Kalutara Electoral District - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Kalutara 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 Kalutara 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 10 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 813,233 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	\|%	Agala- watta	\|Beru- wala	\|Horana	\|Matu- gama	UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	25,681	26,631	27,951	21,486	27,056	26,167	24,494	26,648	5,478	211,592	50.15%
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...	21,041	25,500	22,349	20,068	23,518	22,992	23,154	23,861	3,391	185,874	44.06%
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...	2,043	1,583	1,812	998	1,361	2,306	2,164	2,011	221	14,499	3.44%
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....	2,079	730	608	521	359	1,707	537	1,776	296	8,613	2.04%
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...	79	81	42	57	186	112	89	189	36	871	0.21%
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...	80	35	39	64	48	39	107	27	4	443	0.11%
Valid Votes		51,003	54,560	52,801	43,194	52,528	53,323	50,545	54,512	9,426	421,892	100.00%
Rejected Votes		944	628	544	582	459	612	741	677	103	5,290
Total Polled		51,947	55,188	53,345	43,776	52,987	53,935	51,286	55,189	9,529	427,182
Registered Electors		62,890	65,013	64,357	51,297	61,356	64,944	61,809	67,549		499,215
Turnout		82.60%	84.89%	82.89%	85.34%	86.36%	83.05%	82.97%	81.70%		85.57%
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...		11
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.... )			10
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....			2
Others			0
Valid Votes			23
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	\|%	Agala- watta	\|Beru- wala	\|Horana	\|Matu- gama	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...	15,255	26,897	21,920	18,491	24,116	22,425	19,908	28,366	2,383	179,761	49.57%
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...	15,155	26,066	20,529	18,705	23,868	22,551	17,917	22,701	2,018	169,510	46.74%
Oswin Abeygunasekara	SLMP	905	2,261	952	743	1,339	2,559	836	3,548	232	13,375	3.69%
Valid Votes		31,315	55,224	43,401	37,939	49,323	47,535	38,661	54,615	4,633	362,646	100.00%
Rejected Votes		521	871	700	880	632	1,161	716	799	257	6,537
Total Polled		31,836	56,095	44,101	38,819	49,955	48,696	39,377	55,414	4,890	369,183
Registered Electors		70,991	73,585	73,408	58,030	69,405	75,912	70,457	78,330		570,118
Turnout		44.85%	76.23%	60.08%	66.89%	71.98%	64.15%	55.89%	70.74%		64.76%
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	Agala- watta	\|Total Votes	\|Seats	\|Beru- wala	\|Horana	\|Matu- gama	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...	16,311	24,894	19,298	16,360	25,770	17,840	13,643	20,473	5,480	160,069	49.84%	6
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...	11,397	23,202	12,976	12,024	17,658	14,374	12,156	23,778	3,945	131,510	40.94%	5
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....	158	1,968	5,250	321	129	2,248	436	2,428	33	12,971	4.04%	0
United Socialist Alliance (CPSL Communist Party of Sri Lanka The Communist Party of Sri Lanka is a communist political party in Sri Lanka. At the last legislative elections, on 2 April 2004, the party was part of the United People's Freedom Alliance that won 45.6% of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats.... , LSSP Lanka Sama Samaja Party The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka.... , NSSP Nava Sama Samaja Party The Nava Sama Samaja Pakshaya is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was formed through the expulsion from the Lanka Sama Samaja Party of the Vama Samsamja tendency led by Dr Vickrambahu , Sumanasiri Liyanage and others. Siritunga Jayasuriya and Vasudeva Nanayakkara joined later... , SLMP Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya The Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya is a political party in Sri Lanka. Founded in 1984 by Sri Lanka Freedom Party. Was led by Chandrika Kumaratunga 1985-1990.... )	679	1,764	642	207	1,778	3,311	414	3,025	522	12,342	3.84%	0
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Mahajana Eksath Peramuna The Mahajana Eksath Peramuna is a left-wing political party in Sri Lanka. Today the party is led by Dinesh Gunawardena, son of Philip Gunawardena....	101	369	112	253	839	122	108	641	145	2,690	0.84%	0
United Lanka People's Party	175	167	224	156	103	247	312	165	62	1,611	0.50%	0
Valid Votes	28,821	52,364	38,502	29,321	46,277	38,142	27,069	50,510	10,187	321,193	100.00%	11
Rejected Votes	2,545	2,550	2,214	2,463	2,883	2,407	2,621	2,162	294	20,139
Total Polled	31,366	54,914	40,716	31,784	49,160	40,549	29,690	52,672	10,481	341,332
Registered Electors	69,937	72,270	72,355	57,111	67,915	73,971	68,955	76,836	10,843	570,193
Turnout	44.85%	75.98%	56.27%	55.65%	72.38%	54.82%	43.06%	68.55%	96.66%	59.86%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
Thilak Karunaratne (SLFP), 54,339 preference votes (pv); Indradasa Hettiarachchi (UNP), 54,099 pv; Sumitha Priyanganie Abeyweera (SLFP), 51,494 pv; Neville Fernando (SLFP), 40,977 pv; Anil Moonesinghe

Anil Moonesinghe

Anil Moonesinghe was a Sri Lankan Trotskyist revolutionary politician and trade unionist. He became a Member of Parliament, a Cabinet Minister, the Deputy Speaker of Parliament and a Diplomat. He authored several books and edited newspapers and magazines. He was Chairperson and General Manager of...

(SLFP), 40,320 pv; Punsiri Senaraja Perera Samaranayake (UNP), 36,150 pv; Abdul Bakeer Makar Imtiyas (UNP), 35,433 pv; Pathirage Don Abeyratne (UNP), 30,292 pv; Mangala Moonesinghe

Mangala Moonesinghe

Mangala Moonesinghe is a Sri Lankan lawyer, politician and diplomat. He was Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 2000 to 2002 and Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India from 1995 to 2000...

(SLFP), 28,522 pv; Manna Marakkalage Mervin Joseph Cooray (UNP), 27,991 pv; and Jayasiri Sarath Kumara Ranawaka (UNP), 20,983 pv.

1993 Provincial Council Election

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

Party	\|%	United National Party United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...		10
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)			9
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....			3
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders....			1
Others			0
Valid Votes			23
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	Agala- watta	\|Total Votes	\|Seats	\|Beru- wala	\|Horana	\|Matu- gama	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)	31,009	37,374	33,686	24,364	32,374	34,349	30,514	39,309	8,775	271,754	53.77%	6
United National Party United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	27,007	28,531	29,063	23,755	27,562	27,482	26,520	25,692	5,503	221,115	43.75%	4
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... )	693	774	809	226	515	1,107	969	970	175	6,238	1.23%	0
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Mahajana Eksath Peramuna The Mahajana Eksath Peramuna is a left-wing political party in Sri Lanka. Today the party is led by Dinesh Gunawardena, son of Philip Gunawardena....	402	707	776	305	771	727	670	1,163	393	5,914	1.17%	0
People's Freedom Front	54	31	42	35	50	27	54	41	5	339	0.07%	0
Valid Votes	59,165	67,417	64,376	48,685	61,272	63,692	58,727	67,175	14,851	505,360	100.00%	10
Rejected Votes	3,818	3,059	2,805	3,121	2,656	3,029	4,034	2,642	233	25,397
Total Polled	62,983	70,476	67,181	51,806	63,928	66,721	62,761	69,817	15,084	530,757
Registered Electors	78,540	86,676	83,849	63,131	77,877	86,437	80,135	89,554		646,199
Turnout	80.19%	81.31%	80.12%	82.06%	82.09%	77.19%	78.32%	77.96%		82.14%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

Ratnasiri Wickremanayake MP is a Sri Lankan politician who was Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2000 to 2001 and again from 2005 to 2010. He is currently a National List member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka....

(PA), 88,213 preference votes (pv); Abeyweera Sumithra Priyanganie (PA), 85,661 pv; Reginald Cooray (PA), 85,297 pv; Kumara Welgama

Kumara Welgama

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

(PA), 79,056 pv; Ediriweera Premarathna (PA), 70,041 pv; Abdul Bakeer Markar Imthiyas (UNP), 68,519 pv; Thilak Karunarathna (UNP), 63,206 pv; Jayasiri Sarath Kumara Ranawaka (UNP), 60,506 pv; Mahinda Samarasinghe

Mahinda Samarasinghe

Mahinda Buddhadasa Samarasinghe, MP is a Sri Lankan politician and former diplomat. He is the current Cabinet Minister of Plantation in President Mahinda Rajapakse's Government, and Sri Lanka Freedom Party chief organiser for the Agalawatte Electorate in Kalutara District...

(UNP), 59,150 pv; and Anil Moonesinghe

Anil Moonesinghe

(PA), 56,071 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	\|%	Agala- watta	\|Beru- wala	\|Horana	\|Matu- gama	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...	32,467	40,503	36,364	27,072	36,064	37,490	33,726	42,951	9,049	295,686	61.47%
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...	21,903	23,655	23,487	20,094	21,886	22,209	20,667	20,032	4,533	178,466	37.10%
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...	322	315	246	281	351	237	286	166	9	2,213	0.46%
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....	190	263	115	172	262	226	202	340	98	1,868	0.39%
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...	163	187	135	131	212	170	168	198	34	1,398	0.29%
G.A. Nihal	SLPF	201	177	153	145	147	161	201	161	42	1,388	0.29%
Valid Votes		55,246	65,100	60,500	47,895	58,922	60,493	55,250	63,848	13,765	481,019	100.00%
Rejected Votes		893	929	660	772	932	929	1,045	922	227	7,309
Total Polled		56,139	66,029	61,160	48,667	59,854	61,422	56,295	64,770	13,992	488,328
Registered Electors		78,540	86,676	83,849	63,131	77,877	86,437	80,135	89,554		646,199
Turnout		71.48%	76.18%	72.94%	77.09%	76.86%	71.06%	70.25%	72.33%		75.57%
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	\|%	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...	199,054	44.16%	10
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)	198,702	44.08%	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...	28,347	6.29%	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....	7,230	1.60%	1
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....	7,149	1.59%	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)	5,427	1.20%	0
National Union of Workers (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 :... , DWC)	4,051	0.90%	0
Muslim United Liberation Front	567	0.13%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	209	0.05%	0
Valid Votes	450,736	100.00%	23
Rejected Votes	28,441
Total Polled	479,177
Registered Electors	676,962
Turnout	70.78%
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	\|%	Agala- watta	\|Beru- wala	\|Horana	\|Matu- gama	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...	30,128	40,384	34,369	25,424	37,559	35,751	32,352	39,081	6,169	281,217	52.88%
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...	26,506	28,430	29,585	22,879	27,700	27,131	25,813	24,976	4,403	217,423	40.88%
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...	3,014	3,262	2,421	1,397	2,648	3,369	3,221	3,647	791	23,770	4.47%
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....	227	384	148	184	308	386	316	596	172	2,721	0.51%
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...	208	171	160	156	182	127	183	90	2	1,279	0.24%
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...	176	154	150	131	139	135	148	96	4	1,133	0.21%
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....	163	139	114	128	126	111	162	81	4	1,028	0.19%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara	LDA	78	154	81	45	130	131	75	242	67	1,003	0.19%
Abdul Rasool	SLMP	86	78	159	69	77	105	74	144	4	796	0.15%
Kamal Karunadasa	PLSF	76	90	70	69	79	77	83	60	4	608	0.11%
Hudson Samarasinghe	Ind 3 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	83	37	35	63	40	38	71	19	0	386	0.07%
A.W. Premawardhana	PFF	34	40	15	28	31	31	32	16	2	229	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....	34	31	14	24	21	21	35	25	11	216	0.04%
Valid Votes		60,813	73,354	67,321	50,597	69,040	67,413	62,565	69,073	11,633	531,809	100.00%
Rejected Votes		1,226	1,467	1,145	991	1,417	1,540	1,492	2,014	504	11,796
Total Polled		62,039	74,821	68,466	51,588	70,457	68,953	64,057	71,087	12,137	543,605
Registered Electors		82,145	93,107	87,513	66,212	86,680	90,723	84,575	91,768		682,723
Turnout		75.52%	80.36%	78.24%	77.91%	81.28%	76.00%	75.74%	77.46%		79.62%
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	Agala- watta	\|Total Votes	\|Seats	\|Beru- wala	\|Horana	\|Matu- gama	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)	28,531	35,860	30,179	24,308	36,659	31,469	29,968	30,848	7,353	255,175	46.86%	5
United National Party United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	27,665	27,434	29,392	22,812	27,259	26,641	25,518	25,994	4,500	217,215	39.89%	4
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...	4,128	5,534	3,988	2,037	4,191	5,516	4,709	7,047	1,223	38,373	7.05%	1
Sinhala Heritage	835	2,760	1,565	597	1,233	2,428	1,648	4,035	518	15,619	2.87%	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.... )	153	1,688	3,671	471	82	2,464	519	2,857	38	11,943	2.19%	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)	492	323	299	265	452	289	426	363	25	2,934	0.54%	0
Citizen's Front	67	48	185	52	76	47	80	75	12	642	0.12%	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....	92	81	33	52	80	80	52	146	21	637	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...	70	55	64	38	48	32	56	37	0	400	0.07%	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....	41	32	31	41	37	30	40	40	0	292	0.05%	0
Left & Democratic Alliance	9	14	18	17	17	52	75	41	12	255	0.05%	0
Independent 5 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	33	22	18	17	17	26	39	21	3	196	0.04%	0
Independent 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	25	15	21	18	20	22	28	22	0	171	0.03%	0
Sri Lanka Muslim Party	20	22	21	5	12	26	37	21	4	168	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...	28	17	8	15	15	17	15	8	0	123	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...	13	21	11	16	13	8	16	20	0	118	0.02%	0
National Development Front	15	30	6	10	14	7	11	18	2	113	0.02%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	8	16	12	3	9	3	5	9	0	65	0.01%	0
Peoples Freedom Front	4	6	6	6	3	6	6	4	0	41	0.01%	0
Ruhuna People's Party	3	3	5	2	5	6	7	7	0	38	0.01%	0
Valid Votes	62,232	73,981	69,533	50,782	70,242	69,169	63,255	71,613	13,711	544,518	100.00%	10
Rejected Votes	3,534	3,159	2,885	3,046	2,928	3,385	3,672	2,792	330	25,731
Total Polled	65,766	77,140	72,418	53,828	73,170	72,554	66,927	74,405	14,041	570,249
Registered Electors	83,947	95,223	89,742	67,198	88,937	92,550	85,838	94,221		697,656
Turnout	78.34%	81.01%	80.70%	80.10%	82.27%	78.39%	77.97%	78.97%		81.74%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

(PA), 148,705 preference votes (pv); Mahinda Samarasinghe

Mahinda Samarasinghe

(UNP), 82,511 pv; Imtiaz Bakeer Markar (UNP), 74,555 pv; Rajitha Senaratne

Rajitha Senaratne

Dr Nambukara Helambage Rajitha Harischandra Senaratne MP is the Sri Lanka's Cabinet Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development and a Member of Parliament representing the Kalutara District....

(UNP), 73,382 pv; Reginald Cooray (PA), 67,945 pv; Tudor Dayaratne (PA), 63,636 pv; Kumara Welgama

Kumara Welgama

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

(PA), 60,394 pv; Ediriweera Premaratne (PA), 53,690 pv; Aberatne Pathirage Don (UNP), 47,271 pv; and Nandana Gunathilake

Nandana Gunathilake

M. D. Nandana Gunathilake is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

(JVP), 5,628 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	Agala- watta	\|Total Votes	\|Seats	\|Beru- wala	\|Horana	\|Matu- gama	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.... )	29,734	33,272	36,709	24,592	31,462	32,344	29,290	32,013	254,339	45.94%	5
People's Alliance People's Alliance (Sri Lanka) The People's Alliance is a front of political parties in Sri Lanka, formed in 1994.It comprises the following parties:* Sri Lanka Freedom Party* Lanka Sama Samaja Party* Communist Party of Sri Lanka* Sri Lanka Mahajana Party... (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in... et al)	25,147	32,966	25,641	20,909	31,788	28,693	25,761	29,288		226,468	40.91%	4
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...	6,599	8,544	6,581	3,976	7,013	8,768	7,697	9,435		60,451	10.92%	1
Sinhala Heritage	297	845	455	215	476	736	552	1,367		5,103	0.92%	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)	318	326	321	201	346	263	283	290		2,369	0.43%	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:...	292	255	358	242	215	291	271	230		2,162	0.39%	0
Muslim United Liberation Front	216	220	260	200	201	186	212	189		1,693	0.31%	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....	23	43	6	7	28	26	12	54		204	0.04%	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...	29	15	14	37	26	24	16	16		178	0.03%	0
National Development Front	16	20	17	13	12	15	22	12		129	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...	22	3	14	8	12	11	18	10		99	0.02%	0
Independent 6 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	10	14	9	15	16	6	12	13		95	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	8	11	4	10	14	6	6		70	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...	11	6	8	3	12	7	7	2		59	0.01%	0
Ruhuna People's Party	3	5	9	6	8	5	6	9		55	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka National Front	5	8	4	7	5	6	6	11		53	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...	9	1	4	6	3	4	11	11		49	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	9	5	5	6	4	4		43	0.01%	0
Valid Votes	62,746	76,555	70,430	50,446	71,638	71,405	64,186	72,960		553,619	100.00%	10
Rejected Votes	4,963	3,912	3,903	3,730	3,779	3,911	4,472	3,655		32,617
Total Polled	67,709	80,467	74,333	54,176	75,417	75,316	68,658	76,615		586,236
Registered Electors	86,105	98,871	92,658	67,795	91,968	95,698	88,182	96,487		717,764
Turnout	78.64%	81.39%	80.22%	79.91%	82.00%	78.70%	77.86%	79.40%		81.68%
Sources:

The following candidates were elected:
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

(PA), 120,432 preference votes (pv); Mahinda Samarasinghe

Mahinda Samarasinghe

(UNF), 108,583 pv; Rajitha Senaratne

Rajitha Senaratne

(UNF), 102,919 pv; Imtiaz Bakeer Markar (UNF), 89,147 pv; Kumara Welgama

Kumara Welgama

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

(PA), 81,507 pv; Tudor Dayaratne (PA), 55,181 pv; Pathirage Don Abeyratne (UNF), 52,414 pv; Rohitha Abeygunawardena

Rohitha Abeygunawardena

Pahalage Rohitha Piyatissa Abeygunawardena is a Sri Lankan politician and businessman. He was the Cabinet Minister of Nation Building. He is a representative of Kalutara District for the United People's Freedom Alliance in the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

(PA), 46,571 pv; Ananda Lakshman Wijemanne (UNF), 45,766; and Nandana Gunathilake

Nandana Gunathilake

M. D. Nandana Gunathilake is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

(JVP), 8,312 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	Agala- watta	\|Total Votes	\|Seats	\|Beru- wala	\|Horana	\|Matu- gama	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)	33,939	41,850	33,583	25,374	38,421	37,958	36,294	35,687	8,102	291,208	51.72%	6
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.... )	26,456	27,240	30,210	22,767	26,764	26,255	24,912	24,020	4,097	212,721	37.78%	3
Jathika Hela Urumaya Jathika Hela Urumaya The Jathika Hela Urumaya is a political party in Sri Lanka which is led by Buddhist monks. The JHU was launched in February, 2004 by the lay-based, secular Sinhala nationalist political party Sihala Urumaya. Founding members include Kolonnawe Sumangala Thero, Uduwe Dhammaloka Thero, Ellawela...	2,538	8,989	6,751	2,621	7,166	8,324	4,542	14,274	1,410	56,615	10.06%	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)	39	87	37	34	84	118	35	113	13	560	0.10%	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:...	61	52	75	37	41	47	40	79	0	432	0.08%	0
United Muslim People's Party	56	47	94	40	46	44	58	35	0	420	0.07%	0
Independent 9 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	35	26	24	26	23	24	34	19	1	212	0.04%	0
United Lalith Front	23	18	21	17	26	19	24	11	2	161	0.03%	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...	21	14	27	11	13	15	22	16	1	140	0.02%	0
Swarajya	16	18	4	13	28	6	6	8	1	100	0.02%	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....	9	10	12	5	12	7	9	12	3	79	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...	10	3	7	6	4	7	14	4	1	56	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...	7	6	2	4	7	4	4	5	4	43	0.01%	0
Independent 6 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	4	8	5	5	3	3	6	6	1	41	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...	2	5	7	6	6	3	5	1	0	35	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....	5	9	2	6	0	2	6	2	2	34	0.01%	0
Ruhuna People's Party	6	8	3	1	4	3	3	4	0	32	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka National Front	5	5	7	3	2	1	6	2	0	31	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...	4	4	4	5	2	5	1	3	1	29	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	3	1	2	5	5	4	3	4	0	27	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...	5	3	4	0	4	2	3	3	0	24	0.00%	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...	2	2	2	1	5	3	3	1	0	19	0.00%	0
Valid Votes	63,246	78,405	70,883	50,987	72,666	72,854	66,030	74,309	13,639	563,019	100.00%	10
Rejected Votes	4,665	3,826	3,912	3,728	3,407	3,766	4,000	3,240	197	30,741
Total Polled	67,911	82,231	74,795	54,715	76,073	76,620	70,030	77,549	13,836	593,760
Registered Electors	88,142	104,093	96,897	69,720	96,686	99,940	90,919	99,741		746,138
Turnout	77.05%	79.00%	77.19%	78.48%	78.68%	76.67%	77.02%	77.75%		79.58%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
Nandana Gunathilake

Nandana Gunathilake

M. D. Nandana Gunathilake is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

(UPFA-JVP), 135,743 preference votes (pv); Rajitha Senaratne

Rajitha Senaratne

(UNF-UNP), 97,001 pv; S. A. Jayantha Samaraweera

S. A. Jayantha Samaraweera

S. A. Jayantha Samaraweera is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

(UPFA-JVP), 95,461 pv; Mahinda Samarasinghe

Mahinda Samarasinghe

(UNF-UNP), 93,758 pv; Reginald Cooray (UPFA-SLFP), 78,693 pv; Piyasiri Wijenayake

Piyasiri Wijenayake

K. Piyasiri Wijenayake is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

(UPFA-JVP), 75,982 pv; Kumara Welgama

Kumara Welgama

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

(UPFA-SLFP), 73,350 pv; Rohitha Abeygunawardena

Rohitha Abeygunawardena

(UPFA-SLFP), 62,598 pv; Sarath Ranawaka (UNF-UNP), 48,380 pv; and Athuraliye Rathana

Athuraliye Rathana Thero

Athuraliye Rathana is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

(JHU), 10,772 pv.

Reginald Cooray (UPFA-SLFP) resigned on 28 May 2004 to contest the Western provincial council elections. His replacement Nirmala Kotalawala

Nirmala Kotalawala

Nirmala Kotalawala MP is the Sri Lanka's Deputy Minister of Highways and a Member of Parliament representing the Kalutara District.He is was at Nalanda College Colombo.-References:*...

was sworn in on 20 July 2004.

Sarath Ranawaka (UNF-UNP) died on 25 July 2009. His replacement Ananda Lakshman Wijemanna (UNF-UNP) was sworn in on 6 August 2009.

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	Agala- watta	\|Total Votes	\|Seats	\|Beru- wala	\|Horana	\|Matu- gama	United People's Freedom Alliance United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance is a political alliance in Sri Lanka. The current leader of the United People's Freedom Alliance is Mahinda Rajapaksa and Susil Premajayantha is the general secretary of UPFA.The alliance was formed by:... (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in... , JVP Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89... et al)	26,811	35,838	24,363	19,537	29,468	28,073	26,259	29,543	5,022	224,914	57.27%	12
United National Party United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	18,944	16,363	16,974	15,066	19,388	16,241	20,838	15,333	2,189	141,336	35.99%	7
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....	204	2,974	9,547	585	40	3,760	711	5,070	35	22,926	5.84%	1
United Socialist Party United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka) The United Socialist Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It is a member of the Committee for a Workers' International. It is led by Siritunga Jayasuriya and publishes a monthly paper, Sentharakai .-History:...	258	242	295	256	268	255	325	216	10	2,125	0.54%	0
National Development Front	104	166	104	81	105	97	97	113	5	872	0.22%	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	21	29	31	19	14	45	26	1	208	0.05%	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...	15	23	15	21	27	18	24	24	6	173	0.04%	0
Independent 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	16	25	16	11	14	13	18	26	5	144	0.04%	0
Valid Votes	46,374	55,652	51,343	35,588	49,329	48,471	48,317	50,351	7,273	392,698	100.00%	20
Rejected Votes	3,101	3,504	3,265	2,561	3,469	3,367	3,276	3,592	490	26,625
Total Polled	49,475	59,156	54,608	38,149	52,798	51,838	51,593	53,943	7,763	419,323
Registered Electors	88,142	104,093	96,897	69,720	96,686	99,940	90,919	99,741		746,138
Turnout	56.13%	56.83%	56.36%	54.72%	54.61%	51.87%	56.75%	54.08%		56.20%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
Reginald Cooray (UPFA), 94,316 preference votes (pv); M.A. Janak Chaminda Wijegunawardhana (UNP), 50,013 pv; Ajith Anura Thalangama Arachchige (UPFA), 34,826 pv; Andaravass Patabendige Vass Gunawardhana (UPFA), 34,165 pv; A. Ankanath Ranjith Somawansa (UPFA), 32,515 pv; Athula Priyantha Bellana (UPFA), 32,206 pv; Angage Jagath (UPFA), 30,661 pv; Nimal Chandraratna (UPFA), 29,441 pv; Palitha Kumara Thewarapperuma (UNP), 29,167 pv; Chandrasiri Karunaratna (UPFA), 28,862 pv; Ananda Karunadhara (UPFA), 28,624 pv; H. Jagath Pushpakumara Perera (UPFA), 28,499 pv; Adikaramge Chandrabhanu (UPFA), 26,620 pv; M.A. Janak Chaminda Wijegunawardhana (UPFA), 23,261 pv; Athakoralage Sirima Ramani Kariyawasam (UNP), 21,287 pv; Ameer Mohamed Yusuf (UNP), 19,105 pv; Anil Kumara Wijesingha (UNP), 17,306 pv; Abeygunawardhana Pahalage Piyal Jayantha (UNP), 17,058 pv; Amarasekara Prasanna Palihakkara (UNP), 15,442 pv; and Aslam Mohamed Salim Mohamed (SLMC), 9,477 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	\|%	Agala- watta	\|Beru- wala	\|Horana	\|Matu- gama	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:...	37,518	50,481	37,402	29,218	44,801	45,143	40,006	46,097	11,027	341,693	55.48%
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...	31,449	34,749	37,390	25,918	34,300	32,916	30,853	33,034	5,434	266,043	43.20%
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:...	408	341	372	371	293	237	379	216	6	2,623	0.43%
A.A. Suraweera	NDF	254	279	224	251	232	222	271	182	6	1,921	0.31%
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	81	105	105	85	134	91	105	128	31	865	0.14%
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...	91	63	84	81	68	63	67	85	12	614	0.10%
Aruna de Soyza	RPP	57	52	66	46	56	76	65	46	4	468	0.08%
Anura De Silva	ULF	56	72	55	36	53	43	58	47	4	424	0.07%
Wimal Geeganage	SLNF	57	59	48	66	54	48	60	25	5	422	0.07%
A.K.J. Arachchige	DUA	52	40	47	40	48	36	53	22	1	339	0.06%
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...	24	21	27	28	21	37	29	23	5	215	0.03%
P. Nelson Perera	SLPF	26	23	21	30	15	13	23	14	0	165	0.03%
H.S. Dharmadwaja	UNAF	8	6	10	9	14	5	13	2	1	68	0.01%
Valid Votes		70,081	86,291	75,851	56,179	80,089	78,930	71,982	79,921	16,536	615,860	100.00%
Rejected Votes		656	870	885	644	802	808	756	762	334	6,517
Total Polled		70,737	87,161	76,736	56,823	80,891	79,738	72,738	80,683	16,870	622,377
Registered Electors		89,979	107,308	99,026	71,080	100,085	102,020	93,479	101,328		764,305
Turnout		78.62%	81.23%	77.49%	79.94%	80.82%	78.16%	77.81%	79.63%		81.43%
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:

Party	\|Votes per Polling Division	\|Total Votes	\|Seats
Party	Agala- watta	\|Total Votes	\|Seats	\|Beru- wala	\|Horana	\|Matu- gama	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)	37,558	55,404	38,980	33,317	51,919	42,102	39,114	44,923	7,898	351,215	69.58%	14
United National Party United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	13,682	17,148	14,253	11,069	14,897	16,637	15,807	18,968	1,965	124,426	24.65%	5
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...	1,044	2,200	1,492	1,151	1,385	1,876	1,723	1,857	378	13,106	2.60%	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....	301	623	7,958	490	17	1,347	653	985	22	12,396	2.46%	0
Democratic Unity Alliance	34	65	468	48	26	635	163	519	4	1,962	0.39%	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:...	103	85	89	47	61	74	100	114	3	676	0.13%	0
National Development Front	54	46	41	53	38	30	47	39	1	349	0.07%	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...	20	5	13	6	12	7	27	11	0	101	0.02%	0
Independent 4 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	4	22	11	8	6	6	22	7	1	87	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...	19	6	16	14	9	7	8	3	1	83	0.02%	0
Independent 6 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	12	6	10	14	10	5	14	12	0	83	0.02%	0
United Lanka Great Counci	15	7	7	10	2	8	18	5	2	74	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	5	7	15	6	17	7	8	3	2	70	0.01%	0
Patriotic National Front	10	5	5	7	5	3	18	3	1	57	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...	7	7	1	3	7	4	7	12	3	51	0.01%	0
Independent 3 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	5	4	5	4	7	9	8	2	1	45	0.01%	0
Valid Votes	52,873	75,640	63,364	46,247	68,418	62,757	57,737	67,463	10,282	504,781	100.00%	20
Rejected Votes	2,790	2,840	2,864	2,506	2,484	2,766	2,903	2,296	254	21,703
Total Polled	55,663	78,480	66,228	48,753	70,902	65,523	60,640	69,759	10,536	526,484
Registered Electors	92,898	116,018	103,273	74,111	106,432	105,661	97,739	105,194		801,326
Turnout	59.92%	67.64%	64.13%	65.78%	66.62%	62.01%	62.04%	66.31%		65.70%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
Reginald Cooray (UPFA), 72,951 preference votes (pv); Vidura Wickramanayake (UPFA), 63,385 pv; Wikum Gunasekara (UPFA), 55,338 pv; A. Ankanath Ranjith Somawansa (UPFA), 54,099 pv; Ellawala Liyanage Lalith Ellawala (UPFA), 48,453 pv; H.M. Piyal Nishantha de Silva (UPFA), 47,540 pv; Yasapala Koralage (UPFA), 46,146 pv; Nimal Chandraratna (UPFA), 41,982 pv; Angage Jagath Thilakasiri Perera (UPFA), 38,090 pv; Adikaramge Chandrabhanu (UPFA), 34,929 pv; Wadduwage Lalith Warnakumara (UPFA), 31,791 pv; Akanadura Sumithlal Mendis (UPFA), 31,702 pv; Keerthi Kariyawasam (UPFA), 30,475 pv; Chandrasiri Karunaratna (UPFA), 28,870 pv; Ajith Perera

Ajith Perera

Ajith Perera is a Sri Lankan politician and current member of Parliament. A lawyer by profession, he was first elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in 2010 as a member of the United National Party from the Kalutara District.-External links:*...

(UNP), 28,567 pv; Palitha Kumara Thewarapperuma (UNP), 28,450 pv; Ananda Lakshman Wijemanna (UNP), 27,797 pv; Kahatapitiyage Chandra Kithsiri (UNP), 20,147 pv; Abayratne Pathirage Don (UNP), 16,656 pv; and W.A. Nalinda Wajiramal Jayatissa (JVP), 1,393 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	\|%	Agala- watta	\|Beru- wala	\|Horana	\|Matu- gama	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:...	47,317	62,363	43,787	38,018	57,292	51,330	47,988	50,772	13,695	412,562	63.06%
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...	23,717	32,290	35,678	19,073	27,818	29,719	26,016	31,319	6,177	231,807	35.43%
A.A. Suraweera	NDF	286	203	172	190	209	218	275	122	8	1,683	0.26%
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....	168	140	133	233	155	129	183	96	5	1,242	0.19%
C.J. Sugathsiri Gamage	UDF	173	122	153	163	107	111	233	112	7	1,181	0.18%
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...	195	156	124	103	130	133	124	100	10	1,075	0.16%
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	107	107	80	119	89	76	108	77	2	765	0.12%
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...	72	79	78	77	85	63	77	50	1	582	0.09%
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:...	83	57	44	69	65	43	73	34	4	472	0.07%
Sarath Manamendra	NSH	76	52	60	62	71	43	53	33	3	453	0.07%
Lal Perera	ONF	49	68	54	49	62	40	56	42	1	421	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...	57	67	49	47	51	34	44	26	4	379	0.06%
Vikramabahu Karunaratne Vikramabahu Karunaratne Vikramabahu Karunaratne is a Sri Lankan politician and he contested for the Sri Lankan presidential election.-Early life:...	LF	41	27	27	39	44	30	42	49	6	305	0.05%
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...	36	33	12	40	39	24	47	15	2	248	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...	23	29	22	41	27	25	34	19	4	224	0.03%
Sanath Pinnaduwa	NA	22	18	23	26	21	15	21	11	2	159	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...	18	13	16	24	22	17	21	22	1	154	0.02%
Battaramulla Seelarathana	JP	25	22	10	23	13	7	29	10	4	143	0.02%
Senaratna de Silva	PNF	18	8	10	22	27	8	22	5	0	120	0.02%
Aruna de Soyza	RPP	14	15	12	21	18	7	17	16	0	120	0.02%
M.B. Thaminimulla	ACAKO	12	13	7	10	13	12	4	6	1	78	0.01%
Sarath Kongahage	UNAF	14	10	7	7	8	1	15	11	3	76	0.01%
Valid Votes		72,523	95,892	80,558	58,456	86,366	82,085	75,482	82,947	19,940	654,249	100.00%
Rejected Votes		486	558	523	423	666	581	564	553	187	4,541
Total Polled		73,009	96,450	81,081	58,879	87,032	82,666	76,046	83,500	20,127	658,790
Registered Electors		93,972	118,942	104,363	74,991	108,781	106,878	99,737	105,569		813,233
Turnout		77.69%	81.09%	77.69%	78.51%	80.01%	77.35%	76.25%	79.10%		81.01%
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	Agala- watta	\|Total Votes	\|Seats	\|Beru- wala	\|Horana	\|Matu- gama	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)	35,541	44,927	32,709	29,522	44,136	38,300	35,920	37,818	14,963	313,836	63.68%	7
United National Front (UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe... , SLMC Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders.... , DPF, SLFP(P) Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in... )	14,402	19,017	21,737	11,737	16,613	16,838	17,295	18,022	3,935	139,596	28.32%	2
Democratic National Alliance Democratic National Alliance (Sri Lanka) The Democratic National Alliance is a political alliance in Sri Lanka, formed by retired General Sarath Fonseka and his allies to contest in the 2010 general elections... (JVP Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89... et al)	1,909	5,803	5,716	1,577	4,020	5,584	2,990	7,340	1,783	36,722	7.45%	1
Our National Front	31	53	34	32	48	36	37	32	7	310	0.06%	0
Independent 22 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	30	28	34	29	27	26	37	19	2	232	0.05%	0
Independent 19 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	15	30	25	19	28	28	26	39	3	213	0.04%	0
National Development Front	28	24	12	26	16	23	29	12	3	173	0.04%	0
Sri Lanka National Front	1	16	0	0	123	3	5	21	3	172	0.03%	0
Independent 9 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	5	45	4	21	53	9	8	2	1	148	0.03%	0
United National Alternative Front	17	11	23	15	11	20	26	11	1	135	0.03%	0
Left Liberation Front	8	16	13	4	26	14	10	34	2	127	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...	14	20	15	11	8	20	14	10	0	112	0.02%	0
Independent 20 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	17	26	4	10	17	9	12	7	0	102	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...	8	11	14	8	28	13	7	4	2	95	0.02%	0
United Democratic Front	11	12	15	5	12	10	12	10	2	89	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...	6	16	13	14	9	12	10	7	1	88	0.02%	0
Independent 21 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	9	8	11	9	12	4	10	6	1	70	0.01%	0
Patriotic National Front	9	6	5	3	6	8	7	9	0	53	0.01%	0
Independent 13 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	0	4	2	6	30	1	2	7	0	52	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...	11	3	4	2	4	7	13	3	0	47	0.01%	0
Janasetha Peramuna	3	6	19	3	7	1	5	2	1	47	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...	4	3	11	2	5	5	4	11	0	45	0.01%	0
All Are Citizens, All Are Kings Organisation	5	9	5	2	3	10	3	6	1	44	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...	13	4	3	4	1	5	7	2	0	39	0.01%	0
United Lanka Great Council	2	5	6	6	2	2	7	2	1	33	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...	2	11	1	2	4	0	12	0	0	32	0.01%	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...	5	1	6	1	2	0	5	11	0	31	0.01%	0
Independent 6 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	6	3	2	5	3	4	5	2	1	31	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...	3	2	6	1	4	6	2	4	2	30	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...	6	1	6	1	6	4	1	3	1	29	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	3	1	1	6	1	2	2	1	22	0.00%	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....	2	5	2	1	0	2	2	5	3	22	0.00%	0
Sri Lanka Labour Party	6	1	1	1	4	2	1	2	2	20	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...	3	2	4	3	0	3	2	2	0	19	0.00%	0
Independent 16 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	3	2	0	3	1	2	1	1	1	14	0.00%	0
Independent 18 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	2	1	0	3	2	0	4	1	0	13	0.00%	0
Independent 17 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	1	1	1	4	2	2	1	0	0	12	0.00%	0
Valid Votes	52,143	70,136	60,464	43,093	65,279	61,014	56,534	63,469	20,723	492,855	100.00%	10
Rejected Votes	6,851	7,122	6,644	5,734	6,100	6,056	6,566	5,851	827	51,751
Total Polled	58,994	77,258	67,108	48,827	71,379	67,070	63,100	69,320	21,550	544,606
Registered Electors	93,972	118,942	104,363	74,991	108,781	106,878	99,737	105,569		813,233
Turnout	62.78%	64.95%	64.30%	65.11%	65.62%	62.75%	63.27%	65.66%		66.97%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
Kumara Welgama

Kumara Welgama

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

(UPFA-SLFP), 124,766 preference votes (pv); Mahinda Samarasinghe

Mahinda Samarasinghe

(UPFA), 97,778 pv; Nirmala Kotalawala

Nirmala Kotalawala

Nirmala Kotalawala MP is the Sri Lanka's Deputy Minister of Highways and a Member of Parliament representing the Kalutara District.He is was at Nalanda College Colombo.-References:*...

(UPFA), 82,044 pv; Rohitha Abeygunawardena

Rohitha Abeygunawardena

(UPFA-SLFP), 77,205 pv; Rajitha Senaratne

Rajitha Senaratne

(UPFA), 66,710 pv; Reginald Cooray (UPFA-SLFP), 60,196 pv; Palitha Thewarapperuma (UNF), 51,153 pv; Vidura Wickremenayake (UPFA), 50,114 pv; Ajith Perera

Ajith Perera

(UNF), 48,588 pv; and Arjuna Ranatunga

Arjuna Ranatunga

Arjuna Ranatunga is a retired Sri Lankan cricketer and politician. He was the captain of Sri Lankan cricket team, and led them to an unbeaten title-winning campaign at the 1996 Cricket World Cup...

(DNA), 27,796 pv.

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