Ratnapura 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 Ratnapura

Ratnapura District

Ratnapura is a district of Sri Lanka in the province of Sabaragamuwa.The gem-mining centre of Sri Lanka is also a major crossroad between southern plains and the hill country to the east. A bustling market city servicing most of the surrounding towns. Many of the prominent gem dealers in Sri Lanka...

 in the Sabaragamuwa province

Sabaragamuwa Province

Sabaragamuwa, is a province of Sri Lanka, and contains two main cities: Ratnapura and Kegalle. Sabaragamuwa University is in Belihuloya. It is named after its former indigenous inhabitants, namely the Sabara, an indic term for hunter gatherer tribes, a term seldom used in ancient Sri...

. The district currently elects 10 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 734,651 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	|%
			Balan -goda	|Kala- wana	|Niviti -gala	|Rak- wana	UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	22,923	23,721	13,806	24,459	21,556	17,212	24,986	24,765	2,475	175,903	50.90%
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...	20,679	19,742	13,644	18,287	20,308	15,106	17,936	25,402	1,402	152,506	44.13%
Rohana Wijeweera Rohana Wijeweera Patabendi Don Nandasiri Wijeweera or Rohana Wijeweera was a Sri Lankan Marxist politician and the founding leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna...	JVP Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...	1,440	851	629	4,161	779	1,126	1,339	860	98	11,283	3.26%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara Vasudeva Nanayakkara Vasudeva Nanayakkara is a veteran left-wing Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament and a former presidential candidate.-Politics:Nanayakkara joined the Lanka Sama Samaja Party as student in 1958...	NSSP Nava Sama Samaja Party The Nava Sama Samaja Pakshaya is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was formed through the expulsion from the Lanka Sama Samaja Party of the Vama Samsamja tendency led by Dr Vickrambahu , Sumanasiri Liyanage and others. Siritunga Jayasuriya and Vasudeva Nanayakkara joined later...	53	2,987	52	83	62	61	57	102	37	3,494	1.01%
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....	195	272	129	378	205	214	291	273	39	1,996	0.58%
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...	76	54	33	59	52	35	62	51	0	422	0.12%
Valid Votes		45,366	47,627	28,293	47,427	42,962	33,754	44,671	51,453	4,051	345,604	100.00%
Rejected Votes		336	855	237	505	324	340	289	499	22	3,407
Total Polled		45,702	48,482	28,530	47,932	43,286	34,094	44,960	51,952	4,073	349,011
Registered Electors		51,837	56,592	32,904	60,326	48,510	38,662	51,385	61,986		402,202
Turnout		88.16%	85.67%	86.71%	79.45%	89.23%	88.18%	87.50%	83.81%		86.78%
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	|%
			Balan -goda	|Kala- wana	|Niviti -gala	|Rak- wana	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...	24,802	24,281	14,316	21,204	23,198	18,370	26,643	26,029	1,779	180,622	51.75%
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...	22,074	18,647	12,994	20,184	21,298	16,719	18,744	27,658	1,561	159,879	45.81%
Oswin Abeygunasekara	SLMP	771	2,037	1,180	829	876	651	608	1,460	104	8,516	2.44%
Valid Votes		47,647	44,965	28,490	42,217	45,372	35,740	45,995	55,147	3,444	349,017	100.00%
Rejected Votes		516	533	369	615	467	400	538	608	67	4,113
Total Polled		48,163	45,498	28,859	42,832	45,839	36,140	46,533	55,755	3,511	353,130
Registered Electors		59,661	61,203	36,544	73,382	54,001	43,820	58,565	70,048		457,224
Turnout		80.73%	74.34%	78.97%	58.37%	84.89%	82.47%	79.46%	79.60%		77.23%
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
	Balan -goda			|Kala- wana	|Niviti -gala	|Rak- wana	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...  / Ceylon Workers' Congress 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 :...	27,987	26,165	16,118	22,885	24,875	19,493	29,204	26,289	3,307	196,323	57.89%	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...	16,662	8,628	9,494	15,843	17,457	13,752	14,610	25,112	1,802	123,360	36.38%	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.... )	931	10,285	1,909	757	732	678	428	1,359	244	17,323	5.11%	1
United Lanka People's Party	130	235	90	416	98	104	133	117	14	1,337	0.39%	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...	122	92	55	127	97	71	109	102	4	779	0.23%	0
Valid Votes	45,832	45,405	27,666	40,028	'43,259	34,098	44,484	52,979	5,371	339,122	100.00%	10
Rejected Votes	3,201	2,919	1,680	2,350	2,277	2,033	2,849	2,847	92	20,248
Total Polled	49,033	48,324	29,346	42,378	45,536	36,131	47,333	55,826	5,463	359,370
Registered Electors	58,861	60,466	36,117	72,897	53,422	43,236	57,842	68,694	5,689	457,224
Turnout	83.30%	79.92%	81.25%	58.13%	85.24%	83.57%	81.83%	81.27%	96.03%	78.60%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
Nanda Sydney Ellawala (SLFP), 75,645 preference votes (pv); Gamini Atukorale (UNP), 53,420 pv; Wimal Wickramasinghe (UNP), 45,680 pv; Kaluwa Devagey Nanda Mathew (UNP), 43,307 pv; Athula Kularatne Attygale (UNP), 39,809 pv; Chandrasekara Gankande (UNP), 37,875 pv; M.L.M. Aboosally (UNP), 32,133 pv; W. D. J. Senewiratne

W. D. J. Senewiratne

W. D. J. Senewiratne is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

 (SLFP), 29,651 pv; Udagama Liyanage Heenmahatmaya (SLFP), 28,142 pv; and Vasudeva Nanayakkara

Vasudeva Nanayakkara

Vasudeva Nanayakkara is a veteran left-wing Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament and a former presidential candidate.-Politics:Nanayakkara joined the Lanka Sama Samaja Party as student in 1958...

 (USA), 13,013 pv.

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
	Balan -goda			|Kala- wana	|Niviti -gala	|Rak- wana	People's Alliance People's Alliance (Sri Lanka) The People's Alliance is a front of political parties in Sri Lanka, formed in 1994.It comprises the following parties:* Sri Lanka Freedom Party* Lanka Sama Samaja Party* Communist Party of Sri Lanka* Sri Lanka Mahajana Party...  (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...  et al.)	28,292	30,714	18,312	41,894	27,908	21,302	25,324	35,045	4,896	233,687	50.77%	6
United National Party United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...  / Ceylon Workers' Congress 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 :...	29,959	25,070	17,674	28,547	27,819	25,008	31,183	31,619	3,871	220,750	47.96%	4
Sri Lanka Progressive Front (JVP Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89... )	373	229	75	654	140	232	237	303	87	2,330	0.51%	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....	133	538	55	239	128	121	101	243	76	1,634	0.35%	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...	204	150	116	324	222	164	171	204	0	1,555	0.34%	0
Independent 3 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	22	29	16	35	35	19	17	29	0	202	0.04%	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...	14	13	11	26	17	15	15	15	1	127	0.03%	0
Valid Votes	58,997	56,743	36,259	71,719	56,269	46,861	57,048	67,458	8,931	460,285	100.00%	10
Rejected Votes	3,870	2,797	1,716	3,490	2,812	2,541	3,009	3,291	85	23,611
Total Polled	62,867	59,540	37,975	75,209	59,081	49,402	60,057	70,749	9,016	483,896
Registered Electors	73,136	71,614	43,279	89,903	66,888	56,593	69,702	83,492		554,607
Turnout	85.96%	83.14%	87.74%	83.66%	88.33%	87.29%	86.16%	84.74%		87.25%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
Gamini Atukorale (UNP), 82,869 preference votes (pv); Vasudeva Nanayakkara

Vasudeva Nanayakkara

Vasudeva Nanayakkara is a veteran left-wing Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament and a former presidential candidate.-Politics:Nanayakkara joined the Lanka Sama Samaja Party as student in 1958...

 (PA), 62,989 pv; Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi

Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi

Arachchige Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

 (PA), 62,979 pv; Susantha Punchinilame

Susantha Punchinilame

Galgamuwa Widanalage Susantha Punchinilame is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

 (UNP), 57,029 pv; Nanda Sydney Ellawala (PA), 52,371 pv; Upatissa Silva Hiripitiyage Maithripala (UNP), 49,481 pv; Jayatissa Ranaweera

Jayatissa Ranaweera

Arachchige Jayatissa Ranaweera is a Sri Lankan politician, former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister. Ranaweera lost his seat in the Sri Lankan parliament at the 2010 election.-References:...

 (PA), 48,450 pv; Kaluwa Devagey Nanda Mathew (UNP), 47,176 pv; Udagama Liyanage Heenmahatmaya (PA), 47,122 pv; and W. D. J. Senewiratne

W. D. J. Senewiratne

W. D. J. Senewiratne is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

 (PA), 44,704 pv.

Nanda Sydney Ellawala (PA) was murdered on 11 February 1997.

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	|%
			Balan -goda	|Kala- wana	|Niviti -gala	|Rak- wana	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...	32,501	32,647	19,993	44,641	31,980	24,076	27,997	38,221	5,209	257,265	58.07%
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...	23,943	20,589	14,434	22,425	22,172	19,994	25,338	25,858	3,171	177,924	40.16%
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...	353	366	234	666	531	405	453	435	8	3,451	0.78%
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....	257	166	93	465	202	172	253	225	44	1,877	0.42%
Nihal Galappaththi Nihal Galappaththi Arachchige Nihal Galappaththi is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...	SLPF	195	104	82	312	152	118	154	141	21	1,279	0.29%
A.J. Ranashinge	Ind 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	154	125	87	222	141	138	189	162	17	1,235	0.28%
Valid Votes		57,403	53,997	34,923	68,731	55,178	44,903	54,384	65,042	8,470	443,031	100.00%
Rejected Votes		1,277	705	469	1,252	836	906	1,057	996	97	7,595
Total Polled		58,680	54,702	35,392	69,983	56,014	45,809	55,441	66,038	8,567	450,626
Registered Electors		73,136	71,614	43,279	89,903	66,888	56,593	69,702	83,492		554,607
Turnout		80.23%	76.38%	81.78%	77.84%	83.74%	80.94%	79.54%	79.10%		81.25%
Source:

1999 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 3rd Sabaragamuwa provincial council election

Sri Lankan provincial council election, 1999

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

 held on 6 April 1999 for the district:

Party	|%	People's Alliance People's Alliance (Sri Lanka) The People's Alliance is a front of political parties in Sri Lanka, formed in 1994.It comprises the following parties:* Sri Lanka Freedom Party* Lanka Sama Samaja Party* Communist Party of Sri Lanka* Sri Lanka Mahajana Party...  (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in... , SLMC Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders....  et al.)	191,502	47.92%
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...	175,912	44.02%
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...	17,200	4.30%
National Union of Workers (CWC Ceylon Workers' Congress The Ceylon Workers' Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka that has traditionally represented Tamils working in the plantation sector of the economy .- History :... , DWC)	7,586	1.90%
New Left Front New Left Front The Left Liberation Front is a left wing electoral coalition in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1998 as the New Left Front by the Nava Sama Samaja Party, former members of the People's Alliance, and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna...  (NSSP Nava Sama Samaja Party The Nava Sama Samaja Pakshaya is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was formed through the expulsion from the Lanka Sama Samaja Party of the Vama Samsamja tendency led by Dr Vickrambahu , Sumanasiri Liyanage and others. Siritunga Jayasuriya and Vasudeva Nanayakkara joined later...  et al.)	5,047	1.26%
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....	1,624	0.41%
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...	592	0.15%
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	194	0.05%
Valid Votes	399,657	100.00%
Rejected Votes	29,362
Total Polled	429,019
Registered Electors	584,998
Turnout	73.34%
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	|%
			Balan -goda	|Kala- wana	|Niviti -gala	|Rak- wana	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...	31,231	31,228	21,261	39,343	32,193	24,995	28,305	38,665	3,188	250,409	52.13%
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...	28,184	23,868	15,428	29,473	24,516	21,293	28,059	29,298	2,502	202,621	42.18%
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...	1,810	1,502	963	5,942	1,186	1,195	1,552	1,914	418	16,482	3.43%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara Vasudeva Nanayakkara Vasudeva Nanayakkara is a veteran left-wing Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament and a former presidential candidate.-Politics:Nanayakkara joined the Lanka Sama Samaja Party as student in 1958...	LDA	152	949	93	220	123	112	97	202	59	2,007	0.42%
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...	238	180	137	344	251	159	257	245	0	1,811	0.38%
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....	244	155	131	331	202	191	253	176	4	1,687	0.35%
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...	189	121	135	305	206	170	188	156	5	1,475	0.31%
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....	217	136	84	195	145	172	165	230	48	1,392	0.29%
Abdul Rasool	SLMP	100	115	48	101	100	76	101	115	1	757	0.16%
Kamal Karunadasa	PLSF	108	62	49	133	83	76	105	106	5	727	0.15%
Hudson Samarasinghe	Ind 3 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	68	60	43	75	84	44	71	45	0	490	0.10%
A.W. Premawardhana	PFF	44	27	19	45	33	27	32	31	1	259	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....	43	26	15	52	31	20	24	32	4	247	0.05%
Valid Votes		62,628	58,429	38,406	76,559	59,153	48,530	59,209	71,215	6,235	480,364	100.00%
Rejected Votes		1,232	1,236	544	1,676	941	941	1,055	1,267	146	9,038
Total Polled		63,860	59,665	38,950	78,235	60,094	49,471	60,264	72,482	6,381	489,402
Registered Electors		78,239	76,327	46,426	100,436	70,432	58,977	75,436	89,518		595,791
Turnout		81.62%	78.17%	83.90%	77.90%	85.32%	83.88%	79.89%	80.97%		82.14%
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
	Balan -goda			|Kala- wana	|Niviti -gala	|Rak- wana	People's Alliance People's Alliance (Sri Lanka) The People's Alliance is a front of political parties in Sri Lanka, formed in 1994.It comprises the following parties:* Sri Lanka Freedom Party* Lanka Sama Samaja Party* Communist Party of Sri Lanka* Sri Lanka Mahajana Party... (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...  et al.)	31,411	27,885	21,224	36,592	31,798	25,563	28,497	36,981	4,191	244,142	50.63%	6
United National Party United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	25,789	23,985	15,246	33,729	24,062	20,385	27,685	30,189	2,947	204,017	42.30%	4
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...	2,232	1,907	1,237	7,895	1,631	1,556	1,937	3,165	662	22,222	4.61%	0
Left & Democratic Alliance	215	4,272	178	322	277	181	125	456	132	6,158	1.28%	0
Sinhala Heritage	148	285	99	174	124	179	124	493	77	1,703	0.35%	0
United Lalith Front	87	103	65	162	118	110	105	130	2	882	0.18%	0
Citizen's Front	185	96	35	114	69	37	73	94	13	716	0.15%	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....	73	89	48	103	71	51	69	71	4	579	0.12%	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....	60	52	31	54	47	39	58	53	1	395	0.08%	0
Independent 4 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	42	41	17	38	45	32	33	28	0	276	0.06%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputhra Pakshaya is a minor Sinhala Buddhist political party in Sri Lanka, led by Dr. Harischandra Wijayatunga....	33	31	16	32	26	28	28	45	9	248	0.05%	0
United Sinhala Great Council	29	10	10	72	27	25	38	26	0	237	0.05%	0
People's Liberation Solidarity Front	21	28	12	36	14	9	25	25	6	176	0.04%	0
Independent 3 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	12	19	8	26	14	11	13	13	0	116	0.02%	0
People's Freedom Front	7	18	11	16	13	9	13	8	0	95	0.02%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	7	11	7	15	23	10	10	10	2	95	0.02%	0
Independent 2 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	13	19	5	21	8	9	9	7	2	93	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	5	0	7	8	2	7	12	0	54	0.01%	0
National Development Front	7	3	4	12	2	5	5	11	1	50	0.01%	0
Valid Votes	60,384	58,859	38,253	79,420	58,377	48,241	58,854	71,817	8,049	482,254	100.00%	10
Rejected Votes	4,071	3,226	2,230	3,772	2,802	2,937	3,984	3,591	206	26,819
Total Polled	64,455	62,085	40,483	83,192	61,179	51,178	62,838	75,408	8,255	509,073
Registered Electors	80,091	77,695	47,608	102,876	71,885	60,350	77,040	92,110		609,655
Turnout	80.48%	79.91%	85.03%	80.87%	85.11%	84.80%	81.57%	81.87%		83.50%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
Gamini Atukorale (UNP), 109,102 preference votes (pv); Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi

Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi

Arachchige Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

 (PA), 108,324 pv; W. D. J. Senewiratne

W. D. J. Senewiratne

W. D. J. Senewiratne is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

 (PA), 86,744 pv; Susantha Punchinilame

Susantha Punchinilame

Galgamuwa Widanalage Susantha Punchinilame is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

 (UNP), 77,197 pv; Suranganie Ellawala (PA), 54,517; Mahinda Ratnatilaka

Mahinda Ratnatilaka

Ihalakkankanamalage Mahinda Ratnatilaka is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

 (UNP), 49,808 pv; Abeynayaka Piyadasa (UNP), 41,365 pv; Arachchige Dharmadasa Wanniarachchi (PA), 39,972 pv; Udagama Liyanage Heenmahatmaya (PA), 39,285 pv; and Jayatissa Ranaweera

Jayatissa Ranaweera

Arachchige Jayatissa Ranaweera is a Sri Lankan politician, former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister. Ranaweera lost his seat in the Sri Lankan parliament at the 2010 election.-References:...

 (PA), 38,631 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
	Balan -goda			|Kala- wana	|Niviti -gala	|Rak- wana	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.... )	30,982	27,594	16,708	33,942	26,220	24,135	30,637	33,702		227,202	46.41%	5
People's Alliance People's Alliance (Sri Lanka) The People's Alliance is a front of political parties in Sri Lanka, formed in 1994.It comprises the following parties:* Sri Lanka Freedom Party* Lanka Sama Samaja Party* Communist Party of Sri Lanka* Sri Lanka Mahajana Party... (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...  et al.)	25,849	26,773	18,445	30,539	28,833	21,329	24,316	33,136		212,794	43.46%	4
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...	4,106	4,448	2,506	13,761	2,756	2,591	3,693	5,334		40,377	8.25%	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.)	604	530	416	713	554	492	543	730		4,589	0.94%	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:...	206	246	126	255	186	154	167	209		1,556	0.32%	0
Sinhala Heritage	222	259	66	177	90	126	107	352		1,448	0.30%	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...	31	30	17	82	29	15	34	31		270	0.06%	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....	32	41	25	48	38	17	21	37		259	0.05%	0
United Sinhala Great Council	30	20	13	67	33	21	34	22		242	0.05%	0
People's Freedom Front	33	19	17	39	30	23	25	44		231	0.05%	0
Independent 4 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	27	21	19	31	16	11	17	31		173	0.04%	0
Independent 2 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	15	32	15	32	16	11	17	29		167	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...	17	13	7	21	8	6	12	16		100	0.02%	0
Sri Lanka National Front	4	8	10	13	11	2	3	6		58	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	6	5	7	9	6	5	7	11		57	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...	10	7	2	12	3	2	10	7		55	0.01%	0
Valid Votes	62,174	60,046	38,399	79,741	58,829	48,940	59,643	73,697		489,578	100.00%	10
Rejected Votes	4,793	3,294	2,830	4,678	3,203	3,300	4,589	3,657		30,483
Total Polled	66,967	63,340	41,229	84,419	62,032	52,240	64,232	77,354		520,061
Registered Electors	81,992	79,242	48,682	105,974	73,176	61,586	78,583	94,271		623,506
Turnout	81.68%	79.93%	84.69%	79.66%	84.77%	84.82%	81.74%	82.05%		83.41%
Sources:

The following candidates were elected:
Gamini Atukorale (UNF), 140,054 preference votes (pv); Susantha Punchinilame

Susantha Punchinilame

Galgamuwa Widanalage Susantha Punchinilame is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

 (UNF), 101,033 pv; Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi

Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi

Arachchige Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

 (PA), 84,173 pv; Premalal Jayasekara

Premalal Jayasekara

Halkedaliya Lekamlage alias Mahawela Lekamlage Premalal Jayasekara is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

 (PA), 79,742 pv; W. D. J. Senewiratne

W. D. J. Senewiratne

W. D. J. Senewiratne is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

 (PA), 64,693 pv; Mahinda Ratnatilaka

Mahinda Ratnatilaka

Ihalakkankanamalage Mahinda Ratnatilaka is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

 (UNF), 58,265 pv; Abeysinghe Arachchilage Wijetunge (UNF), 43,081 pv; Abeynayaka Piyadasa (UNF), 38,655 pv; Ashoka Jayawardhane (PA), 37,442 pv; and Achala Jagodage

Achala Jagodage

Achala Jagodage is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:*...

 (JVP), 2,617 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
	Balan -goda			|Kala- wana	|Niviti -gala	|Rak- wana	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.)	32,042	31,341	22,501	48,051	32,331	23,403	29,509	37,386	4,886	261,450	53.14%	6
United National Front (UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe... , SLMC Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders.... , CWC Ceylon Workers' Congress The Ceylon Workers' Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka that has traditionally represented Tamils working in the plantation sector of the economy .- History :... , WPF Western People's Front The Western People's Front, currently named the Democratic People's Front , is a political party in Sri Lanka active in the Western Province.... )	27,685	24,934	15,726	28,117	25,321	22,745	28,453	29,670	2,839	205,490	41.77%	4
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...	2,364	3,142	660	3,749	1,076	1,979	1,644	5,605	582	20,801	4.23%	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.)	53	944	26	79	65	50	26	79	14	1,336	0.27%	0
United Lalith Front	81	94	64	104	95	83	95	120	2	738	0.15%	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:...	87	104	43	84	89	100	74	67	1	649	0.13%	0
National Development Front	87	74	28	111	41	52	46	144	2	585	0.12%	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...	51	48	20	42	25	39	41	41	0	307	0.06%	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...	30	28	14	31	22	21	23	30	0	199	0.04%	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...	23	18	9	15	10	9	15	13	0	112	0.02%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputhra Pakshaya is a minor Sinhala Buddhist political party in Sri Lanka, led by Dr. Harischandra Wijayatunga....	6	7	5	10	2	3	9	8	1	51	0.01%	0
Swarajya	4	1	3	6	7	4	2	20	2	49	0.01%	0
Independent 3 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	4	5	5	14	2	5	5	2	1	43	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...	4	3	0	2	7	6	9	10	0	41	0.01%	0
Independent 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	5	4	3	8	11	1	4	4	0	40	0.01%	0
Ruhuna People's Party	5	5	4	3	0	4	7	4	0	32	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	1	4	5	8	2	4	2	4	1	31	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka National Front	3	6	1	6	0	4	4	3	0	27	0.01%	0
Independent 4 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	4	2	3	6	0	1	3	3	0	22	0.00%	0
Valid Votes	62,539	60,764	39,120	80,446	59,106	48,513	59,971	73,213	8,331	492,003	100.00%	10
Rejected Votes	4,340	3,220	2,322	4,795	3,134	3,069	3,408	3,926	132	28,346
Total Polled	66,879	63,984	41,442	85,241	62,240	51,582	63,379	77,139	8,463	520,349
Registered Electors	85,285	81,652	50,558	111,570	75,915	63,305	81,393	97,357		647,035
Turnout	78.42%	78.36%	81.97%	76.40%	81.99%	81.48%	77.87%	79.23%		80.42%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi

Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi

Arachchige Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

 (UPFA-SLFP), 125,592 preference votes (pv); Thalatha Atukorale

Thalatha Atukorale

Thalatha Atukorale is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

 (UNF-UNP), 113,617 pv; Achala Jagodage

Achala Jagodage

Achala Jagodage is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:*...

 (UPFA-JVP), 97,083 pv; Susantha Punchinilame

Susantha Punchinilame

Galgamuwa Widanalage Susantha Punchinilame is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

 (UNF-UNP), 96,591 pv; W. D. J. Senewiratne

W. D. J. Senewiratne

W. D. J. Senewiratne is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

 (UPFA-SLFP), 84,284 pv; Deepal Gunasekara

Deepal Gunasekara

N. Deepal Gunasekara is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

 (UPFA-JVP), 76,883 pv; Premalal Jayasekara

Premalal Jayasekara

Halkedaliya Lekamlage alias Mahawela Lekamlage Premalal Jayasekara is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

 (UPFA-SLFP), 71,982 pv; Dunesh Gankanda

Dunesh Gankanda

Dunesh Harsha Gankanda is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

 (UNF-UNP), 42,738 pv; Jayatissa Ranaweera

Jayatissa Ranaweera

Arachchige Jayatissa Ranaweera is a Sri Lankan politician, former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister. Ranaweera lost his seat in the Sri Lankan parliament at the 2010 election.-References:...

 (UPFA-SLFP), 40,382 pv; and Mahinda Ratnatilaka

Mahinda Ratnatilaka

Ihalakkankanamalage Mahinda Ratnatilaka is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

 (UNF-UNP), 36,289 pv.

2004 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 4th Sabaragamuwa 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
	Balan -goda			|Kala- wana	|Niviti -gala	|Rak- wana	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.)	27,132	23,151	18,195	40,331	25,462	19,199	26,751	30,586	2,812	213,619	61.07%	15
United National Party United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	12,513	16,581	9,809	17,877	13,724	13,199	16,217	18,430	1,331	119,681	34.22%	8
Ceylon Workers' Congress 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 :...	1,191	440	360	217	820	1,449	1,156	785	7	6,425	1.84%	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....	937	904	9	10	308	152	686	720	5	3,731	1.07%	0
Up-Country People's Front Up-Country People's Front The Up-Country People's Front is a political party in Sri Lanka.At the last legislative elections, held on 2 April 2004, the party won 0.5% of the popular vote and 2 out of 225 seats. One is an elected seat and the second member of parliament was appointed through the national list of the United...	1,068	50	9	28	80	293	130	146	2	1,806	0.52%	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:...	77	365	59	78	274	165	124	114	5	1,261	0.36%	0
Democratic People's Front	36	103	43	37	172	154	159	149	1	854	0.24%	0
United Lalith Front	89	64	51	78	97	95	97	134	2	707	0.20%	0
National Development Front	68	47	48	115	48	40	66	80	0	512	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...	28	38	29	52	31	21	28	46	2	275	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....	8	181	2	9	7	6	7	38	4	262	0.07%	0
Sri Lanka Muslim Party	42	51	4	7	10	6	6	7	0	133	0.04%	0
United Sinhala Great Council	13	6	4	16	14	9	13	18	3	96	0.03%	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....	12	10	14	5	13	14	10	5	0	83	0.02%	0
Independent 2 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	12	7	8	14	8	13	10	6	0	78	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...	8	15	2	9	9	4	5	17	5	74	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	12	5	13	11	8	4	9	1	73	0.02%	0
National People's Party	9	6	1	11	11	6	7	11	0	62	0.02%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	8	12	6	7	3	3	8	5	0	52	0.01%	0
Valid Votes	43,261	42,043	28,658	58,914	41,102	34,836	45,484	51,306	4,180	349,784	100.00%	24
Rejected Votes	3,023	2,370	1,756	3,951	2,772	2,488	2,790	3,276	226	22,652
Total Polled	46,284	44,413	30,414	62,865	43,874	37,324	48,274	54,582	4,406	372,436
Registered Electors	85,285	81,652	50,558	111,570	75,915	63,305	81,393	97,357		647,035
Turnout	54.27%	54.39%	60.16%	56.35%	57.79%	58.96%	59.31%	56.06%		57.56%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
Ariyadasa Gamaethige (UPFA), 33,621 preference votes (pv); Thirimadura Ranjith de Soysa (UPFA), 32,182 pv; Ellawala Mohan Saliya (UPFA), 31,182 pv; Ambagahaarawe Prabhath Bhanu Munipriya (UPFA), 28,548 pv; Janaka Wakkumbura (UPFA), 27,998 pv; Abesinghe Archchilage Wijethunga (UNP), 25,002 pv; Mahawatta Kodithuwakkuge Sanee Rohana (UPFA), 24,392 pv; Beligaswatta Akkarak Kuruppu Mudiyanselage Ranjith Bandara (UPFA), 22,779 pv; Athula Kumara Rahubadda (UPFA), 22,531 pv; Arachchi Muthukuda Pushpa Kumara Disanayake (UPFA), 22,257 pv; Athukorala Kodithuwakkuge Sarath Kumara (UPFA), 22,215 pv; Siripala Kiriella (UNP), 20,609 pv; Arachchige Malawala Dharmasiri (UPFA), 20,536 pv; Atigala Samitha (UNP), 18,921 pv; Gonagala Manannalage Karunapala (UPFA), 17,758 pv; Elapatha Withanage Saman Priyanjith Witharana (UPFA), 17,292 pv; Wanni Arachchige Heenmahathmaya (UPFA), 16,614 pv; Panawalage Nimal Padmasiri Wijenayake (UNP), 16,223 pv; Anura de Silva Kumara Siri Alagiyawanna (UPFA), 16,128 pv; Abenayaka Piyadasa (UNP), 16,094 pv; Al Iflar Mahamad Yehiya Mahamad Iflar (UNP), 14,153 pv; Karandana Lekamlage Rathnayake (UNP), 13,180 pv; Upathissa Silva Hiripitiyage Maithripala (UNP), 13,110 pv; and Asirwadam Masilamay Denilrajan (CWC), 4,328 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	|%
			Balan -goda	|Kala- wana	|Niviti -gala	|Rak- wana	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:...	35,410	37,243	24,463	52,947	34,569	26,511	33,169	43,251	6,697	294,260	53.01%
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...	34,049	29,255	18,740	38,163	29,987	27,178	34,413	37,253	3,800	252,838	45.55%
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:...	314	254	176	324	324	257	309	259	3	2,220	0.40%
A.A. Suraweera	NDF	306	210	175	398	271	206	278	276	2	2,122	0.38%
Victor Hettigoda Victor Hettigoda Victor Hettigoda is a Sri Lankan entrepreneur and also was a candidate for the November 17, 2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Elections.-Early life:...	ULPP	100	77	67	107	111	100	87	111	35	795	0.14%
Chamil Jayaneththi	NLF New Left Front The Left Liberation Front is a left wing electoral coalition in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1998 as the New Left Front by the Nava Sama Samaja Party, former members of the People's Alliance, and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna...	91	69	47	142	71	64	82	73	6	645	0.12%
Aruna de Soyza	RPP	62	62	58	97	59	53	73	91	2	557	0.10%
Wimal Geeganage	SLNF	95	34	33	110	46	50	44	83	1	496	0.09%
Anura De Silva	ULF	50	42	37	57	50	36	48	73	0	393	0.07%
A.K.J. Arachchige	DUA	48	25	26	66	40	36	41	48	0	330	0.06%
P. Nelson Perera	SLPF	31	12	16	34	26	25	33	27	2	206	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...	22	12	15	24	18	17	10	14	2	134	0.02%
H.S. Dharmadwaja	UNAF	9	7	7	10	10	4	18	13	0	78	0.01%
Valid Votes		70,587	67,302	43,860	92,479	65,582	54,537	68,605	81,572	10,550	555,074	100.00%
Rejected Votes		836	502	414	961	560	570	805	720	142	5,510
Total Polled		71,423	67,804	44,274	93,440	66,142	55,107	69,410	82,292	10,692	560,584
Registered Electors		87,938	83,705	52,156	115,991	78,157	65,445	84,595	100,230		668,217
Turnout		81.22%	81.00%	84.89%	80.56%	84.63%	84.20%	82.05%	82.10%		83.89%
Source:

2008 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 5th Sabaragamuwa 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 23 August 2008 for the district:

Party	|Votes per Polling Division	|Total Votes	|Seats
	Balan -goda			|Kala- wana	|Niviti -gala	|Rak- wana	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.)	32,496	30,377	22,348	45,785	31,333	25,030	30,683	37,953	4,213	260,218	55.22%	13
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...	23,775	24,488	15,659	27,358	21,916	21,695	25,122	30,173	1,810	191,996	40.74%	10
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...	1,039	849	783	3,339	645	592	1,001	1,165	290	9,703	2.06%	1
Ceylon Workers' Congress 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 :...	688	399	126	291	681	1,253	1,060	603	34	5,135	1.09%	0
Up-Country People's Front Up-Country People's Front The Up-Country People's Front is a political party in Sri Lanka.At the last legislative elections, held on 2 April 2004, the party won 0.5% of the popular vote and 2 out of 225 seats. One is an elected seat and the second member of parliament was appointed through the national list of the United...	332	27	41	28	61	596	159	172	2	1,418	0.30%	0
United National Alliance	91	95	66	97	122	113	105	131	1	821	0.17%	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:...	68	99	48	65	90	189	48	92	6	705	0.15%	0
Left Front (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.)	13	178	6	11	33	23	15	59	8	346	0.07%	0
National Development Front	71	16	22	37	16	13	42	46	1	264	0.06%	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...	14	18	9	29	16	13	18	11	0	128	0.03%	0
Independent 9 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	15	9	4	22	12	7	12	14	1	96	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...	7	7	4	8	9	8	5	12	0	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...	3	4	4	16	13	5	10	4	0	59	0.01%	0
United Lanka Great Council	6	6	2	10	4	4	13	10	1	56	0.01%	0
Independent 3 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	9	4	5	10	2	1	9	7	0	47	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	5	4	11	4	8	3	4	1	45	0.01%	0
Independent 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	9	3	3	6	5	3	5	5	0	39	0.01%	0
Independent 7 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	5	10	0	4	1	2	5	3	1	31	0.01%	0
Ruhuna People's Party	7	1	1	1	7	4	7	3	0	31	0.01%	0
Independent 4 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	4	4	2	4	6	2	1	3	1	27	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	4	1	1	5	2	1	2	3	0	19	0.00%	0
Valid Votes	58,661	56,600	39,138	77,137	54,978	49,562	58,325	70,473	6,370	471,244	100.00%	24
Rejected Votes	3,947	2,394	1,788	3,933	2,994	3,100	3,811	3,625	177	25,769
Total Polled	62,608	58,994	40,926	81,070	57,972	52,662	62,136	74,098	6,547	497,013
Registered Electors	93,468	87,782	55,683	123,997	82,850	73,056	90,894	105,475		713,205
Turnout	66.98%	67.21%	73.50%	65.38%	69.97%	72.08%	68.36%	70.25%		69.69%
Source:

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	|%
			Balan -goda	|Kala- wana	|Niviti -gala	|Rak- wana	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:...	46,716	46,177	31,514	65,255	45,248	34,773	43,368	55,225	9,458	377,734	63.76%
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...	28,201	22,277	14,009	31,029	22,431	24,283	27,302	29,891	4,143	203,566	34.36%
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....	255	158	141	248	257	191	375	133	9	1,767	0.30%
A.A. Suraweera	NDF	200	224	141	256	220	151	162	171	0	1,525	0.26%
W.V. Mahiman Ranjith	Ind 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	170	135	144	280	169	120	167	193	5	1,383	0.23%
C.J. Sugathsiri Gamage	UDF	142	105	104	116	173	167	191	126	2	1,126	0.19%
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	108	87	94	169	118	94	131	100	4	905	0.15%
Lal Perera	ONF	87	58	50	77	67	87	95	67	1	589	0.10%
Sarath Manamendra	NSH	105	38	37	69	67	74	104	56	2	552	0.09%
Ukkubanda Wijekoon	Ind 3 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	83	63	40	73	82	42	73	76	2	534	0.09%
Siritunga Jayasuriya Siritunga Jayasuriya Siritunga Jayasuriya was a contestant in the Sri Lanka presidential election in 2005. He received 35,405 votes, 0.36 % of the votes cast and came third. He is a trade unionist and leader of the United Socialist Party...	USP United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka) The United Socialist Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It is a member of the Committee for a Workers' International. It is led by Siritunga Jayasuriya and publishes a monthly paper, Sentharakai .-History:...	81	47	57	67	85	65	66	58	2	528	0.09%
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...	46	40	25	43	41	24	40	39	2	300	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	48	36	18	52	40	25	37	31	4	291	0.05%
M. K. Shivajilingam M. K. Shivajilingam Mahalingam Kanagalingam Shivajilingam is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament.-Political career:At the December 2001 Shivajilingam was elected to represent the Jaffna District in Parliament...	Ind 5 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	45	27	8	26	44	43	45	36	4	278	0.05%
Sanath Pinnaduwa	NA	36	13	15	20	39	41	39	28	0	231	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...	30	15	13	27	40	34	26	29	2	216	0.04%
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...	24	9	14	30	30	23	18	28	0	176	0.03%
Battaramulla Seelarathana	JP	27	13	10	31	27	14	20	17	1	160	0.03%
Senaratna de Silva	PNF	26	12	15	19	18	18	25	17	0	150	0.03%
Aruna de Soyza	RPP	18	14	11	14	22	25	29	9	1	143	0.02%
M.B. Thaminimulla	ACAKO	25	17	7	14	29	16	19	13	0	140	0.02%
Sarath Kongahage	UNAF	17	10	9	17	45	9	12	13	0	132	0.02%
Valid Votes		76,490	69,575	46,476	97,932	69,292	60,319	72,344	86,356	13,642	592,426	100.00%
Rejected Votes		589	416	278	708	574	617	562	575	111	4,430
Total Polled		77,079	69,991	46,754	98,640	69,866	60,936	72,906	86,931	13,753	596,856
Registered Electors		96,855	89,518	57,232	127,375	86,973	75,685	92,891	108,122		734,651
Turnout		79.58%	78.19%	81.69%	77.44%	80.33%	80.51%	78.49%	80.40%		81.24%
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
	Balan -goda			|Kala- wana	|Niviti -gala	|Rak- wana	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... , 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 :...  et al)	36,020	37,329	26,030	49,778	37,930	28,453	35,835	42,637	11,315	305,327	68.86%	7
United National Front (UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe... , SLMC Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders.... , DPF, SLFP(P) Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in... )	18,410	14,346	8,187	17,511	13,603	14,817	16,179	19,013	3,010	125,076	28.21%	3
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)	1,200	1,012	526	3,455	668	704	1,037	1,755	696	11,053	2.49%	0
Our National Front	60	19	23	87	31	43	39	46	4	352	0.08%	0
National Development Front	33	36	20	34	41	14	14	44	1	237	0.05%	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:...	18	23	19	24	26	34	15	26	4	189	0.04%	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...	17	45	11	26	25	13	17	15	4	173	0.04%	0
United National Alternative Front	29	17	14	33	17	20	17	16	0	163	0.04%	0
Sri Lanka National Front	3	0	23	40	7	4	13	4	3	97	0.02%	0
United Democratic Front	12	4	4	13	14	9	10	9	1	76	0.02%	0
Left Liberation Front	6	22	4	10	9	10	8	3	3	75	0.02%	0
Independent 8 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	5	5	20	6	8	6	6	4	0	60	0.01%	0
Janasetha Peramuna	7	0	5	2	11	8	10	13	4	60	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...	5	10	3	7	9	7	8	7	1	57	0.01%	0
Independent 2 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	14	4	8	6	3	7	6	5	0	53	0.01%	0
Independent 7 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	3	5	3	18	8	1	4	5	0	47	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...	5	6	1	6	10	3	7	8	0	46	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...	1	4	2	8	10	8	6	4	0	43	0.01%	0
Independent 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	9	5	2	4	4	6	3	2	4	39	0.01%	0
United Lanka Great Council	11	2	4	3	6	5	5	0	0	36	0.01%	0
Patriotic National Front	2	4	2	7	4	4	5	5	1	34	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...	1	1	5	10	3	1	1	1	0	23	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...	4	4	2	1	4	3	2	0	1	21	0.00%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputhra Pakshaya is a minor Sinhala Buddhist political party in Sri Lanka, led by Dr. Harischandra Wijayatunga....	1	2	0	1	1	2	3	3	2	15	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	2	2	4	2	0	0	11	0.00%	0
Sri Lanka Labour Party	1	3	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	10	0.00%	0
Valid Votes	55,877	52,908	34,919	71,093	52,455	44,187	53,253	63,627	15,054	443,373	100.00%	10
Rejected Votes	5,584	3,851	3,263	4,358	4,559	4,740	5,031	5,215	421	37,022
Total Polled	61,461	56,759	38,182	75,451	57,014	48,927	58,284	68,842	15,475	480,395
Registered Electors	96,855	89,518	57,232	127,375	86,973	75,685	92,891	108,122		734,651
Turnout	63.46%	63.41%	66.71%	59.24%	65.55%	64.65%	62.74%	63.67%		65.39%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
W. D. J. Senewiratne

W. D. J. Senewiratne

W. D. J. Senewiratne is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

 (UPFA-SLFP), 125,816 preference votes (pv); Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi

Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi

Arachchige Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

 (UPFA-SLFP), 110,220 pv; Premalal Jayasekara

Premalal Jayasekara

Halkedaliya Lekamlage alias Mahawela Lekamlage Premalal Jayasekara is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

 (UPFA-SLFP), 73,175 pv; Janaka Wakkumbura (UPFA), 70,473 pv; Thalatha Atukorale

Thalatha Atukorale

Thalatha Atukorale is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

 (UNF-UNP), 64,592 pv; Ranjan Ramanayake

Ranjan Ramanayake

Ranjan Ramanayake is an actor and director from Sri Lanka. He rose to fame with a leading role in the commercial film Jaya Kothenada and mainted his status a commercial film star through the 1990s...

 (UNF), 59,318 pv; Vasudeva Nanayakkara

Vasudeva Nanayakkara

Vasudeva Nanayakkara is a veteran left-wing Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament and a former presidential candidate.-Politics:Nanayakkara joined the Lanka Sama Samaja Party as student in 1958...

 (UPFA-DLF), 56,493 pv; Thirimadura Ranjith De Soysa (UPFA), 47,147 pv; Sanny Rohana (UPFA), 37,902 pv; and Dunesh Gankanda

Dunesh Gankanda

Dunesh Harsha Gankanda is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

(UNF-UNP), 34,219 pv.