Matale Electoral District
Matale | |
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Electoral District for the Parliament of Sri Lanka | |
Administrative District | Matale |
Province | Central |
Polling divisions | 4 |
Population | 483,000[1] (2008) |
Electorate | 342,684[2] (2010) |
Area | 1,993 km2 (770 sq mi)[3] |
Current Electoral District | |
Number of members | 5 |
MPs | Rohini Kavirathna SJB Rohana Dissanayake, SLPFA Nalaka Kottegoda, SLFPA Premitha Bandara Tennakoon, SLFPA Janaka Bandara Tennakoon, SLFPA |
Matale electoral district is one of the 22
1982 Presidential Election
Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982 for the district:
Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dam- bulla |
Lag- gala |
Matale | Rat- tota | |||||
Junius Jayewardene |
UNP | 27,368 | 17,354 | 22,452 | 25,183 | 1,674 | 94,031 | 58.11% |
Hector Kobbekaduwa | SLFP | 21,748 | 12,149 | 11,632 | 12,982 | 788 | 59,299 | 36.65% |
Rohana Wijeweera | JVP | 2,501 | 1,158 | 1,400 | 2,033 | 77 | 7,169 | 4.43% |
Colvin R. de Silva | LSSP | 309 | 155 | 153 | 239 | 10 | 866 | 0.54% |
Kumar Ponnambalam | ACTC | 46 | 39 | 85 | 82 | 1 | 253 | 0.16% |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara | NSSP | 40 | 34 | 49 | 61 | 12 | 196 | 0.12% |
Valid Votes | 52,012 | 30,889 | 35,771 | 40,580 | 2,562 | 161,814 | 100.00% | |
Rejected Votes | 385 | 272 | 332 | 396 | 29 | 1,414 | ||
Total Polled | 52,397 | 31,161 | 36,103 | 40,976 | 2,591 | 163,228 | ||
Registered Electors | 60,536 | 35,129 | 43,705 | 47,906 | 187,276 | |||
Turnout | 86.56% | 88.70% | 82.61% | 85.53% | 87.16% | |||
Source:[4] |
1988 Presidential Election
Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988 for the district:
Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dam- bulla |
Lag- gala |
Matale | Rat- tota | |||||
Ranasinghe Premadasa | UNP | 4,276 | 9,055 | 12,544 | 10,599 | 533 | 37,007 | 57.85% |
Sirimavo Bandaranaike | SLFP | 3,195 | 8,908 | 6,889 | 6,380 | 453 | 25,825 | 40.37% |
Oswin Abeygunasekara | SLMP |
137 | 216 | 437 | 320 | 25 | 1,135 | 1.77% |
Valid Votes | 7,608 | 18,179 | 19,870 | 17,299 | 1,011 | 63,967 | 100.00% | |
Rejected Votes | 102 | 198 | 463 | 297 | 50 | 1,110 | ||
Total Polled | 7,710 | 18,377 | 20,333 | 17,596 | 1,061 | 65,077 | ||
Registered Electors | 72,515 | 41,110 | 48,841 | 52,472 | 214,938 | |||
Turnout | 10.63% | 44.70% | 41.63% | 33.53% | 30.28% | |||
Source:[5] |
1989 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989 for the district:
Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dam- bulla |
Lag- gala |
Matale | Rat- tota | ||||||
United National Party | 23,381 | 19,839 | 21,422 | 22,019 | 2,208 | 88,869 | 63.81% | 4 | |
Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 18,786 | 7,143 | 8,553 | 10,225 | 1,010 | 45,717 | 32.82% | 1 | |
United Lanka People's Party | 882 | 157 | 364 | 912 | 35 | 2,350 | 1.69% | 0 | |
United Socialist Alliance (CPSL, LSSP, NSSP, SLMP) |
445 | 350 | 773 | 710 | 66 | 2,344 | 1.68% | 0 | |
Valid Votes | 43,494 | 27,489 | 31,112 | 33,866 | 3,319 | 139,280 | 100.00% | 5 | |
Rejected Votes | 3,818 | 2,453 | 2,445 | 3,079 | 132 | 11,927 | |||
Total Polled | 47,312 | 29,942 | 33,557 | 36,945 | 3,451 | 151,207 | |||
Registered Electors | 71,722 | 40,656 | 47,520 | 51,452 | 3,588 | 214,938 | |||
Turnout | 65.97% | 73.65% | 70.62% | 71.80% | 96.18% | 70.35% | |||
Source:[6] |
The following candidates were elected:[6] Wijeratne Banda Jambugahapitiyagedera (UNP), 31,635 preference votes (pv); Alick Aluvihare (UNP), 31,004 pv; Basnayake Mudiyanselage Punchi Banda Kaviratne (UNP), 23,541 pv; V.G. Jinadasa (UNP), 22,941 pv; and Nandimithra Ekanayake (SLFP), 17,941 pv.
1993 Provincial Council Election
Results of the 2nd Central provincial council election held on 17 May 1993 for the district:
Party | Votes | % | Seats |
---|---|---|---|
United National Party | 94,376 | 6 | |
People's Alliance (SLFP, SLMC et al.) | 46,322 | 3 | |
Democratic United National Front | 31,299 | 2 | |
Nava Sama Samaja Party | |||
Valid Votes | 11 | ||
Rejected Votes | |||
Total Polled | |||
Registered Electors | |||
Turnout | |||
Source: |
1994 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994 for the district:
Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dam- bulla |
Lag- gala |
Matale | Rat- tota | ||||||
People's Alliance (SLFP et al.) | 34,286 | 20,648 | 20,607 | 22,856 | 4,283 | 102,680 | 49.85% | 3 | |
United National Party | 30,468 | 17,970 | 22,446 | 26,283 | 2,954 | 100,121 | 48.61% | 2 | |
Independent |
597 | 437 | 294 | 390 | 10 | 1,728 | 0.84% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka Progressive Front (JVP) | 600 | 153 | 338 | 266 | 76 | 1,433 | 0.70% | 0 | |
Valid Votes | 65,951 | 39,208 | 43,685 | 49,795 | 7,323 | 205,962 | 100.00% | 5 | |
Rejected Votes | 3,881 | 2,618 | 2,630 | 3,393 | 124 | 12,646 | |||
Total Polled | 69,832 | 41,826 | 46,315 | 53,188 | 7,447 | 218,608 | |||
Registered Electors | 85,870 | 48,525 | 58,638 | 66,238 | 259,271 | ||||
Turnout | 81.32% | 86.19% | 78.98% | 80.30% | 84.32% | ||||
Source:[7] |
The following candidates were elected:[7] Alick Aluvihare (UNP), 61,526 preference votes (pv); Janaka Bandara Tennakoon (PA), 52,437 pv; Nandimithra Ekanayake (PA), 51,919 pv; Gopallawa Moithra Kuda Banda (PA), 40,555 pv; and * Vidana Gamage Jinadasa (UNP), 35,474 pv.
1994 Presidential Election
Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994 for the district:
Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dam- bulla |
Lag- gala |
Matale | Rat- tota | |||||
Chandrika Kumaratunga | PA | 37,869 | 26,092 | 25,234 | 28,300 | 3,954 | 121,449 | 60.98% |
Srimathi Dissanayake | UNP | 23,746 | 13,013 | 16,006 | 18,187 | 2,372 | 73,324 | 36.82% |
Hudson Samarasinghe | Ind 2 |
602 | 507 | 379 | 618 | 5 | 2,111 | 1.06% |
Harischandra Wijayatunga | SMBP |
273 | 137 | 288 | 250 | 44 | 992 | 0.50% |
G.A. Nihal | SLPF | 229 | 143 | 137 | 154 | 17 | 680 | 0.34% |
A.J. Ranashinge | Ind 1 |
187 | 119 | 126 | 169 | 7 | 608 | 0.31% |
Valid Votes | 62,906 | 40,011 | 42,170 | 47,678 | 6,399 | 199,164 | 100.00% | |
Rejected Votes | 1,458 | 897 | 1,253 | 1,636 | 73 | 5,317 | ||
Total Polled | 64,364 | 40,908 | 43,423 | 49,314 | 6,472 | 204,481 | ||
Registered Electors | 85,870 | 48,525 | 58,638 | 66,238 | 259,271 | |||
Turnout | 74.96% | 84.30% | 74.05% | 74.45% | 78.87% | |||
Source:[8] |
1999 Provincial Council Election
Results of the
Party | Votes | % | Seats |
---|---|---|---|
People's Alliance (SLFP, SLMC et al.) | 95,115 | 51.38% | |
United National Party | 70,705 | 38.20% | |
National Union of Workers ( DWC ) |
9,306 | 5.03% | |
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 8,010 | 4.33% | |
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | 1,453 | 0.78% | |
Independent |
516 | 0.28% | |
Valid Votes | 185,105 | 100.00% | |
Rejected Votes | 16,257 | ||
Total Polled | 201,362 | ||
Registered Electors | 281,089 | ||
Turnout | 71.64% | ||
Sources:[9][10] |
1999 Presidential Election
Results of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999 for the district:
Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dam- bulla |
Lag- gala |
Matale | Rat- tota | |||||
Chandrika Kumaratunga | PA | 35,811 | 24,073 | 21,709 | 26,959 | 2,680 | 111,232 | 51.42% |
Ranil Wickremasinghe |
UNP | 30,850 | 16,091 | 20,185 | 22,336 | 2,482 | 91,944 | 42.51% |
M.D.N. Gunathilaka | JVP | 3,496 | 1,069 | 1,392 | 1,574 | 393 | 7,924 | 3.66% |
W.V.M. Ranjith | Ind 2 |
323 | 200 | 168 | 255 | 5 | 951 | 0.44% |
Harischandra Wijayatunga | SMBP |
233 | 112 | 239 | 264 | 54 | 902 | 0.42% |
Rajiva Wijesinha | Liberal |
270 | 181 | 172 | 235 | 2 | 860 | 0.40% |
T. Edirisuriya | Ind 1 |
214 | 171 | 122 | 232 | 8 | 747 | 0.35% |
Abdul Rasool | SLMP | 169 | 64 | 170 | 142 | 5 | 550 | 0.25% |
Kamal Karunadasa | PLSF | 132 | 74 | 56 | 78 | 3 | 343 | 0.16% |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara | LDA | 91 | 35 | 94 | 75 | 13 | 308 | 0.14% |
Hudson Samarasinghe | Ind 3 |
76 | 48 | 59 | 78 | 0 | 261 | 0.12% |
A.W. Premawardhana | PFF | 57 | 30 | 33 | 27 | 2 | 149 | 0.07% |
A. Dissanayaka | DUNF | 46 | 31 | 34 | 28 | 0 | 139 | 0.06% |
Valid Votes | 71,768 | 42,179 | 44,433 | 52,283 | 5,647 | 216,310 | 100.00% | |
Rejected Votes | 1,876 | 1,112 | 1,322 | 1,627 | 234 | 6,171 | ||
Total Polled | 73,644 | 43,291 | 45,755 | 53,910 | 5,881 | 222,481 | ||
Registered Electors | 97,348 | 53,732 | 64,069 | 71,025 | 286,174 | |||
Turnout | 75.65% | 80.57% | 71.42% | 75.90% | 77.74% | |||
Source:[11] |
2000 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000 for the district:
Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dam- bulla |
Lag- gala |
Matale | Rat- tota | ||||||
People's Alliance (SLFP et al.) |
35,421 | 23,692 | 19,877 | 27,615 | 3,608 | 110,213 | 50.53% | 3 | |
United National Party | 30,455 | 14,941 | 22,089 | 21,331 | 3,020 | 91,836 | 42.11% | 2 | |
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 4,396 | 1,283 | 2,233 | 2,138 | 623 | 10,673 | 4.89% | 0 | |
New Left Front (NSSP et al.) |
778 | 460 | 440 | 660 | 12 | 2,350 | 1.08% | 0 | |
Sinhala Heritage | 279 | 65 | 618 | 391 | 105 | 1,458 | 0.67% | 0 | |
United Sinhala Great Council | 109 | 94 | 86 | 80 | 0 | 369 | 0.17% | 0 | |
Citizen's Front | 73 | 61 | 90 | 108 | 14 | 346 | 0.16% | 0 | |
Liberal Party |
38 | 31 | 51 | 57 | 2 | 179 | 0.08% | 0 | |
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya |
37 | 19 | 40 | 48 | 14 | 158 | 0.07% | 0 | |
Democratic United National Front | 56 | 31 | 18 | 37 | 2 | 144 | 0.07% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka Muslim Party | 33 | 8 | 22 | 31 | 2 | 96 | 0.04% | 0 | |
National Development Front | 43 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 86 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Independent |
16 | 13 | 13 | 33 | 0 | 75 | 0.03% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 15 | 8 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 65 | 0.03% | 0 | |
People's Freedom Front | 7 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 49 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Valid Votes | 71,756 | 40,728 | 45,626 | 52,582 | 7,405 | 218,097 | 100.00% | 5 | |
Rejected Votes | 5,385 | 2,843 | 3,334 | 4,002 | 155 | 15,719 | |||
Total Polled | 77,141 | 43,571 | 48,960 | 56,584 | 7,560 | 233,816 | |||
Registered Electors | 99,756 | 54,910 | 65,389 | 72,597 | 292,652 | ||||
Turnout | 77.33% | 79.35% | 74.87% | 77.94% | 79.90% | ||||
Source:[12] |
The following candidates were elected:[13]
2001 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 12th parliamentary election held on 5 December 2001 for the district:
Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dam- bulla |
Lag- gala |
Matale | Rat- tota | ||||||
WPF ) |
34,066 | 16,117 | 28,478 | 28,088 | 109,991 | 50.43% | 3 | ||
People's Alliance (SLFP et al.) |
29,281 | 20,938 | 15,044 | 20,506 | 88,999 | 40.81% | 2 | ||
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 6,958 | 2,133 | 2,816 | 3,179 | 16,063 | 7.37% | 0 | ||
New Left Front (NSSP et al.) |
649 | 402 | 306 | 453 | 1,824 | 0.84% | 0 | ||
United Lalith Front | 130 | 64 | 85 | 85 | 365 | 0.17% | 0 | ||
Independent |
76 | 40 | 31 | 75 | 223 | 0.10% | 0 | ||
Liberal Party |
55 | 37 | 23 | 37 | 152 | 0.07% | 0 | ||
United Sinhala Great Council | 36 | 10 | 31 | 60 | 139 | 0.06% | 0 | ||
Peoples Freedom Front | 24 | 25 | 15 | 39 | 103 | 0.05% | 0 | ||
Sri Lanka Muslim Party | 45 | 13 | 15 | 21 | 96 | 0.04% | 0 | ||
National Development Front | 27 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 67 | 0.03% | 0 | ||
Sri Lanka National Front | 12 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 40 | 0.02% | 0 | ||
Ruhuna People's Party | 10 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 0.01% | 0 | ||
Valid Votes | 71,369 | 39,801 | 46,873 | 52,578 | 218,090 | 100.00% | 5 | ||
Rejected Votes | 5,225 | 2,740 | 3,106 | 4,253 | 15,449 | ||||
Total Polled | 76,594 | 42,541 | 49,979 | 56,831 | 233,539 | ||||
Registered Electors | 102,302 | 56,244 | 67,034 | 74,026 | 299,606 | ||||
Turnout | 74.87% | 75.64% | 74.56% | 76.77% | 77.95% | ||||
Source:[14] |
The following candidates were elected:[15] Alick Aluvihare (UNF), 75,620 preference votes (pv);
2004 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004 for the district:
Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dam- bulla |
Lag- gala |
Matale | Rat- tota | ||||||
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, JVP et al.) | 40,616 | 21,307 | 18,496 | 22,747 | 5,093 | 108,259 | 49.19% | 3 | |
WPF ) |
29,456 | 18,784 | 24,058 | 25,330 | 3,014 | 100,642 | 45.73% | 2 | |
Jathika Hela Urumaya | 1,982 | 579 | 3,135 | 2,611 | 512 | 8,819 | 4.01% | 0 | |
United Socialist Party | 264 | 220 | 263 | 383 | 5 | 1,135 | 0.52% | 0 | |
National Development Front | 64 | 34 | 89 | 81 | 3 | 271 | 0.12% | 0 | |
National People's Party | 77 | 29 | 67 | 90 | 4 | 267 | 0.12% | 0 | |
Independent 6 |
91 | 43 | 48 | 80 | 1 | 263 | 0.12% | 0 | |
New Left Front (NSSP et al.) |
33 | 10 | 31 | 32 | 3 | 109 | 0.05% | 0 | |
Independent 3 |
13 | 16 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 64 | 0.03% | 0 | |
Independent 5 |
10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 48 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Independent 1 |
9 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Liberal Party |
5 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka Muslim Party | 11 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka National Front | 2 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya |
9 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent 2 |
4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Ruhuna People's Party | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent 4 |
2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Swarajya | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Valid Votes | 72,660 | 41,066 | 46,266 | 51,429 | 8,641 | 220,062 | 100.00% | 5 | |
Rejected Votes | 6,905 | 3,598 | 3,273 | 4,959 | 177 | 18,912 | |||
Total Polled | 79,565 | 44,664 | 49,539 | 56,388 | 8,818 | 238,974 | |||
Registered Electors | 107,353 | 58,799 | 69,860 | 76,544 | 312,556 | ||||
Turnout | 74.12% | 75.96% | 70.91% | 73.67% | 76.46% | ||||
Source:[16] |
The following candidates were elected:[17]
Alick Aluvihare (UNF-UNP) died on 17 May 2009.[18] His replacement Nandimithra Ekanayake (UNF-UNP) was sworn in on 9 June 2009.[19]
2004 Provincial Council Election
Results of the
Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dam- bulla |
Lag- gala |
Matale | Rat- tota | ||||||
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, JVP et al.) | 32,668 | 20,551 | 15,496 | 19,981 | 3,814 | 92,510 | 56.12% | 6 | |
United National Party | 19,831 | 12,352 | 16,988 | 18,124 | 2,014 | 69,309 | 42.04% | 4 | |
United Socialist Party | 259 | 238 | 270 | 379 | 6 | 1,152 | 0.70% | 0 | |
Up-Country People's Front | 104 | 48 | 629 | 350 | 4 | 1,135 | 0.69% | 0 | |
National Development Front | 101 | 79 | 80 | 138 | 1 | 399 | 0.24% | 0 | |
Independent |
32 | 23 | 39 | 22 | 4 | 120 | 0.07% | 0 | |
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya |
23 | 18 | 33 | 33 | 10 | 117 | 0.07% | 0 | |
National People's Party | 15 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 62 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka Muslim Party | 15 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 53 | 0.03% | 0 | |
Valid Votes | 53,048 | 33,333 | 33,573 | 39,048 | 5,855 | 164,857 | 100.00% | 10 | |
Rejected Votes | 3,808 | 2,250 | 2,554 | 3,515 | 342 | 12,469 | |||
Total Polled | 56,856 | 35,583 | 36,127 | 42,563 | 6,197 | 177,326 | |||
Registered Electors | 107,353 | 58,799 | 69,860 | 76,544 | 312,556 | ||||
Turnout | 52.96% | 60.52% | 51.71% | 55.61% | 56.73% | ||||
Source:[20] |
The following candidates were elected:[20] Aluwihare Wasantha (UNP), 33,364 preference votes (pv); Nandimithra Ekanayake (UNP), 27,731 pv; Amarasinghe Herath Bandaranayake Wasala Mudiyanselage Champaka Sugishwara Wijerathna (UPFA), 25,688 pv; Bandula S.B. Yalegama (UPFA), 24,270 pv; Warnakulasooiya Mudiyanselage Yasamana (UPFA), 23,637 pv; Gamagedara Dissanayake (UPFA), 23,216 pv; Thenne Gedara Sarath Wijesinghe (UPFA), 21,029 pv; L.D. Nimalasiri (UPFA), 18,954 pv; Mudiyanselage Sanjeeva Bandara Kaviratne (UNP), 15,728 pv; and Ekanayaka Mudiyanselage Rohana Bandaranayake (UNP), 12,452 pv.
2005 Presidential Election
Results of the 5th presidential election held on 17 November 2005 for the district:
Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dam- bulla |
Lag- gala |
Matale | Rat- tota | |||||
Ranil Wickremasinghe |
UNP | 38,692 | 22,249 | 29,637 | 31,449 | 3,910 | 125,937 | 50.25% |
Mahinda Rajapaksa | UPFA | 43,853 | 23,637 | 20,945 | 25,551 | 6,547 | 120,533 | 48.09% |
A.A. Suraweera | NDF | 361 | 279 | 235 | 334 | 8 | 1,217 | 0.49% |
Siritunga Jayasuriya | USP | 325 | 243 | 278 | 362 | 4 | 1,212 | 0.48% |
Chamil Jayaneththi | NLF |
117 | 86 | 73 | 78 | 2 | 356 | 0.14% |
Victor Hettigoda | ULPP | 102 | 37 | 88 | 96 | 19 | 342 | 0.14% |
Wimal Geeganage | SLNF | 71 | 65 | 34 | 58 | 0 | 228 | 0.09% |
Aruna de Soyza | RPP | 84 | 51 | 33 | 55 | 1 | 224 | 0.09% |
Anura De Silva | ULF | 61 | 45 | 48 | 53 | 1 | 208 | 0.08% |
A.K.J. Arachchige | DUA | 41 | 35 | 25 | 39 | 1 | 141 | 0.06% |
Wije Dias | SEP | 31 | 28 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 95 | 0.04% |
P. Nelson Perera | SLPF | 23 | 14 | 15 | 24 | 0 | 76 | 0.03% |
H.S. Dharmadwaja | UNAF | 17 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 51 | 0.02% |
Valid Votes | 83,778 | 46,781 | 51,439 | 58,129 | 10,493 | 250,620 | 100.00% | |
Rejected Votes | 1,073 | 679 | 932 | 955 | 146 | 3,785 | ||
Total Polled | 84,851 | 47,460 | 52,371 | 59,084 | 10,639 | 254,405 | ||
Registered Electors | 111,401 | 60,990 | 71,171 | 78,314 | 321,876 | |||
Turnout | 76.17% | 77.82% | 73.58% | 75.45% | 79.04% | |||
Source:[21] |
2009 Provincial Council Election
Results of the
Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dam- bulla |
Lag- gala |
Matale | Rat- tota | ||||||
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP et al.) | 49,785 | 27,169 | 25,759 | 30,826 | 6,756 | 140,295 | 69.48% | 7 | |
United National Party | 14,668 | 9,912 | 14,789 | 15,139 | 1,501 | 56,009 | 27.74% | 3 | |
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 1,568 | 759 | 740 | 808 | 209 | 4,084 | 2.02% | 0 | |
National Development Front | 94 | 84 | 79 | 118 | 3 | 378 | 0.19% | 0 | |
United National Alliance | 91 | 63 | 75 | 114 | 3 | 346 | 0.17% | 0 | |
Independent 8 |
30 | 40 | 74 | 61 | 2 | 207 | 0.10% | 0 | |
Independent 4 |
14 | 1 | 10 | 87 | 0 | 112 | 0.06% | 0 | |
Independent 7 |
15 | 12 | 38 | 24 | 0 | 89 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Left Front (NSSP et al.) |
12 | 4 | 10 | 33 | 1 | 60 | 0.03% | 0 | |
Independent 6 |
13 | 9 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 55 | 0.03% | 0 | |
United Lanka Great Council | 18 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 50 | 0.02% | 0 | |
National People's Party | 23 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 48 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Independent 5 |
5 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 46 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Independent 1 |
7 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 28 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya |
8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent 3 |
5 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Patriotic National Front | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent 2 |
3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Ruhuna People's Party | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Valid Votes | 66,376 | 38,104 | 41,652 | 47,289 | 8,490 | 201,911 | 100.00% | 10 | |
Rejected Votes | 4,785 | 3,158 | 3,476 | 4,780 | 296 | 16,495 | |||
Total Polled | 71,161 | 41,262 | 45,128 | 52,069 | 8,786 | 218,406 | |||
Registered Electors | 117,788 | 64,147 | 74,839 | 82,172 | 338,946 | ||||
Turnout | 60.41% | 64.32% | 60.30% | 63.37% | 64.44% | ||||
Source:[22] |
The following candidates were elected:[23] Pramitha Tennakoon (UPFA), 49,665 preference votes (pv); Nandimithra Ekanayake (UPFA), 35,995 pv; Warnakulasooiya Mudiyanselage Yasamana (UPFA), 32,991 pv; Bandula S.B. Yalegama (UPFA), 30,878 pv; Aluwihare Wasantha (UNP), 28,855 pv; L.D. Nimalasiri (UPFA), 27,958 pv; D.M.P.K.B. Dissanayake (UPFA), 25,903 pv; Amarasinghe Herath Bandaranayake Wasala Mudiyanselage Champaka Sugishwara Wijerathna (UPFA), 25,754 pv; Mudiyanselage Sanjeeva Bandara Kaviratne (UNP), 15,845 pv; and Ekanayaka Mudiyanselage Rohana Bandaranayake (UNP), 13,341 pv.
2010 Presidential Election
Results of the 6th presidential election held on 26 January 2010 for the district:
Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dam- bulla |
Lag- gala |
Matale | Rat- tota | |||||
Mahinda Rajapaksa | UPFA | 58,016 | 31,277 | 26,996 | 32,818 | 8,846 | 157,953 | 59.74% |
Sarath Fonseka | NDF | 28,171 | 16,300 | 26,013 | 25,991 | 4,038 | 100,513 | 38.01% |
M.C.M. Ismail | DUNF | 360 | 213 | 289 | 232 | 11 | 1,105 | 0.42% |
A.A. Suraweera | NDF | 267 | 188 | 174 | 210 | 2 | 841 | 0.32% |
W.V. Mahiman Ranjith | Ind 1 |
250 | 136 | 100 | 139 | 10 | 635 | 0.24% |
C.J. Sugathsiri Gamage | UDF | 158 | 100 | 159 | 203 | 3 | 623 | 0.24% |
A.S.P Liyanage |
SLLP | 96 | 90 | 83 | 97 | 6 | 372 | 0.14% |
Ukkubanda Wijekoon | Ind 3 |
107 | 70 | 75 | 87 | 1 | 340 | 0.13% |
Siritunga Jayasuriya | USP | 85 | 59 | 57 | 97 | 2 | 300 | 0.11% |
Sarath Manamendra | NSH | 75 | 72 | 61 | 88 | 3 | 299 | 0.11% |
Lal Perera | ONF | 51 | 46 | 60 | 91 | 1 | 249 | 0.09% |
M. K. Shivajilingam | Ind 5 |
41 | 44 | 48 | 57 | 2 | 192 | 0.07% |
Aithurus M. Illias | Ind 2 |
62 | 32 | 39 | 40 | 1 | 174 | 0.07% |
Vikramabahu Karunaratne | LF |
43 | 31 | 34 | 43 | 6 | 157 | 0.06% |
Sanath Pinnaduwa | NA | 27 | 28 | 29 | 32 | 1 | 117 | 0.04% |
Wije Dias | SEP | 29 | 21 | 25 | 27 | 1 | 103 | 0.04% |
M. Mohamed Musthaffa |
Ind 4 |
23 | 20 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 92 | 0.03% |
Battaramulla Seelarathana | JP | 27 | 20 | 17 | 25 | 0 | 89 | 0.03% |
Aruna de Soyza | RPP | 20 | 15 | 16 | 34 | 1 | 86 | 0.03% |
Senaratna de Silva | PNF | 20 | 15 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 74 | 0.03% |
M.B. Thaminimulla | ACAKO | 10 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 57 | 0.02% |
Sarath Kongahage | UNAF | 11 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 48 | 0.02% |
Valid Votes | 87,949 | 48,798 | 54,347 | 60,388 | 12,937 | 264,419 | 100.00% | |
Rejected Votes | 778 | 361 | 650 | 760 | 117 | 2,666 | ||
Total Polled | 88,727 | 49,159 | 54,997 | 61,148 | 13,054 | 267,085 | ||
Registered Electors | 119,453 | 64,696 | 75,154 | 83,381 | 342,684 | |||
Turnout | 74.28% | 75.98% | 73.18% | 73.34% | 77.94% | |||
Source:[2] |
2010 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010 for the district:
Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dam- bulla |
Lag- gala |
Matale | Rat- tota | ||||||
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP et al.) | 42,847 | 27,777 | 23,734 | 26,818 | 9,893 | 131,069 | 66.96% | 4 | |
United National Front (UNP, SLMC, DPF, SLFP(P)) |
15,080 | 8,478 | 14,659 | 14,666 | 2,854 | 55,737 | 28.47% | 1 | |
Democratic National Alliance (JVP et al.) | 2,645 | 688 | 1,974 | 1,574 | 755 | 7,636 | 3.90% | 0 | |
Our National Front | 57 | 48 | 34 | 21 | 3 | 163 | 0.08% | 0 | |
National Development Front | 28 | 14 | 34 | 46 | 6 | 128 | 0.07% | 0 | |
Independent 1 |
18 | 30 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 96 | 0.05% | 0 | |
Independent 7 |
12 | 3 | 9 | 68 | 0 | 92 | 0.05% | 0 | |
Independent 11 |
22 | 33 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 90 | 0.05% | 0 | |
Independent 9 |
26 | 17 | 16 | 25 | 2 | 86 | 0.04% | 0 | |
United National Alternative Front | 14 | 13 | 18 | 29 | 2 | 76 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Independent 2 |
19 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 0 | 75 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka National Front | 4 | 19 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 75 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Independent 6 |
12 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 51 | 0.03% | 0 | |
Independent 5 |
22 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 0.02% | 0 | |
United Lanka Great Council | 6 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 39 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Independent 8 |
7 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 39 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Independent 10 |
7 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 38 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Janasetha Peramuna | 24 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 0.02% | 0 | |
United Democratic Front | 13 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Independent 4 |
10 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Patriotic National Front | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Left Liberation Front | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent 3 |
5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka Labour Party | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya |
2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 0.01% | 0 | |
All Are Citizens, All Are Kings Organisation | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Ruhuna People's Party | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Valid Votes | 60,898 | 37,204 | 40,670 | 43,425 | 13,553 | 195,750 | 100.00% | 5 | |
Rejected Votes | 5,932 | 3,217 | 3,990 | 5,567 | 604 | 19,310 | |||
Total Polled | 66,830 | 40,421 | 44,660 | 48,992 | 14,157 | 215,060 | |||
Registered Electors | 119,453 | 64,696 | 75,154 | 83,381 | 342,684 | ||||
Turnout | 55.95% | 62.48% | 59.42% | 58.76% | 62.76% | ||||
Source:[24] |
The following candidates were elected:[25] Lakshman Perera (UPFA), 65,077 preference votes (pv); Janaka Bandara Tennakoon (UPFA-SLFP), 47,133 pv; Nandimithra Ekanayake (UPFA), 35,754 pv; Rohana Dissanayake (UPFA-SLFP), 32,803 pv; and Wasantha Aluvihare (UNF), 31,529 pv.
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