Matara 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 Matara

Matara District

Matara is a district in Southern Province, Sri Lanka. Its area is 1,246 km². It is represented in the Sri Lankan Parliament following the Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2010 by former Sri Lankan national Cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya who stood for the United People's Freedom Alliance....

 in the Southern province

Southern Province, Sri Lanka

The Southern Province of Sri Lanka is a small geographic area consisting of the districts of Galle, Matara and Hambantota. The region is economically backward compared to the Western province, where the capital Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte is situated...

. The district currently elects 8 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 578,858 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	|%
			Akur- essa	|Devi- nuwara	|Kambur -upitiya	|Weli- gama
Junius Jayewardene	UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	24,667	22,457	22,605	22,146	20,549	23,221	25,051	4,029	164,725	49.32%
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...	20,389	18,147	17,757	22,984	21,408	19,333	22,282	2,287	144,587	43.29%
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...	4,781	1,886	4,874	2,711	3,267	2,067	2,276	255	22,117	6.62%
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....	246	220	246	228	229	156	198	48	1,571	0.47%
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...	70	63	52	71	78	67	90	18	509	0.15%
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...	108	72	49	61	83	22	78	1	474	0.14%
Valid Votes		50,261	42,845	45,583	48,201	45,614	44,866	49,975	6,638	333,983	100.00%
Rejected Votes		421	428	457	420	437	408	451	69	3,091
Total Polled		50,682	43,273	46,040	48,621	46,051	45,274	50,426	6,707	337,074
Registered Electors		59,798	49,817	56,693	57,203	57,400	56,252	62,725		399,888
Turnout		84.76%	86.86%	81.21%	85.00%	80.23%	80.48%	80.39%		84.29%
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	|%
			Akur- essa	|Devi- nuwara	|Kambur -upitiya	|Weli- gama
Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike was a Sri Lankan politician and the world's first female head of government...	SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...	3,505	10,949	4,403	1,494	3,228	17,718	15,802	325	57,424	54.30%
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...	5,346	10,157	5,076	1,327	1,256	11,606	10,351	280	45,399	42.93%
Oswin Abeygunasekara	SLMP	312	554	188	41	166	1,098	532	31	2,922	2.76%
Valid Votes		9,163	21,660	9,667	2,862	4,650	30,422	26,685	636	105,745	100.00%
Rejected Votes		277	378	104	51	89	497	540	67	2,003
Total Polled		9,440	22,038	9,771	2,913	4,739	30,919	27,225	703	107,748
Registered Electors		67,076	58,342	62,490	65,407	63,590	64,438	70,591		451,934
Turnout		14.07%	37.77%	15.64%	4.45%	7.45%	47.98%	38.57%		23.84%
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
	Akur- essa			|Devi- nuwara	|Kambur -upitiya	|Weli- gama
United National Party United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	5,454	3,556	6,622	218	1,231	16,505	9,141	3,007	45,734	56.11%	6
Sri Lanka Freedom Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...	2,902	2,301	1,369	149	1,136	11,094	7,508	2,293	28,752	35.28%	3
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.... )	481	104	18	2	103	2,879	262	376	4,225	5.18%	0
United Lanka People's Party	162	91	2	97	178	705	151	95	1,481	1.82%	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....	82	105	2	3	24	240	754	103	1,313	1.61%	0
Valid Votes	9,081	6,157	8,013	469	2,672	31,423	17,816	5,874	81,505	100.00%	9
Rejected Votes	836	567	149	43	235	1,835	1,237	226	5,128
Total Polled	9,917	6,724	8,162	512	2,907	33,258	19,053	6,100	86,633
Registered Electors	66,310	58,008	61,452	64,833	62,577	62,612	69,515	6,619	451,926
Turnout	14.96%	11.59%	13.28%	0.79%	4.65%	53.12%	27.41%	92.16%	19.17%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
Gamini Fonseka

Gamini Fonseka

Sembuge Gamini Shelton Fonseka was a Sri Lankan film actor and politician.Fonseka was born on March 21, 1936 in Dehiwela the third child of William and Daisy Fonseka. Starting school at a Presbyterian institution, Gamini moved on to S. Thomas' College, Mt. Lavinia...

 (UNP), 19,618 preference votes (pv); Mahinda Wijesekara

Mahinda Wijesekara

Mahinda Wijesekara is a Sri Lankan politician, former cabinet minister and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was injured in a suicide bombing in 2009.-References:...

 (SLFP), 18,517 pv; Mangala Samaraweera

Mangala Samaraweera

Mangala Pinsiri Samaraweera MP is a Sri Lankan politician and current member of parliament who served as the Cabinet Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2007...

 (SLFP), 11,971 pv; Ranjan Wijayawardhana (UNP), 9,925 pv; Abeywardhana Dayananda Wickremasinghe (UNP), 9,579 pv; Madurapala Ediriweera (UNP), 8,562 pv; H. R Piyasiri

H. R Piyasiri

Handunnetti Rannulu Piyasiri was an ex Member of Parliament.He was the State Minister of Labor and Vocational Training and was also one time Chairman of Lotteries Board....

 (UNP), 8,446 pv; Hewagampolage Sirisena (SLFP), 8,212 pv; and Peter Silva Loku Galappaththy (UNP), 7,094 pv.

1993 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 2nd Southern 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...	145,093	44.99%
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)	129,693	40.22%
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....	44,873	13.91%
Others	2,826	0.88%
Valid Votes	322,485	100.00%
Rejected Votes	22,979
Total Polled	345,464
Registered Electors	493,503
Turnout	70.00%
Source:

1994 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 3rd Southern provincial council election held on 24 March 1994 for the district:

Party	|%	People's Alliance People's Alliance (Sri Lanka) The People's Alliance is a front of political parties in Sri Lanka, formed in 1994.It comprises the following parties:* Sri Lanka Freedom Party* Lanka Sama Samaja Party* Communist Party of Sri Lanka* Sri Lanka Mahajana Party...  (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...  et al)	192,853	56.43%
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...	147,301	43.10%
Nava Sama Samaja Party Nava Sama Samaja Party The Nava Sama Samaja Pakshaya is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was formed through the expulsion from the Lanka Sama Samaja Party of the Vama Samsamja tendency led by Dr Vickrambahu , Sumanasiri Liyanage and others. Siritunga Jayasuriya and Vasudeva Nanayakkara joined later...	1,586	0.46%
Valid Votes	341,740	100.00%
Rejected Votes	17,397
Total Polled	359,137
Registered Electors	493,503
Turnout	72.77%
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
	Akur- essa			|Devi- nuwara	|Kambur -upitiya	|Weli- gama
People's Alliance People's Alliance (Sri Lanka) The People's Alliance is a front of political parties in Sri Lanka, formed in 1994.It comprises the following parties:* Sri Lanka Freedom Party* Lanka Sama Samaja Party* Communist Party of Sri Lanka* Sri Lanka Mahajana Party...  (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...  et al)	32,837	30,743	28,191	30,834	32,318	32,629	34,760	4,973	227,285	59.90%	5
United National Party United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	21,999	23,930	19,335	20,608	16,069	18,915	19,013	2,155	142,024	37.43%	3
Sri Lanka Progressive Front (JVP Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89... )	1,554	756	1,304	991	1,098	1,264	1,600	169	8,736	2.30%	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....	247	178	105	181	232	246	182	51	1,422	0.37%	0
Valid Votes	56,637	55,607	48,935	52,614	49,717	53,054	55,555	7,348	379,467	100.00%	8
Rejected Votes	2,674	3,330	1,841	2,965	2,318	1,632	2,325	82	17,167
Total Polled	59,311	58,937	50,776	55,579	52,035	54,686	57,880	7,430	396,634
Registered Electors	74,562	71,106	66,923	70,889	69,050	73,461	77,479		503,470
Turnout	79.55%	82.89%	75.87%	78.40%	75.36%	74.44%	74.70%		78.78%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
Dullas Alahapperuma

Dullas Alahapperuma

Dullas Daham Kumara Alahapperuma is a Sri Lankan politician, current Cabinet Minister of Youth Affairs and Skills Development and a National List member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-Early life:...

 (PA), 76,678 preference votes (pv); Ronnie de Mel

Ronnie De Mel

Ronald Joseph Godfrey de Mel, CCS is a Sri Lankan politician, civil servant and currently Senior Adviser to President. He was Cabinet Minister of Finance from 1977 to 1988 and was instrumental in the establishment of the free market economy in Sri Lanka...

 (UNP), 66,563 pv; Mahinda Wijesekara

Mahinda Wijesekara

Mahinda Wijesekara is a Sri Lankan politician, former cabinet minister and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was injured in a suicide bombing in 2009.-References:...

 (PA), 65,769 pv; Chandrasiri Gajadeera

Chandrasiri Gajadeera

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

 (PA), 62,852 pv; Mangala Samaraweera

Mangala Samaraweera

Mangala Pinsiri Samaraweera MP is a Sri Lankan politician and current member of parliament who served as the Cabinet Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2007...

 (PA), 61,574 pv; Eugin Alwis Samarasinghe (PA), 57,455 pv; Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena

Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena

Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena is a Sri Lankan politician. He is the current Deputy Minister of Economic Development in President Mahinda Rajapakse's Government. He is a representative of Matara District for the United People's Freedom Alliance in the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was educated at Mahinda...

 (UNP), 52,294 pv; and Handunneththi Rannulu Wimalasiri (UNP), 33,078 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	|%
			Akur- essa	|Devi- nuwara	|Kambur -upitiya	|Weli- gama
Chandrika Kumaratunga Chandrika Kumaratunga Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga born June 29, 1945) was the 4th Executive president of Sri Lanka, serving from November 12, 1994 to November 19, 2005. The daughter of two former Prime Ministers, she was also the leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party until end of 2005...	PA People's Alliance (Sri Lanka) The People's Alliance is a front of political parties in Sri Lanka, formed in 1994.It comprises the following parties:* Sri Lanka Freedom Party* Lanka Sama Samaja Party* Communist Party of Sri Lanka* Sri Lanka Mahajana Party...	32,632	30,662	30,817	29,756	31,038	32,503	34,583	5,874	227,865	64.69%
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...	18,165	18,819	14,824	17,473	14,133	15,751	16,708	2,351	118,224	33.56%
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...	327	465	185	407	305	152	201	13	2,055	0.58%
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....	175	316	185	240	213	205	173	57	1,564	0.44%
Nihal Galappaththi Nihal Galappaththi Arachchige Nihal Galappaththi is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...	SLPF	211	290	197	207	167	123	172	30	1,397	0.40%
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...	145	213	169	163	128	138	145	33	1,134	0.32%
Valid Votes		51,655	50,765	46,377	48,246	45,984	48,872	51,982	8,358	352,239	100.00%
Rejected Votes		903	1,293	624	828	655	648	675	105	5,731
Total Polled		52,558	52,058	47,001	49,074	46,639	49,520	52,657	8,463	357,970
Registered Electors		74,562	71,106	66,923	70,889	69,050	73,461	77,479		503,470
Turnout		70.49%	73.21%	70.23%	69.23%	67.54%	67.41%	67.96%		71.10%
Source:

1999 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 4th Southern 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 10 June 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)	157,762	46.36%	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...	130,843	38.45%	7
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...	40,276	11.84%	2
Independent 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	5,749	1.69%	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)	2,906	0.85%	0
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Mahajana Eksath Peramuna The Mahajana Eksath Peramuna is a left-wing political party in Sri Lanka. Today the party is led by Dinesh Gunawardena, son of Philip Gunawardena....	1,160	0.34%	0
People's Liberation Solidarity Front	448	0.13%	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....	399	0.12%	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....	298	0.09%	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...	292	0.09%	0
People's Freedom Front	143	0.04%	0
Valid Votes	340,276	100.00%	17
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors	510,310
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	|%
			Akur- essa	|Devi- nuwara	|Kambur -upitiya	|Weli- gama
Chandrika Kumaratunga Chandrika Kumaratunga Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga born June 29, 1945) was the 4th Executive president of Sri Lanka, serving from November 12, 1994 to November 19, 2005. The daughter of two former Prime Ministers, she was also the leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party until end of 2005...	PA People's Alliance (Sri Lanka) The People's Alliance is a front of political parties in Sri Lanka, formed in 1994.It comprises the following parties:* Sri Lanka Freedom Party* Lanka Sama Samaja Party* Communist Party of Sri Lanka* Sri Lanka Mahajana Party...	30,040	29,229	25,363	29,115	28,515	28,865	30,939	3,619	205,685	54.32%
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...	21,330	21,400	18,844	19,464	17,689	18,743	19,183	3,024	139,677	36.89%
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...	4,231	3,108	4,539	3,471	2,997	3,273	3,674	936	26,229	6.93%
Harischandra Wijayatunga Harischandra Wijayatunga Wijayatunga Mudalige Harischandra Wijayatunga is a Sri Lankan author, translator, lexicographer, teacher, lawyer and politician. He held various offices in different institutions of the Government of Sri Lanka. At present he is the leader of Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Party...	SMBP Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputhra Pakshaya is a minor Sinhala Buddhist political party in Sri Lanka, led by Dr. Harischandra Wijayatunga....	195	207	155	194	201	276	219	92	1,539	0.41%
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...	154	251	99	199	126	86	123	4	1,042	0.28%
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....	182	223	107	170	147	72	87	9	997	0.26%
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...	145	157	100	192	106	72	114	5	891	0.24%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara	LDA	72	95	84	54	68	156	67	74	670	0.18%
Abdul Rasool	SLMP	99	116	56	85	68	94	116	5	639	0.17%
Kamal Karunadasa	PLSF	100	111	62	92	50	54	71	3	543	0.14%
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...	58	75	47	57	41	19	35	0	332	0.09%
A.W. Premawardhana	PFF	40	45	15	32	24	18	26	2	202	0.05%
A. Dissanayaka	DUNF Democratic United National Front The Democratic United National Front is a political party in Sri Lanka.At the last legislative elections, held on 2 April 2004, the party was part of the United People's Freedom Alliance that won 45.6 % of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats....	34	38	24	36	22	15	20	3	192	0.05%
Valid Votes		56,680	55,055	49,495	53,161	50,054	51,743	54,674	7,776	378,638	100.00%
Rejected Votes		1,090	1,464	963	983	887	1,790	1,027	379	8,583
Total Polled		57,770	56,519	50,458	54,144	50,941	53,533	55,701	8,155	387,221
Registered Electors		76,916	74,409	68,296	75,156	70,157	72,593	78,320		515,847
Turnout		75.11%	75.96%	73.88%	72.04%	72.61%	73.74%	71.12%		75.07%
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
	Akur- essa			|Devi- nuwara	|Kambur -upitiya	|Weli- gama
People's Alliance People's Alliance (Sri Lanka) The People's Alliance is a front of political parties in Sri Lanka, formed in 1994.It comprises the following parties:* Sri Lanka Freedom Party* Lanka Sama Samaja Party* Communist Party of Sri Lanka* Sri Lanka Mahajana Party... (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...  et al)	30,699	29,427	24,263	28,636	28,022	28,736	29,608	4,299	203,690	51.47%	5
United National Party United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	21,688	23,807	17,826	21,728	18,823	19,706	20,276	3,001	146,855	37.11%	2
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...	5,879	3,986	7,489	4,522	4,179	5,200	6,262	1,240	38,757	9.79%	1
Sinhala Heritage	476	166	395	215	388	1,024	559	152	3,375	0.85%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputhra Pakshaya is a minor Sinhala Buddhist political party in Sri Lanka, led by Dr. Harischandra Wijayatunga....	114	38	50	61	114	82	83	26	568	0.14%	0
United Sinhala Great Council	85	136	59	101	69	48	50	0	548	0.14%	0
People's Liberation Solidarity Front	59	32	30	52	25	72	56	10	336	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....	46	72	30	45	32	28	42	1	296	0.07%	0
Citizen's Front	42	47	40	39	43	26	38	1	276	0.07%	0
Independent 5 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	30	58	20	28	29	27	22	0	214	0.05%	0
Democratic United National Front Democratic United National Front The Democratic United National Front is a political party in Sri Lanka.At the last legislative elections, held on 2 April 2004, the party was part of the United People's Freedom Alliance that won 45.6 % of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats....	26	48	21	41	29	24	23	1	213	0.05%	0
Independent 3 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	30	30	26	17	20	11	21	2	157	0.04%	0
Left & Democratic Alliance	17	20	12	12	7	28	15	4	115	0.03%	0
Independent 4 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	20	16	8	21	6	9	11	0	91	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...	19	6	5	16	15	14	11	1	87	0.02%	0
Independent 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	13	19	7	8	13	5	8	0	73	0.02%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	8	11	7	9	8	9	5	0	57	0.01%	0
Peoples Freedom Front	10	11	9	9	5	5	5	2	56	0.01%	0
Valid Votes	59,261	57,930	50,297	55,560	51,827	55,054	57,095	8,740	395,764	100.00%	8
Rejected Votes	3,207	3,869	1,946	3,601	2,537	2,022	2,752	197	20,131
Total Polled	62,468	61,799	52,243	59,161	54,364	57,076	59,847	8,937	415,895
Registered Electors	78,408	76,101	69,003	76,562	71,211	73,737	79,629		524,651
Turnout	79.67%	81.21%	75.71%	77.27%	76.34%	77.40%	75.16%		79.27%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
Mangala Samaraweera

Mangala Samaraweera

Mangala Pinsiri Samaraweera MP is a Sri Lankan politician and current member of parliament who served as the Cabinet Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2007...

 (PA), 93,110 preference votes (pv); Mahinda Wijesekara

Mahinda Wijesekara

Mahinda Wijesekara is a Sri Lankan politician, former cabinet minister and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was injured in a suicide bombing in 2009.-References:...

 (PA), 83,625 pv; Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena

Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena

Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena is a Sri Lankan politician. He is the current Deputy Minister of Economic Development in President Mahinda Rajapakse's Government. He is a representative of Matara District for the United People's Freedom Alliance in the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was educated at Mahinda...

 (UNP), 81,053 pv; Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena

Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena

Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena is a Sri Lankan politician and landed proprietor.He is the Minister of Cultural Affairs and National Heritage...

 (PA), 70,091 pv; Sagala Ratnayaka

Sagala Ratnayaka

Sagala Gajendra Ratnayaka, MP is a Sri Lankan politician and agriculturalist. He was a Member of Parliament from 2000 to 2010 and was the former Deputy Minister of Power, Energy in Sri Lanka. He was educated at the prestigious Royal College Colombo and was the Head Prefect...

 (UNP), 58,634 pv; Dullas Alahapperuma

Dullas Alahapperuma

Dullas Daham Kumara Alahapperuma is a Sri Lankan politician, current Cabinet Minister of Youth Affairs and Skills Development and a National List member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-Early life:...

 (PA), 48,721 pv; Chandrasiri Gajadeera

Chandrasiri Gajadeera

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

 (PA), 43,913 pv; and Jinadasa Kitulagoda

Jinadasa Kitulagoda

Jinadasa Kitulagoda is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

 (JVP), 4,012 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
	Akur- essa			|Devi- nuwara	|Kambur -upitiya	|Weli- gama
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.... )	25,372	26,114	22,490	23,457	21,992	24,376	24,241		171,661	42.49%	4
People's Alliance People's Alliance (Sri Lanka) The People's Alliance is a front of political parties in Sri Lanka, formed in 1994.It comprises the following parties:* Sri Lanka Freedom Party* Lanka Sama Samaja Party* Communist Party of Sri Lanka* Sri Lanka Mahajana Party... (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...  et al)	25,294	24,399	20,021	24,577	23,194	24,480	25,703		171,141	42.37%	3
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...	9,120	6,776	8,378	7,094	6,479	6,763	8,058		54,476	13.49%	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)	437	571	284	511	384	253	330		2,780	0.69%	0
Sinhala Heritage	185	135	223	177	223	536	298		1,854	0.46%	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:...	138	178	91	162	91	74	110		856	0.21%	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...	29	43	23	27	35	18	33		208	0.05%	0
People's Freedom Front	24	53	17	28	27	17	29		196	0.05%	0
United Sinhala Great Council	17	33	23	21	20	7	21		143	0.04%	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....	28	18	11	11	25	20	13		129	0.03%	0
National Development Front	22	20	11	26	13	16	20		128	0.03%	0
Independent 3 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	18	30	16	26	14	13	10		128	0.03%	0
Independent 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	18	14	6	14	11	13	14		91	0.02%	0
Independent 2 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	6	12	5	11	13	4	9		60	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	8	10	8	7	8	11	6		58	0.01%	0
Independent 4 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	11	17	6	6	5	5	8		58	0.01%	0
Valid Votes	60,727	58,423	51,613	56,155	52,534	56,606	58,903		403,967	100.00%	8
Rejected Votes	3,172	4,030	2,120	3,878	2,795	1,983	2,608		20,820
Total Polled	63,899	62,453	53,733	60,033	55,329	58,589	61,511		424,787
Registered Electors	79,850	77,540	70,412	77,929	72,590	75,301	81,072		534,694
Turnout	80.02%	80.54%	76.31%	77.04%	76.22%	77.81%	75.87%		79.44%
Sources:

The following candidates were elected:
Mangala Samaraweera

Mangala Samaraweera

Mangala Pinsiri Samaraweera MP is a Sri Lankan politician and current member of parliament who served as the Cabinet Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2007...

 (PA), 105,992 preference votes (pv); Mahinda Wijesekara

Mahinda Wijesekara

Mahinda Wijesekara is a Sri Lankan politician, former cabinet minister and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was injured in a suicide bombing in 2009.-References:...

 (UNF), 95,378 pv; Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena

Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena

Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena is a Sri Lankan politician. He is the current Deputy Minister of Economic Development in President Mahinda Rajapakse's Government. He is a representative of Matara District for the United People's Freedom Alliance in the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was educated at Mahinda...

 (UNF), 81,617 pv; Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena

Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena

Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena is a Sri Lankan politician and landed proprietor.He is the Minister of Cultural Affairs and National Heritage...

 (PA), 64,756 pv; Justin Galappathi (UNF), 60,548 pv; Mallika de Mel (PA), 60,531 pv; Sagala Ratnayaka

Sagala Ratnayaka

Sagala Gajendra Ratnayaka, MP is a Sri Lankan politician and agriculturalist. He was a Member of Parliament from 2000 to 2010 and was the former Deputy Minister of Power, Energy in Sri Lanka. He was educated at the prestigious Royal College Colombo and was the Head Prefect...

 (UNF), 55,423 pv; and Jinadasa Kitulagoda

Jinadasa Kitulagoda

Jinadasa Kitulagoda is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

 (JVP), 4,799 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
	Akur- essa			|Devi- nuwara	|Kambur -upitiya	|Weli- gama
United People's Freedom Alliance United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance is a political alliance in Sri Lanka. The current leader of the United People's Freedom Alliance is Mahinda Rajapaksa and Susil Premajayantha is the general secretary of UPFA.The alliance was formed by:...  (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in... , JVP Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...  et al)	35,747	33,051	30,360	34,158	31,927	32,967	34,824	8,201	241,235	60.27%	5
United National Front (UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe... , SLMC Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders.... , CWC Ceylon Workers' Congress The Ceylon Workers' Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka that has traditionally represented Tamils working in the plantation sector of the economy .- History :... , 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.... )	21,318	23,262	16,473	18,582	16,879	19,458	19,996	3,665	139,633	34.89%	3
Jathika Hela Urumaya Jathika Hela Urumaya The Jathika Hela Urumaya is a political party in Sri Lanka which is led by Buddhist monks. The JHU was launched in February, 2004 by the lay-based, secular Sinhala nationalist political party Sihala Urumaya. Founding members include Kolonnawe Sumangala Thero, Uduwe Dhammaloka Thero, Ellawela...	1,733	1,197	2,331	1,421	1,988	4,309	2,462	788	16,229	4.05%	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:...	253	376	148	226	167	146	204	6	1,526	0.38%	0
National Development Front	91	123	99	118	102	84	92	9	718	0.18%	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...	49	63	15	34	21	25	37	1	245	0.06%	0
New Left Front New Left Front The Left Liberation Front is a left wing electoral coalition in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1998 as the New Left Front by the Nava Sama Samaja Party, former members of the People's Alliance, and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna...  (NSSP Nava Sama Samaja Party The Nava Sama Samaja Pakshaya is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was formed through the expulsion from the Lanka Sama Samaja Party of the Vama Samsamja tendency led by Dr Vickrambahu , Sumanasiri Liyanage and others. Siritunga Jayasuriya and Vasudeva Nanayakkara joined later...  et al)	20	29	16	18	17	52	36	4	192	0.05%	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...	25	36	4	15	7	10	20	0	117	0.03%	0
Independent 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	4	11	6	10	7	7	7	0	52	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....	6	8	7	14	4	4	6	1	50	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	8	5	2	3	6	5	1	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...	2	12	3	6	4	3	4	0	34	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...	1	12	5	7	1	3	5	0	34	0.01%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputhra Pakshaya is a minor Sinhala Buddhist political party in Sri Lanka, led by Dr. Harischandra Wijayatunga....	5	3	4	5	7	4	5	0	33	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka National Front	7	5	3	4	2	2	6	0	29	0.01%	0
Swarajya	6	2	7	3	1	3	4	0	26	0.01%	0
Independent 4 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	8	3	2	5	1	0	3	1	23	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	1	1	3	5	2	8	1	0	21	0.01%	0
Valid Votes	59,282	58,202	49,491	54,633	51,140	57,091	57,717	12,677	400,233	100.00%	8
Rejected Votes	3,427	4,545	2,365	3,846	2,958	1,999	3,422	207	22,769
Total Polled	62,709	62,747	51,856	58,479	54,098	59,090	61,139	12,884	423,002
Registered Electors	82,330	80,259	71,812	79,918	74,434	78,465	83,288		550,506
Turnout	76.17%	78.18%	72.21%	73.17%	72.68%	75.31%	73.41%		76.84%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
Mangala Samaraweera

Mangala Samaraweera

Mangala Pinsiri Samaraweera MP is a Sri Lankan politician and current member of parliament who served as the Cabinet Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2007...

 (UPFA-SLFP), 118,848 preference votes (pv); Jinadasa Kitulagoda

Jinadasa Kitulagoda

Jinadasa Kitulagoda is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

 (UPFA-JVP), 109,417 pv; Pemasiri Manage

Pemasiri Manage

M. M. Pemasiri Manage is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

 (UPFA-JVP), 101,558 pv; Mahinda Wijesekara

Mahinda Wijesekara

Mahinda Wijesekara is a Sri Lankan politician, former cabinet minister and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was injured in a suicide bombing in 2009.-References:...

 (UNF-UNP), 72,563 pv; Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena

Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena

Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena is a Sri Lankan politician. He is the current Deputy Minister of Economic Development in President Mahinda Rajapakse's Government. He is a representative of Matara District for the United People's Freedom Alliance in the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was educated at Mahinda...

 (UNF-UNP), 66,498 pv; Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena

Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena

Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena is a Sri Lankan politician and landed proprietor.He is the Minister of Cultural Affairs and National Heritage...

 (UPFA-SLFP), 60,453 pv; Sagala Ratnayaka

Sagala Ratnayaka

Sagala Gajendra Ratnayaka, MP is a Sri Lankan politician and agriculturalist. He was a Member of Parliament from 2000 to 2010 and was the former Deputy Minister of Power, Energy in Sri Lanka. He was educated at the prestigious Royal College Colombo and was the Head Prefect...

 (UNF-UNP), 59,888 pv; and Chandrasiri Gajadeera

Chandrasiri Gajadeera

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

 (UPFA-CPSL), 46,138 pv.

2004 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 5th Southern provincial council election

Sri Lankan provincial council election, 2004

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

 held on 10 July 2004 for the district:

Party	|Votes per Polling Division	|Total Votes	|Seats
	Akur- essa			|Devi- nuwara	|Kambur -upitiya	|Weli- gama
United People's Freedom Alliance United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance is a political alliance in Sri Lanka. The current leader of the United People's Freedom Alliance is Mahinda Rajapaksa and Susil Premajayantha is the general secretary of UPFA.The alliance was formed by:...  (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in... , JVP Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...  et al)	25,586	24,440	24,085	23,922	25,655	25,993	27,418	4,977	182,076	64.30%	12
United National Party United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	14,639	17,285	10,944	11,692	10,513	13,467	13,942	1,966	94,448	33.35%	6
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...	221	123	51	3,168	901	66	41	44	4,615	1.63%	0
People's Liberation Solidarity Front	120	121	59	74	107	83	36	17	617	0.22%	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:...	70	118	66	65	66	48	95	6	534	0.19%	0
United Lalith Front	61	72	38	33	41	39	60	4	348	0.12%	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....	106	19	13	15	12	10	10	1	186	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....	19	18	25	27	26	33	17	17	182	0.06%	0
United Sinhala Great Council	10	21	7	90	15	9	12	8	172	0.06%	0
Valid Votes	40,832	42,217	35,288	39,086	37,336	39,748	41,631	7,040	283,178	100.00%	18
Rejected Votes	2,363	2,993	2,091	2,411	2,307	2,092	2,367	368	16,992
Total Polled	43,195	45,210	37,379	41,497	39,643	41,840	43,998	7,408	300,170
Registered Electors	82,330	80,259	71,812	79,918	75,434	78,465	83,288		551,506
Turnout	52.47%	56.33%	52.05%	51.92%	52.55%	53.32%	52.83%		54.43%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
Akalanka Buddika Pathirana (UNP), 44,165 preference votes (pv); S. Rathanayake (UPFA), 42,771 pv; Justin Galappaththi (UNP), 31,953 pv; Arachchige Saman Kumara Suraweera (UPFA), 29,813 pv; L. B. Lal Premanath (UPFA), 29,790 pv; N. K. Sisira Kumara (UPFA), 29,064 pv; Gunasekara Wickramarathna Hemal (UPFA), 29,021 pv; S. Vijaya Bindu Weerasinghe (UPFA), 26,270 pv; Dhamvijaya Wijesekara Dahanayake (UPFA), 25,174 pv; Abewickrama Danvas Stanly (UPFA), 25,057 pv; Handunneththi Rannulu Piyasiri (UPFA), 24,841 pv; H. G. Weerasumana Weerasinghe (UPFA), 22,095 pv; Suduweli Kondage Lakmal Nilantha (UPFA), 19,192 pv; Handunge Sosindra Nandana (UPFA), 18,422 pv; Sirisena Wijewickrama Kankanamge (UNP), 17,878 pv; Kapila Jayantha Wellappili (UNP), 14,620 pv; Amaraweera Wickrama Gunawardhana Jinadasa (UNP), 11,122 pv; and Madduma Patabandige Praneeth Padmathilaka (UNP), 9,312 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	|%
			Akur- essa	|Devi- nuwara	|Kambur -upitiya	|Weli- gama
Mahinda Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa Percy Mahendra "Mahinda" Rajapaksa ; ; born November 18, 1945) is the 6th and current President of Sri Lanka and Commander in Chief of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces. A lawyer by profession, Rajapaksa was first elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in 1970, and served as prime minister from April 6,...	UPFA United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance is a political alliance in Sri Lanka. The current leader of the United People's Freedom Alliance is Mahinda Rajapaksa and Susil Premajayantha is the general secretary of UPFA.The alliance was formed by:...	41,091	36,916	35,319	40,567	37,641	37,829	40,027	10,021	279,411	61.85%
Ranil Wickremasinghe Ranil Wickremasinghe Ranil Shriyan Wickremesinghe , MP, is a Sri Lankan politician and current Leader of the Opposition in the Sri Lankan parliament. He was Prime Minister of Sri Lanka twice, from May 7, 1993 to August 19, 1994 and from December 9, 2001 to April 6, 2004...	UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	25,103	28,015	19,288	22,366	19,771	22,941	24,225	4,128	165,837	36.71%
A.A. Suraweera	NDF	326	330	216	368	229	162	242	4	1,877	0.42%
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:...	279	370	191	294	197	127	226	3	1,687	0.37%
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	68	87	96	75	58	77	66	27	554	0.12%
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...	98	109	51	90	84	36	52	4	524	0.12%
Wimal Geeganage	SLNF	79	83	42	88	78	26	53	2	451	0.10%
Aruna de Soyza	RPP	63	73	68	98	55	37	50	7	451	0.10%
A.K.J. Arachchige	DUA	51	54	30	71	37	28	48	1	320	0.07%
Anura De Silva	ULF	43	52	29	45	47	23	36	2	277	0.06%
Wije Dias	SEP Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka) The Socialist Equality Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1968 as the Revolutionary Communist League by former student members of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party who joined the International Committee of the Fourth International. They remained loyal to Gerry Healy...	20	32	11	19	17	19	15	7	140	0.03%
P. Nelson Perera	SLPF	18	33	5	27	14	10	12	0	119	0.03%
H.S. Dharmadwaja	UNAF	7	19	8	10	9	7	13	1	74	0.02%
Valid Votes		67,246	66,173	55,354	64,118	58,237	61,322	65,065	14,207	451,722	100.00%
Rejected Votes		570	879	415	571	458	483	568	133	4,077
Total Polled		67,816	67,052	55,769	64,689	58,695	61,805	65,633	14,340	455,799
Registered Electors		84,867	82,636	73,005	82,128	75,953	79,784	84,614		562,987
Turnout		79.91%	81.14%	76.39%	78.77%	77.28%	77.47%	77.57%		80.96%
Source:

2009 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 6th Southern provincial council election

Sri Lanka Provincial Council elections, 2008–2009

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

 held on 10 October 2009 for the district:

Party	|Votes per Polling Division	|Total Votes	|Seats
	Akur- essa			|Devi- nuwara	|Kambur -upitiya	|Weli- gama
United People's Freedom Alliance United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance is a political alliance in Sri Lanka. The current leader of the United People's Freedom Alliance is Mahinda Rajapaksa and Susil Premajayantha is the general secretary of UPFA.The alliance was formed by:...  (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...  et al)	39,629	40,706	29,812	40,025	36,350	29,770	34,955	5,863	257,110	67.97%	12
United National Party United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	15,594	12,079	12,328	11,251	10,793	17,966	13,287	1,316	94,614	25.01%	5
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...	3,340	2,099	3,127	2,644	2,672	3,647	2,449	709	20,687	5.47%	1
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders....	240	43	662	184	146	274	2,713	18	4,280	1.13%	0
United National Alliance	55	67	43	52	57	46	48	3	371	0.10%	0
National Development Front	39	56	33	38	67	22	36	3	294	0.08%	0
Independent 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	10	10	96	83	29	15	6	3	252	0.07%	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:...	13	40	59	22	22	35	25	2	218	0.06%	0
Janasetha Peramuna	11	2	8	8	11	55	2	1	98	0.03%	0
Democratic Unity Alliance	4	15	8	14	8	4	7	1	61	0.02%	0
Independent 3 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	10	7	7	12	9	6	6	2	59	0.02%	0
Patriotic National Front	4	7	4	12	7	5	4	0	43	0.01%	0
United Lanka Great Council	10	4	3	14	3	2	0	0	36	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	2	6	4	2	3	4	12	1	34	0.01%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputhra Pakshaya is a minor Sinhala Buddhist political party in Sri Lanka, led by Dr. Harischandra Wijayatunga....	5	3	3	4	3	7	5	2	32	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...	3	5	3	9	6	4	2	0	32	0.01%	0
Ruhuna People's Party	2	6	4	7	3	3	6	0	31	0.01%	0
Valid Votes	58,971	55,155	46,204	54,381	50,189	51,865	53,563	7,924	378,252	100.00%	18
Rejected Votes	2,375	3,281	1,673	3,022	2,316	1,827	2,070	163	16,727
Total Polled	61,346	58,436	47,877	57,403	52,505	53,692	55,633	8,087	394,979
Registered Electors	87,510	86,311	74,601	85,686	77,705	80,334	86,711		578,858
Turnout	70.10%	67.70%	64.18%	66.99%	67.57%	66.84%	64.16%		68.23%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
Gunasekara Wickramarathna Hemal (UPFA), 63,323 preference votes (pv); Akalanka Buddika Pathirana (UNP), 57,802 pv; Abeywardhana Sarath Yapa (UPFA), 45,882 pv; Chandima Rasaputhra (UPFA), 40,066 pv; Dhamvijaya Wijesekara Dahanayake (UPFA), 32,972 pv; S. Vijaya Bindu Weerasinghe (UPFA), 32,041 pv; H. G. Weerasumana Weerasinghe (UPFA), 31,945 pv; Anthonige Hewa Piyasena (UPFA), 31,423 pv; Manoj Sirisena Hewagampalage (UPFA), 31,033 pv; Kanchana Wodatha Wijesekara (UPFA), 30,870 pv; Jayantha Kodithuwakku Hewa Kodithuwakku Manamalarachchige (UPFA), 29,282 pv; Justin Galappaththi (UPFA), 28,371 pv; Aruna Gunarathna (UPFA), 28,239 pv; Gayan Sanjeewa Hewa Wellalage (UNP), 17,654 pv; Kapila Jayantha Wellappili (UNP), 15,041 pv; Sirisena Wijewickrama Kankanamge (UNP), 14,274 pv; A. A. Haputhanthrige Windana Nishantha (UNP), 13,758 pv; and N. K. Sisira Kumara (JVP), 3,189 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	|%
			Akur- essa	|Devi- nuwara	|Kambur -upitiya	|Weli- gama
Mahinda Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa Percy Mahendra "Mahinda" Rajapaksa ; ; born November 18, 1945) is the 6th and current President of Sri Lanka and Commander in Chief of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces. A lawyer by profession, Rajapaksa was first elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in 1970, and served as prime minister from April 6,...	UPFA United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance is a political alliance in Sri Lanka. The current leader of the United People's Freedom Alliance is Mahinda Rajapaksa and Susil Premajayantha is the general secretary of UPFA.The alliance was formed by:...	44,527	42,999	36,428	45,590	40,879	33,948	41,359	10,425	296,155	65.53%
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...	21,926	20,939	17,219	17,626	16,561	27,102	21,978	5,159	148,510	32.86%
A.A. Suraweera	NDF	185	332	145	300	149	95	172	3	1,381	0.31%
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....	144	250	116	220	170	87	91	10	1,088	0.24%
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...	130	205	74	154	108	59	95	4	829	0.18%
C.J. Sugathsiri Gamage	UDF	112	142	84	97	85	61	150	5	736	0.16%
A.S.P Liyanage A.S.P Liyanage Panagoda Don Prince Solomon Anura Liyanage is a Sri Lankan business magnate, the chairman and managing director of the ASP Group, a private real estate group established in 1989...	SLLP	95	139	62	99	93	43	64	2	597	0.13%
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:...	54	95	23	49	42	26	50	6	345	0.08%
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...	54	60	35	53	52	23	51	1	329	0.07%
Sarath Manamendra	NSH	45	81	33	45	31	38	39	1	313	0.07%
Aithurus M. Illias	Ind 2 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	33	47	35	58	38	25	47	1	284	0.06%
Lal Perera	ONF	39	69	33	43	21	38	37	3	283	0.06%
Vikramabahu Karunaratne Vikramabahu Karunaratne Vikramabahu Karunaratne is a Sri Lankan politician and he contested for the Sri Lankan presidential election.-Early life:...	LF	25	46	14	33	33	15	25	8	199	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...	28	38	12	26	17	11	20	2	154	0.03%
Battaramulla Seelarathana	JP	20	28	11	30	15	4	11	6	125	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...	15	20	8	21	17	18	12	1	112	0.02%
Aruna de Soyza	RPP	19	38	7	15	12	10	6	0	107	0.02%
Senaratna de Silva	PNF	15	21	9	16	10	11	13	2	97	0.02%
Sanath Pinnaduwa	NA	14	21	5	14	8	10	10	0	82	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...	15	15	6	13	12	8	11	1	81	0.02%
M.B. Thaminimulla	ACAKO	13	15	5	12	4	7	9	1	66	0.01%
Sarath Kongahage	UNAF	11	13	8	8	8	3	4	1	56	0.01%
Valid Votes		67,519	65,613	54,372	64,522	58,365	61,642	64,254	15,642	451,929	100.00%
Rejected Votes		449	624	308	452	364	367	333	128	3,025
Total Polled		67,968	66,237	54,680	64,974	58,729	62,009	64,587	15,770	454,954
Registered Electors		87,510	86,311	74,601	85,686	77,705	80,334	86,711		578,858
Turnout		77.67%	76.74%	73.30%	75.83%	75.58%	77.19%	74.49%		78.60%
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
	Akur- essa			|Devi- nuwara	|Kambur -upitiya	|Weli- gama
United People's Freedom Alliance United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance is a political alliance in Sri Lanka. The current leader of the United People's Freedom Alliance is Mahinda Rajapaksa and Susil Premajayantha is the general secretary of UPFA.The alliance was formed by:...  (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...  et al)	30,816	30,270	26,177	33,113	28,834	24,353	29,814	10,560	213,937	65.31%	6
United National Front (UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe... , SLMC Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders.... , 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... )	13,196	12,737	9,535	9,971	10,277	19,875	12,482	3,041	91,114	27.81%	2
Democratic National Alliance Democratic National Alliance (Sri Lanka) The Democratic National Alliance is a political alliance in Sri Lanka, formed by retired General Sarath Fonseka and his allies to contest in the 2010 general elections...  (JVP Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...  et al)	3,075	1,960	3,086	2,212	2,257	3,624	2,812	1,439	20,465	6.25%	0
Sri Lanka National Front	86	40	51	17	142	57	62	23	478	0.15%	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...	51	54	25	48	34	32	33	1	278	0.08%	0
Our National Front	39	51	21	48	50	19	30	3	261	0.08%	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:...	37	50	45	25	28	28	23	4	240	0.07%	0
National Development Front	17	32	30	33	25	21	18	4	180	0.05%	0
United Democratic Front	26	33	14	24	17	16	15	5	150	0.05%	0
Left Liberation Front	4	2	8	0	2	5	101	4	126	0.04%	0
Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal	22	3	0	4	3	8	8	1	49	0.01%	0
Independent 4 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	3	16	4	8	4	2	3	2	42	0.01%	0
Patriotic National Front	2	13	5	4	6	5	2	0	37	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...	6	6	1	7	6	3	6	0	35	0.01%	0
Janasetha Peramuna	3	6	2	4	6	9	3	0	33	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	6	1	5	4	2	5	1	30	0.01%	0
Liberal Party Liberal Party of Sri Lanka The Liberal Party of Sri Lanka began as a think-tank called the Council for Liberal Democracy, founded in 1981 by the late Dr. Chanaka Amaratunga, a longstanding member of the United National Party which was then in government....	7	5	6	4	1	5	1	1	30	0.01%	0
National People's Party	1	5	3	3	4	4	10	0	30	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...	5	7	2	2	4	1	3	1	25	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka Labour Party	2	2	1	1	10	3	4	0	23	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....	3	2	2	2	4	2	1	3	19	0.01%	0
Valid Votes	47,407	45,300	39,019	45,535	41,718	48,074	45,436	15,093	327,582	100.00%	8
Rejected Votes	2,170	2,718	1,473	2,572	1,906	1,299	1,812	339	14,289
Total Polled	49,577	48,018	40,492	48,107	43,624	49,373	47,248	15,432	341,871
Registered Electors	87,510	86,311	74,601	85,686	77,705	80,334	86,711		578,858
Turnout	56.65%	55.63%	54.28%	56.14%	56.14%	61.46%	54.49%		59.06%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
Sanath Jayasuriya

Sanath Jayasuriya

Sanath Teran Jayasuriya is a former Sri Lankan cricketer. An all-rounder, he played for the Sri Lankan cricket team from 1989 to 2011...

 (UPFA), 74,352 preference votes (pv); Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena

Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena

Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena is a Sri Lankan politician and landed proprietor.He is the Minister of Cultural Affairs and National Heritage...

 (UPFA-SLFP), 70,439 pv; Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena

Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena

Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena is a Sri Lankan politician. He is the current Deputy Minister of Economic Development in President Mahinda Rajapakse's Government. He is a representative of Matara District for the United People's Freedom Alliance in the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was educated at Mahinda...

 (UPFA), 67,510 pv; Buddhika Pathirana (UNF), 62,499 pv; Mangala Samaraweera

Mangala Samaraweera

Mangala Pinsiri Samaraweera MP is a Sri Lankan politician and current member of parliament who served as the Cabinet Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2007...

 (UNF-SLFP(P)), 59,836 pv; Chandrasiri Gajadeera

Chandrasiri Gajadeera

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

(UPFA-CPSL), 51,742 pv; Hemal Gunasekara (UPFA), 51,013 pv; and Wijaya Dahanayaka (UPFA), 44,463 pv.