Kalutara Electoral District
Electoral district of Sri Lanka
This article is about the electoral district in Sri Lanka. For the administrative district, see
Kalutara District .
Kalutara 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 Kalutara in the Western province . The district currently elects 10 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 813,233 registered electors in 2010.[2]
Presidential elections
1982 presidential election
Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982:[4]
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Junius Jayewardene
UNP
25,681
26,631
27,951
21,486
27,056
26,167
24,494
26,648
5,478
211,592
50.15%
Hector Kobbekaduwa
SLFP
21,041
25,500
22,349
20,068
23,518
22,992
23,154
23,861
3,391
185,874
44.06%
Rohana Wijeweera
JVP
2,043
1,583
1,812
998
1,361
2,306
2,164
2,011
221
14,499
3.44%
Colvin R. de Silva
LSSP
2,079
730
608
521
359
1,707
537
1,776
296
8,613
2.04%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara
NSSP
79
81
42
57
186
112
89
189
36
871
0.21%
Kumar Ponnambalam
ACTC
80
35
39
64
48
39
107
27
4
443
0.11%
Valid Votes
51,003
54,560
52,801
43,194
52,528
53,323
50,545
54,512
9,426
421,892
100.00%
Rejected Votes
944
628
544
582
459
612
741
677
103
5,290
Total Polled
51,947
55,188
53,345
43,776
52,987
53,935
51,286
55,189
9,529
427,182
Registered Electors
62,890
65,013
64,357
51,297
61,356
64,944
61,809
67,549
499,215
Turnout
82.60%
84.89%
82.89%
85.34%
86.36%
83.05%
82.97%
81.70%
85.57%
1988 presidential election
Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988:[5]
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
SLFP
15,255
26,897
21,920
18,491
24,116
22,425
19,908
28,366
2,383
179,761
49.57%
Ranasinghe Premadasa
UNP
15,155
26,066
20,529
18,705
23,868
22,551
17,917
22,701
2,018
169,510
46.74%
Ossie Abeygunasekara
SLMP
905
2,261
952
743
1,339
2,559
836
3,548
232
13,375
3.69%
Valid Votes
31,315
55,224
43,401
37,939
49,323
47,535
38,661
54,615
4,633
362,646
100.00%
Rejected Votes
521
871
700
880
632
1,161
716
799
257
6,537
Total Polled
31,836
56,095
44,101
38,819
49,955
48,696
39,377
55,414
4,890
369,183
Registered Electors
70,991
73,585
73,408
58,030
69,405
75,912
70,457
78,330
570,118
Turnout
44.85%
76.23%
60.08%
66.89%
71.98%
64.15%
55.89%
70.74%
64.76%
1994 presidential election
Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994:[6]
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Chandrika Kumaratunga
PA
32,467
40,503
36,364
27,072
36,064
37,490
33,726
42,951
9,049
295,686
61.47%
Srima Dissanayake
UNP
21,903
23,655
23,487
20,094
21,886
22,209
20,667
20,032
4,533
178,466
37.10%
Hudson Samarasinghe
Ind 2
322
315
246
281
351
237
286
166
9
2,213
0.46%
Harischandra Wijayatunga
SMBP
190
263
115
172
262
226
202
340
98
1,868
0.39%
A. J. Ranasinghe
Ind 1
163
187
135
131
212
170
168
198
34
1,398
0.29%
Nihal Galappaththi
SLPF
201
177
153
145
147
161
201
161
42
1,388
0.29%
Valid Votes
55,246
65,100
60,500
47,895
58,922
60,493
55,250
63,848
13,765
481,019
100.00%
Rejected Votes
893
929
660
772
932
929
1,045
922
227
7,309
Total Polled
56,139
66,029
61,160
48,667
59,854
61,422
56,295
64,770
13,992
488,328
Registered Electors
78,540
86,676
83,849
63,131
77,877
86,437
80,135
89,554
646,199
Turnout
71.48%
76.18%
72.94%
77.09%
76.86%
71.06%
70.25%
72.33%
75.57%
1999 presidential election
Results of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999:[7]
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Chandrika Kumaratunga
PA
30,128
40,384
34,369
25,424
37,559
35,751
32,352
39,081
6,169
281,217
52.88%
Ranil Wickramasinghe
UNP
26,506
28,430
29,585
22,879
27,700
27,131
25,813
24,976
4,403
217,423
40.88%
Nandana Gunathilake
JVP
3,014
3,262
2,421
1,397
2,648
3,369
3,221
3,647
791
23,770
4.47%
Harischandra Wijayatunga
SMBP
227
384
148
184
308
386
316
596
172
2,721
0.51%
W.V.M. Ranjith
Ind 2
208
171
160
156
182
127
183
90
2
1,279
0.24%
Tennyson Edirisuriya
Ind 1
176
154
150
131
139
135
148
96
4
1,133
0.21%
Rajiva Wijesinha
LPSL
163
139
114
128
126
111
162
81
4
1,028
0.19%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara
LDA
78
154
81
45
130
131
75
242
67
1,003
0.19%
Abdul Rasool
SLMP
86
78
159
69
77
105
74
144
4
796
0.15%
Kamal Karunadasa
PLSF
76
90
70
69
79
77
83
60
4
608
0.11%
Hudson Samarasinghe
Ind 3
83
37
35
63
40
38
71
19
0
386
0.07%
A.W. Premawardhana
PFF
34
40
15
28
31
31
32
16
2
229
0.04%
Ariyawansha Dissanayaka
DUNF
34
31
14
24
21
21
35
25
11
216
0.04%
Valid Votes
60,813
73,354
67,321
50,597
69,040
67,413
62,565
69,073
11,633
531,809
100.00%
Rejected Votes
1,226
1,467
1,145
991
1,417
1,540
1,492
2,014
504
11,796
Total Polled
62,039
74,821
68,466
51,588
70,457
68,953
64,057
71,087
12,137
543,605
Registered Electors
82,145
93,107
87,513
66,212
86,680
90,723
84,575
91,768
682,723
Turnout
75.52%
80.36%
78.24%
77.91%
81.28%
76.00%
75.74%
77.46%
79.62%
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
%
Mahinda Rajapaksa
UPFA
37,518
50,481
37,402
29,218
44,801
45,143
40,006
46,097
11,027
341,693
55.48%
Ranil Wickramasinghe
UNP
31,449
34,749
37,390
25,918
34,300
32,916
30,853
33,034
5,434
266,043
43.20%
Siritunga Jayasuriya
USP
408
341
372
371
293
237
379
216
6
2,623
0.43%
A.A. Suraweera
NDF
254
279
224
251
232
222
271
182
6
1,921
0.31%
Victor Hettigoda
ULPP
81
105
105
85
134
91
105
128
31
865
0.14%
Chamil Jayaneththi
NLF
91
63
84
81
68
63
67
85
12
614
0.10%
Aruna de Soyza
RPP
57
52
66
46
56
76
65
46
4
468
0.08%
Anura De Silva
ULF
56
72
55
36
53
43
58
47
4
424
0.07%
Wimal Geeganage
SLNF
57
59
48
66
54
48
60
25
5
422
0.07%
A.K.J. Arachchige
DUA
52
40
47
40
48
36
53
22
1
339
0.06%
Wije Dias
SEP
24
21
27
28
21
37
29
23
5
215
0.03%
P. Nelson Perera
SLPF
26
23
21
30
15
13
23
14
0
165
0.03%
H.S. Dharmadwaja
UNAF
8
6
10
9
14
5
13
2
1
68
0.01%
Valid Votes
70,081
86,291
75,851
56,179
80,089
78,930
71,982
79,921
16,536
615,860
100.00%
Rejected Votes
656
870
885
644
802
808
756
762
334
6,517
Total Polled
70,737
87,161
76,736
56,823
80,891
79,738
72,738
80,683
16,870
622,377
Registered Electors
89,979
107,308
99,026
71,080
100,085
102,020
93,479
101,328
764,305
Turnout
78.62%
81.23%
77.49%
79.94%
80.82%
78.16%
77.81%
79.63%
81.43%
Source:[8]
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
%
Mahinda Rajapaksa
UPFA
47,317
62,363
43,787
38,018
57,292
51,330
47,988
50,772
13,695
412,562
63.06%
Sarath Fonseka
NDF
23,717
32,290
35,678
19,073
27,818
29,719
26,016
31,319
6,177
231,807
35.43%
A.A. Suraweera
NDF
286
203
172
190
209
218
275
122
8
1,683
0.26%
M.C.M. Ismail
DUNF
168
140
133
233
155
129
183
96
5
1,242
0.19%
C.J. Sugathsiri Gamage
UDF
173
122
153
163
107
111
233
112
7
1,181
0.18%
W.V. Mahiman Ranjith
Ind 1
195
156
124
103
130
133
124
100
10
1,075
0.16%
A.S.P Liyanage
SLLP
107
107
80
119
89
76
108
77
2
765
0.12%
Ukkubanda Wijekoon
Ind 3
72
79
78
77
85
63
77
50
1
582
0.09%
Siritunga Jayasuriya
USP
83
57
44
69
65
43
73
34
4
472
0.07%
Sarath Manamendra
NSH
76
52
60
62
71
43
53
33
3
453
0.07%
Lal Perera
ONF
49
68
54
49
62
40
56
42
1
421
0.06%
Aithurus M. Illias
Ind 2
57
67
49
47
51
34
44
26
4
379
0.06%
Vikramabahu Karunaratne
LF
41
27
27
39
44
30
42
49
6
305
0.05%
M. K. Shivajilingam
Ind 5
36
33
12
40
39
24
47
15
2
248
0.04%
Wije Dias
SEP
23
29
22
41
27
25
34
19
4
224
0.03%
Sanath Pinnaduwa
NA
22
18
23
26
21
15
21
11
2
159
0.02%
M. Mohamed Musthaffa
Ind 4
18
13
16
24
22
17
21
22
1
154
0.02%
Ven.Battaramulla Seelarathana Thero
JP
25
22
10
23
13
7
29
10
4
143
0.02%
Senaratna de Silva
PNF
18
8
10
22
27
8
22
5
0
120
0.02%
Aruna de Soyza
RPP
14
15
12
21
18
7
17
16
0
120
0.02%
M.B. Thaminimulla
ACAKO
12
13
7
10
13
12
4
6
1
78
0.01%
Sarath Kongahage
UNAF
14
10
7
7
8
1
15
11
3
76
0.01%
Valid Votes
72,523
95,892
80,558
58,456
86,366
82,085
75,482
82,947
19,940
654,249
100.00%
Rejected Votes
486
558
523
423
666
581
564
553
187
4,541
Total Polled
73,009
96,450
81,081
58,879
87,032
82,666
76,046
83,500
20,127
658,790
Registered Electors
93,972
118,942
104,363
74,991
108,781
106,878
99,737
105,569
813,233
Turnout
77.69%
81.09%
77.69%
78.51%
80.01%
77.35%
76.25%
79.10%
81.01%
Source:[2]
Parliamentary general election
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
United National Party [a]
16,311
24,894
19,298
16,360
25,770
17,840
13,643
20,473
5,480
160,069
49.84%
6
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
11,397
23,202
12,976
12,024
17,658
14,374
12,156
23,778
3,945
131,510
40.94%
5
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
158
1,968
5,250
321
129
2,248
436
2,428
33
12,971
4.04%
0
United Socialist Alliance [b]
679
1,764
642
207
1,778
3,311
414
3,025
522
12,342
3.84%
0
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
101
369
112
253
839
122
108
641
145
2,690
0.84%
0
United Lanka People's Party
175
167
224
156
103
247
312
165
62
1,611
0.50%
0
Valid Votes
28,821
52,364
38,502
29,321
46,277
38,142
27,069
50,510
10,187
321,193
100.00%
11
Rejected Votes
2,545
2,550
2,214
2,463
2,883
2,407
2,621
2,162
294
20,139
Total Polled
31,366
54,914
40,716
31,784
49,160
40,549
29,690
52,672
10,481
341,332
Registered Electors
69,937
72,270
72,355
57,111
67,915
73,971
68,955
76,836
10,843
570,193
Turnout
44.85%
75.98%
56.27%
55.65%
72.38%
54.82%
43.06%
68.55%
96.66%
59.86%
Source:[9]
Preferential votes[9]
Alliance
Party
Candidate
votes
SLFP
SLFP
Thilak Karunaratne
54,339
UNP
UNP
Indradasa Hettiarachchi
54,099
SLFP
SLFP
Sumitha Priyanganie Abeyweera
51,494
SLFP
SLFP
Neville Fernando
40,977
SLFP
SLFP
Anil Moonesinghe
40,320
UNP
UNP
Punsiri Senaraja Perera Samaranayake
36,150
UNP
UNP
Imthiaz Bakeer Markar
35,433
UNP
UNP
Pathirage Don Abeyratne
30,292
SLFP
SLFP
Mangala Moonesinghe
28,522
UNP
UNP
M.M Mervin Joseph Cooray
27,130
UNP
UNP
Sarath Ranawaka
20,983
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
People's Alliance [c]
31,009
37,374
33,686
24,364
32,374
34,349
30,514
39,309
8,775
271,754
53.77%
6
United National Party [d]
27,007
28,531
29,063
23,755
27,562
27,482
26,520
25,692
5,503
221,115
43.75%
4
Sri Lanka Progressive Front [e]
693
774
809
226
515
1,107
969
970
175
6,238
1.23%
0
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
402
707
776
305
771
727
670
1,163
393
5,914
1.17%
0
People's Freedom Front
54
31
42
35
50
27
54
41
5
339
0.07%
0
Valid Votes
59,165
67,417
64,376
48,685
61,272
63,692
58,727
67,175
14,851
505,360
100.00%
10
Rejected Votes
3,818
3,059
2,805
3,121
2,656
3,029
4,034
2,642
233
25,397
Total Polled
62,983
70,476
67,181
51,806
63,928
66,721
62,761
69,817
15,084
530,757
Registered Electors
78,540
86,676
83,849
63,131
77,877
86,437
80,135
89,554
646,199
Turnout
80.19%
81.31%
80.12%
82.06%
82.09%
77.19%
78.32%
77.96%
82.14%
Source:[10]
Preferential votes
Alliance
Party
Candidate
votes
PA
SLFP
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
88,213
PA
SLFP
Abeyweera Sumithra Priyanganie
85,661
PA
SLFP
Reginald Cooray
85,297
PA
SLFP
Kumara Welgama
79,056
PA
SLFP
Ediriweera Premarathna
70,041
UNP
UNP
Imthiaz Bakeer Markar
68,519
UNP
UNP
Thilak Karunarathna
63,206
UNP
UNP
Sarath Ranawaka
60,506
UNP
UNP
Mahinda Samarasinghe
59,150
PA
SLFP
Anil Moonesinghe
56,071
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
People's Alliance [f]
28,531
35,860
30,179
24,308
36,659
31,469
29,968
30,848
7,353
255,175
46.86%
5
United National Party
27,665
27,434
29,392
22,812
27,259
26,641
25,518
25,994
4,500
217,215
39.89%
4
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
4,128
5,534
3,988
2,037
4,191
5,516
4,709
7,047
1,223
38,373
7.05%
1
Sinhala Heritage
835
2,760
1,565
597
1,233
2,428
1,648
4,035
518
15,619
2.87%
0
National Unity Alliance [g]
153
1,688
3,671
471
82
2,464
519
2,857
38
11,943
2.19%
0
New Left Front [h]
492
323
299
265
452
289
426
363
25
2,934
0.54%
0
Citizen's Front
67
48
185
52
76
47
80
75
12
642
0.12%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
92
81
33
52
80
80
52
146
21
637
0.12%
0
Independent 4
70
55
64
38
48
32
56
37
0
400
0.07%
0
Democratic United National Front
41
32
31
41
37
30
40
40
0
292
0.05%
0
Left & Democratic Alliance
9
14
18
17
17
52
75
41
12
255
0.05%
0
Independent 5
33
22
18
17
17
26
39
21
3
196
0.04%
0
Independent 1
25
15
21
18
20
22
28
22
0
171
0.03%
0
Sri Lanka Muslim Party
20
22
21
5
12
26
37
21
4
168
0.03%
0
Independent 3
28
17
8
15
15
17
15
8
0
123
0.02%
0
Independent 2
13
21
11
16
13
8
16
20
0
118
0.02%
0
National Development Front
15
30
6
10
14
7
11
18
2
113
0.02%
0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front
8
16
12
3
9
3
5
9
0
65
0.01%
0
People's Freedom Front
4
6
6
6
3
6
6
4
0
41
0.01%
0
Ruhuna People's Party
3
3
5
2
5
6
7
7
0
38
0.01%
0
Valid Votes
62,232
73,981
69,533
50,782
70,242
69,169
63,255
71,613
13,711
544,518
100.00%
10
Rejected Votes
3,534
3,159
2,885
3,046
2,928
3,385
3,672
2,792
330
25,731
Total Polled
65,766
77,140
72,418
53,828
73,170
72,554
66,927
74,405
14,041
570,249
Registered Electors
83,947
95,223
89,742
67,198
88,937
92,550
85,838
94,221
697,656
Turnout
78.34%
81.01%
80.70%
80.10%
82.27%
78.39%
77.97%
78.97%
81.74%
Source:[11]
The following candidates were elected:[12]
Preferential votes
Alliance
Party
Candidate
votes
PA
SLFP
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
148,705
UNP
UNP
Mahinda Samarasinghe
82,511
UNP
UNP
Imthiaz Bakeer Markar
74,555
UNP
UNP
Rajitha Senaratne
73,382
PA
SLFP
Reginald Cooray
67,945
PA
SLFP
Tudor Dayaratne
63,636
PA
SLFP
Kumara Welgama
60,394
PA
SLFP
Ediriweera Premarathna
53,690
UNP
UNP
P.D Aberatne
47,271
JVP
JVP
Nandana Gunathilake
5,628
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
United National Front (UNP , SLMC , CWC , WPF )
29,734
33,272
36,709
24,592
31,462
32,344
29,290
32,013
254,339
45.94%
5
People's Alliance (SLFP et al.)
25,147
32,966
25,641
20,909
31,788
28,693
25,761
29,288
226,468
40.91%
4
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
6,599
8,544
6,581
3,976
7,013
8,768
7,697
9,435
60,451
10.92%
1
Sinhala Heritage
297
845
455
215
476
736
552
1,367
5,103
0.92%
0
New Left Front (NSSP et al.)
318
326
321
201
346
263
283
290
2,369
0.43%
0
United Socialist Party
292
255
358
242
215
291
271
230
2,162
0.39%
0
Muslim United Liberation Front
216
220
260
200
201
186
212
189
1,693
0.31%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
23
43
6
7
28
26
12
54
204
0.04%
0
Independent 7
29
15
14
37
26
24
16
16
178
0.03%
0
National Development Front
16
20
17
13
12
15
22
12
129
0.02%
0
Independent 5
22
3
14
8
12
11
18
10
99
0.02%
0
Independent 6
10
14
9
15
16
6
12
13
95
0.02%
0
Independent 2
9
8
11
4
10
14
6
6
70
0.01%
0
Independent 4
11
6
8
3
12
7
7
2
59
0.01%
0
Ruhuna People's Party
3
5
9
6
8
5
6
9
55
0.01%
0
Sri Lanka National Front
5
8
4
7
5
6
6
11
53
0.01%
0
Independent 1
9
1
4
6
3
4
11
11
49
0.01%
0
Independent 3
6
4
9
5
5
6
4
4
43
0.01%
0
Valid Votes
62,746
76,555
70,430
50,446
71,638
71,405
64,186
72,960
553,619
100.00%
10
Rejected Votes
4,963
3,912
3,903
3,730
3,779
3,911
4,472
3,655
32,617
Total Polled
67,709
80,467
74,333
54,176
75,417
75,316
68,658
76,615
586,236
Registered Electors
86,105
98,871
92,658
67,795
91,968
95,698
88,182
96,487
717,764
Turnout
78.64%
81.39%
80.22%
79.91%
82.00%
78.70%
77.86%
79.40%
81.68%
Sources:[13] [14]
The following candidates were elected:[15]
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (PA), 120,432 preference votes (pv); Mahinda Samarasinghe (UNF), 108,583 pv; Rajitha Senaratne (UNF), 102,919 pv; Imtiaz Bakeer Markar (UNF), 89,147 pv; Kumara Welgama (PA), 81,507 pv; Tudor Dayaratne (PA), 55,181 pv; Pathirage Don Abeyratne (UNF), 52,414 pv; Rohitha Abeygunawardena (PA), 46,571 pv; Ananda Lakshman Wijemanne (UNF), 45,766; and Nandana Gunathilake (JVP), 8,312 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
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP , JVP et al.)
33,939
41,850
33,583
25,374
38,421
37,958
36,294
35,687
8,102
291,208
51.72%
6
United National Front (UNP , SLMC , CWC , WPF )
26,456
27,240
30,210
22,767
26,764
26,255
24,912
24,020
4,097
212,721
37.78%
3
Jathika Hela Urumaya
2,538
8,989
6,751
2,621
7,166
8,324
4,542
14,274
1,410
56,615
10.06%
1
New Left Front (NSSP et al.)
39
87
37
34
84
118
35
113
13
560
0.10%
0
United Socialist Party
61
52
75
37
41
47
40
79
0
432
0.08%
0
United Muslim People's Party
56
47
94
40
46
44
58
35
0
420
0.07%
0
Independent 9
35
26
24
26
23
24
34
19
1
212
0.04%
0
United Lalith Front
23
18
21
17
26
19
24
11
2
161
0.03%
0
Independent 8
21
14
27
11
13
15
22
16
1
140
0.02%
0
Swarajya
16
18
4
13
28
6
6
8
1
100
0.02%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
9
10
12
5
12
7
9
12
3
79
0.01%
0
Independent 1
10
3
7
6
4
7
14
4
1
56
0.01%
0
Independent 7
7
6
2
4
7
4
4
5
4
43
0.01%
0
Independent 6
4
8
5
5
3
3
6
6
1
41
0.01%
0
Independent 2
2
5
7
6
6
3
5
1
0
35
0.01%
0
Democratic United National Front
5
9
2
6
0
2
6
2
2
34
0.01%
0
Ruhuna People's Party
6
8
3
1
4
3
3
4
0
32
0.01%
0
Sri Lanka National Front
5
5
7
3
2
1
6
2
0
31
0.01%
0
Independent 4
4
4
4
5
2
5
1
3
1
29
0.01%
0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front
3
1
2
5
5
4
3
4
0
27
0.00%
0
Independent 5
5
3
4
0
4
2
3
3
0
24
0.00%
0
Independent 3
2
2
2
1
5
3
3
1
0
19
0.00%
0
Valid Votes
63,246
78,405
70,883
50,987
72,666
72,854
66,030
74,309
13,639
563,019
100.00%
10
Rejected Votes
4,665
3,826
3,912
3,728
3,407
3,766
4,000
3,240
197
30,741
Total Polled
67,911
82,231
74,795
54,715
76,073
76,620
70,030
77,549
13,836
593,760
Registered Electors
88,142
104,093
96,897
69,720
96,686
99,940
90,919
99,741
746,138
Turnout
77.05%
79.00%
77.19%
78.48%
78.68%
76.67%
77.02%
77.75%
79.58%
Source:[16]
The following candidates were elected:[17]
Nandana Gunathilake (UPFA-JVP), 135,743 preference votes (pv); Rajitha Senaratne (UNF-UNP), 97,001 pv; S. A. Jayantha Samaraweera (UPFA-JVP), 95,461 pv; Mahinda Samarasinghe (UNF-UNP), 93,758 pv; Reginald Cooray (UPFA-SLFP), 78,693 pv; Piyasiri Wijenayake (UPFA-JVP), 75,982 pv; Kumara Welgama (UPFA-SLFP), 73,350 pv; Rohitha Abeygunawardena (UPFA-SLFP), 62,598 pv; Sarath Ranawaka (UNF-UNP), 48,380 pv; and Athuraliye Rathana (JHU), 10,772 pv.
Reginald Cooray (UPFA-SLFP) resigned on 28 May 2004 to contest the Western provincial council elections.[18] His replacement Nirmala Kotalawala was sworn in on 20 July 2004.[19]
Sarath Ranawaka (UNF-UNP) died on 25 July 2009.[20] His replacement Ananda Lakshman Wijemanna (UNF-UNP) was sworn in on 6 August 2009.[21]
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
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP et al.)
35,541
44,927
32,709
29,522
44,136
38,300
35,920
37,818
14,963
313,836
63.68%
7
United National Front (UNP , SLMC , DPF , SLFP(P) )
14,402
19,017
21,737
11,737
16,613
16,838
17,295
18,022
3,935
139,596
28.32%
2
Democratic National Alliance (JVP et al.)
1,909
5,803
5,716
1,577
4,020
5,584
2,990
7,340
1,783
36,722
7.45%
1
Our National Front
31
53
34
32
48
36
37
32
7
310
0.06%
0
Independent 22
30
28
34
29
27
26
37
19
2
232
0.05%
0
Independent 19
15
30
25
19
28
28
26
39
3
213
0.04%
0
National Development Front
28
24
12
26
16
23
29
12
3
173
0.04%
0
Sri Lanka National Front
1
16
0
0
123
3
5
21
3
172
0.03%
0
Independent 9
5
45
4
21
53
9
8
2
1
148
0.03%
0
United National Alternative Front
17
11
23
15
11
20
26
11
1
135
0.03%
0
Left Liberation Front
8
16
13
4
26
14
10
34
2
127
0.03%
0
Independent 5
14
20
15
11
8
20
14
10
0
112
0.02%
0
Independent 20
17
26
4
10
17
9
12
7
0
102
0.02%
0
Independent 3
8
11
14
8
28
13
7
4
2
95
0.02%
0
United Democratic Front
11
12
15
5
12
10
12
10
2
89
0.02%
0
Independent 4
6
16
13
14
9
12
10
7
1
88
0.02%
0
Independent 21
9
8
11
9
12
4
10
6
1
70
0.01%
0
Patriotic National Front
9
6
5
3
6
8
7
9
0
53
0.01%
0
Independent 13
0
4
2
6
30
1
2
7
0
52
0.01%
0
Independent 7
11
3
4
2
4
7
13
3
0
47
0.01%
0
Janasetha Peramuna
3
6
19
3
7
1
5
2
1
47
0.01%
0
Independent 15
4
3
11
2
5
5
4
11
0
45
0.01%
0
All Are Citizens, All Are Kings Organisation
5
9
5
2
3
10
3
6
1
44
0.01%
0
Independent 10
13
4
3
4
1
5
7
2
0
39
0.01%
0
United Lanka Great Council
2
5
6
6
2
2
7
2
1
33
0.01%
0
Independent 8
2
11
1
2
4
0
12
0
0
32
0.01%
0
Independent 12
5
1
6
1
2
0
5
11
0
31
0.01%
0
Independent 6
6
3
2
5
3
4
5
2
1
31
0.01%
0
Independent 14
3
2
6
1
4
6
2
4
2
30
0.01%
0
Independent 11
6
1
6
1
6
4
1
3
1
29
0.01%
0
Independent 1
5
3
1
1
6
1
2
2
1
22
0.00%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
2
5
2
1
0
2
2
5
3
22
0.00%
0
Sri Lanka Labour Party
6
1
1
1
4
2
1
2
2
20
0.00%
0
Independent 2
3
2
4
3
0
3
2
2
0
19
0.00%
0
Independent 16
3
2
0
3
1
2
1
1
1
14
0.00%
0
Independent 18
2
1
0
3
2
0
4
1
0
13
0.00%
0
Independent 17
1
1
1
4
2
2
1
0
0
12
0.00%
0
Valid Votes
52,143
70,136
60,464
43,093
65,279
61,014
56,534
63,469
20,723
492,855
100.00%
10
Rejected Votes
6,851
7,122
6,644
5,734
6,100
6,056
6,566
5,851
827
51,751
Total Polled
58,994
77,258
67,108
48,827
71,379
67,070
63,100
69,320
21,550
544,606
Registered Electors
93,972
118,942
104,363
74,991
108,781
106,878
99,737
105,569
813,233
Turnout
62.78%
64.95%
64.30%
65.11%
65.62%
62.75%
63.27%
65.66%
66.97%
Source:[22]
The following candidates were elected:[23]
Kumara Welgama (UPFA-SLFP), 124,766 preference votes (pv); Mahinda Samarasinghe (UPFA), 97,778 pv; Nirmala Kotalawala (UPFA), 82,044 pv; Rohitha Abeygunawardena (UPFA-SLFP), 77,205 pv; Rajitha Senaratne (UPFA), 66,710 pv; Reginald Cooray (UPFA-SLFP), 60,196 pv; Palitha Thewarapperuma (UNF), 51,153 pv; Vidura Wickremenayake (UPFA), 50,114 pv; Ajith Perera (UNF), 48,588 pv; and Arjuna Ranatunga (DNA), 27,796 pv.
Provincial council elections
1988 provincial council election
Results of the 1st Western provincial council election held on 2 June 1988 for the district:
1993 provincial council election
Results of the 2nd Western provincial council election held on 17 May 1993 for the district:
1999 provincial council election
Results of the 3rd Western provincial council election held on 6 April 1999 for the district:
Party
Votes
%
Seats
United National Party
199,054
44.16%
10
People's Alliance (SLFP et al.)
198,702
44.08%
10
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
28,347
6.29%
2
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
7,230
1.60%
1
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
7,149
1.59%
0
New Left Front (NSSP et al.)
5,427
1.20%
0
National Union of Workers (CWC , DWC )
4,051
0.90%
0
Muslim United Liberation Front
567
0.13%
0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front
209
0.05%
0
Valid Votes
450,736
100.00%
23
Rejected Votes
28,441
Total Polled
479,177
Registered Electors
676,962
Turnout
70.78%
Sources:[24] [25]
2004 provincial council election
Results of the 4th Western provincial council election held on 10 July 2004 for the district:
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP , JVP et al.)
26,811
35,838
24,363
19,537
29,468
28,073
26,259
29,543
5,022
224,914
57.27%
12
United National Party
18,944
16,363
16,974
15,066
19,388
16,241
20,838
15,333
2,189
141,336
35.99%
7
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
204
2,974
9,547
585
40
3,760
711
5,070
35
22,926
5.84%
1
United Socialist Party
258
242
295
256
268
255
325
216
10
2,125
0.54%
0
National Development Front
104
166
104
81
105
97
97
113
5
872
0.22%
0
Independent 3
22
21
29
31
19
14
45
26
1
208
0.05%
0
Independent 2
15
23
15
21
27
18
24
24
6
173
0.04%
0
Independent 1
16
25
16
11
14
13
18
26
5
144
0.04%
0
Valid Votes
46,374
55,652
51,343
35,588
49,329
48,471
48,317
50,351
7,273
392,698
100.00%
20
Rejected Votes
3,101
3,504
3,265
2,561
3,469
3,367
3,276
3,592
490
26,625
Total Polled
49,475
59,156
54,608
38,149
52,798
51,838
51,593
53,943
7,763
419,323
Registered Electors
88,142
104,093
96,897
69,720
96,686
99,940
90,919
99,741
746,138
Turnout
56.13%
56.83%
56.36%
54.72%
54.61%
51.87%
56.75%
54.08%
56.20%
Source:[26]
The following candidates were elected:[26]
Reginald Cooray (UPFA), 94,316 preference votes (pv); M.A. Janak Chaminda Wijegunawardhana (UNP), 50,013 pv; Ajith Anura Thalangama Arachchige (UPFA), 34,826 pv; Andaravass Patabendige Vass Gunawardhana (UPFA), 34,165 pv; A. Ankanath Ranjith Somawansa (UPFA), 32,515 pv; Athula Priyantha Bellana (UPFA), 32,206 pv; Angage Jagath (UPFA), 30,661 pv; Nimal Chandraratna (UPFA), 29,441 pv; Palitha Kumara Thewarapperuma (UNP), 29,167 pv; Chandrasiri Karunaratna (UPFA), 28,862 pv; Ananda Karunadhara (UPFA), 28,624 pv; H. Jagath Pushpakumara Perera (UPFA), 28,499 pv; Adikaramge Chandrabhanu (UPFA), 26,620 pv; M.A. Janak Chaminda Wijegunawardhana (UPFA), 23,261 pv; Athakoralage Sirima Ramani Kariyawasam (UNP), 21,287 pv; Ameer Mohamed Yusuf (UNP), 19,105 pv; Anil Kumara Wijesingha (UNP), 17,306 pv; Abeygunawardhana Pahalage Piyal Jayantha (UNP), 17,058 pv; Amarasekara Prasanna Palihakkara (UNP), 15,442 pv; and Aslam Mohamed Salim Mohamed (SLMC), 9,477 pv.
2009 provincial council election
Results of the 5th Western provincial council election held on 25 April 2009 for the district:
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP et al.)
37,558
55,404
38,980
33,317
51,919
42,102
39,114
44,923
7,898
351,215
69.58%
14
United National Party
13,682
17,148
14,253
11,069
14,897
16,637
15,807
18,968
1,965
124,426
24.65%
5
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
1,044
2,200
1,492
1,151
1,385
1,876
1,723
1,857
378
13,106
2.60%
1
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
301
623
7,958
490
17
1,347
653
985
22
12,396
2.46%
0
Democratic Unity Alliance
34
65
468
48
26
635
163
519
4
1,962
0.39%
0
United Socialist Party
103
85
89
47
61
74
100
114
3
676
0.13%
0
National Development Front
54
46
41
53
38
30
47
39
1
349
0.07%
0
Independent 5
20
5
13
6
12
7
27
11
0
101
0.02%
0
Independent 4
4
22
11
8
6
6
22
7
1
87
0.02%
0
Independent 1
19
6
16
14
9
7
8
3
1
83
0.02%
0
Independent 6
12
6
10
14
10
5
14
12
0
83
0.02%
0
United Lanka Great Council
15
7
7
10
2
8
18
5
2
74
0.01%
0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front
5
7
15
6
17
7
8
3
2
70
0.01%
0
Patriotic National Front
10
5
5
7
5
3
18
3
1
57
0.01%
0
Independent 2
7
7
1
3
7
4
7
12
3
51
0.01%
0
Independent 3
5
4
5
4
7
9
8
2
1
45
0.01%
0
Valid Votes
52,873
75,640
63,364
46,247
68,418
62,757
57,737
67,463
10,282
504,781
100.00%
20
Rejected Votes
2,790
2,840
2,864
2,506
2,484
2,766
2,903
2,296
254
21,703
Total Polled
55,663
78,480
66,228
48,753
70,902
65,523
60,640
69,759
10,536
526,484
Registered Electors
92,898
116,018
103,273
74,111
106,432
105,661
97,739
105,194
801,326
Turnout
59.92%
67.64%
64.13%
65.78%
66.62%
62.01%
62.04%
66.31%
65.70%
Source:[27]
The following candidates were elected:[28]
Reginald Cooray (UPFA), 72,951 preference votes (pv); Vidura Wickramanayake (UPFA), 63,385 pv; Wikum Gunasekara (UPFA), 55,338 pv; A. Ankanath Ranjith Somawansa (UPFA), 54,099 pv; Ellawala Liyanage Lalith Ellawala (UPFA), 48,453 pv; H.M. Piyal Nishantha de Silva (UPFA), 47,540 pv; Yasapala Koralage (UPFA), 46,146 pv; Nimal Chandraratna (UPFA), 41,982 pv; Angage Jagath Thilakasiri Perera (UPFA), 38,090 pv; Adikaramge Chandrabhanu (UPFA), 34,929 pv; Wadduwage Lalith Warnakumara (UPFA), 31,791 pv; Akanadura Sumithlal Mendis (UPFA), 31,702 pv; Keerthi Kariyawasam (UPFA), 30,475 pv; Chandrasiri Karunaratna (UPFA), 28,870 pv; Ajith Perera (UNP), 28,567 pv; Palitha Kumara Thewarapperuma (UNP), 28,450 pv; Ananda Lakshman Wijemanna (UNP), 27,797 pv; Kahatapitiyage Chandra Kithsiri (UNP), 20,147 pv; Abayratne Pathirage Don (UNP), 16,656 pv; and W.A. Nalinda Wajiramal Jayatissa (JVP), 1,393 pv.
Notes
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