Batticaloa 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 Batticaloa

Batticaloa District

Batticaloa district is one of the 25 administrative districts of Sri Lanka. The district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a District Secretary appointed by the central government of Sri Lanka. The headquarters is located in Batticaloa town...

 in the Eastern province

Eastern Province, Sri Lanka

The Eastern Province is one of the 9 provinces of Sri Lanka. The provinces have existed since the 19th century but they didn't have any legal status until 1987 when the 13th Amendment to the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka established provincial councils. Between 1988 and 2006 the province was...

. The district currently elects 5 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 344,750 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:

Candidate		|Postal Votes	|%
				Batti- caloa	|Paddi- ruppu
	J. R. Jayewardene Junius Richard Jayewardene Junius Richard Jayewardene , famously abbreviated in Sri Lanka as JR, was the first executive President of Sri Lanka, serving from 1978 till 1989. He was a leader of the nationalist movement in Ceylon who served in a variety of cabinet positions in the decades following independence...	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...	24,220	15,950	7,129	795	48,094	40.05%
	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...	19,338	5,250	21,918	589	47,095	39.22%
	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...	9.922	7,994	3,485	287	21,688	18.06%
	Colvin 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....	438	304	531	21	1,294	1.08%
	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...	580	258	415	34	1,287	1.07%
	Vasudeva Nanayakkara Vasudeva Nanayakkara Vasudeva Nanayakkara is a veteran left-wing Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament and a former presidential candidate.-Politics:Nanayakkara joined the Lanka Sama Samaja Party as student in 1958...	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...	229	155	230	4	618	0.51%
Valid Votes			54,727	29,911	33,708	1,730	120,076	100.00%
Rejected Votes			1,120	880	813	66	2,869
Total Polled			55,847	30,791	34,521	1,796	122,955
Registered Electors			80,394	46,195	45,891		172,480
Turnout (%)			69.47%	66.65%	75.22%		71.29%

1988 provincial council election

Results of the 1st North Eastern provincial council election

Sri Lankan Provincial Council elections, November 1988

Provincial Council elections were held on 19 November 1988 to elect members to Sri Lanka’s North Eastern Provincial Council.-Background:The Indo-Lanka Accord signed on 29 July 1987 required the Sri Lankan government to devolve powers to the provinces and, in the interim, to merge the Northern and...

 held on 19 November 1988:

Party		|Votes per Polling Division	|%	Batti- caloa	|Paddi- ruppu
					Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front The Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front is a Sri Lankan political party and a former militant separatist group.-Militant separatists:The EPRLF was formed in 1980 by K...	46,006	32,546	48,394	126,946	74.76%	8
	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....	29,594	12,331	175	42,100	24.79%	3
	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...	476	194	86	756	0.45%	0
Valid Votes		76,076	45,071	48,655	169,802	100.00%	11
Rejected Votes		1,495	629	610	2,734
Total Polled		77,571	45,700	49,265	172,536
Registered Electors		100,536	60,288	56,452	217,276
Turnout (%)		77.16%	75.80%	87.27%	79.41%

1988 presidential election

Results of the 2nd presidential election

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:

Candidate		|Postal Votes	|%
				Batti- caloa	|Paddi- ruppu
	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...	29,976	15,289	16,227	165	61,657	50.99%
	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...	8,547	8,375	4,031	65	21,018	17.38%
	Oswin Abeygunasekara	SLPP	14,972	9,135	13,977	159	38,243	31.63%
Valid Votes			53,495	32,799	34,235	389	120,918	100.00%
Rejected Votes			1,702	1,079	2,373	9	5,163
Total Polled			55,197	33,878	36,608	398	126,081
Registered Electors			99,717	59,421	56,447		215,585
Turnout (%)			55.35%	57.01%	64.85%		58.48%

1989 parliamentary general election

Results of the 9th parliamentary election

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:

Party		|Votes per Polling Division	|Total Votes	|Seats
		Batti- caloa			|Paddi- ruppu
	Tamil United Liberation Front Tamil United Liberation Front The Tamil United Liberation Front is a political party in Sri Lanka which seeks independence for the Tamil-populated areas of Sri Lanka.-Formation:...  (ENDLF Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front The Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front is a former Indian backed Tamil militant group in Sri Lanka. It was formed in 1987 as an amalgamation of splinter groups from other militant groups... , EPRLF Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front The Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front is a Sri Lankan political party and a former militant separatist group.-Militant separatists:The EPRLF was formed in 1980 by K... , TELO Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization The Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization is an Eelam Tamil organisation campaigning for the establishment of an independent Tamil Eelam in the northeast of Sri Lanka. The TELO was originally created as a militant group, and functioned as such until 1986, when most of its membership was killed in a... , TULF Tamil United Liberation Front The Tamil United Liberation Front is a political party in Sri Lanka which seeks independence for the Tamil-populated areas of Sri Lanka.-Formation:... )	17,194	13,383	24,064	490	55,131	35.49%	3
	Independent 1 (EROS Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students The Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students , also known as the Eelam Revolutionary Organisers, is a former Tamil militant group in Sri Lanka. Most of the EROS membership was absorbed into the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in 1990. The rump, which continues to use the EROS name, has... )	21,445	11,589	13,007	378	46,419	29.88%	1
	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....	21,172	15,522	134	39	36,867	23.73%	1
	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...  (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 :... , 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... )	7,186	1,916	1,943	272	11,317	7.28%	0
	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...	3,162	445	505	18	4,130	2.66%	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...	899	404	192	2	1,497	0.96%	0
Valid Votes		71,058	43,259	39,845	1,199	155,361	100.00%	5
Rejected Votes		4,487	4,401	5,003	32	13,923
Total Polled		75,545	47,660	44,848	1,231	169,284
Registered Electors		99,096	60,149	56,079	1,250	216,574
Turnout		76.23%	79.24%	79.97%	98.48%	78.16%

The following candidates were elected: Govinthan Karunakaram (TELO), 25,651 preference votes (pv); Alathipody Gunaseelan (EROS), 22,889 pv; Prince Gunarasa Casinader (EPRLF), 21,959 pv; Thambimuthu Sam Pennington Thevarasa (EPRLF), 19,431 pv; and Alim Mohamed Hisbulla (SLMC), 15,832 pv.

Thambimuthu Sam Pennington Thevarasa (EPRLF) was murdered on 11 May 1990. His replacement was Joseph Pararajasingham

Joseph Pararajasingham

Joseph Pararajasingham was a Sri Lankan Member of Parliament and a poet who was known for his pro-Tamil Tiger views and advocacy of human rights...

 (TULF).

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:

Party		|Votes per Polling Division	|Total Votes	|Seats
		Batti- caloa			|Paddi- ruppu
	Tamil United Liberation Front Tamil United Liberation Front The Tamil United Liberation Front is a political party in Sri Lanka which seeks independence for the Tamil-populated areas of Sri Lanka.-Formation:...	28,020	23,261	23,688	1,547	76,516	43.95%	3
	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....	19,368	11,179	79	446	31,072	17.85%	1
	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...  (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 :... , 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... )	13,622	6,891	2,269	462	23,244	13.35%	1
	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.)	7,413	2,944	8,672	249	19,278	11.07%	0
	Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization The Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization is an Eelam Tamil organisation campaigning for the establishment of an independent Tamil Eelam in the northeast of Sri Lanka. The TELO was originally created as a militant group, and functioned as such until 1986, when most of its membership was killed in a...  (EROS Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students The Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students , also known as the Eelam Revolutionary Organisers, is a former Tamil militant group in Sri Lanka. Most of the EROS membership was absorbed into the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in 1990. The rump, which continues to use the EROS name, has... , PLOTE People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam The People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam is a former Tamil militant group. It is currently a pro-government paramilitary group and political party. PLOTE's political wing is known as the Democratic People's Liberation Front.-Origins:... , TELO Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization The Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization is an Eelam Tamil organisation campaigning for the establishment of an independent Tamil Eelam in the northeast of Sri Lanka. The TELO was originally created as a militant group, and functioned as such until 1986, when most of its membership was killed in a... )	6,804	3,557	6,493	219	17,073	9.81%	0
	Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front The Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front is a Sri Lankan political party and a former militant separatist group.-Militant separatists:The EPRLF was formed in 1980 by K...	2,069	687	1,976	70	4,802	2.76%	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...	514	91	926	16	1,547	0.89%	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...	347	100	98	11	556	0.32%	0
Valid Votes		78,157	48,710	44,201	3,020	174,088	100.00%	5
Rejected Votes		5,805	4,705	4,940	81	15,531
Total Polled		83,962	53,415	49,141	3,101	189,619
Registered Electors		123,893	73,640	64,365		261,898
Turnout		67.77%	72.54%	76.35%		72.40%

The following candidates were elected: Joseph Pararajasingham

Joseph Pararajasingham

Joseph Pararajasingham was a Sri Lankan Member of Parliament and a poet who was known for his pro-Tamil Tiger views and advocacy of human rights...

 (TULF), 43,350 preference votes (pv); P. Selvarasa (TULF), 17,450 pv; Krishnapillai Thurairasasingham (TULF),15,974 pv; Alim Mohamed Hisbulla (SLMC), 12,583 pv; and Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana

Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana

Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana is a popular Sri Lankan politician. He has been politically active since 1988, and was Member of Parliament from August 19, 1994 to December 5, 2001, and from April 9, 2004 to June 23, 2004, under the label of the United National Party...

 (UNP), 11,508 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:

Candidate		|Postal Votes	|%
				Batti- caloa	|Paddi- ruppu
	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...	59,814	41,821	40,489	2,601	144,725	87.30%
	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...	9,812	3,930	631	439	14,812	8.93%
	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...	1,685	1,731	1,611	3	5,028	3.03%
	G. A. Nihal	SLPF	194	183	107	0	484	0.29%
	A. J. Ranashinge	Ind 1 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...	239	77	59	6	381	0.23%
	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....	145	99	102	3	349	0.21%
Valid Votes			71,887	47,841	42,999	3,052	165,779	100.00%
Rejected Votes			1,061	730	848	25	2,664
Total Polled			72,948	48,571	43,847	3,077	168,443
Registered Electors			123,893	73,640	64,365	3,204	261,898
Turnout (%)			58.88%	65.96%	68.12%	96.04%	64.32%

1999 presidential election

Results of the 4th presidential election

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:

Candidate		|Postal Votes	|%
				Batti- caloa	|Paddi- ruppu
	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...	48,700	22,614	31,295	1,491	104,100	61.19%
	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...	29,523	21,939	6,962	551	58,975	34.66%
	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....	687	665	484	2	1,838	1.08%
	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...	550	623	354	1	1,528	0.90%
	Vasudeva Nanayakkara Vasudeva Nanayakkara Vasudeva Nanayakkara is a veteran left-wing Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament and a former presidential candidate.-Politics:Nanayakkara joined the Lanka Sama Samaja Party as student in 1958...	LDA	406	183	200	95	884	0.52%
	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...	269	381	132	2	784	0.46%
	Abdul Rasool	SLMP	394	288	37	31	750	0.44%
	Kamal Karunadasa	PLSF	148	130	53	0	331	0.19%
	Nandana Gunathilake 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...	159	70	53	8	290	0.17%
	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....	100	95	54	1	250	0.15%
	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...	89	86	59	0	234	0.14%
	A. W. Premawardhana	PFF	41	26	22	0	89	0.05%
	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....	32	27	18	1	78	0.05%
Valid Votes			81,098	47,127	39,723	2,183	170,131	100.00%
Rejected Votes			1,750	1,043	869	85	3,747
Total Polled			82,848	48,170	40,592	2,268	173,878
Registered Electors			124,480	76,988	68,729		270,197
Turnout (%)			66.56%	62.57%	59.06%		64.35%

2000 parliamentary general election

Results of the 11th parliamentary election

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:

Party		|Votes per Polling Division	|Total Votes	|Seats
		Batti- caloa			|Paddi- ruppu
	Tamil United Liberation Front Tamil United Liberation Front The Tamil United Liberation Front is a political party in Sri Lanka which seeks independence for the Tamil-populated areas of Sri Lanka.-Formation:...	16,621	21,425	15,207	1,195	54,448	29.20%	2
	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....  et al.)	27,079	23,140	2,796	631	53,646	28.77%	1
	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...  (DWC, NWC, UCPF Up-Country People's Front The Up-Country People's Front is a political party in Sri Lanka.At the last legislative elections, held on 2 April 2004, the party won 0.5% of the popular vote and 2 out of 225 seats. One is an elected seat and the second member of parliament was appointed through the national list of the United... , 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... )	21,267	4,092	3,128	676	29,165	15.64%	1
	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.)	6,436	1,532	8,088	454	16,510	8.86%	1
	Democratic People's Liberation Front Democratic People's Liberation Front Democratic People's Liberation Front , a registered political party in Sri Lanka and a front of the People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam . DPLF was founded in 1988. DPLF lost its parliamentary representation in the 2004 elections. 2001-2004 DPLF had one MP, elected from Vanni Electoral...  (PLOTE People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam The People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam is a former Tamil militant group. It is currently a pro-government paramilitary group and political party. PLOTE's political wing is known as the Democratic People's Liberation Front.-Origins:... )	5,539	602	2,847	42	9,030	4.84%	0
	All Ceylon Tamil Congress 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...	1,839	333	4,635	161	6,968	3.74%	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...	2,801	1,416	1,243	96	5,556	2.98%	0
	Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization The Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization is an Eelam Tamil organisation campaigning for the establishment of an independent Tamil Eelam in the northeast of Sri Lanka. The TELO was originally created as a militant group, and functioned as such until 1986, when most of its membership was killed in a...	3,282	276	333	18	3,909	2.10%	0
	Eelam People's Democratic Party Eelam People's Democratic Party The Eelam People's Democratic Party is a political party and a pro-government paramilitary organization in Sri Lanka. It is led by its founder Douglas Devananda.-Background:...	1,950	454	870	51	3,325	1.78%	0
	Citizen's Front	1,279	228	421	10	1,938	1.04%	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...	383	164	41	1	589	0.32%	0
	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...	175	90	27	3	295	0.16%	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...	174	27	33	6	240	0.13%	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....	72	14	91	0	177	0.09%	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...	53	41	49	0	143	0.08%	0
	Sinhala Heritage	54	17	64	0	135	0.07%	0
	Left & Democratic Alliance	68	18	22	5	113	0.06%	0
	Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputhra Pakshaya is a minor Sinhala Buddhist political party in Sri Lanka, led by Dr. Harischandra Wijayatunga....	49	17	26	0	92	0.05%	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....	39	17	28	0	84	0.05%	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...	18	9	16	0	43	0.02%	0
	Ruhuna People's Party	18	6	11	0	35	0.02%	0
Valid Votes		89,196	53,918	39,976		186,441	100.00%	5
Rejected Votes		5,047	2,918	3,159		11,205
Total Polled		94,243	56,836	43,135		197,646
Registered Electors		127,532	78,516	69,437		275,485
Turnout (%)		73.90%	72.39%	62.12%		71.74%

The following candidates were elected: Abdul Cader (NUA), 22,975 preference votes (pv); Nimalan Soundaranayagam (TULF), 16,542 pv; Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana

Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana

Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana is a popular Sri Lankan politician. He has been politically active since 1988, and was Member of Parliament from August 19, 1994 to December 5, 2001, and from April 9, 2004 to June 23, 2004, under the label of the United National Party...

 (UNP), 14,284 pv; Joseph Pararajasingham

Joseph Pararajasingham

Joseph Pararajasingham was a Sri Lankan Member of Parliament and a poet who was known for his pro-Tamil Tiger views and advocacy of human rights...

 (TULF), 12,605 pv; and S. Ganeshamoorthy

S. Ganeshamoorthy

S. Ganeshamoorthy was a former MP & Deputy Minister of Ethnice affairs, National Integration & Mineral Resources. He is a strong Tamil person in east. He contested in 2000 General election & was able to secure a seat in Batticaloa District...

 (PA), 9,132 pv.

Nimalan Soundaranayagam (TULF) was murdered on 7 November 2000.

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:

Party		|Votes per Polling Division	|Total Votes	|Seats
		Batti- caloa			|Paddi- ruppu
	Tamil National Alliance Tamil National Alliance The Tamil National Alliance is a powerful minority Sri Lankan Tamil political alliance in Sri Lanka. It was formed as an amalgamation of moderate Tamil parties as well as number of former rebel groups...  (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... , EPRLF(S) Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front The Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front is a Sri Lankan political party and a former militant separatist group.-Militant separatists:The EPRLF was formed in 1980 by K... , TELO Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization The Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization is an Eelam Tamil organisation campaigning for the establishment of an independent Tamil Eelam in the northeast of Sri Lanka. The TELO was originally created as a militant group, and functioned as such until 1986, when most of its membership was killed in a... , TULF Tamil United Liberation Front The Tamil United Liberation Front is a political party in Sri Lanka which seeks independence for the Tamil-populated areas of Sri Lanka.-Formation:... )	32,805	20,767	30,725	1,987	86,284	48.17%	3
	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....	7,512	18,689	180	344	26,725	14.92%	1
	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...  (NUA 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... , 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.)	21,076	2,079	2,159	391	25,705	14.35%	1
	United National Front (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 :... , 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... , WPF Western People's Front The Western People's Front, currently named the Democratic People's Front , is a political party in Sri Lanka active in the Western Province.... )	14,903	3,103	3,967	665	22,638	12.64%	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...	1,046	4,714	579	67	6,406	3.58%	0
	Democratic People's Liberation Front Democratic People's Liberation Front Democratic People's Liberation Front , a registered political party in Sri Lanka and a front of the People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam . DPLF was founded in 1988. DPLF lost its parliamentary representation in the 2004 elections. 2001-2004 DPLF had one MP, elected from Vanni Electoral...  (PLOTE People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam The People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam is a former Tamil militant group. It is currently a pro-government paramilitary group and political party. PLOTE's political wing is known as the Democratic People's Liberation Front.-Origins:... )	3,074	1,040	1,449	38	5,601	3.13%	0
	Eelam People's Democratic Party Eelam People's Democratic Party The Eelam People's Democratic Party is a political party and a pro-government paramilitary organization in Sri Lanka. It is led by its founder Douglas Devananda.-Background:...	2,054	784	1,265	50	4,153	2.32%	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.)	290	134	195	0	619	0.35%	0
	National Development Front	51	48	49	0	148	0.08%	0
	Sri Lanka Muslim Party	62	52	9	2	125	0.07%	0
	Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 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...	63	22	31	3	119	0.07%	0
	Sinhala Heritage	40	49	14	0	103	0.06%	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...	15	43	19	0	77	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...	18	51	4	3	76	0.04%	0
	Independent 8 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...	59	8	5	3	75	0.04%	0
	Independent 10 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	17	22	0	64	0.04%	0
	Sri Lanka Progressive Front	16	21	9	0	46	0.03%	0
	Independent 9 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...	14	19	6	1	40	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...	12	13	9	1	35	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...	14	10	10	0	34	0.02%	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...	9	7	2	0	18	0.01%	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...	4	5	8	0	17	0.01%	0
Valid Votes		83,162	51,675	40,716	3,555	179,108	100.00%	5
Rejected Votes		5,657	4,272	3,241	105	13,275
Total Polled		88,819	55,947	43,957	3,660	192,383
Registered Electors		130,846	80,685	70,548		282,079
Turnout (%)		67.88%	69.34%	62.31%		68.20%

The following candidates were elected: Thambiraja Thangavadivel (TNA-TELO), 24,475 preference votes (pv); Gnanamuttu Krishnapillai (TNA-ACTC), 20,675 pv; Joseph Pararajasingham

Joseph Pararajasingham

Joseph Pararajasingham was a Sri Lankan Member of Parliament and a poet who was known for his pro-Tamil Tiger views and advocacy of human rights...

 (TNA-TULF), 20,279 pv; M. L. Alim Mohammad Hisbullah (PA), 19,787 pv; and M. B. Mohideen Abdul Cader (SLMC), 17,497 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:

Party		|Votes per Polling Division	|Total Votes	|Seats
		Batti- caloa			|Paddi- ruppu
	Tamil National Alliance Tamil National Alliance The Tamil National Alliance is a powerful minority Sri Lankan Tamil political alliance in Sri Lanka. It was formed as an amalgamation of moderate Tamil parties as well as number of former rebel groups...  (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... , EPRLF(S) Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front The Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front is a Sri Lankan political party and a former militant separatist group.-Militant separatists:The EPRLF was formed in 1980 by K... , ITAK Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi is a Sri Lankan political party which represents the Sri Lankan Tamil ethnic minority in the country. It was originally formed in 1949 as breakaway faction of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress... , TELO Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization The Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization is an Eelam Tamil organisation campaigning for the establishment of an independent Tamil Eelam in the northeast of Sri Lanka. The TELO was originally created as a militant group, and functioned as such until 1986, when most of its membership was killed in a... )	57,144	43,503	57,052	3,312	161,011	66.71%	4
	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....	19,612	22,244	652	623	43,131	17.87%	1
	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:...  (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... , NUA 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... , 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.)	22,716	2,706	299	547	26,268	10.88%	0
	United National Front (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, 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... )	3,819	1,364	877	91	6,151	2.55%	0
	Eelam People's Democratic Party Eelam People's Democratic Party The Eelam People's Democratic Party is a political party and a pro-government paramilitary organization in Sri Lanka. It is led by its founder Douglas Devananda.-Background:...	1,099	568	821	68	2,556	1.06%	0
	Democratic People's Liberation Front Democratic People's Liberation Front Democratic People's Liberation Front , a registered political party in Sri Lanka and a front of the People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam . DPLF was founded in 1988. DPLF lost its parliamentary representation in the 2004 elections. 2001-2004 DPLF had one MP, elected from Vanni Electoral...  (PLOTE People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam The People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam is a former Tamil militant group. It is currently a pro-government paramilitary group and political party. PLOTE's political wing is known as the Democratic People's Liberation Front.-Origins:... )	711	44	248	7	1,010	0.42%	0
	United Muslim People's Alliance	307	38	12	9	366	0.15%	0
	Sri Lanka Progressive Front	72	75	7	1	155	0.06%	0
	New Left Front 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.)	57	41	20	1	119	0.05%	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...	37	52	13	0	102	0.04%	0
	Independent 8 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...	31	30	22	1	84	0.03%	|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:...	36	15	20	0	71	0.03%	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...	36	20	9	0	65	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...	18	12	23	0	53	0.02%	0
	Sri Lanka National Front	12	32	5	0	49	0.02%	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...	22	5	7	0	34	0.01%	0
	National Development Front	24	7	1	0	32	0.01%	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...	12	13	5	0	30	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...	17	5	4	0	26	0.01%	0
	Ruhuna People's Party	6	4	14	0	24	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...	17	2	2	0	21	0.01%	0
	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...	6	3	5	3	17	0.01%	0
Valid Votes		105,811	70,783	60,118	4,663	241,375	100.00%	5
Rejected Votes		5,592	3,862	3,125	69	12,648
Total Polled		111,403	74,645	63,243	4,732	254,023
Registered Electors		141,190	86,626	76,112		303,928
Turnout (%)		78.90%	86.17%	83.09%		83.58%

The following candidates were elected: Thanmanpillai Kanagasabai

Thanmanpillai Kanagasabai

Thanmanpillai Kanagasabai is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament.In 2004 Kanagasabai was selected by the Tamil Tigers as a Tamil National Alliance parliamentary candidate...

 (TNA), 57,843 preference votes (pv); Thangeswary Kathiraman

Thangeswary Kathiraman

Thangeswary Kathiraman is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament.In 2004 Thangeswary was selected by the Tamil Tigers as a Tamil National Alliance parliamentary candidate...

 (TNA), 50,545 pv; Senathirajah Jeyanandamoorthy

Senathirajah Jeyanandamoorthy

Senathirajah Jeyanandamoorthy is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament.In 2004 Jeyanandamoorthy was selected by the Tamil Tigers as a Tamil National Alliance parliamentary candidate...

 (TNA), 44,457 pv; Kingsley Rasanayagam

Kingsley Rasanayagam

Kingsley Rasanayagam was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament. In 2004 Rasanayagam was selected by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam as a Tamil National Alliance parliamentary candidate...

 (TNA), 38,633 pv; and Ali Ameer

Ali Ameer

Ali Shihabdeen Ameer is a Sri Lankan politician, a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister.-References:...

 (SLMC), 21,232 pv.

Kingsley Rasanayagam

Kingsley Rasanayagam

Kingsley Rasanayagam was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament. In 2004 Rasanayagam was selected by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam as a Tamil National Alliance parliamentary candidate...

 (TNA) resigned shortly after being elected. His replacement P. Ariyanethiran (TNA) was sworn in on 18 May 2004.

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:

Candidate		|Postal Votes	|%
				Batti- caloa	|Paddi- ruppu
	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...	65,401	28,482	24,142	3,489	121,514	79.51%
	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:...	15,798	11,105	905	1,028	28,836	18.87%
	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:...	474	214	201	3	892	0.58%
	A. A. Suraweera	NDF	265	253	58	2	578	0.38%
	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	136	43	28	18	225	0.15%
	A .K. J. Arachchige	DUA	93	44	16	0	153	0.10%
	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...	51	52	42	4	149	0.10%
	Anura De Silva	ULF	73	37	29	3	142	0.09%
	Aruna de Soyza	RPP	51	52	19	2	124	0.08%
	Wije Dias	SEP 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...	41	43	19	1	104	0.07%
	P. Nelson Perera	SLPF	18	28	13	0	59	0.04%
	Wimal Geeganage	SLNF	20	12	10	1	43	0.03%
	H. S. Dharmadwaja	UNAF	7	4	7	0	18	0.01%
Valid Votes			82,428	40,369	25,489	4,551	152,837	100.00%
Rejected Votes			970	503	247	58	1,778
Total Polled			83,398	40,872	25,736	4,609	154,615
Registered Electors			147,979	91,410	79,339		318,728
Turnout (%)			56.36%	44.71%	32.44%		48.51%

2008 provincial council election

Results of the 1st Eastern provincial council election

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 10 May 2008:

Party		|Votes per Polling Division	|Displaced Votes	|%	Batti- caloa	|Paddi- ruppu
						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... , TMVP et al.)	52,053	36,731	14,379	2,159	19	105,341	58.09%	6
	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...  (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.... , 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... )	29,770	15,673	11,829	1,282	48	58,602	32.31%	4
	Tamil Democratic National Alliance (EPRLF(P) Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front The Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front is a Sri Lankan political party and a former militant separatist group.-Militant separatists:The EPRLF was formed in 1980 by K... , PLOTE People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam The People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam is a former Tamil militant group. It is currently a pro-government paramilitary group and political party. PLOTE's political wing is known as the Democratic People's Liberation Front.-Origins:... , TULF Tamil United Liberation Front The Tamil United Liberation Front is a political party in Sri Lanka which seeks independence for the Tamil-populated areas of Sri Lanka.-Formation:...  et al.)	3,222	443	3,594	454	1	7,714	4.25%	1
	Eelam People's Democratic Party Eelam People's Democratic Party The Eelam People's Democratic Party is a political party and a pro-government paramilitary organization in Sri Lanka. It is led by its founder Douglas Devananda.-Background:...	1,199	1,421	2,612	135	51	5,418	2.99%	0
	Eelavar Democratic Front (EROS Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students The Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students , also known as the Eelam Revolutionary Organisers, is a former Tamil militant group in Sri Lanka. Most of the EROS membership was absorbed into the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in 1990. The rump, which continues to use the EROS name, has... )	1,118	111	509	78	0	1,816	1.00%	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:...	386	284	268	5	0	943	0.52%	0
	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...	218	97	37	26	1	379	0.21%	0
	People's Front of Liberation Tigers People's Front of Liberation Tigers The People's Front of Liberation Tigers is a political party in Sri Lanka, founded as the political wing of the LTTE in 1989. Mahattaya was the founding president of the PFLT. PFLT took part as an observer in the August 12, 1989 All Party Conference, and was prepared to take part in elections...	73	17	57	10	0	157	0.09%	0
	Independent 15 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...	77	26	25	1	0	129	0.07%	0
	Independent 12 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...	75	30	10	3	0	118	0.07%	0
	Independent 9 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...	81	2	4	4	0	91	0.05%	0
	Independent 10 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...	51	16	20	2	0	89	0.05%	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....	32	3	42	8	0	85	0.05%	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...	28	6	20	1	0	55	0.03%	0
	Independent 13 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	16	17	0	0	49	0.03%	0
	Independent 14 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	10	17	0	0	45	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...	18	13	10	1	0	42	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...	24	6	10	0	0	40	0.02%	0
	Muslim Liberation Front	23	8	7	1	0	39	0.02%	0
	Independent 11 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	6	19	0	0	36	0.02%	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...	4	20	4	2	0	30	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...	18	6	6	0	0	30	0.02%	0
	Independent 8 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	11	11	1	0	28	0.02%	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...	4	12	5	0	0	21	0.01%	0
	Sri Lanka National Front	8	6	7	0	0	21	0.01%	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...	10	3	7	0	0	20	0.01%	0
	Sri Lanka Progressive Front	10	3	3	1	0	17	0.01%	0
Valid Votes		88,552	54,980	33,529	4,174	120	181,355	100.00%	11
Rejected Votes		9,011	6,576	5,293	180	28	21,088
Total Polled		97,563	61,556	38,822	4,354	148	202,443
Registered Electors		154,761	94,359	81,830			330,950
Turnout		63.04%	65.24%	47.44%			61.17%

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:

Candidate		|Postal Votes	|Total Votes	Batti- caloa	|Paddi- ruppu
						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...	69,975	35,608	36,776	3,637	61	146,057	68.93%
	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:...	28,090	20,112	5,968	1,491	2	55,663	26.27%
	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....	927	1,065	1,016	8	0	3,016	1.42%
	C. J. Sugathsiri Gamage	UDF	679	405	578	4	0	1,666	0.79%
	Sarath Manamendra	NSH	253	185	206	1	0	645	0.30%
	M. K. Shivajilingam 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...	254	176	154	49	0	633	0.30%
	A. A. Suraweera	NDF	239	222	150	1	0	612	0.29%
	Lal Perera	ONF	231	146	161	3	0	541	0.26%
	W. V. Mahiman Ranjith	Ind 1 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...	188	208	86	2	0	484	0.23%
	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	179	148	141	0	0	468	0.22%
	Vikramabahu Karunaratne Vikramabahu Karunaratne Vikramabahu Karunaratne is a Sri Lankan politician and he contested for the Sri Lankan presidential election.-Early life:...	LF	153	87	111	15	0	366	0.17%
	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:...	107	75	100	2	0	284	0.13%
	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...	81	96	55	0	0	232	0.11%
	Sanath Pinnaduwa	NA	72	59	70	0	0	201	0.09%
	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...	74	57	54	0	0	185	0.09%
	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...	61	50	57	4	0	172	0.08%
	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...	39	60	26	0	0	125	0.06%
	Senaratna de Silva	PNF	32	33	58	1	0	124	0.06%
	Aruna de Soyza	RPP	53	31	36	1	0	121	0.06%
	Sarath Kongahage	UNAF	36	36	35	0	0	107	0.05%
	Battaramulla Seelarathana	JP	39	27	36	0	0	102	0.05%
	M. B. Thaminimulla	ACAKO	38	19	30	0	0	87	0.04%
Valid Votes			101,800	58,905	45,904	5,219	63	211,891	100.00%
Rejected Votes			1,885	1,281	1,161	67	2	4,396
Total Polled			103,685	60,186	47,065	5,286	65	216,287
Registered Electors			155,537	97,135	80,972			333,644
Turnout			66.66%	61.96%	58.13%			64.83%

2010 parliamentary general election

Results of the 14th parliamentary election

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:

Party		|Votes per Polling Division	|Displaced Votes	|%	Batti- caloa	|Paddi- ruppu
						Tamil National Alliance Tamil National Alliance The Tamil National Alliance is a powerful minority Sri Lankan Tamil political alliance in Sri Lanka. It was formed as an amalgamation of moderate Tamil parties as well as number of former rebel groups...  (EPRLF(S) Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front The Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front is a Sri Lankan political party and a former militant separatist group.-Militant separatists:The EPRLF was formed in 1980 by K... , ITAK Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi is a Sri Lankan political party which represents the Sri Lankan Tamil ethnic minority in the country. It was originally formed in 1949 as breakaway faction of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress... , TELO Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization The Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization is an Eelam Tamil organisation campaigning for the establishment of an independent Tamil Eelam in the northeast of Sri Lanka. The TELO was originally created as a militant group, and functioned as such until 1986, when most of its membership was killed in a... )	32,758	13,709	17,171	2,576	21	66,235	36.67%	3
	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:...  (ACMC All Ceylon Muslim Congress The All Ceylon Muslim Congress is a Sri Lankan political party representing the Muslim community of Sri Lanka. It was formed in 2008 by four MPs elected to parliament from the opposition Sri Lanka Muslim Congress who had left their party and joined the ruling United People's Freedom Alliance in... , NC, 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.)	35,089	16,786	7,878	2,254	2	62,009	34.33%	1
	United National Front (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... , 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.... , 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... )	12,284	9,090	890	671	0	22,935	12.70%	1
	Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal	3,756	6,739	6,072	318	1	16,886	9.35%	0
	Tamil United Liberation Front Tamil United Liberation Front The Tamil United Liberation Front is a political party in Sri Lanka which seeks independence for the Tamil-populated areas of Sri Lanka.-Formation:...	1,578	303	2,402	141	0	4,424	2.45%	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...	300	608	437	17	0	1,362	0.75%	0
	Independent 8 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...	470	632	251	2	0	1,355	0.75%	0
	Eelavar Democratic Front (EROS Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students The Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students , also known as the Eelam Revolutionary Organisers, is a former Tamil militant group in Sri Lanka. Most of the EROS membership was absorbed into the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in 1990. The rump, which continues to use the EROS name, has... )	568	238	230	30	0	1,066	0.59%	0
	Independent 10 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...	235	157	197	7	0	596	0.33%	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...	95	155	179	1	0	430	0.24%	0
	Independent 17 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...	97	97	132	0	0	326	0.18%	0
	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.)	218	61	28	17	0	324	0.18%	0
	Independent 27 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	82	102	1	0	312	0.17%	0
	Independent 16 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...	191	22	46	7	0	266	0.15%	0
	Independent 18 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	48	99	1	0	250	0.14%	0
	Independent 11 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...	117	82	36	2	0	237	0.13%	0
	Independent 26 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...	153	10	8	3	0	174	0.10%	0
	Democratic People's Liberation Front Democratic People's Liberation Front Democratic People's Liberation Front , a registered political party in Sri Lanka and a front of the People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam . DPLF was founded in 1988. DPLF lost its parliamentary representation in the 2004 elections. 2001-2004 DPLF had one MP, elected from Vanni Electoral...  (PLOTE People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam The People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam is a former Tamil militant group. It is currently a pro-government paramilitary group and political party. PLOTE's political wing is known as the Democratic People's Liberation Front.-Origins:... )	92	13	27	4	0	136	0.08%	0
	Left Liberation Front (LLF, TNLA Tamil National Liberation Alliance The Tamil National Liberation Alliance was a Sri Lankan political alliance representing the Sri Lankan Tamil ethnic minority in the country. It was launched on 22 February 2010 as breakaway faction of the Tamil National Alliance . In June 2011 the party was dissolved and its leaders rejoined Tamil... )	89	33	4	10	0	136	0.08%	0
	United National Alternative Front	49	44	41	0	0	134	0.07%	0
	Independent 19 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...	36	34	49	0	0	119	0.07%	0
	National Development Front	28	48	39	0	0	115	0.06%	0
	Independent 22 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...	13	67	11	6	0	97	0.05%	0
	Independent 28 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...	39	18	27	0	0	84	0.05%	0
	Independent 9 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	29	16	1	0	68	0.04%	0
	Independent 15 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	14	27	0	0	57	0.03%	0
	Our National Front	26	13	12	0	0	51	0.03%	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...	26	12	8	0	0	46	0.03%	0
	Janasetha Peramuna	26	5	9	0	0	40	0.02%	0
	All Are Citizens, All Are Kings Organisation	13	9	15	0	0	37	0.02%	0
	Independent 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...	17	14	5	0	0	36	0.02%	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...	15	14	6	0	0	35	0.02%	0
	United Lanka Great Council	10	7	14	0	0	31	0.02%	0
	Independent 12 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	8	6	0	0	29	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...	10	10	6	0	0	26	0.01%	0
	Independent 25 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	4	4	0	0	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...	9	4	8	0	0	21	0.01%	0
	Independent 20 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	5	6	0	0	21	0.01%	0
	Independent 14 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...	9	5	5	0	0	19	0.01%	0
	Independent 21 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	0	4	0	0	14	0.01%	0
	Muslim Liberation Front	3	4	6	1	0	14	0.01%	0
	Independent 24 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	2	4	0	0	11	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....	5	2	4	0	0	11	0.01%	0
	Independent 13 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	0	0	0	9	0.00%	0
	Independent 23 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	4	3	0	0	8	0.00%	0
Valid Votes		88,754	49,246	36,524	6,070	24	180,618	100.00%	5
Rejected Votes		5,783	4,714	4,116	136	0	14,749
Total Polled		94,537	53,960	40,640	6,206	24	195,367
Registered Electors		155,537	97,135	80,972			333,644
Turnout		60.78%	55.55%	50.19%			58.56%

The following candidates were elected: M. L. Alim Mohammad Hisbullah (UPFA-ACMC), 22,256 preference votes (pv); S. Yogeswaran (TNA), 20,569 pv; P. Selvarasa (TNA), 18,485 pv; P. Ariyanethiran (TNA), 16,504 pv; and Basheer Segu Dawood

Basheer Segu Dawood

Basheer Segu Dawood is a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament.Segu Dawood was appointed as the United National Front's National List MP in the Sri Lankan Parliament in December 2001....

(UNF), 11,678 pv.