Electoral history of Maithripala Sirisena
List of elections featuring Maithripala Sirisena as a candidate
Maithripala Sirisena President of Sri Lanka (2015–2019); Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament from
Polonnaruwa (1989–2015) (2020–Present).
Sri Lankan Parliarment
1989 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989 for the district of
Polonnaruwa :
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal
Total Votes
%
Seats
Mediri-
Minne
Polon-
United National Party 8,631
10,576
23,469
797
43,473 62.33%
4
Sri Lanka Freedom Party 3,384
7,431
11,973
433
23,221 33.29%
1
United Lanka People's Party
148
711
1,052
22
1,933 2.77%
0
United Socialist AllianceCPSL , LSSP , NSSP , SLMP )
67
765
250
35
1,117 1.60%
0
Valid Votes 12,230 19,483 36,744 1,287 69,744 100.00% 5
Rejected Votes
959
1,866
2,376
65
5,266
Total Polled
13,189
21,349
39,120
1,352
75,010
Registered Electors
48,477
49,700
64,163
1,405
163,745
Turnout
27.21%
42.96%
60.97%
96.23%
45.81%
Source:[ 1]
The following candidates were elected:[ 1] Maithripala Sirisena C. A. Suriyaarachchi (UNP), 11,318 pv; and Samarasinghe Arachchilage Muthubanda (UNP), 10,336 pv.
1994 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994 for the district of
Polonnaruwa :
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal
Total Votes
%
Seats
Mediri-
Minne
Polon-
People's Alliance (SLFP et al.)22,287
24,660
33,381
2,110
82,438 51.18%
3
United National Party 22,261
20,379
32,562
1,504
76,706 47.62%
2
Sri Lanka Progressive Front (JVP )
308
811
750
65
1,934 1.20%
0
Valid Votes 44,856 45,850 66,693 3,679 161,078 100.00% 5
Rejected Votes
1,626
1,758
2,984
66
6,434
Total Polled
46,482
47,608
69,677
3,745
167,512
Registered Electors
55,264
57,393
87,535
200,192
Turnout
84.11%
82.95%
79.60%
83.68%
Source:[ 2]
The following candidates were elected:[ 2] Maithripala Sirisena Rukman Senanayake (UNP), 45,648 pv; Hewa Gajaman Paththinige Nelson (UNP), 39,439 pv; Thilakarathne Bandara Mahalekam (PA), 26,465 pv; and Herath Mudiyanselage Nandasena Herath (PA), 26,213 pv.
2000 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000 for the district of
Polonnaruwa :
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal
Total Votes
%
Seats
Mediri-
Minne
Polon-
United National Party 22,213
22,693
35,197
2,296
82,399 46.33%
3
People's Alliance SLFP et al.)21,075
21,014
34,979
2,955
80,023 44.99%
2
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 2,135
3,811
4,691
524
11,161 6.27%
0
National Unity Alliance (SLMC )1,048
28
886
15
1,977 1.11%
0
New Left Front (NSSP et al.)249
329
569
18
1,165 0.65%
0
Sinhala Heritage
123
142
317
33
615 0.35%
0
Citizen's Front
24
28
103
4
159 0.09%
0
Liberal Party 20
30
42
1
93 0.05%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya 21
26
25
5
77 0.04%
0
Independent 2 20
15
34
1
70 0.04%
0
Democratic United National Front 16
16
33
1
66 0.04%
0
Independent 1 8
18
16
1
43 0.02%
0
People's Freedom Front
5
4
13
1
23 0.01%
0
Valid Votes 46,957 48,154 76,905 5,855 177,871 100.00% 5
Rejected Votes
2,395
2,770
4,710
194
10,069
Total Polled
49,352
50,924
81,615
6,049
187,940
Registered Electors
61,872
63,895
103,667
229,434
Turnout
79.76%
79.70%
78.73%
81.91%
Source:[ 3]
The following candidates were elected:[ 4] Maithripala Sirisena Earl Gunasekara (UNP), 56,213 pv; Hewa Gajaman Paththinige Nelson (UNP), 31,241 pv; Rukman Senanayake (UNP), 27,200 pv; and Herath Mudiyanselage Nandasena Herath (PA), 22,872 pv.
2001 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 12th parliamentary election held on 5 December 2001 for the district of
Polonnaruwa :
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal
Total Votes
%
Seats
Mediri-
Minne
Polon-
United National Front UNP , SLMC , CWC , DPF )24,450
21,436
39,349
86,786 47.82%
3
People's Alliance SLFP et al.)19,149
19,423
33,531
73,679 40.60%
2
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 4,355
6,749
7,280
18,956 10.44%
0
New Left Front (NSSP et al.)416
435
662
1,517 0.84%
0
Sinhala Heritage
37
57
99
199 0.11%
0
Democratic United National Front 20
34
55
109 0.06%
0
Independent 4 12
26
32
70 0.04%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya 9
18
18
45 0.02%
0
Independent 1 8
15
12
36 0.02%
0
Independent 2 7
15
11
34 0.02%
0
Independent 3 4
9
16
29 0.02%
0
Ruhuna People's Party
7
7
6
21 0.01%
0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front
4
7
5
16 0.01%
0
Valid Votes 48,478 48,231 81,076 181,497 100.00% 5
Rejected Votes
2,401
3,393
5,995
11,854
Total Polled
50,879
51,624
87,071
193,351
Registered Electors
63,518
66,645
110,281
240,444
Turnout
80.10%
77.46%
78.95%
80.41%
Sources:[ 5] [ 6]
The following candidates were elected:[ 7] Earl Gunasekara (UNF), 57,957 preference votes (pv); Maithripala Sirisena
2004 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004 for the district of
Polonnaruwa :
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal
Total Votes
%
Seats
Mediri-
Minne
Polon-
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP , JVP et al.)26,114
30,342
45,936
3,851
106,243 57.35%
3
United National Front UNP , SLMC , CWC , DPF )20,522
17,522
35,420
2,200
75,664 40.84%
2
Jathika Hela Urumaya 388
850
1,067
108
2,413 1.30%
0
United Socialist Party 182
152
290
3
627 0.34%
0
National Development Front
23
32
59
2
116 0.06%
0
Independent 10 16
21
14
0
51 0.03%
0
New Left Front (NSSP et al.)8
12
20
1
41 0.02%
0
Sri Lanka National Front
1
4
8
2
15 0.01%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya 2
7
3
1
13 0.01%
0
Independent 1 2
3
8
0
13 0.01%
0
Independent 9 4
4
5
0
13 0.01%
0
Independent 2 3
4
3
1
11 0.01%
0
Independent 3 4
3
2
0
9 0.00%
0
Independent 4 1
4
3
0
8 0.00%
0
Ruhuna People's Party
0
1
4
1
6 0.00%
0
Independent 6 2
0
3
0
5 0.00%
0
Independent 8 1
2
2
0
5 0.00%
0
Independent 5 1
2
1
0
4 0.00%
0
Independent 7 2
0
2
0
4 0.00%
0
Valid Votes 47,276 48,965 82,850 6,170 185,261 100.00% 5
Rejected Votes
3,035
3,746
5,683
209
12,673
Total Polled
50,311
52,711
88,533
6,379
197,934
Registered Electors
66,605
70,308
117,148
254,061
Turnout
75.54%
74.97%
75.57%
77.91%
Source:[ 8]
The following candidates were elected:[ 9] Maithripala Sirisena S. K. Subasinghe (UPFA-JVP), 61,580 pv; Siripala Gamalath (UPFA-SLFP), 47,085 pv; Earl Gunasekara (UNF-UNP), 38,681 pv; and C. A. Suriyaarachchi (UNF-UNP), 37,983 pv.
2010 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010 for the district of
Polonnaruwa :
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal
Total Votes
%
Seats
Mediri-
Minne
Polon-
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP et al.)26,794
29,597
51,998
10,305
118,694 69.22%
4
United National Front UNP , SLMC , DPF , SLFP(P) )12,572
8,890
21,579
2,691
45,732 26.67%
1
Democratic National Alliance (JVP et al.)1,199
2,166
2,453
639
6,457 3.77%
0
Our National Front
34
34
55
7
130 0.08%
0
United National Alternative Front
14
10
30
1
55 0.03%
0
Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal 2
0
50
1
53 0.03%
0
Sri Lanka National Front
24
6
11
6
47 0.03%
0
National Development Front
4
12
21
6
43 0.03%
0
Janasetha Peramuna
3
2
18
3
26 0.02%
0
Independent 1 3
5
10
2
20 0.01%
0
Independent 11 7
5
5
1
18 0.01%
0
Independent 13 6
6
6
0
18 0.01%
0
United Democratic Front
3
3
9
2
17 0.01%
0
United Lanka Great Council
3
5
8
1
17 0.01%
0
Independent 7 2
2
11
2
17 0.01%
0
Patriotic National Front
3
9
4
0
16 0.01%
0
Independent 10 2
1
10
0
13 0.01%
0
Ruhuna People's Party
3
5
4
0
12 0.01%
0
Independent 4 1
6
4
1
12 0.01%
0
Independent 5 3
6
3
0
12 0.01%
0
Independent 12 3
3
6
0
12 0.01%
0
Independent 2 3
5
1
1
10 0.01%
0
Independent 8 3
0
6
1
10 0.01%
0
Independent 3 3
4
0
1
8 0.00%
0
National People's Party
1
2
3
1
7 0.00%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya 2
0
2
2
6 0.00%
0
Independent 6 3
0
3
0
6 0.00%
0
Independent 9 0
1
1
0
2 0.00%
0
Left Liberation Front 0
0
1
0
1 0.00%
0
Valid Votes 40,700 40,785 76,312 13,674 171,471 100.00% 5
Rejected Votes
3,613
3,643
6,804
738
14,798
Total Polled
44,313
44,428
83,116
14,412
186,269
Registered Electors
72,402
77,084
130,851
280,337
Turnout
61.20%
57.64%
63.52%
66.44%
Source:[ 10]
The following candidates were elected:[ 11] Maithripala Sirisena Siripala Gamalath (UPFA-SLFP), 53,973 pv; C. A. Suriyaarachchi (UPFA), 44,356 pv; and Earl Gunasekara (UNF-UNP), 26,925 pv.
President
Candidate Party Votes % Maithripala Sirisena New Democratic Front 6,217,162 51.28 Mahinda Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 5,768,090 47.58 Ratnayake Arachchige Sirisena Patriotic National Front 18,174 0.15 Namal Ajith Rajapaksa Our National Front 15,726 0.13 Maulawi Ibrahim Mohanmed Mishlar United Peace Front 14,379 0.12 A. S. P. Liyanage Sri Lanka Labour Party 14,351 0.12 Ruwanthileke Peduru United Lanka People's Party 12,436 0.10 Aithurus M. Illias Independent 10,618 0.09 Duminda Nagamuwa Frontline Socialist Party 9,941 0.08 Siritunga Jayasuriya United Socialist Party 8,840 0.07 Sarath Manamendra New Sinhala Heritage 6,875 0.06 Pani Wijesiriwardene Socialist Equality Party 4,277 0.04 Anurudha Polgampola Independent 4,260 0.04 Sundaram Mahendran Nava Sama Samaja Party 4,047 0.03 Muthu Bandara Theminimulla All Are Citizens, All Are Kings Organisation 3,846 0.03 Battaramulle Seelarathana Jana Setha Peramuna 3,750 0.03 Prasanna Priyankara Democratic National Movement 2,793 0.02 Jayantha Kulathunga United Lanka Great Council 2,061 0.02 Wimal Geeganage Sri Lanka National Front 1,826 0.02 Total 12,123,452 100.00 Valid votes 12,123,452 98.85 Invalid/blank votes 140,925 1.15 Total votes 12,264,377 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 15,044,490 81.52 Source: Election Commission
References
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