Kurunegala Electoral District
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Kurunegala 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 Kurunegala
Kurunegala District
Kurunegala is a district in North Western Province, Sri Lanka. Its area is 4,771 km²....

 in the North Western province
North Western Province, Sri Lanka
North Western Province is a province of Sri Lanka. The districts of Kurunegala and Puttalam formulate Wayamba. Its capital is Kurunegala, which has a population of 28,571. The province is known mainly for its numerous coconut plantations. Other main towns in this province are Chilaw and Puttalam...

. The district currently elects 15 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 1,183,649 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
|%
Bingi
-riya
|Dodan
-gas-
landa
|Hiri-
yala
|Kuliya-
pitiya
|Mawath
-agama
|Pandu
-was-
nuwara
|Wariya
-pola
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...

23,479 28,872 17,538 23,438 28,098 25,597 28,797 23,370 23,127 24,544 21,475 22,384 21,220 27,489 6,341 345,769 55.77%
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...

19,760 19,429 14,470 20,998 15,608 21,050 19,142 14,638 16,033 17,307 14,991 16,625 14,914 20,566 2,948 248,479 40.08%
Rohana Wijeweera
Rohana Wijeweera
Patabendi Don Nandasiri Wijeweera or Rohana Wijeweera was a Sri Lankan Marxist politician and the founding leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna...

JVP
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...

742 1,897 3,048 1,882 1,496 2,003 1,247 1,300 1,580 1,262 1,048 911 1,060 2,141 218 21,835 3.52%
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....

116 198 133 178 267 198 231 159 203 242 148 124 156 201 40 2,594 0.42%
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...

29 66 50 38 49 45 56 88 70 51 37 54 37 90 32 792 0.13%
Kumar Ponnambalam
Kumar Ponnambalam
Kumar Ponnambalam was a prominent defence lawyer and a controversial minority Tamil nationalist politician from Sri Lanka...

ACTC
All Ceylon Tamil Congress
All Ceylon Tamil Congress , is the oldest Tamil political party in Sri Lanka.-History:The ACTC was founded in 1944 by G.G. Ponnambalam. Ponnambalam asked for a 50-50 representation in parliament...

32 50 52 34 41 31 33 38 51 35 22 36 21 31 2 509 0.08%
Valid Votes 44,158 50,512 35,291 46,568 45,559 48,924 49,506 39,593 41,064 43,441 37,721 40,134 37,408 50,518 9,581 619,978 100.00%
Rejected Votes 257 350 337 369 580 324 391 295 435 314 384 637 325 317 116 5,431
Total Polled 44,415 50,862 35,628 46,937 46,139 49,248 49,897 39,888 41,499 43,755 38,105 40,771 37,733 50,835 9,697 625,409
Registered Electors 50,788 58,869 41,493 53,576 55,516 57,167 57,287 50,454 48,522 50,467 43,356 47,812 43,670 58,528 717,505
Turnout 87.45% 86.40% 85.87% 87.61% 83.11% 86.15% 87.10% 79.06% 85.53% 86.70% 87.89% 85.27% 86.40% 86.86% 87.16%
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
|%
Bingi
-riya
|Dodan
-gas-
landa
|Hiri-
yala
|Kuliya-
pitiya
|Mawath
-agama
|Pandu
-was-
nuwara
|Wariya
-pola
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...

18,932 21,532 11,077 12,687 12,154 15,140 18,063 13,598 20,429 11,988 11,747 13,915 10,150 7,250 198,662 51.12%
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...

19,275 16,301 8,411 13,705 8,193 13,662 17,660 11,851 17,465 9,536 12,131 15,872 10,208 7,950 182,220 46.89%
Oswin Abeygunasekara SLMP 418 531 787 975 436 515 495 541 557 464 430 528 247 793 7,717 1.99%
Valid Votes 38,625 38,364 20,275 27,367 20,783 29,317 36,218 25,990 38,451 21,988 24,308 30,315 20,605 15,993 388,599 100.00%
Rejected Votes 336 430 271 366 214 389 338 300 380 235 259 375 181 207 4,281
Total Polled 38,961 38,794 20,546 27,733 20,997 29,706 36,556 26,290 38,831 22,223 24,567 30,690 20,786 16,200 392,880
Registered Electors 55,318 63,877 44,229 60,948 59,781 61,644 62,275 53,193 52,815 56,592 48,087 51,363 48,131 66,736 784,989
Turnout 70.43% 60.73% 46.45% 45.50% 35.12% 48.19% 58.70% 49.42% 73.52% 39.27% 51.09% 59.75% 43.19% 24.27% 50.05%
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
Bingi
-riya
|Dodan
-gas-
landa
|Hiri-
yala
|Kuliya-
pitiya
|Mawath
-agama
|Pandu
-was-
nuwara
|Wariya
-pola
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...

22,496 28,242 16,774 20,412 25,073 25,786 24,386 21,692 22,899 19,342 16,853 19,458 20,526 23,615 7,170 314,724 58.51% 10
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...

18,535 14,595 10,744 16,976 10,734 16,903 15,487 11,849 12,270 10,653 11,417 15,847 14,411 12,187 2,918 195,526 36.35% 5
United Lanka People's Party 714 994 858 1,173 610 658 1,448 1,086 1,316 1,315 1,071 1,687 458 229 142 13,759 2.56% 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....

)
208 1,305 532 1,232 275 1,043 441 508 854 1,022 272 232 238 2,707 190 11,059 2.06% 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....

104 188 82 311 164 219 183 284 128 437 108 250 124 177 89 2,848 0.53% 0
Valid Votes 42,057 45,324 28,990 40,104 36,856 44,609 41,945 35,419 37,467 32,769 29,721 37,474 35,757 38,915 10,509 537,916 100.00% 15
Rejected Votes 1,589 2,777 2,344 3,540 2,632 2,531 2,459 2,088 2,592 2,539 1,573 1,964 1,811 3,511 262 34,212
Total Polled 43,646 48,101 31,334 43,644 39,488 47,140 44,404 37,507 40,059 35,308 31,294 39,438 37,568 42,426 10,771 572,128
Registered Electors 54,522 63,024 43,674 60,359 59,043 61,031 61,316 51,885 51,935 55,823 47,509 50,258 47,374 65,948 11,290 784,991
Turnout 80.05% 76.32% 71.75% 72.31% 66.88% 77.24% 72.42% 72.29% 77.13% 63.25% 65.87% 78.47% 79.30% 64.33% 95.40% 72.88%
Source:


The following candidates were elected:
G. M. Premachandra
G. M. Premachandra
G. M. Premachandra was the Cabinet Minister of Labour and Vocational Training of United National Party government from 1990-94. He was re-elected from the Parliamentary election of 1994...

 (UNP), 68,562 preference votes (pv); Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake
Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake
Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake is a Sri Lankan politician, a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister.-References:...

 (UNP), 58,426 pv; Sarathchandra Bandara Welagedara (UNP), 44,437 pv; Upali Mervin Senarath Dasanayaka (UNP), 43,804 pv; Ariya Bandara Rekawa (UNP), 42,874 pv; Ukkubanda Wijekoon (UNP), 42,801 pv; Adikari Mudiyanselage Piyasoma Upali (UNP), 41,691 pv; S.B. Nawinne
S.B. Nawinne
R. M. Seneviratne Bandara Nawinne is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

 (SLFP), 38,696 pv; Wanninayaka Mudiyanselage Herath Banda Wanninayaka (UNP), 34,627 pv; Herath Mudiyanselage Ariyawardanage Lokubanda (UNP), 34,525 pv; A.M. Munidasa Premachandra (SLFP), 32,699 pv; Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Bandaranayaka (UNP), 31,788 pv; Diunugallage Peter Wickramasinghe (SLFP), 31,609 pv; Lionel Rajapaksa (SLFP), 31,419 pv; and Jayasena Rajakaruna (SLFP), 30,346 pv.

1993 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 2nd North 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...

269,768
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)
221,896
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....

117,893
Nava Sama Samaja Party
Nava Sama Samaja Party
The Nava Sama Samaja Pakshaya is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was formed through the expulsion from the Lanka Sama Samaja Party of the Vama Samsamja tendency led by Dr Vickrambahu , Sumanasiri Liyanage and others. Siritunga Jayasuriya and Vasudeva Nanayakkara joined later...

5,117
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders....

4,159
Valid Votes
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout
Source:

1994 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 10th parliamentary election
Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 1994
The Sri Lankan parliamentary election of 1994 marked the decisive end of 17 years of UNP rule and a revival of Sri Lankan democracy.-Background:Democracy in Sri Lanka had seemed doomed as the presidencies of J.R...

 held on 16 August 1994 for the district:
Party|Votes per Polling Division|Total Votes|Seats
Bingi
-riya
|Dodan
-gas-
landa
|Hiri-
yala
|Kuliya-
pitiya
|Mawath
-agama
|Pandu
-was-
nuwara
|Wariya
-pola
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)
25,709 28,551 18,300 31,870 23,984 30,192 27,109 22,173 23,746 28,351 21,295 20,829 23,974 30,277 10,496 366,856 51.87% 8
United National Party
United National Party
The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...

23,502 26,223 17,193 23,996 26,181 23,922 27,173 22,042 21,805 22,471 20,011 22,167 18,802 28,549 8,510 332,547 47.02% 7
Sri Lanka Progressive Front (JVP
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...

)
213 277 466 496 311 442 272 334 491 251 189 263 241 583 161 4,990 0.71% 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....

178 204 125 218 191 223 347 230 204 134 137 274 125 107 189 2,886 0.41% 0
Valid Votes 49,602 55,255 36,084 56,580 50,667 54,779 54,901 44,779 46,246 51,207 41,632 43,533 43,142 59,516 19,356 707,279 100.00% 15
Rejected Votes 1,441 2,013 2,243 2,329 2,817 2,235 2,229 1,947 1,752 2,365 1,747 1,745 1,777 3,041 390 30,071
Total Polled 51,043 57,268 38,327 58,909 53,484 57,014 57,130 46,726 47,998 53,572 43,379 45,278 44,919 62,557 19,746 737,350
Registered Electors 61,107 69,064 49,109 69,872 67,182 68,616 69,233 59,146 60,627 64,434 52,667 55,872 53,579 76,083 876,591
Turnout 83.53% 82.92% 78.04% 84.31% 79.61% 83.09% 82.52% 79.00% 79.17% 83.14% 82.36% 81.04% 83.84% 82.22% 84.12%
Source:


The following candidates were elected:
S.B. Nawinne
S.B. Nawinne
R. M. Seneviratne Bandara Nawinne is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

 (PA), 122,611 preference votes (pv); Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
Mallawa Arachchige Gamini Jayawickrama Perera a Member of Parliament representing Kurunegala District.He is the Chairman of United National Party and former Cabinet Minister ....

 (UNP), 109,900 pv; T. B. Ekanayake
T. B. Ekanayake
T. B. Ekanayake is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

 (PA), 59,313 pv; A.M. Munidasa Premachandra (PA), 58,293 pv; Salinda Dissanayake
Salinda Dissanayake
Salinda Dissanayake is a current Member of Parliament from Kurunegala District and Sri Lankan Non-Cabinet Minister of Nation Building.-References:...

 (PA), 57,641 pv; Anura Priyadharshana Yapa
Anura Priyadharshana Yapa
Anura Priyadharshana Yapa MP is the Sri Lanka's Cabinet Minister of Environment and a Member of Parliament representing the Kurunegala District.He is a Lawyer by profession & was educated at Nalanda College Colombo....

 (PA), 57,127 pv; Bandula Basnayake
Bandula Basnayake
Basnayake Mudiyanselage Bandula Basnayake is a Sri Lankan politician, a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister.-References:...

 (PA), 56,609 pv; Adikari Mudiyanselage Piyasoma Upali (UNP), 54,881 pv; Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake
Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake
Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake is a Sri Lankan politician, a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister.-References:...

 (UNP), 53,421 pv; Ahamad Hasan Mohamad Alavi (UNP), 52,381 pv; Alawatuwala Jayadeva Chandrawansha (UNP), 51,691 pv; Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Bandaranayake (UNP), 50,901 pv; Herath Mudiyanselaage Ariyawaardhanage Loku Banda (UNP), 50,535 pv; Diyunugalge Peter Wickramasinghe (PA), 49,383 pv; and R.M. Jayasena Rajakaruna (PA), 47,073 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
|%
Bingi
-riya
|Dodan
-gas-
landa
|Hiri-
yala
|Kuliya-
pitiya
|Mawath
-agama
|Pandu
-was-
nuwara
|Wariya
-pola
Chandrika Kumaratunga
Chandrika Kumaratunga
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga born June 29, 1945) was the 4th Executive president of Sri Lanka, serving from November 12, 1994 to November 19, 2005. The daughter of two former Prime Ministers, she was also the leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party until end of 2005...

PA
People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)
The People's Alliance is a front of political parties in Sri Lanka, formed in 1994.It comprises the following parties:* Sri Lanka Freedom Party* Lanka Sama Samaja Party* Communist Party of Sri Lanka* Sri Lanka Mahajana Party...

27,377 30,516 20,241 33,011 28,159 33,528 29,638 24,685 28,057 30,415 23,158 23,447 25,612 33,582 12,412 403,838 59.36%
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...

19,915 20,613 14,374 19,033 20,880 19,095 22,999 17,005 16,635 17,932 15,482 17,030 14,862 22,893 7,992 266,740 39.21%
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...

233 244 322 377 405 224 295 188 348 294 234 216 231 367 21 3,999 0.59%
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....

109 170 142 164 178 152 167 158 177 145 114 165 118 157 95 2,211 0.32%
Nihal Galappaththi
Nihal Galappaththi
Arachchige Nihal Galappaththi is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

SLPF 105 112 171 176 148 101 104 91 135 164 109 96 102 166 62 1,842 0.27%
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...

103 151 100 130 121 114 146 151 124 117 103 108 87 118 41 1,714 0.25%
Valid Votes 47,842 51,806 35,350 52,891 49,891 53,214 53,349 42,278 45,476 49,067 39,200 41,062 41,012 57,283 20,623 680,344 100.00%
Rejected Votes 467 738 699 858 919 651 773 682 831 834 515 647 610 962 325 10,511
Total Polled 48,309 52,544 36,049 53,749 50,810 53,865 54,122 42,960 46,307 49,901 39,715 41,709 41,622 58,245 20,948 690,855
Registered Electors 61,107 69,064 49,109 69,872 67,182 68,616 69,233 59,146 60,627 64,434 52,667 55,872 53,579 76,083 876,591
Turnout 79.06% 76.08% 73.41% 76.92% 75.63% 78.50% 78.17% 72.63% 76.38% 77.45% 75.41% 74.65% 77.68% 76.55% 78.81%
Source:

1999 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 3rd North 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 25 January 1999 for the district:
Party |% People's Alliance
People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)
The People's Alliance is a front of political parties in Sri Lanka, formed in 1994.It comprises the following parties:* Sri Lanka Freedom Party* Lanka Sama Samaja Party* Communist Party of Sri Lanka* Sri Lanka Mahajana Party...

 (SLFP
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...

, SLMC
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders....

 et al)
405,431 56.16% 20
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...

273,892 37.94% 13
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...

31,221 4.32% 2
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)
9,456 1.31% 0
Muslim United Liberation Front 971 0.13% 0
Liberal Party
Liberal Party of Sri Lanka
The Liberal Party of Sri Lanka began as a think-tank called the Council for Liberal Democracy, founded in 1981 by the late Dr. Chanaka Amaratunga, a longstanding member of the United National Party which was then in government....

676 0.09% 0
Independent
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

309 0.04% 0
Valid Votes 721,956 100.00% 35
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors 960,241
Turnout
Source:

1999 Presidential Election

Results of the 4th presidential election
Sri Lankan presidential election, 1999
The Sri Lankan presidential election of 1999 was the fourth presidential election of Sri Lanka. Nominations were accepted on 16 November 1999, and the election was held on 21 December 1999 Electoral participation was 73.31%...

 held on 21 December 1999 for the district:
Candidate|Postal
Votes
|%
Bingi
-riya
|Dodan
-gas-
landa
|Hiri-
yala
|Kuliya-
pitiya
|Mawath
-agama
|Pandu
-was-
nuwara
|Wariya
-pola
Chandrika Kumaratunga
Chandrika Kumaratunga
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga born June 29, 1945) was the 4th Executive president of Sri Lanka, serving from November 12, 1994 to November 19, 2005. The daughter of two former Prime Ministers, she was also the leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party until end of 2005...

PA
People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)
The People's Alliance is a front of political parties in Sri Lanka, formed in 1994.It comprises the following parties:* Sri Lanka Freedom Party* Lanka Sama Samaja Party* Communist Party of Sri Lanka* Sri Lanka Mahajana Party...

27,022 30,403 19,594 31,610 24,366 31,996 28,350 23,715 23,463 26,123 22,991 22,890 24,187 31,252 9,521 377,483 50.77%
Ranil Wickremasinghe
Ranil Wickremasinghe
Ranil Shriyan Wickremesinghe , MP, is a Sri Lankan politician and current Leader of the Opposition in the Sri Lankan parliament. He was Prime Minister of Sri Lanka twice, from May 7, 1993 to August 19, 1994 and from December 9, 2001 to April 6, 2004...

UNP
United National Party
The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...

23,876 24,457 17,011 23,395 24,589 23,680 27,228 22,450 21,972 23,694 18,484 20,537 18,163 28,525 8,266 326,327 43.89%
Nandana Gunathilake
Nandana Gunathilake
M. D. Nandana Gunathilake is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

JVP
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...

1,143 2,158 2,283 2,645 2,101 1,824 1,662 1,700 1,838 1,789 1,197 1,353 1,847 2,714 1,100 27,354 3.68%
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....

129 214 137 111 240 184 180 355 217 135 103 230 133 151 185 2,704 0.36%
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...

112 128 140 186 156 124 136 100 158 125 101 114 103 206 0 1,889 0.25%
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...

96 110 154 166 136 116 106 113 115 125 74 98 106 149 7 1,671 0.22%
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....

85 111 147 176 165 93 113 106 106 124 99 84 80 166 5 1,660 0.22%
Abdul Rasool SLMP 64 72 102 75 104 77 120 147 250 75 58 84 55 65 7 1,355 0.18%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara LDA 55 58 95 55 70 48 60 112 71 53 32 58 78 70 96 1,011 0.14%
Kamal Karunadasa PLSF 53 66 74 85 70 57 50 50 54 62 53 50 47 95 6 872 0.12%
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...

35 45 44 43 60 37 44 27 51 35 34 37 25 58 3 578 0.08%
A. Dissanayaka DUNF
Democratic United National Front
The Democratic United National Front is a political party in Sri Lanka.At the last legislative elections, held on 2 April 2004, the party was part of the United People's Freedom Alliance that won 45.6 % of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats....

13 19 24 6 44 21 23 17 35 24 15 17 21 24 11 314 0.04%
A.W. Premawardhana PFF 18 26 16 17 28 18 28 22 23 19 11 27 24 24 0 301 0.04%
Valid Votes 52,701 57,867 39,821 58,570 52,129 58,275 58,100 48,914 48,353 52,383 43,252 45,579 44,869 63,499 19,207 743,519 100.00%
Rejected Votes 789 1,082 1,147 1,068 1,535 718 977 1,101 995 1,191 835 908 965 1,269 692 15,272
Total Polled 53,490 58,949 40,968 59,638 53,664 58,993 59,077 50,015 49,348 53,574 44,087 46,487 45,834 64,768 19,899 758,791
Registered Electors 68,736 75,865 55,412 79,147 74,632 75,795 77,629 66,346 67,307 72,758 58,677 61,882 59,601 86,938 980,725
Turnout 77.82% 77.70% 73.93% 75.35% 71.90% 77.83% 76.10% 75.39% 73.32% 73.63% 75.14% 75.12% 76.90% 74.50% 77.37%
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
Bingi
-riya
|Dodan
-gas-
landa
|Hiri-
yala
|Kuliya-
pitiya
|Mawath
-agama
|Pandu
-was-
nuwara
|Wariya
-pola
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)
25,696 28,865 18,208 31,133 23,423 30,492 25,374 20,826 21,075 25,831 20,849 21,421 21,184 30,832 13,585 358,794 47.17% 8
United National Party
United National Party
The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...

23,852 25,527 16,951 24,541 25,875 23,173 26,570 23,046 22,502 22,752 19,348 20,788 18,932 28,227 10,539 332,623 43.73% 6
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...

1,807 3,418 3,155 2,663 2,807 2,877 2,916 3,054 2,760 2,607 1,830 2,374 2,709 3,824 1,979 40,780 5.36% 1
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....

)
860 451 1,177 495 840 633 1,834 821 1,574 827 1,302 769 112 169 63 11,927 1.57% 0
Sinhala Heritage 328 477 201 72 447 571 830 1,144 427 174 316 516 664 135 39 6,691 0.88% 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)
244 231 325 398 286 236 273 155 298 243 189 213 213 366 22 3,692 0.49% 0
Citizen's Front 80 76 51 155 58 36 123 47 62 754 38 76 37 140 84 1,817 0.24% 0
United Lalith Front 66 60 57 69 92 68 73 51 65 54 62 46 55 67 6 891 0.12% 0
Independent 2
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

36 32 35 39 42 27 48 25 34 94 30 36 36 64 0 578 0.08% 0
Liberal Party
Liberal Party of Sri Lanka
The Liberal Party of Sri Lanka began as a think-tank called the Council for Liberal Democracy, founded in 1981 by the late Dr. Chanaka Amaratunga, a longstanding member of the United National Party which was then in government....

30 34 24 45 31 11 36 94 28 75 43 19 53 7 0 530 0.07% 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....

31 51 26 17 31 48 30 80 48 28 16 44 52 5 3 510 0.07% 0
Muslim United Liberation Front 28 50 28 34 35 36 55 24 39 39 28 30 26 5 5 462 0.06% 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....

24 28 38 37 15 28 30 30 27 34 25 12 24 26 8 386 0.05% 0
United Sinhala Great Council 19 17 24 17 33 19 24 13 17 17 16 12 19 17 3 267 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...

20 11 14 17 21 15 18 13 12 16 15 9 12 5 1 199 0.03% 0
Sri Lanka Muslim Party 21 7 7 7 6 12 6 8 12 8 10 13 10 20 389 186 0.02% 0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front 11 7 10 7 9 12 11 7 23 9 9 9 6 15 1 146 0.02% 0
National Development Front 7 5 8 8 10 5 5 8 8 6 6 8 3 8 2 97 0.01% 0
Peoples Freedom Front 1 8 3 5 19 7 8 2 3 3 10 9 7 7 1 93 0.01% 0
Valid Votes 53,161 59,355 40,342 59,759 54,080 58,306 58,264 49,448 49,034* 53,571 44,142 46,404 44,154 64,003* 26,735* 760,757* 100.00% 15
Rejected Votes 1,676 2,273 2,476 2,796 |3,276 2,300 2,680 2,231 2,498 3,050 2,029 2,037 2,233 3,451 615 35,621
Total Polled 54,837 61,628 42,818 62,555 57,356 60,606 60,944 51,679 51,532 56,621 46,171 48,441 46,387 67,454 27,350 796,378
Registered Electors 70,198 78,230 56,942 81,446 76,763 77,549 79,777 68,296 69,153 74,822 60,131 63,613 61,292 89,198 1,007,410
Turnout 78.12% 78.78% 75.20% 76.81% 74.72% 78.15% 76.39% 75.67% 74.52% 75.67% 76.78% 76.15% 75.68% 75.62% 79.05%
Source:


The following candidates were elected:
Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
Mallawa Arachchige Gamini Jayawickrama Perera a Member of Parliament representing Kurunegala District.He is the Chairman of United National Party and former Cabinet Minister ....

 (UNP), 123,847 preference votes (pv); Johnston Fernando
Johnston Fernando
Johnston Xavier Fernando is a Sri Lankan politician, current Cabinet Minister of Co-operatives & Internal Trade and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.- Portfolio :• 1991 - Councilor in Kurunegala Municipal Council...

 (UNP), 94,385 pv; S.B. Nawinne
S.B. Nawinne
R. M. Seneviratne Bandara Nawinne is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

 (PA), 81,259 pv; Jayarathna Herath
Jayarathna Herath
Jayarathna Herath is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

 (PA), 61,853 pv; Anura Priyadharshana Yapa
Anura Priyadharshana Yapa
Anura Priyadharshana Yapa MP is the Sri Lanka's Cabinet Minister of Environment and a Member of Parliament representing the Kurunegala District.He is a Lawyer by profession & was educated at Nalanda College Colombo....

 (PA), 60,479 pv; Piyasoma Upali (UNP), 54,756 pv; Salinda Dissanayake
Salinda Dissanayake
Salinda Dissanayake is a current Member of Parliament from Kurunegala District and Sri Lankan Non-Cabinet Minister of Nation Building.-References:...

 (PA), 52,727 pv; Rohitha Bogollagama
Rohitha Bogollagama
Chandrasekera Rohitha Bandara Bogollagama is a former Sri Lankan politician and was the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 28 January 2007 until he was defeated in the General Elections held on 08th of April 2010, losing his seat in parliament...

 (UNP), 52,095 pv; Sarath Munasinghe
Sarath Munasinghe
Major General Sarath Munasinghe, RWP, RSP, USP, ndc, psc, SLA was a Sri Lankan General and a politician. He had served in the Sri Lanka Army, becoming Commander Security Forces Headquarter Jaffna and went on to become the Deputy Speaker and Member of Parliament.-Military career:Educated at...

 (PA), 51,530 pv; Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake
Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake
Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake is a Sri Lankan politician, a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister.-References:...

 (UNP), 51,498 pv; Rathnayake Mudiyanselage Rathna Nimal Bandara (UNP), 49,962 pv; Somakumari Tennakoon (PA), 49,476 pv; Ranjith Navaratne (PA), 49,174 pv; Munidasa Premachandra (PA), 48,905 pv; and Nimal Herath (JVP), 3,407 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
Bingi
-riya
|Dodan
-gas-
landa
|Hiri-
yala
|Kuliya-
pitiya
|Mawath
-agama
|Pandu
-was-
nuwara
|Wariya
-pola
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....

)
28,297 29,321 18,703 28,330 26,882 26,711 30,901 26,830 26,507 27,615 23,125 24,494 20,525 32,601 382,768 48.59% 8
People's Alliance
People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)
The People's Alliance is a front of political parties in Sri Lanka, formed in 1994.It comprises the following parties:* Sri Lanka Freedom Party* Lanka Sama Samaja Party* Communist Party of Sri Lanka* Sri Lanka Mahajana Party...


(SLFP
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...

 et al)
23,510 26,714 17,938 27,465 20,884 27,964 25,266 19,359 20,365 23,120 20,093 20,487 20,099 27,843 332,775 42.24% 6
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...

2,769 5,349 4,147 5,167 4,292 5,140 4,162 4,656 4,134 4,204 2,875 3,223 3,960 6,417 63,652 8.08% 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)
183 211 203 342 265 189 230 171 250 208 227 174 89 329 3,194 0.41% 0
Sinhala Heritage 156 207 102 46 262 229 191 520 279 73 105 340 100 92 2,842 0.36% 0
United Lalith Front 45 65 58 55 57 42 62 52 67 42 28 55 51 60 746 0.09% 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....

37 30 27 48 28 32 22 16 27 28 25 29 28 31 412 0.05% 0
Independent 7
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

16 23 15 19 11 14 21 11 20 25 14 15 21 24 249 0.03% 0
Liberal Party
Liberal Party of Sri Lanka
The Liberal Party of Sri Lanka began as a think-tank called the Council for Liberal Democracy, founded in 1981 by the late Dr. Chanaka Amaratunga, a longstanding member of the United National Party which was then in government....

8 10 16 26 12 13 13 23 23 16 9 4 8 18 200 0.03% 0
United Sinhala Great Council 6 11 15 7 17 10 16 9 9 10 7 9 11 8 148 0.02% 0
National Development Front 5 13 12 10 9 10 8 9 5 9 8 7 10 16 134 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 10 6 11 6 6 7 7 6 12 9 9 5 9 112 0.01% 0
Sri Lanka Muslim Party 4 10 5 9 6 6 5 6 8 3 5 10 5 6 89 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 6 11 9 7 5 6 7 4 0 4 7 4 80 0.01% 0
Independent 1
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

4 3 4 1 4 5 7 1 6 9 2 3 2 8 60 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...

2 2 4 3 7 4 4 5 3 3 3 3 5 5 53 0.01% 0
Independent 4
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

10 1 3 4 3 1 4 2 3 2 4 1 5 5 48 0.01% 0
Ruhuna People\'s Party 5 4 0 4 2 7 2 3 2 2 4 1 3 5 44 0.01% 0
Sri Lanka National Front 7 5 1 3 5 3 3 1 4 2 2 2 2 2 42 0.01% 0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front 2 1 1 4 5 4 5 2 1 6 3 2 0 5 41 0.01% 0
Independent 5
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

7 2 5 4 0 0 3 4 4 4 1 2 2 1 39 0.00% 0
Valid Votes 55,088 61,996 41,271 61,569 52,766 60,397 60,937 51,693 51,730 55,397 46,549 48,874 44,938 67,489 787,728 100.00% 15
Rejected Votes 2,690 2,386 2,720 2,855 3,191 2,709 3,482 2,170 2,467 3,326 2,056 2,224 2,720 2,971 38,401
Total Polled 57,778 64,382 43,991 64,424 55,957 63,106 64,419 53,863 54,197 58,723 48,605 51,098 47,658 70,460 826,129 |
Registered Electors 72,990 80,821 58,998 84,253 80,000 80,221 82,926 71,111 72,027 77,522 62,636 66,099 63,298 92,750 1,045,652
Turnout 79.16% 79.66% 74.56% 76.46% 69.95% 78.67% 77.68% 75.74% 75.25% 75.75% 77.60% 77.31% 75.29% 75.97% 79.01%
Sources:


The following candidates were elected:
Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
Mallawa Arachchige Gamini Jayawickrama Perera a Member of Parliament representing Kurunegala District.He is the Chairman of United National Party and former Cabinet Minister ....

 (UNF), 141,702 preference votes (pv); Johnston Fernando
Johnston Fernando
Johnston Xavier Fernando is a Sri Lankan politician, current Cabinet Minister of Co-operatives & Internal Trade and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.- Portfolio :• 1991 - Councilor in Kurunegala Municipal Council...

 (UNF), 114,845 pv; S.B. Nawinne
S.B. Nawinne
R. M. Seneviratne Bandara Nawinne is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

 (PA), 78,718 pv; Salinda Dissanayake
Salinda Dissanayake
Salinda Dissanayake is a current Member of Parliament from Kurunegala District and Sri Lankan Non-Cabinet Minister of Nation Building.-References:...

 (PA), 69,963 pv; Indika Bandaranayake
Indika Bandaranayake
Indika Bandaranayake is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

 (UNF), 69,513 pv; Anura Priyadharshana Yapa
Anura Priyadharshana Yapa
Anura Priyadharshana Yapa MP is the Sri Lanka's Cabinet Minister of Environment and a Member of Parliament representing the Kurunegala District.He is a Lawyer by profession & was educated at Nalanda College Colombo....

 (PA), 67,717 pv; Rohitha Bogollagama
Rohitha Bogollagama
Chandrasekera Rohitha Bandara Bogollagama is a former Sri Lankan politician and was the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 28 January 2007 until he was defeated in the General Elections held on 08th of April 2010, losing his seat in parliament...

 (UNF), 65,576 pv; D.M. Bandaranayake (UNF), 52,808 pv; Piyasoma Upali (UNF), 50,963 pv; Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake
Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake
Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake is a Sri Lankan politician, a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister.-References:...

 (UNF), 50,963 pv; Anura Gopallawa (UNF), 48,672 pv; Jayarathna Herath
Jayarathna Herath
Jayarathna Herath is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

 (PA), 47,471 pv; T. B. Ekanayake
T. B. Ekanayake
T. B. Ekanayake is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

 (PA), 43,994 pv; Somakumari Tennakoon (PA), 42,918 pv; and Bimal Rathnayaka
Bimal Rathnayaka
Bimal Rathnayaka is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.He is a member of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna party.-References:...

 (JVP), 4,240 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
Bingi
-riya
|Dodan
-gas-
landa
|Hiri-
yala
|Kuliya-
pitiya
|Mawath
-agama
|Pandu
-was-
nuwara
|Wariya
-pola
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)
27,815 31,740 22,426 36,037 26,607 31,388 29,878 23,472 24,974 29,545 22,103 24,473 24,886 37,155 19,658 412,157 51.93% 9
United National Front
(UNP
United National Party
The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...

, SLMC
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders....

, CWC
Ceylon Workers' Congress
The Ceylon Workers' Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka that has traditionally represented Tamils working in the plantation sector of the economy .- History :...

, WPF
Western People's Front
The Western People's Front, currently named the Democratic People's Front , is a political party in Sri Lanka active in the Western Province....

)
24,120 24,528 18,073 25,377 25,167 24,936 27,127 23,242 23,158 22,885 21,297 20,435 19,554 28,281 12,588 340,768 42.94% 7
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...

2,504 3,422 1,138 795 2,740 3,212 3,413 5,347 3,391 1,427 1,803 3,237 1,569 1,387 2,074 37,459 4.72% 0
National Development Front 130 80 47 31 63 80 109 92 109 88 39 86 41 15 1,058 0.13% 0
United Muslim People's Party 37 25 46 41 56 31 39 37 65 34 26 30 27 8 550 0.07% 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)
35 13 21 11 34 18 18 45 42 11 16 27 18 18 349 0.04% 0
Independent 10
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

29 12 18 26 19 21 35 16 18 33 14 14 10 3 286 0.04% 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:...

22 19 19 16 25 17 23 9 25 25 12 16 12 2 265 0.03% 0
United Lalith Front 19 26 10 9 10 17 19 16 15 13 11 8 7 1 191 0.02% 0
Independent 9
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

10 4 7 8 5 4 2 5 7 4 1 5 1 0 70 0.01% 0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputhra Pakshaya is a minor Sinhala Buddhist political party in Sri Lanka, led by Dr. Harischandra Wijayatunga....

1 7 2 4 4 4 10 5 10 4 2 3 2 4 64 0.01% 0
Liberal Party
Liberal Party of Sri Lanka
The Liberal Party of Sri Lanka began as a think-tank called the Council for Liberal Democracy, founded in 1981 by the late Dr. Chanaka Amaratunga, a longstanding member of the United National Party which was then in government....

3 1 3 1 2 2 3 10 11 1 0 5 8 0 54 0.01% 0
Independent 5
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

5 1 1 2 4 6 0 0 13 2 2 7 6 0 53 0.01% 0
Sri Lanka National Front 3 5 0 3 2 3 4 1 5 3 2 3 5 5 48 0.01% 0
Sri Lanka Muslim Party 6 3 2 2 1 3 5 7 1 3 1 2 1 2 39 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...

3 3 1 1 5 3 5 2 2 2 0 1 1 3 36 0.00% 0
Independent 8
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

2 2 2 7 4 3 2 0 3 2 1 2 1 2 34 0.00% 0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front 3 5 0 3 0 3 0 1 4 3 1 1 2 0 28 0.00% 0
Swarajya 0 1 0 2 1 6 0 3 1 1 3 3 0 1 25 0.00% 0
Independent 1
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

3 1 0 1 0 1 4 2 2 1 2 2 0 4 25 0.00% 0
Independent 4
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

2 3 0 0 2 1 0 3 4 1 1 1 1 2 23 0.00% 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...

1 0 0 4 2 3 0 4 0 2 0 1 1 1 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 1 0 0 1 3 3 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 17 0.00% 0
Ruhuna People's Party 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 3 1 4 0 0 0 2 17 0.00% 0
Independent 6
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 0 1 1 11 0.00% 0
Valid Votes 54,756 59,902 41,818 62,381 54,756 59,767 60,702 52,325 51,861 54,099 45,339 48,363 46,155 67,029* 34,394 793,647 100.00% 16
Rejected Votes 2,190 2,641 2,739 3,061 3,326 3,021 3,455 2,089 2,753 4,086 2,454 2,090 2,617 3,217* 603 40,396
Total Polled 56,946 62,543 44,557 65,442 58,082 62,788 64,157 54,414 54,614 58,185 47,793 50,453 48,772 70,246* 34,997 834,043
Registered Electors 75,985 83,250 61,727 88,822 83,535 83,645 86,416 74,368 75,264 80,736 64,979 68,091 65,847 96,817* 1,089,482
Turnout 74.94% 75.13% 72.18% 73.68% 69.53% 75.06% 74.24% 73.17% 72.56% 72.07% 73.55% 74.10% 74.07% 72.56%* 76.55%
Source:


The following candidates were elected:
Anura Kumara Dissanayaka (UPFA-JVP), 153,868 preference votes (pv); Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
Mallawa Arachchige Gamini Jayawickrama Perera a Member of Parliament representing Kurunegala District.He is the Chairman of United National Party and former Cabinet Minister ....

 (UNF-UNP), 119,176 pv; Bimal Rathnayaka
Bimal Rathnayaka
Bimal Rathnayaka is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.He is a member of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna party.-References:...

 (UPFA-JVP), 116,736 pv; M. D. Namal Karunaratne
M. D. Namal Karunaratne
M. D. Namal Karunaratne is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.On 8 March 2007 Karunaratne was appointed to a "Select Committee of Parliament to look into the alarming increase in Traffic Accidents"- References :...

 (UPFA-JVP), 114,516 pv; Johnston Fernando
Johnston Fernando
Johnston Xavier Fernando is a Sri Lankan politician, current Cabinet Minister of Co-operatives & Internal Trade and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.- Portfolio :• 1991 - Councilor in Kurunegala Municipal Council...

 (UNF-UNP), 112,601 pv; Akila Viraj Kariyawasam
Akila Viraj Kariyawasam
Akila Viraj Kariyawasam is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

 (UNF-UNP), 83,114 pv; Anura Priyadharshana Yapa
Anura Priyadharshana Yapa
Anura Priyadharshana Yapa MP is the Sri Lanka's Cabinet Minister of Environment and a Member of Parliament representing the Kurunegala District.He is a Lawyer by profession & was educated at Nalanda College Colombo....

 (UPFA-SLFP), 65,724 pv; Indika Bandaranayake
Indika Bandaranayake
Indika Bandaranayake is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

 (UNF-UNP), 65,275 pv; T. B. Ekanayake
T. B. Ekanayake
T. B. Ekanayake is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

 (UPFA-SLFP), 57,079 pv; S.B. Nawinne
S.B. Nawinne
R. M. Seneviratne Bandara Nawinne is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

 (UPFA-SLFP), 53,876 pv; Jayarathna Herath
Jayarathna Herath
Jayarathna Herath is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

 (UPFA-SLFP), 53,236 pv; Dayasiri Jayasekara
Dayasiri Jayasekara
Jayasekara Pathirannahelage Dayasiri Pathmakumara Jayasekara is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.- Political Life :...

 (UNF-UNP), 52,576 pv; Salinda Dissanayake
Salinda Dissanayake
Salinda Dissanayake is a current Member of Parliament from Kurunegala District and Sri Lankan Non-Cabinet Minister of Nation Building.-References:...

 (UPFA-SLFP), 52,520 pv; Bandula Basnayake
Bandula Basnayake
Basnayake Mudiyanselage Bandula Basnayake is a Sri Lankan politician, a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister.-References:...

 (UPFA-SLFP), 52,099 pv; Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake
Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake
Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake is a Sri Lankan politician, a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister.-References:...

 (UNF-UNP), 46,725 pv; and Rohitha Bogollagama
Rohitha Bogollagama
Chandrasekera Rohitha Bandara Bogollagama is a former Sri Lankan politician and was the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 28 January 2007 until he was defeated in the General Elections held on 08th of April 2010, losing his seat in parliament...

 (UNF-UNP), 44,206 pv.

2004 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 4th North 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 24 April 2004 for the district:
Party|Votes per Polling Division|Total Votes|Seats
Bingi
-riya
|Dodan
-gas-
landa
|Hiri-
yala
|Kuliya-
pitiya
|Mawath
-agama
|Pandu
-was-
nuwara
|Wariya
-pola
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)
24,488 27,472 20,258 33,579 21,759 27,398 27,985 19,868 22,168 27,290 20,244 21,164 22,884 31,582 13,945 362,084 59.85% 20
United National Party
United National Party
The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...

15,661 16,386 11,555 13,849 14,030 16,842 17,366 14,895 15,109 15,085 13,093 12,310 13,585 19,177 6,962 215,905 35.69% 12
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....

1,515 750 2,737 1,557 1,647 478 3,931 1,886 2,468 2,094 2,329 1,416 469 759 137 24,173 4.00% 2
United Lalith Front 67 60 72 55 67 81 43 54 73 53 47 41 82 80 8 883 0.15% 0
National Development Front 56 45 36 51 43 35 37 57 77 46 20 43 33 28 16 623 0.10% 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)
6 22 11 3 249 10 9 38 17 15 6 32 26 11 21 476 0.08% 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....

12 13 12 8 44 16 12 62 19 17 8 32 9 9 22 295 0.05% 0
Independent
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

20 12 24 10 18 8 15 12 18 9 3 8 6 6 9 178 0.03% 0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front 8 6 16 11 12 5 34 8 11 3 12 8 5 3 3 145 0.02% 0
United Sinhala Great Council 10 7 4 5 6 6 3 9 4 6 5 3 6 6 11 91 0.02% 0
Sri Lanka Muslim Party 3 5 8 8 6 4 6 15 9 2 10 3 0 3 1 83 0.01% 0
Sri Lanka National Front 5 0 1 3 7 3 5 3 5 4 0 2 0 2 3 43 0.01% 0
Valid Votes 41,851 44,778 34,734 49,139 37,888 44,886 49,446 36,907 39,978 44,624 35,777 35,062 37,105 51,666 21,138 604,979 100.00% 34
Rejected Votes 1,560 2,082 1,853 2,925 1,937 1,905 2,041 1,518 1,798 2,247 1,483 1,491 1,761 3,012 406 28,019
Total Polled 43,411 46,860 36,587 52,064 39,825 46,791 51,487 38,425 41,776 46,871 37,260 36,553 38,866 54,678 21,544 632,998
Registered Electors 75,985 83,250 61,727 88,822 83,535 83,645 86,416 74,368 75,264 80,736 64,979 68,091 65,847 96,817 1,089,482
Turnout 57.13% 56.29% 59.27% 58.62% 47.67% 55.94% 59.58% 51.67% 55.51% 58.05% 57.34% 53.68% 59.02% 56.48% 58.10%
Source:


The following candidates were elected:
Athula Wijesinghe
Athula Wijesinghe
Athula Wijesinghe is the Sri Lanka's Chief Minister of North Western Province.He is a Lawyer by profession & was educated at Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala and Nalanda College Colombo.-References:...

 (UPFA), 71,298 preference votes (pv); S. A. Ranasinghe (UPFA), 50,949 pv; A. D. Sumanadasa (UPFA), 45,310 pv; K. M. Nimal Herath (UPFA), 44,141 pv; H. M. K. Manik Gunasekara (UPFA), 43,829 pv; S. N. Wickramasinghe (UPFA), 40,647 pv; Neil Priyantha Liyanage (UPFA), 38,344 pv; K. A. Gunadasa Khannangara (UPFA), 37,482 pv; R. D. Wimaladasa (UPFA), 36,660 pv; Adikari Mudiyanselage Tikiribandara Adikari (UPFA), 33,973 pv; R. B. S. W. M. Manjula C. R. Bandara (UNP), 30,757 pv; R. M. Nilantha Supun Rajapaksha (UPFA), 30,720 pv; Kumara Keerthi Chandrasiri (UPFA), 29,618 pv; Ajith Rohana Devatha Pejjalage (UNP), 29,604 pv; R. P. D. Gunadasa (UPFA), 28,420 pv; Alawathuwala Jayadeva Chandrawansha (UNP), 28,134 pv; Upulangani Malagamuwa (UPFA), 26,801 pv; Dharmasiri Dasanayaka (UPFA), 25,839 pv; Abayarathna Herath Banda (UNP), 25,838 pv; Kuda Widanalage Shantha Bandara (UPFA), 25,334 pv; Ananda Chandralal (UPFA), 21,774 pv; A. A. Somasiri Gunathilaka (UPFA), 21,620 pv; Luxman Wendaruwa (UPFA), 21,595 pv; Alankarage Ruban Silva (UNP), 20,867 pv; Bandara Rajapaksha (UPFA), 20,530 pv; Prasanna Shamal Senarath (UNP), 20,345 pv; Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Gamini Dissanayaka (UNP), 19,616 pv; R.M.Gunasinghe Banda (UNP), 19,537; Alavi Ahamad Hasan Mohomad (UNP), 18,821 pv; Ekanayaka Mudiyanselage Gamini Somasiri Ekanayaka (UNP), 16,404 pv; Ananda Punya Kumara (UNP), 16,018 pv; Ekanayaka Mudiyanselage Nanda Shanthi Kumari Ekanayaka (UNP), 15,383 pv; Mohmood Mohamed Thasleem (SLMC), 8,742 pv; and Aga Jawarsha M. Rizvi (SLMC), 6,017 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
|%
Bingi
-riya
|Dodan
-gas-
landa
|Hiri-
yala
|Kuliya-
pitiya
|Mawath
-agama
|Pandu
-was-
nuwara
|Wariya
-pola
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:...

30,624 37,231 24,658 37,876 30,785 35,311 34,357 28,791 29,513 32,978 26,365 27,581 29,155 40,136 23,146 468,507 52.26%
Ranil Wickremasinghe
Ranil Wickremasinghe
Ranil Shriyan Wickremesinghe , MP, is a Sri Lankan politician and current Leader of the Opposition in the Sri Lankan parliament. He was Prime Minister of Sri Lanka twice, from May 7, 1993 to August 19, 1994 and from December 9, 2001 to April 6, 2004...

UNP
United National Party
The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...

29,941 29,818 21,100 30,720 31,412 31,580 33,874 29,564 28,658 29,691 25,456 25,317 22,919 34,469 14,290 418,809 46.72%
A.A. Suraweera NDF 172 190 166 219 185 159 145 147 201 195 115 155 137 165 18 2,369 0.26%
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:...

168 175 181 163 171 183 206 136 172 159 156 138 125 214 10 2,357 0.26%
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 77 104 42 64 80 109 89 90 83 56 57 72 85 51 83 1,142 0.13%
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...

44 40 51 66 59 51 39 24 48 50 63 32 47 64 17 695 0.08%
Aruna de Soyza RPP 43 41 48 67 41 38 33 40 43 43 29 39 31 67 10 613 0.07%
Wimal Geeganage SLNF 33 41 40 43 50 46 37 22 38 49 36 39 30 52 10 566 0.06%
Anura De Silva ULF 26 51 29 33 44 37 45 37 38 54 25 30 29 41 5 524 0.06%
A.K.J. Arachchige DUA 28 19 28 38 35 29 26 12 30 31 15 24 28 14 6 363 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...

21 10 21 21 22 19 23 18 19 9 11 18 19 18 6 255 0.03%
P. Nelson Perera SLPF 13 14 20 17 11 8 8 14 13 10 16 11 8 18 6 187 0.02%
H.S. Dharmadwaja UNAF 5 7 7 8 5 12 10 1 11 7 6 11 5 13 2 110 0.01%
Valid Votes 61,195 67,741 46,391 69,335 62,900 67,582 68,892 58,896 58,867 63,332 52,350 53,467 52,618 75,322 37,609 896,497 100.00%
Rejected Votes 394 599 607 610 793 522 658 625 607 532 392 437 540 728 414 8,458
Total Polled 61,589 68,340 46,998 69,945 63,693 68,104 69,550 59,521 59,474 63,864 52,742 53,904 53,158 76,050 38,023 904,955
Registered Electors 78,140 85,455 63,143 91,698 86,112 85,753 89,722 77,003 77,819 83,696 67,023 69,821 68,194 100,497 1,124,076
Turnout 78.82% 79.97% 74.43% 76.28% 73.97% 79.42% 77.52% 77.30% 76.43% 76.30% 78.69% 77.20% 77.95% 75.67% 80.51%
Source:

2009 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 5th North 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 14 February 2009 for the district:
Party|Votes per Polling Division|Total Votes|Seats
Bingi
-riya
|Dodan
-gas-
landa
|Hiri-
yala
|Kuliya-
pitiya
|Mawath
-agama
|Pandu
-was-
nuwara
|Wariya
-pola
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)
31,695 39,844 23,608 40,531 36,154 36,064 38,751 29,974 31,950 35,663 28,235 29,710 31,462 41,915 21,810 497,366 70.13% 24
United National Party
United National Party
The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...

13,910 15,195 13,340 11,431 11,806 16,290 18,459 15,058 16,061 12,309 12,408 11,429 8,481 12,623 4,748 193,548 27.29% 9
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...

569 1,179 1,133 1,417 808 1,146 865 1,317 950 1,232 652 1,372 856 1,954 634 16,084 2.27% 1
United National Alliance 71 91 71 54 79 83 94 77 96 83 51 60 46 92 29 1,077 0.15% 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 6 7 6 4 24 6 19 23 6 2 214 4 19 6 350 0.05% 0
Independent 1
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

7 6 24 7 19 22 6 6 42 10 36 5 9 14 5 218 0.03% 0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputhra Pakshaya is a minor Sinhala Buddhist political party in Sri Lanka, led by Dr. Harischandra Wijayatunga....

6 2 5 5 2 8 6 11 5 4 5 27 5 5 18 114 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...

8 3 4 13 7 5 10 12 9 5 6 6 5 8 4 105 0.01% 0
United Lanka Great Council 9 9 4 10 2 6 2 6 6 3 2 9 1 14 3 86 0.01% 0
Patriotic National Front 6 4 4 10 4 5 4 7 5 5 1 5 2 6 5 73 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...

4 2 1 2 1 5 10 1 4 7 2 6 2 15 2 64 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...

6 3 4 1 4 2 6 6 3 4 2 4 3 4 6 58 0.01% 0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front 2 4 1 3 2 2 2 7 4 2 1 3 3 4 3 43 0.01% 0
Valid Votes 46,297 56,348 38,206 53,490 48,892 53,662 58,221 46,501 49,158 49,333 41,403 42,850 40,879 56,673 27,273 709,186 100.00% 34
Rejected Votes 1,619 1,877 1,890 2,249 2,145 1,721 1,972 1,619 1,967 2,115 1,313 1,541 1,546 2,514 572 26,660
Total Polled 47,916 58,225 40,096 55,739 51,037 55,383 60,193 48,120 51,125 51,448 42,716 44,391 42,425 59,187 27,845 735,846
Registered Electors 81,412 88,927 65,459 95,491 90,963 88,834 93,845 80,308 81,646 87,102 69,672 72,413 71,255 104,554 1,171,881
Turnout 58.86% 65.48% 61.25% 58.37% 56.11% 62.34% 64.14% 59.92% 62.62% 59.07% 61.31% 61.30% 59.54% 56.61% 62.79%
Source:


The following candidates were elected:
Athula Wijesinghe
Athula Wijesinghe
Athula Wijesinghe is the Sri Lanka's Chief Minister of North Western Province.He is a Lawyer by profession & was educated at Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala and Nalanda College Colombo.-References:...

 (UPFA), 90,295 preference votes (pv); R. M. S. Somakumari Thennakoon (UPFA), 67,998 pv; K. W. Shantha Bandara (UPFA), 61,865 pv; Chandana Prasad Yapa (UPFA), 59,500 pv; Neranjan Wickramasinghe (UPFA), 56,768 pv; R. D. Wimaladasa (UPFA), 54,380 pv; Piyumal Herath (UPFA), 49,848 pv; Manjula Dissanayake (UPFA), 47,543 pv; H. M. Dingiri Banda Herath (UPFA), 43,896 pv; R. P. D. Gunadasa Dehigama (UPFA), 41,171 pv; Prasanna Shamal Senarath (UNP), 40,429 pv; H. M. D. B. Herath (UPFA), 38,371 pv; A. Don Kamal Indika (UPFA), 37,515 pv; A. A. Somasiri Gunathilaka (UPFA), 32,952 pv; Kumara Keerthi Chandrasiri (UPFA), 32,508 pv; R. M. Bandara Rajapaksha (UPFA), 32,252 pv; R. M. Nilantha Supun Rajapaksha (UPFA), 31,223 pv; Asanka Nawarathne (UPFA), 30,758 pv; Wendaruwa Lakshman (UPFA), 28,476 pv; Dharmasiri Dasanayaka (UPFA), 28,057 pv; Chandra Kamalasiri (UPFA), 28,033 pv; Adikari Mudiyanselage Tikiribandara Adikari (UPFA), 27,125 pv; Shelton Nimal Pieris (UPFA), 23,841 pv; Aga Jawarsha M. Rizvi (UNP), 22,663 pv; R. M. S. K. Rajapaksha (UPFA), 22,020 pv; Asuramana Pejjalage Keerthirathne (UPFA), 21,338 pv; Amarasena Girana Pathirannahalage Thushara Indunil (UNP), 20,581 pv; Alawathuwala J. C. (UNP), 19,131 pv; M. A. Nimal Senarath Wijesinghe (UNP), 17,400 pv; Alavi Ahamad Hasan Mohomad (UNP), 17,029 pv; Asanalebbege Mohommadu Nazeer Nazeer (UNP), 16,253 pv; Mohmood Mohamed Thasleem (UNP), 15,706 pv; Ajith Rohana Devatha Pejjalage (UNP), 15,468 pv; and K. M. Nimal Herath (JVP), 2,190 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
|%
Bingi
-riya
|Dodan
-gas-
landa
|Hiri-
yala
|Kuliya-
pitiya
|Mawath
-agama
|Pandu
-was-
nuwara
|Wariya
-pola
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:...

38,036 44,172 28,907 46,752 42,240 43,052 41,881 34,912 36,237 41,510 32,854 34,501 36,497 49,854 31,379 582,784 63.08%
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...

23,273 23,056 17,596 21,666 22,538 25,547 27,813 25,113 23,999 21,830 19,681 19,328 16,282 25,199 14,673 327,594 35.46%
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....

169 161 198 307 269 127 200 277 208 278 182 146 185 365 40 3,112 0.34%
A.A. Suraweera NDF 124 109 169 192 140 97 130 112 163 156 107 120 128 179 17 1,943 0.21%
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...

108 100 117 189 115 119 104 78 96 138 98 88 89 210 20 1,669 0.18%
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 56 64 71 98 83 64 57 65 69 45 41 59 62 83 5 922 0.10%
C.J. Sugathsiri Gamage UDF 54 65 69 77 80 67 70 51 95 56 54 48 57 58 11 912 0.10%
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...

48 87 48 42 72 40 70 51 84 60 37 47 48 70 9 813 0.09%
Sarath Manamendra NSH 33 29 41 54 56 34 60 47 43 44 28 29 37 65 4 604 0.07%
Lal Perera ONF 36 31 46 47 47 43 45 36 29 37 37 30 29 54 6 553 0.06%
Siritunga Jayasuriya
Siritunga Jayasuriya
Siritunga Jayasuriya was a contestant in the Sri Lanka presidential election in 2005. He received 35,405 votes, 0.36 % of the votes cast and came third. He is a trade unionist and leader of the United Socialist Party...

USP
United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)
The United Socialist Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It is a member of the Committee for a Workers' International. It is led by Siritunga Jayasuriya and publishes a monthly paper, Sentharakai .-History:...

40 24 45 31 41 30 33 29 46 32 31 29 35 40 6 492 0.05%
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...

36 25 28 40 32 22 42 27 52 36 31 32 27 38 7 475 0.05%
Vikramabahu Karunaratne
Vikramabahu Karunaratne
Vikramabahu Karunaratne is a Sri Lankan politician and he contested for the Sri Lankan presidential election.-Early life:...

LF 37 29 24 26 36 25 30 29 27 21 24 17 31 33 10 399 0.04%
M. K. Shivajilingam
M. K. Shivajilingam
Mahalingam Kanagalingam Shivajilingam is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament.-Political career:At the December 2001 Shivajilingam was elected to represent the Jaffna District in Parliament...

Ind 5
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

15 21 21 27 18 22 22 17 37 21 16 14 16 34 1 302 0.03%
Wije Dias SEP
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)
The Socialist Equality Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1968 as the Revolutionary Communist League by former student members of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party who joined the International Committee of the Fourth International. They remained loyal to Gerry Healy...

13 14 12 23 17 16 13 18 14 11 11 11 21 25 1 220 0.02%
Sanath Pinnaduwa NA 17 21 18 10 12 13 18 16 18 14 12 6 9 19 0 203 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...

17 10 13 20 9 11 16 7 14 14 11 11 9 21 2 185 0.02%
Senaratna de Silva PNF 15 7 12 13 11 12 12 10 10 21 10 10 7 24 3 177 0.02%
Battaramulla Seelarathana JP 13 5 16 13 15 11 12 5 14 13 7 10 11 17 9 171 0.02%
Aruna de Soyza RPP 13 5 8 9 7 10 19 9 15 11 8 8 9 14 1 146 0.02%
M.B. Thaminimulla ACAKO 8 9 9 11 9 9 15 4 8 14 3 6 5 8 0 118 0.01%
Sarath Kongahage UNAF 13 3 3 14 6 9 6 9 8 7 2 5 4 8 2 99 0.01%
Valid Votes 62,174 68,047 47,471 69,661 65,853 69,380 70,668 60,922 61,286 64,369 53,285 54,555 53,598 76,418 46,206 923,893 100.00%
Rejected Votes 360 436 308 334 548 390 349 492 458 432 270 311 343 502 1,111 6,644
Total Polled 62,534 68,483 47,779 69,995 66,401 69,770 71,017 61,414 61,744 64,801 53,555 54,866 53,941 76,920 47,317 930,537
Registered Electors 82,441 89,631 65,846 96,354 92,150 89,310 94,743 81,523 82,656 87,897 70,131 73,283 71,905 105,779 1,183,649
Turnout 75.85% 76.41% 72.56% 72.64% 72.06% 78.12% 74.96% 75.33% 74.70% 73.72% 76.36% 74.87% 75.02% 72.72% 78.62%
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
Bingi
-riya
|Dodan
-gas-
landa
|Hiri-
yala
|Kuliya-
pitiya
|Mawath
-agama
|Pandu
-was-
nuwara
|Wariya
-pola
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)
27,396 34,447 20,217 34,119 26,911 32,083 29,501 27,030 28,106 28,687 21,953 25,485 25,701 37,429 30,251 429,316 63.84% 10
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...

)
16,779 15,483 12,771 12,267 13,181 17,130 19,146 16,176 14,569 14,677 16,847 12,519 9,828 13,036 9,304 213,713 31.78% 5
Democratic National Alliance
Democratic National Alliance (Sri Lanka)
The Democratic National Alliance is a political alliance in Sri Lanka, formed by retired General Sarath Fonseka and his allies to contest in the 2010 general elections...

 (JVP
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...

 et al)
1,108 2,015 1,245 1,503 1,673 1,932 1,826 2,649 1,945 1,486 716 2,070 1,303 2,586 2,383 26,440 3.93% 0
Sri Lanka National Front 8 5 4 22 3 3 9 36 14 43 24 4 13 277 18 483 0.07% 0
United Lanka People's Party 20 19 27 45 30 27 31 24 36 32 12 34 18 67 26 448 0.07% 0
Our National Front 22 28 17 35 22 38 29 18 23 19 20 25 24 39 34 393 0.06% 0
United Democratic Front 20 13 29 15 24 22 18 22 12 20 14 17 16 20 15 277 0.04% 0
Independent 15
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

16 20 13 20 12 8 9 8 14 19 11 8 5 18 3 184 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...

12 11 11 7 6 10 11 10 12 14 7 7 3 12 1 134 0.02% 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...

13 8 9 7 10 10 9 3 13 8 2 4 4 13 6 119 0.02% 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...

4 7 4 4 8 12 8 6 12 21 7 10 3 2 3 111 0.02% 0
Liberal Party
Liberal Party of Sri Lanka
The Liberal Party of Sri Lanka began as a think-tank called the Council for Liberal Democracy, founded in 1981 by the late Dr. Chanaka Amaratunga, a longstanding member of the United National Party which was then in government....

1 5 1 1 6 9 0 7 4 56 2 4 0 2 3 101 0.02% 0
Independent 11
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

4 21 15 5 3 6 5 5 2 2 4 2 1 6 5 86 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 7 6 5 6 7 9 1 6 4 3 0 2 4 6 76 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...

1 3 2 1 4 1 4 0 1 3 1 1 1 29 0 52 0.01% 0
Janasetha Peramuna 1 7 2 6 0 2 4 2 6 2 0 0 4 4 5 45 0.01% 0
Ruhuna People's Party 4 5 1 2 4 1 0 4 5 3 1 3 5 5 1 44 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...

2 0 2 3 1 1 1 5 4 6 3 3 7 3 2 43 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...

3 2 1 2 2 0 1 6 6 3 4 2 3 2 2 39 0.01% 0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputhra Pakshaya is a minor Sinhala Buddhist political party in Sri Lanka, led by Dr. Harischandra Wijayatunga....

1 1 0 4 4 1 2 7 5 1 0 5 0 1 5 37 0.01% 0
Patriotic National Front 1 6 2 1 1 7 3 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 4 36 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...

0 1 2 3 2 5 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 7 4 34 0.01% 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...

1 2 2 8 3 0 0 1 2 2 0 3 2 3 4 33 0.00% 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...

1 3 2 4 1 3 1 1 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 30 0.00% 0
United Lanka Great Council 4 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 4 1 0 0 2 3 1 26 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...

8 2 0 2 0 0 1 4 2 1 1 1 0 3 1 26 0.00% 0
Independent 12
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

2 3 2 0 3 1 1 4 1 2 0 2 1 2 1 25 0.00% 0
Left Liberation Front 0 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 6 0 0 3 2 2 0 24 0.00% 0
Independent 6
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

1 1 7 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 1 2 21 0.00% 0
Sri Lanka Labour Party 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 21 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...

3 0 1 3 0 1 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 19 0.00% 0
Valid Votes 45,446 52,130 34,400 48,098 41,926 51,326 50,639 46,041 44,821 45,123 39,635 40,219 36,955 53,582 42,095 672,436 100.00% 15
Rejected Votes 3,350 3,003 3,358 5,319 3,832 3,575 3,558 3,012 3,806 4,975 3,092 2,835 3,118 4,884 1,413 53,130
Total Polled 48,796 55,133 37,758 53,417 45,758 54,901 54,197 49,053 48,627 50,098 42,727 43,054 40,073 58,466 43,508 725,566
Registered Electors 82,441 89,631 65,846 96,354 92,150 89,310 94,743 81,523 82,656 87,897 70,131 73,283 71,905 105,779 1,183,649
Turnout 59.19% 61.51% 57.34% 55.44% 49.66% 61.47% 57.20% 60.17% 58.83% 57.00% 60.92% 58.75% 55.73% 55.27% 61.30% |
Source:


The following candidates were elected:
Johnston Fernando
Johnston Fernando
Johnston Xavier Fernando is a Sri Lankan politician, current Cabinet Minister of Co-operatives & Internal Trade and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.- Portfolio :• 1991 - Councilor in Kurunegala Municipal Council...

 (UPFA), 136,943 preference votes (pv); Dayasiri Jayasekara
Dayasiri Jayasekara
Jayasekara Pathirannahelage Dayasiri Pathmakumara Jayasekara is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.- Political Life :...

 (UNF-UNP), 132,949 pv; T. B. Ekanayake
T. B. Ekanayake
T. B. Ekanayake is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

 (UPFA-SLFP), 112,420 pv; Anura Priyadharshana Yapa
Anura Priyadharshana Yapa
Anura Priyadharshana Yapa MP is the Sri Lanka's Cabinet Minister of Environment and a Member of Parliament representing the Kurunegala District.He is a Lawyer by profession & was educated at Nalanda College Colombo....

 (UPFA-SLFP), 98,880 pv; K. W. Shantha Bandara (UPFA), 86,353 pv; S.B. Nawinne
S.B. Nawinne
R. M. Seneviratne Bandara Nawinne is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

 (UPFA-SLFP), 74,976 pv; Akila Viraj Kariyawasam
Akila Viraj Kariyawasam
Akila Viraj Kariyawasam is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

 (UNF-UNP), 66,477 pv; Jayarathna Herath
Jayarathna Herath
Jayarathna Herath is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

 (UPFA-SLFP), 64,645 pv; Salinda Dissanayake
Salinda Dissanayake
Salinda Dissanayake is a current Member of Parliament from Kurunegala District and Sri Lankan Non-Cabinet Minister of Nation Building.-References:...

 (UPFA-SLFP), 56,842 pv; Neranjan Wickramasinghe (UPFA), 54,572 pv; Indika Bandaranayake
Indika Bandaranayake
Indika Bandaranayake is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

 (UPFA), 48,665 pv; Tharanath Basnayake (UPFA), 46,079 pv; Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
Mallawa Arachchige Gamini Jayawickrama Perera a Member of Parliament representing Kurunegala District.He is the Chairman of United National Party and former Cabinet Minister ....

(UNF-UNP), 44,131 pv; Ashoka Abeysinghe (UNF), 32,990 pv; and Nimal Senarath Wijesinghe (UNF), 30,687 pv.
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