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Matale Electoral District

This article is about the electoral district in Sri Lanka. For the administrative district, see Matale District.

Matale electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Matale in the Central province. The district currently elects five of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 342,684 registered electors in 2010.[2]

Matale
Electoral District
for the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Administrative
District		Matale
ProvinceCentral
Polling divisions4
Population483,000[1] (2008)
Electorate342,684[2] (2010)
Area1,993 km2 (770 sq mi)[3]
Current Electoral District
Number of members5
MPsRohini Kavirathna SJB
Rohana Dissanayake, SLPFA
Nalaka Kottegoda, SLFPA
Premitha Bandara Tennakoon, SLFPA
Janaka Bandara Tennakoon, SLFPA

Presidential Elections

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1982 presidential election

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Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982 for the district:[4]

Candidate Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes %
Dambulla
Junius Jayewardene UNP 27,368 17,354 22,452 25,183 1,674 94,031 58.11%
Hector Kobbekaduwa SLFP 21,748 12,149 11,632 12,982 788 59,299 36.65%
Rohana Wijeweera JVP 2,501 1,158 1,400 2,033 77 7,169 4.43%
Colvin R. de Silva LSSP 309 155 153 239 10 866 0.54%
Kumar Ponnambalam ACTC 46 39 85 82 1 253 0.16%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara NSSP 40 34 49 61 12 196 0.12%
Valid Votes 52,012 30,889 35,771 40,580 2,562 161,814 100.00%
Rejected Votes 385 272 332 396 29 1,414
Total Polled 52,397 31,161 36,103 40,976 2,591 163,228
Registered Electors 60,536 35,129 43,705 47,906 187,276
Turnout 86.56% 88.70% 82.61% 85.53% 87.16%

1988 presidential election

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Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988 for the district:[5]

Candidate Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes %
  Ranasinghe Premadasa UNP 4,276 9,055 12,544 10,599 533 37,007 57.85%
  Sirimavo Bandaranaike SLFP 3,195 8,908 6,889 6,380 453 25,825 40.37%
  Ossie Abeygunasekera SLMP 137 216 437 320 25 1,135 1.77%
Valid Votes 7,608 18,179 19,870 17,299 1,011 63,967 100.00%
Rejected Votes 102 198 463 297 50 1,110
Total Polled 7,710 18,377 20,333 17,596 1,061 65,077
Registered Electors 72,515 41,110 48,841 52,472 214,938
Turnout 10.63% 44.70% 41.63% 33.53% 30.28%

1994 presidential election

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Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994 for the district:[6]

Candidate Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes %
  Chandrika Kumaratunga PA 37,869 26,092 25,234 28,300 3,954 121,449 60.98%
  Srima Dissanayake UNP 23,746 13,013 16,006 18,187 2,372 73,324 36.82%
  Hudson Samarasinghe Ind 2 602 507 379 618 5 2,111 1.06%
  Harischandra Wijayatunga SMBP 273 137 288 250 44 992 0.50%
  Nihal Galappaththi SLPF 229 143 137 154 17 680 0.34%
  A. J. Ranasinghe Ind 1 187 119 126 169 7 608 0.31%
Valid Votes 62,906 40,011 42,170 47,678 6,399 199,164 100.00%
Rejected Votes 1,458 897 1,253 1,636 73 5,317
Total Polled 64,364 40,908 43,423 49,314 6,472 204,481
Registered Electors 85,870 48,525 58,638 66,238 259,271
Turnout 74.96% 84.30% 74.05% 74.45% 78.87%

1999 presidential election

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Results of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999 for the district:[7]

Candidate Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes %
  Chandrika Kumaratunga PA 35,811 24,073 21,709 26,959 2,680 111,232 51.42%
  Ranil Wickramasinghe UNP 30,850 16,091 20,185 22,336 2,482 91,944 42.51%
  Nandana Gunathilake JVP 3,496 1,069 1,392 1,574 393 7,924 3.66%
  W. V. M. Ranjith Ind 2 323 200 168 255 5 951 0.44%
  Harischandra Wijayatunga SMBP 233 112 239 264 54 902 0.42%
  Rajiva Wijesinha LPSL 270 181 172 235 2 860 0.40%
  Tennyson Edirisuriya Ind 1 214 171 122 232 8 747 0.35%
  Abdul Rasool SLMP 169 64 170 142 5 550 0.25%
  Kamal Karunadasa PLSF 132 74 56 78 3 343 0.16%
  Vasudeva Nanayakkara LDA 91 35 94 75 13 308 0.14%
  Hudson Samarasinghe Ind 3 76 48 59 78 0 261 0.12%
  A. W. Premawardhana PFF 57 30 33 27 2 149 0.07%
  Ariyawansha Dissanayaka DUNF 46 31 34 28 0 139 0.06%
Valid Votes 71,768 42,179 44,433 52,283 5,647 216,310 100.00%
Rejected Votes 1,876 1,112 1,322 1,627 234 6,171
Total Polled 73,644 43,291 45,755 53,910 5,881 222,481
Registered Electors 97,348 53,732 64,069 71,025 286,174
Turnout 75.65% 80.57% 71.42% 75.90% 77.74%

2005 presidential election

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Results of the 5th presidential election held on 17 November 2005 for the district:[8]

Candidate Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes %
  Ranil Wickramasinghe UNP 38,692 22,249 29,637 31,449 3,910 125,937 50.25%
  Mahinda Rajapaksa UPFA 43,853 23,637 20,945 25,551 6,547 120,533 48.09%
  A. A. Suraweera NDF 361 279 235 334 8 1,217 0.49%
  Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 325 243 278 362 4 1,212 0.48%
  Chamil Jayaneththi NLF 117 86 73 78 2 356 0.14%
  Victor Hettigoda ULPP 102 37 88 96 19 342 0.14%
  Wimal Geeganage SLNF 71 65 34 58 0 228 0.09%
  Aruna de Soyza RPP 84 51 33 55 1 224 0.09%
  Anura De Silva ULF 61 45 48 53 1 208 0.08%
  A. K. J. Arachchige DUA 41 35 25 39 1 141 0.06%
  Wije Dias SEP 31 28 17 19 0 95 0.04%
  P. Nelson Perera SLPF 23 14 15 24 0 76 0.03%
  H. S. Dharmadwaja UNAF 17 12 11 11 0 51 0.02%
Valid Votes 83,778 46,781 51,439 58,129 10,493 250,620 100.00%
Rejected Votes 1,073 679 932 955 146 3,785
Total Polled 84,851 47,460 52,371 59,084 10,639 254,405
Registered Electors 111,401 60,990 71,171 78,314 321,876
Turnout 76.17% 77.82% 73.58% 75.45% 79.04%

2010 presidential election

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Results of the 6th presidential election held on 26 January 2010 for the district:[2]

Candidate Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes %
  Mahinda Rajapaksa UPFA 58,016 31,277 26,996 32,818 8,846 157,953 59.74%
  Sarath Fonseka NDF 28,171 16,300 26,013 25,991 4,038 100,513 38.01%
  M. C. M. Ismail DUNF 360 213 289 232 11 1,105 0.42%
  A. A. Suraweera NDF 267 188 174 210 2 841 0.32%
  W. V. M. Ranjith Ind 1 250 136 100 139 10 635 0.24%
  C. J. Sugathsiri Gamage UDF 158 100 159 203 3 623 0.24%
  A. S. P. Liyanage SLLP 96 90 83 97 6 372 0.14%
  Ukkubanda Wijekoon Ind 3 107 70 75 87 1 340 0.13%
  Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 85 59 57 97 2 300 0.11%
  Sarath Manamendra NSH 75 72 61 88 3 299 0.11%
  Lal Perera ONF 51 46 60 91 1 249 0.09%
  M. K. Shivajilingam Ind 5 41 44 48 57 2 192 0.07%
  Aithurus M. Illias Ind 2 62 32 39 40 1 174 0.07%
  Vikramabahu Karunaratne LF 43 31 34 43 6 157 0.06%
  Sanath Pinnaduwa NA 27 28 29 32 1 117 0.04%
  Wije Dias SEP 29 21 25 27 1 103 0.04%
  M. Mohamed Musthaffa Ind 4 23 20 25 24 0 92 0.03%
  Ven.Battaramulla
Seelarathana Thero		 JP 27 20 17 25 0 89 0.03%
  Aruna de Soyza RPP 20 15 16 34 1 86 0.03%
  Senaratna de Silva PNF 20 15 23 16 0 74 0.03%
  M. B. Thaminimulla ACAKO 10 15 16 15 1 57 0.02%
  Sarath Kongahage UNAF 11 6 8 22 1 48 0.02%
Valid Votes 87,949 48,798 54,347 60,388 12,937 264,419 100.00%
Rejected Votes 778 361 650 760 117 2,666
Total Polled 88,727 49,159 54,997 61,148 13,054 267,085
Registered Electors 119,453 64,696 75,154 83,381 342,684
Turnout 74.28% 75.98% 73.18% 73.34% 77.94%

2015 presidential election

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Results of the 7th presidential election held on 8 January 2015:[9]

Candidate Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes %
  Mahinda Rajapaksa UPFA 57,657 33,821 26,684 32,235 8,483 158,880 51.41%
  Maithripala Sirisena NDF 47,652 21,511 36,052 37,319 8,394 145,928 47.22%
  R. A. Sirisena PNF 205 170 123 141 5 649 0.21%
  Namal Rajapaksa ONF 158 136 65 137 4 500 0.16%
  A. S. P. Liyanage SLLP 92 73 101 125 3 394 0.13%
  M. I. Mohanmed Mishlar UPF 104 59 91 134 4 392 0.13%
  R. Peduru Arachchi ULPP 74 72 96 134 4 380 0.12%
  Aithurus M. Illias Ind 1 90 52 77 86 1 306 0.1%
  Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 66 42 72 102 3 285 0.09%
  Duminda Nagamuwa FSP 79 39 54 72 7 251 0.08%
  Sarath Manamendra NSH 75 50 44 71 1 241 0.08%
  Anurudha Polgampola Ind 2 36 30 40 45 1 152 0.05%
  Sundaram Mahendran NSSP 24 33 36 40 2 135 0.04%
  M. B. Theminimulla ACAKO 36 22 25 36 0 119 0.04%
  Vajirapani Wijesiriwardene SEP 27 11 28 31 0 97 0.03%
  Ven.Battaramulla
Seelarathana Thero		 JSP 30 12 15 28 3 88 0.03%
  Prasanna Priyankara DNM 25 13 11 34 4 87 0.03%
  Jayantha Kulathunga ULGC 27 17 9 25 3 81 0.03%
  Wimal Geeganage SLNF 15 10 14 17 1 57 0.02%
Valid Votes 101,472 56,178 63,637 70,812 16,923 309,022 100.00%
Rejected Votes 1,074 581 773 1,079 146 3,653 1.17%
Total Polled 102,546 56,759 64,410 71,891 17,069 312,675 82.35%
Registered Electors 131,831 70,323 84,225 93,296 17,330 379,675

Parliamentary General Elections

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1989 parliamentary general election

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Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989 for the district:[10]

Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes % Seats
  United National Party[a] 23,381 19,839 21,422 22,019 2,208 88,869 63.81% 4
  Sri Lanka Freedom Party 18,786 7,143 8,553 10,225 1,010 45,717 32.82% 1
  United Lanka People's Party 882 157 364 912 35 2,350 1.69% 0
  United Socialist Alliance[b] 445 350 773 710 66 2,344 1.68% 0
Valid Votes 43,494 27,489 31,112 33,866 3,319 139,280 100.00% 5
Rejected Votes 3,818 2,453 2,445 3,079 132 11,927
Total Polled 47,312 29,942 33,557 36,945 3,451 151,207
Registered Electors 71,722 40,656 47,520 51,452 3,588 214,938
Turnout 65.97% 73.65% 70.62% 71.80% 96.18% 70.35%

The following candidates were elected:[10]

Preferential votes
Alliance Party Candidate votes
  UNP   UNP J. Wijeratna Banda 31,635
  UNP   UNP Alick Aluwihare 31,004
  UNP   UNP P. B. Kaviratne 23,541
  UNP   UNP V. G. Jinadasa 22,941
  SLFP   SLFP Nandimithra Ekanayake 17,941

1994 parliamentary general election

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Results of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994 for the district:[11]

Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes % Seats
  People's Alliance[c] 34,286 20,648 20,607 22,856 4,283 102,680 49.85% 3
  United National Party [d] 30,468 17,970 22,446 26,283 2,954 100,121 48.61% 2
  Independent Group 597 437 294 390 10 1,728 0.84% 0
  Sri Lanka Progressive Front[e] 600 153 338 266 76 1,433 0.70% 0
Valid Votes 65,951 39,208 43,685 49,795 7,323 205,962 100.00% 5
Rejected Votes 3,881 2,618 2,630 3,393 124 12,646
Total Polled 69,832 41,826 46,315 53,188 7,447 218,608
Registered Electors 85,870 48,525 58,638 66,238 259,271
Turnout 81.32% 86.19% 78.98% 80.30% 84.32%

The following candidates were elected:[11]

Preferential votes
Alliance Party Candidate votes
  UNP   UNP Alick Aluwihare 61,526
  PA   SLFP Janaka Bandara Tennakoon 52,437
  PA   SLFP Nandimithra Ekanayake 51,919
  PA   SLFP Monty Gopallawa 40,555
  UNP   UNP V. G. Jinadasa 35,474

2000 parliamentary general election

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Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000 for the district:[12]

Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes % Seats
  People's Alliance[f] 35,421 23,692 19,877 27,615 3,608 110,213 50.53% 3
  United National Party 30,455 14,941 22,089 21,331 3,020 91,836 42.11% 2
  Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 4,396 1,283 2,233 2,138 623 10,673 4.89% 0
  New Left Front[g] 778 460 440 660 12 2,350 1.08% 0
  Sinhala Heritage 279 65 618 391 105 1,458 0.67% 0
  United Lanka Great Council 109 94 86 80 0 369 0.17% 0
  Citizen's Front 73 61 90 108 14 346 0.16% 0
  Liberal Party 38 31 51 57 2 179 0.08% 0
  Sinhalaye Mahasammatha
Bhoomiputra Pakshaya		 37 19 40 48 14 158 0.07% 0
  Democratic United National
Front		 56 31 18 37 2 144 0.07% 0
  Sri Lanka Muslim Party 33 8 22 31 2 96 0.04% 0
  National Development Front 43 15 11 16 1 86 0.04% 0
  Independent Group 16 13 13 33 0 75 0.03% 0
  Sri Lanka Progressive Front 15 8 23 19 0 65 0.03% 0
  People's Freedom Front 7 7 15 18 2 49 0.02% 0
Valid Votes 71,756 40,728 45,626 52,582 7,405 218,097 100.00% 5
Rejected Votes 5,385 2,843 3,334 4,002 155 15,719
Total Polled 77,141 43,571 48,960 56,584 7,560 233,816
Registered Electors 99,756 54,910 65,389 72,597 292,652
Turnout 77.33% 79.35% 74.87% 77.94% 79.90%

The following candidates were elected:[13]

Preferential votes
Alliance Party Candidate votes
  UNP   UNP Ranjith Aluwihare 62,911
  UNP   UNP Alick Aluwihare 60,419
  PA   SLFP Janaka Bandara Tennakoon 42,366
  PA   SLFP Monty Gopallawa 40,397
  PA   SLFP Nandimithra Ekanayake 39,585

2001 parliamentary general election

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Results of the 12th parliamentary election held on 5 December 2001 for the district:[14]

Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes % Seats
  United National Front [h] 34,066 16,117 28,478 28,088 3,242 109,991 50.43% 3
  People's Alliance [i] 29,281 20,938 15,044 20,506 3,230 88,999 40.81% 2
  Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 6,958 2,133 2,816 3,179 977 16,063 7.37% 0
  New Left Front [j] 649 402 306 453 14 1,824 0.84% 0
  United Lalith Front 130 64 85 85 1 365 0.17% 0
  Independent Group 76 40 31 75 1 223 0.10% 0
  Liberal Party 55 37 23 37 0 152 0.07% 0
  United Sinhala Great Council 36 10 31 60 2 139 0.06% 0
  People's Freedom Front 24 25 15 39 0 103 0.05% 0
  Sri Lanka Muslim Party 45 13 15 21 2 96 0.04% 0
  National Development Front 27 10 13 17 0 67 0.03% 0
  Sri Lanka National Front 12 8 11 9 0 40 0.02% 0
  Ruhunu People's Party 10 4 5 9 0 28 0.01% 0
Valid Votes 71,369 39,801 46,873 52,578 7,469 218,090 100.00% 5
Rejected Votes 5,225 2,740 3,106 4,253 125 15,449 1.65%
Total Polled 76,594 42,541 49,979 56,831 7,594 233,539
Registered Electors 102,302 56,244 67,034 74,026 299,606
Turnout 74.87% 75.64% 74.56% 76.77% 77.95%

The following candidates were elected:[15]

Preferential votes
Alliance Party Candidate votes
  UNF   UNP Alick Aluwihare 75,620
  UNF   UNP Ranjith Aluwihare 72,553
  PA   SLFP Janaka Bandara Tennakoon 49,959
  UNF   UNP Sanjeeva Kaviratne 37,226
  PA   SLFP S. B. Yalegama 35,450

2004 parliamentary general election

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Results of the 13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004 for the district:[16]

Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes % Seats
  United People's Freedom
Alliance[k]		 40,616 21,307 18,496 22,747 5,093 108,259 49.19% 3
  United National Front[l] 29,456 18,784 24,058 25,330 3,014 100,642 45.73% 2
  Jathika Hela Urumaya 1,982 579 3,135 2,611 512 8,819 4.01% 0
  United Socialist Party 264 220 263 383 5 1,135 0.52% 0
  National Development Front 64 34 89 81 3 271 0.12% 0
  National People's Party 77 29 67 90 4 267 0.12% 0
  Independent Group 6 91 43 48 80 1 263 0.12% 0
  New Left Front [m] 33 10 31 32 3 109 0.05% 0
  Independent Group 3 13 16 15 20 0 64 0.03% 0
  Independent Group 5 10 11 12 14 1 48 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 1 9 5 13 5 1 33 0.01% 0
  Liberal Party 5 1 15 5 1 27 0.01% 0
  Sri Lanka Muslim Party 11 1 5 3 0 20 0.01% 0
  Sri Lanka National Front 2 11 1 6 0 20 0.01% 0
  Sinhalaye Mahasammatha
Bhoomiputra Pakshaya		 9 2 5 4 0 20 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 2 4 4 7 3 1 19 0.01% 0
  Ruhunu People's Party 5 1 1 7 1 15 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 4 2 2 3 5 1 13 0.01% 0
  Swarajya Party 3 3 2 2 0 10 0.00% 0
  Sri Lanka Progressive Front 4 3 0 1 0 8 0.00% 0
Valid Votes 72,660 41,066 46,266 51,429 8,641 220,062 100.00% 5
Rejected Votes 6,905 3,598 3,273 4,959 177 18,912
Total Polled 79,565 44,664 49,539 56,388 8,818 238,974
Registered Electors 107,353 58,799 69,860 76,544 312,556
Turnout 74.12% 75.96% 70.91% 73.67% 76.46%

The following candidates were elected:[17]

Preferential votes
Alliance Party Candidate votes
  UPFA   JVP Sujatha Alahakoon 57,234
  UPFA   SLFP Janaka Bandara Tennakoon 54,711
  UNF   UNP Ranjith Aluwihare 47,152
  UNF   UNP Alick Aluwihare [n] 39,649
  UPFA   SLFP Rohana Dissanayake 37,091

2010 parliamentary general election

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Results of the 14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010 for the district:[20]

Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes % Seats
  United People's Freedom
Alliance[o]		 42,847 27,777 23,734 26,818 9,893 131,069 66.96% 4
  United National Front [p] 15,080 8,478 14,659 14,666 2,854 55,737 28.47% 1
  Democratic National
Alliance [q]		 2,645 688 1,974 1,574 755 7,636 3.90% 0
  Our National Front 57 48 34 21 3 163 0.08% 0
  National Development Front 28 14 34 46 6 128 0.07% 0
  Independent Group 1 18 30 26 17 5 96 0.05% 0
  Independent Group 7 12 3 9 68 0 92 0.05% 0
  Independent Group 11 22 33 8 27 0 90 0.05% 0
  Independent Group 9 26 17 16 25 2 86 0.04% 0
  United National Alternative
Front		 14 13 18 29 2 76 0.04% 0
  Independent Group 2 19 6 28 22 0 75 0.04% 0
  Sri Lanka National Front 4 19 34 11 7 75 0.04% 0
  Independent Group 6 12 6 17 16 0 51 0.03% 0
  Independent Group 5 22 4 8 7 4 45 0.02% 0
  United Lanka Great Council 6 16 9 8 0 39 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 8 7 1 14 12 5 39 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 10 7 16 5 10 0 38 0.02% 0
  Janasetha Peramuna 24 4 2 3 4 37 0.02% 0
  United Democratic Front 13 4 8 8 3 36 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 4 10 11 5 6 0 32 0.02% 0
  Patriotic National Front 4 7 5 5 1 22 0.01% 0
  Left Liberation Front 4 3 5 8 0 20 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 3 5 4 1 4 2 16 0.01% 0
  Sri Lanka Labour Party 2 2 4 4 3 15 0.01% 0
  Sinhalaye Mahasammatha
Bhoomiputra Pakshaya		 2 0 8 2 1 13 0.01% 0
  All Are Citizens All Are
Kings Organisation		 4 0 2 5 1 12 0.01% 0
  Ruhuna People's Party 4 0 3 3 2 12 0.01% 0
Valid Votes 60,898 37,204 40,670 43,425 13,553 195,750 100.00% 5
Rejected Votes 5,932 3,217 3,990 5,567 604 19,310
Total Polled 66,830 40,421 44,660 48,992 14,157 215,060
Registered Electors 119,453 64,696 75,154 83,381 342,684
Turnout 55.95% 62.48% 59.42% 58.76% 62.76%

The following candidates were elected:[21]

Preferential votes
Alliance Party Candidate votes
  UPFA   SLFP Lakshman Wasantha Perera 65,077
  UPFA   SLFP Janaka Bandara Tennakoon 47,133
  UPFA   UNP Nandimithra Ekanayake 35,754
  UPFA   SLFP Rohana Dissanayake 32,803
  UNF   UNP Wasantha Aluwihare 31,529

2015 parliamentary general election

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Results of the 15th parliamentary election held on 17 August 2015:[22]

Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes % Seats
  United National Front for
Good Governance[r]		 40,378 20,867 33,056 35,313 8,627 138,241 49.84% 3
  United People's Freedom
Alliance[s]		 45,550 26,748 21,255 24,872 7,890 126,315 45.54% 2
  Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 3,562 1,324 2,389 2,419 1,253 10,947 3.95% 0
  Bodu Jana Peramuna 62 38 110 144 48 402 0.14% 0
  Democratic Party 88 30 106 96 55 375 0.14% 0
  Sri Lanka People's Party 106 50 64 59 2 281 0.10% 0
  United People's Party 49 37 29 60 4 179 0.06% 0
  Frontline Socialist Party 72 12 23 17 17 141 0.05% 0
  All Ceylon Tamil Great
Council		 27 32 17 32 1 109 0.04% 0
  Independent Group 08 19 12 16 21 0 68 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 03 15 7 12 10 0 44 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 06 9 7 10 12 0 38 0.01% 0
  United Lanka People's Party 14 8 6 7 2 37 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 07 18 6 4 5 0 33 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 04 6 5 10 5 1 27 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 05 5 7 6 8 0 26 0.01% 0
  Janasetha Peramuna 7 6 3 8 2 26 0.01% 0
  All Citizens are All Kings
Organization		 14 1 2 5 2 24 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 01 5 6 2 9 2 24 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 02 5 8 5 1 0 19 0.01% 0
  New Sinhala Heritage 2 0 7 4 0 13 0.00% 0
  Sri Lanka Labour Party 2 1 5 3 0 11 0.00% 0
Valid Votes 90,015 49,212 57,137 63,110 17,906 277,380 100.00% 5
Rejected Votes 6,671 4,292 4,043 6,014 517 21,537 7.21%
Total Polled 96,686 53,504 61,180 69,124 18,423 298,917 78.73%
Registered Electors 131,837 70,323 84,225 93,296 379,675
Preferential votes
Alliance Party Candidate[23] votes
  UNFGG   UNP Wasantha Aluwihare 79,309
  UPFA   SLFP Lakshman Wasantha Perera 75,926
  UNFGG   UNP Ranjith Aluwihare 74,785
  UPFA   SLFP Janaka Bandara Tennakoon 61,920
  UNFGG   UNP Rohini Kumari Wijerathna 41,766

Provincial Council Elections

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1988 provincial council election

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Results of the 1st Central provincial council election held on 2 June 1988[24]

Party Total Votes % Seats
  United National Party 57,225 59.37% 6
  United Socialist Alliance[t] 32,923 34.16% 4
  Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 6,229 6.46% 1
Valid Votes 96,377 100.00% 11

1993 provincial council election

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Results of the 2nd Central provincial council election held on 17 May 1993:[25]

Party Votes % Seats
  United National Party 94,376 53.17% 6
  People's Alliance [u] 46,322 26.1% 3
  Democratic United National Front 31,299 17.63% 2
  Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 4,153 2.34% 0
  Nava Sama Samaja Party 1,334 0.75% 0
Valid Votes 177,484 100.00% 11

1999 provincial council election

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Results of the 3rd Central provincial council election held on 6 April 1999 for the district:[26][27][28]

Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes % Seats
  People's Alliance [v] 31,586 22,192 16,556 23,015 1,766 95,115 51.38% 6
  United National Party 23,887 12,651 16,742 15,736 1,689 70,705 38.2% 4
  National Union of Workers [w] 228 885 3,303 4,871 19 9,306 5.03% 1
  Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 3,044 1,380 1,667 1,652 267 8,010 4.33% 0
  Mahajana Eksath Peramuna 429 182 418 362 62 1,453 0.78% 0
  Independent Group 89 75 178 166 8 516 0.28% 0
Valid Votes 59,263 37,365 38,864 45,802 3,811 185,105 100.00% 11
Rejected Votes 4,878 3,056 3,494 4,691 138 16,257 8.07%
Total Polled 64,141 40,421 42,358 50,493 3,949 201,362 71.64%
Registered Electors 95,125 52,861 62,744 70,359 281,089

The following candidates were elected:[29]

Preferential votes
Party Candidate votes
  UNP Wasantha Aluwihare 42,689
  PA S. B. Yalegama 30,342
  PA Sarath Ekanayake 27,966
  PA W. M. Yasamana 26,559
  PA L. D. Nimalasiri 17,722
  UNP Sanjeeva Kaviratne 17,559
  PA Dhammika Ransiri 16,811
  UNP Mohan Weerakoon 15,031
  PA K. H. M. G. Seneviratne 12,256
  NUW Muthusamy Sivagnanam 5,967

2004 provincial council election

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Results of the 4th Central provincial council election held on 10 July 2004 for the district:[30]

Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes % Seats
  United People's Freedom
Alliance[x]		 32,668 20,551 15,496 19,981 3,814 92,510 56.12% 6
  United National Party 19,831 12,352 16,988 18,124 2,014 69,309 42.04% 4
  United Socialist Party 259 238 270 379 6 1,152 0.70% 0
  Up-Country People's Front 104 48 629 350 4 1,135 0.69% 0
  National Development Front 101 79 80 138 1 399 0.24% 0
  Independent Group 32 23 39 22 4 120 0.07% 0
  Sinhalaye Mahasammatha
Bhoomiputra Pakshaya		 23 18 33 33 10 117 0.07% 0
  National People's Party 15 14 21 10 2 62 0.04% 0
  Sri Lanka Muslim Party 15 10 17 11 0 53 0.03% 0
Valid Votes 53,048 33,333 33,573 39,048 5,855 164,857 100.00% 10
Rejected Votes 3,808 2,250 2,554 3,515 342 12,469
Total Polled 56,856 35,583 36,127 42,563 6,197 177,326
Registered Electors 107,353 58,799 69,860 76,544 312,556
Turnout 52.96% 60.52% 51.71% 55.61% 56.73%

The following candidates were elected:[30]

Preferential votes
Party Candidate votes
  UNP Wasantha Aluwihare 33,364
  UNP Nandimithra Ekanayake 27,731
  UPFA Champaka Sugishwara Wijerathna 25,688
  UPFA S. B. Yalegama 24,270
  UPFA W. M. Yasamana 23,637
  UPFA Gamagedara Dissanayake 23,216
  UPFA Sarath Wijesinghe 21,029
  UPFA L. D. Nimalasiri 18,954
  UNP Sanjeeva Kaviratne 15,728
  UNP Rohana Bandaranayake 12,452

2009 provincial council election

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Results of the 5th Central provincial council election held on 14 February 2009 for the district:[31]

Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes % Seats
  United People's Freedom
Alliance[y]		 49,785 27,169 25,759 30,826 6,756 140,295 69.48% 7
  United National Party 14,668 9,912 14,789 15,139 1,501 56,009 27.74% 3
  Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 1,568 759 740 808 209 4,084 2.02% 0
  National Development Front 94 84 79 118 3 378 0.19% 0
  United National Alliance 91 63 75 114 3 346 0.17% 0
  Independent Group 8 30 40 74 61 2 207 0.10% 0
  Independent Group 4 14 1 10 87 0 112 0.06% 0
  Independent Group 7 15 12 38 24 0 89 0.04% 0
  Left Front [z] 12 4 10 33 1 60 0.03% 0
  Independent Group 6 13 9 21 11 1 55 0.03% 0
  United Lanka Great Council 18 10 8 11 3 50 0.02% 0
  National People's Party 23 12 5 7 1 48 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 5 5 9 13 19 0 46 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 1 7 3 7 9 2 28 0.01% 0
  Sinhalaye Mahasammatha
Bhoomiputra Pakshaya		 8 4 3 3 4 22 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 3 5 2 8 5 1 21 0.01% 0
  Patriotic National Front 10 2 2 5 1 20 0.01% 0
  Sri Lanka Progressive Front 5 2 2 4 1 14 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 2 3 6 3 2 0 14 0.01% 0
  Ruhuna People's Party 2 1 6 3 1 13 0.01% 0
Valid Votes 66,376 38,104 41,652 47,289 8,490 201,911 100.00% 10
Rejected Votes 4,785 3,158 3,476 4,780 296 16,495
Total Polled 71,161 41,262 45,128 52,069 8,786 218,406
Registered Electors 117,788 64,147 74,839 82,172 338,946
Turnout 60.41% 64.32% 60.30% 63.37% 64.44%

The following candidates were elected:[32]

Preferential votes
Party Candidate votes
  UPFA Pramitha Tennakoon 49,665
  UPFA Nandimithra Ekanayake 35,995
  UPFA W. M. Yasamana 32,991
  UPFA S. B. Yalegama 30,878
  UNP Wasantha Aluwihare 28,855
  UPFA L. D. Nimalasiri 27,958
  UPFA Parakrama Dissanayake 25,903
  UPFA Champaka Sugishwara Wijerathna 25,754
  UNP Sanjeeva Kaviratne 15,845
  UNP Rohana Bandaranayake 13,341

Notes

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  1. ^ Including the Ceylon Workers' Congress.
  2. ^ Including the CPSL, LSSP, NSSP, SLMP.
  3. ^ Including the SLFP et al..
  4. ^ Including the Ceylon Workers' Congress.
  5. ^ Including the JVP.
  6. ^ Including the SLFP et al..
  7. ^ Including the NSSP et al..
  8. ^ Including the UNP, SLMC, CWC, WPF.
  9. ^ Including the SLFP et al.
  10. ^ Including the NSSP et al.
  11. ^ Including the SLFP, JVP.
  12. ^ Including the UNP, SLMC, CWC, WPF.
  13. ^ Including the NSSP et al.
  14. ^ Alick Aluwihare (UNF-UNP) died on 17 May 2009.[18] His replacement Nandimithra Ekanayake (UNF-UNP) was sworn in on 9 June 2009.[19].
  15. ^ Including the SLFP.
  16. ^ Including the UNP, SLMC, DPF, SLFP(P).
  17. ^ Including the JVP,DNF et al.
  18. ^ The alliance consisted of ACMC,DNM, JHU,MTNA,NFGG, SLMC, TPA (DPF, NUW and UCPF),ULF and UNP.
  19. ^ The alliance consisted of CF,DNF,DPC, LBSL, MEP, NC, NFF,PHU, SA (CPSL, DLF, LSSP,NLPP,SLFP, TMVP and UCF.
  20. ^ Including the CPSL, LSSP, NSSP & SLMP
  21. ^ Including the SLFP et al.
  22. ^ Including the SLFP, SLMC et al.
  23. ^ Including the CWC, DWC.
  24. ^ Including the SLFP,JVP.
  25. ^ Including the SLFP.
  26. ^ Including NSSP et al.

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