Anuradhapura electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts

Electoral districts in Sri Lanka

The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka provides for the election of members of Parliament from 22 multi-member electoral districts through the proportional representation electoral system....

 of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

 created by the 1978 Constitution

Constitution of Sri Lanka

The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka has been the constitution of the island nation of Sri Lanka since its original promulgation by the National State Assembly on 7 September 1978. It is Sri Lanka's second republican constitution, and its third constitution since the...

 of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district

Districts of Sri Lanka

In Sri Lanka, districts are the second-level administrative divisions, and are included in a province. There are 25 districts organized into 9 provinces. Each district is administered under a District Secretary, who is appointed by the central government...

 of Anuradhapura

Anuradhapura District

Anuradhapura is a district in North Central Province, Sri Lanka. Its area is 7,179 km².-Demographics:The population according to 2001 census is 745,693 of which 90.7 % are sinhalese, 8.3 % Sri Lankan Moors, 0.7 % native Sri Lankan tamils and 0.1 % tamils of Indian origin...

 in the North Central province

North Central Province, Sri Lanka

North Central Province is a province of Sri Lanka. Its capital is Anuradhapura. The province is not densely populated with a weak economy, as the land tends to be dry tropical woodlands.-History:...

. The district currently elects 9 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 579,261 registered electors in 2010.

1982 Presidential Election

Results of the 1st presidential election

Sri Lankan presidential election, 1982

The Sri Lankan presidential election of 1982 was the first presidential election of Sri Lanka. Nominations were accepted on 17 September 1982, and the election was held on 20 October 1982. Electoral participation was 81.06%. Incumbent president J. R. Jayewardene of the governing United National...

 held on 20 October 1982 for the district:

Candidate	|Postal Votes	|%
			Anura- dhapura East	|Horow- patana	|Keki- rawa	|Mihin -tale
Junius Jayewardene	UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	15,856	18,894	15,259	22,467	15,454	16,590	11,300	2,053	117,873	49.84%
Hector Kobbekaduwa	SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...	14,944	15,054	13,029	20,442	12,281	15,079	10,965	1,179	102,973	43.54%
Rohana Wijeweera Rohana Wijeweera Patabendi Don Nandasiri Wijeweera or Rohana Wijeweera was a Sri Lankan Marxist politician and the founding leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna...	JVP Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...	1,891	1,486	2,719	2,410	733	2,749	1,813	110	13,911	5.88%
Colvin R. de Silva Colvin R. de Silva Colvin R. de Silva was a former Cabinet Minister of Plantation Industries and Constitutional Affairs, prominent member of parliament, Trotskyist leader and lawyer in Sri Lanka. He was one of the founders of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party – the first Marxist party in Sri Lanka.-Personal...	LSSP Lanka Sama Samaja Party The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka....	187	172	166	180	98	144	180	21	1,148	0.49%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara	NSSP Nava Sama Samaja Party The Nava Sama Samaja Pakshaya is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was formed through the expulsion from the Lanka Sama Samaja Party of the Vama Samsamja tendency led by Dr Vickrambahu , Sumanasiri Liyanage and others. Siritunga Jayasuriya and Vasudeva Nanayakkara joined later...	59	40	29	147	31	52	30	8	396	0.17%
Kumar Ponnambalam Kumar Ponnambalam Kumar Ponnambalam was a prominent defence lawyer and a controversial minority Tamil nationalist politician from Sri Lanka...	ACTC All Ceylon Tamil Congress All Ceylon Tamil Congress , is the oldest Tamil political party in Sri Lanka.-History:The ACTC was founded in 1944 by G.G. Ponnambalam. Ponnambalam asked for a 50-50 representation in parliament...	45	32	32	32	13	31	34	3	222	0.09%
Valid Votes		32,982	35,678	31,234	45,678	28,610	34,645	24,322	3,374	236,523	100.00%
Rejected Votes		366	249	347	474	209	350	249	50	2,294
Total Polled		33,348	35,927	31,581	46,152	28,819	34,995	24,571	3,424	238,817
Registered Electors		41,615	42,409	36,657	54,762	32,927	41,463	28,761		278,594
Turnout		80.13%	84.72%	86.15%	84.28%	87.52%	84.40%	85.43%		85.72%
Source:

1988 Presidential Election

Results of the 2nd presidential election

Sri Lankan presidential election, 1988

The Sri Lankan presidential election of 1988 was the second presidential election of Sri Lanka. Nominations were accepted on 10 November 1988, and the election was held on 19 December 1988. Electoral participation was 55.32%...

 held on 19 December 1988 for the district:

Candidate	|Postal Votes	|%
			Anura- dhapura East	|Horow- patana	|Keki- rawa	|Mihin -tale
Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike was a Sri Lankan politician and the world's first female head of government...	SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...	11,516	15,492	7,038	14,637	7,203	12,542	4,018	708	73,154	55.15%
Ranasinghe Premadasa Ranasinghe Premadasa Ranasinghe Premadasa was the 3rd President of Sri Lanka from January 2, 1989 to May 1, 1993. Before that, he served as the Prime Minister in the government headed by J. R. Jayewardene from February 6, 1978 to January 1, 1989...	UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	10,310	14,857	4,023	8,947	5,683	8,367	4,027	737	56,951	42.94%
Oswin Abeygunasekara	SLMP	617	457	112	611	191	371	138	32	2,529	1.91%
Valid Votes		22,443	30,806	11,173	24,195	13,077	21,280	8,183	1,477	132,634	100.00%
Rejected Votes		371	428	244	365	129	459	211	0	2,207
Total Polled		22,814	31,234	11,417	24,560	13,206	21,739	8,394	1,477	134,841
Registered Electors		50,340	52,547	42,773	65,945	41,013	47,805	33,651		334,074
Turnout		45.32%	59.44%	26.69%	37.24%	32.20%	45.47%	24.94%		40.36%
Source:

1989 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 9th parliamentary election

Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 1989

Sri Lanka had not had a parliamentary election since 1977. The elections that should normally have been held by 1983 had been cancelled by the 1982 referendum.President Ranasinghe Premadasa called the election for February 15.-Electoral District:...

 held on 15 February 1989 for the district:

Party	|Votes per Polling Division	|Total Votes	|Seats
	Anura- dhapura East			|Horow- patana	|Keki- rawa	|Mihin -tale
United National Party United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	10,763	19,461	10,563	14,940	14,020	15,324	4,961	2,694	92,726	56.39%	5
Sri Lanka Freedom Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...	6,552	11,437	7,275	14,522	11,670	7,228	3,786	1,540	64,010	38.92%	3
Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	140	499	464	404	765	556	1,217	12	4,057	2.47%	0
United Socialist Alliance (CPSL Communist Party of Sri Lanka The Communist Party of Sri Lanka is a communist political party in Sri Lanka. At the last legislative elections, on 2 April 2004, the party was part of the United People's Freedom Alliance that won 45.6% of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats.... , LSSP Lanka Sama Samaja Party The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka.... , NSSP Nava Sama Samaja Party The Nava Sama Samaja Pakshaya is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was formed through the expulsion from the Lanka Sama Samaja Party of the Vama Samsamja tendency led by Dr Vickrambahu , Sumanasiri Liyanage and others. Siritunga Jayasuriya and Vasudeva Nanayakkara joined later... , SLMP Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya The Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya is a political party in Sri Lanka. Founded in 1984 by Sri Lanka Freedom Party. Was led by Chandrika Kumaratunga 1985-1990.... )	376	274	134	438	150	183	112	57	1,724	1.05%	0
United Lanka People's Party	201	329	67	333	97	228	89	53	1,397	0.85%	0
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Mahajana Eksath Peramuna The Mahajana Eksath Peramuna is a left-wing political party in Sri Lanka. Today the party is led by Dinesh Gunawardena, son of Philip Gunawardena....	50	110	37	79	57	116	37	45	531	0.32%	0
Valid Votes	18,082	32,110	18,540	30,716	26,759	23,635	10,202	4,401	164,445	100.00%	8
Rejected Votes	1,309	3,024	1,121	3,557	2,316	1,505	1,238	175	14,245
Total Polled	19,391	35,134	19,661	34,273	29,075	25,140	11,440	4,576	178,690
Registered Electors	49,059	51,510	42,195	65,472	40,606	46,968	33,289	4,974	334,073
Turnout	39.53%	68.21%	46.60%	52.35%	71.60%	53.53%	34.37%	92.00%	53.49%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Ariyadasa (UNP), 27,724 preference votes (pv); Adhikari Mudiyanselage Sompala Adhikari (UNP), 25,617 pv; Kulathunga Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Chandrasoma Bandara (UNP), 25,541 pv; Janak Mahendra Adhikari (SLFP), 22,568 pv; Themiya Loku Bandara Hurulle (UNP), 20,392 pv; Lal Dharmapriya Gamage

Lal Dharmapriya Gamage

Lal Dharmapriya Gamage was the former Minister Assisting Foreign Affairs.He is an Architect by profession & was educated at Nalanda College Colombo.-References:*...

 (UNP), 20,189 pv; Kiri Banda Ratnayake (SLFP), 18,040 pv; and Berty Premalal Dissanayake (SLFP), 16,200 pv.

1993 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 2nd North Central provincial council election held on 17 May 1993 for the district:

Party	|%	United National Party United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	146,252
People's Alliance People's Alliance (Sri Lanka) The People's Alliance is a front of political parties in Sri Lanka, formed in 1994.It comprises the following parties:* Sri Lanka Freedom Party* Lanka Sama Samaja Party* Communist Party of Sri Lanka* Sri Lanka Mahajana Party...  (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...  et al)	98,901
Democratic United National Front Democratic United National Front The Democratic United National Front is a political party in Sri Lanka.At the last legislative elections, held on 2 April 2004, the party was part of the United People's Freedom Alliance that won 45.6 % of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats....	29,772
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders....	5,006
Nava Sama Samaja Party Nava Sama Samaja Party The Nava Sama Samaja Pakshaya is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was formed through the expulsion from the Lanka Sama Samaja Party of the Vama Samsamja tendency led by Dr Vickrambahu , Sumanasiri Liyanage and others. Siritunga Jayasuriya and Vasudeva Nanayakkara joined later...	1,982
Valid Votes
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout
Source:

1994 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 10th parliamentary election

Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 1994

The Sri Lankan parliamentary election of 1994 marked the decisive end of 17 years of UNP rule and a revival of Sri Lankan democracy.-Background:Democracy in Sri Lanka had seemed doomed as the presidencies of J.R...

 held on 16 August 1994 for the district:

Party	|Votes per Polling Division	|Total Votes	|Seats
	Anura- dhapura East			|Horow- patana	|Keki- rawa	|Mihin -tale
People's Alliance People's Alliance (Sri Lanka) The People's Alliance is a front of political parties in Sri Lanka, formed in 1994.It comprises the following parties:* Sri Lanka Freedom Party* Lanka Sama Samaja Party* Communist Party of Sri Lanka* Sri Lanka Mahajana Party...  (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...  et al)	25,277	24,306	22,825	37,744	20,987	25,041	17,881	6,393	180,454	55.19%	5
United National Party United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	19,949	24,548	17,966	25,091	18,886	17,389	13,762	4,493	142,084	43.45%	3
Sri Lanka Progressive Front (JVP Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89... )	849	505	234	483	252	336	290	128	3,077	0.94%	0
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Mahajana Eksath Peramuna The Mahajana Eksath Peramuna is a left-wing political party in Sri Lanka. Today the party is led by Dinesh Gunawardena, son of Philip Gunawardena....	285	151	73	284	148	213	127	88	1,369	0.42%	0
Valid Votes	46,360	49,510	41,098	63,602	40,273	42,979	32,060	11,102	326,984	100.00%	8
Rejected Votes	1,878	2,415	1,552	3,160	1,976	1,746	1,673	220	14,620
Total Polled	48,238	51,925	42,650	66,762	42,249	44,725	33,733	11,322	341,604
Registered Electors	62,048	65,367	51,975	79,687	50,969	55,792	41,088		406,926
Turnout	77.74%	79.44%	82.06%	83.78%	82.89%	80.16%	82.10%		83.95%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
Berty Premalal Dissanayake (PA), 78,792 preference votes (pv); Kulathunga Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Chandrasoma Bandara (UNP), 66,538 pv; Punchi Banda Dissanayake (PA), 46,756 pv; Appuhamige Herath Banda Semasinghe (PA), 45,256 pv; Tissa Karalliyadde

Tissa Karalliyadde

Tissa Wijeratna Karalliyadde MP is the Sri Lanka's Cabinet Minister of Child Development and Women's Affairs and a Member of Parliament representing the Kalutara District.He is an Agriculturist by profession & was educated at Nalanda College Colombo....

 (PA), 44,849 pv; Adhikari Mudiyanselage Sompala Adhikari (UNP), 44,650 pv; Don Siman Ralalage Shantha Premarathna (PA), 43,167 pv; and P. Harrison

P. Harrison

Pelisge Harrison is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister.-References:...

 (UNP), 34,666 pv.

1994 Presidential Election

Results of the 3rd presidential election

Sri Lankan presidential election, 1994

The Sri Lankan presidential election of 1994 was the third presidential election of Sri Lanka. Nominations were accepted on 7 October 1994, and the election was held on 9 November 1994. Electoral participation was 70.47%...

 held on 9 November 1994 for the district:

Candidate	|Postal Votes	|%
			Anura- dhapura East	|Horow- patana	|Keki- rawa	|Mihin -tale
Chandrika Kumaratunga Chandrika Kumaratunga Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga born June 29, 1945) was the 4th Executive president of Sri Lanka, serving from November 12, 1994 to November 19, 2005. The daughter of two former Prime Ministers, she was also the leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party until end of 2005...	PA People's Alliance (Sri Lanka) The People's Alliance is a front of political parties in Sri Lanka, formed in 1994.It comprises the following parties:* Sri Lanka Freedom Party* Lanka Sama Samaja Party* Communist Party of Sri Lanka* Sri Lanka Mahajana Party...	27,421	27,142	26,000	42,661	23,583	25,938	19,935	7,466	200,146	63.99%
Srimathi Dissanayake	UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	15,490	18,892	13,287	17,331	14,517	13,185	10,541	4,099	107,342	34.32%
Hudson Samarasinghe	Ind 2 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	310	365	297	547	324	401	267	23	2,534	0.81%
Nihal Galappaththi Nihal Galappaththi Arachchige Nihal Galappaththi is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...	SLPF	134	141	136	258	95	182	97	40	1,083	0.35%
Harischandra Wijayatunga Harischandra Wijayatunga Wijayatunga Mudalige Harischandra Wijayatunga is a Sri Lankan author, translator, lexicographer, teacher, lawyer and politician. He held various offices in different institutions of the Government of Sri Lanka. At present he is the leader of Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Party...	SMBP Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputhra Pakshaya is a minor Sinhala Buddhist political party in Sri Lanka, led by Dr. Harischandra Wijayatunga....	220	141	80	191	110	126	86	60	1,014	0.32%
A.J. Ranashinge	Ind 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	102	113	86	112	75	106	66	18	678	0.22%
Valid Votes		43,677	46,794	39,886	61,100	38,704	39,938	30,992	11,706	312,797	100.00%
Rejected Votes		943	1,115	581	1,304	789	667	581	225	6,205
Total Polled		44,620	47,909	40,467	62,404	39,493	40,605	31,573	11,931	319,002
Registered Electors		62,048	65,367	51,975	79,687	50,969	55,792	41,088		406,926
Turnout		71.91%	73.29%	77.86%	78.31%	77.48%	72.78%	76.84%		78.39%
Source:

1999 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 3rd North Central provincial council election

Sri Lankan provincial council election, 1999

The 1999 Sri Lankan provincial council election was held on 25 January 1999, 6 April 1999 and 10 June 1999 to elect members to seven provincial councils in Sri Lanka. No election was held in the eighth province, North Eastern, which had been governed directly by the national government since March...

 held on 6 April 1999 for the district:

Party	|%	People's Alliance People's Alliance (Sri Lanka) The People's Alliance is a front of political parties in Sri Lanka, formed in 1994.It comprises the following parties:* Sri Lanka Freedom Party* Lanka Sama Samaja Party* Communist Party of Sri Lanka* Sri Lanka Mahajana Party...  (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in... , SLMC Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders....  et al)	156,291	54.09%
United National Party United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	111,285	38.51%
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...	14,197	4.91%
New Left Front New Left Front The Left Liberation Front is a left wing electoral coalition in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1998 as the New Left Front by the Nava Sama Samaja Party, former members of the People's Alliance, and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna...  (NSSP Nava Sama Samaja Party The Nava Sama Samaja Pakshaya is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was formed through the expulsion from the Lanka Sama Samaja Party of the Vama Samsamja tendency led by Dr Vickrambahu , Sumanasiri Liyanage and others. Siritunga Jayasuriya and Vasudeva Nanayakkara joined later...  et al)	4,259	1.47%
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Mahajana Eksath Peramuna The Mahajana Eksath Peramuna is a left-wing political party in Sri Lanka. Today the party is led by Dinesh Gunawardena, son of Philip Gunawardena....	1,150	0.40%
Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	861	0.30%
Muslim United Liberation Front	798	0.28%
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	131	0.05%
Valid Votes	288,972	100.00%
Rejected Votes	22,153
Total Polled	311,125
Registered Electors	448,098
Turnout	69.43%
Source:

1999 Presidential Election

Results of the 4th presidential election

Sri Lankan presidential election, 1999

The Sri Lankan presidential election of 1999 was the fourth presidential election of Sri Lanka. Nominations were accepted on 16 November 1999, and the election was held on 21 December 1999 Electoral participation was 73.31%...

 held on 21 December 1999 for the district:

Candidate	|Postal Votes	|%
			Anura- dhapura East	|Horow- patana	|Keki- rawa	|Mihin -tale
Chandrika Kumaratunga Chandrika Kumaratunga Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga born June 29, 1945) was the 4th Executive president of Sri Lanka, serving from November 12, 1994 to November 19, 2005. The daughter of two former Prime Ministers, she was also the leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party until end of 2005...	PA People's Alliance (Sri Lanka) The People's Alliance is a front of political parties in Sri Lanka, formed in 1994.It comprises the following parties:* Sri Lanka Freedom Party* Lanka Sama Samaja Party* Communist Party of Sri Lanka* Sri Lanka Mahajana Party...	25,187	25,850	23,075	42,154	23,631	24,878	18,131	6,167	189,073	54.14%
Ranil Wickremasinghe Ranil Wickremasinghe Ranil Shriyan Wickremesinghe , MP, is a Sri Lankan politician and current Leader of the Opposition in the Sri Lankan parliament. He was Prime Minister of Sri Lanka twice, from May 7, 1993 to August 19, 1994 and from December 9, 2001 to April 6, 2004...	UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	20,153	23,492	17,732	23,388	19,151	16,742	14,393	4,129	139,180	39.86%
Nandana Gunathilake Nandana Gunathilake M. D. Nandana Gunathilake is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...	JVP Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...	2,996	2,015	1,579	2,845	1,144	1,875	1,508	650	14,612	4.18%
W.V.M. Ranjith	Ind 2 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	127	177	170	248	141	180	131	2	1,176	0.34%
Rajiva Wijesinha Rajiva Wijesinha Rajiva Wijesinha, MA, DPhil is a Sri Lankan writer in English, distinguished for his political analysis as well as creative and critical work...	Liberal Liberal Party of Sri Lanka The Liberal Party of Sri Lanka began as a think-tank called the Council for Liberal Democracy, founded in 1981 by the late Dr. Chanaka Amaratunga, a longstanding member of the United National Party which was then in government....	103	166	137	227	146	142	136	8	1,065	0.30%
T. Edirisuriya	Ind 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	105	157	94	242	121	138	102	4	963	0.28%
Harischandra Wijayatunga Harischandra Wijayatunga Wijayatunga Mudalige Harischandra Wijayatunga is a Sri Lankan author, translator, lexicographer, teacher, lawyer and politician. He held various offices in different institutions of the Government of Sri Lanka. At present he is the leader of Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Party...	SMBP Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputhra Pakshaya is a minor Sinhala Buddhist political party in Sri Lanka, led by Dr. Harischandra Wijayatunga....	174	150	69	187	87	98	77	60	902	0.26%
Abdul Rasool	SLMP	98	166	76	89	97	67	72	5	670	0.19%
Kamal Karunadasa	PLSF	63	129	65	138	64	92	43	6	600	0.17%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara	LDA	77	33	29	119	44	30	31	31	394	0.11%
Hudson Samarasinghe	Ind 3 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	25	44	25	63	36	41	32	5	271	0.08%
A. Dissanayaka	DUNF Democratic United National Front The Democratic United National Front is a political party in Sri Lanka.At the last legislative elections, held on 2 April 2004, the party was part of the United People's Freedom Alliance that won 45.6 % of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats....	19	21	21	36	26	15	21	7	166	0.05%
A.W. Premawardhana	PFF	7	20	15	29	16	25	16	1	129	0.04%
Valid Votes		49,134	52,420	43,087	69,765	44,704	44,323	34,693	11,075	349,201	100.00%
Rejected Votes		1,015	991	690	1,503	964	745	743	298	6,949
Total Polled		50,149	53,411	43,777	71,268	45,668	45,068	35,436	11,373	356,150
Registered Electors		69,006	73,549	58,774	90,631	58,684	62,120	46,770		459,534
Turnout		72.67%	72.62%	74.48%	78.64%	77.82%	72.55%	75.77%		77.50%
Source:

2000 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 11th parliamentary election

Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2000

The elections were called by President Chandrika Kumaratunga for October 24, 2000.The People's Alliance government Kumaratunga had led for six years was facing increasing criticism on two fronts: a series of military defeats at the hands of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in the...

 held on 10 October 2000 for the district:

Party	|Votes per Polling Division	|Total Votes	|Seats
	Anura- dhapura East			|Horow- patana	|Keki- rawa	|Mihin -tale
People's Alliance People's Alliance (Sri Lanka) The People's Alliance is a front of political parties in Sri Lanka, formed in 1994.It comprises the following parties:* Sri Lanka Freedom Party* Lanka Sama Samaja Party* Communist Party of Sri Lanka* Sri Lanka Mahajana Party... (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...  et al)	23,078	22,829	19,196	35,026	20,480	23,108	16,577	9,130	169,424	48.33%	5
United National Party United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	20,825	24,330	18,084	24,754	19,578	16,896	13,850	6,345	144,662	41.26%	3
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...	4,587	2,715	2,295	4,303	1,738	2,255	2,208	1,173	21,274	6.07%	0
National Unity Alliance Muslim National Unity Alliance The Muslim National Unity Alliance was a left-wing political party in Sri Lanka.At the legislative elections, 2 April 2004, the party was part of the United People's Freedom Alliance that won 45.6% of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats. The party operated on a platform of Islamic socialism...  (SLMC Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders.... )	567	1,093	2,885	834	1,665	701	1,375	249	9,369	2.67%	0
New Left Front New Left Front The Left Liberation Front is a left wing electoral coalition in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1998 as the New Left Front by the Nava Sama Samaja Party, former members of the People's Alliance, and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna...  (NSSP Nava Sama Samaja Party The Nava Sama Samaja Pakshaya is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was formed through the expulsion from the Lanka Sama Samaja Party of the Vama Samsamja tendency led by Dr Vickrambahu , Sumanasiri Liyanage and others. Siritunga Jayasuriya and Vasudeva Nanayakkara joined later...  et al)	323	318	256	539	332	380	252	61	2,461	0.70%	0
Sinhala Heritage	307	110	73	170	98	69	68	81	976	0.28%	0
Citizen's Front	154	152	60	208	74	115	72	19	854	0.24%	0
United Sinhala Great Council	57	91	56	98	68	69	50	5	494	0.14%	0
Democratic United National Front Democratic United National Front The Democratic United National Front is a political party in Sri Lanka.At the last legislative elections, held on 2 April 2004, the party was part of the United People's Freedom Alliance that won 45.6 % of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats....	28	35	16	32	28	29	17	9	194	0.06%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputhra Pakshaya is a minor Sinhala Buddhist political party in Sri Lanka, led by Dr. Harischandra Wijayatunga....	38	29	15	33	17	25	12	23	192	0.05%	0
Liberal Party Liberal Party of Sri Lanka The Liberal Party of Sri Lanka began as a think-tank called the Council for Liberal Democracy, founded in 1981 by the late Dr. Chanaka Amaratunga, a longstanding member of the United National Party which was then in government....	27	18	13	27	20	30	13	2	150	0.04%	0
National People's Party	22	19	25	20	15	18	17	6	142	0.04%	0
Independent 2 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	10	25	25	21	19	20	11	1	132	0.04%	0
Independent 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	12	18	11	17	13	17	13	2	103	0.03%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	10	17	20	15	15	6	16	3	102	0.03%	0
People's Freedom Front	9	6	5	13	9	6	3	2	53	0.02%	0
Valid Votes	50,054	51,805	43,035	66,110	44,169	43,744	34,554	17,111	350,582	100.00%	8
Rejected Votes	2,526	3,224	2,387		2,574	2,265	2,192		20,561
Total Polled	52,580	55,029	45,422		46,743	46,009	36,746		371,143
Registered Electors	70,735	75,498	60,605	93,423	60,379	63,651	48,370		472,661
Turnout	74.33%	72.89%	74.95%		77.42%	72.28%	75.97%		78.52%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
Duminda Dissanayake

Duminda Dissanayake

Duminda Dissanayake, MP is the current Sri Lankan Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs and Skills Development and a Member of Parliament from Anuradhapura District.- Family :Born at the Anuradapura General Hospital, the eldest child of the family of four boys...

 (PA), 83,949 preference votes (pv); Tissa Karalliyadde

Tissa Karalliyadde

Tissa Wijeratna Karalliyadde MP is the Sri Lanka's Cabinet Minister of Child Development and Women's Affairs and a Member of Parliament representing the Kalutara District.He is an Agriculturist by profession & was educated at Nalanda College Colombo....

 (PA), 48,360 pv; P. Harrison

P. Harrison

Pelisge Harrison is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister.-References:...

 (UNP), 45,834 pv; Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe

Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe

Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

 (UNP), 41,874 pv; W. B. Ekanayake

W. B. Ekanayake

Wilfred Bandara Ekanayake is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

 (UNP), 41,461 pv; Don Simanralalage Shantha Premaratne (PA), 35,800 pv; Appuhamilage Herath Banda Semasinghe (PA), 35,090 pv; and Punchi Banda Dissanayake (PA), 33,738 pv.

2001 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 12th parliamentary election

Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2001

Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on December 6, 2001, just a little over a year after the last elections in October 2000.-Background:The People's Alliance government faced a blow when most of the SLMC MPs left the coalition...

 held on 5 December 2001 for the district:

Party	|Votes per Polling Division	|Total Votes	|Seats
	Anura- dhapura East			|Horow- patana	|Keki- rawa	|Mihin -tale
United National Front (UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe... , SLMC Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders.... , CWC Ceylon Workers' Congress The Ceylon Workers' Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka that has traditionally represented Tamils working in the plantation sector of the economy .- History :... , DPF)	23,421	27,308	20,699	28,282	22,853	19,763	15,669		165,055	45.93%	4
People's Alliance People's Alliance (Sri Lanka) The People's Alliance is a front of political parties in Sri Lanka, formed in 1994.It comprises the following parties:* Sri Lanka Freedom Party* Lanka Sama Samaja Party* Communist Party of Sri Lanka* Sri Lanka Mahajana Party... (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...  et al)	20,359	20,766	18,007	31,042	17,088	20,390	14,429		149,393	41.57%	3
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...	7,739	5,003	4,454	7,947	3,754	4,647	4,488		40,005	11.13%	1
New Left Front New Left Front The Left Liberation Front is a left wing electoral coalition in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1998 as the New Left Front by the Nava Sama Samaja Party, former members of the People's Alliance, and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna...  (NSSP Nava Sama Samaja Party The Nava Sama Samaja Pakshaya is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was formed through the expulsion from the Lanka Sama Samaja Party of the Vama Samsamja tendency led by Dr Vickrambahu , Sumanasiri Liyanage and others. Siritunga Jayasuriya and Vasudeva Nanayakkara joined later...  et al)	378	466	402	686	412	543	325		3,279	0.91%	0
Sinhala Heritage	202	104	39	98	43	57	45		625	0.17%	0
United Sinhala Great Council	32	82	32	70	42	52	33		336	0.09%	0
Independent 3 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	18	30	19	33	30	19	11		163	0.05%	0
People's Freedom Front	15	15	17	37	12	19	13		141	0.04%	0
National Development Front	19	17	7	16	20	12	14		107	0.03%	0
Independent 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	17	9	6	19	3	4	5		66	0.02%	0
Independent 2 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	6	5	5	14	7	7	6		50	0.01%	0
Ruhuna People's Party	3	6	4	5	3	17	9		48	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	13	6	4	10	5	3	3		45	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka National Front	6	7	2	8	4	3	1		31	0.01%	0
Valid Votes	52,228	53,824	43,697	68,267	44,276	45,536	35,051		359,344	100.00%	8
Rejected Votes	2,560	2,994	2,340	4,398	2,621	2,284	2,211		19,796
Total Polled	54,788	56,818	46,037	72,665	46,897	47,820	37,262		379,140
Registered Electors	73,626	78,076	62,393	97,120	62,502	65,903	50,126		489,746
Turnout	74.41%	72.77%	73.79%	74.82%	75.03%	72.56%	74.34%		77.42%
Sources:

The following candidates were elected:
Duminda Dissanayake

Duminda Dissanayake

Duminda Dissanayake, MP is the current Sri Lankan Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs and Skills Development and a Member of Parliament from Anuradhapura District.- Family :Born at the Anuradapura General Hospital, the eldest child of the family of four boys...

 (PA), 76,088 preference votes (pv); P. Harrison

P. Harrison

Pelisge Harrison is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister.-References:...

 (UNF), 69,878 pv; Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe

Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe

Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

 (UNF), 54,969 pv; W. B. Ekanayake

W. B. Ekanayake

Wilfred Bandara Ekanayake is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

 (UNF), 51,373 pv; S. M. Chandrasena

S. M. Chandrasena

Samarakoon Mudiyanselage Chandrasena is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

 (PA), 38,090 pv; Lal Dharmapriya Gamage (UNF), 36,609 pv; Tissa Karalliyadde

Tissa Karalliyadde

Tissa Wijeratna Karalliyadde MP is the Sri Lanka's Cabinet Minister of Child Development and Women's Affairs and a Member of Parliament representing the Kalutara District.He is an Agriculturist by profession & was educated at Nalanda College Colombo....

 (PA), 35,608 pv; and K. D. Lalkantha

K. D. Lalkantha

Kuragamage Don Lalkantha is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

 (JVP), 4,304 pv.

2004 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 13th parliamentary election

Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2004

Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on 2 April 2004. The ruling United National Party of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was defeated, winning only eighty two seats in the 225-member Sri Lankan parliament. The opposition United People's Freedom Alliance won 105 seats...

 held on 2 April 2004 for the district:

Party	|Votes per Polling Division	|Total Votes	|Seats
	Anura- dhapura East			|Horow- patana	|Keki- rawa	|Mihin -tale
United People's Freedom Alliance United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance is a political alliance in Sri Lanka. The current leader of the United People's Freedom Alliance is Mahinda Rajapaksa and Susil Premajayantha is the general secretary of UPFA.The alliance was formed by:...  (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in... , JVP Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...  et al)	30,591	28,821	24,924	42,639	24,446	27,978	21,008	12,536	212,943	57.22%	5
United National Front (UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe... , SLMC Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders.... , CWC Ceylon Workers' Congress The Ceylon Workers' Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka that has traditionally represented Tamils working in the plantation sector of the economy .- History :... , DPF)	20,623	23,876	18,231	26,744	19,606	17,809	14,336	7,387	148,612	39.94%	3
Jathika Hela Urumaya Jathika Hela Urumaya The Jathika Hela Urumaya is a political party in Sri Lanka which is led by Buddhist monks. The JHU was launched in February, 2004 by the lay-based, secular Sinhala nationalist political party Sihala Urumaya. Founding members include Kolonnawe Sumangala Thero, Uduwe Dhammaloka Thero, Ellawela...	2,045	1,260	500	1,314	1,165	484	602	664	8,034	2.16%	0
United Socialist Party United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka) The United Socialist Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It is a member of the Committee for a Workers' International. It is led by Siritunga Jayasuriya and publishes a monthly paper, Sentharakai .-History:...	164	254	244	242	186	191	132	26	1,439	0.39%	0
National Development Front	70	81	51	74	65	38	36	17	432	0.12%	0
New Left Front New Left Front The Left Liberation Front is a left wing electoral coalition in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1998 as the New Left Front by the Nava Sama Samaja Party, former members of the People's Alliance, and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna...  (NSSP Nava Sama Samaja Party The Nava Sama Samaja Pakshaya is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was formed through the expulsion from the Lanka Sama Samaja Party of the Vama Samsamja tendency led by Dr Vickrambahu , Sumanasiri Liyanage and others. Siritunga Jayasuriya and Vasudeva Nanayakkara joined later...  et al)	48	26	9	41	21	9	17	6	177	0.05%	0
Independent 5 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	23	30	12	15	11	17	16	2	126	0.03%	0
Independent 4 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	12	16	11	20	14	15	9	3	100	0.03%	0
Swarajya	11	22	4	2	1	6	4	1	51	0.01%	0
Independent 3 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	5	7	8	12	3	9	3	2	49	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	2	9	1	5	11	1	4	0	33	0.01%	0
Independent 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	4	5	4	4	4	6	6	0	33	0.01%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputhra Pakshaya is a minor Sinhala Buddhist political party in Sri Lanka, led by Dr. Harischandra Wijayatunga....	6	6	4	2	4	3	2	1	28	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka National Front	7	2	3	2	4	5	1	3	27	0.01%	0
Independent 2 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	8	3	2	6	3	0	2	2	26	0.01%	0
Ruhuna People's Party	1	3	5	1	2	2	0	1	15	0.00%	0
Valid Votes	53,620	54,421	44,013	71,123	45,546	46,573	36,178	20,651	372,125	100.00%	8
Rejected Votes	3,134	3,401	2,309	4,454	2,725	2,361	2,253	644	21,281
Total Polled	56,754	57,822	46,322	75,577	48,271	48,934	38,431	21,295	393,406
Registered Electors	77,391	81,435	65,482	102,138	66,036	68,897	52,770		514,149
Turnout	73.33%	71.00%	70.74%	73.99%	73.10%	71.02%	72.83%		76.52%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
K. D. Lalkantha

K. D. Lalkantha

Kuragamage Don Lalkantha is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

 (UPFA-JVP), 114,319 preference votes (pv); R. P. A. Ranaweera Pathirana

R. P. A. Ranaweera Pathirana

R. P. A. Ranaweera Pathirana is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

 (UPFA-JVP), 103,086 pv; Duminda Dissanayake

Duminda Dissanayake

Duminda Dissanayake, MP is the current Sri Lankan Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs and Skills Development and a Member of Parliament from Anuradhapura District.- Family :Born at the Anuradapura General Hospital, the eldest child of the family of four boys...

 (UPFA-SLFP), 72,710 pv; P. Harrison

P. Harrison

Pelisge Harrison is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister.-References:...

 (UNF-UNP), 60,777 pv; S. M. Chandrasena

S. M. Chandrasena

Samarakoon Mudiyanselage Chandrasena is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

 (UPFA-SLFP), 56,651 pv; Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe

Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe

Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

 (UNF-UNP), 49,471 pv; Tissa Karalliyadde

Tissa Karalliyadde

Tissa Wijeratna Karalliyadde MP is the Sri Lanka's Cabinet Minister of Child Development and Women's Affairs and a Member of Parliament representing the Kalutara District.He is an Agriculturist by profession & was educated at Nalanda College Colombo....

 (UPFA-SLFP), 40,933 pv; and W. B. Ekanayake

W. B. Ekanayake

Wilfred Bandara Ekanayake is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

 (UNF-UNP), 38,183 pv.

2004 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 4th North Central provincial council election

Sri Lankan provincial council election, 2004

The 2004 Sri Lankan provincial council election was held on 24 April 2004 and 10 July 2004 to elect members to seven provincial councils in Sri Lanka. No election was held in the eighth province, North Eastern, which had been governed directly by the national government since March 1990...

 held on 10 July 2004 for the district:

Party	|Votes per Polling Division	|Total Votes	|Seats
	Anura- dhapura East			|Horow- patana	|Keki- rawa	|Mihin -tale
United People's Freedom Alliance United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance is a political alliance in Sri Lanka. The current leader of the United People's Freedom Alliance is Mahinda Rajapaksa and Susil Premajayantha is the general secretary of UPFA.The alliance was formed by:...  (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in... , JVP Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...  et al)	26,333	26,199	20,986	38,703	22,230	25,705	18,751	9,070	187,977	63.92%	14
United National Party United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	13,442	14,929	10,053	16,016	11,174	11,249	7,996	4,307	89,166	30.32%	6
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders....	995	1,570	4,671	1,169	2,154	1,254	2,413	165	14,391	4.89%	1
United Socialist Party United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka) The United Socialist Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It is a member of the Committee for a Workers' International. It is led by Siritunga Jayasuriya and publishes a monthly paper, Sentharakai .-History:...	178	207	143	184	161	181	128	35	1,217	0.41%	0
National Development Front	46	75	68	110	382	79	68	17	845	0.29%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	15	15	37	19	16	8	15	1	126	0.04%	0
Independent 3 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	12	16	12	20	10	12	16	1	99	0.03%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputhra Pakshaya is a minor Sinhala Buddhist political party in Sri Lanka, led by Dr. Harischandra Wijayatunga....	6	13	6	14	6	6	6	17	74	0.03%	0
United Sinhala Great Council	15	11	12	14	6	5	4	6	73	0.02%	0
Independent 2 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	4	8	12	8	10	14	4	3	63	0.02%	0
Independent 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	15	7	6	13	7	7	2	3	60	0.02%	0
Valid Votes	41,061	43,050	36,006	56,270	36,156	38,520	29,403	13,625	294,091	100.00%	21
Rejected Votes	2,682	3,251	2,586	4,539	2,615	2,614	2,460	853	21,600
Total Polled	43,743	46,301	38,592	60,809	38,771	41,134	31,863	14,478	315,691
Registered Electors	77,391	81,435	65,482	102,138	66,036	68,897	52,770		514,149
Turnout	56.52%	56.86%	58.94%	59.54%	58.71%	59.70%	60.38%		61.40%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
Berty Premalal Dissanayake (UPFA), 79,936 preference votes (pv); M. Jayarathne (UPFA), 62,641 pv; Anura Dissanayake (UPFA), 35,515 pv; Aruna Dissanayake (UPFA), 34,481 pv; N. Rohana Pushpakumara (UPFA), 32,493 pv; S. C. Muthukumarana (UPFA), 25,632 pv; Manodara Gedara Keerthisinghe Wijerathne (UNP), 24,864 pv; Kidagalegama Hethuhamige Nandasena (UPFA), 24,054 pv; Gamage Weerasena (UPFA), 23,692 pv; Lakshman Jayawardhane (UPFA), 23,359 pv; Kapurubanda Dissanayakage Sunil Dissanayake (UNP), 19,513 pv; T. M. R. Siripala (UPFA), 17,000 pv; Appuhamige Herath Banda Semasinghe (UPFA), 16,639 pv; Adhikari Rani (UNP), 15,450 pv; Gunarathne Susil (UPFA), 15,264 pv; Abesinghe Mudiyanselage Ranbanda Abesinghe (UNP), 15,182 pv; R. B. Gnanathilake (UPFA), 15,164 pv; Anil Rathnayake (UNP), 13,441 pv; Aloysias Sunil Charles Fernando (UNP), 13,124 pv; Punchi Banda Dissanayake (UPFA), 12,833 pv; and A. K. Ravuttar Neina Muhammadu (SLMC), 7,558 pv.

2005 Presidential Election

Results of the 5th presidential election

Sri Lankan presidential election, 2005

The Sri Lankan presidential election of 2005 was the fifth presidential election of Sri Lanka. Nominations were accepted on 7 September 2005, and the election was held on 17 November 2005. Electoral participation was 73.73%...

 held on 17 November 2005 for the district:

Candidate	|Postal Votes	|%
			Anura- dhapura East	|Horow- patana	|Keki- rawa	|Mihin -tale
Mahinda Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa Percy Mahendra "Mahinda" Rajapaksa ; ; born November 18, 1945) is the 6th and current President of Sri Lanka and Commander in Chief of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces. A lawyer by profession, Rajapaksa was first elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in 1970, and served as prime minister from April 6,...	UPFA United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance is a political alliance in Sri Lanka. The current leader of the United People's Freedom Alliance is Mahinda Rajapaksa and Susil Premajayantha is the general secretary of UPFA.The alliance was formed by:...	33,726	31,575	26,330	46,073	26,220	29,071	22,454	15,591	231,040	55.08%
Ranil Wickremasinghe Ranil Wickremasinghe Ranil Shriyan Wickremesinghe , MP, is a Sri Lankan politician and current Leader of the Opposition in the Sri Lankan parliament. He was Prime Minister of Sri Lanka twice, from May 7, 1993 to August 19, 1994 and from December 9, 2001 to April 6, 2004...	UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	25,382	29,829	22,027	33,758	24,314	21,647	16,897	9,102	182,956	43.62%
A.A. Suraweera	NDF	169	250	201	256	196	192	160	24	1,448	0.35%
Siritunga Jayasuriya Siritunga Jayasuriya Siritunga Jayasuriya was a contestant in the Sri Lanka presidential election in 2005. He received 35,405 votes, 0.36 % of the votes cast and came third. He is a trade unionist and leader of the United Socialist Party...	USP United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka) The United Socialist Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It is a member of the Committee for a Workers' International. It is led by Siritunga Jayasuriya and publishes a monthly paper, Sentharakai .-History:...	155	262	184	247	181	192	136	21	1,378	0.33%
Chamil Jayaneththi	NLF New Left Front The Left Liberation Front is a left wing electoral coalition in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1998 as the New Left Front by the Nava Sama Samaja Party, former members of the People's Alliance, and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna...	65	107	70	99	65	81	54	28	569	0.14%
Victor Hettigoda Victor Hettigoda Victor Hettigoda is a Sri Lankan entrepreneur and also was a candidate for the November 17, 2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Elections.-Early life:...	ULPP	82	77	34	107	53	54	37	34	478	0.11%
Aruna de Soyza	RPP	54	74	54	80	46	69	43	8	428	0.10%
Wimal Geeganage	SLNF	44	62	45	94	37	31	49	5	367	0.09%
Anura De Silva	ULF	32	61	20	54	32	33	26	3	261	0.06%
A.K.J. Arachchige	DUA	25	34	15	45	37	19	31	1	207	0.05%
Wije Dias	SEP Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka) The Socialist Equality Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1968 as the Revolutionary Communist League by former student members of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party who joined the International Committee of the Fourth International. They remained loyal to Gerry Healy...	14	21	7	18	20	14	18	3	115	0.03%
P. Nelson Perera	SLPF	11	21	14	28	14	14	13	0	115	0.03%
H.S. Dharmadwaja	UNAF	5	11	10	20	9	10	7	0	72	0.02%
Valid Votes		59,764	62,384	49,011	80,879	51,224	51,427	39,925	24,820	419,434	100.00%
Rejected Votes		563	671	481	836	506	446	429	631	4,563
Total Polled		60,327	63,055	49,492	81,715	51,730	51,873	40,354	25,451	423,997
Registered Electors		80,971	86,433	68,066	106,717	68,671	71,396	54,554		536,808
Turnout		74.50%	72.95%	72.71%	76.57%	75.33%	72.66%	73.97%		78.98%
Source:

2008 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 5th North Central provincial council election

Sri Lanka Provincial Council elections, 2008–2009

Sri Lanka has held several rounds of Provincial Council elections in 2008 and 2009 to elect members to eight of the country’s Provincial Councils. The decision to hold elections in different parts of the country on separate days was a break in the usual practice, which is to hold elections for the...

 held on 23 August 2008 for the district:

Party	|Votes per Polling Division	|Total Votes	|Seats
	Anura- dhapura East			|Horow- patana	|Keki- rawa	|Mihin -tale
United People's Freedom Alliance United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance is a political alliance in Sri Lanka. The current leader of the United People's Freedom Alliance is Mahinda Rajapaksa and Susil Premajayantha is the general secretary of UPFA.The alliance was formed by:...  (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...  et al)	28,113	27,690	22,532	39,984	21,700	25,450	18,633	15,445	199,547	54.70%	12
United National Party United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	21,898	22,279	16,203	27,017	19,538	15,164	13,195	6,725	142,019	38.93%	8
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...	3,936	2,312	2,203	3,661	1,649	2,082	2,397	1,117	19,357	5.31%	1
National Congress	61	215	723	111	187	231	440	65	2,033	0.56%	0
United Socialist Party United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka) The United Socialist Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It is a member of the Committee for a Workers' International. It is led by Siritunga Jayasuriya and publishes a monthly paper, Sentharakai .-History:...	91	116	82	114	101	72	58	14	648	0.18%	0
United National Alliance	64	81	60	88	81	40	53	24	491	0.13%	0
National Development Front	17	16	63	27	19	12	12	12	178	0.05%	0
Independent 7 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	11	14	15	20	16	18	9	3	106	0.03%	0
Independent 6 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	8	17	6	12	7	11	7	2	70	0.02%	0
Left Front (NSSP Nava Sama Samaja Party The Nava Sama Samaja Pakshaya is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was formed through the expulsion from the Lanka Sama Samaja Party of the Vama Samsamja tendency led by Dr Vickrambahu , Sumanasiri Liyanage and others. Siritunga Jayasuriya and Vasudeva Nanayakkara joined later...  et al)	20	11	5	16	5	1	2	7	67	0.02%	0
National People's Party	8	7	5	12	4	4	7	4	51	0.01%	0
Independent 5 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	3	3	15	6	5	4	1	1	38	0.01%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputhra Pakshaya is a minor Sinhala Buddhist political party in Sri Lanka, led by Dr. Harischandra Wijayatunga....	8	4	1	3	4	2	6	7	35	0.01%	0
Independent 3 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	6	3	6	6	3	3	3	0	30	0.01%	0
Independent 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	5	9	2	2	2	2	2	2	26	0.01%	0
Independent 2 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	4	4	5	2	6	1	2	2	26	0.01%	0
Independent 4 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	1	3	4	4	1	5	2	2	22	0.01%	0
Ruhuna People's Party	7	1	1	3	0	2	2	1	17	0.00%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	1	4	1	3	3	1	0	3	16	0.00%	0
Valid Votes	54,262	52,789	41,932	71,091	43,331	43,105	34,831	23,436	364,777	100.00%	21
Rejected Votes	2,323	2,697	2,225	3,739	2,306	2,037	1,751	822	17,900
Total Polled	56,585	55,486	44,157	74,830	45,637	45,142	36,582	24,258	382,677
Registered Electors	86,208	91,972	72,114	113,350	72,777	74,962	58,034		569,417
Turnout	65.64%	60.33%	61.23%	66.02%	62.71%	60.22%	63.04%		67.21%
Source:

2010 Presidential Election

Results of the 6th presidential election

Sri Lankan presidential election, 2010

The Sri Lankan presidential election of 2010 was the sixth presidential election of Sri Lanka. The election was announced on 23 November 2009 when incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa decided to seek a fresh mandate prior to the expiration of his term in 2011...

 held on 26 January 2010 for the district:

Candidate	|Postal Votes	|%
			Anura- dhapura East	|Horow- patana	|Keki- rawa	|Mihin -tale
Mahinda Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa Percy Mahendra "Mahinda" Rajapaksa ; ; born November 18, 1945) is the 6th and current President of Sri Lanka and Commander in Chief of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces. A lawyer by profession, Rajapaksa was first elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in 1970, and served as prime minister from April 6,...	UPFA United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance is a political alliance in Sri Lanka. The current leader of the United People's Freedom Alliance is Mahinda Rajapaksa and Susil Premajayantha is the general secretary of UPFA.The alliance was formed by:...	41,418	41,965	33,622	57,967	34,101	35,996	27,619	25,760	298,448	66.32%
Sarath Fonseka Sarath Fonseka Gardihewa Sarath Chandralal Fonseka, known as Sarath Fonseka is a former commander and General of the Sri Lanka Army and a former candidate for President of Sri Lanka. As Commander of the Army, he played an instrumental role in ending the 26 year Sri Lankan Civil War in 2009, defeating the...	NDF New Democratic Front (Sri Lanka) The New Democratic Front is a newly formed political party in Sri Lanka. An offshoot of the Democratic United National Front and a constituent partner of the United National Front, the party is led by Ariyawansa Dissanayake. The symbol of the party is a swan...	22,270	21,288	17,054	25,591	18,431	14,971	13,928	10,228	143,761	31.94%
M.C.M. Ismail	DUNF Democratic United National Front The Democratic United National Front is a political party in Sri Lanka.At the last legislative elections, held on 2 April 2004, the party was part of the United People's Freedom Alliance that won 45.6 % of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats....	241	262	311	295	227	236	206	143	1,921	0.43%
A.A. Suraweera	NDF	154	255	137	238	134	171	147	32	1,268	0.28%
W.V. Mahiman Ranjith	Ind 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	109	202	151	222	141	148	112	30	1,115	0.25%
A.S.P Liyanage A.S.P Liyanage Panagoda Don Prince Solomon Anura Liyanage is a Sri Lankan business magnate, the chairman and managing director of the ASP Group, a private real estate group established in 1989...	SLLP	60	68	53	96	61	83	57	10	488	0.11%
C.J. Sugathsiri Gamage	UDF	40	85	70	85	64	54	66	13	477	0.11%
Ukkubanda Wijekoon	Ind 3 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	35	63	37	91	60	56	65	10	417	0.09%
Sarath Manamendra	NSH	39	49	51	61	41	49	29	6	325	0.07%
Lal Perera	ONF	38	52	42	51	31	38	40	3	295	0.07%
Aithurus M. Illias	Ind 2 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	27	57	20	57	33	21	27	12	254	0.06%
Siritunga Jayasuriya Siritunga Jayasuriya Siritunga Jayasuriya was a contestant in the Sri Lanka presidential election in 2005. He received 35,405 votes, 0.36 % of the votes cast and came third. He is a trade unionist and leader of the United Socialist Party...	USP United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka) The United Socialist Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It is a member of the Committee for a Workers' International. It is led by Siritunga Jayasuriya and publishes a monthly paper, Sentharakai .-History:...	32	41	22	42	37	31	25	7	237	0.05%
Vikramabahu Karunaratne Vikramabahu Karunaratne Vikramabahu Karunaratne is a Sri Lankan politician and he contested for the Sri Lankan presidential election.-Early life:...	LF	29	36	28	34	19	16	10	11	183	0.04%
M. K. Shivajilingam M. K. Shivajilingam Mahalingam Kanagalingam Shivajilingam is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament.-Political career:At the December 2001 Shivajilingam was elected to represent the Jaffna District in Parliament...	Ind 5 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	19	24	20	19	21	19	22	2	146	0.03%
Wije Dias	SEP Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka) The Socialist Equality Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1968 as the Revolutionary Communist League by former student members of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party who joined the International Committee of the Fourth International. They remained loyal to Gerry Healy...	8	23	8	22	19	16	13	1	110	0.02%
Battaramulla Seelarathana	JP	10	21	9	26	16	12	3	5	102	0.02%
Aruna de Soyza	RPP	9	15	19	18	13	14	10	3	101	0.02%
Senaratna de Silva	PNF	8	16	6	13	9	16	16	9	93	0.02%
M. Mohamed Musthaffa M. Mohamed Musthaffa Meera Mohideen Mohamed Musthaffa is a Sri Lankan politician, a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister.Musthaffa stood as an independent candidate in the 2010 presidential election and came 17th out of 22 candidates after receiving 3,134 votes .-References:...	Ind 4 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	16	10	8	22	8	12	11	0	87	0.02%
Sanath Pinnaduwa	NA	6	21	8	16	15	5	10	1	82	0.02%
M.B. Thaminimulla	ACAKO	11	10	7	23	7	12	7	0	77	0.02%
Sarath Kongahage	UNAF	3	12	4	10	3	6	6	7	51	0.01%
Valid Votes		64,582	64,575	51,687	84,999	53,491	51,982	42,429	36,293	450,038	100.00%
Rejected Votes		517	583	356	650	396	293	358	632	3,785
Total Polled		65,099	65,158	52,043	85,649	53,887	52,275	42,787	36,925	453,823
Registered Electors		88,157	93,534	73,590	115,275	73,885	75,683	59,137		579,261
Turnout		73.84%	69.66%	70.72%	74.30%	72.93%	69.07%	72.35%		78.35%
Source:

2010 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 14th parliamentary election

Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2010

The 2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election was held on April 8 and April 20, 2010, to elect 225 members to Sri Lanka's 14th Parliament. 14,088,500 Sri Lankans were eligible to vote in the election at 11,102 polling stations...

 held on 8 April 2010 for the district:

Party	|Votes per Polling Division	|Total Votes	|Seats
	Anura- dhapura East			|Horow- patana	|Keki- rawa	|Mihin -tale
United People's Freedom Alliance United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance is a political alliance in Sri Lanka. The current leader of the United People's Freedom Alliance is Mahinda Rajapaksa and Susil Premajayantha is the general secretary of UPFA.The alliance was formed by:...  (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...  et al)	30,497	31,803	23,499	42,905	17,029	26,178	21,291	28,002	221,204	66.52%	7
United National Front (UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe... , SLMC Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders.... , DPF, SLFP(P) Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in... )	11,019	11,370	10,186	14,662	10,850	8,404	6,645	7,224	80,360	24.17%	2
Democratic National Alliance Democratic National Alliance (Sri Lanka) The Democratic National Alliance is a political alliance in Sri Lanka, formed by retired General Sarath Fonseka and his allies to contest in the 2010 general elections...  (JVP Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...  et al)	4,541	2,436	1,790	2,583	1,298	1,596	1,752	2,133	18,129	5.45%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputhra Pakshaya is a minor Sinhala Buddhist political party in Sri Lanka, led by Dr. Harischandra Wijayatunga....	78	88	56	131	10,121	11	377	583	11,445	3.44%	0
Janasetha Peramuna	13	6	193	14	5	50	8	63	352	0.11%	0
Independent 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	22	23	12	24	26	23	15	11	156	0.05%	0
Sri Lanka National Front	20	1	19	21	55	4	23	4	147	0.04%	0
Independent 6 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	12	14	12	15	7	9	21	7	97	0.03%	0
United National Alternative Front	10	18	10	15	11	7	4	12	87	0.03%	0
Independent 7 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	11	15	10	12	18	4	9	7	86	0.03%	0
United Democratic Front	10	9	7	12	14	3	4	7	66	0.02%	0
Independent 5 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	3	4	5	4	19	20	5	5	65	0.02%	0
Independent 2 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	1	16	2	17	4	8	3	7	58	0.02%	0
Independent 3 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	6	5	3	10	17	10	1	1	53	0.02%	0
Patriotic National Front	9	3	3	9	14	5	5	3	51	0.02%	0
All Are Citizens, All Are Kings Organisation	6	2	12	7	6	2	3	11	49	0.01%	0
Left Liberation Front	15	5	2	15	2	4	2	3	48	0.01%	0
United Lanka Great Council	7	3	6	3	21	0	5	1	46	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka Labour Party	4	4	4	4	0	4	1	5	26	0.01%	0
Independent 4 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	3	2	1	2	1	3	1	0	13	0.00%	0
Valid Votes	46,287	45,827	35,832	60,465	39,518	36,345	30,175	38,089	332,538	100.00%	9
Rejected Votes	2,807	3,636	2,268	4,124	3,412	2,759	2,370	1,554	22,930
Total Polled	49,094	49,463	38,100	64,589	42,930	39,104	32,545	39,643	355,468
Registered Electors	88,157	93,534	73,590	115,275	73,885	75,683	59,137		579,261
Turnout	55.69%	52.88%	51.77%	56.03%	58.10%	51.67%	55.03%		61.37%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
S. M. Chandrasena

S. M. Chandrasena

Samarakoon Mudiyanselage Chandrasena is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

 (UPFA-SLFP), 112,644 preference votes (pv); Duminda Dissanayake

Duminda Dissanayake

Duminda Dissanayake, MP is the current Sri Lankan Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs and Skills Development and a Member of Parliament from Anuradhapura District.- Family :Born at the Anuradapura General Hospital, the eldest child of the family of four boys...

 (UPFA-SLFP), 101,384 pv; Tissa Karalliyadde

Tissa Karalliyadde

Tissa Wijeratna Karalliyadde MP is the Sri Lanka's Cabinet Minister of Child Development and Women's Affairs and a Member of Parliament representing the Kalutara District.He is an Agriculturist by profession & was educated at Nalanda College Colombo....

 (UPFA-SLFP), 55,017 pv; Asanka Shehan Semasinghe (UPFA), 46,115 pv; Sarath Chandrasiri Muthukumarana (UPFA), 44,645 pv; W. B. Ekanayake

W. B. Ekanayake

Wilfred Bandara Ekanayake is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

 (UPFA), 40,634 pv; Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe

Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe

Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

 (UNF-UNP), 29,884 pv; P. Weerakumara Dissanayake

P. Weerakumara Dissanayake

P. Weerakumara Dissanayake is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:*...

 (UPFA), 27,102 pv; and P. Harrison

P. Harrison

Pelisge Harrison is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister.-References:...

(UNF-UNP), 24,675 pv.