,798
11,105
905
1,028
28,836 18.87%
Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 474
214
201
3
892 0.58%
A. A. Suraweera
NDF
265
253
58
2
578 0.38%
Victor Hettigoda ULPP
136
43
28
18
225 0.15%
A .K. J. Arachchige
DUA
93
44
16
0
153 0.10%
Chamil Jayaneththi
NLF 51
52
42
4
149 0.10%
Anura De Silva
ULF
73
37
29
3
142 0.09%
Aruna de Soyza
RPP
51
52
19
2
124 0.08%
Wije Dias
SEP 41
43
19
1
104 0.07%
P. Nelson Perera
SLPF
18
28
13
0
59 0.04%
Wimal Geeganage
SLNF
20
12
10
1
43 0.03%
H. S. Dharmadwaja
UNAF
7
4
7
0
18 0.01%
Valid Votes 82,428 40,369 25,489 4,551 152,837 100.00%
Rejected Votes
970
503
247
58
1,778
Total Polled
83,398
40,872
25,736
4,609
154,615
Registered Electors
147,979
91,410
79,339
318,728
Turnout (%)
56.36%
44.71%
32.44%
48.51%
2008 provincial council election
Results of the 1st Eastern provincial council election held on 10 May 2008:[ 22]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal
Displaced
Total Votes
%
Seats
Batti-
Kal-
Paddi-
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP , TMVP et al.)52,053
36,731
14,379
2,159
19
105,341 58.09%
6
United National Party (SLMC , UNP )29,770
15,673
11,829
1,282
48
58,602 32.31%
4
Tamil Democratic National Alliance (EPRLF(P) , PLOTE , TULF et al.)3,222
443
3,594
454
1
7,714 4.25%
1
Eelam People's Democratic Party 1,199
1,421
2,612
135
51
5,418 2.99%
0
Eelavar Democratic Front (EROS )1,118
111
509
78
0
1,816 1.00%
0
United Socialist Party 386
284
268
5
0
943 0.52%
0
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 218
97
37
26
1
379 0.21%
0
People's Front of Liberation Tigers 73
17
57
10
0
157 0.09%
0
Independent Group 15 77
26
25
1
0
129 0.07%
0
Independent Group 12 75
30
10
3
0
118 0.07%
0
Independent Group 9 81
2
4
4
0
91 0.05%
0
Independent Group 10 51
16
20
2
0
89 0.05%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya 32
3
42
8
0
85 0.05%
0
Independent Group 3 28
6
20
1
0
55 0.03%
0
Independent Group 13 16
16
17
0
0
49 0.03%
0
Independent Group 14 18
10
17
0
0
45 0.02%
0
Independent Group 2 18
13
10
1
0
42 0.02%
0
Independent Group 1 24
6
10
0
0
40 0.02%
0
Muslim Liberation Front
23
8
7
1
0
39 0.02%
0
Independent Group 11 11
6
19
0
0
36 0.02%
0
Independent Group 6 4
20
4
2
0
30 0.02%
0
Independent Group 5 18
6
6
0
0
30 0.02%
0
Independent Group 8 5
11
11
1
0
28 0.02%
0
Independent Group 4 4
12
5
0
0
21 0.01%
0
Sri Lanka National Front
8
6
7
0
0
21 0.01%
0
Independent Group 7 10
3
7
0
0
20 0.01%
0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front
10
3
3
1
0
17 0.01%
0
Valid Votes 88,552 54,980 33,529 4,174 120 181,355 100.00% 11
Rejected Votes
9,011
6,576
5,293
180
28
21,088
Total Polled
97,563
61,556
38,822
4,354
148
202,443
Registered Electors
154,761
94,359
81,830
330,950
Turnout
63.04%
65.24%
47.44%
61.17%
The following candidates were elected:[ 23] S. Chandrakanthan (UPFA-TMVP); Basheer Segu Dawood (UNP-SLMC); Edwin Silva Krishnanandaharajah (UPFA); M. L. A. M. Hizbullah (UPFA); Thambimuththu Alosiyas Masilamany (UNP); Aliyar Salih Javahir Salih (UPFA); Arasaretnam Sasitharan (UNP); Muhamed Sharief Subair (UPFA); Nagalingam Thiraviyam (UPFA); R. Thurairatnam (TDNA-EPRLF); and Ameertheen Vellathamby (UNP).
2010 presidential election
Results of the 6th presidential election held on 26 January 2010:[ 24]
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal
Displaced
Total Votes
%
Batti-
Kal-
Paddi-
Sarath Fonseka NDF 69,975
35,608
36,776
3,637
61
146,057 68.93%
Mahinda Rajapaksa UPFA 28,090
20,112
5,968
1,491
2
55,663 26.27%
M. C. M. Ismail
DUNF 927
1,065
1,016
8
0
3,016 1.42%
C. J. Sugathsiri Gamage
UDF
679
405
578
4
0
1,666 0.79%
Sarath Manamendra
NSH
253
185
206
1
0
645 0.30%
M. K. Shivajilingam Ind 5 254
176
154
49
0
633 0.30%
A. A. Suraweera
NDF
239
222
150
1
0
612 0.29%
Lal Perera
ONF
231
146
161
3
0
541 0.26%
W. V. Mahiman Ranjith
Ind 1 188
208
86
2
0
484 0.23%
A. S. P Liyanage SLLP
179
148
141
0
0
468 0.22%
Vikramabahu Karunaratne LF 153
87
111
15
0
366 0.17%
Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 107
75
100
2
0
284 0.13%
Ukkubanda Wijekoon
Ind 3 81
96
55
0
0
232 0.11%
Sanath Pinnaduwa
NA
72
59
70
0
0
201 0.09%
Wije Dias
SEP 74
57
54
0
0
185 0.09%
M. Mohamed Musthaffa Ind 4 61
50
57
4
0
172 0.08%
Aithurus M. Illias
Ind 2 39
60
26
0
0
125 0.06%
Senaratna de Silva
PNF
32
33
58
1
0
124 0.06%
Aruna de Soyza
RPP
53
31
36
1
0
121 0.06%
Sarath Kongahage
UNAF
36
36
35
0
0
107 0.05%
Battaramulla Seelarathana
JP
39
27
36
0
0
102 0.05%
M. B. Thaminimulla
ACAKO
38
19
30
0
0
87 0.04%
Valid Votes 101,800 58,905 45,904 5,219 63 211,891 100.00%
Rejected Votes
1,885
1,281
1,161
67
2
4,396
Total Polled
103,685
60,186
47,065
5,286
65
216,287
Registered Electors
155,537
97,135
80,972
333,644
Turnout
66.66%
61.96%
58.13%
64.83%
2010 parliamentary general election
Results of the 14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010:[ 25]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal
Displaced
Total Votes
%
Seats
Batti-
Kal-
Paddi-
Tamil National Alliance (EPRLF(S) , ITAK , TELO )32,758
13,709
17,171
2,576
21
66,235 36.67%
3
United People's Freedom Alliance (ACMC , NC, SLFP et al.)35,089
16,786
7,878
2,254
2
62,009 34.33%
1
United National Front (DPF , SLFP(P) , SLMC , UNP )12,284
9,090
890
671
0
22,935 12.70%
1
Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal 3,756
6,739
6,072
318
1
16,886 9.35%
0
Tamil United Liberation Front 1,578
303
2,402
141
0
4,424 2.45%
0
Independent Group 6 300
608
437
17
0
1,362 0.75%
0
Independent Group 8 470
632
251
2
0
1,355 0.75%
0
Eelavar Democratic Front (EROS )568
238
230
30
0
1,066 0.59%
0
Independent Group 10 235
157
197
7
0
596 0.33%
0
Independent Group 4 95
155
179
1
0
430 0.24%
0
Independent Group 17 97
97
132
0
0
326 0.18%
0
Democratic National Alliance (JVP et al.)218
61
28
17
0
324 0.18%
0
Independent Group 27 127
82
102
1
0
312 0.17%
0
Independent Group 16 191
22
46
7
0
266 0.15%
0
Independent Group 18 102
48
99
1
0
250 0.14%
0
Independent Group 11 117
82
36
2
0
237 0.13%
0
Independent Group 26 153
10
8
3
0
174 0.10%
0
Democratic People's Liberation Front (PLOTE )92
13
27
4
0
136 0.08%
0
Left Liberation Front (LLF , TNLA )89
33
4
10
0
136 0.08%
0
United National Alternative Front
49
44
41
0
0
134 0.07%
0
Independent Group 19 36
34
49
0
0
119 0.07%
0
National Development Front
28
48
39
0
0
115 0.06%
0
Independent Group 22 13
67
11
6
0
97 0.05%
0
Independent Group 28 39
18
27
0
0
84 0.05%
0
Independent Group 9 22
29
16
1
0
68 0.04%
0
Independent Group 15 16
14
27
0
0
57 0.03%
0
Our National Front
26
13
12
0
0
51 0.03%
0
Independent Group 5 26
12
8
0
0
46 0.03%
0
Janasetha Peramuna
26
5
9
0
0
40 0.02%
0
All Are Citizens, All Are Kings Organisation
13
9
15
0
0
37 0.02%
0
Independent Group 3 17
14
5
0
0
36 0.02%
0
Independent Group 7 15
14
6
0
0
35 0.02%
0
United Lanka Great Council
10
7
14
0
0
31 0.02%
0
Independent Group 12 15
8
6
0
0
29 0.02%
0
Independent Group 1 10
10
6
0
0
26 0.01%
0
Independent Group 25 18
4
4
0
0
26 0.01%
0
Independent Group 2 9
4
8
0
0
21 0.01%
0
Independent Group 20 10
5
6
0
0
21 0.01%
0
Independent Group 14 9
5
5
0
0
19 0.01%
0
Independent Group 21 10
0
4
0
0
14 0.01%
0
Muslim Liberation Front
3
4
6
1
0
14 0.01%
0
Independent Group 24 5
2
4
0
0
11 0.01%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya 5
2
4
0
0
11 0.01%
0
Independent Group 13 4
5
0
0
0
9 0.00%
0
Independent Group 23 1
4
3
0
0
8 0.00%
0
Valid Votes 88,754 49,246 36,524 6,070 24 180,618 100.00% 5
Rejected Votes
5,783
4,714
4,116
136
0
14,749
Total Polled
94,537
53,960
40,640
6,206
24
195,367
Registered Electors
155,537
97,135
80,972
333,644
Turnout
60.78%
55.55%
50.19%
58.56%
The following candidates were elected:[ 26] M. L. A. M. Hizbullah (UPFA-ACMC), 22,256 preference votes (pv); S. Yogeswaran (TNA), 20,569 pv; P. Selvarasa (TNA), 18,485 pv; P. Ariyanethiran (TNA), 16,504 pv; and Basheer Segu Dawood (UNF), 11,678 pv.
2012 provincial council election
Results of the 2nd Eastern provincial council election held on 8 September 2012:[ 27]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal
Total Votes
%
Seats
Batti-
Kal-
Paddi-
Tamil National Alliance (EPRLF (S) , ITAK , PLOTE , TELO , TULF )44,863
21,876
34,705
3,238
104,682 50.83%
6
United People's Freedom Alliance (ACMC , NC, SLFP , TMVP et al.)31,194
22,965
8,603
1,428
64,190 31.17%
4
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 13,964
8,604
72
443
23,083 11.21%
1
Independent Group 8 5,355
180
7
170
5,712 2.77%
0
United National Party 1,026
1,014
331
63
2,434 1.18%
0
Independent Group 21 1,205
607
62
31
1,905 0.93%
0
Eelavar Democratic Front (EROS )625
434
710
8
1,777 0.86%
0
Independent Group 11 568
124
151
20
863 0.42%
0
Socialist Alliance (CPSL , DLF, LSSP )
274
71
27
7
379 0.18%
0
Our National Front
72
42
47
2
163 0.08%
0
Independent Group 19 121
17
8
0
146 0.07%
0
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 51
3
17
1
72 0.03%
0
Independent Group 20 31
23
6
1
61 0.03%
0
Sri Lanka Labour Party
28
21
1
0
50 0.02%
0
Independent Group 2 35
8
4
0
47 0.02%
0
Independent Group 16 11
15
14
0
40 0.02%
0
United Socialist Party 13
18
6
0
37 0.02%
0
Independent Group 18 19
6
3
1
29 0.01%
0
Independent Group 5 10
10
6
0
26 0.01%
0
Independent Group 1 15
5
4
1
25 0.01%
0
Independent Group 9 19
1
3
0
23 0.01%
0
Independent Group 4 13
5
2
0
20 0.01%
0
Independent Group 12 9
2
8
0
19 0.01%
0
Jana Setha Peramuna
9
4
5
1
19 0.01%
0
Independent Group 7 11
3
3
1
18 0.01%
0
Independent Group 13 11
5
1
0
17 0.01%
0
Independent Group 6 12
3
2
0
17 0.01%
0
United Lanka People's Party
6
9
1
0
16 0.01%
0
United Lanka Great Council
5
6
4
0
15 0.01%
0
Independent Group 14 4
6
2
0
12 0.01%
0
Independent Group 15 10
0
1
0
11 0.01%
0
Independent Group 3 7
3
1
0
11 0.01%
0
Independent Group 10 5
4
0
0
9 0.00%
0
Independent Group 17 7
0
1
0
8 0.00%
0
Valid Votes 99,608 56,094 44,818 5,416 205,936 100.00% 11
Rejected Votes
7,464
5,263
4,374
122
17,223
Total Polled
107,072
61,357
49,192
5,538
223,159
Registered Electors
162,451
100,616
84,032
0
347,099
Turnout
65.91%
60.98%
58.54%
64.29%
The following candidates were elected:[ 28] R. Thurairatnam (TNA-EPRLF), 29,141 preference votes (pv); K. Thurairajasingam (TNA-ITAK), 27,717 pv; S. Chandrakanthan (UPFA-TMVP), 22,338 pv; Ali Ameer Shihabdeen (UPFA-ACMC), 21,271 pv; Abdul Farook Mohamed Shibly (UPFA-ACMC), 20,407 pv; G. Krishnapillai (TNA-TULF), 20,200 pv; Abtul Shareef Subair (UPFA-ACMC), 17,903 pv; N. Indirakumar (TNA-TELO), 17,304 pv; M. Nadarajah (TNA-ITAK), 16,681 pv; G. Karunakaran (TNA-TELO), 16,536 pv; and Agamed Nazeer Zainulabdeen (SLMC), 11,401 pv.
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