Batticaloa Electoral District Explained

Batticaloa Electoral District
Constituency Type:	Electoral District
Parl Name:	Parliament of Sri Lanka
District Label:	Administrative District
District:	Batticaloa
Region Label:	Province
Region:	Eastern
Polling Divisions:	3
Electorate:	449,686Web site: Member Calculation under Article 98(8). https://web.archive.org/web/20111015210134/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/member2010.pdf. dead. October 15, 2011. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
Population:	537,000^[1]
Area:	2854km2^[2]
Elects Howmany:	5
Members Label:	MPs

Batticaloa Electoral District (ta|மட்டக்களப்பு தேர்தல் மாவட்டம் Maṭṭakkaḷappu Tērtal Māvaṭṭam) 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 Batticaloa in the Eastern province. The district currently elects 5 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 449,686 registered electors in 2024. The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 12.^[3]

Polling Divisions

The Batticaloa Electoral District consists of the following polling divisions:

A: Kalkudah

B: Batticaloa

C: Paddiruppu

Election results

1982 presidential election

Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982:^[4]

align=left valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=2	Candidate!	align=left valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="40"	Party!	Votes per Polling Division			align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	Postal Votes!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	Total Votes!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	%
align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Batti- caloa!	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Kal- kudah!	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Paddi- ruppu
bgcolor=				24,220	15,950	7,129	795	48,094	40.05%
bgcolor=				19,338	5,250	21,918	589	47,095	39.22%
bgcolor=		Hector Kobbekaduwa		9.922	7,994	3,485	287	21,688	18.06%
bgcolor=				438	304	531	21	1,294	1.08%
bgcolor=				580	258	415	34	1,287	1.07%
bgcolor=				229	155	230	4	618	0.51%
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	54,727	29,911	33,708	1,730	120,076	100.00%
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	1,120	880	813	66	2,869
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	55,847	30,791	34,521	1,796	122,955
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	80,394	46,195	45,891		172,480
align=left colspan=3	Turnout (%)	69.47%	66.65%	75.22%		71.29%

1988 provincial council election

Results of the 1st North Eastern provincial council election held on 19 November 1988:^[5]

align=left valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=2	Party!	Votes per Polling Division			align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	Total Votes!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	%!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="40"	Seats
align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Batti- caloa!	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Kal- kudah!	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Paddi- ruppu
bgcolor=			46,006	32,546	48,394	126,946	74.76%	8
bgcolor=			29,594	12,331	175	42,100	24.79%	3
bgcolor=			476	194	86	756	0.45%	0
align=left colspan=2	Valid Votes	76,076	45,071	48,655	169,802	100.00%	11
align=left colspan=2	Rejected Votes	1,495	629	610	2,734
align=left colspan=2	Total Polled	77,571	45,700	49,265	172,536
align=left colspan=2	Registered Electors	100,536	60,288	56,452	217,276
align=left colspan=2	Turnout (%)	77.16%	75.80%	87.27%	79.41%

1988 presidential election

Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988:^[6]

align=left valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=2	Candidate!	align=left valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="40"	Party!	Votes per Polling Division			align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	Postal Votes!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	Total Votes!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	%
align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Batti- caloa!	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Kal- kudah!	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Paddi- ruppu
bgcolor=				29,976	15,289	16,227	165	61,657	50.99%
bgcolor=				8,547	8,375	4,031	65	21,018	17.38%
	Oswin Abeygunasekara		14,972	9,135	13,977	159	38,243	31.63%
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	53,495	32,799	34,235	389	120,918	100.00%
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	1,702	1,079	2,373	9	5,163
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	55,197	33,878	36,608	398	126,081
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	99,717	59,421	56,447		215,585
align=left colspan=3	Turnout (%)	55.35%	57.01%	64.85%		58.48%

1989 parliamentary general election

Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989:^[7]

align=left valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=2	Party!	Votes per Polling Division			align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	Postal Votes!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	Total Votes!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	%!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="40"	Seats
align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Batti- caloa!	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Kal- kudah!	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Paddi- ruppu
bgcolor=		Tamil United Liberation Front (ENDLF, EPRLF, TELO, TULF)	17,194	13,383	24,064	490	55,131	35.49%	3
bgcolor=		Independent 1 (EROS)	21,445	11,589	13,007	378	46,419	29.88%	1
bgcolor=			21,172	15,522	134	39	36,867	23.73%	1
bgcolor=		United National Party (CWC, UNP)	7,186	1,916	1,943	272	11,317	7.28%	0
bgcolor=			3,162	445	505	18	4,130	2.66%	0
bgcolor=			899	404	192	2	1,497	0.96%	0
align=left colspan=2	Valid Votes	71,058	43,259	39,845	1,199	155,361	100.00%	5
align=left colspan=2	Rejected Votes	4,487	4,401	5,003	32	13,923
align=left colspan=2	Total Polled	75,545	47,660	44,848	1,231	169,284
align=left colspan=2	Registered Electors	99,096	60,149	56,079	1,250	216,574
align=left colspan=2	Turnout	76.23%	79.24%	79.97%	98.48%	78.16%

The following candidates were elected:^[7] G. Karunakaran (TELO), 25,651 preference votes (pv); Alathipody Gunaseelan (EROS), 22,889 pv; Prince Casinader (EPRLF), 21,959 pv; Sam Tambimuttu (EPRLF), 19,431 pv; and M. L. A. M. Hizbullah (SLMC), 15,832 pv.

Sam Tambimuttu (EPRLF) was killed on 7 May 1990. His replacement was Joseph Pararajasingham (TULF).

1994 parliamentary general election

Results of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994:^[8]

align=left valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=2	Party!	Votes per Polling Division			align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	Postal Votes!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	Total Votes!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	%!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="40"	Seats
align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Batti- caloa!	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Kal- kudah!	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Paddi- ruppu
bgcolor=			28,020	23,261	23,688	1,547	76,516	43.95%	3
bgcolor=			19,368	11,179	79	446	31,072	17.85%	1
bgcolor=		United National Party (CWC, UNP)	13,622	6,891	2,269	462	23,244	13.35%	1
bgcolor=		People's Alliance (SLFP et al.)	7,413	2,944	8,672	249	19,278	11.07%	0
bgcolor=		Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (EROS, PLOTE, TELO)	6,804	3,557	6,493	219	17,073	9.81%	0
bgcolor=			2,069	687	1,976	70	4,802	2.76%	0
bgcolor=			514	91	926	16	1,547	0.89%	0
bgcolor=			347	100	98	11	556	0.32%	0
align=left colspan=2	Valid Votes	78,157	48,710	44,201	3,020	174,088	100.00%	5
align=left colspan=2	Rejected Votes	5,805	4,705	4,940	81	15,531
align=left colspan=2	Total Polled	83,962	53,415	49,141	3,101	189,619
align=left colspan=2	Registered Electors	123,893	73,640	64,365		261,898
align=left colspan=2	Turnout	67.77%	72.54%	76.35%		72.40%

The following candidates were elected:^[8] Joseph Pararajasingham (TULF), 43,350 preference votes (pv); P. Selvarasa (TULF), 17,450 pv; K. Thurairajasingam (TULF),15,974 pv; M. L. A. M. Hizbullah (SLMC), 12,583 pv; and Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana (UNP), 11,508 pv.

1994 presidential election

Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994:^[9]

align=left valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=2	Candidate!	align=left valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="40"	Party!	Votes per Polling Division			align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	Postal Votes!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	Total Votes!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	%
align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Batti- caloa!	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Kal- kudah!	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Paddi- ruppu
bgcolor=				59,814	41,821	40,489	2,601	144,725	87.30%
bgcolor=		Srimathi Dissanayake		9,812	3,930	631	439	14,812	8.93%
bgcolor=		Hudson Samarasinghe		1,685	1,731	1,611	3	5,028	3.03%
bgcolor=		G. A. Nihal	SLPF	194	183	107	0	484	0.29%
bgcolor=		A. J. Ranashinge		239	77	59	6	381	0.23%
bgcolor=				145	99	102	3	349	0.21%
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	71,887	47,841	42,999	3,052	165,779	100.00%
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	1,061	730	848	25	2,664
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	72,948	48,571	43,847	3,077	168,443
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	123,893	73,640	64,365	3,204	261,898
align=left colspan=3	Turnout (%)	58.88%	65.96%	68.12%	96.04%	64.32%

1999 presidential election

Results of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999:^[10]

align=left valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=2	Candidate!	align=left valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="40"	Party!	Votes per Polling Division			align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	Postal Votes!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	Total Votes!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	%
align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Batti- caloa!	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Kal- kudah!	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Paddi- ruppu
bgcolor=				48,700	22,614	31,295	1,491	104,100	61.19%
bgcolor=				29,523	21,939	6,962	551	58,975	34.66%
			687	665	484	2	1,838	1.08%
bgcolor=		W. V. M. Ranjith		550	623	354	1	1,528	0.90%
		LDA	406	183	200	95	884	0.52%
bgcolor=		T. Edirisuriya		269	381	132	2	784	0.46%
	Abdul Rasool	SLMP	394	288	37	31	750	0.44%
	Kamal Karunadasa	PLSF	148	130	53	0	331	0.19%
bgcolor=				159	70	53	8	290	0.17%
bgcolor=				100	95	54	1	250	0.15%
bgcolor=		Hudson Samarasinghe		89	86	59	0	234	0.14%
	A. W. Premawardhana		41	26	22	0	89	0.05%
	A. Dissanayaka		32	27	18	1	78	0.05%
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	81,098	47,127	39,723	2,183	170,131	100.00%
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	1,750	1,043	869	85	3,747
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	82,848	48,170	40,592	2,268	173,878
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	124,480	76,988	68,729		270,197
align=left colspan=3	Turnout (%)	66.56%	62.57%	59.06%		64.35%

2000 parliamentary general election

Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000:^[11]

align=left valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=2	Party!	Votes per Polling Division			align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	Postal Votes!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	Total Votes!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	%!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="40"	Seats
align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Batti- caloa!	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Kal- kudah!	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Paddi- ruppu
bgcolor=			16,621	21,425	15,207	1,195	54,448	29.20%	2
bgcolor=		National Unity Alliance (SLMC et al.)	27,079	23,140	2,796	631	53,646	28.77%	1
bgcolor=		United National Party (DWC, NWC, UCPF, UNP)	21,267	4,092	3,128	676	29,165	15.64%	1
bgcolor=		People's Alliance (SLFP et al.)	6,436	1,532	8,088	454	16,510	8.86%	1
bgcolor=		Democratic People's Liberation Front (PLOTE)	5,539	602	2,847	42	9,030	4.84%	0
bgcolor=			1,839	333	4,635	161	6,968	3.74%	0
bgcolor=			2,801	1,416	1,243	96	5,556	2.98%	0
bgcolor=			3,282	276	333	18	3,909	2.10%	0
bgcolor=			1,950	454	870	51	3,325	1.78%	0
	Citizen's Front	1,279	228	421	10	1,938	1.04%	0
bgcolor=			383	164	41	1	589	0.32%	0
bgcolor=			175	90	27	3	295	0.16%	0
bgcolor=			174	27	33	6	240	0.13%	0
		72	14	91	0	177	0.09%	0
bgcolor=			53	41	49	0	143	0.08%	0
	Sinhala Heritage	54	17	64	0	135	0.07%	0
	Left & Democratic Alliance	68	18	22	5	113	0.06%	0
bgcolor=			49	17	26	0	92	0.05%	0
		39	17	28	0	84	0.05%	0
bgcolor=			18	9	16	0	43	0.02%	0
	Ruhuna People's Party	18	6	11	0	35	0.02%	0
align=left colspan=2	Valid Votes	89,196	53,918	39,976		186,441	100.00%	5
align=left colspan=2	Rejected Votes	5,047	2,918	3,159		11,205
align=left colspan=2	Total Polled	94,243	56,836	43,135		197,646
align=left colspan=2	Registered Electors	127,532	78,516	69,437		275,485
align=left colspan=2	Turnout (%)	73.90%	72.39%	62.12%		71.74%

The following candidates were elected:^[12] Abdul Cader (NUA), 22,975 preference votes (pv); Nimalan Soundaranayagam (TULF), 16,542 pv; Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana (UNP), 14,284 pv; Joseph Pararajasingham (TULF), 12,605 pv; and S. Ganeshamoorthy (PA), 9,132 pv.

Nimalan Soundaranayagam (TULF) was killed on 7 November 2000.^[13]

2001 parliamentary general election

Results of the 12th parliamentary election held on 5 December 2001:^[14] ^[15]

align=left valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=2	Party!	Votes per Polling Division			align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	Postal Votes!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	Total Votes!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	%!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="40"	Seats
align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Batti- caloa!	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Kal- kudah!	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Paddi- ruppu
bgcolor=		Tamil National Alliance (ACTC, EPRLF(S), TELO, TULF)	32,805	20,767	30,725	1,987	86,284	48.17%	3
bgcolor=			7,512	18,689	180	344	26,725	14.92%	1
bgcolor=		People's Alliance (NUA, SLFP et al.)	21,076	2,079	2,159	391	25,705	14.35%	1
bgcolor=		United National Front (CWC, UNP, WPF)	14,903	3,103	3,967	665	22,638	12.64%	0
bgcolor=			1,046	4,714	579	67	6,406	3.58%	0
bgcolor=		Democratic People's Liberation Front (PLOTE)	3,074	1,040	1,449	38	5,601	3.13%	0
bgcolor=			2,054	784	1,265	50	4,153	2.32%	0
bgcolor=		New Left Front (NSSP et al.)	290	134	195	0	619	0.35%	0
	National Development Front	51	48	49	0	148	0.08%	0
	Sri Lanka Muslim Party	62	52	9	2	125	0.07%	0
bgcolor=			63	22	31	3	119	0.07%	0
	Sinhala Heritage	40	49	14	0	103	0.06%	0
bgcolor=			15	43	19	0	77	0.04%	0
bgcolor=			18	51	4	3	76	0.04%	0
bgcolor=			59	8	5	3	75	0.04%	0
bgcolor=			25	17	22	0	64	0.04%	0
	Sri Lanka Progressive Front	16	21	9	0	46	0.03%	0
bgcolor=			14	19	6	1	40	0.02%	0
bgcolor=			12	13	9	1	35	0.02%	0
bgcolor=			14	10	10	0	34	0.02%	0
bgcolor=			9	7	2	0	18	0.01%	0
bgcolor=			4	5	8	0	17	0.01%	0
align=left colspan=2	Valid Votes	83,162	51,675	40,716	3,555	179,108	100.00%	5
align=left colspan=2	Rejected Votes	5,657	4,272	3,241	105	13,275
align=left colspan=2	Total Polled	88,819	55,947	43,957	3,660	192,383
align=left colspan=2	Registered Electors	130,846	80,685	70,548		282,079
align=left colspan=2	Turnout (%)	67.88%	69.34%	62.31%		68.20%

The following candidates were elected:^[16] T. Thangavadivel (TNA-TELO), 24,475 preference votes (pv); G. Krishnapillai (TNA-ACTC), 20,675 pv; Joseph Pararajasingham (TNA-TULF), 20,279 pv; M. L. A. M. Hizbullah (PA), 19,787 pv; and M. B. Mohideen Abdul Cader (SLMC), 17,497 pv.

2004 parliamentary general election

Results of the 13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004:^[17]

align=left valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=2	Party!	Votes per Polling Division			align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	Postal Votes!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	Total Votes!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	%!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="40"	Seats
align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Batti- caloa!	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Kal- kudah!	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Paddi- ruppu
bgcolor=		Tamil National Alliance (ACTC, EPRLF(S), ITAK, TELO)	57,144	43,503	57,052	3,312	161,011	66.71%	4
bgcolor=			19,612	22,244	652	623	43,131	17.87%	1
bgcolor=		United People's Freedom Alliance (JVP, NUA, SLFP et al.)	22,716	2,706	299	547	26,268	10.88%	0
bgcolor=		United National Front (CWC, DPF, UNP)	3,819	1,364	877	91	6,151	2.55%	0
bgcolor=			1,099	568	821	68	2,556	1.06%	0
bgcolor=		Democratic People's Liberation Front (PLOTE)	711	44	248	7	1,010	0.42%	0
	United Muslim People's Alliance	307	38	12	9	366	0.15%	0
	Sri Lanka Progressive Front	72	75	7	1	155	0.06%	0
bgcolor=		New Left Front (NSSP et al.)	57	41	20	1	119	0.05%	0
bgcolor=			37	52	13	0	102	0.04%	0
bgcolor=			31	30	22	1	84	0.03%		0
		36	15	20	0	71	0.03%	0
		36	20	9	0	65	0.03%	0
bgcolor=			18	12	23	0	53	0.02%	0
	Sri Lanka National Front	12	32	5	0	49	0.02%	0
bgcolor=			22	5	7	0	34	0.01%	0
	National Development Front	24	7	1	0	32	0.01%	0
bgcolor=			12	13	5	0	30	0.01%	0
bgcolor=			17	5	4	0	26	0.01%	0
	Ruhuna People's Party	6	4	14	0	24	0.01%	0
bgcolor=			17	2	2	0	21	0.01%	0
bgcolor=			6	3	5	3	17	0.01%	0
align=left colspan=2	Valid Votes	105,811	70,783	60,118	4,663	241,375	100.00%	5
align=left colspan=2	Rejected Votes	5,592	3,862	3,125	69	12,648
align=left colspan=2	Total Polled	111,403	74,645	63,243	4,732	254,023
align=left colspan=2	Registered Electors	141,190	86,626	76,112		303,928
align=left colspan=2	Turnout (%)	78.90%	86.17%	83.09%		83.58%

The following candidates were elected:^[18] Thanmanpillai Kanagasabai (TNA), 57,843 preference votes (pv); Thangeswary Kathiraman (TNA), 50,545 pv; Senathirajah Jeyanandamoorthy (TNA), 44,457 pv; Kingsley Rasanayagam (TNA), 38,633 pv; and Ali Ameer Shihabdeen (SLMC), 21,232 pv.

Kingsley Rasanayagam (TNA) resigned shortly after being elected.^[19] His replacement P. Ariyanethiran (TNA) was sworn in on 18 May 2004.^[20]

2005 presidential election

Results of the 5th presidential election held on 17 November 2005:^[21]

align=left valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=2	Candidate!	align=left valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="40"	Party!	Votes per Polling Division			align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	Postal Votes!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	Total Votes!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	%
align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Batti- caloa!	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Kal- kudah!	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Paddi- ruppu
bgcolor=				65,401	28,482	24,142	3,489	121,514	79.51%
bgcolor=				15,798	11,105	905	1,028	28,836	18.87%
			474	214	201	3	892	0.58%
	A. A. Suraweera	NDF	265	253	58	2	578	0.38%
		ULPP	136	43	28	18	225	0.15%
bgcolor=		A .K. J. Arachchige	DUA	93	44	16	0	153	0.10%
bgcolor=		Chamil Jayaneththi		51	52	42	4	149	0.10%
	Anura De Silva	ULF	73	37	29	3	142	0.09%
	Aruna de Soyza	RPP	51	52	19	2	124	0.08%
	Wije Dias		41	43	19	1	104	0.07%
	P. Nelson Perera	SLPF	18	28	13	0	59	0.04%
	Wimal Geeganage	SLNF	20	12	10	1	43	0.03%
	H. S. Dharmadwaja	UNAF	7	4	7	0	18	0.01%
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	82,428	40,369	25,489	4,551	152,837	100.00%
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	970	503	247	58	1,778
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	83,398	40,872	25,736	4,609	154,615
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	147,979	91,410	79,339		318,728
align=left colspan=3	Turnout (%)	56.36%	44.71%	32.44%		48.51%

2008 provincial council election

Results of the 1st Eastern provincial council election held on 10 May 2008:^[22]

align=left valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=2	Party!	Votes per Polling Division			align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	Postal Votes!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	Displaced Votes!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	Total Votes!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	%!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="40"	Seats
align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Batti- caloa!	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Kal- kudah!	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Paddi- ruppu
bgcolor=		United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, TMVP et al.)	52,053	36,731	14,379	2,159	19	105,341	58.09%	6
bgcolor=		United National Party (SLMC, UNP)	29,770	15,673	11,829	1,282	48	58,602	32.31%	4
bgcolor=		Tamil Democratic National Alliance (EPRLF(P), PLOTE, TULF et al.)	3,222	443	3,594	454	1	7,714	4.25%	1
bgcolor=			1,199	1,421	2,612	135	51	5,418	2.99%	0
bgcolor=		Eelavar Democratic Front (EROS)	1,118	111	509	78	0	1,816	1.00%	0
		386	284	268	5	0	943	0.52%	0
bgcolor=			218	97	37	26	1	379	0.21%	0
		73	17	57	10	0	157	0.09%	0
bgcolor=			77	26	25	1	0	129	0.07%	0
bgcolor=			75	30	10	3	0	118	0.07%	0
bgcolor=			81	2	4	4	0	91	0.05%	0
bgcolor=			51	16	20	2	0	89	0.05%	0
bgcolor=			32	3	42	8	0	85	0.05%	0
bgcolor=			28	6	20	1	0	55	0.03%	0
bgcolor=			16	16	17	0	0	49	0.03%	0
bgcolor=			18	10	17	0	0	45	0.02%	0
bgcolor=			18	13	10	1	0	42	0.02%	0
bgcolor=			24	6	10	0	0	40	0.02%	0
	Muslim Liberation Front	23	8	7	1	0	39	0.02%	0
bgcolor=			11	6	19	0	0	36	0.02%	0
bgcolor=			4	20	4	2	0	30	0.02%	0
bgcolor=			18	6	6	0	0	30	0.02%	0
bgcolor=			5	11	11	1	0	28	0.02%	0
bgcolor=			4	12	5	0	0	21	0.01%	0
	Sri Lanka National Front	8	6	7	0	0	21	0.01%	0
bgcolor=			10	3	7	0	0	20	0.01%	0
	Sri Lanka Progressive Front	10	3	3	1	0	17	0.01%	0
align=left colspan=2	Valid Votes	88,552	54,980	33,529	4,174	120	181,355	100.00%	11
align=left colspan=2	Rejected Votes	9,011	6,576	5,293	180	28	21,088
align=left colspan=2	Total Polled	97,563	61,556	38,822	4,354	148	202,443
align=left colspan=2	Registered Electors	154,761	94,359	81,830			330,950
align=left colspan=2	Turnout	63.04%	65.24%	47.44%			61.17%

The following candidates were elected:^[23] S. Chandrakanthan (UPFA-TMVP); Basheer Segu Dawood (UNP-SLMC); Edwin Silva Krishnanandaharajah (UPFA); M. L. A. M. Hizbullah (UPFA); Thambimuththu Alosiyas Masilamany (UNP); Aliyar Salih Javahir Salih (UPFA); Arasaretnam Sasitharan (UNP); Muhamed Sharief Subair (UPFA); Nagalingam Thiraviyam (UPFA); R. Thurairatnam (TDNA-EPRLF); and Ameertheen Vellathamby (UNP).

2010 presidential election

Results of the 6th presidential election held on 26 January 2010:^[24]

align=left valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=2	Candidate!	align=left valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="40"	Party!	Votes per Polling Division			align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	Postal Votes!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	Displaced Votes!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	Total Votes!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	%
align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Batti- caloa!	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Kal- kudah!	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Paddi- ruppu
bgcolor=				69,975	35,608	36,776	3,637	61	146,057	68.93%
bgcolor=				28,090	20,112	5,968	1,491	2	55,663	26.27%
	M. C. M. Ismail		927	1,065	1,016	8	0	3,016	1.42%
	C. J. Sugathsiri Gamage	UDF	679	405	578	4	0	1,666	0.79%
	Sarath Manamendra	NSH	253	185	206	1	0	645	0.30%
bgcolor=				254	176	154	49	0	633	0.30%
	A. A. Suraweera	NDF	239	222	150	1	0	612	0.29%
	Lal Perera	ONF	231	146	161	3	0	541	0.26%
bgcolor=		W. V. Mahiman Ranjith		188	208	86	2	0	484	0.23%
		SLLP	179	148	141	0	0	468	0.22%
bgcolor=				153	87	111	15	0	366	0.17%
			107	75	100	2	0	284	0.13%
bgcolor=		Ukkubanda Wijekoon		81	96	55	0	0	232	0.11%
	Sanath Pinnaduwa	NA	72	59	70	0	0	201	0.09%
	Wije Dias		74	57	54	0	0	185	0.09%
bgcolor=				61	50	57	4	0	172	0.08%
bgcolor=		Aithurus M. Illias		39	60	26	0	0	125	0.06%
	Senaratna de Silva	PNF	32	33	58	1	0	124	0.06%
	Aruna de Soyza	RPP	53	31	36	1	0	121	0.06%
	Sarath Kongahage	UNAF	36	36	35	0	0	107	0.05%
	Battaramulla Seelarathana	JP	39	27	36	0	0	102	0.05%
	M. B. Thaminimulla	ACAKO	38	19	30	0	0	87	0.04%
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	101,800	58,905	45,904	5,219	63	211,891	100.00%
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	1,885	1,281	1,161	67	2	4,396
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	103,685	60,186	47,065	5,286	65	216,287
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	155,537	97,135	80,972			333,644
align=left colspan=3	Turnout	66.66%	61.96%	58.13%			64.83%

2010 parliamentary general election

Results of the 14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010:^[25]

align=left valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=2	Party!	Votes per Polling Division			align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	Postal Votes!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	Displaced Votes!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	Total Votes!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	%!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="40"	Seats
align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Batti- caloa!	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Kal- kudah!	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Paddi- ruppu
bgcolor=		Tamil National Alliance (EPRLF(S), ITAK, TELO)	32,758	13,709	17,171	2,576	21	66,235	36.67%	3
bgcolor=		United People's Freedom Alliance (ACMC, NC, SLFP et al.)	35,089	16,786	7,878	2,254	2	62,009	34.33%	1
bgcolor=		United National Front (DPF, SLFP(P), SLMC, UNP)	12,284	9,090	890	671	0	22,935	12.70%	1
		3,756	6,739	6,072	318	1	16,886	9.35%	0
bgcolor=			1,578	303	2,402	141	0	4,424	2.45%	0
bgcolor=			300	608	437	17	0	1,362	0.75%	0
bgcolor=			470	632	251	2	0	1,355	0.75%	0
bgcolor=		Eelavar Democratic Front (EROS)	568	238	230	30	0	1,066	0.59%	0
bgcolor=			235	157	197	7	0	596	0.33%	0
bgcolor=			95	155	179	1	0	430	0.24%	0
bgcolor=			97	97	132	0	0	326	0.18%	0
bgcolor=		Democratic National Alliance (JVP et al.)	218	61	28	17	0	324	0.18%	0
bgcolor=			127	82	102	1	0	312	0.17%	0
bgcolor=			191	22	46	7	0	266	0.15%	0
bgcolor=			102	48	99	1	0	250	0.14%	0
bgcolor=			117	82	36	2	0	237	0.13%	0
bgcolor=			153	10	8	3	0	174	0.10%	0
bgcolor=		Democratic People's Liberation Front (PLOTE)	92	13	27	4	0	136	0.08%	0
bgcolor=		Left Liberation Front (LLF, TNLA)	89	33	4	10	0	136	0.08%	0
	United National Alternative Front	49	44	41	0	0	134	0.07%	0
bgcolor=			36	34	49	0	0	119	0.07%	0
	National Development Front	28	48	39	0	0	115	0.06%	0
bgcolor=			13	67	11	6	0	97	0.05%	0
bgcolor=			39	18	27	0	0	84	0.05%	0
bgcolor=			22	29	16	1	0	68	0.04%	0
bgcolor=			16	14	27	0	0	57	0.03%	0
	Our National Front	26	13	12	0	0	51	0.03%	0
bgcolor=			26	12	8	0	0	46	0.03%	0
	Janasetha Peramuna	26	5	9	0	0	40	0.02%	0
	All Are Citizens, All Are Kings Organisation	13	9	15	0	0	37	0.02%	0
bgcolor=			17	14	5	0	0	36	0.02%	0
bgcolor=			15	14	6	0	0	35	0.02%	0
	United Lanka Great Council	10	7	14	0	0	31	0.02%	0
bgcolor=			15	8	6	0	0	29	0.02%	0
bgcolor=			10	10	6	0	0	26	0.01%	0
bgcolor=			18	4	4	0	0	26	0.01%	0
bgcolor=			9	4	8	0	0	21	0.01%	0
bgcolor=			10	5	6	0	0	21	0.01%	0
bgcolor=			9	5	5	0	0	19	0.01%	0
bgcolor=			10	0	4	0	0	14	0.01%	0
	Muslim Liberation Front	3	4	6	1	0	14	0.01%	0
bgcolor=			5	2	4	0	0	11	0.01%	0
bgcolor=			5	2	4	0	0	11	0.01%	0
bgcolor=			4	5	0	0	0	9	0.00%	0
bgcolor=			1	4	3	0	0	8	0.00%	0
align=left colspan=2	Valid Votes	88,754	49,246	36,524	6,070	24	180,618	100.00%	5
align=left colspan=2	Rejected Votes	5,783	4,714	4,116	136	0	14,749
align=left colspan=2	Total Polled	94,537	53,960	40,640	6,206	24	195,367
align=left colspan=2	Registered Electors	155,537	97,135	80,972			333,644
align=left colspan=2	Turnout	60.78%	55.55%	50.19%			58.56%

The following candidates were elected:^[26] M. L. A. M. Hizbullah (UPFA-ACMC), 22,256 preference votes (pv); S. Yogeswaran (TNA), 20,569 pv; P. Selvarasa (TNA), 18,485 pv; P. Ariyanethiran (TNA), 16,504 pv; and Basheer Segu Dawood (UNF), 11,678 pv.

2012 provincial council election

Results of the 2nd Eastern provincial council election held on 8 September 2012:^[27]

align=left valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=2	Party!	Votes per Polling Division			align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	Postal Votes!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	Total Votes!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	%!	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="40"	Seats
align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Batti- caloa!	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Kal- kudah!	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Paddi- ruppu
bgcolor=		Tamil National Alliance (EPRLF (S), ITAK, PLOTE, TELO, TULF)	44,863	21,876	34,705	3,238	104,682	50.83%	6
bgcolor=		United People's Freedom Alliance (ACMC, NC, SLFP, TMVP et al.)	31,194	22,965	8,603	1,428	64,190	31.17%	4
bgcolor=			13,964	8,604	72	443	23,083	11.21%	1
bgcolor=			5,355	180	7	170	5,712	2.77%	0
bgcolor=			1,026	1,014	331	63	2,434	1.18%	0
bgcolor=			1,205	607	62	31	1,905	0.93%	0
bgcolor=		Eelavar Democratic Front (EROS)	625	434	710	8	1,777	0.86%	0
bgcolor=			568	124	151	20	863	0.42%	0
	Socialist Alliance (CPSL, DLF, LSSP)	274	71	27	7	379	0.18%	0
	Our National Front	72	42	47	2	163	0.08%	0
bgcolor=			121	17	8	0	146	0.07%	0
bgcolor=			51	3	17	1	72	0.03%	0
bgcolor=			31	23	6	1	61	0.03%	0
	Sri Lanka Labour Party	28	21	1	0	50	0.02%	0
bgcolor=			35	8	4	0	47	0.02%	0
bgcolor=			11	15	14	0	40	0.02%	0
		13	18	6	0	37	0.02%	0
bgcolor=			19	6	3	1	29	0.01%	0
bgcolor=			10	10	6	0	26	0.01%	0
bgcolor=			15	5	4	1	25	0.01%	0
bgcolor=			19	1	3	0	23	0.01%	0
bgcolor=			13	5	2	0	20	0.01%	0
bgcolor=			9	2	8	0	19	0.01%	0
	Jana Setha Peramuna	9	4	5	1	19	0.01%	0
bgcolor=			11	3	3	1	18	0.01%	0
bgcolor=			11	5	1	0	17	0.01%	0
bgcolor=			12	3	2	0	17	0.01%	0
	United Lanka People's Party	6	9	1	0	16	0.01%	0
	United Lanka Great Council	5	6	4	0	15	0.01%	0
bgcolor=			4	6	2	0	12	0.01%	0
bgcolor=			10	0	1	0	11	0.01%	0
bgcolor=			7	3	1	0	11	0.01%	0
bgcolor=			5	4	0	0	9	0.00%	0
bgcolor=			7	0	1	0	8	0.00%	0
align=left colspan=2	Valid Votes	99,608	56,094	44,818	5,416	205,936	100.00%	11
align=left colspan=2	Rejected Votes	7,464	5,263	4,374	122	17,223
align=left colspan=2	Total Polled	107,072	61,357	49,192	5,538	223,159
align=left colspan=2	Registered Electors	162,451	100,616	84,032	0	347,099
align=left colspan=2	Turnout	65.91%	60.98%	58.54%		64.29%

The following candidates were elected:^[28] R. Thurairatnam (TNA-EPRLF), 29,141 preference votes (pv); K. Thurairajasingam (TNA-ITAK), 27,717 pv; S. Chandrakanthan (UPFA-TMVP), 22,338 pv; Ali Ameer Shihabdeen (UPFA-ACMC), 21,271 pv; Abdul Farook Mohamed Shibly (UPFA-ACMC), 20,407 pv; G. Krishnapillai (TNA-TULF), 20,200 pv; Abtul Shareef Subair (UPFA-ACMC), 17,903 pv; N. Indirakumar (TNA-TELO), 17,304 pv; M. Nadarajah (TNA-ITAK), 16,681 pv; G. Karunakaran (TNA-TELO), 16,536 pv; and Agamed Nazeer Zainulabdeen (SLMC), 11,401 pv.

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