Gampaha Electoral District - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Gampaha 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 Gampaha

Gampaha District

- Local Authorities in Gampaha district:Gampaha is the District Capital of Gampaha District and is a principal town around Colombo. It is about 4 km from Miriswatte on the Colombo - Kandy Road.- Urban Councils :* Katunayake-Seeduwa * Ja-ela* Wattala...

in the Western province

Western Province, Sri Lanka

The Western Province is the most densely populated province of Sri Lanka. It is home to the legislative capital Sri Jayawardenapura as well to Colombo, the nation's administrative and business center.-Districts:Basnahira is divided into 3 districts:...

. The district currently elects 18 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 1,474,464 registered electors in 2010.

1982 Presidential Election

Results of the 1st presidential election

Sri Lankan presidential election, 1982

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

held on 20 October 1982 for the district:

Candidate	\|Postal Votes	\|%
Candidate	\|Postal Votes	\|%	Attana -galla	\|Divula -pitiya	\|Gamp -aha	\|Katana	\|Mahara	\|Miri- gama	\|Wattala
Junius Jayewardene	UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	22,531	25,398	25,974	26,573	27,845	32,420	26,504	24,732	25,853	29,672	30,289	30,346	29,387	8,323	365,847	52.50%
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...	31,495	18,539	23,447	27,508	28,532	21,074	22,027	19,050	25,580	25,849	24,143	13,345	15,717	5,502	301,808	43.31%
Rohana Wijeweera Rohana Wijeweera Patabendi Don Nandasiri Wijeweera or Rohana Wijeweera was a Sri Lankan Marxist politician and the founding leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna...	JVP Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...	1,926	1,389	1,547	1,670	1,942	1,683	1,356	2,179	1,952	1,992	3,186	1,049	1,402	428	23,701	3.40%
Colvin R. de Silva Colvin R. de Silva Colvin R. de Silva was a former Cabinet Minister of Plantation Industries and Constitutional Affairs, prominent member of parliament, Trotskyist leader and lawyer in Sri Lanka. He was one of the founders of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party – the first Marxist party in Sri Lanka.-Personal...	LSSP Lanka Sama Samaja Party The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka....	272	237	231	247	336	346	334	312	307	260	316	236	232	169	3,835	0.55%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara	NSSP Nava Sama Samaja Party The Nava Sama Samaja Pakshaya is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was formed through the expulsion from the Lanka Sama Samaja Party of the Vama Samsamja tendency led by Dr Vickrambahu , Sumanasiri Liyanage and others. Siritunga Jayasuriya and Vasudeva Nanayakkara joined later...	65	47	79	57	101	157	104	74	69	70	67	127	59	46	1,122	0.16%
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...	32	13	28	33	33	29	36	25	17	27	29	97	119	16	534	0.08%
Valid Votes		56,321	45,623	51,306	56,088	58,789	55,709	50,361	46,372	53,778	57,870	58,030	45,200	46,916	14,484	696,847	100.00%
Rejected Votes		430	410	432	519	517	488	437	480	418	399	478	412	425	147	5,992
Total Polled		56,751	46,033	51,738	56,607	59,306	56,197	50,798	46,852	54,196	58,269	58,508	45,612	47,341	14,631	702,839
Registered Electors		67,061	55,457	61,494	66,207	72,371	69,624	60,560	58,671	65,660	69,566	70,695	59,884	58,015		835,265
Turnout		84.63%	83.01%	84.14%	85.50%	81.95%	80.71%	83.88%	79.86%	82.54%	83.76%	82.76%	76.17%	81.60%		84.15%
Source:

1988 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 1st Western provincial council election held on 2 June 1988 for the district:

Party	\|%	United National Party United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...		18
United Socialist Alliance (CPSL Communist Party of Sri Lanka The Communist Party of Sri Lanka is a communist political party in Sri Lanka. At the last legislative elections, on 2 April 2004, the party was part of the United People's Freedom Alliance that won 45.6% of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats.... , LSSP Lanka Sama Samaja Party The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka.... , NSSP Nava Sama Samaja Party The Nava Sama Samaja Pakshaya is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was formed through the expulsion from the Lanka Sama Samaja Party of the Vama Samsamja tendency led by Dr Vickrambahu , Sumanasiri Liyanage and others. Siritunga Jayasuriya and Vasudeva Nanayakkara joined later... , SLMP Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya The Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya is a political party in Sri Lanka. Founded in 1984 by Sri Lanka Freedom Party. Was led by Chandrika Kumaratunga 1985-1990.... )			15
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....			2
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....			1
Others			0
Valid Votes			36
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout
Source:

1988 Presidential Election

Results of the 2nd presidential election

Sri Lankan presidential election, 1988

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

held on 19 December 1988 for the district:

Candidate	\|Postal Votes	\|%
Candidate	\|Postal Votes	\|%	Attana -galla	\|Divula -pitiya	\|Gamp -aha	\|Katana	\|Mahara	\|Miri- gama	\|Wattala
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...	35,758	23,633	25,857	30,829	34,340	25,357	25,379	22,877	30,305	29,751	27,712	16,601	19,361	7,793	355,553	48.83%
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...	22,242	23,930	25,792	26,155	25,948	30,021	28,760	21,395	26,024	29,424	26,835	29,016	27,945	6,605	350,092	48.08%
Oswin Abeygunasekara	SLMP	1,475	1,518	1,055	976	1,839	1,766	2,036	2,700	2,407	1,404	1,074	1,720	1,901	596	22,467	3.09%
Valid Votes		59,475	49,081	52,704	57,960	62,127	57,144	56,175	46,972	58,736	60,579	55,621	47,337	49,207	14,994	728,112	100.00%
Rejected Votes		735	685	742	511	721	1,052	822	690	735	825	860	587	666	477	10,108
Total Polled		60,210	49,766	53,446	58,471	62,848	58,196	56,997	47,662	59,471	61,404	56,481	47,924	49,873	15,471	738,220
Registered Electors		79,172	66,166	68,377	72,945	85,424	81,566	76,452	65,961	79,936	78,056	78,953	68,250	68,477		969,735
Turnout		76.05%	75.21%	78.16%	80.16%	73.57%	71.35%	74.55%	72.26%	74.40%	78.67%	71.54%	70.22%	72.83%		76.13%
Source:

1989 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 9th parliamentary election

Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 1989

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

held on 15 February 1989 for the district:

Party	\|Votes per Polling Division	\|Total Votes	\|Seats
Party	Attana -galla	\|Total Votes	\|Seats	\|Divula -pitiya	\|Gamp -aha	\|Katana	\|Mahara	\|Miri- gama	\|Wattala
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...	25,194	25,435	27,430	27,777	30,376	34,415	28,660	23,549	28,310	32,021	33,179	30,610	28,841	9,936	385,733	54.14%	10
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...	28,576	18,521	23,286	25,746	27,765	19,230	22,318	18,716	25,361	25,061	22,985	12,566	17,229	7,130	294,490	41.34%	7
United Socialist Alliance (CPSL Communist Party of Sri Lanka The Communist Party of Sri Lanka is a communist political party in Sri Lanka. At the last legislative elections, on 2 April 2004, the party was part of the United People's Freedom Alliance that won 45.6% of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats.... , LSSP Lanka Sama Samaja Party The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka.... , NSSP Nava Sama Samaja Party The Nava Sama Samaja Pakshaya is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was formed through the expulsion from the Lanka Sama Samaja Party of the Vama Samsamja tendency led by Dr Vickrambahu , Sumanasiri Liyanage and others. Siritunga Jayasuriya and Vasudeva Nanayakkara joined later... , SLMP Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya The Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya is a political party in Sri Lanka. Founded in 1984 by Sri Lanka Freedom Party. Was led by Chandrika Kumaratunga 1985-1990.... )	1,166	1,435	850	857	1,426	1,901	2,656	3,064	2,112	1,015	557	1,810	2,029	787	21,665	3.04%	0
United Lanka People's Party	1,765	1,253	233	345	859	390	333	438	513	756	1,618	1,310	512	224	10,549	1.48%	0
Valid Votes	56,701	46,644	51,799	54,725	60,426	55,936	53,967	45,767	56,296	58,853	58,339	46,296	48,611	18,077	712,437	100.00%	17
Rejected Votes	2,677	2,507	2,536	2,401	2,297	2,640	2,457	2,190	2,631	2,436	2,713	2,403	2,200	409	32,497
Total Polled	59,378	49,151	54,335	57,126	62,723	58,576	56,424	47,957	58,927	61,289	61,052	48,699	50,811	18,486	744,934
Registered Electors	77,198	65,038	67,159	71,255	82,689	80,113	75,135	65,066	78,192	76,279	77,242	67,618	67,601	19,073	969,658
Turnout	76.92%	75.57%	80.91%	80.17%	75.85%	73.12%	75.10%	73.71%	75.36%	80.35%	79.04%	72.02%	75.16%	96.92%	76.82%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike was a Sri Lankan politician and the world's first female head of government...

(SLFP), 214,390 preference votes (pv); Anura Bandaranaike

Anura Bandaranaike

Anura Priyadarshi Solomon Dias Bandaranaike was a Sri Lankan politician, served as Speaker , and in several cabinet ministries as Foreign Minister briefly in 2005, Minister of Higher Education , Minister of Tourism , Minister of National Heritage and Leader of the Opposition...

(SLFP), 107,177 pv; M. Joseph Michael Perera

M. Joseph Michael Perera

M. Joseph Michael Perera is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

(UNP), 104,094 pv; John Amaratunga

John Amaratunga

John Anthony Emmanuel Amaratunga is a Sri Lankan politician and lawyer. He is a representative of Gampaha District for the United National Party in the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He resides in Kandana.-References:...

(UNP), 90,797 pv; Ranil Wickramasinghe (UNP), 86,477 pv; Sarath Chandra Rajakaruna

Sarath Chandra Rajakaruna

Sarath Chandra Rajakaruna was a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka....

(UNP), 80,154 pv; Illukpitiya Mudiyanselage Peter Paul Perera (UNP), 63,602 pv; Lakshman Jayakody

Lakshman Jayakody

Lakshman Jayakody a onetime MP was a SLFP stalwart and the Minister of Cultural and Religious Affairs in the Sri Lankan Cabinet from 1994 to 2000. He was educated at Trinity College Kandy with a brief spell at Ananda College, Colombo...

(SLFP), 62,652 pv; Thenahandi Vijayapala Mendis (UNP), 59,235 pv; Jayasinghe Muhandiram Donald Dissanayake (UNP), 56,610 pv; Mahindra Suransinghe Wijerathna (UNP), 52,738 pv; Jeyaraj Fernandopulle

Jeyaraj Fernandopulle

Jeyaraj Fernandopulle was a Sri Lankan politician who served as a cabinet Minister and a Member of Parliament in Sri Lanka. He was a Roman Catholic and hailed from a minority ethnic group Colombo Chetties.-Early life:...

(SLFP), 51,485 pv; Anura Pradeep (SLFP), 47,550 pv; Hapangama Mahen Gunasekera (UNP), 44,630 pv; Ariyarathna Jayathilaka (UNP), 39,893 pv; Ranatunga Jayasekara Kankanamalage Reggie Padmasena Ranatunga (SLFP), 37,163 pv; and Sakalasooriya Appuhamilage Sardhatissa Sakalasooriya (SLFP), 36,363 pv.

1993 Provincial Council Election

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

Party	\|%	People's Alliance People's Alliance (Sri Lanka) The People's Alliance is a front of political parties in Sri Lanka, formed in 1994.It comprises the following parties:* Sri Lanka Freedom Party* Lanka Sama Samaja Party* Communist Party of Sri Lanka* Sri Lanka Mahajana Party... (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in... et al)		17
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...			15
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....			4
Others			0
Valid Votes			36
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout
Source:

1994 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 10th parliamentary election

Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 1994

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

held on 16 August 1994 for the district:

Party	\|Votes per Polling Division	\|Total Votes	\|Seats
Party	Attana -galla	\|Total Votes	\|Seats	\|Divula -pitiya	\|Gamp -aha	\|Katana	\|Mahara	\|Miri- gama	\|Wattala
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)	45,629	34,719	32,951	35,849	47,822	40,838	40,684	32,961	43,413	39,893	37,512	28,830	32,311	15,618	509,030	56.79%	11
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...	24,269	25,537	29,141	26,552	27,133	31,851	29,617	23,504	29,173	29,455	30,492	28,624	31,482	8,801	375,631	41.91%	7
Sri Lanka Progressive Front (JVP Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89... )	849	1,048	523	589	1,340	970	633	1,314	1,149	844	1,100	289	593	386	11,627	1.30%	0
Valid Votes	70,747	61,304	62,615	62,990	76,295	73,659	70,934	57,779	73,735	70,192	69,104	57,743	64,386	24,805	896,288	100.00%	18
Rejected Votes	2,638	2,373	2,228	2,331	2,456	2,567	3,044	2,271	2,685	2,288	2,739	2,566	2,627	740	33,553
Total Polled	73,385	63,677	64,843	65,321	78,751	76,226	73,978	60,050	76,420	72,480	71,843	60,309	67,013	25,545	929,841
Registered Electors	91,907	80,600	77,104	80,415	100,416	97,305	92,027	78,191	98,091	89,192	89,455	80,589	85,516		1,140,808
Turnout	79.85%	79.00%	84.10%	81.23%	78.42%	78.34%	80.39%	76.80%	77.91%	81.26%	80.31%	74.84%	78.36%		81.51%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
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), 464,588 preference votes (pv); John Amaratunga

John Amaratunga

(UNP), 122,813 pv; Jeyaraj Fernandopulle

Jeyaraj Fernandopulle

(PA), 102,129 pv; Wijayapala Mendis (UNP), 96,559 pv; M. Joseph Michael Perera

M. Joseph Michael Perera

M. Joseph Michael Perera is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

(UNP), 93,884 pv; Lakshman Jayakody

Lakshman Jayakody

(PA), 88,628 pv; Felix Perera

Felix Perera

Felix Perera is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

(PA), 80,539 pv; Arakahagodage Aloysius Reginold Perera (UNP), 73,508 pv; Athula Nimalasiri (PA), 65,623 pv; Jayasinghe Rajapakse Mohottige Don Suranimal Rajapakse (UNP), 63,067 pv; Anura Pradeep Hapangama (UNP), 62,829 pv; Reggie Padmasena Ranatunge (PA), 61,458 pv; Sarath Chandra Rajakaruna

Sarath Chandra Rajakaruna

Sarath Chandra Rajakaruna was a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka....

(UNP), 59,992 pv; Jinadasa Nandasena Maligaspe Koralage (PA), 58,237 pv; Bamunu Arachchi Pathirennehelage Lionel Gunawardena (PA), 57,091 pv; Neil Rupasinghe

Neil Rupasinghe

Don Jayawickramage Neil Rupasinghe is a Sri Lankan politician, a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister.-References:...

(PA), 57,090 pv; Kalupathirennehelage Don Upali Gunaratne (PA), 55,328 pv; and Alankarage Victor Suraweera (PA), 50,740 pv.

1994 Presidential Election

Results of the 3rd presidential election

Sri Lankan presidential election, 1994

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

held on 9 November 1994 for the district:

Candidate	\|Postal Votes	\|%
Candidate	\|Postal Votes	\|%	Attana -galla	\|Divula -pitiya	\|Gamp -aha	\|Katana	\|Mahara	\|Miri- gama	\|Wattala
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...	51,923	36,459	35,220	39,151	51,197	44,166	42,916	35,601	46,494	42,041	40,288	31,648	37,373	16,177	550,654	64.74%
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...	17,437	19,678	23,749	19,920	20,094	24,260	24,637	18,825	21,935	22,839	22,585	22,131	23,671	6,847	288,608	33.93%
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....	374	340	169	228	403	266	184	344	311	299	270	133	183	190	3,694	0.43%
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...	396	201	235	283	215	152	251	151	251	252	248	184	180	20	3,019	0.35%
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...	206	235	149	152	246	236	187	187	235	233	208	172	214	51	2,711	0.32%
G.A. Nihal	SLPF	175	127	115	116	147	150	128	107	188	121	222	80	99	57	1,832	0.22%
Valid Votes		70,511	57,040	59,637	59,850	72,302	69,230	68,303	55,215	69,414	65,785	63,821	54,348	61,720	23,342	850,518	100.00%
Rejected Votes		1,065	930	832	867	958	1,141	864	920	1,064	892	1,446	761	922	475	13,137
Total Polled		71,576	57,970	60,469	60,717	73,260	70,371	69,167	56,135	70,478	66,677	65,267	55,109	62,642	23,817	863,655
Registered Electors		91,907	80,600	77,104	80,415	100,416	97,305	92,027	78,191	98,091	89,192	89,455	80,589	85,516		1,140,808
Turnout		77.88%	71.92%	78.43%	75.50%	72.96%	72.32%	75.16%	71.79%	71.85%	74.76%	72.96%	68.38%	73.25%		75.71%
Source:

1999 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 3rd Western provincial council election

Sri Lankan provincial council election, 1999

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

held on 6 April 1999 for the district:

Party	\|%	People's Alliance People's Alliance (Sri Lanka) The People's Alliance is a front of political parties in Sri Lanka, formed in 1994.It comprises the following parties:* Sri Lanka Freedom Party* Lanka Sama Samaja Party* Communist Party of Sri Lanka* Sri Lanka Mahajana Party... (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in... , SLMC Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders.... et al)	376,176	48.30%	17
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...	317,698	40.79%	15
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...	58,277	7.48%	3
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Mahajana Eksath Peramuna The Mahajana Eksath Peramuna is a left-wing political party in Sri Lanka. Today the party is led by Dinesh Gunawardena, son of Philip Gunawardena....	15,492	1.99%	1
New Left Front New Left Front The Left Liberation Front is a left wing electoral coalition in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1998 as the New Left Front by the Nava Sama Samaja Party, former members of the People's Alliance, and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna... (NSSP Nava Sama Samaja Party The Nava Sama Samaja Pakshaya is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was formed through the expulsion from the Lanka Sama Samaja Party of the Vama Samsamja tendency led by Dr Vickrambahu , Sumanasiri Liyanage and others. Siritunga Jayasuriya and Vasudeva Nanayakkara joined later... et al)	8,409	1.08%	0
Muslim United Liberation Front	1,347	0.17%	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....	807	0.10%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	663	0.09%	0
Valid Votes	778,869	100.00%	36
Rejected Votes	48,262
Total Polled	827,131
Registered Electors	1,213,589
Turnout	68.16%
Sources:

1999 Presidential Election

Results of the 4th presidential election

Sri Lankan presidential election, 1999

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

held on 21 December 1999 for the district:

Candidate	\|Postal Votes	\|%
Candidate	\|Postal Votes	\|%	Attana -galla	\|Divula -pitiya	\|Gamp -aha	\|Katana	\|Mahara	\|Miri- gama	\|Wattala
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...	51,204	36,550	35,245	39,214	51,606	44,098	45,607	30,947	46,703	42,314	38,075	28,515	32,954	9,764	532,796	56.58%
Ranil Wickramasinghe	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...	21,709	26,061	27,007	23,857	26,257	29,726	27,389	22,215	27,771	28,328	28,456	28,156	30,566	6,471	353,969	37.59%
M.D.N. Gunathilaka	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...	3,608	2,825	2,046	2,794	4,433	3,089	2,224	2,940	3,941	3,658	4,213	1,360	2,127	1,214	40,472	4.30%
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....	411	369	215	281	626	236	261	512	402	450	415	106	184	285	4,753	0.50%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara	LDA	125	118	97	97	198	224	171	124	171	106	112	156	279	124	2,102	0.22%
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...	143	110	107	142	130	112	148	108	113	125	116	111	74	10	1,549	0.16%
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...	133	114	127	137	114	82	125	76	122	134	150	92	83	6	1,495	0.16%
Abdul Rasool	SLMP	212	94	54	81	63	82	82	103	99	98	198	126	60	2	1,354	0.14%
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....	95	78	100	121	90	72	92	52	103	102	106	74	72	8	1,165	0.12%
Kamal Karunadasa	PLSF	77	54	62	71	77	57	71	59	62	94	82	55	47	10	878	0.09%
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...	45	24	36	35	39	27	25	19	30	29	50	36	22	3	420	0.04%
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....	52	27	21	48	26	21	19	19	30	33	31	20	27	12	386	0.04%
A.W. Premawardhana	PFF	14	18	30	29	23	26	21	16	27	20	21	15	17	3	280	0.03%
Valid Votes		77,828	66,442	65,147	66,907	83,682	77,852	76,235	57,190	79,574	75,491	72,025	58,822	66,512	17,912	941,619	100.00%
Rejected Votes		1,933	1,443	941	1,081	1,780	1,759	1,545	1,582	1,809	1,514	1,619	1,181	1,541	1,040	20,768
Total Polled		79,761	67,885	66,088	67,988	85,462	79,611	77,780	58,772	81,383	77,005	73,644	60,003	68,053	18,952	962,387
Registered Electors		101,470	88,034	83,077	87,240	111,814	104,076	100,352	77,425	107,701	98,927	96,907	83,508	88,377		1,228,908
Turnout		78.61%	77.11%	79.55%	77.93%	76.43%	76.49%	77.51%	75.91%	75.56%	77.84%	75.99%	71.85%	77.00%		78.31%
Source:

2000 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 11th parliamentary election

Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2000

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

held on 10 October 2000 for the district:

Party	\|Votes per Polling Division	\|Total Votes	\|Seats
Party	Attana -galla	\|Total Votes	\|Seats	\|Divula -pitiya	\|Gamp -aha	\|Katana	\|Mahara	\|Miri- gama	\|Wattala
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)	42,537	30,828	32,294	35,897	45,394	38,150	42,316	24,734	40,884	38,350	33,116	24,826	29,015	11,677	470,018	48.87%	10
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...	23,248	27,052	28,894	25,053	27,794	33,089	30,157	24,045	30,031	30,025	30,025	28,983	32,570	7,362	378,328	39.34%	7
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...	6,229	5,796	3,289	4,576	8,284	6,198	3,906	5,651	7,489	6,148	6,732	2,557	4,146	2,109	73,110	7.60%	1
Sinhala Heritage	1,315	1,539	658	972	2,434	2,180	1,578	2,292	1,983	1,530	813	975	1,320	708	20,297	2.11%	0
National Unity Alliance Muslim National Unity Alliance The Muslim National Unity Alliance was a left-wing political party in Sri Lanka.At the legislative elections, 2 April 2004, the party was part of the United People's Freedom Alliance that won 45.6% of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats. The party operated on a platform of Islamic socialism... (SLMC Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders.... )	3,475	2,039	17	205	40	47	223	405	339	411	982	2,596	191	43	11,013	1.15%	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)	286	202	254	310	291	261	314	178	270	272	310	285	226	43	3,502	0.36%	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....	123	184	52	53	158	68	50	170	112	231	94	36	67	65	1,463	0.15%	0
United Lalith Front	86	68	98	105	68	72	80	62	107	96	102	67	78	4	1,093	0.11%	0
Citizen's Front	81	49	34	44	105	47	48	58	78	55	69	30	57	19	774	0.08%	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....	52	25	25	37	54	29	37	21	50	48	35	28	27	5	473	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...	29	19	11	16	20	23	27	20	16	24	24	17	22	2	270	0.03%	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...	30	16	27	24	25	12	31	11	20	24	13	13	19	0	265	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...	16	15	29	20	11	12	17	11	24	23	29	12	12	2	233	0.02%	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....	15	12	21	10	17	10	27	15	29	14	19	22	13	8	232	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...	19	17	12	11	17	7	14	15	17	13	17	8	9	1	177	0.02%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	34	12	9	6	13	6	12	9	9	8	8	12	7	4	149	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...	11	16	11	6	21	9	7	9	13	11	6	9	8	0	137	0.01%	0
Peoples Freedom Front	10	8	3	17	10	13	5	5	9	9	7	1	1	1	99	0.01%	0
Ruhuna People's Party	4	3	1	3	11	6	7	5	5	5	4	5	15	2	76	0.01%	0
Valid Votes	77,600	67,900	65,739	67,365	84,767	80,239	78,856	57,716	81,485	77,297	72,405	60,482	67,803	22,055	961,709	100.00%	18
Rejected Votes	3,507	2,431	2,439	2,540	2,903	2,823	3,350	2,251	3,075	2,926	3,214	2,858	2,564	509	37,390
Total Polled	81,107	70,331	68,178	69,905	87,670	83,062	82,206	59,967	84,560	80,223	75,619	63,340	70,367	22,564	990,099
Registered Electors	103,895	90,501	84,780	89,364	114,218	106,334	103,105	77,681	110,100	101,131	98,681	84,290	89,336		1,253,416
Turnout (%)	78.07%	77.71%	80.42%	78.23%	76.76%	78.11%	79.73%	77.20%	76.80%	79.33%	76.63%	75.15%	78.77%		79.71%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
Karu Jayasuriya

Karu Jayasuriya

Deshabandu Karu Jayasuriya is the current deputy Leader of the United National Party , the main Opposition party of Sri Lanka and Ex Cabinet Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs. He is also a Member of Parliament representing the Gampaha District...

(UNP), 237,387 preference votes (pv); A. D. Susil Premajayanth

A. D. Susil Premajayanth

Achchige Don Susil Premajayanth is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

(PA), 165,905 pv; Jeyaraj Fernandopulle

Jeyaraj Fernandopulle

(PA), 138,859 pv; Anura Bandaranaike

Anura Bandaranaike

(UNP), 99,536 pv; Felix Perera

Felix Perera

Felix Perera is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

(PA), 96,222 pv; Pandu Bandaranaike (PA), 92,182 pv; Jayalath Jayawardena

Jayalath Jayawardena

Ruban Canistus Jayalath Jayawardena MP is a medical doctor who was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka for the opposition United National Party in 1994...

(UNP), 82,730 pv; Reggie Ranatunga (PA), 79,510 pv; Sarath Keerthiratne (PA), 77,427 pv; John Amaratunga

John Amaratunga

(UNP), 67,104 pv; Edward Gunaserkara

Edward Gunaserkara

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

(UNP), 65,157 pv; Lionel Gunawardena (PA), 59,777 pv; M. Joseph Michael Perera

M. Joseph Michael Perera

M. Joseph Michael Perera is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

(UNP), 59,646 pv; Sarathchandra Peramuna (PA), 52,416 pv; Neil Rupasinghe

Neil Rupasinghe

Don Jayawickramage Neil Rupasinghe is a Sri Lankan politician, a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister.-References:...

(PA), 51,500 pv; Suranimala Rajapakse (UNP), 49,697 pv; Ananda Moonasinghe (PA), 48,863 pv; and Vijitha Herath

Vijitha Herath

Herath Mudiyanselage Vijitha Herath is a Sri Lankan politician, former Cabinet Minister of Cultural Affairs & National Heritage and current member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He contested in the 2010 parliamentary election under the Democratic National Alliance and was elected to parliament...

(JVP), 8,823 pv.

2001 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 12th parliamentary election

Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2001

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

held on 5 December 2001 for the district:

Party	\|Votes per Polling Division	\|Total Votes	\|Seats
Party	Attana -galla	\|Total Votes	\|Seats	\|Divula -pitiya	\|Gamp -aha	\|Katana	\|Mahara	\|Miri- gama	\|Wattala
United National Front (UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe... , SLMC Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders.... , CWC Ceylon Workers' Congress The Ceylon Workers' Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka that has traditionally represented Tamils working in the plantation sector of the economy .- History :... , 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.... )	29,618	32,882	31,434	28,707	32,479	38,219	35,075	27,174	34,904	32,726	33,405	35,678	37,592	437,289	43.94%	9
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)	39,531	28,778	29,656	33,199	41,519	34,522	39,498	23,419	37,499	34,348	31,014	21,811	24,651	428,780	43.08%	7
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...	9,351	8,665	5,817	7,558	12,791	9,856	7,388	7,589	11,262	9,627	10,143	4,141	6,641	113,990	11.45%	2
Sinhala Heritage	694	549	303	337	1,090	708	548	932	831	633	462	265	513	8,105	0.81%	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)	330	220	196	291	315	282	296	175	303	267	284	262	220	3,488	0.35%	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:...	47	78	40	45	41	58	60	41	66	61	73	56	62	736	0.07%	0
United Lalith Front	46	47	33	62	41	56	53	35	41	65	62	40	39	623	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....	37	28	12	22	39	21	16	40	39	44	38	15	17	389	0.04%	0
Ruhuna People's Party	42	36	19	18	23	26	25	18	35	24	33	18	15	334	0.03%	0
Independent 6 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	24	23	25	32	20	30	30	12	40	24	25	18	14	317	0.03%	0
United Sinhala Great Council	22	7	14	17	18	13	16	34	21	11	7	7	34	226	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...	15	14	11	19	18	14	18	11	17	14	24	12	7	194	0.02%	0
Sri Lanka Muslim Party	9	5	4	9	10	16	20	15	14	11	21	10	10	146	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...	24	11	8	16	8	9	12	8	7	6	15	6	5	136	0.01%	0
Independent 4 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	10	8	4	10	10	9	14	4	6	11	9	11	4	113	0.01%	0
Independent 2 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	8	9	4	10	11	10	6	9	12	3	11	7	5	107	0.01%	0
Independent 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	4	7	6	7	7	8	1	3	14	8	10	6	8	100	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	2	7	1	11	8	10	7	7	6	11	4	7	8	90	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka National Front	2	7	6	5	4	3	6	5	6	10	6	3	4	67	0.01%	0
Valid Votes	79,816	71,381	67,593	70,375	88,452	83,870	83,089	59,531	85,123	77,904	75,646	62,373	69,849	995,230	100.00%	18
Rejected Votes	3,490	2,617	2,672	2,569	2,909	2,524	3,143	2,532	3,158	2,906	3,330	3,044	2,791	38,172
Total Polled	83,306	73,998	70,265	72,944	91,361	86,394	86,232	62,063	88,281	80,810	78,976	65,417	72,640	1,033,402
Registered Electors	106,025	93,735	87,050	91,487	116,768	109,799	106,508	79,217	113,172	103,461	100,833	85,784	92,154	1,285,993
Turnout	78.57%	78.94%	80.72%	79.73%	78.24%	78.68%	80.96%	78.35%	78.01%	78.11%	78.32%	76.26%	78.82%	80.36%
Sources:

The following candidates were elected:
Anura Bandaranaike

Anura Bandaranaike

(PA), 265,160 preference votes (pv); Karu Jayasuriya

Karu Jayasuriya

(UNF), 250,912 pv; Jayalath Jayawardena

Jayalath Jayawardena

Ruban Canistus Jayalath Jayawardena MP is a medical doctor who was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka for the opposition United National Party in 1994...

(UNF), 116,737 pv; Jeyaraj Fernandopulle

Jeyaraj Fernandopulle

(PA), 95,591 pv; M. Joseph Michael Perera

M. Joseph Michael Perera

M. Joseph Michael Perera is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

(UNF), 86,959 pv; John Amaratunga

John Amaratunga

(UNF), 82,326 pv; Olitha Premathiratne (UNF), 81,302 pv; Pandu Bandaranaike (PA), 78,614 pv; Felix Perera

Felix Perera

Felix Perera is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

(PA), 73,029 pv; Edward Gunaserkara

Edward Gunaserkara

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

(UNF), 70,667 pv; Suranimala Rajapakse (UNF), 60,861 pv; Sarath Chandra Rajakaruna

Sarath Chandra Rajakaruna

Sarath Chandra Rajakaruna was a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka....

(UNF), 60,776 pv; Sarana Gunawardena

Sarana Gunawardena

Bamunuarachchi Pathirannehelage Sarana Guptha Gunawardena is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

(PA), 59,470 pv; Ravindra Randeniya

Ravindra Randeniya

Ravindra Randeniya is a Sri Lankan actor and politician. He rose to fame in Lester James Peries's film Desa Nisa in 1972, and was a popular actor during the 1970s and 1980s; He won the Sarasaviya Best Actor Award in 1984 , 1985 , 1989 , and 1990 .-Early life:Randeniya was born in Dalugama, Kelaniya...

(UNF), 56,449 pv; Reggie Ranatunge (PA) 53,031 pv; Neil Rupasinghe

Neil Rupasinghe

Don Jayawickramage Neil Rupasinghe is a Sri Lankan politician, a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister.-References:...

(PA) 48,167 pv; Vijitha Herath

Vijitha Herath

(JVP), 13,981 pv; and Anjan Umma (JVP), 10,834 pv.

2004 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 13th parliamentary election

Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2004

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

held on 2 April 2004 for the district:

Party	\|Votes per Polling Division	\|Total Votes	\|Seats
Party	Attana -galla	\|Total Votes	\|Seats	\|Divula -pitiya	\|Gamp -aha	\|Katana	\|Mahara	\|Miri- gama	\|Wattala
United People's Freedom Alliance United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance is a political alliance in Sri Lanka. The current leader of the United People's Freedom Alliance is Mahinda Rajapaksa and Susil Premajayantha is the general secretary of UPFA.The alliance was formed by:... (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in... , JVP Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89... et al)	45,529	34,502	34,257	40,327	51,944	42,453	41,823	25,774	47,558	41,026	39,853	24,357	28,344	12,216	509,963	51.51%	9
United National Front (UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe... , SLMC Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders.... , CWC Ceylon Workers' Congress The Ceylon Workers' Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka that has traditionally represented Tamils working in the plantation sector of the economy .- History :... , 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.... )	24,282	24,696	26,267	23,111	24,652	34,248	31,919	21,450	27,012	28,632	27,523	33,709	34,041	6,030	367,572	37.13%	6
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...	8,741	11,434	5,666	5,943	11,357	6,009	6,254	10,956	11,194	9,292	6,775	1,759	4,525	2,611	102,516	10.36%	2
National Development Front	189	306	278	164	327	671	637	251	377	339	193	387	478	25	4,622	0.47%	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:...	237	197	234	192	116	236	282	147	178	248	265	277	233	10	2,852	0.29%	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)	54	57	40	26	53	97	98	51	76	63	46	148	102	21	932	0.09%	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...	27	14	26	22	20	23	18	17	16	26	20	14	16	1	260	0.03%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputhra Pakshaya is a minor Sinhala Buddhist political party in Sri Lanka, led by Dr. Harischandra Wijayatunga....	8	15	17	7	15	4	62	11	25	15	10	4	4	6	203	0.02%	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...	13	9	15	13	7	6	10	11	12	9	20	8	16	0	149	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...	22	9	9	14	17	10	13	6	12	9	16	4	1	1	143	0.01%	0
Swarajya	4	15	5	12	12	5	10	35	12	1	6	4	7	1	129	0.01%	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....	4	3	3	6	35	9	4	9	2	4	1	7	20	0	107	0.01%	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....	7	1	4	20	8	8	6	5	5	1	2		4	2	73	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka Muslim Party	4	4	3	4	2	4	10	6	7	4	3	7	15	0	73	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...	6	3	5	2	7	4	11	2	4	4	4	7	6	1	66	0.01%	0
Independent 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	3	4	3	5	3	4	7	4	5	9	1	11	5	1	65	0.01%	0
Independent 4 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	3	5	2	4	6	3	3	4	3	7	4		4	0	48	0.00%	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...	4	3	4	2	4	9	1	4		3	3	4	2	0	43	0.00%	0
Ruhuna People's Party	3	2	3	3	5	6	2	2	4	2	3	3	4	0	42	0.00%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	2	7	2	2	1	4	4	1	1	7	2	3	3	1	40	0.00%	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...	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	5	2	4	4	6	1	34	0.00%	0
Sri Lanka National Front	7	1	0	1	2	1	5	2	3	2	1	3	0	0	28	0.00%	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...	2	1	2	4	3	0	2	2	0	3	2	4	0	0	25	0.00%	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...	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	1	3	1	2	1	1	0	17	0.00%	0
Valid Votes	79,155	71,292	66,847	69,885	88,597	83,816	81,185	58,753	86,514	79,709	74,759	60,725	67,837	20,928	990,002	100.00%	17
Rejected Votes	3,853	2,585	2,884	3,073	3,485	2,997	3,268	2,396	3,448	3,169	3,677	2,842	2,761	424	40,862
Total Polled	83,008	73,877	69,731	72,958	92,082	86,813	84,453	61,149	89,962	82,878	78,436	63,567	70,598	21,352	1,030,864
Registered Electors	109,731	96,568	90,352	94,755	120,833	113,559	110,706	80,329	117,826	107,679	104,122	88,773	91,912		1,327,145
Turnout	75.65%	76.50%	77.18%	77.00%	76.21%	76.45%	76.29%	76.12%	76.35%	76.97%	75.33%	71.61%	76.81%		77.68%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
Vijitha Herath

Vijitha Herath

(UPFA-JVP), 215,540 preference votes (pv); Karu Jayasuriya

Karu Jayasuriya

(UNF-UNP), 202,029 pv; Anura Bandaranaike

Anura Bandaranaike

(UPFA-SLFP), 198,444 pv; Siripala Amarasingha (UPFA-SLFP), 128,633 pv; Anjan Umma (UPFA-JVP), 111,755 pv; M. Joseph Michael Perera

M. Joseph Michael Perera

M. Joseph Michael Perera is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

(UNF-UNP), 95,231 pv; Jayalath Jayawardena

Jayalath Jayawardena

Ruban Canistus Jayalath Jayawardena MP is a medical doctor who was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka for the opposition United National Party in 1994...

(UNF-UNP), 93,643 pv; Jeyaraj Fernandopulle

Jeyaraj Fernandopulle

(UPFA-SLFP), 90,307 pv; Lasantha Alagiyawanna

Lasantha Alagiyawanna

Lasantha Alagiyawanna is a Sri Lankan politician. He is a representative of Gampaha District for the United People's Freedom Alliance in the Parliament of Sri Lanka, and served as the Minister of Road Passenger Transport.-References:...

(UPFA-SLFP), 86,550 pv; John Amaratunga

John Amaratunga

(UNF-UNP), 86,141 pv; Sripathi Sooriyaarachchi (UPFA-SLFP), 76,637 pv; Felix Perera

Felix Perera

Felix Perera is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

(UPFA-SLFP), 72,616 pv; Pandu Bandaranaike (UPFA-SLFP), 56,715 pv; Sarath Chandra Rajakaruna

Sarath Chandra Rajakaruna

Sarath Chandra Rajakaruna was a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka....

(UNF-UNP), 55,337 pv; Edward Gunaserkara

Edward Gunaserkara

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

(UNF-UNP), 44,890 pv; Kolonnawe Sri Sumangala (JHU), 25,154 pv; and Aparekke Punnananda

Aparekke Punnananda Thero

Aparekke Punnananda is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-Child sex abuse charges:Punnananda appeared before Colombo Magistrates Court on 18 March 2011 after admitting he had sexually abused five underage novice Buddhist monks under his care...

(JHU), 7,389 pv.

Kolonnawe Sri Sumangala (JHU) resigned on 8 October 2004. His replacement was Alawwe Nandaloka

Alawwe Nandaloka Thero

Alawwe Nandaloka Thero is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He replaced elected official Kolonnawe Sri Sumangala, who resigned on 8 October 2004, six months after the Sri Lankan parliamentary election.-References:...

(JHU).

Siripala Amarasingha (UPFA-SLFP) resigned on 19 April 2006. His replacement was Sarath Kumara Gunaratna

Sarath Kumara Gunaratna

Arachchige Sarath Kumara Gunaratna is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

(UPFA-SLFP).

Sripathi Sooriyaarachchi (UPFA-SLFP(M)) was killed on 9 February 2008. His replacement was Reggie Ranatunga (UPFA-SLFP).

Anura Bandaranaike

Anura Bandaranaike

(UPFA-SLFP) died on 16 March 2008. His replacement Sarana Gunawardena

Sarana Gunawardena

Bamunuarachchi Pathirannehelage Sarana Guptha Gunawardena is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

(UPFA-SLFP) was sworn in on 6 May 2008.

Jeyaraj Fernandopulle

Jeyaraj Fernandopulle

(UPFA-SLFP) was murdered on 6 April 2008. His replacement Dulip Wijeysekara (UPFA-SLFP) was sworn in on 6 May 2008.

Reggie Ranatunga (UPFA-SLFP) died on 31 May 2008. His replacement Neil Rupasinghe

Neil Rupasinghe

Don Jayawickramage Neil Rupasinghe is a Sri Lankan politician, a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister.-References:...

(UPFA-SLFP) was sworn in on 6 June 2008.

2004 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 4th Western provincial council election

Sri Lankan provincial council election, 2004

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

held on 10 July 2004 for the district:

Party	\|Votes per Polling Division	\|Total Votes	\|Seats
Party	Attana -galla	\|Total Votes	\|Seats	\|Divula -pitiya	\|Gamp -aha	\|Katana	\|Mahara	\|Miri- gama	\|Wattala
United People's Freedom Alliance United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance is a political alliance in Sri Lanka. The current leader of the United People's Freedom Alliance is Mahinda Rajapaksa and Susil Premajayantha is the general secretary of UPFA.The alliance was formed by:... (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in... , JVP Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89... et al)	34,731	27,163	26,522	31,198	37,572	32,434	31,872	21,286	36,457	32,425	30,664	22,098	21,174	7,285	392,881	61.35%	24
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...	12,614	16,802	17,611	14,615	14,460	20,082	16,959	14,923	16,371	17,925	16,991	15,928	20,792	2,830	218,903	34.19%	14
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....	4,653	2,631	15	379	24	25	387	1,209	790	1,183	1,575	3,447	287	16	16,621	2.60%	1
Western People's Front 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....	11	12	9	9	14	127	86	419	32	11	29	413	1,626	0	2,798	0.44%	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....	114	67	1,200	29	111	39	431	82	137	195	40	19	48	52	2,564	0.40%	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:...	173	219	190	187	127	187	183	180	177	194	191	165	224	22	2,419	0.38%	0
National Development Front	113	128	143	94	134	365	411	98	166	152	84	206	260	7	2,361	0.37%	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...	478	11	32	27	14	7	6	1	13	8	179	4	8	6	794	0.12%	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...	29	16	17	17	20	16	18	7	22	34	20	18	17	7	258	0.04%	0
United Sinhala Great Council	18	15	20	18	16	16	18	7	14	21	11	20	34	8	236	0.04%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	29	12	6	8	8	7	8	17	18	12	12	10	11	1	159	0.02%	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....	6	11	4	29	11	10	10	5	13	9	9	9	12	4	142	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...	14	4	6	5	8	8	10	8	9	10	9	9	4	6	110	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...	9	3	5	11	4	6	8	14	4	11	8	5	11	1	100	0.02%	0
Valid Votes	52,992	47,094	45,780	46,626	52,523	53,329	50,407	38,256	54,223	52,190	49,822	42,351	44,508	10,245	640,346	100.00%	39
Rejected Votes	3,649	2,608	2,400	2,647	3,434	3,183	3,028	2,668	3,176	3,335	3,009	2,177	2,727	749	38,790
Total Polled	56,641	49,702	48,180	49,273	55,957	56,512	53,435	40,924	57,399	55,525	52,831	44,528	47,235	10,994	679,136
Registered Electors	109,731	96,568	90,352	94,755	120,833	113,559	110,706	80,329	117,826	107,679	104,122	88,773	91,912		1,327,145
Turnout	51.62%	51.47%	53.32%	52.00%	46.31%	49.76%	48.27%	50.95%	48.72%	51.57%	50.74%	50.16%	51.39%		51.17%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
R.A. Waruna Deepthi Rajapaksha (UPFA), 56,118 preference votes (pv); Prasanna Ranathunga (UPFA), 46,135 pv; R.A. Eraj Crishantha de Alwis (UPFA), 43,064 pv; Ashoka Sapumal Ranwala (UPFA), 35,623 pv; Ananda Ranjith Rupasinghe (UPFA), 34,614 pv; Arachchige Ganepola Dulip Pandula Perera Wijesekara (UPFA), 34,509 pv; Arachchige Ileperuma Sunil Wijerathna (UPFA), 33,496 pv; I. Gihan Wijesinghe (UPFA), 32,992 pv; Antony Nimal Lanza (UPFA), 31,502 pv; Appuhamilage Sardhathissa Sakalasuriya (UPFA), 31,356 pv; Arachchige Sarath Kumara Gunarathna (UPFA), 29,411 pv; Undikkunda Arachchige Nandaseeli (UPFA), 29,107 pv; M. Kulasiri de Silva (UPFA), 28,326 pv; Komitige Meril Perera (UPFA), 27,513 pv; H. Wimalasena Silva (UPFA), 26,865 pv; Nandana Mendis (UPFA), 26,083 pv; S. Kinsley Kasthuriarachchi (UPFA), 25,739 pv; Lalith Wanigarathna (UPFA), 24,710 pv; Gunasiri Jayanath (UPFA), 24,480 pv; Kalupathirannahalage Don Gamini Gunarathna (UNP), 23,947 pv; Arachchilage Sisira Jayakody (UPFA), 23,859 pv; Upul Deva Wanawasa Rununage (UNP), 23,632 pv; U. George Perera (UNP), 23,339 pv; Ashantha Namal Gunawardhana (UPFA), 22,097 pv; Chandana Jayakody (UPFA), 21,907 pv; Arachchige Don Nihal Caneesius Premasiri Jayawardhana (UPFA), 21,694 pv; Lowrence Madiwela (UNP), 21,591 pv; Uthuwan Pathirannehelage Chandrasoma Saranalal (UNP), 21,458 pv; R. Waragoda (UPFA), 21,446 pv; Araliya Kankanamalage Paul Perera (UNP), 21,195 pv; Edward Silva Digirige (UNP), 20,629 pv; Athige Sirikamal Feleshian de Silva (UNP), 18,637 pv; Mallikaarachchige Clarance Thushara Perera (UNP), 17,868 pv; Appuhamilage Kithsiri Manchanayake (UNP), 15,757 pv; Ananda Samarasekara (UNP), 15,529 pv; Palitha Lihiniyakumara (UNP), 15,066 pv; Abhayasiri Ramanayake (UNP), 14,996 pv; Welisarage Douglas Morine Fernando (UNP), 14,246 pv; and M.S.M. Raheem (SLMC), 3,001 pv.

2005 Presidential Election

Results of the 5th presidential election

Sri Lankan presidential election, 2005

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

held on 17 November 2005 for the district:

Candidate	\|Postal Votes	\|%
Candidate	\|Postal Votes	\|%	Attana -galla	\|Divula -pitiya	\|Gamp -aha	\|Katana	\|Mahara	\|Miri- gama	\|Wattala
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:...	52,393	43,249	39,347	45,849	62,018	46,950	49,095	33,179	56,759	49,509	45,537	24,236	31,446	17,131	596,698	54.78%
Ranil Wickramasinghe	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...	33,171	34,685	34,945	30,306	34,376	42,606	40,473	28,676	37,772	37,801	36,345	40,805	40,984	8,819	481,764	44.23%
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:...	252	155	217	227	197	196	258	130	211	259	227	252	200	9	2,790	0.26%
A.A. Suraweera	NDF	214	183	179	238	191	167	195	142	198	179	196	141	141	7	2,371	0.22%
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	208	118	115	129	168	175	177	101	155	162	145	92	151	87	1,983	0.18%
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...	83	47	79	61	70	54	79	37	55	74	85	75	47	10	856	0.08%
Aruna de Soyza	RPP	63	42	46	51	55	51	84	23	60	42	38	37	37	2	631	0.06%
Anura De Silva	ULF	40	28	51	52	46	56	52	26	42	59	70	46	39	2	609	0.06%
Wimal Geeganage	SLNF	48	41	48	56	42	45	43	20	50	38	62	34	37	6	570	0.05%
A.K.J. Arachchige	DUA	37	23	36	39	31	19	31	23	35	36	42	42	22	2	418	0.04%
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...	35	21	15	28	29	29	18	20	29	29	28	25	31	6	343	0.03%
P. Nelson Perera	SLPF	16	7	15	11	9	11	13	5	10	22	13	16	8	1	157	0.01%
H.S. Dharmadwaja	UNAF	8	2	7	8	9	3	10	5	4	10	13	1	5	2	87	0.01%
Valid Votes		86,568	78,601	75,100	77,055	97,241	90,362	90,528	62,387	95,380	88,220	82,801	65,802	73,148	26,084	1,089,277	100.00%
Rejected Votes		1,090	754	680	669	944	973	977	708	901	947	982	799	873	427	11,724
Total Polled		87,658	79,355	75,780	77,724	98,185	91,335	91,505	63,095	96,281	89,167	83,783	66,601	74,021	26,511	1,101,001
Registered Electors		112,898	99,193	93,677	97,143	124,714	117,040	114,595	80,301	122,039	111,211	107,553	89,361	94,455		1,364,180
Turnout		77.64%	80.00%	80.89%	80.01%	78.73%	78.04%	79.85%	78.57%	78.89%	80.18%	77.90%	74.53%	78.37%		80.71%
Source:

2009 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 5th Western 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 25 April 2009 for the district:
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Party	\|Votes per Polling Division	\|Total Votes	\|Seats
Party	Attana -galla	\|Total Votes	\|Seats	\|Divula -pitiya	\|Gamp -aha	\|Katana	\|Mahara	\|Miri- gama	\|Wattala
United People's Freedom Alliance United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance is a political alliance in Sri Lanka. The current leader of the United People's Freedom Alliance is Mahinda Rajapaksa and Susil Premajayantha is the general secretary of UPFA.The alliance was formed by:... (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in... et al)	51,661	45,061	42,097	48,383	60,210	50,015	53,286	32,388	59,679	55,692	45,740	32,475	36,467	11,376	624,530	69.07%	27
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...	12,763	18,241	17,387	14,315	16,968	23,430	21,921	14,694	18,163	17,466	17,728	17,823	22,657	2,700	236,256	26.13%	10
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...	1,553	1,689	1,063	1,313	2,590	1,853	1,385	1,406	2,270	1,503	2,223	777	1,303	563	21,491	2.38%	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....	4,321	2,086	53	159	9	97	610	1,521	984	941	1,352	3,558	2,291	32	18,014	1.99%	1
Democratic Unity Alliance	376	88	14	16	44	59	48	87	120	55	155	83	276	3	1,424	0.16%	0
United Socialist Party United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka) The United Socialist Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It is a member of the Committee for a Workers' International. It is led by Siritunga Jayasuriya and publishes a monthly paper, Sentharakai .-History:...	29	41	56	46	28	57	59	50	51	40	71	54	71	4	657	0.07%	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...	42	32	35	56	69	48	57	32	54	41	36	32	34	0	568	0.06%	0
Ruhuna People's Party	10	36	6	5	15	289	34	11	9	6	2	26	37	1	487	0.05%	0
National Development Front	15	24	13	17	15	16	20	13	25	21	19	16	15	0	229	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...	28	12	1	3	4	2	9	23	16	7	10	18	14	0	147	0.02%	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....	4	3	1	2	3	17	4	12	5	5	3	1	46	1	107	0.01%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputhra Pakshaya is a minor Sinhala Buddhist political party in Sri Lanka, led by Dr. Harischandra Wijayatunga....	8	9	6	8	8	4	8	8	6	10	3	6	8	3	95	0.01%	0
Independent 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	8	2	4	4	5	5	4	3	6	8	5	7	7	2	70	0.01%	0
Independent 3 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	6	4	1	7	4	5	4	7	6	3	5	3	4	1	60	0.01%	0
United Lanka Great Council	7	1	1	2	4	3	1	1	5	2	6	14	4	4	55	0.01%	0
Valid Votes	70,831	67,329	60,738	64,336	79,976	75,900	77,450	50,256	81,399	75,800	67,358	54,893	63,234	14,690	904,190	100.00%	39
Rejected Votes	2,436	1,789	1,910	1,792	2,295	2,183	2,639	1,632	2,325	2,310	2,324	1,912	2,232	391	28,170
Total Polled	73,267	69,118	62,648	66,128	82,271	78,083	80,089	51,888	83,724	78,110	69,682	56,805	65,466	15,081	932,360
Registered Electors	119,299	106,550	98,572	103,058	132,375	126,026	125,510	83,239	132,781	119,350	113,421	94,871	103,243		1,458,295
Turnout	61.41%	64.87%	63.56%	64.17%	62.15%	61.96%	63.81%	62.34%	63.05%	65.45%	61.44%	59.88%	63.41%		63.93%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
Prasanna Ranathunga (UPFA), 186,338 preference votes (pv); Antony Nimal Lanza (UPFA), 31,502 pv; 76,156 pv; Pradeep Perera (UPFA), 62,948 pv; I.A. Sunil Wijerarhna (UPFA), 58,444; Lalith Wanigarathna (UPFA), 53,773 pv; Dinendra Ruwan Wijewardhane (UNP); 53,756 pv; Arachchilage Sisira Jayakody (UPFA), 49,975 pv; Ranjith Rupasinghe (UPFA), 49,058 pv; Arachchi Chandrika Sakalasooriya (UPFA), 48,852 pv; Komitige Meril Perera (UPFA), 48,176 pv; Ananda Harishchandra De Silva Kadupiti (UPFA), 47,687 pv; H.M.G.B. Kotakadeniya (UPFA), 47,139 pv; Kokila Harshini Gunawardane (UPFA), 46,997 pv; Gunasiri Jayantha (UPFA), 42,068 pv; Arachchige Don Nihal Caneesius Premasiri Jayawardhana (UPFA), 40,142 pv; Agamuthugalage Sandya Siriwardhana (UPFA), 39,542 pv; Arachchige Ganepola Ravindra Prassad Perera Wijesekara (UPFA), 38,836 pv; Harshana Supun Rajakaruna (UNP), 37,485 pv; A. Ajith Kumara Mannapperuma (UNP), 37,330 pv; Marasinghe Pathirajalage Lionel Jayasinghe (UPFA), 37,240 pv; Upali Gunarathna (UPFA), 33,795 pv; Mallika Arachchige Clerance Thushara Perera (UPFA), 33,441 pv; A.A. Kuruppu Achchiralalage Kamal Kuruppu (UPFA), 31,332 pv; M. Shrinath Sudesh Mahendra Perera (UNP), 30,843 pv; Chandana Jayakody (UPFA), 29,663 pv; Asiri Bastian Koralage Randeer Rodrigo (UPFA), 29,072 pv; U. George Perera (UNP), 29,033 pv; N. Darshana Mallawa (UPFA), 28,311 pv; Shalitha Lakshman Wijesundara (UPFA), 27,951 pv; R.P. Dilip Kumara Rajapaksha (UPFA), 27,399 pv; W.K.D. Rehensiri Waragoda (UPFA), 27,336 pv; Inocent Sooriyabandarahe Don Doltan Janaka (UPFA), 26,186 pv; Appuhamilage Kithsiri Manchanayake (UNP), 23,804 pv; Amba Ahage Margret Rose Fernando (UNP), 22,439 pv; Udena Wijerathna (UNP), 19,607 pv; Araliya Kankanamalage Paul Perera (UNP), 18,705 pv; Amarasekara P.A.D.G.I. Shirantha (UNP), 18,472 pv; A.A. Mohamed Shaffi Raheem (SLMC), 12,344 pv; and R.A. Waruna Deepthi Rajapaksha (JVP), 5,689 pv.

2010 Presidential Election

Results of the 6th presidential election

Sri Lankan presidential election, 2010

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

held on 26 January 2010 for the district:

Candidate	\|Postal Votes	\|%
Candidate	\|Postal Votes	\|%	Attana -galla	\|Divula -pitiya	\|Gamp -aha	\|Katana	\|Mahara	\|Miri- gama	\|Wattala
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:...	61,337	52,066	48,149	56,758	71,811	56,726	59,558	36,242	69,085	60,318	54,697	32,125	39,316	20,528	718,716	61.66%
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...	30,110	31,762	28,518	23,619	32,262	39,701	38,605	26,740	34,807	33,057	30,169	36,669	38,789	9,698	434,506	37.28%
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....	136	102	197	124	122	149	150	124	136	235	160	187	215	22	2,059	0.18%
A.A. Suraweera	NDF	202	118	145	208	129	140	117	84	216	184	168	122	140	6	1,979	0.17%
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...	121	91	108	137	114	73	142	67	123	111	131	69	82	10	1,379	0.12%
C.J. Sugathsiri Gamage	UDF	91	68	90	81	78	73	105	85	98	101	101	138	110	11	1,230	0.11%
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	77	100	61	59	65	77	72	90	76	54	89	67	97	8	992	0.09%
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...	57	54	55	74	55	45	82	24	49	49	74	35	50	7	710	0.06%
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...	60	28	44	38	43	31	34	31	42	39	65	34	35	2	526	0.05%
Lal Perera	ONF	47	40	38	31	35	35	48	27	36	43	43	50	48	3	524	0.04%
Vikramabahu Karunaratne Vikramabahu Karunaratne Vikramabahu Karunaratne is a Sri Lankan politician and he contested for the Sri Lankan presidential election.-Early life:...	LF	46	25	24	25	40	32	54	18	40	49	30	48	60	19	510	0.04%
Sarath Manamendra	NSH	49	35	43	37	40	34	46	28	28	38	38	32	50	2	500	0.04%
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:...	41	34	41	29	35	40	40	28	36	45	58	27	37	8	499	0.04%
M. K. Shivajilingam M. K. Shivajilingam Mahalingam Kanagalingam Shivajilingam is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament.-Political career:At the December 2001 Shivajilingam was elected to represent the Jaffna District in Parliament...	Ind 5 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	26	20	15	17	11	15	37	13	17	19	22	48	42	1	303	0.03%
Wije Dias	SEP Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka) The Socialist Equality Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1968 as the Revolutionary Communist League by former student members of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party who joined the International Committee of the Fourth International. They remained loyal to Gerry Healy...	26	8	14	20	15	23	25	16	24	18	10	14	22	3	238	0.02%
M. Mohamed Musthaffa M. Mohamed Musthaffa Meera Mohideen Mohamed Musthaffa is a Sri Lankan politician, a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister.Musthaffa stood as an independent candidate in the 2010 presidential election and came 17th out of 22 candidates after receiving 3,134 votes .-References:...	Ind 4 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	19	14	12	13	18	17	12	10	15	14	7	14	8	0	173	0.01%
Battaramulla Seelarathana	JP	15	10	16	12	6	10	14	7	23	14	16	7	11	7	168	0.01%
Sanath Pinnaduwa	NA	11	7	9	12	8	11	16	9	11	13	16	11	12	0	146	0.01%
Sarath Kongahage	UNAF	10	8	17	6	6	24	10	7	6	9	10	7	12	3	135	0.01%
Aruna de Soyza	RPP	14	7	11	10	21	10	8	8	8	6	11	7	5	4	130	0.01%
Senaratna de Silva	PNF	9	10	9	6	9	7	13	7	12	10	10	10	10	1	123	0.01%
M.B. Thaminimulla	ACAKO	11	4	8	8	4	6	9	6	17	9	8	2	9	1	102	0.01%
Valid Votes		92,515	84,611	77,624	81,324	104,927	97,279	99,197	63,671	104,905	94,435	85,933	69,723	79,160	30,344	1,165,648	100.00%
Rejected Votes		645	629	476	484	682	692	767	584	629	618	719	650	830	555	8,960
Total Polled		93,160	85,240	78,100	81,808	105,609	97,971	99,964	64,255	105,534	95,053	86,652	70,373	79,990	30,899	1,174,608
Registered Electors		120,900	107,786	99,742	104,155	133,606	127,821	127,421	83,105	134,581	120,860	114,566	96,028	103,893		1,474,464
Turnout		77.06%	79.08%	78.30%	78.54%	79.05%	76.65%	78.45%	77.32%	78.42%	78.65%	75.64%	73.28%	76.99%		79.66%
Source:

2010 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 14th parliamentary election

Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2010

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

held on 8 April 2010 for the district:

Party	\|Votes per Polling Division	\|Total Votes	\|Seats
Party	Attana -galla	\|Total Votes	\|Seats	\|Divula -pitiya	\|Gamp -aha	\|Katana	\|Mahara	\|Miri- gama	\|Wattala
United People's Freedom Alliance United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance is a political alliance in Sri Lanka. The current leader of the United People's Freedom Alliance is Mahinda Rajapaksa and Susil Premajayantha is the general secretary of UPFA.The alliance was formed by:... (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in... et al)	51,172	41,478	38,957	46,356	58,268	43,920	49,766	30,276	55,327	49,033	45,428	26,076	31,444	21,975	589,476	63.37%	12
United National Front (UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe... , SLMC Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders.... , DPF, SLFP(P) Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in... )	15,912	20,438	18,026	14,185	17,976	26,397	22,919	16,479	20,387	19,295	17,971	23,987	26,659	5,892	266,523	28.65%	5
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)	5,626	5,089	2,931	3,709	7,188	6,544	5,228	5,322	7,027	5,270	4,491	3,463	4,929	2,930	69,747	7.50%	1
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...	5	47	65	23	47	223	418	37	83	91	15	239	166	10	1,469	0.16%	0
Sri Lanka National Front	36	13	64	34	69	83	52	15	22	31	63	19	87	37	625	0.07%	0
National Development Front	30	15	32	22	18	19	54	20	23	47	18	88	18	5	409	0.04%	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...	23	13	18	18	25	21	27	21	18	30	24	19	16	6	279	0.03%	0
United National Alternative Front	22	14	12	15	21	16	22	20	19	13	12	13	24	6	229	0.02%	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...	6	13	6	11	34	8	1	15	7	42	38	11	10	5	207	0.02%	0
Janasetha Peramuna	22	2	4	14	12	10	12	6	4	13	10	50	9	9	177	0.02%	0
United Democratic Front	13	7	4	5	13	10	10	9	15	14	10	8	8	8	134	0.01%	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...	9	8	5	3	12	6	12	14	13	6	16	4	7	5	120	0.01%	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...	12	6	15	9	11	6	8	4	3	3	4	11	16	0	108	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka Labour Party	4	7	3	2	9	8	6	8	15	5	1	8	1	2	79	0.01%	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...	6	2	6	4	2	6	18	4	1	9	6	4	5	3	76	0.01%	0
Patriotic National Front	6	5	4	3	7	6	3	4	8	5	3	5	6	1	66	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...	2	1	6	2	8	6	11	2	4	1	3	5	11	3	65	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...	8	0	1	4	4	7	3	3	9	6	6	3	5	4	63	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...	9	3	2	4	6	3	7	7	1	3	5	2	1	1	54	0.01%	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...	6	0	0	2	14	4	2	2	6	5	4	2	3	1	51	0.01%	0
Independent 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	5	5	3	3	3	7	2	4	4	3	2	3	2	4	50	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...	3	3	0	3	4	4	6	6	1	4	3	1	5	2	45	0.00%	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...	3	6	2	0	3	2	3	3	3	2	4	6	3	2	42	0.00%	0
All Are Citizens, All Are Kings Organisation	1	2	4	3	3	6	2	1	0	2	5	1	6	4	40	0.00%	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	1	2	3	3	2	5	2	1	2	3	4	6	1	39	0.00%	0
United Lanka Great Council	1	4	2	2	2	3	3	0	1	3	4	3	3	0	31	0.00%	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...	2	1	0	0	6	2	0	1	5	1	1	4	6	0	29	0.00%	0
Valid Votes	72,948	67,183	60,174	64,439	83,768	77,329	78,600	52,285	83,007	73,939	68,150	54,039	63,456	30,916	930,233	100.00%	18
Rejected Votes	3,774	2,998	4,017	3,518	3,930	4,208	5,021	2,668	3,925	3,675	3,522	3,711	4,328	939	50,234
Total Polled	76,722	70,181	64,191	67,957	87,698	81,537	83,621	54,953	86,932	77,614	71,672	57,750	67,784	31,855	980,467
Registered Electors	120,900	107,786	99,742	104,155	133,606	127,821	127,421	83,105	134,581	120,860	114,566	96,028	103,893		1,474,464
Turnout	63.46%	65.11%	64.36%	65.25%	65.64%	63.79%	65.63%	66.12%	64.59%	64.22%	62.56%	60.14%	65.24%		66.50%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
Basil Rajapaksa (UPFA-SLFP), 425,861 preference votes (pv); Sudarshani Fernandopulle

Sudarshani Fernandopulle

Sudarshani Fernandopulle MP is a medical doctor. Currently she represents the Parliament of Sri Lanka for the United People's Freedom Alliance from Gampaha District.-External links & References:*...

(UPFA), 186,140 pv; Mervyn Silva

Mervyn Silva

Hewa Koparage Mervyn Silva is a controversial Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament and government minister.-Political career:...

(UPFA-SLFP), 151,085 pv; Athuraliye Rathana (UPFA-JHU), 112,010 pv; Ruwan Wijewardene

Ruwan Wijewardene

Dinendra Ruwan Wijewardene is a Sri Lankan politician. He is a current Member of Parliament for Gampaha District and the current United National Party chief organiser for the Biyagama Electorate...

(UNF), 88,850 pv; Upeksha Swarnamali

Upeksha Swarnamali

Upeksha Swarnamali, MP is a Sri Lankan politician, model and television actress. A current member of the Sri Lankan parliament, she gain popularity for her role on the television series PABA broadcast on ITN.-Early life:...

(UNF), 81,350 pv; Felix Perera

Felix Perera

Felix Perera is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

(UPFA-SLFP), 69,938 pv; Ruwan Ranatunga (UPFA), 66,488 pv; Lasantha Alagiyawanna

Lasantha Alagiyawanna

(UPFA-SLFP), 65,939 pv; Sarana Gunawardena

Sarana Gunawardena

Bamunuarachchi Pathirannehelage Sarana Guptha Gunawardena is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

(UPFA-SLFP), 61,150 pv; Karu Jayasuriya

Karu Jayasuriya

(UNF-UNP), 60,310 pv; Jayalath Jayawardena

Jayalath Jayawardena

Ruban Canistus Jayalath Jayawardena MP is a medical doctor who was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka for the opposition United National Party in 1994...

(UNF-UNP), 58,302 pv; John Amaratunga

John Amaratunga

(UNF-UNP), 52,331 pv; Dulip Wijeysekara (UPFA-SLFP), 51,469 pv; Wasantha Senanayake (UPFA), 51,124 pv; Vijitha Herath

Vijitha Herath

(DNA-JVP), 50,967 pv; Pandu Bandaranaike (UPFA-SLFP), 49,613 pv; and Sarath Kumara Gunaratna

Sarath Kumara Gunaratna

Arachchige Sarath Kumara Gunaratna is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

(UPFA-SLFP), 46,040 pv.

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