Anuradhapura Electoral District
Electoral district in Sri Lanka
This article is about the electoral district in Sri Lanka. For the administrative district, see
Anuradhapura District .
Anuradhapura Administrative District Anuradhapura Province North Central Polling divisions 7 Population 809,000[1] (2008) Electorate 579,261[2] (2010) Area 7,179 km2 (2,772 sq mi)[3] Number of members 9 MPs S. M. Chandrasena , UPFA Duminda Dissanayake , UPFA Weerakumara Dissanayake , UPFA W. B. Ekanayake , UPFA P. Harrison , UNF Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe , UNF Tissa Karalliyadde , UPFA Sarath Chandrasiri Muthukumarana, UPFA Asanka Shehan Semasinghe, UPFA
Anuradhapura 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 Anuradhapura in the North Central province . The district currently elects 9 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 579,261 registered electors in 2010.[2]
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
%
Anura- dhapura East
Anura- dhapura West
Horow- patana
Kala- wewa
Keki- rawa
Medawa- chchiya
Mihin -tale
Junius Jayewardene
UNP
15,856
18,894
15,259
22,467
15,454
16,590
11,300
2,053
117,873
49.84%
Hector Kobbekaduwa
SLFP
14,944
15,054
13,029
20,442
12,281
15,079
10,965
1,179
102,973
43.54%
Rohana Wijeweera
JVP
1,891
1,486
2,719
2,410
733
2,749
1,813
110
13,911
5.88%
Colvin R. de Silva
LSSP
187
172
166
180
98
144
180
21
1,148
0.49%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara
NSSP
59
40
29
147
31
52
30
8
396
0.17%
Kumar Ponnambalam
ACTC
45
32
32
32
13
31
34
3
222
0.09%
Valid Votes
32,982
35,678
31,234
45,678
28,610
34,645
24,322
3,374
236,523
100.00%
Rejected Votes
366
249
347
474
209
350
249
50
2,294
Total Polled
33,348
35,927
31,581
46,152
28,819
34,995
24,571
3,424
238,817
Registered Electors
41,615
42,409
36,657
54,762
32,927
41,463
28,761
278,594
Turnout
80.13%
84.72%
86.15%
84.28%
87.52%
84.40%
85.43%
85.72%
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
%
Anura- dhapura East
Anura- dhapura West
Horow- patana
Kala- wewa
Keki- rawa
Medawa- chchiya
Mihin -tale
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
SLFP
11,516
15,492
7,038
14,637
7,203
12,542
4,018
708
73,154
55.15%
Ranasinghe Premadasa
UNP
10,310
14,857
4,023
8,947
5,683
8,367
4,027
737
56,951
42.94%
Oswin Abeygunasekara
SLMP
617
457
112
611
191
371
138
32
2,529
1.91%
Valid Votes
22,443
30,806
11,173
24,195
13,077
21,280
8,183
1,477
132,634
100.00%
Rejected Votes
371
428
244
365
129
459
211
0
2,207
Total Polled
22,814
31,234
11,417
24,560
13,206
21,739
8,394
1,477
134,841
Registered Electors
50,340
52,547
42,773
65,945
41,013
47,805
33,651
334,074
Turnout
45.32%
59.44%
26.69%
37.24%
32.20%
45.47%
24.94%
40.36%
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
Anura- dhapura East
Anura- dhapura West
Horow- patana
Kala- wewa
Keki- rawa
Medawa- chchiya
Mihin -tale
United National Party
10,763
19,461
10,563
14,940
14,020
15,324
4,961
2,694
92,726
56.39%
5
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
6,552
11,437
7,275
14,522
11,670
7,228
3,786
1,540
64,010
38.92%
3
Independent
140
499
464
404
765
556
1,217
12
4,057
2.47%
0
United Socialist Alliance (CPSL , LSSP , NSSP , SLMP )
376
274
134
438
150
183
112
57
1,724
1.05%
0
United Lanka People's Party
201
329
67
333
97
228
89
53
1,397
0.85%
0
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
50
110
37
79
57
116
37
45
531
0.32%
0
Valid Votes
18,082
32,110
18,540
30,716
26,759
23,635
10,202
4,401
164,445
100.00%
8
Rejected Votes
1,309
3,024
1,121
3,557
2,316
1,505
1,238
175
14,245
Total Polled
19,391
35,134
19,661
34,273
29,075
25,140
11,440
4,576
178,690
Registered Electors
49,059
51,510
42,195
65,472
40,606
46,968
33,289
4,974
334,073
Turnout
39.53%
68.21%
46.60%
52.35%
71.60%
53.53%
34.37%
92.00%
53.49%
Source:[6]
The following candidates were elected:[6]
Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Ariyadasa (UNP), 27,724 preference votes (pv); Adhikari Mudiyanselage Sompala Adhikari (UNP), 25,617 pv; Kulathunga Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Chandrasoma Bandara (UNP), 25,541 pv; Janak Mahendra Adhikari (SLFP), 22,568 pv; Themiya Loku Bandara Hurulle (UNP), 20,392 pv; Lal Dharmapriya Gamage (UNP), 20,189 pv; Kiri Banda Ratnayake (SLFP), 18,040 pv; and Berty Premalal Dissanayake (SLFP), 16,200 pv.
1993 Provincial Council Election
Results of the 2nd North Central provincial council election held on 17 May 1993 for the district:
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
Anura- dhapura East
Anura- dhapura West
Horow- patana
Kala- wewa
Keki- rawa
Medawa- chchiya
Mihin -tale
People's Alliance (SLFP et al.)
25,277
24,306
22,825
37,744
20,987
25,041
17,881
6,393
180,454
55.19%
5
United National Party
19,949
24,548
17,966
25,091
18,886
17,389
13,762
4,493
142,084
43.45%
3
Sri Lanka Progressive Front (JVP )
849
505
234
483
252
336
290
128
3,077
0.94%
0
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
285
151
73
284
148
213
127
88
1,369
0.42%
0
Valid Votes
46,360
49,510
41,098
63,602
40,273
42,979
32,060
11,102
326,984
100.00%
8
Rejected Votes
1,878
2,415
1,552
3,160
1,976
1,746
1,673
220
14,620
Total Polled
48,238
51,925
42,650
66,762
42,249
44,725
33,733
11,322
341,604
Registered Electors
62,048
65,367
51,975
79,687
50,969
55,792
41,088
406,926
Turnout
77.74%
79.44%
82.06%
83.78%
82.89%
80.16%
82.10%
83.95%
Source:[7]
The following candidates were elected:[7]
Berty Premalal Dissanayake (PA), 78,792 preference votes (pv); Kulathunga Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Chandrasoma Bandara (UNP), 66,538 pv; Punchi Banda Dissanayake (PA), 46,756 pv; Appuhamige Herath Banda Semasinghe (PA), 45,256 pv; Tissa Karalliyadde (PA), 44,849 pv; Adhikari Mudiyanselage Sompala Adhikari (UNP), 44,650 pv; Don Siman Ralalage Shantha Premarathna (PA), 43,167 pv; and P. Harrison (UNP), 34,666 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
%
Anura- dhapura East
Anura- dhapura West
Horow- patana
Kala- wewa
Keki- rawa
Medawa- chchiya
Mihin -tale
Chandrika Kumaratunga
PA
27,421
27,142
26,000
42,661
23,583
25,938
19,935
7,466
200,146
63.99%
Srimathi Dissanayake
UNP
15,490
18,892
13,287
17,331
14,517
13,185
10,541
4,099
107,342
34.32%
Hudson Samarasinghe
Ind 2
310
365
297
547
324
401
267
23
2,534
0.81%
Nihal Galappaththi
SLPF
134
141
136
258
95
182
97
40
1,083
0.35%
Harischandra Wijayatunga
SMBP
220
141
80
191
110
126
86
60
1,014
0.32%
A.J. Ranashinge
Ind 1
102
113
86
112
75
106
66
18
678
0.22%
Valid Votes
43,677
46,794
39,886
61,100
38,704
39,938
30,992
11,706
312,797
100.00%
Rejected Votes
943
1,115
581
1,304
789
667
581
225
6,205
Total Polled
44,620
47,909
40,467
62,404
39,493
40,605
31,573
11,931
319,002
Registered Electors
62,048
65,367
51,975
79,687
50,969
55,792
41,088
406,926
Turnout
71.91%
73.29%
77.86%
78.31%
77.48%
72.78%
76.84%
78.39%
Source:[8]
1999 Provincial Council Election
Results of the 3rd North Central provincial council election held on 6 April 1999 for the district:
Party
Votes
%
Seats
People's Alliance (SLFP , SLMC et al.)
156,291
54.09%
United National Party
111,285
38.51%
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
14,197
4.91%
New Left Front (NSSP et al.)
4,259
1.47%
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
1,150
0.40%
Independent
861
0.30%
Muslim United Liberation Front
798
0.28%
Sri Lanka Progressive Front
131
0.05%
Valid Votes
288,972
100.00%
Rejected Votes
22,153
Total Polled
311,125
Registered Electors
448,098
Turnout
69.43%
Source:[9]
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
%
Anura- dhapura East
Anura- dhapura West
Horow- patana
Kala- wewa
Keki- rawa
Medawa- chchiya
Mihin -tale
Chandrika Kumaratunga
PA
25,187
25,850
23,075
42,154
23,631
24,878
18,131
6,167
189,073
54.14%
Ranil Wickremasinghe
UNP
20,153
23,492
17,732
23,388
19,151
16,742
14,393
4,129
139,180
39.86%
Nandana Gunathilake
JVP
2,996
2,015
1,579
2,845
1,144
1,875
1,508
650
14,612
4.18%
W.V.M. Ranjith
Ind 2
127
177
170
248
141
180
131
2
1,176
0.34%
Rajiva Wijesinha
Liberal
103
166
137
227
146
142
136
8
1,065
0.30%
T. Edirisuriya
Ind 1
105
157
94
242
121
138
102
4
963
0.28%
Harischandra Wijayatunga
SMBP
174
150
69
187
87
98
77
60
902
0.26%
Abdul Rasool
SLMP
98
166
76
89
97
67
72
5
670
0.19%
Kamal Karunadasa
PLSF
63
129
65
138
64
92
43
6
600
0.17%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara
LDA
77
33
29
119
44
30
31
31
394
0.11%
Hudson Samarasinghe
Ind 3
25
44
25
63
36
41
32
5
271
0.08%
A. Dissanayaka
DUNF
19
21
21
36
26
15
21
7
166
0.05%
A.W. Premawardhana
PFF
7
20
15
29
16
25
16
1
129
0.04%
Valid Votes
49,134
52,420
43,087
69,765
44,704
44,323
34,693
11,075
349,201
100.00%
Rejected Votes
1,015
991
690
1,503
964
745
743
298
6,949
Total Polled
50,149
53,411
43,777
71,268
45,668
45,068
35,436
11,373
356,150
Registered Electors
69,006
73,549
58,774
90,631
58,684
62,120
46,770
459,534
Turnout
72.67%
72.62%
74.48%
78.64%
77.82%
72.55%
75.77%
77.50%
Source:[10]
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
Anura- dhapura East
Anura- dhapura West
Horow- patana
Kala- wewa
Keki- rawa
Medawa- chchiya
Mihin -tale
People's Alliance (SLFP et al.)
23,078
22,829
19,196
35,026
20,480
23,108
16,577
9,130
169,424
48.33%
5
United National Party
20,825
24,330
18,084
24,754
19,578
16,896
13,850
6,345
144,662
41.26%
3
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
4,587
2,715
2,295
4,303
1,738
2,255
2,208
1,173
21,274
6.07%
0
National Unity Alliance (SLMC )
567
1,093
2,885
834
1,665
701
1,375
249
9,369
2.67%
0
New Left Front (NSSP et al.)
323
318
256
539
332
380
252
61
2,461
0.70%
0
Sinhala Heritage
307
110
73
170
98
69
68
81
976
0.28%
0
Citizen's Front
154
152
60
208
74
115
72
19
854
0.24%
0
United Sinhala Great Council
57
91
56
98
68
69
50
5
494
0.14%
0
Democratic United National Front
28
35
16
32
28
29
17
9
194
0.06%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
38
29
15
33
17
25
12
23
192
0.05%
0
Liberal Party
27
18
13
27
20
30
13
2
150
0.04%
0
National People's Party
22
19
25
20
15
18
17
6
142
0.04%
0
Independent 2
10
25
25
21
19
20
11
1
132
0.04%
0
Independent 1
12
18
11
17
13
17
13
2
103
0.03%
0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front
10
17
20
15
15
6
16
3
102
0.03%
0
People's Freedom Front
9
6
5
13
9
6
3
2
53
0.02%
0
Valid Votes
50,054
51,805
43,035
66,110
44,169
43,744
34,554
17,111
350,582
100.00%
8
Rejected Votes
2,526
3,224
2,387
2,574
2,265
2,192
20,561
Total Polled
52,580
55,029
45,422
46,743
46,009
36,746
371,143
Registered Electors
70,735
75,498
60,605
93,423
60,379
63,651
48,370
472,661
Turnout
74.33%
72.89%
74.95%
77.42%
72.28%
75.97%
78.52%
Source:[11]
The following candidates were elected:[12]
Duminda Dissanayake (PA), 83,949 preference votes (pv); Tissa Karalliyadde (PA), 48,360 pv; P. Harrison (UNP), 45,834 pv; Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe (UNP), 41,874 pv; W. B. Ekanayake (UNP), 41,461 pv; Don Simanralalage Shantha Premaratne (PA), 35,800 pv; Appuhamilage Herath Banda Semasinghe (PA), 35,090 pv; and Punchi Banda Dissanayake (PA), 33,738 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
Anura- dhapura East
Anura- dhapura West
Horow- patana
Kala- wewa
Keki- rawa
Medawa- chchiya
Mihin -tale
United National Front (UNP , SLMC , CWC , DPF )
23,421
27,308
20,699
28,282
22,853
19,763
15,669
165,055
45.93%
4
People's Alliance (SLFP et al.)
20,359
20,766
18,007
31,042
17,088
20,390
14,429
149,393
41.57%
3
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
7,739
5,003
4,454
7,947
3,754
4,647
4,488
40,005
11.13%
1
New Left Front (NSSP et al.)
378
466
402
686
412
543
325
3,279
0.91%
0
Sinhala Heritage
202
104
39
98
43
57
45
625
0.17%
0
United Sinhala Great Council
32
82
32
70
42
52
33
336
0.09%
0
Independent 3
18
30
19
33
30
19
11
163
0.05%
0
People's Freedom Front
15
15
17
37
12
19
13
141
0.04%
0
National Development Front
19
17
7
16
20
12
14
107
0.03%
0
Independent 1
17
9
6
19
3
4
5
66
0.02%
0
Independent 2
6
5
5
14
7
7
6
50
0.01%
0
Ruhuna People's Party
3
6
4
5
3
17
9
48
0.01%
0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front
13
6
4
10
5
3
3
45
0.01%
0
Sri Lanka National Front
6
7
2
8
4
3
1
31
0.01%
0
Valid Votes
52,228
53,824
43,697
68,267
44,276
45,536
35,051
359,344
100.00%
8
Rejected Votes
2,560
2,994
2,340
4,398
2,621
2,284
2,211
19,796
Total Polled
54,788
56,818
46,037
72,665
46,897
47,820
37,262
379,140
Registered Electors
73,626
78,076
62,393
97,120
62,502
65,903
50,126
489,746
Turnout
74.41%
72.77%
73.79%
74.82%
75.03%
72.56%
74.34%
77.42%
Sources:[13] [14]
The following candidates were elected:[15]
Duminda Dissanayake (PA), 76,088 preference votes (pv); P. Harrison (UNF), 69,878 pv; Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe (UNF), 54,969 pv; W. B. Ekanayake (UNF), 51,373 pv; S. M. Chandrasena (PA), 38,090 pv; Lal Dharmapriya Gamage (UNF), 36,609 pv; Tissa Karalliyadde (PA), 35,608 pv; and K. D. Lalkantha (JVP), 4,304 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
Anura- dhapura East
Anura- dhapura West
Horow- patana
Kala- wewa
Keki- rawa
Medawa- chchiya
Mihin -tale
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP , JVP et al.)
30,591
28,821
24,924
42,639
24,446
27,978
21,008
12,536
212,943
57.22%
5
United National Front (UNP , SLMC , CWC , DPF )
20,623
23,876
18,231
26,744
19,606
17,809
14,336
7,387
148,612
39.94%
3
Jathika Hela Urumaya
2,045
1,260
500
1,314
1,165
484
602
664
8,034
2.16%
0
United Socialist Party
164
254
244
242
186
191
132
26
1,439
0.39%
0
National Development Front
70
81
51
74
65
38
36
17
432
0.12%
0
New Left Front (NSSP et al.)
48
26
9
41
21
9
17
6
177
0.05%
0
Independent 5
23
30
12
15
11
17
16
2
126
0.03%
0
Independent 4
12
16
11
20
14
15
9
3
100
0.03%
0
Swarajya
11
22
4
2
1
6
4
1
51
0.01%
0
Independent 3
5
7
8
12
3
9
3
2
49
0.01%
0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front
2
9
1
5
11
1
4
0
33
0.01%
0
Independent 1
4
5
4
4
4
6
6
0
33
0.01%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
6
6
4
2
4
3
2
1
28
0.01%
0
Sri Lanka National Front
7
2
3
2
4
5
1
3
27
0.01%
0
Independent 2
8
3
2
6
3
0
2
2
26
0.01%
0
Ruhuna People's Party
1
3
5
1
2
2
0
1
15
0.00%
0
Valid Votes
53,620
54,421
44,013
71,123
45,546
46,573
36,178
20,651
372,125
100.00%
8
Rejected Votes
3,134
3,401
2,309
4,454
2,725
2,361
2,253
644
21,281
Total Polled
56,754
57,822
46,322
75,577
48,271
48,934
38,431
21,295
393,406
Registered Electors
77,391
81,435
65,482
102,138
66,036
68,897
52,770
514,149
Turnout
73.33%
71.00%
70.74%
73.99%
73.10%
71.02%
72.83%
76.52%
Source:[16]
The following candidates were elected:[17]
K. D. Lalkantha (UPFA-JVP), 114,319 preference votes (pv); R. P. A. Ranaweera Pathirana (UPFA-JVP), 103,086 pv; Duminda Dissanayake (UPFA-SLFP), 72,710 pv; P. Harrison (UNF-UNP), 60,777 pv; S. M. Chandrasena (UPFA-SLFP), 56,651 pv; Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe (UNF-UNP), 49,471 pv; Tissa Karalliyadde (UPFA-SLFP), 40,933 pv; and W. B. Ekanayake (UNF-UNP), 38,183 pv.
2004 Provincial Council Election
Results of the 4th North Central provincial council election held on 10 July 2004 for the district:
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
Anura- dhapura East
Anura- dhapura West
Horow- patana
Kala- wewa
Keki- rawa
Medawa- chchiya
Mihin -tale
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP , JVP et al.)
26,333
26,199
20,986
38,703
22,230
25,705
18,751
9,070
187,977
63.92%
14
United National Party
13,442
14,929
10,053
16,016
11,174
11,249
7,996
4,307
89,166
30.32%
6
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
995
1,570
4,671
1,169
2,154
1,254
2,413
165
14,391
4.89%
1
United Socialist Party
178
207
143
184
161
181
128
35
1,217
0.41%
0
National Development Front
46
75
68
110
382
79
68
17
845
0.29%
0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front
15
15
37
19
16
8
15
1
126
0.04%
0
Independent 3
12
16
12
20
10
12
16
1
99
0.03%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
6
13
6
14
6
6
6
17
74
0.03%
0
United Sinhala Great Council
15
11
12
14
6
5
4
6
73
0.02%
0
Independent 2
4
8
12
8
10
14
4
3
63
0.02%
0
Independent 1
15
7
6
13
7
7
2
3
60
0.02%
0
Valid Votes
41,061
43,050
36,006
56,270
36,156
38,520
29,403
13,625
294,091
100.00%
21
Rejected Votes
2,682
3,251
2,586
4,539
2,615
2,614
2,460
853
21,600
Total Polled
43,743
46,301
38,592
60,809
38,771
41,134
31,863
14,478
315,691
Registered Electors
77,391
81,435
65,482
102,138
66,036
68,897
52,770
514,149
Turnout
56.52%
56.86%
58.94%
59.54%
58.71%
59.70%
60.38%
61.40%
Source:[18]
The following candidates were elected:[18]
Berty Premalal Dissanayake (UPFA), 79,936 preference votes (pv); M. Jayarathne (UPFA), 62,641 pv; Anura Dissanayake (UPFA), 35,515 pv; Aruna Dissanayake (UPFA), 34,481 pv; N. Rohana Pushpakumara (UPFA), 32,493 pv; S. C. Muthukumarana (UPFA), 25,632 pv; Manodara Gedara Keerthisinghe Wijerathne (UNP), 24,864 pv; K. H. Nandasena (UPFA), 24,054 pv; Gamage Weerasena (UPFA), 23,692 pv; Lakshman Jayawardhane (UPFA), 23,359 pv; Kapurubanda Dissanayakage Sunil Dissanayake (UNP), 19,513 pv; T. M. R. Siripala (UPFA), 17,000 pv; Appuhamige Herath Banda Semasinghe (UPFA), 16,639 pv; Adhikari Rani (UNP), 15,450 pv; Gunarathne Susil (UPFA), 15,264 pv; Abesinghe Mudiyanselage Ranbanda Abesinghe (UNP), 15,182 pv; R. B. Gnanathilake (UPFA), 15,164 pv; Anil Rathnayake (UNP), 13,441 pv; Aloysias Sunil Charles Fernando (UNP), 13,124 pv; Punchi Banda Dissanayake (UPFA), 12,833 pv; and A. K. Ravuttar Neina Muhammadu (SLMC), 7,558 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
%
Anura- dhapura East
Anura- dhapura West
Horow- patana
Kala- wewa
Keki- rawa
Medawa- chchiya
Mihin -tale
Mahinda Rajapaksa
UPFA
33,726
31,575
26,330
46,073
26,220
29,071
22,454
15,591
231,040
55.08%
Ranil Wickremasinghe
UNP
25,382
29,829
22,027
33,758
24,314
21,647
16,897
9,102
182,956
43.62%
A.A. Suraweera
NDF
169
250
201
256
196
192
160
24
1,448
0.35%
Siritunga Jayasuriya
USP
155
262
184
247
181
192
136
21
1,378
0.33%
Chamil Jayaneththi
NLF
65
107
70
99
65
81
54
28
569
0.14%
Victor Hettigoda
ULPP
82
77
34
107
53
54
37
34
478
0.11%
Aruna de Soyza
RPP
54
74
54
80
46
69
43
8
428
0.10%
Wimal Geeganage
SLNF
44
62
45
94
37
31
49
5
367
0.09%
Anura De Silva
ULF
32
61
20
54
32
33
26
3
261
0.06%
A.K.J. Arachchige
DUA
25
34
15
45
37
19
31
1
207
0.05%
Wije Dias
SEP
14
21
7
18
20
14
18
3
115
0.03%
P. Nelson Perera
SLPF
11
21
14
28
14
14
13
0
115
0.03%
H.S. Dharmadwaja
UNAF
5
11
10
20
9
10
7
0
72
0.02%
Valid Votes
59,764
62,384
49,011
80,879
51,224
51,427
39,925
24,820
419,434
100.00%
Rejected Votes
563
671
481
836
506
446
429
631
4,563
Total Polled
60,327
63,055
49,492
81,715
51,730
51,873
40,354
25,451
423,997
Registered Electors
80,971
86,433
68,066
106,717
68,671
71,396
54,554
536,808
Turnout
74.50%
72.95%
72.71%
76.57%
75.33%
72.66%
73.97%
78.98%
Source:[19]
2008 Provincial Council Election
Results of the 5th North Central provincial council election held on 23 August 2008 for the district:
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
Anura- dhapura East
Anura- dhapura West
Horow- patana
Kala- wewa
Keki- rawa
Medawa- chchiya
Mihin -tale
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP et al.)
28,113
27,690
22,532
39,984
21,700
25,450
18,633
15,445
199,547
54.70%
12
United National Party
21,898
22,279
16,203
27,017
19,538
15,164
13,195
6,725
142,019
38.93%
8
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
3,936
2,312
2,203
3,661
1,649
2,082
2,397
1,117
19,357
5.31%
1
National Congress
61
215
723
111
187
231
440
65
2,033
0.56%
0
United Socialist Party
91
116
82
114
101
72
58
14
648
0.18%
0
United National Alliance
64
81
60
88
81
40
53
24
491
0.13%
0
National Development Front
17
16
63
27
19
12
12
12
178
0.05%
0
Independent 7
11
14
15
20
16
18
9
3
106
0.03%
0
Independent 6
8
17
6
12
7
11
7
2
70
0.02%
0
Left Front (NSSP et al.)
20
11
5
16
5
1
2
7
67
0.02%
0
National People's Party
8
7
5
12
4
4
7
4
51
0.01%
0
Independent 5
3
3
15
6
5
4
1
1
38
0.01%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
8
4
1
3
4
2
6
7
35
0.01%
0
Independent 3
6
3
6
6
3
3
3
0
30
0.01%
0
Independent 1
5
9
2
2
2
2
2
2
26
0.01%
0
Independent 2
4
4
5
2
6
1
2
2
26
0.01%
0
Independent 4
1
3
4
4
1
5
2
2
22
0.01%
0
Ruhuna People's Party
7
1
1
3
0
2
2
1
17
0.00%
0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front
1
4
1
3
3
1
0
3
16
0.00%
0
Valid Votes
54,262
52,789
41,932
71,091
43,331
43,105
34,831
23,436
364,777
100.00%
21
Rejected Votes
2,323
2,697
2,225
3,739
2,306
2,037
1,751
822
17,900
Total Polled
56,585
55,486
44,157
74,830
45,637
45,142
36,582
24,258
382,677
Registered Electors
86,208
91,972
72,114
113,350
72,777
74,962
58,034
569,417
Turnout
65.64%
60.33%
61.23%
66.02%
62.71%
60.22%
63.04%
67.21%
Source:[20]
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
%
Anura- dhapura East
Anura- dhapura West
Horow- patana
Kala- wewa
Keki- rawa
Medawa- chchiya
Mihin -tale
Mahinda Rajapaksa
UPFA
41,418
41,965
33,622
57,967
34,101
35,996
27,619
25,760
298,448
66.32%
Sarath Fonseka
NDF
22,270
21,288
17,054
25,591
18,431
14,971
13,928
10,228
143,761
31.94%
M.C.M. Ismail
DUNF
241
262
311
295
227
236
206
143
1,921
0.43%
A.A. Suraweera
NDF
154
255
137
238
134
171
147
32
1,268
0.28%
W.V. Mahiman Ranjith
Ind 1
109
202
151
222
141
148
112
30
1,115
0.25%
A.S.P Liyanage
SLLP
60
68
53
96
61
83
57
10
488
0.11%
C.J. Sugathsiri Gamage
UDF
40
85
70
85
64
54
66
13
477
0.11%
Ukkubanda Wijekoon
Ind 3
35
63
37
91
60
56
65
10
417
0.09%
Sarath Manamendra
NSH
39
49
51
61
41
49
29
6
325
0.07%
Lal Perera
ONF
38
52
42
51
31
38
40
3
295
0.07%
Aithurus M. Illias
Ind 2
27
57
20
57
33
21
27
12
254
0.06%
Siritunga Jayasuriya
USP
32
41
22
42
37
31
25
7
237
0.05%
Vikramabahu Karunaratne
LF
29
36
28
34
19
16
10
11
183
0.04%
M. K. Shivajilingam
Ind 5
19
24
20
19
21
19
22
2
146
0.03%
Wije Dias
SEP
8
23
8
22
19
16
13
1
110
0.02%
Battaramulla Seelarathana
JP
10
21
9
26
16
12
3
5
102
0.02%
Aruna de Soyza
RPP
9
15
19
18
13
14
10
3
101
0.02%
Senaratna de Silva
PNF
8
16
6
13
9
16
16
9
93
0.02%
M. Mohamed Musthaffa
Ind 4
16
10
8
22
8
12
11
0
87
0.02%
Sanath Pinnaduwa
NA
6
21
8
16
15
5
10
1
82
0.02%
M.B. Thaminimulla
ACAKO
11
10
7
23
7
12
7
0
77
0.02%
Sarath Kongahage
UNAF
3
12
4
10
3
6
6
7
51
0.01%
Valid Votes
64,582
64,575
51,687
84,999
53,491
51,982
42,429
36,293
450,038
100.00%
Rejected Votes
517
583
356
650
396
293
358
632
3,785
Total Polled
65,099
65,158
52,043
85,649
53,887
52,275
42,787
36,925
453,823
Registered Electors
88,157
93,534
73,590
115,275
73,885
75,683
59,137
579,261
Turnout
73.84%
69.66%
70.72%
74.30%
72.93%
69.07%
72.35%
78.35%
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
Anura- dhapura East
Anura- dhapura West
Horow- patana
Kala- wewa
Keki- rawa
Medawa- chchiya
Mihin -tale
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP et al.)
30,497
31,803
23,499
42,905
17,029
26,178
21,291
28,002
221,204
66.52%
7
United National Front (UNP , SLMC , DPF , SLFP(P) )
11,019
11,370
10,186
14,662
10,850
8,404
6,645
7,224
80,360
24.17%
2
Democratic National Alliance (JVP et al.)
4,541
2,436
1,790
2,583
1,298
1,596
1,752
2,133
18,129
5.45%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
78
88
56
131
10,121
11
377
583
11,445
3.44%
0
Janasetha Peramuna
13
6
193
14
5
50
8
63
352
0.11%
0
Independent 1
22
23
12
24
26
23
15
11
156
0.05%
0
Sri Lanka National Front
20
1
19
21
55
4
23
4
147
0.04%
0
Independent 6
12
14
12
15
7
9
21
7
97
0.03%
0
United National Alternative Front
10
18
10
15
11
7
4
12
87
0.03%
0
Independent 7
11
15
10
12
18
4
9
7
86
0.03%
0
United Democratic Front
10
9
7
12
14
3
4
7
66
0.02%
0
Independent 5
3
4
5
4
19
20
5
5
65
0.02%
0
Independent 2
1
16
2
17
4
8
3
7
58
0.02%
0
Independent 3
6
5
3
10
17
10
1
1
53
0.02%
0
Patriotic National Front
9
3
3
9
14
5
5
3
51
0.02%
0
All Are Citizens, All Are Kings Organisation
6
2
12
7
6
2
3
11
49
0.01%
0
Left Liberation Front
15
5
2
15
2
4
2
3
48
0.01%
0
United Lanka Great Council
7
3
6
3
21
0
5
1
46
0.01%
0
Sri Lanka Labour Party
4
4
4
4
0
4
1
5
26
0.01%
0
Independent 4
3
2
1
2
1
3
1
0
13
0.00%
0
Valid Votes
46,287
45,827
35,832
60,465
39,518
36,345
30,175
38,089
332,538
100.00%
9
Rejected Votes
2,807
3,636
2,268
4,124
3,412
2,759
2,370
1,554
22,930
Total Polled
49,094
49,463
38,100
64,589
42,930
39,104
32,545
39,643
355,468
Registered Electors
88,157
93,534
73,590
115,275
73,885
75,683
59,137
579,261
Turnout
55.69%
52.88%
51.77%
56.03%
58.10%
51.67%
55.03%
61.37%
Source:[21]
The following candidates were elected:[22]
S. M. Chandrasena (UPFA-SLFP), 112,644 preference votes (pv); Duminda Dissanayake (UPFA-SLFP), 101,384 pv; Tissa Karalliyadde (UPFA-SLFP), 55,017 pv; Asanka Shehan Semasinghe (UPFA), 46,115 pv; Sarath Chandrasiri Muthukumarana (UPFA), 44,645 pv; W. B. Ekanayake (UPFA), 40,634 pv; Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe (UNF-UNP), 29,884 pv; Weerakumara Dissanayake (UPFA), 27,102 pv; and P. Harrison (UNF-UNP), 24,675 pv.
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