Gampaha
Electoral District
for the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Administrative
District		Gampaha
ProvinceWestern
Polling divisions13
Population2,443,000 (2021)
Electorate1,785,964 (2020)
Area1,387 km2 (536 sq mi)[1]
Current Electoral District
Number of members18
MPs
Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance
Nalaka Godahewa
Prasanna Ranatunga
Indika Anuruddha
Sisira Jayakody
Nimal Lansa
Sahan Pradeep Withana
Sudarshani Fernandopulle
Prasanna Ranaweera
Kokila Gunawardena
Lasantha Alagiyawanna
Nalin Fernando
Milan Jayathilaka
Upul Mahendra
Samagi Jana Balawegaya
Sarath Fonseka
Ranjan Ramanayake[a]
Harshana Rajakaruna
Kavinda Jayawardena
National People's Power
Vijitha Herath

Gampaha electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Gampaha in the Western province. The district currently elects 18 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 1,785,964 registered electors in 2020.[2]

Presidential Elections

1982 presidential election

Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982 for the district:[3]

Candidate Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes %
  Junius Jayewardene UNP 22,531 25,398 25,974 26,573 27,845 32,420 26,504 24,732 25,853 29,672 30,289 30,346 29,387 8,323 365,847 52.50%
  Hector Kobbekaduwa SLFP 31,495 18,539 23,447 27,508 28,532 21,074 22,027 19,050 25,580 25,849 24,143 13,345 15,717 5,502 301,808 43.31%
  Rohana Wijeweera JVP 1,926 1,389 1,547 1,670 1,942 1,683 1,356 2,179 1,952 1,992 3,186 1,049 1,402 428 23,701 3.40%
  Colvin R. de Silva LSSP 272 237 231 247 336 346 334 312 307 260 316 236 232 169 3,835 0.55%
  Vasudeva Nanayakkara NSSP 65 47 79 57 101 157 104 74 69 70 67 127 59 46 1,122 0.16%
  Kumar Ponnambalam ACTC 32 13 28 33 33 29 36 25 17 27 29 97 119 16 534 0.08%
Valid Votes 56,321 45,623 51,306 56,088 58,789 55,709 50,361 46,372 53,778 57,870 58,030 45,200 46,916 14,484 696,847 100.00%
Rejected Votes 430 410 432 519 517 488 437 480 418 399 478 412 425 147 5,992
Total Polled 56,751 46,033 51,738 56,607 59,306 56,197 50,798 46,852 54,196 58,269 58,508 45,612 47,341 14,631 702,839
Registered Electors 67,061 55,457 61,494 66,207 72,371 69,624 60,560 58,671 65,660 69,566 70,695 59,884 58,015 835,265
Turnout 84.63% 83.01% 84.14% 85.50% 81.95% 80.71% 83.88% 79.86% 82.54% 83.76% 82.76% 76.17% 81.60% 84.15%

1988 presidential election

Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988 for the district:[4]

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

1994 presidential election

Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994 for the district:[5]

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

1999 presidential election

Results of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999 for the district:[6]

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

2005 presidential election

Results of the 5th presidential election held on 17 November 2005 for the district:[7]

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

2010 presidential election

Results of the 6th presidential election held on 26 January 2010 for the district:[8]

Candidate Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes %
  Mahinda
Rajapaksa		 UPFA 61,337 52,066 48,149 56,758 71,811 56,726 59,558 36,242 69,085 60,318 54,697 32,125 39,316 20,528 718,716 61.66%
  Sarath
Fonseka		 NDF 30,110 31,762 28,518 23,619 32,262 39,701 38,605 26,740 34,807 33,057 30,169 36,669 38,789 9,698 434,506 37.28%
  M.C.M.
Ismail		 DUNF 136 102 197 124 122 149 150 124 136 235 160 187 215 22 2,059 0.18%
  A.A.
Suraweera		 NDF 202 118 145 208 129 140 117 84 216 184 168 122 140 6 1,979 0.17%
  W.V. Mahiman
Ranjith		 Ind 1 121 91 108 137 114 73 142 67 123 111 131 69 82 10 1,379 0.12%
  C.J. Sugathsiri Gamage UDF 91 68 90 81 78 73 105 85 98 101 101 138 110 11 1,230 0.11%
  A. S. P.
Liyanage		 SLLP 77 100 61 59 65 77 72 90 76 54 89 67 97 8 992 0.09%
  Ukkubanda Wijekoon Ind 3 57 54 55 74 55 45 82 24 49 49 74 35 50 7 710 0.06%
  Aithurus M. Illias Ind 2 60 28 44 38 43 31 34 31 42 39 65 34 35 2 526 0.05%
  Lal
Perera		 ONF 47 40 38 31 35 35 48 27 36 43 43 50 48 3 524 0.04%
  Vikramabahu Karunaratne LF 46 25 24 25 40 32 54 18 40 49 30 48 60 19 510 0.04%
  Sarath Manamendra NSH 49 35 43 37 40 34 46 28 28 38 38 32 50 2 500 0.04%
  Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 41 34 41 29 35 40 40 28 36 45 58 27 37 8 499 0.04%
  M. K. Shivajilingam Ind 5 26 20 15 17 11 15 37 13 17 19 22 48 42 1 303 0.03%
  Wije
Dias		 SEP 26 8 14 20 15 23 25 16 24 18 10 14 22 3 238 0.02%
  M. Mohamed Musthaffa Ind 4 19 14 12 13 18 17 12 10 15 14 7 14 8 0 173 0.01%
Battaramulla Seelarathana JP 15 10 16 12 6 10 14 7 23 14 16 7 11 7 168 0.01%
Sanath Pinnaduwa NA 11 7 9 12 8 11 16 9 11 13 16 11 12 0 146 0.01%
Sarath Kongahage UNAF 10 8 17 6 6 24 10 7 6 9 10 7 12 3 135 0.01%
Aruna de Soyza RPP 14 7 11 10 21 10 8 8 8 6 11 7 5 4 130 0.01%
Senaratna de Silva PNF 9 10 9 6 9 7 13 7 12 10 10 10 10 1 123 0.01%
M.B. Thaminimulla ACAKO 11 4 8 8 4 6 9 6 17 9 8 2 9 1 102 0.01%
Valid Votes 92,515 84,611 77,624 81,324 104,927 97,279 99,197 63,671 104,905 94,435 85,933 69,723 79,160 30,344 1,165,648 100.00%
Rejected Votes 645 629 476 484 682 692 767 584 629 618 719 650 830 555 8,960
Total Polled 93,160 85,240 78,100 81,808 105,609 97,971 99,964 64,255 105,534 95,053 86,652 70,373 79,990 30,899 1,174,608
Registered Electors 120,900 107,786 99,742 104,155 133,606 127,821 127,421 83,105 134,581 120,860 114,566 96,028 103,893 1,474,464
Turnout 77.06% 79.08% 78.30% 78.54% 79.05% 76.65% 78.45% 77.32% 78.42% 78.65% 75.64% 73.28% 76.99% 79.66%

2015 presidential election

Results of the 7th presidential election held on 8 January 2015:[9]

Candidate Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes %
  Maithripala
Sirisena		 NDF 50,308 48,667 40,112 38,491 53,922 58,669 58,507 37,884 55,334 51,581 45,202 53,331 56,541 20,386 669,007 49.83%
  Mahinda
Rajapaksa		 UPFA 54,777 50,173 45,813 54,714 63,962 53,481 54,355 32,856 63,314 54,929 51,244 25,432 38,001 20,296 664,347 49.49%
  R. A.
Sirisena		 PNF 86 89 95 109 102 89 119 79 94 125 104 64 82 12 1,249 0.09%
  Namal
Rajapaksa		 ONF 100 62 75 104 61 73 77 63 112 73 81 62 69 21 1,033 0.08%
  Aithurus
M. Illias		 Ind 1 98 49 83 72 70 70 84 35 68 88 82 65 59 7 930 0.07%
  A. S. P.
Liyanage		 SLLP 57 56 67 38 57 62 84 46 51 61 69 110 108 6 872 0.06%
  M. I. Mohanmed
Mishlar		 UPF 91 56 64 62 54 53 64 69 61 66 53 83 84 5 859 0.06%
  Duminda
Nagamuwa		 FSP 50 75 57 52 85 52 47 34 87 55 51 50 60 25 780 0.06%
  R. Peduru
Arachchi		 ULPP 48 46 45 51 40 49 57 45 63 53 48 62 57 4 668 0.05%
  Siritunga
Jayasuriya		 USP 44 27 30 26 44 41 48 35 33 54 55 48 65 16 566 0.04%
  Ven.Battaramulla
Seelarathana Thero		 JSP 40 34 23 32 42 28 35 30 25 30 27 16 26 21 409 0.03%
  Sarath Manamendra NSH 35 22 26 36 28 27 35 19 32 39 28 42 25 5 399 0.03%
  Pani
Wijesiriwardene		 SEP 26 13 19 19 23 24 22 19 30 25 18 17 21 5 281 0.02%
  Anurudha
Polgampola		 Ind 2 17 18 11 14 21 24 30 8 20 21 14 22 32 5 257 0.02%
  M. B.
Theminimulla		 ACAKO 19 13 20 11 13 14 19 14 17 21 17 19 17 2 216 0.02%
  Prasanna
Priyankara		 DNM 16 4 14 16 13 10 19 9 12 11 20 22 20 6 192 0.01%
  Sundaram
Mahendran		 NSSP 22 8 11 11 7 4 12 6 8 21 17 17 23 2 169 0.01%
  Wimal
Geeganage		 SLNF 9 8 8 6 14 16 7 10 11 10 11 13 14 3 140 0.01%
  Jayantha
Kulathunga		 ULGC 16 13 10 7 6 11 14 5 9 7 6 7 7 4 122 0.01%
Valid Votes 105,931 99,433 86,583 93,871 118,564 112,797 113,635 71,260 120,381 107,270 97,147 79,482 95,311 40,831 1,342,496 100.00%
Rejected Votes 1,024 997 701 878 1,222 1,584 1,505 859 1,154 986 880 871 1,332 654 14,647 1.08%
Total Polled 106,955 100,430 87,284 94,749 119,786 114,381 115,140 72,119 121,535 108,256 98,027 80,353 96,643 41,485 1,357,143 82.08%
Registered Electors 133,023 121,702 108,529 115,536 147,280 143,843 143,885 90,122 149,453 132,981 124,679 106,213 120,471 42,726 1,637,537

2019 presidential election

Results of the 8th presidential election held on 16 November 2019:[10]

Candidate Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes %
  Gotabaya
Rajapaksa		 SLPP 66,850 68,145 55,371 67,754 84,507 71,690 71,565 43,668 83,989 69,978 61,478 31,743 48,214 30,918 855,870 59.28%
  Sajith
Premadasa		 NDF 39,548 33,715 32,149 28,629 31,984 41,649 43,053 27,521 38,407 37,212 35,184 44,032 49,463 12,125 494,671 34.26%
  Anura Kumara
Dissanayaka		 NMPP 4,829 4,188 3,117 3,070 6,256 5,556 5,343 3,134 5,547 5,259 4,720 4,132 3,428 3,181 61,760 4.28%
  Mahesh
Senanayake		 NPP 503 646 399 341 932 1,527 1,375 589 804 646 365 1,546 899 700 11,272 0.78%
  Rohan
Pallewatte		 JSWP 252 215 179 229 627 313 351 138 235 269 178 199 258 143 3,586 0.25%
  Ajantha
Perera		 SPSL 231 211 221 272 247 201 247 122 269 251 228 138 127 21 2,786 0.19%
  M. L. A. M.
Hizbullah		 Ind 11 177 126 121 136 145 135 173 90 157 129 139 128 129 17 1,802 0.12%
  Ariyawansa
Dissanayake		 DUNF 120 71 121 90 99 121 133 76 98 127 139 159 191 8 1,553 0.11%
  Siripala
Amarasinghe		 Ind 02 85 58 78 68 53 60 79 47 87 86 96 91 70 13 971 0.07%
  Ven.Battaramulla
Seelarathana Thero		 JSP 76 58 56 54 61 56 79 47 82 76 77 69 111 26 928 0.06%
  Ajantha
de zoysa		 RJP 69 52 70 79 56 65 93 46 68 86 74 76 57 17 908 0.06%
  Namal
Rajapaksa		 NUA 71 54 54 70 60 78 92 41 82 53 70 52 61 9 847 0.06%
  Duminda
Nagamuwa		 FSP 51 73 57 45 108 54 59 30 110 50 51 55 56 41 840 0.06%
  Milroy
Fernando		 Ind 09 63 52 64 41 47 73 73 43 63 55 52 111 95 8 840 0.06%
  Ven.Aparekke
Punnananda Thero		 Ind 01 54 30 30 35 34 53 52 37 35 43 48 50 64 19 584 0.04%
  Jayantha
Ketagoda		 Ind 07 46 40 27 35 28 48 52 26 44 34 33 58 44 4 519 0.04%
  Anuruddha
Polgampola		 Ind 08 39 20 25 32 29 30 35 25 26 24 26 46 51 4 412 0.03%
  Subramanium
Gunaratnam		 ONF 33 21 32 28 15 25 46 16 24 30 40 24 36 0 370 0.03%
  A. S. P.
Liyanage		 SLLP 21 23 19 17 17 34 32 15 23 18 20 40 41 3 323 0.02%
  Illiyas
Mohamed		 Ind 03 22 11 28 20 20 14 25 19 18 25 38 28 22 2 292 0.02%
  Aruna
de soyza		 DNM 13 14 16 17 21 24 21 11 26 34 26 29 27 2 281 0.02%
  Piyasiri
Wijenayake		 Ind 13 23 10 26 23 22 20 27 13 20 24 21 22 12 4 267 0.02%
  Sirithunga
Jayasuriya		 USP 16 13 17 14 12 17 21 9 14 17 27 24 28 2 231 0.02%
  Vajirapani
Wijesiriwardene		 SEP 15 11 13 19 28 26 12 7 21 12 11 18 24 6 223 0.02%
  M. K.
Shivajilingam		 Ind 10 14 14 7 9 9 10 20 12 13 11 13 35 41 3 211 0.01%
  A. H. M.
Alavi		 Ind 04 18 5 17 20 14 15 17 10 16 18 22 24 12 1 209 0.01%
  Rajiva
Wijesinha		 Ind 14 15 14 13 19 11 18 18 8 14 18 21 17 19 2 207 0.01%
  Sarath
Manamendra		 NSU 14 10 12 20 15 20 15 9 7 16 25 16 9 2 190 0.01%
  Ashoka
Wadigamangawa		 Ind 12 17 11 13 14 31 10 19 8 9 10 12 17 7 4 182 0.01%
  Sarath
Keerthirathna		 Ind 05 18 10 4 20 19 14 9 7 8 14 10 15 12 3 163 0.01%
  Priyantha
Edirisinghe		 ACAKO 12 2 15 7 15 9 14 9 10 9 11 11 17 2 143 0.01%
  Samaraweera
Weeravanni		 Ind 15 5 3 6 9 7 8 8 4 8 8 5 16 14 3 104 0.01%
  Saman
Perera		 OPPP 8 6 7 6 6 13 12 7 6 9 7 8 8 0 103 0.01%
  B. G.
Nandimithra		 NSSP 15 4 4 5 8 3 6 7 6 8 5 6 9 1 87 0.01%
  Samansiri
Herath		 Ind 06 5 2 4 4 4 8 4 4 4 7 7 4 6 2 65 0.00%
Valid Votes 113,348 107,938 92,392 101,251 125,547 121,997 123,180 75,855 130,350 114,666 103,279 83,039 103,662 47,296 1,443,800 100.00%
Rejected Votes 960 902 780 684 1,191 1,625 1,786 899 1,166 1,123 981 1,430 1,418 806 15,751 0.9%
Total Polled 114,308 108,840 93,172 101,935 126,738 123,622 124,966 76,754 131,516 115,789 104,260 84,469 105,080 48,102 1,459,551 83.31%
Registered Electors 135,618 128,417 110,231 117,950 151,418 153,164 153,448 93,979 156,924 137,067 124,599 110,551 129,912 48,614 1,751,892

Parliamentary Elections

1989 parliamentary general election

Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989 for the district:[11]

Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes % Seats
  United National Party 25,194 25,435 27,430 27,777 30,376 34,415 28,660 23,549 28,310 32,021 33,179 30,610 28,841 9,936 385,733 54.14% 10
  Sri Lanka Freedom Party 28,576 18,521 23,286 25,746 27,765 19,230 22,318 18,716 25,361 25,061 22,985 12,566 17,229 7,130 294,490 41.34% 7
  United Socialist Alliance [b] 1,166 1,435 850 857 1,426 1,901 2,656 3,064 2,112 1,015 557 1,810 2,029 787 21,665 3.04% 0
  United Lanka People's Party 1,765 1,253 233 345 859 390 333 438 513 756 1,618 1,310 512 224 10,549 1.48% 0
Valid Votes 56,701 46,644 51,799 54,725 60,426 55,936 53,967 45,767 56,296 58,853 58,339 46,296 48,611 18,077 712,437 100.00% 17
Rejected Votes 2,677 2,507 2,536 2,401 2,297 2,640 2,457 2,190 2,631 2,436 2,713 2,403 2,200 409 32,497
Total Polled 59,378 49,151 54,335 57,126 62,723 58,576 56,424 47,957 58,927 61,289 61,052 48,699 50,811 18,486 744,934
Registered Electors 77,198 65,038 67,159 71,255 82,689 80,113 75,135 65,066 78,192 76,279 77,242 67,618 67,601 19,073 969,658
Turnout 76.92% 75.57% 80.91% 80.17% 75.85% 73.12% 75.10% 73.71% 75.36% 80.35% 79.04% 72.02% 75.16% 96.92% 76.82%
Preferential votes
Alliance Party Candidate[11] votes
  SLFP   SLFP Sirimavo Bandaranaike 214,390
  SLFP   SLFP Anura Bandaranaike 107,177
  UNP   UNP Joseph Michael Perera 104,094
  UNP   UNP John Amaratunga 90,797
  UNP   UNP Ranil Wickramasinghe 86,477
  UNP   UNP Sarath Chandra Rajakaruna 80,154
  UNP   UNP I. M. Peter Paul Perera 63,602
  SLFP   SLFP Lakshman Jayakody 62,652
  UNP   UNP Wijayapala Mendis 59,235
  UNP   UNP Donald Dissanayake 56,610
  UNP   UNP Mahindra Suransinghe Wijerathna 52,738
  SLFP   SLFP Jeyaraj Fernandopulle 51,485
  SLFP   SLFP Anura Pradeep 47,550
  UNP   UNP Mahen Gunasekera 44,630
  UNP   UNP Ariyarathna Jayathilaka 39,893
  SLFP   SLFP Reggie Ranatunga 37,163
  SLFP   SLFP S. A. Sardhatissa Sakalasooriya 36,363

1994 parliamentary general election

Results of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994 for the district:[12]

Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes % Seats
  People's Alliance [c] 45,629 34,719 32,951 35,849 47,822 40,838 40,684 32,961 43,413 39,893 37,512 28,830 32,311 15,618 509,030 56.79% 11
  United National Party 24,269 25,537 29,141 26,552 27,133 31,851 29,617 23,504 29,173 29,455 30,492 28,624 31,482 8,801 375,631 41.91% 7
  Sri Lanka Progressive Front [d] 849 1,048 523 589 1,340 970 633 1,314 1,149 844 1,100 289 593 386 11,627 1.30% 0
Valid Votes 70,747 61,304 62,615 62,990 76,295 73,659 70,934 57,779 73,735 70,192 69,104 57,743 64,386 24,805 896,288 100.00% 18
Rejected Votes 2,638 2,373 2,228 2,331 2,456 2,567 3,044 2,271 2,685 2,288 2,739 2,566 2,627 740 33,553
Total Polled 73,385 63,677 64,843 65,321 78,751 76,226 73,978 60,050 76,420 72,480 71,843 60,309 67,013 25,545 929,841
Registered Electors 91,907 80,600 77,104 80,415 100,416 97,305 92,027 78,191 98,091 89,192 89,455 80,589 85,516 1,140,808
Turnout 79.85% 79.00% 84.10% 81.23% 78.42% 78.34% 80.39% 76.80% 77.91% 81.26% 80.31% 74.84% 78.36% 81.51%
Preferential votes
Alliance Party Candidate[12] votes
  PA   SLFP Chandrika Kumaratunga 464,588
  UNP   UNP John Amaratunga 122,813
  PA   SLFP Jeyaraj Fernandopulle 102,129
  UNP   UNP Wijayapala Mendis 96,559
  UNP   UNP Joseph Michael Perera 93,884
  PA   SLFP Lakshman Jayakody 88,628
  PA   SLFP Felix Perera 80,539
  UNP   UNP A. Aloysius Reginold Perera 73,508
  PA   SLFP Athula Nimalasiri 65,623
  UNP   UNP Suranimala Rajapaksha 63,067
  UNP   UNP Anura Pradeep Hapangama 62,829
  PA   SLFP Reggie Ranatunga 61,458
  UNP   UNP Sarath Chandra Rajakaruna 59,992
  PA   SLFP M. K. Jinadasa Nandasena 58,237
  PA   SLFP B. A. P. Lionel Gunawardena 57,091
  PA   SLFP Neil Rupasinghe 57,090
  PA   SLFP Upali Gunaratne 55,328
  PA   SLFP A. Victor Suraweera 50,740

2000 parliamentary general election

Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000 for the district:[13]

Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes % Seats
  People's Alliance[e] 42,537 30,828 32,294 35,897 45,394 38,150 42,316 24,734 40,884 38,350 33,116 24,826 29,015 11,677 470,018 48.87% 10
  United National Party 23,248 27,052 28,894 25,053 27,794 33,089 30,157 24,045 30,031 30,025 30,025 28,983 32,570 7,362 378,328 39.34% 7
  Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 6,229 5,796 3,289 4,576 8,284 6,198 3,906 5,651 7,489 6,148 6,732 2,557 4,146 2,109 73,110 7.60% 1
  Sinhala Heritage 1,315 1,539 658 972 2,434 2,180 1,578 2,292 1,983 1,530 813 975 1,320 708 20,297 2.11% 0
  National Unity Alliance[f] 3,475 2,039 17 205 40 47 223 405 339 411 982 2,596 191 43 11,013 1.15% 0
  New Left Front[g] 286 202 254 310 291 261 314 178 270 272 310 285 226 43 3,502 0.36% 0
  Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya 123 184 52 53 158 68 50 170 112 231 94 36 67 65 1,463 0.15% 0
  United Lalith Front 86 68 98 105 68 72 80 62 107 96 102 67 78 4 1,093 0.11% 0
  Citizen's
Front		 81 49 34 44 105 47 48 58 78 55 69 30 57 19 774 0.08% 0
  Democratic United National Front 52 25 25 37 54 29 37 21 50 48 35 28 27 5 473 0.05% 0
  Independent Group 01 29 19 11 16 20 23 27 20 16 24 24 17 22 2 270 0.03% 0
  Independent Group 03 30 16 27 24 25 12 31 11 20 24 13 13 19 0 265 0.03% 0
  Independent Group 05 16 15 29 20 11 12 17 11 24 23 29 12 12 2 233 0.02% 0
  Liberal
Party		 15 12 21 10 17 10 27 15 29 14 19 22 13 8 232 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 04 19 17 12 11 17 7 14 15 17 13 17 8 9 1 177 0.02% 0
  Sri Lanka Progressive Front 34 12 9 6 13 6 12 9 9 8 8 12 7 4 149 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 02 11 16 11 6 21 9 7 9 13 11 6 9 8 0 137 0.01% 0
  People's Freedom Front 10 8 3 17 10 13 5 5 9 9 7 1 1 1 99 0.01% 0
  Ruhuna People's Party 4 3 1 3 11 6 7 5 5 5 4 5 15 2 76 0.01% 0
Valid Votes 77,600 67,900 65,739 67,365 84,767 80,239 78,856 57,716 81,485 77,297 72,405 60,482 67,803 22,055 961,709 100.00% 18
Rejected Votes 3,507 2,431 2,439 2,540 2,903 2,823 3,350 2,251 3,075 2,926 3,214 2,858 2,564 509 37,390
Total Polled 81,107 70,331 68,178 69,905 87,670 83,062 82,206 59,967 84,560 80,223 75,619 63,340 70,367 22,564 990,099
Registered Electors 103,895 90,501 84,780 89,364 114,218 106,334 103,105 77,681 110,100 101,131 98,681 84,290 89,336 1,253,416
Turnout (%) 78.07% 77.71% 80.42% 78.23% 76.76% 78.11% 79.73% 77.20% 76.80% 79.33% 76.63% 75.15% 78.77% 79.71%
Preferential votes
Alliance Party Candidate[14] votes
  UNP   UNP Karu Jayasuriya 237,387
  PA   SLFP Susil Premajayantha 165,905
  PA   SLFP Jeyaraj Fernandopulle 138,859
  UNP   UNP Anura Bandaranaike 99,536
  PA   SLFP Felix Perera 96,222
  PA   SLFP Pandu Bandaranaike 92,182
  UNP   UNP Jayalath Jayawardena 82,730
  PA   SLFP Reggie Ranatunga 79,510
  PA   SLFP Sarath Keerthiratne 77,427
  UNP   UNP John Amaratunga 67,104
  UNP   UNP Edward Gunaserkara 65,157
  PA   SLFP Lionel Gunawardena 59,777
  UNP   UNP Joseph Michael Perera 59,646
  PA   SLFP Sarathchandra Peramuna 52,416
  PA   SLFP Neil Rupasinghe 51,500
  UNP   UNP Suranimala Rajapaksha 49,697
  PA   SLFP Ananda Moonasinghe 48,863
  JVP   JVP Vijitha Herath 8,823

2001 parliamentary general election

Results of the 12th parliamentary election held on 5 December 2001 for the district:[15][16]

Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes % Seats
  United National Front[h] 29,618 32,882 31,434 28,707 32,479 38,219 35,075 27,174 34,904 32,726 33,405 35,678 37,592 437,289 43.94% 9
  People's Alliance[i] 39,531 28,778 29,656 33,199 41,519 34,522 39,498 23,419 37,499 34,348 31,014 21,811 24,651 428,780 43.08% 7
  Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 9,351 8,665 5,817 7,558 12,791 9,856 7,388 7,589 11,262 9,627 10,143 4,141 6,641 113,990 11.45% 2
  Sinhala Heritage 694 549 303 337 1,090 708 548 932 831 633 462 265 513 8,105 0.81% 0
  New Left
Front[j]		 330 220 196 291 315 282 296 175 303 267 284 262 220 3,488 0.35% 0
  United Socialist Party 47 78 40 45 41 58 60 41 66 61 73 56 62 736 0.07% 0
  United Lalith Front 46 47 33 62 41 56 53 35 41 65 62 40 39 623 0.06% 0
  Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya 37 28 12 22 39 21 16 40 39 44 38 15 17 389 0.04% 0
  Ruhuna People's Party 42 36 19 18 23 26 25 18 35 24 33 18 15 334 0.03% 0
  Independent Group 6 24 23 25 32 20 30 30 12 40 24 25 18 14 317 0.03% 0
  United Sinhala Great Council 22 7 14 17 18 13 16 34 21 11 7 7 34 226 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 5 15 14 11 19 18 14 18 11 17 14 24 12 7 194 0.02% 0
  Sri Lanka Muslim Party 9 5 4 9 10 16 20 15 14 11 21 10 10 146 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 3 24 11 8 16 8 9 12 8 7 6 15 6 5 136 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 4 10 8 4 10 10 9 14 4 6 11 9 11 4 113 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 2 8 9 4 10 11 10 6 9 12 3 11 7 5 107 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 1 4 7 6 7 7 8 1 3 14 8 10 6 8 100 0.01% 0
  Sri Lanka Progressive Front 2 7 1 11 8 10 7 7 6 11 4 7 8 90 0.01% 0
  Sri Lanka National Front 2 7 6 5 4 3 6 5 6 10 6 3 4 67 0.01% 0
Valid Votes 79,816 71,381 67,593 70,375 88,452 83,870 83,089 59,531 85,123 77,904 75,646 62,373 69,849 995,230 100.00% 18
Rejected Votes 3,490 2,617 2,672 2,569 2,909 2,524 3,143 2,532 3,158 2,906 3,330 3,044 2,791 38,172
Total Polled 83,306 73,998 70,265 72,944 91,361 86,394 86,232 62,063 88,281 80,810 78,976 65,417 72,640 1,033,402
Registered Electors 106,025 93,735 87,050 91,487 116,768 109,799 106,508 79,217 113,172 103,461 100,833 85,784 92,154 1,285,993
Turnout 78.57% 78.94% 80.72% 79.73% 78.24% 78.68% 80.96% 78.35% 78.01% 78.11% 78.32% 76.26% 78.82% 80.36%
Preferential votes
Alliance Party Candidate[17] votes
  PA   SLFP Anura Bandaranaike 265,160
  UNF   UNP Karu Jayasuriya 250,912
  UNF   UNP Jayalath Jayawardena 116,737
  PA   SLFP Jeyaraj Fernandopulle 95,591
  UNF   UNP Joseph Michael Perera 86,959
  UNF   UNP John Amaratunga 82,326
  UNF   UNP Olitha Premathiratne 81,302
  PA   SLFP Pandu Bandaranaike 78,614
  PA   SLFP Felix Perera 73,029
  UNF   UNP Edward Gunaserkara 70,667
  UNF   UNP Suranimala Rajapaksha 60,861
  UNF   UNP Sarath Chandra Rajakaruna 60,776
  PA   SLFP Sarana Gunawardena 59,470
  UNF   UNP Ravindra Randeniya 56,449
  PA   SLFP Reggie Ranatunga 53,031
  PA   SLFP Neil Rupasinghe 48,167
  JVP   JVP Vijitha Herath 13,981
  JVP   JVP Anjan Umma 10,834

2004 parliamentary general election

Results of the 13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004 for the district:[18]

Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes % Seats
  United People's Freedom Alliance[k] 45,529 34,502 34,257 40,327 51,944 42,453 41,823 25,774 47,558 41,026 39,853 24,357 28,344 12,216 509,963 51.51% 9
  United National Front[l] 24,282 24,696 26,267 23,111 24,652 34,248 31,919 21,450 27,012 28,632 27,523 33,709 34,041 6,030 367,572 37.13% 6
  Jathika Hela Urumaya 8,741 11,434 5,666 5,943 11,357 6,009 6,254 10,956 11,194 9,292 6,775 1,759 4,525 2,611 102,516 10.36% 2
  National Development Front 189 306 278 164 327 671 637 251 377 339 193 387 478 25 4,622 0.47% 0
  United Socialist Party 237 197 234 192 116 236 282 147 178 248 265 277 233 10 2,852 0.29% 0
  New Left
Front[m]		 54 57 40 26 53 97 98 51 76 63 46 148 102 21 932 0.09% 0
  Independent Group 10 27 14 26 22 20 23 18 17 16 26 20 14 16 1 260 0.03% 0
  Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya 8 15 17 7 15 4 62 11 25 15 10 4 4 6 203 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 09 13 9 15 13 7 6 10 11 12 9 20 8 16 0 149 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 03 22 9 9 14 17 10 13 6 12 9 16 4 1 1 143 0.01% 0
  Swarajya
Party		 4 15 5 12 12 5 10 35 12 1 6 4 7 1 129 0.01% 0
  Democratic United National Front 4 3 3 6 35 9 4 9 2 4 1 7 20 0 107 0.01% 0
  Liberal Party of Sri Lanka 7 1 4 20 8 8 6 5 5 1 2 4 2 73 0.01% 0
  Sri Lanka Muslim Party 4 4 3 4 2 4 10 6 7 4 3 7 15 0 73 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 07 6 3 5 2 7 4 11 2 4 4 4 7 6 1 66 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 01 3 4 3 5 3 4 7 4 5 9 1 11 5 1 65 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 04 3 5 2 4 6 3 3 4 3 7 4 4 0 48 0.00% 0
  Independent Group 08 4 3 4 2 4 9 1 4 3 3 4 2 0 43 0.00% 0
  Ruhuna People's Party 3 2 3 3 5 6 2 2 4 2 3 3 4 0 42 0.00% 0
  Sri Lanka Progressive Front 2 7 2 2 1 4 4 1 1 7 2 3 3 1 40 0.00% 0
  Independent Group 06 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 5 2 4 4 6 1 34 0.00% 0
  Sri Lanka National Front 7 1 0 1 2 1 5 2 3 2 1 3 0 0 28 0.00% 0
  Independent Group 02 2 1 2 4 3 0 2 2 0 3 2 4 0 0 25 0.00% 0
  Independent Group 05 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 1 0 17 0.00% 0
Valid Votes 79,155 71,292 66,847 69,885 88,597 83,816 81,185 58,753 86,514 79,709 74,759 60,725 67,837 20,928 990,002 100.00% 17
Rejected Votes 3,853 2,585 2,884 3,073 3,485 2,997 3,268 2,396 3,448 3,169 3,677 2,842 2,761 424 40,862
Total Polled 83,008 73,877 69,731 72,958 92,082 86,813 84,453 61,149 89,962 82,878 78,436 63,567 70,598 21,352 1,030,864
Registered Electors 109,731 96,568 90,352 94,755 120,833 113,559 110,706 80,329 117,826 107,679 104,122 88,773 91,912 1,327,145
Turnout 75.65% 76.50% 77.18% 77.00% 76.21% 76.45% 76.29% 76.12% 76.35% 76.97% 75.33% 71.61% 76.81% 77.68%
Preferential votes
Alliance Party Candidate[19] votes
  UPFA   JVP Vijitha Herath 215,540
  UNF   UNP Karu Jayasuriya 202,029
  UPFA   SLFP Anura Bandaranaike[n] 198,444
  UPFA   JVP Siripala Amarasingha[o] 128,633
  UPFA   JVP Anjan Umma 111,755
  UNF   UNP Joseph Michael Perera 95,231
  UNF   UNP Jayalath Jayawardena 93,643
  UPFA   SLFP Jeyaraj Fernandopulle[p] 90,307
  UPFA   SLFP Lasantha Alagiyawanna 86,550
  UNF   UNP John Amaratunga 86,141
  UPFA   SLFP Sripathi Sooriyaarachchi[q][r] 76,637
  UPFA   SLFP Felix Perera 72,616
  UPFA   SLFP Pandu Bandaranaike 56,715
  UNF   UNP Sarath Chandra Rajakaruna 55,337
  UNF   UNP Edward Gunaserkara 44,890
  JHU   JHU Ven. Kolonnawe Sri Sumangala Thero[s] 25,154
  JHU   JHU Ven. Aparekke Punnananda Thero 7,389

2010 parliamentary general election

Results of the 14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010 for the district:[27]

Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes % Seats
  United People's Freedom Alliance[t] 51,172 41,478 38,957 46,356 58,268 43,920 49,766 30,276 55,327 49,033 45,428 26,076 31,444 21,975 589,476 63.37% 12
  United National Front[u] 15,912 20,438 18,026 14,185 17,976 26,397 22,919 16,479 20,387 19,295 17,971 23,987 26,659 5,892 266,523 28.65% 5
  Democratic National Alliance[v] 5,626 5,089 2,931 3,709 7,188 6,544 5,228 5,322 7,027 5,270 4,491 3,463 4,929 2,930 69,747 7.50% 1
  Independent Group 02 5 47 65 23 47 223 418 37 83 91 15 239 166 10 1,469 0.16% 0
  Sri Lanka National Front 36 13 64 34 69 83 52 15 22 31 63 19 87 37 625 0.07% 0
  National Development Front 30 15 32 22 18 19 54 20 23 47 18 88 18 5 409 0.04% 0
  Independent Group 09 23 13 18 18 25 21 27 21 18 30 24 19 16 6 279 0.03% 0
  United National Alternative Front 22 14 12 15 21 16 22 20 19 13 12 13 24 6 229 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 13 6 13 6 11 34 8 1 15 7 42 38 11 10 5 207 0.02% 0
  Janasetha Peramuna 22 2 4 14 12 10 12 6 4 13 10 50 9 9 177 0.02% 0
  United Democratic Front 13 7 4 5 13 10 10 9 15 14 10 8 8 8 134 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 15 9 8 5 3 12 6 12 14 13 6 16 4 7 5 120 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 11 12 6 15 9 11 6 8 4 3 3 4 11 16 0 108 0.01% 0
  Sri Lanka Labour Party 4 7 3 2 9 8 6 8 15 5 1 8 1 2 79 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 08 6 2 6 4 2 6 18 4 1 9 6 4 5 3 76 0.01% 0
  Patriotic National Front 6 5 4 3 7 6 3 4 8 5 3 5 6 1 66 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 05 2 1 6 2 8 6 11 2 4 1 3 5 11 3 65 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 14 8 0 1 4 4 7 3 3 9 6 6 3 5 4 63 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 03 9 3 2 4 6 3 7 7 1 3 5 2 1 1 54 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 10 6 0 0 2 14 4 2 2 6 5 4 2 3 1 51 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 01 5 5 3 3 3 7 2 4 4 3 2 3 2 4 50 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 07 3 3 0 3 4 4 6 6 1 4 3 1 5 2 45 0.00% 0
  Independent Group 06 3 6 2 0 3 2 3 3 3 2 4 6 3 2 42 0.00% 0
  All Are Citizens, All Are Kings Organisation 1 2 4 3 3 6 2 1 0 2 5 1 6 4 40 0.00% 0
  Independent Group 04 4 1 2 3 3 2 5 2 1 2 3 4 6 1 39 0.00% 0
  United Lanka Great Council 1 4 2 2 2 3 3 0 1 3 4 3 3 0 31 0.00% 0
  Independent Group 12 2 1 0 0 6 2 0 1 5 1 1 4 6 0 29 0.00% 0
Valid Votes 72,948 67,183 60,174 64,439 83,768 77,329 78,600 52,285 83,007 73,939 68,150 54,039 63,456 30,916 930,233 100.00% 18
Rejected Votes 3,774 2,998 4,017 3,518 3,930 4,208 5,021 2,668 3,925 3,675 3,522 3,711 4,328 939 50,234
Total Polled 76,722 70,181 64,191 67,957 87,698 81,537 83,621 54,953 86,932 77,614 71,672 57,750 67,784 31,855 980,467
Registered Electors 120,900 107,786 99,742 104,155 133,606 127,821 127,421 83,105 134,581 120,860 114,566 96,028 103,893 1,474,464
Turnout 63.46% 65.11% 64.36% 65.25% 65.64% 63.79% 65.63% 66.12% 64.59% 64.22% 62.56% 60.14% 65.24% 66.50%
Preferential votes
Alliance Party Candidate[28] votes
  UPFA   SLFP Basil Rajapaksa 425,861
  UPFA   SLFP Sudarshani Fernandopulle 186,140
  UPFA   SLFP Mervyn Silva 151,085
  UPFA   JHU Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thero 112,010
  UNF   UNP Ruwan Wijewardene 88,850
  UNF   UNP Upeksha Swarnamali 81,350
  UPFA   SLFP Felix Perera 69,938
  UPFA   SLFP Ruwan Ranatunga 66,488
  UPFA   SLFP Lasantha Alagiyawanna 65,939
  UPFA   SLFP Sarana Gunawardena 61,150
  UNF   UNP Karu Jayasuriya 60,310
  UNF   UNP Jayalath Jayawardena 58,302
  UNF   UNP John Amaratunga 52,331
  UPFA   SLFP Dulip Wijeysekara 51,469
  UPFA   SLFP Wasantha Senanayake 51,124
  DNA   JVP Vijitha Herath 50,967
  UPFA   SLFP Pandu Bandaranaike 49,613
  UPFA   SLFP Sarath Kumara Gunaratna 46,040

2015 parliamentary general election

Results of the 15th parliamentary election held on 17 August 2015:[29]

Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes % Seats
  United National Front for Good Governance[w] 42,371 41,232 35,725 35,390 42,585 51,807 50,393 31,501 45,446 43,373 39,794 48,517 51,011 17,859 577,004 47.13% 9
  United People's Freedom Alliance[x] 44,926 42,759 38,471 44,925 53,901 43,051 45,582 28,323 54,362 45,898 41,014 18,928 30,743 17,075 549,958 44.92% 8
  Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 6,973 6,742 3,951 4,557 9,754 8,333 6,662 5,206 8,603 7,400 6,255 3,902 5,141 4,401 87,880 7.18% 1
  Democratic Party 327 444 120 317 356 419 297 427 603 291 248 221 315 321 4,706 0.38% 0
  Bodu Jana Peramuna 132 212 76 103 154 104 102 169 194 146 106 14 77 75 1,664 0.14% 0
  Frontline Socialist Party 39 82 49 30 111 24 41 31 104 37 25 35 55 30 693 0.06% 0
  Independent Group 15 67 14 22 8 38 55 57 13 25 36 28 29 37 2 431 0.04% 0
  United People's Party 30 38 21 32 30 34 31 21 31 22 38 37 41 9 415 0.03% 0
  Independent Group 11 40 17 7 6 59 7 6 4 17 27 28 8 10 5 241 0.02% 0
  Janasetha Peramuna 5 16 7 11 19 17 17 22 9 10 32 5 6 9 185 0.02% 0
  All Citizens are All Kings Organization 11 6 5 93 12 6 8 6 10 8 6 6 2 5 184 0.02% 0
  Nava Sama Samaja Party 13 7 7 4 28 14 8 0 5 29 4 9 10 3 141 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 16 10 11 10 12 8 13 9 5 8 7 9 11 10 6 129 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 07 4 1 2 1 2 70 2 3 4 3 4 1 13 2 112 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 10 7 2 2 9 8 6 10 5 5 12 8 3 5 2 84 0.01% 0
  United Peace Front 10 3 4 7 5 8 5 1 7 6 5 3 7 6 77 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 12 9 4 3 4 3 6 8 4 0 3 12 2 2 2 62 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 01 1 2 4 6 8 4 5 1 4 4 8 3 3 2 55 0.00% 0
  Independent Group 05 5 5 0 3 2 8 2 3 4 3 4 2 10 1 52 0.00% 0
  Independent Group 02 1 3 2 2 5 11 5 4 2 4 1 3 3 1 50 0.00% 0
  Independent Group 08 1 0 1 0 5 3 3 0 3 1 12 12 2 0 43 0.00% 0
  Independent Group 09 7 3 4 0 7 3 2 1 2 3 3 1 5 1 42 0.00% 0
  Motherland People's Party 1 5 0 3 1 5 5 4 2 2 7 3 1 2 41 0.00% 0
  Independent Group 14 4 1 0 10 2 2 5 0 4 1 5 2 3 0 39 0.00% 0
  Independent Group 06 1 3 0 1 3 1 10 0 3 2 5 4 1 0 34 0.00% 0
  Independent Group 04 4 1 1 1 4 0 3 1 4 4 2 4 1 0 30 0.00% 0
  Independent Group 13 2 3 0 2 1 3 2 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 25 0.00% 0
  Independent Group 03 1 3 2 2 1 4 0 1 1 0 1 5 3 0 24 0.00% 0
Valid Votes 95,005 91,619 78,496 85,539 107,112 104,108 103,280 65,758 109,466 97,334 87,665 71,771 87,518 39,820 1,224,401 100.00% 18
Rejected Votes 4,880 3,737 3,707 3,712 4,457 4,283 5,522 3,024 4,646 4,667 3,997 4,191 4,392 1,026 56,246 4.39%
Total Polled 99,885 95,356 82,202 89,256 111,569 108,301 108,802 68,782 114,112 102,001 91,662 75,962 91,910 40,846 1,280,647 78.21%
Registered Electors 133,023 121,702 108,529 115,356 147,280 143,843 143,885 90,122 149,453 132,981 124,679 106,213 120,471 1,637,537
Preferential votes
Alliance Party Candidate[30] votes
  UPFA   SLFP Prasanna Ranatunga 384,448
  UNFGG   UNP Ranjan Ramanayake 216,463
  UNFGG   DNM Arjuna Ranatunga 165,890
  UNFGG   UNP Ruwan Wijewardene 157,932
  UNFGG   UNP Harshana Rajakaruna 122,455
  UNFGG   UNP Ajith Mannapperuma 113,889
  UPFA   SLFP Prasanna Ranaweera 112,395
  UPFA   SLFP Nimal Lanza 94,375
  UPFA   SLFP Sisira Jayakody 90,749
  UNFGG   UNP John Amaratunga 83,070
  UNFGG   UNP Kavinda Jayawardena 81,383
  UPFA   SLFP Indika Anuruddha 78,109
  UPFA   SLFP Sudarshani Fernandopulle 73,553
  UNFGG   DNM Chathura Senarathne 71,243
  UNFGG   UNP Edward Gunasekara 65,874
  UPFA   SLFP Duleep Wijesekera 58,936
  UPFA   SLFP Lasantha Alagiyawanna 57,450
  JVP   JVP Vijitha Herath 55,299

2020 parliamentary general election

Results of the 16th parliamentary election held on 5 August 2020:[31]

Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes % Seats
  Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance[y] 62,674 62,301 51,251 64,663 73,455 67,798 70,062 39,172 76,227 65,763 55,063 36,536 47,230 35,701 807,896 65.76% 13
  Samagi Jana Balawegaya[z] 21,324 18,077 17,826 15,749 17,481 25,723 25,055 17,684 21,287 20,225 18,034 25,023 34,706 7,615 285,809 23.27% 4
  National People's Power[aa] 4,675 4,374 2,675 2,681 6,372 5,944 5,041 3,421 5,789 4,757 4,685 3,834 3,744 3,841 61,833 5.03% 1
  United National Party 2,610 3,051 1,621 1,207 1,681 2,022 1,775 1,501 2,692 1,925 1,916 2,784 2,138 1,359 28,282 2.3% 0
  Our People's Power Party 2,199 1,711 1,474 1,065 2,140 1,147 1,510 1,045 1,760 1,973 3,630 618 661 694 21,627 1.76% 0
  Independent Group 04 324 557 185 259 821 508 372 596 634 549 226 218 260 161 5,670 0.46% 0
  National Development Front 263 306 234 377 399 392 391 195 350 297 233 257 292 63 4,049 0.33% 0
  Independent Group 09 142 93 134 165 124 130 156 76 135 174 183 143 116 20 1,791 0.15% 0
  Frontline Socialist Party 127 140 113 70 223 78 89 66 150 97 107 99 93 82 1,534 0.12% 0
  Socialist Party of Sri Lanka 82 86 64 86 84 90 83 55 106 125 114 67 95 38 1,175 0.1% 0
  Independent Group 18 87 48 75 74 71 71 85 41 62 85 93 62 68 23 945 0.08% 0
  Jana Setha Peramuna 48 48 74 83 53 73 79 53 67 60 60 56 117 21 892 0.07% 0
  Independent Group 11 54 34 57 63 51 61 49 39 51 55 59 47 51 7 678 0.06% 0
  Independent Group 13 53 38 52 46 40 40 51 30 36 50 54 28 34 8 560 0.05% 0
  Sri Lanka Labour Party 43 44 30 43 44 52 48 28 49 47 42 35 44 8 557 0.05% 0
  Democratic United National Front 118 28 22 25 27 16 23 34 26 26 114 26 20 34 539 0.04% 0
  New Democratic Front 46 36 61 42 31 34 45 29 42 58 38 30 33 12 537 0.04% 0
  Independent Group 03 22 14 13 37 175 27 22 7 73 56 15 35 13 19 528 0.04% 0
  Sinhaladeepa National Front 29 80 13 17 58 15 29 22 47 42 23 34 34 27 470 0.04% 0
  Motherland People's Party 38 73 16 52 27 9 15 28 37 25 25 15 13 21 394 0.03% 0
  Independent Group 15 30 25 20 27 21 18 26 37 21 23 26 36 22 7 353 0.03% 0
  New Sinhala Heritage 20 9 24 22 13 24 20 15 21 14 25 20 20 15 264 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 14 18 26 20 26 14 14 14 16 20 30 22 14 20 10 264 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 17 35 10 13 22 16 12 17 11 15 17 29 14 26 11 248 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 12 12 5 29 7 6 17 41 12 6 50 7 25 11 10 238 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 06 12 12 9 6 13 23 19 8 14 18 27 34 18 8 221 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 05 11 15 9 31 15 21 10 12 23 10 4 22 16 4 203 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 10 15 10 10 16 9 17 9 4 12 16 15 14 24 8 179 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 02 22 9 12 9 11 13 9 5 18 7 18 15 11 11 170 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 01 14 6 10 10 16 10 10 1 9 9 15 34 10 15 169 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 16 10 10 10 10 5 17 15 10 14 17 19 11 9 3 160 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 07 6 7 4 9 7 11 10 6 15 7 8 16 31 19 156 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 08 6 5 3 7 5 7 6 2 6 10 5 10 7 4 83 0.01% 0
Valid Votes 95,169 91,288 71,163 87,006 103,508 104,434 105,186 64,261 109,814 96,617 84,934 70,212 90,003 49,879 1,228,474 100.00% 18
Rejected Votes 6,162 4,946 4,780 4,067 5,319 6,258 7,234 4,090 6,250 5,830 5,476 5,780 6,673 2,644 75,509 4.23%
Total Polled 101,331 96,234 80,943 91,073 108,827 110,692 112,420 68,351 116,064 102,447 90,410 75,992 96,676 52,523 1,303,983 73.01%
Registered Electors 137,300 130,751 111,857 120,061 153,947 156,003 156,287 94,950 160,034 139,540 126,021 112,012 133,103 54,098 1,785,964
Preferential votes
Alliance Party Candidate[32] votes
  SLPFA   SLPP Nalaka Godahewa 325,479
  SLPFA   SLPP Prasanna Ranatunga 316,544
  SLPFA   SLPP Indika Anuruddha 136,297
  SLPFA   SLPP Sisira Jayakody 113,130
  SJB   SJB Sarath Fonseka 110,555
  SLPFA   SLPP Nimal Lanza 108,945
  SJB   SJB Ranjan Ramanayake 103,992
  SLPFA   SLPP Sahan Pradeep Withana 97,494
  SLPFA   SLPP Sudarshani Fernandopulle 89,329
  SLPFA   SLPP Prasanna Ranaweera 83,203
  SLPFA   SLPP Kokila Gunawardena 77,922
  SJB   SJB Harshana Rajakaruna 73,617
  SLPFA   SLFP Lasantha Alagiyawanna 73,061
  SLPFA   SLPP Nalin Fernando 69,800
  SLPFA   SLPP Milan Jayathilaka 68,449
  SLPFA   SLPP Upul Mahendra 67,756
  SJB   SJB Kavinda Jayawardena 52,026
  NPP   JVP Vijitha Herath 37,008

Provincial Council Elections

1988 provincial council election

Results of the 1st Western provincial council election held on 2 June 1988 for the district:[33]

Party Votes % Seats
  United National Party 243,694 49.03% 18
  United Socialist Alliance[ab] 212,679 42.8% 15
  Liberal Party 26,962 5.42% 2
  Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 13,680 2.75% 1
Valid Votes 497,015 100.00% 36

1993 provincial council election

Results of the 2nd Western provincial council election held on 17 May 1993 for the district:[34]

Party Votes % Seats
  People's Alliance[ac] 353,602 45.65% 17
  United National Party 320,065 41.32% 15
  Democratic United National Front 88,362 11.43% 4
  Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 7,078 0.91% 0
  Nava Sama Samaja Party 4,815 0.62% 0
  Independent Group 01 610 0.07% 0
Valid Votes 774,532 100.00% 36

1999 provincial council election

Results of the 3rd Western provincial council election held on 6 April 1999 for the district:[35][36]

Party Votes % Seats
  People's Alliance[ad] 376,176 48.30% 17
  United National Party 317,698 40.79% 15
  Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 58,277 7.48% 3
  Mahajana Eksath Peramuna 15,492 1.99% 1
  New Left Front[ae] 8,409 1.08% 0
  Muslim United Liberation Front 1,347 0.17% 0
  Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya 807 0.10% 0
  Sri Lanka Progressive Front 663 0.09% 0
Valid Votes 778,869 100.00% 36
Rejected Votes 48,262
Total Polled 827,131
Registered Electors 1,213,589
Turnout 68.16%

2004 provincial council election

Results of the 4th Western provincial council election held on 10 July 2004 for the district:

Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes % Seats
  United People's Freedom Alliance[af] 34,731 27,163 26,522 31,198 37,572 32,434 31,872 21,286 36,457 32,425 30,664 22,098 21,174 7,285 392,881 61.35% 24
  United National Party 12,614 16,802 17,611 14,615 14,460 20,082 16,959 14,923 16,371 17,925 16,991 15,928 20,792 2,830 218,903 34.19% 14
  Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 4,653 2,631 15 379 24 25 387 1,209 790 1,183 1,575 3,447 287 16 16,621 2.60% 1
  Western People's Front 11 12 9 9 14 127 86 419 32 11 29 413 1,626 0 2,798 0.44% 0
  Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya 114 67 1,200 29 111 39 431 82 137 195 40 19 48 52 2,564 0.40% 0
  United Socialist Party 173 219 190 187 127 187 183 180 177 194 191 165 224 22 2,419 0.38% 0
  National Development Front 113 128 143 94 134 365 411 98 166 152 84 206 260 7 2,361 0.37% 0
  Independent Group 03 478 11 32 27 14 7 6 1 13 8 179 4 8 6 794 0.12% 0
  Independent Group 04 29 16 17 17 20 16 18 7 22 34 20 18 17 7 258 0.04% 0
  United Sinhala Great Council 18 15 20 18 16 16 18 7 14 21 11 20 34 8 236 0.04% 0
  Sri Lanka Progressive Front 29 12 6 8 8 7 8 17 18 12 12 10 11 1 159 0.02% 0
  Liberal Party 6 11 4 29 11 10 10 5 13 9 9 9 12 4 142 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 01 14 4 6 5 8 8 10 8 9 10 9 9 4 6 110 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 02 9 3 5 11 4 6 8 14 4 11 8 5 11 1 100 0.02% 0
Valid Votes 52,992 47,094 45,780 46,626 52,523 53,329 50,407 38,256 54,223 52,190 49,822 42,351 44,508 10,245 640,346 100.00% 39
Rejected Votes 3,649 2,608 2,400 2,647 3,434 3,183 3,028 2,668 3,176 3,335 3,009 2,177 2,727 749 38,790
Total Polled 56,641 49,702 48,180 49,273 55,957 56,512 53,435 40,924 57,399 55,525 52,831 44,528 47,235 10,994 679,136
Registered Electors 109,731 96,568 90,352 94,755 120,833 113,559 110,706 80,329 117,826 107,679 104,122 88,773 91,912 1,327,145
Turnout 51.62% 51.47% 53.32% 52.00% 46.31% 49.76% 48.27% 50.95% 48.72% 51.57% 50.74% 50.16% 51.39% 51.17%
Source:[37]
Preferential votes
Party Candidate[37] votes
  UPFA R.A. Waruna Deepthi Rajapaksha 56,118
  UPFA Prasanna Ranatunga 46,135
  UPFA R.A. Eraj Crishantha de Alwis 43,064
  UPFA Ashoka Sapumal Ranwala 35,623
  UPFA Ananda Ranjith Rupasinghe 34,614
  UPFA A.G Dulip Pandula Perera Wijesekara 34,509
  UPFA A. Ileperuma Sunil Wijerathna 33,496
  UPFA I. Gihan Wijesinghe 32,992
  UPFA Nimal Lanza 31,502
  UPFA A. Sardhathissa Sakalasuriya 31,356
  UPFA Sarath Kumara Gunaratna 29,411
  UPFA U. Arachchige Nandaseeli 29,107
  UPFA M. Kulasiri de Silva 28,326
  UPFA K. Meril Perera 27,513
  UPFA H. Wimalasena Silva 26,865
  UPFA Nandana Mendis 26,083
  UPFA S. Kinsley Kasthuriarachchi 25,739
  UPFA Lalith Wanigarathna 24,710
  UPFA Gunasiri Jayanath 24,480
  UNP K.D Gamini Gunarathna 23,947
  UPFA Sisira Jayakody 23,859
  UNP Upul Deva Wanawasa Rununage 23,632
  UNP U. George Perera 23,339
  UPFA Ashantha Namal Gunawardhana 22,097
  UPFA Chandana Jayakody 21,907
  UPFA A.D Nihal Caneesius Premasiri Jayawardhana 21,694
  UNP Lowrence Madiwela 21,591
  UNP U.P Chandrasoma Saranalal 21,458
  UPFA R. Waragoda 21,446
  UNP A.K Paul Perera 21,195
  UNP Edward Silva Digirige 20,629
  UNP A. Sirikamal Feleshian de Silva 18,637
  UNP M. Clarance Thushara Perera 17,868
  UNP A. Kithsiri Manchanayake 15,757
  UNP Ananda Samarasekara 15,529
  UNP Palitha Lihiniyakumara 15,066
  UNP Abhayasiri Ramanayake 14,996
  UNP W. Douglas Morine Fernando 14,246
  SLMC M.S.M. Raheem 3,001

2009 provincial council election

Results of the 5th Western provincial council election held on 25 April 2009 for the district:

Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes % Seats
  United People's Freedom Alliance[ag] 51,661 45,061 42,097 48,383 60,210 50,015 53,286 32,388 59,679 55,692 45,740 32,475 36,467 11,376 624,530 69.07% 27
  United National Party 12,763 18,241 17,387 14,315 16,968 23,430 21,921 14,694 18,163 17,466 17,728 17,823 22,657 2,700 236,256 26.13% 10
  Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 1,553 1,689 1,063 1,313 2,590 1,853 1,385 1,406 2,270 1,503 2,223 777 1,303 563 21,491 2.38% 1
  Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 4,321 2,086 53 159 9 97 610 1,521 984 941 1,352 3,558 2,291 32 18,014 1.99% 1
  Democratic Unity Alliance 376 88 14 16 44 59 48 87 120 55 155 83 276 3 1,424 0.16% 0
  United Socialist Party 29 41 56 46 28 57 59 50 51 40 71 54 71 4 657 0.07% 0
  Independent Group 04 42 32 35 56 69 48 57 32 54 41 36 32 34 0 568 0.06% 0
  Ruhuna People's Party 10 36 6 5 15 289 34 11 9 6 2 26 37 1 487 0.05% 0
  National Development Front 15 24 13 17 15 16 20 13 25 21 19 16 15 0 229 0.03% 0
  Independent Group 02 28 12 1 3 4 2 9 23 16 7 10 18 14 0 147 0.02% 0
  Democratic United National Front 4 3 1 2 3 17 4 12 5 5 3 1 46 1 107 0.01% 0
  Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya 8 9 6 8 8 4 8 8 6 10 3 6 8 3 95 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 01 8 2 4 4 5 5 4 3 6 8 5 7 7 2 70 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 03 6 4 1 7 4 5 4 7 6 3 5 3 4 1 60 0.01% 0
  United Lanka Great Council 7 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 5 2 6 14 4 4 55 0.01% 0
Valid Votes 70,831 67,329 60,738 64,336 79,976 75,900 77,450 50,256 81,399 75,800 67,358 54,893 63,234 14,690 904,190 100.00% 39
Rejected Votes 2,436 1,789 1,910 1,792 2,295 2,183 2,639 1,632 2,325 2,310 2,324 1,912 2,232 391 28,170
Total Polled 73,267 69,118 62,648 66,128 82,271 78,083 80,089 51,888 83,724 78,110 69,682 56,805 65,466 15,081 932,360
Registered Electors 119,299 106,550 98,572 103,058 132,375 126,026 125,510 83,239 132,781 119,350 113,421 94,871 103,243 1,458,295
Turnout 61.41% 64.87% 63.56% 64.17% 62.15% 61.96% 63.81% 62.34% 63.05% 65.45% 61.44% 59.88% 63.41% 63.93%
Source:[38]
Preferential votes
Party Candidate[39] votes
  UPFA Prasanna Ranatunga 186,338
  UPFA Nimal Lanza 76,156
  UPFA Pradeep Perera 62,948
  UPFA I.A. Sunil Wijerarhna 58,444
  UPFA Lalith Wanigarathna 53,773
  UNP Ruwan Wijewardene 53,756
  UPFA Sisira Jayakody 49,975
  UPFA Ranjith Rupasinghe 49,058
  UPFA A. Chandrika Sakalasooriya 48,852
  UPFA K. Meril Perera 48,176
  UPFA Ananda Harishchandra De Silva Kadupiti 47,687
  UPFA H.M.G.B. Kotakadeniya 47,139
  UPFA Kokila Gunawardena 46,997
  UPFA Gunasiri Jayantha 42,068
  UPFA A.D Nihal Caneesius Premasiri Jayawardhana 40,142
  UPFA A. Sandya Siriwardhana 39,542
  UPFA A.G Ravindra Prassad Perera Wijesekara 38,836
  UNP Harshana Rajakaruna 37,485
  UNP Ajith Mannapperuma 37,330
  UPFA M.P Lionel Jayasinghe 37,240
  UPFA Upali Gunarathna 33,795
  UPFA M.A Clerance Thushara Perera 33,441
  UPFA A.A.K.A Kamal Kuruppu 31,332
  UNP M. Shrinath Sudesh Mahendra Perera 30,843
  UPFA Chandana Jayakody 29,663
  UPFA A.B.K Randeer Rodrigo 29,072
  UNP U. George Perera 29,033
  UPFA N. Darshana Mallawa 28,311
  UPFA Shalitha Lakshman Wijesundara 27,951
  UPFA R.P. Dilip Kumara Rajapaksha 27,399
  UPFA W.K.D. Rehensiri Waragoda 27,336
  UPFA I.S.D Doltan Janaka 26,186
  UNP A. Kithsiri Manchanayake 23,804
  UNP A.A Margret Rose Fernando 22,439
  UNP Udena Wijerathna 19,607
  UNP A.K Paul Perera 18,705
  UNP A.P.A.D.G.I. Shirantha 18,472
  SLMC A.A. Mohamed Shaffi Raheem 12,344
  JVP R.A Waruna Deepthi Rajapaksha 5,689

2014 provincial council election

Results of the 6th Western provincial council election held on 29 March 2014:[40]

Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes		 Total Votes % Seats
  United People's Freedom Alliance[ah] 50,735 40,473 40,666 44,256 50,227 46,286 50,857 28,200 55,286 51,035 43,418 28,763 36,550 15,816 582,668 57.98% 24
  United National Party 13,663 19,859 17,835 18,277 16,663 25,364 22,491 13,030 17,872 18,205 16,957 22,687 22,642 3,701 249,230 24.80% 10
  Democratic Party 6,333 6,691 4,823 5,206 10,143 7,267 9,083 5,677 9,136 6,759 5,550 3,294 5,432 3,163 88,557 8.81% 4
  Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 4,244 5,073 2,112 2,774 6,767 5,534 3,964 4,288 5,965 4,809 3,763 2,330 3,433 1,344 56,405 5.61% 2
  Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 4,504 1,924 98 402 16 41 609 1,349 1,121 858 1,256 3,946 1,143 32 17,296 1.72% 1
  Democratic People's Front 112 43 15 21 36 313 321 557 81 36 27 1,388 3,873 21 6,844 0.68% 0
  Jana Setha Peramuna 208 59 15 32 137 22 18 52 55 64 53 11 84 21 831 0.08% 0
  United Lanka People's Party 34 28 27 28 40 49 41 39 41 44 50 31 35 48 535 0.05% 0
  United Lanka Great Council 54 40 19 42 68 36 55 28 53 46 33 11 34 11 530 0.05% 0
  Patriotic National Front 22 28 15 38 45 43 38 22 34 25 32 11 28 14 395 0.04% 0
  New Sinhala Heritage 16 16 18 16 38 11 10 12 23 25 11 11 24 14 245 0.02% 0
  Nava Sama Samaja Party 12 19 3 5 58 16 27 8 16 18 6 18 15 8 229 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 09 21 13 9 13 21 14 18 10 12 16 14 10 15 12 198 0.02% 0
  Sri Lanka Labour Party 13 13 5 8 17 13 19 4 12 10 10 17 11 3 155 0.02% 0
  Independent Group 05 13 9 10 8 14 14 13 15 10 14 8 9 8 1 146 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 08 10 26 4 9 6 15 4 17 13 10 5 3 3 2 127 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 01 12 22 3 2 15 9 7 7 16 8 3 9 9 3 125 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 03 7 7 4 8 5 12 14 4 12 7 11 10 12 2 115 0.01% 0
  Independent Group 07 7 5 10 5 8 3 8 3 11 5 8 6 5 5 89 0.00% 0
  Independent Group 06 5 6 2 13 14 12 7 2 5 4 4 4 5 3 86 0.00% 0
  Independent Group 02 7 13 2 3 10 7 8 7 3 4 2 7 8 4 85 0.00% 0
  Independent Group 04 11 5 4 3 4 5 3 11 5 3 4 1 2 0 71 0.00% 0
Valid Votes 80,047 74,372 65,699 71,174 84,322 85,086 87,615 53,342 89,782 82,005 71,225 62,574 73,481 24,228 1,004,952 100.00% 41
Rejected Votes 3,267 2,777 2,396 2,442 3,706 3,394 3,651 2,328 3,665 3,070 3,058 2,649 3,304 1,006 40,713
Total Polled 83,314 77,149 68,095 73,616 88,028 88,480 91,266 55,670 93,447 85,075 74,283 65,223 76,685 25,234 1,045,665
Registered Electors
Turnout
Source:[41]
Preferential votes
Party Candidate[41] votes
  UPFA Prasanna Ranatunga 249,678
  UPFA Nimal Lanza 106,661
  UPFA Sahan Pradeep Withana 59,892
  UPFA Samanmalee Sakalasooriya 53,447
  UNP Harshana Rajakaruna 51,018
  UPFA Sisira Jayakody 43,331
  UPFA Sunil Wijerathne 42,488
  UNP Kavinda Jayawardena 41,654
  UPFA Kokila Gunawardena 40,291
  UPFA Meril Perera 40,180
  UPFA Ranjith Roopasinghe 38,477
  UPFA Upul Mahendra 37,674
  UPFA Susara Dinal Silva 37,598
  UPFA Gunasiri Jayanath 36,240
  UPFA Lakshman Gunawardhana 33,781
  UPFA Lalith Wanigarathna 32,713
  UPFA Ananda Harischandra 30,833
  UPFA Nirosha Athukoralage 30,807
  UPFA Chandana Jayakody 30,081
  UNP Edwerd Gunasekara 29,944
  UPFA Lionel Jayasingha 29,863
  UNP Priyantha Perera 29,703
  UNP Shirantha Amarasekara 29,559
  UNP Wijitha Fernando 29,291
  UNP Rose Fernando 29,267
  UPFA Upali Gunarathna 29,215
  UPFA Sandya Siriwardhana 29,206
  UPFA Upul Rajitha 27,308
  UPFA Prasad Perera 26,396
  UPFA Nirosh Dilshan 25,489
  UPFA Lalantha Gunasekara 25,419
  UNP Suresh Mahendra Perera 24,728
  UNP Udena Surasinghe 23,712
  UNP Pushpakumara De Silva 20,390
  JVP Mahindawansha Jayasinghe 15,933
  DP Rajitha Rangana 14,644
  DP Anuruddha Lekamge 14,058
  SLMC Mohamed Shaffi Raheem 12,335
  DP Asoka Dayarathna 9,985
  DP Indika Bandara 9,270
  JVP Asoka Sapumal Ranwala 7,437

Notes

  1. ^ Replaced by Ajith Mannapperuma.
  2. ^ Including the CPSL, LSSP, NSSP, SLMP.
  3. ^ Including the SLFP.
  4. ^ Including the JVP.
  5. ^ Including the SLFP.
  6. ^ Including the SLMC.
  7. ^ Including the NSSP.
  8. ^ Including the UNP, SLMC, CWC, WPF.
  9. ^ Including the SLFP.
  10. ^ Including the NSSP.
  11. ^ Including the SLFP, JVP.
  12. ^ Including the UNP, SLMC, CWC, WPF.
  13. ^ Including the NSSP.
  14. ^ Anura Bandaranaike (UPFA-SLFP) died on 16 March 2008.[20] His replacement Sarana Gunawardena (UPFA-SLFP) was sworn in on 6 May 2008.[21]
  15. ^ Siripala Amarasingha (UPFA-JVP) resigned on 19 April 2006. His replacement was Sarath Kumara Gunaratna (UPFA-SLFP).[22]
  16. ^ Jeyaraj Fernandopulle (UPFA-SLFP) was murdered on 6 April 2008.[23] His replacement Dulip Wijeysekara (UPFA-SLFP) was sworn in on 6 May 2008.[21]
  17. ^ Sripathi Sooriyaarachchi (UPFA-SLFP(M)) was killed on 9 February 2008.[24] His replacement was Reggie Ranatunga (UPFA-SLFP).
  18. ^ Reggie Ranatunga (UPFA-SLFP) died on 31 May 2008.[25] His replacement Neil Rupasinghe (UPFA-SLFP) was sworn in on 6 June 2008.[26]
  19. ^ Ven. Kolonnawe Sri Sumangala Thero (JHU) resigned on 8 October 2004. His replacement was Ven. Alawwe Nandaloka Thero (JHU).
  20. ^ Includung the SLFP.
  21. ^ Including the UNP, SLMC, DPF, SLFP.
  22. ^ Including the JVP.
  23. ^ The alliance consisted of ACMC,DNM, JHU,MTNA,NFGG, SLMC, TPA (DPF, NUW and UCPF),ULF and UNP.
  24. ^ The alliance consisted of CWC,CF,DNF,DPC, LBSL, MEP, NC, NFF,PHU, SA (CPSL, DLF, LSSP,NLPP and SLPP), SLFP, TMVP and UCF.
  25. ^ The alliance consisted of CWC, CPSL, DLF, DVJP, EPDP, LSSP, MEP,MTK, NC, NFF,PHU, SLFP, SLMP, SLPP, TMVP,UPP & VDJS.
  26. ^ The alliance consisted of JHU, SLMC, TPA (NUW, DPF, UCPF), ACMC,NLNP & JSP.
  27. ^ Including JVP.
  28. ^ Including the CPSL, LSSP, NSSP, SLMP.
  29. ^ Including the SLFP.
  30. ^ Including the SLFP, SLMC.
  31. ^ NSSP.
  32. ^ Includung the SLFP, JVP.
  33. ^ Includung the SLFP.
  34. ^ Includung the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.

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