Ratnapura Electoral District
Ratnapura | |
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Ratnapura 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 | % | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Balan -goda |
Eheli- yagoda |
Kala- wana |
Kolonna | Niviti -gala |
Pelma- dulla |
Rak- wana |
Ratna -pura | |||||
Junius Jayewardene |
UNP | 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 | 20,679 | 19,742 | 13,644 | 18,287 | 20,308 | 15,106 | 17,936 | 25,402 | 1,402 | 152,506 | 44.13% |
Rohana Wijeweera | JVP | 1,440 | 851 | 629 | 4,161 | 779 | 1,126 | 1,339 | 860 | 98 | 11,283 | 3.26% |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara | NSSP | 53 | 2,987 | 52 | 83 | 62 | 61 | 57 | 102 | 37 | 3,494 | 1.01% |
Colvin R. de Silva | LSSP | 195 | 272 | 129 | 378 | 205 | 214 | 291 | 273 | 39 | 1,996 | 0.58% |
Kumar Ponnambalam | ACTC | 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:[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 | % | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Balan -goda |
Eheli- yagoda |
Kala- wana |
Kolonna | Niviti -gala |
Pelma- dulla |
Rak- wana |
Ratna -pura | |||||
Ranasinghe Premadasa | UNP | 24,802 | 24,281 | 14,316 | 21,204 | 23,198 | 18,370 | 26,643 | 26,029 | 1,779 | 180,622 | 51.75% |
Sirimavo Bandaranaike | SLFP | 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:[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 | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Balan -goda |
Eheli- yagoda |
Kala- wana |
Kolonna | Niviti -gala |
Pelma- dulla |
Rak- wana |
Ratna -pura | ||||||
United National Party / Ceylon Workers' Congress |
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 | 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, LSSP, NSSP, SLMP) |
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 |
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:[6] |
The following candidates were elected:[6]
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 | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Balan -goda |
Eheli- yagoda |
Kala- wana |
Kolonna | Niviti -gala |
Pelma- dulla |
Rak- wana |
Ratna -pura | ||||||
People's Alliance (SLFP 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 / Ceylon Workers' Congress |
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) | 373 | 229 | 75 | 654 | 140 | 232 | 237 | 303 | 87 | 2,330 | 0.51% | 0 | |
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | 133 | 538 | 55 | 239 | 128 | 121 | 101 | 243 | 76 | 1,634 | 0.35% | 0 | |
Independent 1 |
204 | 150 | 116 | 324 | 222 | 164 | 171 | 204 | 0 | 1,555 | 0.34% | 0 | |
Independent 3 |
22 | 29 | 16 | 35 | 35 | 19 | 17 | 29 | 0 | 202 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Independent 2 |
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:[7] |
The following candidates were elected:[7] Gamini Atukorale (UNP), 82,869 preference votes (pv);
Nalanda Ellawala (PA) was murdered on 11 February 1997.[8]
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 | % | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Balan -goda |
Eheli- yagoda |
Kala- wana |
Kolonna | Niviti -gala |
Pelma- dulla |
Rak- wana |
Ratna -pura | |||||
Chandrika Kumaratunga | PA | 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 | 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 |
353 | 366 | 234 | 666 | 531 | 405 | 453 | 435 | 8 | 3,451 | 0.78% |
Harischandra Wijayatunga | SMBP |
257 | 166 | 93 | 465 | 202 | 172 | 253 | 225 | 44 | 1,877 | 0.42% |
Nihal Galappaththi | SLPF | 195 | 104 | 82 | 312 | 152 | 118 | 154 | 141 | 21 | 1,279 | 0.29% |
A.J. Ranashinge | Ind 1 |
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:[9] |
1999 Provincial Council Election
Results of the
Party | Votes | % | Seats |
---|---|---|---|
People's Alliance (SLFP, SLMC et al.) | 191,502 | 47.92% | |
United National Party | 175,912 | 44.02% | |
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 17,200 | 4.30% | |
National Union of Workers ( DWC ) |
7,586 | 1.90% | |
New Left Front (NSSP et al.) |
5,047 | 1.26% | |
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | 1,624 | 0.41% | |
Independent |
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:[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 | % | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Balan -goda |
Eheli- yagoda |
Kala- wana |
Kolonna | Niviti -gala |
Pelma- dulla |
Rak- wana |
Ratna -pura | |||||
Chandrika Kumaratunga | PA | 31,231 | 31,228 | 21,261 | 39,343 | 32,193 | 24,995 | 28,305 | 38,665 | 3,188 | 250,409 | 52.13% |
Ranil Wickremasinghe |
UNP | 28,184 | 23,868 | 15,428 | 29,473 | 24,516 | 21,293 | 28,059 | 29,298 | 2,502 | 202,621 | 42.18% |
Nandana Gunathilake | JVP | 1,810 | 1,502 | 963 | 5,942 | 1,186 | 1,195 | 1,552 | 1,914 | 418 | 16,482 | 3.43% |
Vasudeva Nanayakkara | LDA | 152 | 949 | 93 | 220 | 123 | 112 | 97 | 202 | 59 | 2,007 | 0.42% |
W.V.M. Ranjith | Ind 2 |
238 | 180 | 137 | 344 | 251 | 159 | 257 | 245 | 0 | 1,811 | 0.38% |
Rajiva Wijesinha | Liberal |
244 | 155 | 131 | 331 | 202 | 191 | 253 | 176 | 4 | 1,687 | 0.35% |
T. Edirisuriya | Ind 1 |
189 | 121 | 135 | 305 | 206 | 170 | 188 | 156 | 5 | 1,475 | 0.31% |
Harischandra Wijayatunga | SMBP |
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 |
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 | 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:[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 | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Balan -goda |
Eheli- yagoda |
Kala- wana |
Kolonna | Niviti -gala |
Pelma- dulla |
Rak- wana |
Ratna -pura | ||||||
People's Alliance (SLFP 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 | 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 | 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 |
73 | 89 | 48 | 103 | 71 | 51 | 69 | 71 | 4 | 579 | 0.12% | 0 | |
Democratic United National Front | 60 | 52 | 31 | 54 | 47 | 39 | 58 | 53 | 1 | 395 | 0.08% | 0 | |
Independent 4 |
42 | 41 | 17 | 38 | 45 | 32 | 33 | 28 | 0 | 276 | 0.06% | 0 | |
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya |
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 |
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 |
13 | 19 | 5 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 93 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Independent 1 |
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:[12] |
The following candidates were elected:[13] Gamini Atukorale (UNP), 109,102 preference votes (pv);
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 | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Balan -goda |
Eheli- yagoda |
Kala- wana |
Kolonna | Niviti -gala |
Pelma- dulla |
Rak- wana |
Ratna -pura | ||||||
WPF ) |
30,982 | 27,594 | 16,708 | 33,942 | 26,220 | 24,135 | 30,637 | 33,702 | 227,202 | 46.41% | 5 | ||
People's Alliance (SLFP 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 | 4,106 | 4,448 | 2,506 | 13,761 | 2,756 | 2,591 | 3,693 | 5,334 | 40,377 | 8.25% | 1 | ||
New Left Front (NSSP et al.) |
604 | 530 | 416 | 713 | 554 | 492 | 543 | 730 | 4,589 | 0.94% | 0 | ||
United Socialist Party | 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 |
31 | 30 | 17 | 82 | 29 | 15 | 34 | 31 | 270 | 0.06% | 0 | ||
Liberal Party |
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 |
27 | 21 | 19 | 31 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 31 | 173 | 0.04% | 0 | ||
Independent 2 |
15 | 32 | 15 | 32 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 29 | 167 | 0.03% | 0 | ||
Independent 1 |
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 |
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:[14][15] |
The following candidates were elected:[16] Gamini Atukorale (UNF), 140,054 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 | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Balan -goda |
Eheli- yagoda |
Kala- wana |
Kolonna | Niviti -gala |
Pelma- dulla |
Rak- wana |
Ratna -pura | ||||||
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, JVP 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 | |
WPF ) |
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 | 2,364 | 3,142 | 660 | 3,749 | 1,076 | 1,979 | 1,644 | 5,605 | 582 | 20,801 | 4.23% | 0 | |
New Left Front (NSSP 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 | 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 |
51 | 48 | 20 | 42 | 25 | 39 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 307 | 0.06% | 0 | |
Independent 6 |
30 | 28 | 14 | 31 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 30 | 0 | 199 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Independent 5 |
23 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 112 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya |
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 |
4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent 2 |
4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 41 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent 1 |
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 |
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:[17] |
The following candidates were elected:[18]
2004 Provincial Council Election
Results of the
Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Balan -goda |
Eheli- yagoda |
Kala- wana |
Kolonna | Niviti -gala |
Pelma- dulla |
Rak- wana |
Ratna -pura | ||||||
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, JVP 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 | 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 | 1,191 | 440 | 360 | 217 | 820 | 1,449 | 1,156 | 785 | 7 | 6,425 | 1.84% | 1 | |
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 937 | 904 | 9 | 10 | 308 | 152 | 686 | 720 | 5 | 3,731 | 1.07% | 0 | |
Up-Country People's Front | 1,068 | 50 | 9 | 28 | 80 | 293 | 130 | 146 | 2 | 1,806 | 0.52% | 0 | |
United Socialist Party | 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 |
28 | 38 | 29 | 52 | 31 | 21 | 28 | 46 | 2 | 275 | 0.08% | 0 | |
Liberal Party |
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 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 83 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Independent 2 |
12 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 78 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Independent 1 |
8 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 74 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Independent 3 |
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:[19] |
The following candidates were elected:[19] 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; A. A. 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 held on 17 November 2005 for the district:
Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Balan -goda |
Eheli- yagoda |
Kala- wana |
Kolonna | Niviti -gala |
Pelma- dulla |
Rak- wana |
Ratna -pura | |||||
Mahinda Rajapaksa | UPFA | 35,410 | 37,243 | 24,463 | 52,947 | 34,569 | 26,511 | 33,169 | 43,251 | 6,697 | 294,260 | 53.01% |
Ranil Wickremasinghe |
UNP | 34,049 | 29,255 | 18,740 | 38,163 | 29,987 | 27,178 | 34,413 | 37,253 | 3,800 | 252,838 | 45.55% |
Siritunga Jayasuriya | USP | 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 | ULPP | 100 | 77 | 67 | 107 | 111 | 100 | 87 | 111 | 35 | 795 | 0.14% |
Chamil Jayaneththi | NLF |
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 | 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:[20] |
2008 Provincial Council Election
Results of the
Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Balan -goda |
Eheli- yagoda |
Kala- wana |
Kolonna | Niviti -gala |
Pelma- dulla |
Rak- wana |
Ratna -pura | ||||||
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP 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 | 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 | 1,039 | 849 | 783 | 3,339 | 645 | 592 | 1,001 | 1,165 | 290 | 9,703 | 2.06% | 1 | |
Ceylon Workers' Congress | 688 | 399 | 126 | 291 | 681 | 1,253 | 1,060 | 603 | 34 | 5,135 | 1.09% | 0 | |
Up-Country People's Front | 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 | 68 | 99 | 48 | 65 | 90 | 189 | 48 | 92 | 6 | 705 | 0.15% | 0 | |
Left Front (NSSP 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 |
14 | 18 | 9 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 128 | 0.03% | 0 | |
Independent 9 |
15 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 96 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Independent 5 |
7 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 60 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent 6 |
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 |
9 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 47 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent 2 |
5 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent 1 |
9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent 7 |
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 |
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:[21] |
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 | % | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Balan -goda |
Eheli- yagoda |
Kala- wana |
Kolonna | Niviti -gala |
Pelma- dulla |
Rak- wana |
Ratna -pura | |||||
Mahinda Rajapaksa | UPFA | 46,716 | 46,177 | 31,514 | 65,255 | 45,248 | 34,773 | 43,368 | 55,225 | 9,458 | 377,734 | 63.76% |
Sarath Fonseka | NDF | 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 | 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 |
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 |
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 |
83 | 63 | 40 | 73 | 82 | 42 | 73 | 76 | 2 | 534 | 0.09% |
Siritunga Jayasuriya | USP | 81 | 47 | 57 | 67 | 85 | 65 | 66 | 58 | 2 | 528 | 0.09% |
Aithurus M. Illias | Ind 2 |
46 | 40 | 25 | 43 | 41 | 24 | 40 | 39 | 2 | 300 | 0.05% |
Vikramabahu Karunaratne | LF |
48 | 36 | 18 | 52 | 40 | 25 | 37 | 31 | 4 | 291 | 0.05% |
M. K. Shivajilingam | Ind 5 |
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 | 30 | 15 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 34 | 26 | 29 | 2 | 216 | 0.04% |
M. Mohamed Musthaffa |
Ind 4 |
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:[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 | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Balan -goda |
Eheli- yagoda |
Kala- wana |
Kolonna | Niviti -gala |
Pelma- dulla |
Rak- wana |
Ratna -pura | ||||||
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, CWC 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, SLMC, DPF, SLFP(P)) |
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 (JVP 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 | 18 | 23 | 19 | 24 | 26 | 34 | 15 | 26 | 4 | 189 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Independent 11 |
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 |
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 |
5 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 57 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent 2 |
14 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 53 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent 7 |
3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent 9 |
5 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 46 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent 3 |
1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent 1 |
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 |
1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent 5 |
4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya |
1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Independent 6 |
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:[22] |
The following candidates were elected:[23]
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