Kegalle Electoral District
Electoral district in Sri Lanka
This article is about the electoral district in Sri Lanka. For the administrative district, see
Kegalle District .
Kegalle 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 Kegalle in the Sabaragamuwa province . The district currently elects 9 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 613,938 registered electors in 2010.[ 2] [ 4]
Polling Divisions
The Kegalle Electoral District consists of the following polling divisions:[ 4]
A: Dedigama
B: Galigamuwa
C: Kegalle
D: Rambukkana
E: Mawanella
F: Aranayake
G: Yatiyantota
H: Ruwanwella
I. Deraniyagala
1982 Presidential Election
Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982 for the district:
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal
Total Votes
%
Arana
Dedi-
Derani-
Gali-
Kegalle
Mawa-
Rambuk
Ruwan-
Yatiy-
Junius Jayewardene UNP 17,183
26,926
19,249
19,599
20,184
24,108
19,130
22,645
22,889
3,531
195,444 57.02%
Hector Kobbekaduwa
SLFP 10,433
18,803
11,997
15,842
14,567
13,814
13,220
13,749
12,517
1,596
126,538 36.92%
Rohana Wijeweera JVP 1,197
2,201
1,371
1,477
1,506
1,945
1,799
1,198
862
150
13,706 4.00%
Colvin R. de Silva LSSP 154
432
789
403
384
219
168
1,683
1,838
114
6,184 1.80%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara
NSSP 29
41
104
54
63
51
21
72
69
10
514 0.15%
Kumar Ponnambalam ACTC 26
45
66
32
31
29
17
52
78
0
376 0.11%
Valid Votes 29,022 48,448 33,576 37,407 36,735 40,166 34,355 39,399 38,253 5,401 342,762 100.00%
Rejected Votes
219
538
572
490
443
275
328
856
771
45
4,537
Total Polled
29,241
48,986
34,148
37,897
37,178
40,441
34,683
40,255
39,024
5,446
347,299
Registered Electors
34,504
57,629
40,531
45,109
45,146
48,873
41,612
47,333
45,811
406,548
Turnout
84.75%
85.00%
84.25%
84.01%
82.35%
82.75%
83.35%
85.05%
85.18%
85.43%
Source:[ 5]
1988 Presidential Election
Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988 for the district:
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal
Total Votes
%
Arana
Dedi-
Derani-
Gali-
Kegalle
Mawa-
Rambuk
Ruwan-
Yatiy-
Ranasinghe Premadasa UNP 14,894
20,951
17,649
16,732
15,167
22,423
16,033
21,282
21,614
1,975
168,720 57.11%
Sirimavo Bandaranaike SLFP 9,605
15,046
11,008
14,160
15,226
14,094
12,490
13,249
13,452
1,439
119,769 40.54%
Oswin Abeygunasekara
SLMP 335
587
595
580
694
535
535
1,674
1,253
135
6,923 2.34%
Valid Votes 24,834 36,584 29,252 31,472 31,087 37,052 29,058 36,205 36,319 3,549 295,412 100.00%
Rejected Votes
369
396
438
570
474
452
411
542
516
109
4,277
Total Polled
25,203
36,980
29,690
32,042
31,561
37,504
29,469
36,747
36,835
3,658
299,689
Registered Electors
37,459
61,669
43,740
48,269
48,217
55,270
43,847
50,045
48,662
437,178
Turnout
67.28%
59.97%
67.88%
66.38%
65.46%
67.86%
67.21%
73.43%
75.70%
68.55%
Source:[ 6]
1989 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989 for the district:
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal
Total Votes
%
Seats
Arana
Dedi-
Derani-
Gali-
Kegalle
Mawa-
Rambuk
Ruwan-
Yatiy-
United National Party /Ceylon Workers' Congress 16,302
23,006
15,959
16,931
16,984
20,193
13,525
22,644
24,062
4,728
174,334 61.12%
6
Sri Lanka Freedom Party 8,682
13,722
7,421
10,311
11,304
9,066
6,803
4,828
6,377
2,154
80,668 28.28%
2
United Socialist AllianceCPSL , LSSP , NSSP , SLMP )
171
508
1,101
637
685
235
362
6,865
4,248
356
15,168 5.32%
1
United Lanka People's Party
479
6,834
202
393
680
3,831
633
393
305
306
14,056 4.93%
0
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna 68
70
133
91
153
113
86
142
112
60
1,028 0.36%
0
Valid Votes 25,702 44,140 24,816 28,363 29,806 33,438 21,409 34,872 35,104 7,604 285,254 100.00% 9
Rejected Votes
2,191
2,629
1,999
1,530
1,689
2,375
1,361
1,822
2,573
193
18,362
Total Polled
27,893
46,769
26,815
29,893
31,495
35,813
22,770
36,694
37,677
7,797
303,616
Registered Electors
36,713
60,616
43,230
47,312
46,828
54,137
42,695
49,325
48,126
8,149
437,131
Turnout
75.98%
77.16%
62.03%
63.18%
67.26%
66.15%
53.33%
74.39%
78.29%
95.68%
69.46%
Source:[ 7]
The following candidates were elected:[ 7] Dharmadeva Jayasinghe (UNP), 42,170 pv; Yunoos Lebbe Mohamed Farook (UNP), 38,857 pv; Chandradasa Ranatunga (UNP), 29,051 pv; Mano Wijeyeratne (UNP), 28,065 pv; Dharmasiri Senanayake (SLFP), 24,715 pv; Balasooriya Arachchilage Balasooriya Jagath (SLFP), 23,088 pv; and Athauda Seneviratne (USA), 10,792 pv.
1994 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994 for the district:
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal
Total Votes
%
Seats
Arana
Dedi-
Derani-
Gali-
Kegalle
Mawa-
Rambuk
Ruwan-
Yatiy-
United National Party /Ceylon Workers' Congress 17,392
28,357
23,725
20,647
18,311
25,921
17,976
22,082
24,145
5,382
203,938 51.24%
5
People's Alliance (SLFP et al.)15,383
26,678
16,305
20,730
23,084
21,814
19,346
21,536
19,340
6,473
190,689 47.91%
4
Sri Lanka Progressive Front (JVP )
304
434
253
300
543
452
469
289
202
137
3,383 0.85%
0
Valid Votes 33,079 55,469 40,283 41,677 41,938 48,187 37,791 43,907 43,687 11,992 398,010 100.00% 9
Rejected Votes
1,406
1,845
2,125
1,709
1,624
2,010
1,560
1,910
2,604
250
17,043
Total Polled
34,485
57,314
42,408
43,386
43,562
50,197
39,351
45,817
46,291
12,242
415,053
Registered Electors
42,338
70,142
52,714
54,044
54,933
63,001
49,996
56,451
57,328
500,947
Turnout
81.45%
81.71%
80.45%
80.28%
79.30%
79.68%
78.71%
81.16%
80.75%
82.85%
Source:[ 8]
The following candidates were elected:[ 8] Mahipala Herath (PA), 52,221 pv; Mano Wijeyeratne (UNP), 51,531 pv; Athauda Seneviratne (PA), 50,775 pv; R.A.D. Sirisena (UNP), 50,690 pv; Yunoos Lebbe Mohamed Farook (UNP), 47,765 pv; and Kasedoruge Vincent Perera (UNP), 45,884 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
Total Votes
%
Arana
Dedi-
Derani-
Gali-
Kegalle
Mawa-
Rambuk
Ruwan-
Yatiy-
Chandrika Kumaratunga PA 17,156
28,939
18,793
22,942
24,126
25,400
21,224
23,340
21,930
7,826
211,676 56.06%
Srimathi Dissanayake
UNP 13,854
22,989
18,179
16,086
14,150
19,367
13,899
18,038
18,200
4,945
159,707 42.30%
Hudson Samarasinghe
Ind 2 224
329
375
307
197
350
259
298
409
11
2,759 0.73%
Harischandra Wijayatunga SMBP 113
159
131
132
140
209
144
137
180
57
1,402 0.37%
Nihal Galappaththi SLPF
107
134
94
104
115
101
110
119
110
34
1,028 0.27%
A.J. Ranashinge
Ind 1 78
133
128
98
87
143
84
131
123
15
1,020 0.27%
Valid Votes 31,532 52,683 37,700 39,669 38,815 45,570 35,720 42,063 40,952 12,888 377,592 100.00%
Rejected Votes
604
795
915
696
751
803
761
602
992
220
7,139
Total Polled
32,136
53,478
38,615
40,365
39,566
46,373
36,481
42,665
41,944
13,108
384,731
Registered Electors
42,338
70,142
52,714
54,044
54,933
63,001
49,996
56,451
57,328
500,947
Turnout
75.90%
76.24%
73.25%
74.69%
72.03%
73.61%
72.97%
75.58%
73.16%
76.80%
Source:[ 9]
1999 Provincial Council Election
Results of the 3rd Sabaragamuwa provincial council election held on 6 April 1999 for the district:
Party
Votes
%
Seats
People's Alliance (SLFP , SLMC et al.)165,041
47.70%
United National Party 158,503
45.81%
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 15,537
4.49%
National Union of Workers (CWC , DWC )
4,351
1.26%
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna 1,552
0.45%
Liberal Party 983
0.28%
Valid Votes 345,967 100.00%
Rejected Votes
23,749
Total Polled
369,716
Registered Electors
528,107
Turnout
70.01%
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
Total Votes
%
Arana
Dedi-
Derani-
Gali-
Kegalle
Mawa-
Rambuk
Ruwan-
Yatiy-
Chandrika Kumaratunga PA 18,314
28,307
19,771
21,032
23,670
24,279
22,909
23,868
22,655
5,380
210,185 51.30%
Ranil Wickremasinghe UNP 14,224
25,324
19,062
18,227
16,407
23,730
15,635
19,546
19,765
4,456
176,376 43.05%
Nandana Gunathilake JVP 1,232
2,005
1,202
1,670
2,314
1,938
1,740
1,337
902
657
14,997 3.66%
Harischandra Wijayatunga SMBP 117
189
146
206
259
232
204
109
162
106
1,730 0.42%
W.V.M. Ranjith
Ind 2 99
125
201
134
105
150
112
135
195
6
1,262 0.31%
Rajiva Wijesinha Liberal 101
122
205
127
104
138
97
129
184
2
1,209 0.30%
T. Edirisuriya
Ind 1 78
129
179
106
121
115
118
108
173
7
1,134 0.28%
Abdul Rasool
SLMP
63
110
66
70
61
245
52
60
78
9
814 0.20%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara
LDA
34
51
75
67
85
72
65
101
97
56
703 0.17%
Kamal Karunadasa
PLSF
44
61
57
51
39
52
56
49
68
4
481 0.12%
Hudson Samarasinghe
Ind 3 28
66
45
47
32
47
39
45
66
1
416 0.10%
A.W. Premawardhana
PFF
13
21
27
24
21
23
22
16
36
1
204 0.05%
A. Dissanayaka
DUNF 10
23
20
20
22
19
16
26
12
1
169 0.04%
Valid Votes 34,357 56,533 41,056 41,781 43,240 51,040 41,065 45,529 44,393 10,686 409,680 100.00%
Rejected Votes
749
1,065
801
750
924
943
809
725
998
372
8,136
Total Polled
35,106
57,598
41,857
42,531
44,164
51,983
41,874
46,254
45,391
11,058
417,816
Registered Electors
46,078
74,291
54,448
57,224
59,084
69,783
54,323
59,827
59,922
534,980
Turnout
76.19%
77.53%
76.88%
74.32%
74.75%
74.49%
77.08%
77.31%
75.75%
78.10%
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
Total Votes
%
Seats
Arana
Dedi-
Derani-
Gali-
Kegalle
Mawa-
Rambuk
Ruwan-
Yatiy-
People's Alliance SLFP et al.)18,340
25,961
19,715
20,284
22,237
19,976
20,907
23,375
22,659
7,660
201,114 48.88%
5
United National Party 14,160
25,938
18,443
18,109
16,091
23,751
16,647
18,298
18,738
5,452
175,627 42.69%
4
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 1,688
3,153
1,848
2,468
3,509
2,428
2,356
2,196
1,347
1,035
22,028 5.35%
0
National Unity Alliance (SLMC )226
629
20
146
142
2,901
147
215
331
40
4,797 1.17%
0
Sinhala Heritage
164
678
289
556
740
452
461
628
306
275
4,549 1.11%
0
Independent 4 43
49
78
47
45
58
31
69
76
1
497 0.12%
0
Muslim United Liberation Front
28
42
34
24
39
156
26
63
49
3
464 0.11%
0
Citizen's Front
46
42
45
20
59
93
49
33
28
7
422 0.10%
0
Liberal Party 25
31
78
29
43
37
37
48
52
1
381 0.09%
0
Left & Democratic Alliance
15
13
18
6
21
10
8
50
195
8
344 0.08%
0
People's Liberation Solidarity Front
22
41
33
40
41
38
22
23
25
15
300 0.07%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya 13
51
21
19
40
39
31
33
13
29
289 0.07%
0
Democratic United National Front 21
34
36
29
26
30
35
28
32
2
273 0.07%
0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front
7
8
8
9
8
9
7
6
10
1
73 0.02%
0
Independent 3 6
7
8
4
9
9
7
4
8
2
64 0.02%
0
National Development Front
5
11
9
4
3
9
6
9
5
0
61 0.01%
0
People's Freedom Front
1
7
6
5
2
9
4
5
5
1
45 0.01%
0
Independent 1 3
3
6
4
5
3
2
7
9
2
44 0.01%
0
Independent 2 2
2
12
4
3
1
4
6
5
1
40 0.01%
0
Valid Votes 34,815 56,700 40,707 41,807 43,063 50,009 40,787 45,096 43,893 14,535 411,412 100.00% 9
Rejected Votes
1,847
2,710
2,833
2,386
2,241
2,840
2,030
2,599
2,960
282
22,728
Total Polled
36,662
59,410
43,540
44,193
45,304
52,849
42,817
47,695
46,853
14,817
434,140
Registered Electors
46,852
75,475
55,567
58,109
60,082
71,439
55,564
60,851
61,299
545,238
Turnout
78.25%
78.71%
78.36%
76.05%
75.40%
73.98%
77.06%
78.38%
76.43%
79.62%
Source:[ 12]
The following candidates were elected:[ 13] Athauda Seneviratne (PA), 76,510 preference votes (pv); Mahipala Herath (PA), 61,625 pv; Ranjith Siyambalapitiya (PA), 49,582 pv; Herath Ralalage Jayathileke Podinilame (UNP), 48,504 pv; A. D. Champika Premadasa (UNP), 47,342 pv; Balasooriya Arachchilage Balasooriya Jagath (PA), 45,862 pv; Rupasinghe Arachchige Don Sirisena (UNP), 43,002 pv; Mano Wijeyeratne (UNP), 41,069 pv; and Lalith Dissanayake (PA), 40,624 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
Total Votes
%
Seats
Arana
Dedi-
Derani-
Gali-
Kegalle
Mawa-
Rambuk
Ruwan-
Yatiy-
United National Front UNP , SLMC , CWC , WPF )18,044
29,259
20,383
20,569
19,242
30,845
19,972
21,298
22,704
208,104 49.36%
5
People's Alliance SLFP et al.)12,263
23,109
16,528
18,619
19,454
17,641
17,068
20,574
19,508
170,901 40.53%
3
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 3,161
5,515
3,148
3,736
5,415
4,116
3,454
3,820
2,678
36,711 8.71%
1
New Left Front (NSSP et al.)175
284
392
236
244
244
203
333
391
2,514 0.60%
0
Sinhala Heritage
105
191
133
182
389
408
232
223
87
2,046 0.49%
0
United Sinhala Great Council
29
43
61
40
37
42
36
51
58
399 0.09%
0
Liberal Party 8
20
30
12
30
20
17
20
27
185 0.04%
0
People's Freedom Front
12
22
24
19
15
10
16
22
20
161 0.04%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya 14
16
10
10
18
16
28
15
9
144 0.03%
0
Independent 4 10
20
19
8
8
23
20
12
16
137 0.03%
0
Independent 1 8
8
18
7
7
10
7
9
16
92 0.02%
0
National Development Front
11
4
8
10
8
16
10
10
7
85 0.02%
0
Independent 3 6
8
11
9
9
4
3
4
5
59 0.01%
0
Independent 2 6
6
7
5
4
3
12
6
5
54 0.01%
0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front
5
10
3
1
9
5
7
4
4
48 0.01%
0
Valid Votes 33,857 58,515 40,775 43,463 44,889 53,403 41,085 46,401 45,535 421,640 100.00% 9
Rejected Votes
1,827
2,527
3,014
2,217
2,057
2,560
2,045
2,594
3,521
22,669
Total Polled
35,684
61,042
43,789
45,680
46,946
55,963
43,130
48,995
49,056
444,309
Registered Electors
47,648
76,475
56,143
59,001
61,324
73,064
56,580
61,914
62,548
554,697
Turnout
74.89%
79.82%
78.00%
77.42%
76.55%
76.59%
76.23%
79.13%
78.43%
80.10%
Sources:[ 14] [ 15]
The following candidates were elected:[ 16] Rukman Senanayake (UNF), 73,594 preference votes (pv); Mahipala Herath (PA), 70,934 pv; A. D. Champika Premadasa (UNF), 57,249 pv; Athauda Seneviratne (PA), 56,299 pv; Kabir Hashim (UNF), 53,406 pv; Ranjith Siyambalapitiya (PA), 49,298 pv; Herath Ralalage Jayathileke Podinilame (UNF), 46,769 pv; Rupasinghe Arachchige Don Sirisena (UNF), 44,627 pv; and R. M. Gamini Rathnayake (JVP), 3,691 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
Total Votes
%
Seats
Arana
Dedi-
Derani-
Gali-
Kegalle
Mawa-
Rambuk
Ruwan-
Yatiy-
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP , JVP et al.)16,911
28,964
20,436
22,980
23,778
23,290
22,187
24,746
22,081
8,894
214,267 50.88%
5
United National Front UNP , SLMC , CWC , WPF )15,321
26,328
18,881
18,693
17,509
26,099
16,858
19,950
21,500
5,502
186,641 44.32%
4
Jathika Hela Urumaya 1,458
2,095
824
1,715
2,834
3,151
2,256
1,760
1,083
858
18,034 4.28%
0
National Development Front
40
42
36
71
89
41
83
46
4
488* 0.12%
0
United Socialist Party 46
70
44
37
66
20
50
74
3
487* 0.12%
0
United Muslim People's Party
39
44
39
18
82
23
29
43
2
356* 0.08%
0
New Left Front (NSSP et al.)12
27
18
28
32
22
56
87
9
307* 0.07%
0
Independent 9 8
15
7
7
9
11
5
15
0
87* 0.02%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya 0
7
6
4
3
13
5
1
6
85* 0.02%
0
Sri Lanka Muslim Party
2
1
7
2
8
3
52
6
2
85* 0.02%
0
Independent 5 4
1
2
2
8
23
2
3
0
47* 0.01%
0
Independent 8 2
11
1
1
1
3
3
7
1
35* 0.01%
0
Independent 1 3
5
1
0
3
1
4
6
0
29* 0.01%
0
Sri Lanka National Front
1
1
2
2
3
1
7
2
0
26* 0.01%
0
Independent 7 1
4
6
0
9
1
1
2
0
26* 0.01%
0
Independent 3 1
6
2
3
5
1
2
2
0
25* 0.01%
0
Liberal Party 2
4
1
5
5
2
0
0
0
21* 0.00%
0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front
2
1
2
0
3
3
2
1
1
20* 0.00%
0
Ruhuna People's Party
4
2
0
0
3
2
4
2
0
20* 0.00%
0
Independent 2 3
2
0
1
2
4
1
1
0
16* 0.00%
0
Independent 4 1
3
2
1
3
1
0
2
0
15* 0.00%
0
Independent 6 1
0
1
4
0
1
1
2
0
14* 0.00%
0
Valid Votes
33,862 57,630* 40,387 43,565 44,307 52,874 41,477 46,763 44,966 15,282 421,131* 100.00% 9
Rejected Votes
2,032
3130
3,584
2,373
2,276
2,853
2,316
2,880
3,910
329
25,685*
Total Polled
35,894
60,760
43,971
45,938
46,583
55,727
43,793
49,643
48,876
15,611
446,816*
Registered Electors
48,731
78,357
57,117
60,550
62561
76,115
58,588
64,110
64,170
570,299
Turnout
73.66%
77.54%
76.98%
75.87%
74.46%
73.21%
74.75%
77.43%
76.17%
78.35%
Source:[ 17]
The following candidates were elected:[ 18] R. M. Gamini Rathnayake (UPFA-JVP), 90,070 preference votes (pv); Anuruddha Polgampola (UPFA-JVP), 84,981 pv; Ranjith Siyambalapitiya (UPFA-SLFP), 80,485 pv; Mahipala Herath (UPFA-SLFP), 71,682 pv; Kabir Hashim (UNF-UNP), 69,372 pv; Athauda Seneviratne (UPFA-SLFP), 53,892 pv; A. D. Champika Premadasa (UNF-UNP), 44,391 pv; Mano Wijeyeratne (UNF-UNP), 44,272 pv; and Rukman Senanayake (UNF-UNP), 43,630 pv.
Mahipala Herath (UPFA-SLFP) resigned on 27 May 2004 to contest the Sabaragamuwa provincial council elections.[ 19] H. R. Mithrapala (UPFA-SLFP) was sworn in on 20 July 2004.[ 20]
Anuruddha Polgampola (UPFA-JVP) resigned on 3 September 2008.[ 21] Lalith Dissanayake (UPFA-SLFP) was sworn in on 12 September 2008.[ 22]
2004 Provincial Council Election
Results of the 4th Sabaragamuwa provincial council election held on 10 July 2004 for the district:
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal
Total Votes
%
Seats
Arana
Dedi-
Derani-
Gali-
Kegalle
Mawa-
Rambuk
Ruwan-
Yatiy-
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP , JVP et al.)17,805
24,192
16,738
19,539
20,547
21,603
20,123
19,876
19,208
5,481
185,112 58.90%
11
United National Party 9,148
16,727
10,755
12,278
10,796
14,679
10,057
15,405
13,104
2,602
115,551 36.77%
7
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 603
967
13
79
110
4,146
208
337
287
20
6,770 2.15%
0
Ceylon Workers' Congress 6
259
1,469
110
54
30
6
470
1,873
18
4,295 1.37%
0
United Socialist Party 40
390
55
46
41
42
44
64
74
2
798 0.25%
0
United Lalith Front
56
75
70
49
49
75
49
76
81
4
584 0.19%
0
National Development Front
48
41
51
35
55
54
50
50
37
2
423 0.13%
0
Independent 3 15
22
46
18
6
20
16
26
28
4
201 0.06%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya 6
15
16
12
23
28
23
11
6
18
158 0.05%
0
United Sinhala Great Council
3
8
11
6
9
10
7
14
6
10
84 0.03%
0
Democratic United National Front 5
2
21
5
11
5
3
10
18
0
80 0.03%
0
Independent 2 13
5
11
4
6
9
10
13
8
1
80 0.03%
0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front
9
3
5
1
4
20
5
5
11
0
63 0.02%
0
Independent 1 6
7
10
4
6
5
4
4
9
3
58 0.02%
0
Ruhuna People's Party
4
3
2
4
3
3
2
4
14
0
39 0.01%
0
Valid Votes 27,767 42,716 29,273 32,190 31,720 40,729 30,607 36,365 34,764 8,165 314,296 100.00% 18
Rejected Votes
1,689
2,251
2,476
2,038
1,810
2,346
1,976
2,033
2,732
428
19,779
Total Polled
29,456
44,967
31,749
34,228
33,530
43,075
32,583
38,398
37,496
8,593
334,075
Registered Electors
48,731
78,357
57,117
60,550
62,561
76,115
58,588
64,110
64,170
570,299
Turnout
60.45%
57.39%
55.59%
56.53%
53.60%
56.59%
55.61%
59.89%
58.43%
58.58%
Source:[ 23]
The following candidates were elected:[ 23] Mahipala Herath (UPFA-SLFP), 85,365 preference votes (pv); M. A. Kamal Nandasena Pemasiri (UPFA), 35,546 pv; Lalith Dissanayake (UPFA), 30,287 pv; Y. G. Padmasiri (UPFA), 29,243 pv; Herath Ralalage Jayathilleke Podinilame (UNP), 25,946 pv; Sri Lal Wickramasinghe (UPFA), 23,004 pv; N. G. Priyantha Ranjith Kumar (UPFA), 22,479 pv; Ananda Millangoda (UPFA), 22,030 pv; Kasadoruge Sujitha Sanjaya Perera (UNP), 20,641 pv; Udayakantha Gunathilaka (UPFA), 20,419 pv; Thusitha Wijemanne (UNP), 20,359 pv; R. A. Darmapala Rajapaksha (UPFA), 19,942 pv; D. P. Sisira Kumara Sarathchandra (UPFA), 19,595 pv; D. A. Buddhisena (UPFA), 19,542 pv; Wedikkarayalage Somadasa (UNP), 17,096 pv; Nihal Farook (UNP), 15,736 pv; Lakshman Kodikara (UNP), 15,169 pv; and M. D. Siril Gunarathne Pallepola (UNP), 14,817 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
Total Votes
%
Arana
Dedi-
Derani-
Gali-
Kegalle
Mawa-
Rambuk
Ruwan-
Yatiy-
Mahinda Rajapaksa UPFA 18,391
32,231
22,653
25,086
27,444
25,701
24,559
26,522
25,080
11,517
239,184 51.02%
Ranil Wickremasinghe UNP 18,906
30,391
22,087
21,875
20,451
32,203
20,078
24,684
26,056
6,752
223,483 47.67%
Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 179
176
272
198
150
220
139
224
242
4
1,804 0.38%
A.A. Suraweera
NDF
121
125
248
154
123
194
121
175
190
6
1,457 0.31%
Victor Hettigoda ULPP
53
84
69
60
73
111
82
70
60
45
707 0.15%
Chamil Jayaneththi
NLF 40
47
51
55
46
60
38
46
48
6
437 0.09%
Wimal Geeganage
SLNF
42
57
52
57
31
49
33
42
32
5
400 0.09%
Aruna de Soyza
RPP
33
52
36
37
36
45
30
52
48
6
375 0.08%
Anura De Silva
ULF
30
50
37
39
33
52
37
36
41
0
355 0.08%
A.K.J. Arachchige
DUA
22
36
23
21
19
33
25
24
25
3
231 0.05%
Wije Dias
SEP 7
14
21
19
16
15
19
16
24
1
152 0.03%
P. Nelson Perera
SLPF
17
10
18
10
10
17
11
9
15
0
117 0.02%
H.S. Dharmadwaja
UNAF
5
10
6
5
6
9
6
9
13
2
71 0.02%
Valid Votes 37,846 63,283 45,573 47,616 48,438 58,709 45,178 51,909 51,874 18,347 468,773 100.00%
Rejected Votes
434
613
526
443
421
602
496
481
536
243
4,795
Total Polled
38,280
63,896
46,099
48,059
48,859
59,311
45,674
52,390
52,410
18,590
473,568
Registered Electors
49,586
80,201
58,163
61,932
63,755
78,208
59,711
65,989
65,737
583,282
Turnout
77.20%
79.67%
79.26%
77.60%
76.64%
75.84%
76.49%
79.39%
79.73%
81.19%
Source:[ 24]
2008 Provincial Council Election
Results of the 5th Sabaragamuwa provincial council election held on 23 August 2008 for the district:
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal
Total Votes
%
Seats
Arana
Dedi-
Derani-
Gali-
Kegalle
Mawa-
Rambuk
Ruwan-
Yatiy-
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP et al.)18,729
28,797
18,659
22,741
24,809*
23,641
22,419
23,102
22,731
6,943
212,571* 55.48%
10
United National Party 12,215
21,587
14,931
15,381
13,881
22,348
13,245
18,808
19,239
2,690
154,325 40.28%
7
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 653
1,443
925
1,060
1,408
808
1,077
1,051
546
394
9,365 2.44%
1
Ceylon Workers' Congress 91
281
1,279
126
68
1,849
12
382
913
27
5,028 1.31%
0
United National Alliance
58
81
61
75
54
90
53
89
98
15
674 0.18%
0
United Socialist Party 30
63
41
35
30
52
38
59
60
4
412 0.11%
0
National Development Front
14
15
36
12
11
31
20
37
24
3
203 0.05%
0
Independent 10 14
15
17
13
11
5
6
13
9
5
108 0.03%
0
Left Front (NSSP et al.)0
15
6
8
5
3
5
8
13
3
66 0.02%
0
United Lanka Great Council
6
5
12
4
8
3
8
7
3
1
57 0.01%
0
Independent 8 6
4
6
3
8
3
6
6
5
1
48 0.01%
0
Independent 9 5
3
7
0
9
3
8
5
4
3
47 0.01%
0
Independent 3 4
2
7
4
6
7
10
4
1
1
46 0.01%
0
Independent 1 0
1
9
1
2
10
1
4
6
0
34 0.01%
0
Independent 5 1
3
2
5
8
1
4
4
2
0
30 0.01%
0
Independent 7 3
2
6
2
5
7
1
2
1
1
30 0.01%
0
Independent 2 4
2
4
2
2
0
2
4
1
0
21 0.01%
0
Ruhuna People's Party
0
2
3
0
2
4
2
5
1
0
19 0.00%
0
Independent 6 1
6
0
0
2
4
2
3
1
0
19 0.00%
0
Independent 4 2
0
2
0
4
1
3
2
3
1
18 0.00%
0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
0
0
11 0.00%
0
Valid Votes 31,837 52,328 36,014 39,474 40,334* 48,871 36,924 43,597 43,661 10,092 383,132* 100.00% 18
Rejected Votes
1,609
2,285
2,823
1,916
2,095
2,729
1,986
2,728
3,023
334
21,528
Total Polled
33,446
54,613
38,837
41,390
42,429*
51,600
38,910
46,325
46,684
10,426
404,660*
Registered Electors
51,025
82,630
60,518
63,819
66,367
81,844
61,544
69,082
68,792
605,621
Turnout
65.55%
66.09%
64.17%
64.86%
63.93%*
63.05%
63.22%
67.06%
67.86%
66.82%*
Source:[ 25]
2010 Presidential Election
Results of the 6th presidential election held on 26 January 2010 for the district:
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal
Total Votes
%
Arana
Dedi-
Derani-
Gali-
Kegalle
Mawa-
Rambuk
Ruwan-
Yatiy-
Mahinda Rajapaksa UPFA 23,204
39,736
28,460
30,980
33,129
32,335
29,864
33,145
31,456
14,330
296,639 61.80%
Sarath Fonseka NDF 13,469
23,097
16,461
16,077
15,791
27,039
15,967
19,819
20,346
6,811
174,877 36.44%
M.C.M. Ismail
DUNF 177
128
164
136
127
133
131
140
217
24
1,377 0.29%
A.A. Suraweera
NDF
113
174
202
146
116
134
99
163
161
4
1,312 0.27%
C.J. Sugathsiri Gamage
UDF
75
70
140
86
69
91
54
92
153
5
835 0.17%
W.V. Mahiman Ranjith
Ind 1 95
102
107
85
84
90
74
59
113
12
821 0.17%
A.S.P Liyanage SLLP
60
71
94
86
62
86
49
50
99
4
661 0.14%
Ukkubanda Wijekoon
Ind 3 40
62
72
45
49
47
51
49
58
3
476 0.10%
Sarath Manamendra
NSH
39
44
56
43
28
70
38
23
82
1
424 0.09%
Lal Perera
ONF
47
35
55
36
34
55
40
21
68
4
395 0.08%
Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 39
42
56
34
26
55
23
47
65
4
391 0.08%
Aithurus M. Illias
Ind 2 35
39
49
41
38
34
17
20
31
5
309 0.06%
Vikramabahu Karunaratne LF 32
25
50
25
18
34
16
11
30
6
247 0.05%
M. K. Shivajilingam Ind 5 19
22
36
30
20
17
15
28
58
1
246 0.05%
Wije Dias
SEP 18
15
21
20
24
16
27
16
32
2
191 0.04%
Sanath Pinnaduwa
NA
17
16
19
10
12
20
12
9
18
1
134 0.03%
Battaramulla Seelarathana
JP
19
8
30
14
8
5
6
16
21
1
128 0.03%
Aruna de Soyza
RPP
7
10
12
17
8
19
8
18
23
0
122 0.03%
Senaratna de Silva
PNF
11
10
24
6
12
11
8
11
18
0
111 0.02%
M. Mohamed Musthaffa Ind 4 9
10
10
13
7
11
6
9
23
1
99 0.02%
M.B. Thaminimulla
ACAKO
12
9
16
9
6
18
6
13
10
0
99 0.02%
Sarath Kongahage
UNAF
6
13
11
7
6
7
6
5
8
1
70 0.01%
Valid Votes 37,543 63,738 46,145 47,946 49,674 60,327 46,517 53,764 53,090 21,220 479,964 100.00%
Rejected Votes
268
383
398
330
372
434
346
458
431
184
3,604
Total Polled
37,811
64,121
46,543
48,276
50,046
60,761
46,863
54,222
53,521
21,404
483,568
Registered Electors
51,391
83,554
61,507
64,565
67,118
83,066
62,325
70,448
69,964
613,938
Turnout
73.58%
76.74%
75.67%
74.77%
74.56%
73.15%
75.19%
76.97%
76.50%
78.76%
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
Total Votes
%
Seats
Arana
Dedi-
Derani-
Gali-
Kegalle
Mawa-
Rambuk
Ruwan-
Yatiy-
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP , CWC et al. )19,758
31,983
22,109
24,552
25,513
26,467
23,317
26,700
25,522
16,542
242,463 66.89%
7
United National Front UNP , SLMC , DPF , SLFP(P) )7,396
14,331
9,204
9,423
9,106
15,476
9,545
12,640
13,404
4,400
104,925 28.95%
2
Democratic National Alliance (JVP et al. )997
2,022
898
1,485
2,061
1,544
1,427
1,190
552
1,342
13,518 3.73%
0
National Development Front
27
28
53
23
18
39
24
36
30
9
287 0.08%
0
Sri Lanka National Front
3
1
170
8
2
22
5
28
4
13
256 0.07%
0
United Socialist Party 12
26
23
11
19
22
13
13
32
2
173 0.05%
0
Independent 8 11
11
18
14
11
12
16
11
26
5
135 0.04%
0
Independent 1 14
18
14
13
11
18
15
14
11
4
132 0.04%
0
United National Alternative Front
6
14
16
10
7
11
4
14
18
2
102 0.03%
0
United Democratic Front
9
6
6
6
8
8
14
7
10
3
77 0.02%
0
Patriotic National Front
6
1
9
6
4
4
6
6
4
2
48 0.01%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya 3
5
4
16
2
3
6
1
1
3
44 0.01%
0
Left Liberation Front 4
2
2
4
3
6
7
4
3
0
35 0.01%
0
United Lanka Great Council
1
2
5
1
4
6
2
7
6
1
35 0.01%
0
Independent 3 3
0
14
1
0
4
2
3
5
2
34 0.01%
0
Janasetha Peramuna
1
7
3
1
6
1
0
8
1
4
32 0.01%
0
Independent 7 3
1
2
0
12
2
3
5
2
0
30 0.01%
0
Independent 5 4
5
0
0
1
5
1
6
6
0
28 0.01%
0
Independent 4 0
0
2
6
2
3
9
3
1
1
27 0.01%
0
Independent 2 2
10
0
1
4
4
1
1
2
1
26 0.01%
0
Independent 6 2
3
3
2
2
3
1
2
8
0
26 0.01%
0
Sri Lanka Labour Party
1
3
4
2
1
2
4
1
4
0
22 0.01%
0
Valid Votes 28,263 48,479 32,559 35,585 36,797 43,662 34,422 40,700 39,652 22,336 362,455 100.00% 9
Rejected Votes
1,938
3,335
3,229
2,471
2,209
2,989
2,407
2,869
3,889
629
25,965
Total Polled
30,201
51,814
35,788
38,056
39,006
46,651
36,829
43,569
43,541
22,965
388,420
Registered Electors
51,391
83,554
61,507
64,565
67,118
83,066
62,325
70,448
69,964
613,938
Turnout
58.77%
62.01%
58.19%
58.94%
58.12%
56.16%
59.09%
61.85%
62.23%
63.27%
Source:[ 26]
The following candidates were elected:[ 27] Ranjith Siyambalapitiya (UPFA-SLFP), 145,623 preference votes (pv); Athauda Seneviratne (UPFA-SLFP), 68,528 pv; Kanaka Herath (UPFA), 66,912 pv; Y. G. Padmasiri (UPFA), 61,685 pv; Lalith Dissanayake (UPFA-SLFP), 52,673 pv; Kabir Hashim (UNF-UNP), 48,822 pv; A. D. Champika Premadasa (UNF-UNP), 41,271 pv; Arachchilage Jagath Balasuriya (UPFA), 47,121 pv; and H. R. Mithrapala (UPFA-SLFP), 37,831 pv.
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