Colombo Electoral District
Electoral district of Sri Lanka
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Colombo Electoral District Region Western Province Electorate 1,765,351 Created 1978 Seats 20 (1989–01) 21 (2001–04) 20 (2004–10) 19 (2010–2024) 18 (2024-present) MPs
Colombo 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 Colombo in the Western province . The district currently elects 19 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 1,765,351 registered electors in 2024.[ 1] The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 01.[ 2]
Polling Divisions
The Colombo Electoral District consists of the following polling divisions:[ 2]
A: Colombo North
B: Colombo Central
C: Borella
D: Colombo East
E: Colombo West
F: Dehiwala
G: Ratmalana
H: Kolonnawa
I: Kotte
J: Kaduwela
K: Avissawella
L: Homagama
M: Maharagama
N: Kesbewa
O: Moratuwa
Presidential Elections
1982 presidential election
Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982:[ 3]
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
J. R. Jayewardene
UNP
26,648
21,383
68,346
21,367
29,380
22,115
23,730
27,981
27,963
25,576
25,221
25,129
26,967
32,096
21,280
11,108
436,290
57.86%
Hector Kobbekaduwa
SLFP
23,481
10,946
22,061
11,268
10,641
4,751
13,194
23,135
25,275
26,553
21,153
14,814
23,874
22,744
14,111
6,475
274,476
36.40%
Rohana Wijeweera
JVP
1,687
1,058
2,121
1,352
1,645
576
1,139
2,140
3,338
2,248
2,125
1,731
2,595
2,625
1,670
530
28,580
3.79%
Colvin R. de Silva
LSSP
238
395
415
828
361
409
695
591
569
851
504
527
946
1,137
778
411
9,655
1.28%
Kumar Ponnambalam
ACTC
70
132
810
320
477
521
201
50
33
29
29
32
27
43
99
149
3,022
0.40%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara
NSSP
205
63
110
142
60
156
117
205
119
150
86
108
116
137
146
88
2,008
0.27%
Valid Votes
52,329
33,977
93,863
35,277
42,564
28,528
39,076
54,102
57,297
55,407
49,118
42,341
54,525
58,782
38,084
18,761
754,031
100.00%
Rejected Votes
551
305
740
426
575
314
406
548
719
530
545
374
593
707
415
242
7,990
Total Polled
52,880
34,282
94,603
35,703
43,139
28,842
39,482
54,650
58,016
55,937
49,663
42,715
55,118
59,489
38,499
19,003
762,021
Registered Electors
62,628
47,123
127,452
48,760
57,534
40,375
51,622
68,955
73,006
71,002
62,523
59,048
71,597
80,297
50,269
972,191
Turnout (%)
84.44%
72.75%
74.23%
73.22%
74.98%
71.44%
76.48%
79.25%
79.47%
78.78%
79.43%
72.34%
76.98%
74.09%
76.59%
78.38%
1988 presidential election
Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988:[ 4]
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Ranasinghe Premadasa
UNP
24,292
16,452
58,795
16,480
22,389
14,670
18,326
20,810
22,872
25,549
23,895
18,834
20,770
31,546
18,409
7,248
361,337
49.14%
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
SLFP
23,721
13,083
26,083
13,477
10,744
7,473
16,599
27,570
30,600
35,184
25,050
22,607
31,396
29,654
18,308
8,409
339,958
46.23%
Ossie Abeygunasekera
SLPP
1,199
1,702
4,521
2,298
2,259
1,380
1,707
1,730
2,108
2,228
2,411
2,163
2,260
3,488
1,783
783
34,020
4.63%
Valid Votes
49,212
31,237
89,399
32,255
35,392
23,523
36,632
50,110
55,580
62,961
51,356
43,604
54,426
64,688
38,500
16,440
735,315
100.00%
Rejected Votes
570
499
1,572
666
647
342
520
679
806
879
849
563
779
977
584
363
11,295
Total Polled
49,782
31,736
90,971
32,921
36,039
23,865
37,152
50,789
56,386
63,840
52,205
44,167
55,205
65,665
39,084
16,803
746,610
Registered Electors
68,892
47,917
133,920
51,225
54,149
37,220
52,969
86,987
87,693
89,277
75,650
67,194
83,598
96,841
55,248
1,088,780
Turnout
72.26%
66.23%
67.93%
64.27%
66.56%
64.12%
70.14%
58.39%
64.30%
71.51%
69.01%
65.73%
66.04%
67.81%
70.74%
68.57%
1994 presidential election
Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994:[ 5]
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Chandrika Kumaratunga
PA
31,132
20,837
56,219
23,867
26,250
14,329
23,977
45,072
51,876
54,327
40,296
31,646
47,818
45,403
28,666
15,993
557,708
64.82%
Srima Dissanayake
UNP
23,126
13,162
33,824
12,806
15,924
8,557
12,783
22,369
23,475
22,130
21,313
16,331
19,514
24,493
12,275
6,659
288,741
33.56%
Harischandra Wijayatunga
SMBP
787
236
245
373
118
179
326
444
599
464
330
521
638
280
273
246
6,059
0.70%
A. J. Ranasinghe
Ind 1
230
124
291
182
103
180
195
284
521
268
201
232
240
234
151
97
3,533
0.41%
Hudson Samarasinghe
Ind 2
290
96
271
115
138
68
111
279
241
210
202
118
158
127
83
19
2,526
0.29%
Nihal Galappaththi
SLPF
163
57
149
72
75
19
78
171
205
179
156
97
153
118
71
56
1,819
0.21%
Valid Votes
55,728
34,512
90,999
37,415
42,608
23,332
37,470
68,619
76,917
77,578
62,498
48,945
68,521
70,655
41,519
23,070
860,386
100.00%
Rejected Votes
1,313
617
2,020
843
947
460
614
1,102
1,445
1,159
1,120
762
1,328
988
887
455
16,060
Total Polled
57,041
35,129
93,019
38,258
43,555
23,792
38,084
69,721
78,362
78,737
63,618
49,707
69,849
71,643
42,406
23,525
876,446
Registered Electors
81,213
52,007
139,012
57,049
63,528
36,915
55,301
106,536
113,173
110,948
90,167
71,213
101,317
97,831
59,749
1,235,959
Turnout
70.24%
67.55%
66.91%
67.06%
68.56%
64.45%
68.87%
65.44%
69.24%
70.97%
70.56%
69.80%
68.94%
73.23%
70.97%
70.91%
1999 presidential election
Results of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999:[ 6]
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Chandrika Kumaratunga
PA
33,957
17,023
35,416
17,777
18,114
7,327
18,683
46,823
50,535
51,240
36,907
24,782
43,584
41,380
22,868
7,894
474,310
49.18%
Ranil Wickremasinghe
UNP
26,903
19,151
59,234
22,281
32,714
16,531
19,126
30,859
32,951
31,302
28,681
21,455
27,338
33,017
17,572
6,070
425,185
44.08%
Nandana Gunathilake
JVP
2,976
1,289
1,955
1,486
1,281
406
1,346
4,878
6,170
5,236
3,385
2,075
4,168
3,692
2,514
1,152
44,009
4.56%
Harischandra Wijayatunga
SMBP
334
275
272
410
115
210
412
662
916
940
468
763
1,119
431
485
397
8,209
0.85%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara
LDA
300
148
424
419
408
539
324
267
338
346
188
231
340
288
203
237
5,000
0.52%
Abdul Rasool
SLMP
109
119
630
109
163
92
86
91
91
71
107
47
78
76
94
17
1,980
0.21%
Rajiva Wijesinha
LPSL
123
57
137
89
94
99
78
102
101
101
93
87
82
72
55
6
1,376
0.14%
Tennyson Edirisuriya
Ind 1
113
42
104
59
86
36
44
129
112
134
113
83
117
127
60
11
1,370
0.14%
W. V. M. Ranjith
Ind 2
158
57
178
61
95
17
33
140
102
105
97
37
98
96
42
3
1,319
0.14%
Kamal Karunadasa
PLSF
91
23
82
34
46
13
17
69
79
70
42
41
68
70
36
2
783
0.08%
Hudson Samarasinghe
Ind 3
41
13
53
19
26
15
9
32
32
20
23
10
31
20
10
1
355
0.04%
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka
DUNF
30
5
26
16
14
7
20
34
34
32
16
10
25
38
18
4
329
0.03%
A. W. Premawardhana
PFF
47
11
24
10
11
6
16
37
29
26
13
15
33
20
7
4
309
0.03%
Valid Votes
65,182
38,213
98,535
42,770
53,167
25,298
40,194
84,123
91,490
89,623
70,133
49,636
77,081
79,327
43,964
15,798
964,534
100.00%
Rejected Votes
1,495
1,058
2,605
1,388
1,409
896
1,446
2,383
2,530
2,967
1,819
1,675
2,876
2,006
1,500
1,144
29,197
Total Polled
66,677
39,271
101,140
44,158
54,576
26,194
41,640
86,506
94,020
92,590
71,952
51,311
79,957
81,333
45,464
16,942
993,731
Registered Electors
87,913
55,338
143,993
64,386
77,447
40,908
58,407
116,577
126,119
121,836
96,164
70,424
108,622
105,483
63,466
1,337,083
Turnout
75.84%
70.97%
70.24%
68.58%
70.47%
64.03%
71.29%
74.21%
74.55%
76.00%
74.82%
72.86%
73.61%
77.11%
71.64%
74.32%
2005 presidential election
Results of the 5th presidential election held on 17 November 2005:[ 7]
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Ranil Wickremasinghe
UNP
36,227
25,784
78,908
28,832
45,161
20,475
24,660
43,477
47,025
42,042
40,744
27,106
36,093
43,207
23,743
6,143
569,627
51.12%
Mahinda Rajapaksa
UPFA
41,936
15,644
20,395
16,919
14,270
5,104
18,005
64,433
65,829
66,660
40,616
26,987
53,681
48,047
25,004
10,901
534,431
47.96%
Siritunga Jayasuriya
USP
281
115
448
102
270
52
67
242
192
163
178
83
103
232
92
8
2,628
0.24%
Victor Hettigoda
ULPP
114
80
117
159
101
129
158
184
207
192
117
117
173
143
121
62
2,174
0.20%
A. A. Suraweera
NDF
209
60
189
66
112
22
57
206
236
238
166
88
138
192
76
2
2,057
0.18%
Chamil Jayaneththi
NLF
88
32
71
33
59
37
34
68
59
67
47
31
52
52
36
9
775
0.07%
Anura De Silva
ULF
66
22
93
24
39
10
20
55
54
59
34
19
41
38
26
1
601
0.05%
Aruna de Soyza
RPP
51
18
28
11
17
3
19
62
69
57
36
17
46
57
23
5
519
0.05%
Wimal Geeganage
SLNF
33
17
37
15
20
10
13
64
42
40
27
18
26
33
22
5
422
0.04%
Wije Dias
SEP
36
23
37
23
27
10
19
25
43
37
24
11
35
37
17
6
410
0.04%
A. K. J. Arachchige
DUA
31
10
69
13
27
5
15
44
37
33
19
20
24
34
16
1
398
0.04%
P. Nelson Perera
SLPF
16
3
20
4
5
7
5
19
8
10
13
3
5
13
3
0
134
0.01%
H. S. Dharmadwaja
UNAF
10
1
12
5
3
1
5
3
4
4
7
4
8
4
2
1
74
0.01%
Valid Votes
79,098
41,809
100,424
46,206
60,111
25,865
43,077
108,882
113,805
109,602
82,028
54,504
90,425
92,089
49,181
17,144
1,114,250
100.00%
Rejected Votes
865
453
1,616
694
939
399
369
1,035
1,209
1,110
892
516
910
975
557
340
12,879
Total Polled
79,963
42,262
102,040
46,900
61,050
26,264
43,446
109,917
115,014
110,712
82,920
55,020
91,335
93,064
49,738
17,484
1,127,129
Registered Electors
101,065
60,678
144,916
65,732
85,967
38,621
58,728
141,974
148,435
140,094
107,725
73,274
119,137
115,759
66,432
1,468,537
Turnout
79.12%
69.65%
70.41%
71.35%
71.02%
68.00%
73.98%
77.42%
77.48%
79.03%
76.97%
75.09%
76.66%
80.39%
74.87%
76.75%
2010 presidential election
Results of the 6th presidential election held on 26 January 2010:[ 8]
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Mahinda Rajapaksa
UPFA
53,664
16,909
21,824
19,107
17,605
6,350
19,457
80,799
76,103
77,474
46,002
29,125
59,360
52,627
26,215
12,119
614,740
52.93%
Sarath Fonseka
NDF
28,875
23,636
73,152
28,334
42,896
19,211
24,441
39,414
45,082
40,474
39,497
26,129
35,162
37,233
22,589
6,897
533,022
45.90%
A. S. P. Liyanage
SLLP
94
109
170
207
99
33
63
115
124
134
178
136
107
157
71
1
1,798
0.15%
M. C. M. Ismail
DUNF
151
67
259
81
197
45
52
143
127
106
135
55
65
69
46
8
1,606
0.14%
C. J. Sugathsiri Gamage
UDF
129
65
387
74
222
43
33
84
105
83
120
46
51
86
44
7
1,579
0.14%
A. A. Suraweera
NDF
215
34
96
43
72
20
34
217
179
189
106
45
103
125
59
3
1,540
0.13%
W. V. M. Ranjith
Ind 1
148
47
67
30
57
18
39
131
132
134
96
56
109
108
45
2
1,219
0.10%
Vikramabahu Karunaratne
LF
68
46
113
109
112
104
73
52
47
47
43
51
49
67
55
16
1,052
0.09%
Lal Perera
ONF
43
34
134
38
80
18
18
42
40
50
63
31
23
42
24
0
680
0.06%
Sarath Manamendra
NSH
42
29
105
30
89
19
22
39
45
53
47
19
30
37
22
1
629
0.05%
Ukkubanda Wijekoon
Ind 3
52
28
49
31
26
29
25
52
75
70
28
33
40
38
22
2
600
0.05%
M. K. Shivajilingam
Ind 5
42
28
81
66
86
63
43
23
20
16
15
10
17
19
17
2
548
0.05%
Siritunga Jayasuriya
USP
56
23
86
44
43
10
14
37
45
33
39
24
29
35
22
4
544
0.05%
Aithurus M. Illias
Ind 2
37
16
73
19
29
12
19
33
41
33
36
16
23
23
24
3
437
0.04%
Wije Dias
SEP
30
11
32
25
32
21
12
24
26
34
17
9
26
21
17
1
338
0.03%
Ven.Battaramulla Seelaratana Thero
JP
12
7
23
14
9
1
6
18
17
19
10
8
13
8
7
4
176
0.02%
Sanath Pinnaduwa
NA
9
7
45
13
12
5
8
10
8
7
15
4
4
12
10
0
169
0.01%
M. Mohamed Musthaffa
Ind 4
13
7
30
4
10
5
7
13
18
10
7
2
9
11
7
1
154
0.01%
Sarath Kongahage
UNAF
10
7
29
14
10
8
5
7
11
7
7
6
12
4
7
0
144
0.01%
Aruna de Soyza
RPP
17
8
25
3
7
5
2
11
13
13
14
4
6
11
3
1
143
0.01%
Senaratna de Silva
PNF
16
6
23
4
8
5
5
7
11
11
7
10
10
7
6
0
136
0.01%
M. B. Thaminimulla
ACAKO
9
8
23
5
14
5
5
8
7
9
4
6
7
12
4
2
128
0.01%
Valid Votes
83,732
41,132
96,826
48,295
61,715
26,030
44,383
121,279
122,276
119,006
86,486
55,825
95,255
90,752
49,316
19,074
1,161,382
100.00%
Rejected Votes
689
543
1,320
699
1,022
444
465
770
850
803
893
557
768
745
512
314
11,394
Total Polled
84,421
41,675
98,146
48,994
62,737
26,474
44,848
122,049
123,126
119,809
87,379
56,382
96,023
91,497
49,828
19,388
1,172,776
Registered Electors
108,138
58,757
139,822
68,643
95,385
38,921
61,194
155,720
158,736
148,696
112,363
73,009
121,247
114,601
66,622
1,521,854
Turnout
78.07%
70.93%
70.19%
71.38%
65.77%
68.02%
73.29%
78.38%
77.57%
80.57%
77.76%
77.23%
79.20%
79.84%
74.79%
77.06%
2015 presidential election
Results of the 7th presidential election held on 8 January 2015:[ 9]
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Maithripala Sirisena
NDF
47,728
31,469
82,495
35,167
51,537
23,915
30,955
63,563
68,886
61,116
56,835
36,614
51,480
48,599
29,554
12,160
725,073
55.93%
Mahinda Rajapaksa
UPFA
51,351
15,148
17,779
16,601
16,423
6,164
15,932
77,415
70,970
74,189
39,767
24,663
53,327
46,885
23,144
12,856
562,614
43.2%
A. S. P. Liyanage
SLLP
66
78
185
47
101
21
34
74
70
57
90
41
57
49
29
8
1,007
0.08%
M. I. Mohanmed Mishlar
UPF
61
36
298
32
90
14
39
55
57
45
129
17
37
39
26
3
978
0.08%
R. A. Sirisena
PNF
112
37
73
23
61
12
32
128
84
83
80
39
66
78
30
5
943
0.07%
R. Peduru Arachchi
ULPP
80
37
131
33
75
15
17
53
81
56
86
27
38
28
25
4
786
0.06%
Namal Rajapaksa
ONF
80
30
39
32
48
13
14
80
84
70
50
33
49
57
31
6
716
0.06%
Duminda Nagamuwa
FSP
84
22
59
31
39
8
26
67
80
85
46
22
65
31
29
21
715
0.06%
Aithurus M. Illias
Ind 1
67
31
120
25
59
12
28
70
64
54
62
17
7
45
18
3
702
0.05%
Siritunga Jayasuriya
USP
57
21
69
36
50
19
9
36
41
40
27
22
39
30
22
7
525
0.04%
Ven.Battaramulla Seelarathana Thero
JSP
30
16
22
13
10
8
21
50
75
53
38
28
47
24
24
20
479
0.04%
Vajirapani Wijesiriwardene
SEP
19
16
32
21
29
12
12
23
31
30
28
10
38
27
15
3
346
0.03%
Sarath Manamendra
NSH
39
7
43
16
25
11
6
33
35
24
22
7
17
25
9
2
321
0.02%
Anurudha Polgampola
Ind 2
26
7
44
14
25
9
8
26
27
17
21
7
16
14
11
2
274
0.02%
Sundaram Mahendran
NSSP
28
10
25
18
28
22
14
21
8
7
15
6
7
14
10
3
236
0.02%
M. B. Theminimulla
ACAKO
15
15
26
11
17
6
5
19
15
21
18
12
17
14
10
3
214
0.02%
Prasanna Priyankara
DNM
16
5
19
3
15
8
9
21
18
14
8
14
12
11
7
1
181
0.01%
Wimal Geeganage
SLNF
11
2
17
5
9
4
3
15
5
12
10
3
13
7
7
3
126
0.01%
Jayantha Kulathunga
ULGC
10
3
21
9
8
2
5
13
11
10
4
6
11
4
3
4
124
0.01%
Valid Votes
94,880
46,990
101,497
52,137
68,649
30,275
47,169
141,762
140,642
135,983
97,336
59,588
105,353
95,981
53,004
25,114
1,296,360
100.00%
Rejected Votes
1,032
547
1,237
668
1,146
325
599
1,481
1,534
1,393
1,275
703
1220
958
680
536
15,334
1.17%
Total Polled
95,912
45,537
102,734
52,805
69,795
30,600
47,768
143,243
142,176
137,376
98,611
60,291
106,573
96,939
53,684
25,650
1,311,694
82.67%
Registered Electors
117,472
60,109
131,482
66,941
89,771
40,609
59,812
174,909
173,355
164,774
120,617
74,934
129,801
115,219
66,793
26,062
1,586,598
2019 presidential election
Results of the 8th presidential election held on 16 November 2019:[ 10]
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Gotabaya Rajapaksa
SLPP
61,755
18,850
16,341
19,619
16,986
6,644
19,122
106,102
98,807
99,062
53,232
31,853
71,893
57,645
28,085
21,717
727,713
53.19%
Sajith Premadasa
NDF
34,532
27,436
80,076
28,599
52,983
21,345
25,004
40,157
41,747
37,430
50,456
22,628
29,688
36,390
23,156
8,294
559,921
40.92%
Anura Kumara Dissanayake
NMPP
3,184
1,500
1,528
1,750
1,084
647
1,480
7,596
7,605
7,343
3,940
2,439
5,820
3,534
2,124
2,229
53,803
3.93%
Mahesh Senanayake
NPP
364
329
186
571
119
236
414
946
1,424
1,172
526
875
1,165
906
500
522
10,335
0.76%
Rohan Pallewatte
JSWP
171
58
56
85
73
42
86
266
315
267
173
152
235
190
111
37
2,317
0.17%
Ajantha Perera
SPSL
256
60
50
76
68
27
59
291
255
204
131
75
172
157
94
27
2,002
0.15%
M. L. A. M. Hizbullah
Ind 11
156
11
207
56
136
26
68
180
145
130
152
53
82
124
71
5
1,660
0.12%
Ariyawansa Dissanayake
DUNF
154
74
157
74
193
29
29
90
103
93
129
28
54
106
49
5
1,367
0.1%
Ven.Battaramulla Seelarathana Thero
JSP
70
43
166
33
113
22
37
57
69
72
94
43
54
52
36
13
974
0.07%
Milroy Fernando
Ind 09
87
52
170
40
121
16
27
56
59
47
96
25
24
53
33
5
911
0.07%
Namal Rajapaksa
NUA
66
28
34
19
32
8
19
104
101
86
51
29
56
70
32
6
741
0.05%
Siripala Amarasinghe
Ind 02
95
30
120
30
97
15
15
52
51
39
66
15
30
35
30
5
725
0.05%
Ajantha de zoysa
RJP
82
15
31
19
41
6
16
79
83
53
67
21
41
91
26
4
675
0.05%
Duminda Nagamuwa
FSP
73
14
19
21
23
4
28
68
75
62
30
26
58
24
37
27
589
0.04%
Ven.Aparekke Punnananda Thero
Ind 01
44
18
77
22
55
15
14
40
32
30
34
8
21
22
20
16
468
0.03%
Jayantha Ketagoda
Ind 07
41
30
51
25
44
6
5
30
30
28
43
11
24
33
15
4
420
0.03%
Anuruddha Polgampola
Ind 08
38
12
50
15
51
9
9
33
23
12
35
8
10
26
12
4
343
0.03%
M. K. Shivajilingam
Ind 10
19
69
41
38
62
53
16
10
11
9
15
3
5
24
13
5
335
0.02%
A. S. P. Liyanage
SLLP
32
24
37
12
34
6
13
32
22
17
29
10
23
24
11
1
327
0.02%
Subramanium Gunaratnam
ONF
40
12
25
17
32
9
4
27
21
10
24
5
10
18
6
5
265
0.02%
Vajirapani Wijesiriwardene
SEP
19
8
24
21
18
5
5
22
21
22
18
8
21
17
17
0
246
0.02%
Aithurus M. Illias
Ind 03
20
11
22
11
23
9
4
25
22
16
17
6
15
13
6
1
221
0.02%
Sirithunga Jayasuriya
USP
21
8
33
17
9
4
6
15
17
15
15
8
12
13
9
5
207
0.02%
Rajiva Wijesinha
Ind 14
12
5
27
12
22
12
7
10
12
22
15
15
13
11
6
3
204
0.01%
Aruna de soyza
DNM
18
5
17
9
15
5
6
11
22
21
12
8
11
23
11
4
198
0.01%
Sarath Manamendra
NSU
17
10
18
9
16
1
4
12
13
16
14
4
12
15
6
0
167
0.01%
Piyasiri Wijenayake
Ind 13
33
4
11
3
17
1
1
19
21
12
10
3
6
19
2
3
165
0.01%
Ashoka Wadigamangawa
Ind 12
16
2
13
9
13
3
7
15
18
10
5
5
11
12
5
5
149
0.01%
A. H. M. Alavi
Ind 04
14
6
20
5
15
4
3
15
13
11
14
2
6
7
3
3
141
0.01%
Sarath Keerthirathna
Ind 05
9
5
13
3
15
3
7
11
11
10
8
4
3
9
6
4
121
0.01%
Saman Perera
OPPP
12
4
12
9
21
0
2
8
16
9
5
3
3
10
4
2
120
0.01%
B. G. Nandimithra
NSSP
12
5
17
3
8
0
3
8
4
12
13
2
11
6
0
1
105
0.01%
Priyantha Edirisinghe
ACAKO
10
6
14
5
8
0
1
8
6
6
11
6
5
3
6
3
98
0.01%
Samaraweera Weeravanni
Ind 15
15
6
9
6
11
1
4
3
9
8
7
4
3
2
4
0
92
0.01%
Samansiri Herath
Ind 06
3
2
8
2
5
0
0
2
5
4
8
1
4
3
4
1
52
0.00%
Valid Votes
101,490
48,752
99,680
51,245
72,643
29,213
46,525
156,400
151,188
146,360
109,495
58,386
109,601
99,689
54,550
32,962
1,368,177
100.00%
Rejected Votes
887
672
1,156
727
1,335
458
576
1,314
1,498
1,444
1,135
745
1,129
1,008
698
531
15,333
0.92%
Total Polled
102,377
49,424
100,836
51,972
73,998
29,671
47,701
157,714
152,686
147,804
110,630
59,131
110,730
100,695
55,248
33,493
1,383,510
82.82%
Registered Electors
119,905
61,169
124,354
65,398
93,705
40,187
58,892
186,252
183,787
174,829
132,381
73,926
133,614
118,956
69,128
33,920
1,670,403
2024 presidential election
Results of the 9th presidential election held on 21 September 2024:[ 11]
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Votes
%
Anura Kumara Dissanayake
NPP
47,219
17,290
20,220
18,523
17,978
7,778
19,338
91,770
84,299
83,049
49,239
25,123
58,692
45,299
23,282
20,864
629,963
47.21%
Sajith Premadasa
SJB
28,767
15,497
46,063
13,637
32,289
9,697
12,505
29,912
26,538
24,312
33,127
11,979
17,174
24,319
12,212
4,080
342,108
25.64%
Ranil Wickremesinghe
Ind16
19,669
10,188
19,397
12,566
15,692
8,382
11,565
29,348
30,670
29,622
20,069
12,725
22,782
19,025
11,091
7,625
281,436
21.09%
Namal Rajapaksa
SLPP
2,929
1,101
1,123
825
954
348
1,163
3,979
3,095
4,076
2,350
1,239
2,424
2,483
1,422
561
30,432
2.24%
Dilith Jayaweera
SLCP
1,818
659
367
706
442
233
753
4,304
3,771
4,053
1,730
1,312
3,020
1,712
924
552
26,356
1.98%
Pakkiyaselvam Ariyanethiran
Ind09
39
60
295
519
585
783
375
27
24
29
58
18
14
105
174
63
3,168
0.24%
Sarath Fonseka
Ind12
156
71
126
90
109
35
81
190
224
215
142
124
169
143
106
63
2,044
0.15%
D. M. Bandaranayake
Ind13
188
71
106
55
96
17
42
199
253
147
157
68
112
119
49
12
1,691
0.13%
Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe
JPF
146
41
97
41
97
16
23
159
174
142
101
72
229
97
46
73
1,554
0.12%
Suranjeewa Anoj de Silva
DUNF
164
32
29
16
27
11
46
276
239
176
87
70
141
73
45
51
1,483
0.11%
K. K. Piyadasa
Ind04
216
77
237
51
183
31
32
109
83
82
154
29
37
101
44
11
1,477
0.11%
Namal Rajapaksa
SBP
95
31
39
34
37
8
25
154
107
171
77
52
88
103
46
32
1.099
0.08%
Nuwan Bopege
SPF
89
14
32
26
29
24
46
121
119
86
82
47
109
64
84
46
1,018
0.08%
Anuruddha Polgampola
Ind11
87
44
146
37
107
19
23
84
73
56
87
29
40
71
36
3
942
0.07%
Sarath Keerthirathne
Ind05
126
23
56
24
43
13
22
133
111
91
76
33
56
76
27
2
912
0.07%
Ven.Battaramulle Seelarathana Thero
JSP
75
33
32
36
22
12
17
120
140
101
59
45
77
67
27
28
891
0.07%
Ajantha de Zoyza
RJA
84
29
49
28
56
10
25
93
84
84
62
30
49
61
26
5
775
0.06%
Priyantha Wickremesinghe
NSSP
83
23
98
26
47
13
24
78
59
60
58
25
53
54
29
17
737
0.06%
Ven.Akmeemana Dayarathana Thero
Ind01
77
18
48
25
53
13
78
73
72
54
42
27
31
52
17
10
690
0.05%
Keerthi Wickremeratne
AJP
44
15
21
24
14
8
12
66
68
69
23
29
53
20
15
15
496
0.04%
Siripala Amarasinghe
Ind02
61
15
31
15
31
9
13
54
28
48
30
14
32
44
21
3
449
0.03%
Roshan Ranasinghe
Ind15
18
11
12
17
21
3
19
51
53
45
37
24
54
40
23
16
444
0.03%
K. R. Krishan
APP
78
7
36
9
27
5
6
50
46
37
43
14
11
34
13
1
415
0.03%
Abubakar Mohamed Infaz
DUA
28
16
61
16
48
9
12
35
25
19
59
12
13
26
16
1
396
0.03%
Vajirapani Wijesiriwardene
SEP
32
14
31
26
33
9
11
40
33
33
32
11
32
26
20
17
388
0.03%
Sirithunga Jayasuriya
USP
50
13
42
28
22
6
9
54
35
29
23
14
23
22
14
4
388
0.03%
Victor Anthony Perera
Ind10
37
14
38
8
48
9
7
25
24
23
28
4
11
32
12
0
320
0.02%
Mahinda Dewage
SLSP
29
4
18
5
16
5
11
31
45
40
34
7
24
22
14
1
306
0.02%
Lalith De Silva
UNFP
21
13
18
10
15
9
7
21
40
32
16
18
33
19
15
5
292
0.02%
Oshala Herath
NIF
36
6
18
9
22
3
11
18
24
33
31
10
11
17
18
3
272
0.02%
Janaka Ratnayake
ULPP
14
18
14
26
14
10
8
25
33
22
13
12
23
19
9
3
261
0.02%
Premasiri Manage
Ind14
39
7
32
13
28
4
5
17
16
14
17
7
12
17
6
2
236
0.02%
Ananda Kularatne
Ind06
19
6
11
7
9
5
2
28
24
24
24
5
14
22
10
2
212
0.02%
P. W. S. K. Bandaranayake
NDF
21
3
6
5
13
3
3
26
15
27
26
7
12
14
12
3
196
0.01%
Sidney Jayarathna
Ind07
13
8
7
8
13
2
8
30
14
25
10
9
9
14
9
0
179
0.01%
A. S. P. Liyanage
SLLP
19
9
6
5
2
2
4
12
13
17
20
7
8
7
2
2
140
0.01%
Mylvanagam Thilakarajah
Ind08
8
1
14
11
16
7
7
7
7
10
8
6
6
7
2
2
119
0.01%
Sarath Manamendra
NSU
10
14
6
6
5
9
4
9
14
7
11
1
7
4
4
4
105
0.01%
Valid Votes
102,104
45,486
88,982
45,513
69,243
27,558
46,312
161,728
150,692
147,160
108,242
54,258
105,675
94,790
49,927
34,190
1,334,390
100.00%
Rejected Votes
2,385
1,078
2,522
1,215
2,276
731
1,172
3,689
3,097
3,181
2,431
1,360
2,380
1,946
1,274
1,059
31,796
2.33%
Total Polled
104,989
46,564
91,504
48,728
71,519
28,289
47,514
165,417
153,789
150,341
110,673
55,618
108,055
96,736
51,201
35,249
1,336,186
77.39%
Registered Electors
129,439
62,623
118,986
67,112
97,620
42,048
66,062
207,235
198,793
190,053
142,482
75,810
140,699
120,503
70,250
35,636
1,765,351
Preferential votes [ 12]
Parliamentary General Elections
1989 parliamentary general election
Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989:[ 13]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
United National Party [ a]
23,462
17,324
49,733
17,908
22,052
15,265
19,768
24,795
25,849
27,415
24,561
20,113
22,042
33,090
21,237
9,916
374,530
51.67%
12
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
4,131
8,721
11,861
8,654
5,691
4,100
12,193
14,872
21,306
25,830
18,531
17,007
11,002
22,024
13,063
6,067
205,053
28.29%
6
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
20,225
1,040
1,326
1,620
732
669
1,724
7,920
7,241
4,351
2,698
3,030
19,152
1,859
1,407
1,972
76,966
10.62%
2
United Socialist Alliance [ b]
523
1,745
4,399
2,482
1,680
1,502
1,341
1,440
1,850
1,890
2,917
2,041
1,758
3,796
1,500
1,009
31,873
4.40%
0
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
168
1,604
19,874
680
2,786
1,259
790
81
117
73
662
284
158
301
415
56
29,308
4.04%
0
United Lanka People's Party
1,172
254
205
363
239
247
184
1,846
485
266
161
386
671
238
217
178
7,112
0.98%
0
Valid Votes
49,681
30,688
87,398
31,707
33,180
23,042
36,000
50,954
56,848
59,825
49,530
42,861
54,783
61,308
37,839
19,198
724,842
100.00%
20
Rejected Votes
2,500
1,501
6,126
1,439
2,460
949
1,351
3,068
2,473
2,710
2,477
1,507
2,138
2,463
1,602
507
35,271
Total Polled
52,181
32,189
93,524
33,146
35,640
23,991
37,351
54,022
59,321
62,535
52,007
44,368
56,921
63,771
39,441
19,705
760,113
Registered Electors
67,851
47,174
131,624
49,993
53,356
36,820
52,176
82,139
86,029
87,609
74,671
65,984
81,774
95,786
54,316
20,589
1,087,891
Turnout
76.91%
68.23%
71.05%
66.30%
66.80%
65.16%
71.59%
65.77%
68.95%
71.38%
69.65%
67.24%
69.61%
66.58%
72.61%
95.71%
69.87%
Preferential votes[ 13]
Alliance
Party
Candidate
votes
UNP
UNP
Lalith Athulathmudali [ c]
235,447
UNP
UNP
Sirisena Cooray
92,263
SLFP
SLFP
Stanley Tillekeratne
83,636
MEP
MEP
Dinesh Gunawardena
70,616
SLFP
SLFP
Jinadasa Niyathapala
67,804
SLFP
SLFP
C. V. Gunaratne
60,603
MEP
MEP
Bandula Gunawardane
50,861
SLFP
SLFP
Dixon Perera
50,735
UNP
UNP
Gamini Lokuge
48,790
UNP
UNP
M. H. Mohamed
47,451
UNP
UNP
Tyronne Fernando
44,718
UNP
UNP
Premaratne Gunasekera
44,559
UNP
UNP
Vincent Perera
42,776
UNP
UNP
Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi
41,508
SLFP
SLFP
Kingsley Wickramaratne
38,815
SLFP
SLFP
Nimal Siripala de Silva
38,647
UNP
UNP
Sunethra Ranasinghe
37,165
UNP
CWC
M. S. Sellasamy
36,480
UNP
UNP
Jabir Cader
30,252
UNP
UNP
Nimal Rathnasiri Peiris
27,130
1994 parliamentary general election
Results of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994:[ 15]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
People's Alliance [ d]
20,782
16,764
42,060
18,211
18,140
8,977
20,882
40,034
46,899
49,342
36,939
28,106
41,034
41,670
25,967
13,835
469,642
50.94%
11
United National Party [ e]
28,768
17,076
50,136
17,858
24,522
12,983
16,942
29,566
30,668
29,585
26,796
21,215
25,269
30,360
15,860
7,496
385,100
41.77%
9
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
11,846
1,345
878
1,615
399
462
1,145
3,409
4,327
2,709
1,646
1,975
6,932
1,543
1,061
1,442
42,734
4.64%
0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front [ f]
476
414
502
493
268
90
327
1,180
1,541
1,418
935
742
1,142
992
666
268
11,454
1.24%
0
Independent Group 01
46
258
1,526
1,593
1,254
2,813
813
31
57
33
42
140
51
96
311
187
9,251
1.00%
0
Nava Sama Samaja Party
95
93
319
58
157
44
71
169
183
165
138
104
152
155
115
32
2,050
0.22%
0
EROS / PLOTE / TELO
73
36
130
87
96
31
44
106
94
105
71
39
89
60
50
2
1,113
0.12%
0
Democratic Workers' Congress
48
32
159
18
53
25
11
49
23
46
26
18
29
34
9
9
589
0.06%
0
Valid Votes
62,134
36,018
95,710
39,933
44,889
25,425
40,235
74,544
83,792
83,403
66,593
52,339
74,698
74,910
44,039
23,271
921,933
100.00%
20
Rejected Votes
2,882
1,524
5,995
1,618
2,593
821
1,273
2,938
3,010
2,932
2,775
1,485
2,082
2,701
1,652
354
36,635
Total Polled
65,016
37,542
101,705
41,551
47,482
26,246
41,508
77,482
86,802
86,335
69,368
53,824
76,780
77,611
45,691
23,625
958,568
Registered Electors
81,213
52,007
139,012
57,049
63,528
36,915
55,301
106,536
113,173
110,948
90,167
71,213
101,317
97,831
59,749
1,235,959
Turnout
80.06%
72.19%
73.16%
72.83%
74.74%
71.10%
75.06%
72.73%
76.70%
77.82%
76.93%
75.58%
75.78%
79.33%
76.47%
77.56%
Preferential votes
Alliance
Party
Candidate
votes
UNP
UNP
Ranil Wickremasinghe
291,194
PA
DUNF
Srimani Athulathmudali
148,727
PA
SLFP
C. V. Gunaratne [ g]
114,756
PA
SLFP
Nimal Siripala de Silva
111,730
UNP
UNP
Ossie Abeygunasekera [ h]
98,022
PA
SLFP
Jeewan Kumaranatunga
95,767
PA
SLFP
Kingsley Wickramaratne
95,077
PA
SLFP
A. H. M. Fowzie
72,294
PA
SLFP
Benet Cooray
66,976
PA
SLFP
Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra
63,421
UNP
UNP
Susil Moonesinghe
61,610
PA
SLFP
Indika Gunawardena
58,753
PA
SLFP
Amal Senalankadikara
54,321
PA
LSSP
Bernard Soysa
50,872
UNP
UNP
Gamini Lokuge
47,058
UNP
UNP
Karunasena Kodituwakku
46,134
UNP
UNP
M. H. Mohamed
44,527
UNP
UNP
Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi [ i]
44,322
UNP
UNP
Tyronne Fernando
42,872
UNP
UNP
Gunasekara Premaratne
40,646
2000 parliamentary general election
Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000:[ 17]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
United National Party [ j]
26,671
19,588
57,578
22,232
33,212
15,480
19,646
33,930
35,792
34,978
30,522
22,207
28,952
35,570
18,556
5,770
440,684
43.48%
10
People's Alliance [ k]
33,986
14,025
20,414
13,922
13,422
4,999
14,382
41,330
43,474
41,977
32,394
20,249
36,995
36,883
17,886
7,808
394,146
38.89%
8
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
4,434
1,990
2,806
2,844
2,031
709
2,556
8,758
11,268
10,219
5,741
3,566
8,174
6,849
4,454
1,734
78,133
7.71%
2
Sinhala Heritage
1,086
2,106
1,683
2,939
1,043
1,418
3,200
3,283
4,701
6,211
2,604
4,881
6,302
3,721
3,356
1,137
49,671
4.73%
0
Muslim National Unity Alliance [ l]
316
1,441
16,420
534
3,149
925
977
39
1,08
33
1,689
266
93
478
548
51
27,067
2.77%
0
All Ceylon Tamil Congress
26
136
747
927
910
1,371
622
10
11
3
16
19
9
171
210
50
5,238
0.52%
0
Ceylon Workers' Congress
832
210
1,247
411
1,099
289
122
11
12
16
205
41
3
10
59
21
4,588
0.45%
0
New Left Front [ m]
369
163
378
231
282
253
194
350
279
336
204
155
252
231
154
46
3,877
0.39%
0
Citizen's Front
72
143
1,236
169
155
91
59
97
87
99
117
120
127
201
81
25
2,879
0.28%
0
National People's Party
32
42
96
97
49
105
82
71
127
123
77
106
148
122
91
32
1,400
0.14%
0
Muslim United Liberation Front
39
54
797
30
60
15
25
50
32
56
54
16
25
22
44
2
1,321
0.13%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
65
37
46
52
23
22
57
101
136
200
72
87
149
57
73
51
1,228
0.12%
0
Independent Group 3
21
14
75
9
24
21
50
28
20
27
12
17
23
40
421
6
808
0.08%
0
United Lalith Front
70
22
80
27
47
15
23
95
68
50
35
28
59
31
28
6
684
0.07%
0
Liberal Party of Sri Lanka
17
29
16
35
5
88
36
19
40
40
11
33
40
31
57
0
497
0.05%
0
Socialist Equality Party
9
17
26
25
8
14
20
8
38
41
30
21
45
52
26
9
389
0.04%
0
Independent Group 2
5
56
98
15
46
8
4
11
9
11
18
27
32
7
8
2
357
0.04%
0
Democratic United National Front
30
16
24
13
17
7
14
39
32
38
26
18
32
28
16
5
355
0.04%
0
Sri Lanka Muslim Party
6
8
40
29
35
36
23
10
6
10
6
8
5
7
13
2
244
0.02%
0
Independent Group 5
15
11
19
4
9
5
4
18
14
15
14
12
17
10
12
0
179
0.02%
0
Ruhunu People's Party
6
11
16
33
3
4
2
6
7
23
7
6
6
9
4
0
143
0.01%
0
Independent Group 4
8
6
7
7
3
6
4
9
6
14
2
9
12
3
8
5
109
0.01%
0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front
2
2
49
1
6
1
4
3
5
1
5
2
2
4
2
1
90
0.01%
0
Independent Group 1
4
2
7
4
6
3
3
8
7
7
1
4
7
6
6
0
75
0.01%
0
People's Freedom Front
9
1
3
1
4
4
2
5
3
5
3
2
9
2
3
2
58
0.01%
0
Valid Votes
68,130
40,130
103,908
44,591
55,648
25,889
42,111
88,289
96,282
94,533
73,865
51,900
81,518
84,545
46,116
16,765
1,014,220
100.00%
20
Rejected Votes
3,153
1,611
5,986
1,882
3,229
1,042
1,246
3,529
3,107
2,999
2,745
1,380
2,517
2,888
1,702
408
39,424
Total Polled
71,283
41,741
109,894
46,473
58,877
26,931
43,357
91,818
99,389
97,532
76,610
53,280
84,035
87,433
47,818
17,173
1,053,644
Registered Electors
90,721
58,676
152,701
66,374
80,510
40,939
58,883
121,170
130,721
125,802
99,486
71,617
111,204
111,701
65,042
1,385,547
Turnout (%)
78.57%
71.14%
71.97%
70.02%
73.13%
65.78%
73.63%
75.78%
76.03%
77.53%
77.01%
74.40%
75.57%
78.27%
73.52%
76.05%
Preferential votes
Alliance
Party
Candidate[ 18]
votes
UNP
UNP
Ranil Wickremasinghe
363,668
UNP
UNP
Ravi Karunanayake
145,593
PA
SLFP
G. L. Peiris
139,123
PA
MEP
Dinesh Gunawardena
114,795
PA
SLFP
A. H. M. Fowzie
100,200
PA
SLFP
Jeewan Kumaranatunga
88,620
PA
MEP
Bandula Gunawardane
70,537
PA
SLFP
Indika Gunawardena
70,341
UNP
UNP
M. Mahroof
65,400
PA
SLFP
Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra
62,237
PA
SLFP
Chandana Kathriarachchi
61,301
UNP
UNP
Karunasena Kodituwakku
60,318
UNP
UNP
Gamini Lokuge
58,009
UNP
UNP
M. H. Mohamed
49,239
UNP
UNP
Lilantha Perera
48,848
UNP
UNP
Tyronne Fernando
41,439
UNP
UNP
Jayantha Perera
39,242
UNP
UNP
Samson Silva
38,894
JVP
JVP
Wimal Weerawansa
13,284
JVP
JVP
Nimal Upatissa Fernando
5,717
2001 parliamentary general election
Results of the 12th parliamentary election held on 5 December 2001:[ 19] [ 20]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
United National Front [ n]
32,784
24,349
80,318
26,636
41,052
18,020
24,219
39,943
43,330
42,260
37,256
27,717
35,932
42,150
23,432
546,417
51.62%
12
People's Alliance [ o]
29,176
12,710
19,149
11,807
11,792
4,053
12,686
37,389
39,238
37,815
28,465
18,573
32,800
33,627
17,344
353,401
33.39%
7
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
7,121
2,872
3,883
3,613
3,098
926
3,786
14,159
16,602
16,045
8,869
5,275
12,776
9,932
5,750
117,404
11.09%
2
Sinhala Heritage
515
785
731
962
342
396
944
1,229
1,541
2,170
1,001
1,694
2,106
1,161
1,014
16,970
1.60%
0
Tamil National Alliance [ p]
11
244
1,649
2,075
2,483
3,499
1,434
5
22
10
41
73
38
450
571
12,696
1.20%
0
New Left Front [ q]
335
135
308
142
184
83
121
385
284
355
236
155
272
255
180
3,457
0.33%
0
Democratic Left Front
271
85
178
203
138
129
193
347
302
360
182
202
298
227
132
3,322
0.31%
0
United Socialist Party
93
64
315
101
142
43
38
92
117
97
120
46
67
111
52
1,503
0.14%
0
United Lalith Front
98
57
212
39
76
32
32
102
95
73
76
40
54
72
36
1,101
0.10%
0
Eelam People's Democratic Party
54
19
77
88
62
58
28
45
35
25
33
15
37
40
24
640
0.06%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
35
22
20
26
7
9
29
37
43
50
55
32
44
36
33
478
0.05%
0
Socialist Equality Party
12
14
6
12
10
9
8
22
20
21
18
16
25
31
15
239
0.02%
0
Sri Lanka Muslim Party
7
12
50
2
15
10
8
4
11
7
19
12
5
4
8
174
0.02%
0
National Development Front
14
4
9
8
6
2
8
9
19
11
7
11
8
12
9
137
0.01%
0
Independent Group 2
11
1
7
2
8
4
7
8
14
8
5
8
9
5
3
100
0.01%
0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front
7
3
15
3
15
2
1
7
5
3
5
2
7
4
2
81
0.01%
0
Independent Group 4
6
3
12
8
5
6
3
4
4
3
9
1
5
5
3
77
0.01%
0
Independent Group 1
6
3
3
6
3
2
2
5
11
8
8
3
5
10
1
76
0.01%
0
Sri Lanka National Front
1
2
12
4
5
1
3
6
9
8
4
5
5
4
2
71
0.01%
0
Ruhuna People's Party
6
3
6
5
2
2
3
6
5
8
3
4
6
5
1
65
0.01%
0
Independent Group 3
2
1
10
3
3
3
3
2
5
2
2
0
1
3
2
42
0.00%
0
Valid Votes
70,565
41,388
106,970
45,745
59,448
27,289
43,556
93,806
101,712
99,339
76,414
53,884
84,500
88,144
48,614
1,058,481
100.00%
21
Rejected Votes
3,324
1,598
5,700
1,855
3,352
959
1,448
3,725
3,218
3,356
2,761
1,698
2,608
3,294
1,664
40,901
Total Polled
73,889
42,986
112,670
47,600
62,800
28,248
45,004
97,531
104,930
102,695
79,175
55,582
87,108
91,438
50,278
1,099,382
Registered Electors
93,630
61,373
159,417
66,736
86,842
41,908
61,222
127,422
135,550
131,571
102,676
74,140
114,854
115,430
67,911
1,440,682
Turnout
78.92%
70.04%
70.68%
71.33%
72.32%
67.40%
73.51%
76.54%
77.41%
78.05%
77.11%
74.97%
75.84%
79.22%
74.04%
76.31%
Preferential votes
Alliance
Party
Candidate[ 21]
votes
UNF
UNP
Ranil Wickremasinghe
415,686
UNF
UNP
Milinda Moragoda
134,132
UNF
UNP
Ravi Karunanayake
129,893
PA
SLFP
A. H. M. Fowzie
103,817
PA
SLFP
Arjuna Ranatunga
97,409
PA
SLFP
Susil Premajayanth
90,170
PA
MEP
Dinesh Gunawardena
87,615
UNF
UNP
M. Mahroof
85,988
UNF
UNP
Karunasena Kodituwakku
78,093
PA
SLFP
Jeewan Kumaranatunga
70,790
UNF
UNP
Gamini Lokuge
66,968
UNF
UNP
Bandula Gunawardane
66,516
UNF
UNP
M. H. Mohamed
64,783
PA
SLFP
Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra
61,530
PA
SLFP
Chandana Kathriarachchi
57,673
UNF
WPF
Mano Ganesan
54,942
UNF
UNP
Jayantha Ketagoda
54,274
UNF
UNP
Tyronne Fernando
46,129
UNF
UNP
Lilantha Perera
43,887
JVP
JVP
Wimal Weerawansa
19,687
JVP
JVP
Sunil Handunnetti
9,438
2004 parliamentary general election
Results of the 13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004:[ 22]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
United National Front [ r]
28,607
21,543
71,599
23,739
40,387
19,084
19,865
29,029
32,772
26,302
29,540
19,635
22,337
34,313
18,448
4,641
441,841
41.76%
9
United People's Freedom Alliance [ s]
37,380
12,484
17,681
12,141
12,724
3,613
12,577
49,520
53,065
45,939
32,976
20,070
37,919
38,833
19,284
8,482
414,688
39.20%
8
Jathika Hela Urumaya
5,952
6,360
8,881
9,116
3,409
2,824
9,247
17,768
18,485
29,850
14,311
13,192
25,385
13,493
9,085
3,260
190,618
18.02%
3
National Development Front
96
109
230
91
415
44
63
175
202
215
194
140
177
168
86
15
2,420
0.23%
0
New Left Front [ t]
133
89
225
166
175
150
112
129
139
121
106
95
135
161
71
30
2,037
0.19%
0
National People's Party
72
41
49
45
24
19
43
175
115
244
78
55
160
102
50
1
1,273
0.12%
0
United Socialist Party
71
27
204
57
93
20
30
59
53
40
74
29
32
73
31
1
894
0.08%
0
United Muslim People's Party
40
61
317
40
75
22
24
29
30
29
81
30
22
33
23
2
858
0.08%
0
Independent Group 7
1
54
501
5
42
4
10
3
3
3
40
9
0
3
5
0
683
0.06%
0
United Lalith Front
43
20
117
25
57
19
17
39
37
27
29
16
34
49
20
1
550
0.05%
0
Eelam People's Democratic Party
34
12
66
65
45
21
30
32
48
41
26
15
36
38
26
4
539
0.05%
0
Swarajya Party
2
29
98
37
8
55
25
7
22
30
15
26
9
11
27
3
404
0.04%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
12
2
4
10
5
2
15
17
26
31
15
14
28
9
8
5
203
0.02%
0
Socialist Equality Party
4
11
10
11
10
5
6
6
18
18
4
7
14
24
7
4
159
0.02%
0
Independent Group 11
11
2
13
6
10
4
3
13
13
10
6
6
6
7
4
0
114
0.01%
0
Independent Group 10
9
6
13
3
8
3
2
18
6
5
6
1
6
7
5
0
98
0.01%
0
Sri Lanka Muslim Party
1
10
35
7
5
9
4
3
3
3
7
0
4
4
1
1
97
0.01%
0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front
2
4
34
1
6
0
3
2
2
6
3
1
3
4
0
0
71
0.01%
0
Independent Group 8
5
4
8
2
2
1
1
8
11
4
2
3
6
6
4
0
67
0.01%
0
Independent Group 1
1
13
3
2
2
3
2
2
5
5
2
2
2
5
0
0
49
0.00%
0
Independent Group 2
1
5
12
0
3
4
1
4
5
1
2
1
1
4
2
0
46
0.00%
0
Independent Group 4
3
3
2
3
5
3
1
4
3
4
1
2
3
3
1
2
43
0.00%
0
Sri Lanka National Front
1
1
5
1
2
1
1
3
3
6
0
3
4
6
5
0
42
0.00%
0
Independent Group 6
7
1
12
1
2
3
0
0
1
1
6
0
0
6
0
0
40
0.00%
0
Independent Group 5
4
1
5
2
3
1
1
5
2
2
1
4
0
3
2
0
36
0.00%
0
Independent Group 3
2
0
5
0
3
0
2
4
3
2
3
2
1
5
2
0
34
0.00%
0
Independent Group 9
4
0
7
0
5
0
1
2
1
3
1
0
1
3
4
0
32
0.00%
0
Ruhuna People's Party
2
1
6
0
3
0
1
5
4
0
1
1
2
3
1
0
30
0.00%
0
Valid Votes
72,500
40,893
100,142
45,576
57,528
25,914
42,087
97,061
105,077
102,942
77,530
53,359
86,327
87,376
47,202
16,452
1,057,966
100.00%
20
Rejected Votes
3,491
1,457
5,451
1,689
3,431
869
1,173
3,516
3,316
2,831
2,832
1,413
2,161
3,139
1,531
305
38,605
Total Polled
75,991
42,350
105,593
47,265
60,959
26,783
43,260
100,577
108,393
105,773
80,362
54,772
88,488
90,515
48,733
16,757
1,096,571
Registered Electors
98,012
62,722
153,763
67,885
86,388
40,209
60,159
135,242
143,644
137,285
106,335
74,159
118,318
116,454
67,176
1,467,751
Turnout
77.53%
67.52%
68.67%
69.63%
70.56%
66.61%
71.91%
74.37%
75.46%
77.05%
75.57%
73.86%
74.79%
77.73%
72.55%
74.71%
Preferential votes
Alliance
Party
Candidate[ 23]
votes
UNF
UNP
Ranil Wickremasinghe
329,524
UPFA
JVP
Wimal Weerawansa
237,185
UPFA
JVP
Sunil Handunnetti
152,942
UPFA
JVP
Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi
122,645
UPFA
SLFP
Susil Premajayanth
100,074
UNF
UNP
Milinda Moragoda
99,146
UPFA
MEP
Dinesh Gunawardena
82,626
UPFA
SLFP
Arjuna Ranatunga
81,914
UNF
UNP
Ravi Karunanayake
69,975
UNF
UNP
M. H. Mohamed
62,559
UNF
UNP
T. Maheswaran [ u]
57,978
UNF
UNP
Bandula Gunawardane
57,460
UNF
UNP
M. Mahroof
55,919
UNF
UNP
Gamini Lokuge
53,810
UPFA
SLFP
Jeewan Kumaranatunga
51,583
UNF
WPF
Mano Ganesan
51,508
UPFA
SLFP
A. H. M. Fowzie
49,719
JHU
JHU
Ven. Uduwe Dhammaloka Thero
42,850
JHU
JHU
Ven. Kotapola Amarakitti Thero
26,539
JHU
JHU
Ven. Kataluwe Ratanasiya Thero[ v]
10,512
2010 parliamentary general election
Results of the 14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010:[ 26]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
United People's Freedom Alliance [ w]
42,259
13,662
21,794
14,662
15,976
5,169
15,472
57,951
56,539
60,139
37,782
22,799
44,200
40,369
19,486
12,637
480,896
51.19%
10
United National Front [ x]
16,730
16,421
51,421
19,241
30,825
13,056
15,831
26,841
23,546
21,953
23,949
16,374
18,937
25,356
15,384
3,885
339,750
36.17%
7
Democratic National Alliance [ y]
5,432
3,619
6,243
4,608
3,226
1,675
4,256
10,103
14,460
13,532
8,371
6,729
12,313
8,159
5,061
2,896
110,683
11.78%
2
United Lanka People's Party
118
90
302
82
93
39
53
121
188
180
173
73
125
92
78
21
1,828
0.19%
0
Sri Lanka National Front
15
20
24
20
102
10
7
42
231
82
50
20
60
191
37
13
924
0.10%
0
Tamil United Liberation Front
5
8
90
176
138
183
94
7
9
16
6
3
11
33
46
9
834
0.09%
0
Left Liberation Front
20
78
142
38
115
67
48
19
21
26
16
16
23
30
37
10
706
0.08%
0
National Development Front
15
106
192
23
84
5
15
20
11
12
27
5
12
23
24
4
578
0.06%
0
Our National Front
21
7
28
7
26
7
11
41
43
39
28
17
37
41
16
4
373
0.04%
0
United Socialist Party
21
21
70
38
54
13
13
9
14
17
15
12
12
20
18
5
352
0.04%
0
United National Alternative Front
19
14
51
10
44
19
11
24
18
11
20
12
9
25
4
1
292
0.03%
0
Independent Group 10
14
12
28
16
42
15
6
13
7
9
18
9
8
8
7
0
212
0.02%
0
Muslim National Alliance
9
0
28
8
11
4
5
10
10
17
12
7
6
14
6
0
147
0.02%
0
Independent Group 16
19
7
25
5
11
3
1
15
14
9
6
7
9
6
4
1
142
0.02%
0
All Are Citizens All Are Kings Organisation
19
8
35
9
2
1
5
1
10
16
8
14
4
0
5
3
140
0.01%
0
Socialist Equality Party
6
7
5
7
14
8
3
11
14
13
9
3
11
11
7
3
132
0.01%
0
Janasetha Peramuna
1
11
20
2
40
0
2
2
9
7
7
7
6
11
2
4
131
0.01%
0
United Lanka Great Council
1
6
35
2
11
0
0
2
4
7
11
6
5
31
4
1
126
0.01%
0
Independent Group 11
13
7
6
1
7
7
4
12
15
17
7
3
8
8
4
0
119
0.01%
0
Independent Group 15
6
20
25
3
3
3
2
7
9
4
5
5
8
7
7
1
115
0.01%
0
United Democratic Front
11
5
19
4
8
6
5
7
8
5
4
7
6
15
3
1
114
0.01%
0
Independent Group 12
8
10
20
2
12
1
4
11
5
9
6
4
7
6
2
0
107
0.01%
0
Independent Group 13
4
3
8
5
9
0
2
5
11
15
4
4
7
2
4
1
84
0.01%
0
Independent Group 7
2
1
0
3
9
0
0
5
11
5
5
2
4
27
1
0
75
0.01%
0
Independent Group 14
12
0
11
1
5
2
0
6
2
5
7
2
4
2
3
2
64
0.01%
0
Independent Group 8
4
3
6
2
3
0
2
4
12
5
8
4
1
8
0
1
63
0.01%
0
Independent Group 1
2
2
9
2
7
1
0
3
6
7
2
0
1
4
1
1
48
0.01%
0
Independent Group 4
2
2
15
0
5
2
2
2
3
4
3
3
0
2
0
0
45
0.00%
0
Independent Group 9
4
3
3
1
11
1
4
3
2
1
1
0
2
5
2
0
43
0.00%
0
Independent Group 2
0
1
14
3
4
1
3
1
4
1
5
0
0
0
1
0
38
0.00%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
1
0
1
3
3
3
2
3
2
1
5
1
5
3
2
0
35
0.00%
0
Independent Group 3
6
0
4
2
2
0
1
3
4
1
1
2
2
0
2
1
31
0.00%
0
Sri Lanka Labour Party
4
2
2
1
2
2
0
0
5
1
0
2
2
3
1
3
30
0.00%
0
National People’s Party
3
2
1
3
1
2
1
1
3
2
1
5
1
2
0
1
29
0.00%
0
Ceylon Democratic Unity Alliance
2
1
4
2
3
2
0
1
3
1
2
2
0
1
2
1
27
0.00%
0
Patriotic National Front
0
1
3
2
0
1
3
1
4
4
3
0
1
1
1
1
26
0.00%
0
Independent Group 6
0
1
4
0
1
3
0
4
0
4
2
0
0
0
0
1
20
0.00%
0
Independent Group 5
2
1
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
0
0
1
1
0
16
0.00%
0
Valid Votes
64,810
34,162
80,691
38,996
50,909
20,311
35,868
95,311
95,257
96,179
70,583
46,159
75,847
74,517
40,263
19,512
939,375
100.00%
19
Rejected Votes
4,225
1,998
6,606
2,562
4,495
1,283
1,606
4,206
4,193
4,160
3,863
1,877
3,014
3,725
1,990
551
50,354
Total Polled
69,035
36,160
87,297
41,558
55,404
21,594
37,474
99,517
99,450
100,339
74,446
48,036
78,861
78,242
42,253
20,063
989,729
Registered Electors
108,138
58,757
139,822
68,643
95,385
38,921
61,194
155,720
158,736
148,696
112,363
73,009
121,247
114,601
66,622
1,521,854
Turnout
63.84%
61.54%
62.43%
60.54%
58.08%
55.48%
61.24%
63.91%
62.65%
67.48%
66.25%
65.79%
65.04%
68.27%
63.42%
65.03%
Preferential votes
Alliance
Party
Candidate[ 27]
votes
UPFA
NFF
Wimal Weerawansa
280,672
UNF
UNP
Ranil Wickremasinghe
232,957
UPFA
SLFP
Duminda Silva
146,336
UPFA
JHU
Champika Ranawaka
120,333
UPFA
MEP
Dinesh Gunawardena
116,860
DNA
DNA
Sarath Fonseka [ z]
98,458
DNA
JVP
Sunil Handunnetti
78,126
UNF
UNP
Ravi Karunanayake
70,328
UNF
UNP
Mohan Lal Grero
68,008
UNF
UNP
Rosy Senanayake
66,357
UPFA
UNP
Bandula Gunawardane
64,654
UPFA
SLFP
Thilanga Sumathipala
60,848
UNF
UNP
Wijeyadasa Rajapaksa
60,030
UPFA
SLFP
Susil Premajayanth
54,702
UNF
UNP
Sujeewa Senasinghe
52,559
UPFA
SLFP
A. H. M. Fowzie
51,641
UPFA
SLFP
Jeewan Kumaranatunga
51,080
UPFA
UNP
Gamini Lokuge
49,750
UNF
DPF
Praba Ganesan
42,851
2015 parliamentary general election
Results of the 15th parliamentary election held on 17 August 2015:[ 31]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
United National Front for Good Governance [ aa]
39,106
28,968
79,968
31,450
50,571
22,060
28,153
52,336
56,154
49,637
49,196
30,247
41,374
43,665
26,412
11,446
640,743
53.00%
11
United People's Freedom Alliance [ ab]
42,895
11,842
11,489
12,917
10,256
4,204
13,273
66,450
62,136
65,243
35,300
20,797
47,049
40,142
19,203
10,867
474,063
39.21%
7
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
4,346
2,282
2,109
2,960
1,647
875
2,366
10,719
11,971
11,193
6,159
4,075
9,001
5,384
3,217
3,087
81,391
6.73%
1
Democratic Party
172
284
209
238
121
71
204
678
564
580
293
327
584
420
214
279
5,238
0.43%
0
Bodu Jana Peramuna
86
100
68
169
45
36
94
207
199
224
229
147
207
134
138
54
2,137
0.18%
0
Tamil United Liberation Front
28
23
86
99
162
112
44
1
16
7
58
8
6
36
17
20
723
0.06%
0
Our National Front
50
13
19
11
17
4
16
71
63
71
30
23
42
39
25
3
497
0.04%
0
Frontline Socialist Party
56
9
9
21
23
3
19
41
46
59
26
16
72
17
24
22
463
0.04%
0
United Socialist Party
22
31
78
21
64
10
13
20
31
31
39
20
10
19
16
4
429
0.04%
0
United People's Party
28
23
63
23
49
11
16
31
41
19
31
21
21
20
16
9
422
0.03%
0
Independent Group 01
3
54
89
26
81
11
3
4
3
9
22
25
2
3
3
1
339
0.03%
0
Nava Sama Samaja Party
10
11
105
8
18
28
19
10
10
8
8
11
9
18
28
2
303
0.03%
0
Jana Setha Peramuna
12
26
25
14
3
3
5
24
52
24
30
25
31
17
1
4
296
0.02%
0
Independent Group 12
5
7
7
14
6
7
10
9
52
18
48
27
34
26
15
1
286
0.02%
0
Independent Group 11
20
10
36
9
29
8
5
9
19
19
15
6
8
9
8
1
211
0.02%
0
Independent Group 09
5
10
13
14
5
16
2
3
24
5
5
20
14
4
6
3
149
0.01%
0
Independent Group 10
4
2
8
18
12
51
9
3
2
4
5
3
2
8
5
4
140
0.01%
0
Independent Group 15
9
8
11
3
18
5
4
15
11
7
15
7
7
4
9
4
137
0.01%
United Peace Front
11
2
4
3
4
4
2
27
19
12
10
5
6
15
7
3
134
0.01%
0
Socialist Equality Party
5
4
4
8
2
5
4
10
9
19
7
2
21
16
8
1
125
0.01%
0
All Lanka Tamil Great Council
5
4
21
6
17
5
6
7
6
3
9
5
3
3
2
2
104
0.01%
0
United Lanka People's Party
3
0
7
6
2
2
0
8
20
15
7
2
1
6
3
0
82
0.01%
0
Independent Group 08
4
4
13
5
10
1
1
2
5
1
4
1
3
3
2
0
59
0.00%
0
Independent Group 14
1
1
9
2
7
3
1
8
1
5
3
3
6
2
5
0
57
0.00%
0
Motherland People's Party
2
3
1
2
2
0
4
13
2
4
3
5
3
5
2
4
55
0.00%
0
Independent Group 02
3
2
6
2
6
0
1
0
7
2
4
6
8
3
1
1
52
0.00%
0
Sri Lanka Vanguard Party
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
5
6
6
4
3
15
2
0
2
49
0.00%
0
Independent Group 05
4
0
2
2
5
0
4
10
5
1
3
0
0
4
2
0
42
0.00%
0
New Sinhala Heritage
1
2
0
0
2
0
0
5
4
5
3
2
3
5
0
1
33
0.00%
0
Independent Group 03
2
1
7
0
1
0
2
2
4
0
0
1
0
0
3
1
24
0.00%
0
Liberal Party of Sri Lanka
1
2
2
1
4
1
5
1
1
1
1
2
0
1
0
0
23
0.00%
0
Independent Group 13
2
3
1
0
1
0
0
2
4
3
1
0
1
4
1
0
23
0.00%
0
Independent Group 07
1
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
4
0
1
3
0
0
20
0.00%
0
Independent Group 06
0
2
4
1
1
0
1
2
0
1
2
0
1
3
1
0
19
0.00%
0
Independent Group 04
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
3
3
1
2
0
1
0
0
1
17
0.00%
0
Sri Lanka National Force
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
3
1
1
0
1
2
1
0
0
14
0.00%
0
Valid Votes
89,908
43,736
94,477
48,056
63,193
27,538
44,289
130,740
131,493
127,240
91,576
55,843
98,548
90,041
49,394
25,827
1,208,899
100.00%
19
Rejected Votes
7,044
1,902
5,332
2,043
4,055
1,237
1,330
4,026
3,536
3,452
3,283
1,457
2,492
2,990
1,634
559
43,372
3.46%
Total Polled
90,952
45,638
99,809
50,099
67,248
28,775
45,619
134,766
135,029
130,692
94,859
57,300
101,040
93,031
51,028
26,386
1,252,271
78.93%
Registered Electors
117,472
60,109
131,482
66,941
89,771
40,609
59,812
174,909
173,355
164,774
120,617
74,934
129,801
115,219
66,793
1,586,598
Preferential votes
Alliance
Party
Candidate[ 32]
votes
UNFGG
UNP
Ranil Wickremesinghe
500,566
UPFA
NFF
Wimal Weerawansa
313,801
UPFA
PHU
Udaya Gammanpila
198,818
UPFA
SLFP
Susil Premajayantha
174,075
UPFA
MEP
Dinesh Gunawardena
124,451
UNFGG
UNP
Sujeewa Senasinghe
117,049
UNFGG
UNP
Harsha de Silva
114,147
UNFGG
UNP
Ravi Karunanayake
111,399
UNFGG
JHU
Champika Ranawaka
100,444
UPFA
SLFP
Bandula Gunawardena
96,057
UNFGG
UNP
S. M. Marikar
92,526
UNFGG
UNP
Mujibur Rahman
83,884
UNFGG
UNP
Eran Wickramaratne
82,737
UNFGG
UNP
Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe
81,758
UNFGG
SLFP
Hirunika Premachandra
70,584
UNFGG
DPF
Mano Ganeshan
69,064
JVP
JVP
Anura Kumara Dissanayake
65,966
UPFA
SLFP
Mohan Lal Grero
65,703
UPFA
SLFP
Gamini Lokuge
58,527
2020 parliamentary general election
Results of the 16th parliamentary election held on 5 August 2020:[ 33]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance [ ac]
58,477
17,680
16,688
18,007
16,775
6,294
18,244
95,118
90,489
89,240
49,742
29,436
64,309
55,000
25,320
23,784
647,687
57.04%
12
Samagi Jana Balawegaya [ ad]
20,308
20,450
64,692
20,538
41,059
16,521
18,611
23,184
23,793
23,687
36,718
14,946
17,733
23,747
15,646
5,512
387,145
32.73%
6
National People's Power [ ae]
3,761
1,931
1,912
2,595
1,230
1,074
2,094
8,712
9,594
9,160
4,655
3,405
7,371
4,404
2,901
2,801
67,600
5.72%
1
United National Party
1,712
1,500
2,978
1,869
2,676
1,143
1,706
2,476
2,679
2,098
2,091
1,563
2,128
1,754
1,440
1,062
30,875
2.61%
0
National Development Front
188
61
111
103
112
40
140
334
228
216
182
119
162
188
120
39
2,343
0.2%
0
Independent Group 07
97
66
48
104
46
58
103
158
201
213
82
204
263
143
120
15
1,921
0.16%
0
Independent Group 17
214
37
37
42
63
13
30
232
206
223
160
58
96
139
67
10
1,627
0.14%
0
Independent Group 02
116
31
181
47
88
19
35
105
94
67
114
46
57
106
83
15
1,204
0.1%
0
Independent Group 19
129
69
166
47
148
23
23
106
73
73
127
44
33
78
34
8
1,181
0.1%
0
Frontline Socialist Party
102
20
23
23
54
13
41
143
131
127
54
40
148
43
57
66
1,085
0.09%
0
Independent Group 08
57
43
177
38
136
27
41
50
38
38
95
25
23
67
35
6
896
0.08%
0
National People's Party
41
20
23
199
17
14
39
62
74
71
47
57
72
96
28
24
884
0.07%
0
Liberal Party of Sri Lanka
52
18
29
25
20
17
23
96
116
99
49
39
103
70
29
15
800
0.07%
0
Independent Group 10
20
5
56
23
60
11
11
66
39
49
46
30
227
19
10
26
698
0.06%
0
United Left Front
58
27
70
31
72
11
20
61
57
51
55
17
48
65
23
12
678
0.06%
0
Independent Group 11
41
33
161
38
82
4
15
35
37
40
55
14
21
62
12
2
652
0.06%
0
Socialist Party of Sri Lanka
54
17
31
35
40
13
28
77
65
55
57
27
45
52
37
9
642
0.05%
0
Independent Group 13
83
26
92
27
85
21
14
34
48
32
59
10
29
36
21
1
618
0.05%
0
Independent Group 15
103
17
29
18
23
4
11
82
65
46
50
12
26
64
29
4
583
0.04%
0
Sinhaladeepa National Front
16
13
9
8
6
4
6
81
190
34
28
11
59
15
11
24
515
0.04%
0
Independent Group 24
75
25
30
9
15
1
5
52
28
24
130
12
25
8
33
10
482
0.04%
0
Democratic United National Front
14
22
13
17
12
3
3
13
42
25
219
12
14
34
7
21
471
0.04%
0
Independent Group 05
29
18
94
13
94
9
7
29
31
20
38
14
17
31
13
6
463
0.04%
0
Jana Setha Peramuna
18
22
30
11
22
9
51
26
53
30
45
17
39
21
13
14
421
0.04%
0
Independent Group 01
10
4
20
53
34
60
14
19
27
34
9
21
22
34
18
17
396
0.03%
0
United Socialist Party
31
9
40
21
45
7
14
25
25
27
33
10
22
23
7
3
342
0.03%
0
Independent Group 03
30
16
28
13
9
3
11
32
41
47
16
17
25
33
10
2
323
0.03%
0
Independent Group 25
16
19
78
10
11
6
3
16
8
18
46
7
2
21
47
2
310
0.03%
0
Socialist Equality Party
15
10
29
24
20
9
12
23
33
27
32
8
21
20
15
5
303
0.03%
0
Independent Group 04
26
19
72
11
30
5
10
24
21
13
17
6
18
13
7
8
300
0.03%
0
Independent Group 26
20
20
30
7
14
2
5
25
50
34
22
9
33
15
4
7
297
0.03%
0
New Sinhala Heritage
21
21
12
19
11
4
6
22
35
23
36
27
25
6
16
10
294
0.02%
0
Independent Group 09
6
8
5
8
15
12
16
29
29
30
6
4
24
47
44
8
291
0.02%
0
Independent Group 20
12
11
55
14
29
13
5
16
14
19
32
9
13
23
6
4
275
0.02%
0
Independent Group 06
31
14
26
9
31
2
9
29
17
22
26
8
15
16
8
2
265
0.02%
0
Independent Group 21
26
6
23
7
10
6
10
26
25
26
16
5
16
27
5
6
240
0.02%
0
Independent Group 12
10
11
13
11
27
6
6
22
14
12
43
4
6
15
10
5
215
0.02%
0
Independent Group 22
21
5
10
5
7
5
2
28
22
19
7
8
5
10
10
4
168
0.01%
0
Independent Group 18
25
3
8
3
16
3
2
19
14
15
13
5
11
6
2
5
150
0.01%
0
Independent Group 14
8
3
5
5
14
0
1
12
9
6
9
3
3
5
2
1
86
0.01%
0
Independent Group 16
7
3
6
3
3
0
6
22
7
5
4
1
2
7
1
2
78
0.01%
0
Independent Group 23
1
2
3
2
2
0
2
5
8
8
7
3
6
7
0
0
56
0.00%
0
Valid Votes
86,081
43,335
88,143
44,092
63,263
25,489
41,434
131,726
128,770
126,103
95,272
50,313
93,317
86,560
46,301
33,577
1,182,776
100.00%
19
Rejected Votes
6,907
3,537
8,955
3,371
7,113
1,545
2,529
8,032
6,845
6,760
6,870
2,789
4,931
5,895
3,254
1,701
81,034
4.74%
Total Polled
92,988
45,872
97,098
47,463
70,376
27,034
43,963
139,758
135,615
132,863
102,142
53,102
98,248
92,455
49,555
35,278
1,263,810
73.98%
Registered Electors
122,257
61,897
126,022
67,241
93,672
41,831
62,406
191,627
188,469
179,289
136,028
75,197
136,304
119,911
70,528
36,530
1,709,209
Preferential votes
Alliance
Party
Candidate[ 34]
votes
SLPFA
SLPP
Sarath Weerasekara
328,092
SJB
SJB
Sajith Premadasa
305,744
SLPFA
NFF
Wimal Weerawansa
267,084
SLPFA
PHU
Udaya Gammanpila
136,331
SLPFA
SLPP
Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe
120,626
SLPFA
SLPP
Bandula Gunawardena
101,644
SJB
SJB
S. M. Marikkar
96,916
SLPFA
SLPP
Pradeep Undugoda
91,958
SJB
SJB
Mujibur Rahman
87,589
SLPFA
MEP
Dinesh Gunawardena
85,287
SJB
SJB
Harsha de Silva
82,845
SLPFA
SLPP
Madhura Withanage
70,205
SLPFA
SLPP
Premnath C. Dolawaththa
69,055
SJB
JHU
Patali Champika Ranawaka
65,574
SLPFA
SLPP
Gamini Lokuge
62,543
SJB
DPF
Mano Ganeshan
62,091
SLPFA
SLPP
Susil Premajayantha
50,321
NPP
JVP
Anura Kumara Dissanayake
49,814
SLPFA
SLPP
Jagath Kumara
47,693
Provincial Council Elections
1988 provincial council election
Results of the 1st Western provincial council election held on 2 June 1988[ 35]
1993 provincial council election
Results of the 2nd Western provincial council election held on 17 May 1993:[ 36]
1999 provincial council election
Results of the 3rd Western provincial council election held on 6 April 1999:[ 37] [ 38] [ 39]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
United National Party
23,077
18,534
50,132
19,492
26,448
12,348
15,548
28,150
28,065
26,785
25,989
16,956
22,576
31,232
14,971
2,333
362,336
45.07%
19
People's Alliance [ ah]
21,057
11,230
24,182
11,979
11,483
4,659
13,416
30,493
30,989
35,377
24,217
19,351
27,843
28,688
15,373
3,259
313,576
38.98%
17
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
2,800
1,736
2,457
1,997
1,734
490
1,751
5,576
8,066
7,257
4,777
2,543
4,869
5,430
3,535
363
55,361
6.88%
3
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
9,055
619
765
891
518
413
1,234
3,915
6,471
3,375
2,187
2,289
7,433
2,004
1,287
552
43,008
5.35%
2
National Union of Workers [ ai]
1,088
330
4,654
650
3,897
812
231
45
84
51
331
113
40
80
96
8
12,510
1.55%
1
New Left Front [ aj]
505
324
1,080
886
864
1,007
558
567
520
580
416
333
484
547
445
24
9,140
1.14%
1
Muslim United Liberation Front
76
122
3,896
48
243
55
60
58
78
80
169
42
53
60
45
2
5,087
0.63%
0
Liberal Party of Sri Lanka
56
57
90
117
74
148
102
70
63
78
51
103
91
152
148
1
1,411
0.18%
0
Independent Group 01
16
41
284
44
625
84
39
15
30
17
56
9
20
24
12
10
1,326
0.16%
0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front
22
7
27
17
15
8
12
70
40
35
21
49
72
43
56
1
495
0.06%
0
Valid Votes
57,762
33,000
87,567
36,121
45,881
20,024
32,951
68,959
74,406
73,635
58,214
41,786
63,461
68,260
35,968
6,553
804,550
100.00%
43
Rejected Votes
3,676
1,976
6,738
2,303
3,539
1,308
1,835
4,440
4,174
4,491
3,674
2,385
3,794
3,525
2,231
366
50,435
5.9%
Total Polled
61,438
34,976
94,305
38,424
49,420
21,332
34,786
73,339
78,580
28,126
66,888
44,153
67,255
71,785
38,199
6,919
854,985
64.45%
Registered Electors
86,614
55,841
144,202
64,542
75,761
40,640
58,766
113,810
123,171
120,054
94,877
70,405
107,710
106,359
63,735
1,326,487
Preferential votes
Party
Candidate[ 40]
votes
UNP
Karu Jayasuriya
250,179
PA
Susil Premajayantha
162,415
UNP
Lilantha Perera
39,670
UNP
Jayantha Perera
39,096
MEP
Bandula Gunawardane
31,984
PA
Gamini Thilakasiri
31,975
PA
Chandana Kathirarachchi
30,429
PA
Navusar Fauzi
29,837
UNP
Hameed Mohomad
29,384
PA
Hector Bethgamage
28,894
UNP
Samson Silva
28,392
UNP
Ajith Nivard Cabraal
27,990
UNP
Jayantha de Silva
27,352
PA
Ashoka Lankathilaka
26,174
PA
Renuka Dushyantha Perera
25,291
UNP
Janaka Malimaarachchi
24,734
UNP
Laxman Abegunaratne
24,163
UNP
Thompson Joseph Mendis
22,414
UNP
Almon Pieris
22,264
PA
Mahesh Jayathissa
22,172
PA
Upali Kodikara
21,812
PA
Wirantha Fernando
21,426
PA
Sunil Jayamini
21,374
UNP
Nimal Rathnasiri Pieris
20,750
PA
Ananda Wasantha
20,271
UNP
Ratnasiri Rajapakse
20,179
UNP
Mohomed Ishfahani
19,568
UNP
Senaka Damyantha de Silva
19,376
PA
Susantha Sirinatha
19,032
UNP
Premasiri Perera
18,946
UNP
Mohomed Nawfer
18,666
PA
Thilakaratna Rajapaksa
17,701
UNP
Chandrasiri Dias
17,626
UNP
Joseph Charles
17,263
PA
Isura Devapriya
16,099
PA
Ranjith Mahinda
15,893
PA
Terrance Balasooriya
15,419
MEP
Lionel Kariyawasam
7,924
JVP
Dharmadasa Perera
5,423
JVP
Aruna Panagoda
4,057
JVP
Sanath Weerakon
3,932
NLF
Vikramabahu Karunaratne
3,755
NUW
Mano Ganeshan
3,663
2004 provincial council election
Results of the 4th Western provincial council election held on 10 July 2004:[ 41]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
United People's Freedom Alliance [ ak]
29,534
8,968
14,580
9,372
9,615
2,632
10,374
35,610
40,785
38,289
25,690
16,436
31,251
30,382
14,621
4,514
322,653
49.11%
21
United National Party [ al]
18,113
15,020
35,680
14,251
23,661
7,622
10,850
20,694
20,364
21,088
20,889
12,758
16,794
25,453
11,369
2,153
276,759
42.12%
18
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
413
1,524
18,727
578
4,209
975
554
54
142
43
2,716
480
62
352
336
19
31,184
4.75%
2
Western People's Front
400
688
3,282
1,423
3,637
997
308
15
77
10
703
266
11
237
155
10
12,219
1.86%
1
Democratic Unity Alliance
61
586
2,882
263
667
332
337
62
103
62
273
92
55
278
151
15
6,219
0.95%
1
New Left Front [ am]
185
297
447
168
247
218
106
229
111
174
207
165
145
202
98
25
3,024
0.46%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
81
79
74
87
38
22
93
152
191
275
386
202
221
134
96
63
2,194
0.33%
0
National Development Front
75
70
85
46
217
20
26
100
126
115
94
65
82
172
42
2
1,337
0.20%
0
United Lalith Front
63
33
144
33
69
11
20
59
42
69
56
41
36
52
37
6
771
0.12%
0
United Sinhala Great Council
16
11
27
17
12
1
17
19
24
33
17
18
21
16
17
10
276
0.04%
0
Independent Group 01
19
8
29
15
10
3
5
19
15
29
11
12
25
22
18
11
251
0.04%
0
Sri Lanka National Front
7
4
28
5
15
4
3
2
4
10
8
4
9
6
3
1
113
0.02%
0
Valid Votes
48,967
27,288
75,985
26,258
42,397
12,837
22,693
57,015
61,984
60,197
51,050
30,539
48,712
57,306
26,943
6,829
657,000
100.00%
43
Rejected Votes
3,022
1,753
4,952
1,809
2,696
694
1,508
3,789
3,936
4,749
3,694
2,191
3,979
3,590
1,989
653
45,004
Total Polled
51,989
29,041
80,937
28,067
45,093
13,531
24,201
60,804
65,920
64,946
54,744
32,730
52,691
60,896
28,932
7,482
702,004
Registered Electors
98,012
62,722
153,763
67,885
86,388
40,209
60,159
135,242
143,644
137,285
106,335
74,159
118,318
116,454
67,176
1,467,751
Turnout
53.04%
46.30%
52.64%
41.34%
52.20%
33.65%
40.23%
44.96%
45.89%
47.31%
51.48%
44.13%
44.53%
52.29%
43.07%
47.83%
Preferential votes
Party
Candidate[ 41]
votes
UNP
Duminda Silva
56,569
UPFA
Anura Hemapala
36,029
UPFA
Gamini Thilakasiri
34,992
UNP
Jayantha de Silva
34,776
UPFA
Kanchana Peiris
34,658
UPFA
Hector Bethmage
31,924
UPFA
Sunil Watagala
31,836
UNP
Luxman Abeygunarathna
30,945
UPFA
Priyanga Kothalawala
30,876
UNP
Mohan Lal Grero
30,436
UPFA
G. H. Buddhadasa
29,682
UPFA
Sarath Pathirana
29,375
UPFA
Sunil Jayamini
29,082
UNP
Ajantha Niroshan Padukka
28,104
UPFA
Mahesh Almeida
26,886
UNP
Nimal Rathnasiri Peiris
26,851
UPFA
Navusar Fauzi
25,085
UPFA
Wasantha Malini
24,727
UPFA
Upali Kodikara
22,786
UPFA
Chandrasiri Karunaratne
22,588
UPFA
Thilakarathne Rajapaksha
22,026
UNP
Prince Sagara Senaratne
21,547
UPFA
Mohomed Nafli
21,012
UPFA
Sumith De Zoysa
20,967
UNP
Senaka Damayantha de Silva
20,927
UPFA
Murugan Mohan
20,909
UPFA
Ashoka Lankathilaka
20,293
UNP
Krishantha Yogadas Pancharathnam
20,281
UNP
Hameed Mohomed
20,146
UPFA
Keerthi Udawatta
19,598
UNP
Joseph Mendis
19,434
UPFA
Isura Devapriya
18,898
UNP
Harischandra de Kostha
17,798
UNP
Sujeewa Senasinghe
17,405
UNP
Kithsiri Fernando
16,796
UNP
Janaka Mallimarachchi
16,349
UNP
Sunil Magammana
16,265
UNP
Mohamad Fairoz
15,588
UNP
Welamma Sellasami
14,382
SLMC
Mohamed Rajabdeen
11,625
SLMC
Hassan Mohideen
6,562
WPF
Praba Ganesan
6,459
DUA
A. J. M. Muzammil
1,904
2009 provincial council election
Results of the 5th Western provincial council election held on 25 April 2009:[ 42]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
United People's Freedom Alliance [ an]
45,368
14,950
25,505
16,890
15,746
5,483
17,377
61,542
66,362
65,459
42,086
26,902
52,439
45,787
22,560
5,914
530,370
57.78%
25
United National Party
17,984
16,994
45,414
18,922
27,866
12,244
14,612
28,355
24,219
22,933
22,932
14,819
18,350
25,873
14,201
1,853
327,571
35.69%
15
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
1,405
587
507
1,061
387
152
551
2,792
3,084
3,331
1,341
1,080
2,331
1,713
1,114
351
21,787
2.37%
1
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
130
894
9,023
506
3,332
796
770
17
160
34
2,352
306
45
138
462
13
18,978
2.07%
1
Democratic Unity Alliance
64
158
2,350
356
4,267
159
160
49
83
50
468
88
72
70
185
5
8,584
0.94%
1
Left Front [ ao]
53
153
564
646
675
816
363
41
42
74
73
51
61
205
170
10
3,997
0.44%
0
United National Alliance
86
56
196
77
111
50
43
87
100
103
103
52
59
81
38
5
1,247
0.14%
0
Independent Group 05
12
39
265
159
359
50
21
21
7
12
69
31
20
8
12
0
1,085
0.12%
0
Independent Group 03
5
16
316
8
140
11
13
14
6
5
30
11
2
1
5
0
583
0.06%
0
New Sinhala Heritage
58
22
40
17
130
9
7
42
48
24
7
21
62
25
8
6
526
0.06%
0
Ruhuna People's Party
4
14
48
24
35
9
34
31
13
20
38
15
29
32
176
1
523
0.06%
0
Independent Group 06
9
30
120
43
93
43
22
16
5
1
85
2
6
7
1
0
483
0.05%
0
Independent Group 11
4
72
174
11
67
5
10
7
4
4
72
12
5
14
16
1
478
0.05%
0
United Socialist Party
20
13
64
37
38
7
11
19
26
17
23
15
22
21
20
2
355
0.04%
0
Independent Group 01
9
30
32
33
16
1
1
45
37
22
54
6
16
9
6
1
318
0.03%
0
Socialist Equality Party
16
4
15
16
9
11
11
13
15
20
9
4
18
15
5
0
181
0.02%
0
Independent Group 10
10
2
8
7
11
2
3
9
14
10
12
8
24
4
0
0
124
0.01%
0
United Lanka People's Party
10
8
25
2
20
2
5
4
6
5
2
5
3
5
2
0
104
0.01%
0
United Lanka Great Council
1
5
9
6
5
2
0
8
5
16
3
3
14
0
2
0
79
0.01%
0
Independent Group 13
9
6
11
2
4
4
4
2
6
7
4
2
4
7
4
1
77
0.01%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
2
4
2
2
3
3
6
6
6
5
2
8
7
6
4
1
67
0.01%
0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front
0
3
25
0
7
3
3
0
5
2
8
3
3
2
1
0
65
0.01%
0
Independent Group 12
7
2
5
3
6
0
6
3
7
4
8
2
1
4
2
0
60
0.01%
0
National People's Party
4
5
0
1
1
0
1
8
7
4
4
1
6
3
1
0
46
0.01%
0
Independent Group 02
1
2
8
3
3
1
2
7
7
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
44
0.00%
0
Independent Group 08
1
0
3
5
2
0
3
1
7
2
1
6
3
2
5
2
43
0.00%
0
Independent Group 04
3
1
8
2
5
3
1
6
0
3
3
1
2
2
0
0
40
0.00%
0
Patriotic National Front
4
2
5
1
2
3
2
0
5
1
1
1
2
3
2
1
35
0.00%
0
Independent Group 09
8
1
3
1
0
1
0
1
4
3
1
2
2
5
1
1
34
0.00%
0
Independent Group 07
1
0
8
0
6
1
3
2
1
2
0
2
1
3
1
0
31
0.00%
0
Valid Votes
65,288
34,073
84,753
38,841
53,346
19,871
34,045
93,148
94,291
92,175
69,793
43,461
73,611
74,047
39,004
8,168
917,915
100.00%
43
Rejected Votes
3,497
1,421
5,272
1,920
3,666
1,160
1,190
3,718
2,922
3,351
2,987
1,412
2,253
2,571
1,501
279
39,120
Total Polled
68,785
35,494
90,025
40,761
57,012
21,031
35,235
96,866
97,213
95,526
72,780
44,873
75,864
76,618
40,505
8,447
957,035
Registered Electors
107,093
63,884
151,308
72,446
103,050
41,441
63,115
154,055
159,596
149,191
114,105
75,555
122,895
115,042
67,817
1,560,593
Turnout
64.23%
55.56%
59.50%
56.26%
55.32%
50.75%
55.83%
62.88%
60.91%
64.03%
63.78%
59.39%
61.73%
66.60%
59.73%
61.33%
Preferential votes
Party
Candidate[ 43]
votes
UPFA
Duminda Silva
165,128
UPFA
Thilanga Sumathipala
159,603
UPFA
Udaya Gammanpila
116,144
UNP
Rosy Senanayake
80,884
UPFA
Pradeep Undugoda
62,736
UNP
Mohan Lal Grero
59,056
UPFA
Roger Seneviratne
52,390
UPFA
Gamini Thilakasiri
49,471
UNP
Sujeewa Senasinghe
45,958
UNP
Praba Ganesan
45,899
UNP
Sudath Manju Sri
37,878
UPFA
Sunil Jayamini
39,769
UPFA
Navusar Fauzi
39,417
UPFA
Hector Bethmage
37,890
UPFA
Salochana Gamage
35,693
UPFA
Sarath Kumara Sumanasekara
34,373
UNP
Hashan Tillakaratne
32,799
UNP
A. J. M. Muzammil
31,202
UNP
Nalliah Kumaraguruparan
30,373
UNP
Jayantha De Silva
29,560
UPFA
Mahesh Jayathissa
29,259
UPFA
Upali Kodikara
29,215
UPFA
Isura Devapriya
29,043
UPFA
Janaka Deepal Waliwaththe
28,466
UPFA
Ashoka Lankathilaka
26,973
UPFA
Sumith De Zoysa
26,919
UNP
Krishantha Yogadas Pancharathnam
26,460
UNP
Mohomed Fairoz
26,353
UNP
Mohomed Muin
24,272
UNP
S. Rajendran
24,096
UNP
Ajantha Niroshan Padukka
23,501
UNP
Srinath Perera
21,880
UPFA
Moris Wijerathna
21,091
UPFA
Amal Puspakumara Silva
20,639
UPFA
Ranjith Mahinda
20,345
UPFA
Thilakarathne Rajapaksha
20,337
UPFA
Keerthi Udawatta
19,907
UPFA
Renuka Dushyantha Perera
19,384
UPFA
Jagath Kumara
19,309
UPFA
Gamini De Silva
19,048
SLMC
Arshad Mohamed
5,789
DUA
Abdul Faiz
2,538
JVP
Duminda Nagamuwa
2,388
2014 provincial council election
Results of the 6th Western provincial council election held on 29 March 2014:[ 44]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
United People's Freedom Alliance [ ap]
42,635
11,750
17,472
12,806
10,873
4,783
12,361
53,983
58,259
55,372
35,813
20,217
42,883
38,305
17,396
8,175
443,083
45.33%
18
United National Party
15,363
15,302
40,170
13,092
16,165
7,073
11,629
32,890
20,713
27,499
22,072
10,970
14,666
24,366
11,347
2,221
285,538
29.21%
12
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
4,092
2,908
2,126
3,088
1,214
769
2,196
9,127
10,659
9,807
6,112
4,201
8,504
4,848
3,621
1,165
74,437
7.62%
3
Democratic Party
4,297
1,787
2,166
2,496
1,488
1,098
3,301
6,194
10,182
7,427
5,637
5,024
9,115
5,956
3,887
1,470
71,525
7.32%
3
Democratic People's Front
1,790
1,764
8,854
5,643
12,795
5,703
2,639
37
83
57
2,371
434
102
706
1,096
82
44,156
4.52%
2
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
199
999
8,629
538
4,174
801
710
26
138
36
2,403
629
53
307
505
16
20,163
2.06%
1
All Ceylon Makkal Congress
185
888
4,480
404
6,111
574
700
62
98
90
1,037
180
88
159
418
17
15,491
1.58%
1
Independent Group 01
476
402
1,244
191
2,633
21
15
13
32
29
396
149
17
14
12
11
5,655
0.58%
0
Ceylon Workers' Congress
473
171
883
289
1,295
342
91
21
31
16
124
52
16
20
52
9
3,885
0.40%
0
Independent Group 03
28
129
219
703
77
21
74
56
107
112
186
115
93
29
88
16
2,053
0.21%
0
Independent Group 02
37
9
16
60
11
3
254
223
172
304
38
82
143
256
148
8
1,764
0.18%
0
United Lanka People's Party
60
38
116
63
93
19
24
123
94
126
74
25
281
118
19
10
1,283
0.13%
0
Independent Group 10
13
145
367
243
159
27
8
7
7
10
92
75
13
13
31
1
1,211
0.12%
0
Nava Sama Samaja Party
29
73
170
106
104
95
54
38
47
59
70
29
58
40
82
7
1,061
0.11%
0
Independent Group 06
95
27
68
35
47
22
52
81
110
86
88
62
100
93
73
15
1,054
0.11%
0
New Democratic Front
41
32
61
55
70
30
43
74
111
105
70
75
97
56
45
81
1,046
0.11%
0
Jana Setha Peramuna
17
24
33
36
15
14
21
98
226
73
184
38
102
49
23
14
967
0.10%
0
Patriotic National Front
59
44
80
30
169
4
18
40
72
49
55
38
58
42
31
8
797
0.08%
0
Independent Group 11
31
26
60
20
28
9
10
35
31
29
35
12
16
30
16
3
391
0.04%
0
Our National Front
21
6
19
11
16
10
8
18
53
31
31
19
45
25
9
8
330
0.03%
0
United Peace Front
11
13
64
8
39
3
4
19
18
20
35
20
18
9
10
1
292
0.03%
0
Independent Group 09
16
21
44
10
22
2
7
22
20
13
30
12
10
22
8
1
260
0.03%
0
United Lanka Great Council
17
7
31
30
4
5
10
25
26
21
21
11
16
19
10
3
256
0.03%
0
Socialist Equality Party
12
10
10
10
29
4
7
18
21
24
16
12
26
13
6
2
220
0.02%
0
Sri Lanka Labour Party
30
8
16
8
5
11
2
2
4
5
5
2
7
6
4
5
120
0.01%
0
Independent Group 04
8
2
12
6
9
1
9
8
9
9
3
9
4
8
9
2
108
0.01%
0
Independent Group 07
4
6
8
1
10
7
2
7
12
13
7
7
8
9
6
1
108
0.01%
0
Independent Group 08
4
14
5
5
4
3
12
7
14
5
4
3
13
6
0
99
0.01%
0
Independent Group 05
9
1
12
4
4
1
4
11
9
5
1
5
3
4
0
73
0.01%
0
Valid Votes
70,052
36,592
87,444
39,991
57,664
21,455
34,253
103,263
101,353
101,445
77,015
42,504
76,547
75,534
38,962
13,352
977,426
100.00%
40
Rejected Votes
3,837
1,610
4,066
1,998
3,363
1,019
1,487
4,078
4,342
4,072
3,526
1,729
3,044
3,123
1,787
681
43,762
Total Polled
73,889
38,202
91,510
41,989
61,027
22,474
35,740
107,341
105,695
105,517
80,541
44,233
79,591
78,657
40,749
14,033
1,021,188
Registered Electors
115,098
57,373
130,186
66,572
87,542
39,625
60,543
169,679
168,043
160,493
118,098
73,539
127,060
113,257
65,626
1,552,734
Turnout
64.20%
66.59%
70.29%
63.07%
69.71%
56.72%
59.03%
63.26%
62.90%
65.75%
68.20%
60.15%
62.64%
69.45%
62.09%
65.77%
Preferential votes
Party
Candidate[ 45] [ 46] [ 47]
votes
UPFA
Hirunika Premachandra
139,034
UPFA
Udaya Gammanpila
115,637
UNP
S. M. Marikkar
67,243
UPFA
Upali Kodikara
47,822
UNP
Sudath Manju Sri
45,654
JVP
K. D. Lalkantha
45,460
UPFA
Roger Seneviratne
44,011
UPFA
Malsha Kumaranatunga
43,324
UNP
Mujibur Rahman
42,126
UPFA
Rasika Buddhadasa
37,125
UNP
Ajantha Niroshan Padukka
33,846
UPFA
Salochana Gamage
33,495
DP
Susil Kindelpitiya
32,918
UNP
Loshan Karunarathne
32,911
UNP
Mohomed Fairoz
32,642
UPFA
Gamini Thilakasiri
31,532
UPFA
Mahesh Jayatissa
30,191
UPFA
Jagath Kumara
29,499
UPFA
Hector Bethmage
28,766
DPF
Mano Ganesan
28,558
UNP
Srinath Perera
27,942
UPFA
Janaka Deepal Weliwatta
27,578
UPFA
Isura Devapriya
26,164
UPFA
Pradeep Undugoda
26,031
UPFA
Gayan Sriwarnasinghe
24,942
UNP
Jayantha De Silva
24,450
UPFA
Amal Pushpakumara Silva
24,431
UPFA
Sunil Jayamini
23,832
UNP
Senaka Damayantha de Silva
23,586
UPFA
Thushara Perera
23,423
UNP
Anuradha Wimalarathna
21,205
UNP
Udara Rathnayake
20,165
UNP
Rodney Fraser
19,643
DPF
S. Kuhawaradan
14,888
DP
Nimal Rathnasiri Peiris
14,822
DP
Nalin Pradeep Udawela
13,653
JVP
Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi
9,528
JVP
Sunil Watagala
8,380
SLMC
Mohamed Nizamdeen
5,694
ACMC
Mohemed Faiz
4,208
Notes
^ Including the Ceylon Workers' Congress .
^ Including the CPSL , LSSP , NSSP , SLMP .
^ Lalith Athulathmudali (DUNF) was killed on 23 April 1993.[ 14]
^ Including the SLFP et al..
^ Including the Ceylon Workers' Congress .
^ Including the JVP .
^ C. V. Gunaratne (SLFP ) was killed on 7 June 2000.[ 16]
^ Ossie Abeygunasekera were killed on 24 October 1994. His replacements was P. P. Devaraj (CWC ).
^ Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi were killed on 24 October 1994. His replacements was R. Yogarajan (CWC ).
^ Including the DWC , NWC, UCPF , UNP .
^ Including the SLFP et al..
^ Including the SLMC .
^ Including the NSSP et al..
^ Including the UNP , SLMC , CWC , WPF .
^ Including the SLFP et al.
^ Including the ACTC , EPRLF(S) , TELO , TULF .
^ Including the NSSP et al.
^ Including the UNP , SLMC , CWC , WPF .
^ Including the SLFP , JVP et al.
^ Including the NSSP et al.
^ T. Maheswaran (UNF-UNP) was killed on 1 January 2008.[ 24] His replacement Mohamed Rajabdeen (UNF-SLMC) was sworn in on 8 January 2008.[ 25]
^ Ven. Kataluwe Ratanasiya Thero resigned on 18 May 2004. His replacement was Ven. Akmeemana Dayarathana Thero (JHU).
^ SLFP , CWC et al.
^ UNP , SLMC , DPF , SLFP(P)
^ JVP ,DNF et al.
^ Sarath Fonseka (DNA) vacated his seat on 7 October 2010 after being sentenced to 30 months imprisonment by a court martial after being found guilty of breaching arms procurement guideline.[ 28] [ 29] His replacement Jayantha Ketagoda (DNA) was sworn in on 8 March 2011.[ 30]
^ The alliance consisted of ACMC ,DNM, JHU ,MTNA,NFGG, SLMC , TPA (DPF , NUW and UCPF ),ULF and UNP .
^ The alliance consisted of CWC ,CF,DNF,DPC, LBSL , MEP , NC , NFF ,PHU, SA (CPSL , DLF , LSSP ,NLPP and SLPP ), SLFP , TMVP and UCF.
^ The alliance consisted of CWC , CPSL , DLF , DVJP , EPDP , LSSP , MEP ,MTK, NC , NFF ,PHU, SLFP , SLMP , SLPP , TMVP ,UPP & VDJS.
^ The alliance consisted of JHU , SLMC , TPA (NUW , DPF , UCPF ), ACMC ,NLNP & JSP.
^ Including JVP .
^ Including the CPSL , LSSP , NSSP & SLMP
^ Including the SLFP et al.
^ Including the SLFP , SLMC et al.
^ Including the CWC , DWC .
^ Including the NSSP et al.
^ Including SLFP , JVP et al.
^ Including CWC , UNP .
^ Including NSSP et al.
^ Including SLFP et al.
^ Including NSSP et al.
^ Including SLFP et al.
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