Matale Electoral District Explained

Matale
Constituency Type:	Electoral District
Parl Name:	Parliament of Sri Lanka
District Label:	Administrative District
District:	Matale
Region Label:	Province
Region:	Central
Polling Divisions:	4
Electorate:	342,684
Population:	483,000^[1]
Area:	1993km2^[2]
Elects Howmany:	5
Members Label:	MPs

Matale 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 Matale in the Central province. The district currently elects five of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 342,684 registered electors in 2010. It is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 05.

Polling Divisions

The Matale Electoral District consists of the following polling divisions:^[3]

A: Dambulla

B: Laggala

C: Matale

D: Rattota

Presidential Elections

1982 presidential election

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


align=left valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=2 width="180"	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"	%
bgcolor=			UNP	27,368	17,354	22,452	25,183	1,674	94,031	58.11%
bgcolor=			SLFP	21,748	12,149	11,632	12,982	788	59,299	36.65%
bgcolor=			JVP	2,501	1,158	1,400	2,033	77	7,169	4.43%
bgcolor=			LSSP	309	155	153	239	10	866	0.54%
bgcolor=		Kumar Ponnambalam	ACTC	46	39	85	82	1	253	0.16%
bgcolor=			NSSP	40	34	49	61	12	196	0.12%
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	52,012	30,889	35,771	40,580	2,562	161,814	100.00%
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	385	272	332	396	29	1,414
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	52,397	31,161	36,103	40,976	2,591	163,228
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	60,536	35,129	43,705	47,906		187,276
align=left colspan=3	Turnout	86.56%	88.70%	82.61%	85.53%		87.16%

1988 presidential election

Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988 for the district:^[5]


align=left valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=2 width="180"	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"	%
bgcolor=		Ranasinghe Premadasa	UNP	4,276	9,055	12,544	10,599	533	37,007	57.85%
bgcolor=		Sirimavo Bandaranaike		3,195	8,908	6,889	6,380	453	25,825	40.37%
bgcolor=		Ossie Abeygunasekera	SLMP	137	216	437	320	25	1,135	1.77%
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	7,608	18,179	19,870	17,299	1,011	63,967	100.00%
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	102	198	463	297	50	1,110
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	7,710	18,377	20,333	17,596	1,061	65,077
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	72,515	41,110	48,841	52,472		214,938
align=left colspan=3	Turnout	10.63%	44.70%	41.63%	33.53%		30.28%

1994 presidential election

Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994 for the district:^[6]


align=left valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=2 width="180"	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"	%
bgcolor=		Chandrika Kumaratunga	PA	37,869	26,092	25,234	28,300	3,954	121,449	60.98%
bgcolor=		Srima Dissanayake	UNP	23,746	13,013	16,006	18,187	2,372	73,324	36.82%
bgcolor=		Hudson Samarasinghe	Ind 2	602	507	379	618	5	2,111	1.06%
bgcolor=		Harischandra Wijayatunga	SMBP	273	137	288	250	44	992	0.50%
bgcolor=		Nihal Galappaththi	SLPF	229	143	137	154	17	680	0.34%
bgcolor=		A. J. Ranasinghe	Ind 1	187	119	126	169	7	608	0.31%
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	62,906	40,011	42,170	47,678	6,399	199,164	100.00%
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	1,458	897	1,253	1,636	73	5,317
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	64,364	40,908	43,423	49,314	6,472	204,481
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	85,870	48,525	58,638	66,238		259,271
align=left colspan=3	Turnout	74.96%	84.30%	74.05%	74.45%		78.87%

1999 presidential election

Results of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999 for the district:^[7]


align=left valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=2 width="180"	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"	%
bgcolor=		Chandrika Kumaratunga	PA	35,811	24,073	21,709	26,959	2,680	111,232	51.42%
bgcolor=		Ranil Wickramasinghe	UNP	30,850	16,091	20,185	22,336	2,482	91,944	42.51%
bgcolor=			JVP	3,496	1,069	1,392	1,574	393	7,924	3.66%
bgcolor=		W. V. M. Ranjith	Ind 2	323	200	168	255	5	951	0.44%
bgcolor=		Harischandra Wijayatunga	SMBP	233	112	239	264	54	902	0.42%
bgcolor=		Rajiva Wijesinha	LPSL	270	181	172	235	2	860	0.40%
bgcolor=		Tennyson Edirisuriya	Ind 1	214	171	122	232	8	747	0.35%
bgcolor=		Abdul Rasool	SLMP	169	64	170	142	5	550	0.25%
bgcolor=		Kamal Karunadasa	PLSF	132	74	56	78	3	343	0.16%
bgcolor=		Vasudeva Nanayakkara	LDA	91	35	94	75	13	308	0.14%
bgcolor=		Hudson Samarasinghe	Ind 3	76	48	59	78	0	261	0.12%
bgcolor=		A. W. Premawardhana	PFF	57	30	33	27	2	149	0.07%
bgcolor=		Ariyawansha Dissanayaka	DUNF	46	31	34	28	0	139	0.06%
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	71,768	42,179	44,433	52,283	5,647	216,310	100.00%
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	1,876	1,112	1,322	1,627	234	6,171
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	73,644	43,291	45,755	53,910	5,881	222,481
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	97,348	53,732	64,069	71,025		286,174
align=left colspan=3	Turnout	75.65%	80.57%	71.42%	75.90%		77.74%

2005 presidential election

Results of the 5th presidential election held on 17 November 2005 for the district:^[8]


align=left valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=2 width="180"	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"	%
bgcolor=		Ranil Wickramasinghe	UNP	38,692	22,249	29,637	31,449	3,910	125,937	50.25%
bgcolor=		Mahinda Rajapaksa	UPFA	43,853	23,637	20,945	25,551	6,547	120,533	48.09%
bgcolor=		A. A. Suraweera	NDF	361	279	235	334	8	1,217	0.49%
bgcolor=		Siritunga Jayasuriya	USP	325	243	278	362	4	1,212	0.48%
bgcolor=		Chamil Jayaneththi	NLF	117	86	73	78	2	356	0.14%
bgcolor=		Victor Hettigoda	ULPP	102	37	88	96	19	342	0.14%
bgcolor=		Wimal Geeganage		71	65	34	58	0	228	0.09%
bgcolor=		Aruna de Soyza	RPP	84	51	33	55	1	224	0.09%
bgcolor=		Anura De Silva	ULF	61	45	48	53	1	208	0.08%
bgcolor=		A. K. J. Arachchige		41	35	25	39	1	141	0.06%
bgcolor=		Wije Dias	SEP	31	28	17	19	0	95	0.04%
bgcolor=		P. Nelson Perera		23	14	15	24	0	76	0.03%
bgcolor=		H. S. Dharmadwaja	UNAF	17	12	11	11	0	51	0.02%
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	83,778	46,781	51,439	58,129	10,493	250,620	100.00%
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	1,073	679	932	955	146	3,785
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	84,851	47,460	52,371	59,084	10,639	254,405
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	111,401	60,990	71,171	78,314		321,876
align=left colspan=3	Turnout	76.17%	77.82%	73.58%	75.45%		79.04%

2010 presidential election

Results of the 6th presidential election held on 26 January 2010 for the district:^[9]


align=left valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=2 width="180"	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"	%
bgcolor=		Mahinda Rajapaksa	UPFA	58,016	31,277	26,996	32,818	8,846	157,953	59.74%
bgcolor=		Sarath Fonseka	NDF	28,171	16,300	26,013	25,991	4,038	100,513	38.01%
bgcolor=		M. C. M. Ismail	DUNF	360	213	289	232	11	1,105	0.42%
bgcolor=		A. A. Suraweera	NDF	267	188	174	210	2	841	0.32%
bgcolor=		W. V. M. Ranjith	Ind 1	250	136	100	139	10	635	0.24%
bgcolor=		C. J. Sugathsiri Gamage	UDF	158	100	159	203	3	623	0.24%
bgcolor=		A. S. P. Liyanage	SLLP	96	90	83	97	6	372	0.14%
bgcolor=		Ukkubanda Wijekoon	Ind 3	107	70	75	87	1	340	0.13%
bgcolor=		Siritunga Jayasuriya	USP	85	59	57	97	2	300	0.11%
bgcolor=		Sarath Manamendra	NSH	75	72	61	88	3	299	0.11%
bgcolor=		Lal Perera	ONF	51	46	60	91	1	249	0.09%
bgcolor=		M. K. Shivajilingam	Ind 5	41	44	48	57	2	192	0.07%
bgcolor=		Aithurus M. Illias	Ind 2	62	32	39	40	1	174	0.07%
bgcolor=		Vikramabahu Karunaratne	LF	43	31	34	43	6	157	0.06%
bgcolor=		Sanath Pinnaduwa	NA	27	28	29	32	1	117	0.04%
bgcolor=		Wije Dias	SEP	29	21	25	27	1	103	0.04%
bgcolor=		M. Mohamed Musthaffa	Ind 4	23	20	25	24	0	92	0.03%
bgcolor=		Ven.Battaramulla Seelarathana Thero	JP	27	20	17	25	0	89	0.03%
bgcolor=		Aruna de Soyza	RPP	20	15	16	34	1	86	0.03%
bgcolor=		Senaratna de Silva	PNF	20	15	23	16	0	74	0.03%
bgcolor=		M. B. Thaminimulla	ACAKO	10	15	16	15	1	57	0.02%
bgcolor=		Sarath Kongahage	UNAF	11	6	8	22	1	48	0.02%
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	87,949	48,798	54,347	60,388	12,937	264,419	100.00%
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	778	361	650	760	117	2,666
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	88,727	49,159	54,997	61,148	13,054	267,085
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	119,453	64,696	75,154	83,381		342,684
align=left colspan=3	Turnout	74.28%	75.98%	73.18%	73.34%		77.94%

2015 presidential election

Results of the 7th presidential election held on 8 January 2015:^[10]


align=left valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=2 width="180"	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"	%
bgcolor=				57,657	33,821	26,684	32,235	8,483	158,880	51.41%
bgcolor=				47,652	21,511	36,052	37,319	8,394	145,928	47.22%
bgcolor=		R. A. Sirisena	PNF	205	170	123	141	5	649	0.21%
bgcolor=		Namal Rajapaksa	ONF	158	136	65	137	4	500	0.16%
bgcolor=				92	73	101	125	3	394	0.13%
bgcolor=		M. I. Mohanmed Mishlar	UPF	104	59	91	134	4	392	0.13%
bgcolor=		R. Peduru Arachchi	ULPP	74	72	96	134	4	380	0.12%
bgcolor=		Aithurus M. Illias		90	52	77	86	1	306	0.1%
bgcolor=				66	42	72	102	3	285	0.09%
bgcolor=		Duminda Nagamuwa		79	39	54	72	7	251	0.08%
bgcolor=		Sarath Manamendra		75	50	44	71	1	241	0.08%
bgcolor=		Anurudha Polgampola		36	30	40	45	1	152	0.05%
bgcolor=		Sundaram Mahendran		24	33	36	40	2	135	0.04%
bgcolor=		M. B. Theminimulla	ACAKO	36	22	25	36	0	119	0.04%
bgcolor=		Vajirapani Wijesiriwardene		27	11	28	31	0	97	0.03%
bgcolor=		Ven.Battaramulla Seelarathana Thero	JSP	30	12	15	28	3	88	0.03%
bgcolor=		Prasanna Priyankara	DNM	25	13	11	34	4	87	0.03%
bgcolor=		Jayantha Kulathunga	ULGC	27	17	9	25	3	81	0.03%
bgcolor=		Wimal Geeganage		15	10	14	17	1	57	0.02%
Valid Votes			101,472	56,178	63,637	70,812	16,923	309,022	100.00%
Rejected Votes			1,074	581	773	1,079	146	3,653	1.17%
Total Polled			102,546	56,759	64,410	71,891	17,069	312,675	82.35%
Registered Electors			131,831	70,323	84,225	93,296	17,330	379,675

2019 presidential election

Results of the 8th presidential election held on 16 November 2019:^[11]


align=left valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=2 width="180"	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"	%
bgcolor=				68,177	36,363	32,486	37,390	13,405	187,821	55.37%
bgcolor=				37,717	21,384	33,251	35,774	6,165	134,291	39.59%
bgcolor=				3,221	1,070	1,895	1,717	987	8,890	2.62%
bgcolor=			NPP	241	107	223	215	113	899	0.26%
bgcolor=				307	179	129	222	13	850	0.25%
bgcolor=		Ariyawansa Dissanayake		240	171	159	232	17	825	0.24%
bgcolor=				222	159	140	187	16	724	0.21%
bgcolor=		Rohan Pallewatte	JSWP	255	123	108	147	12	645	0.19%
bgcolor=		Siripala Amarasinghe		120	69	102	156	12	459	0.14%
bgcolor=		Ajantha de zoysa	RJP	141	90	68	118	5	422	0.12%
bgcolor=				89	62	71	135	3	360	0.11%
bgcolor=		Ven.Battaramulla Seelarathana Thero	JSP	101	53	77	109	1	341	0.1%
bgcolor=		Anuruddha Polgampola		60	47	72	118	4	301	0.09%
bgcolor=				78	65	40	83	1	267	0.08%
bgcolor=		Namal Rajapaksa		84	68	48	54	7	261	0.08%
bgcolor=		Subramanium Gunaratnam	ONF	56	43	44	68	1	212	0.06%
bgcolor=				41	26	33	56	14	170	0.05%
bgcolor=				32	36	37	53	1	159	0.05%
bgcolor=		Duminda Nagamuwa		58	25	19	33	13	148	0.04%
bgcolor=		Aithurus M. Illiyas		31	23	32	26	2	114	0.03%
bgcolor=				33	31	24	24	1	113	0.03%
bgcolor=		Sarath Manamendra		30	30	19	27	0	106	0.03%
bgcolor=		Aruna de soyza	DNM	36	16	18	26	1	97	0.03%
bgcolor=				30	12	27	23	0	92	0.03%
bgcolor=				24	17	16	30	3	90	0.03%
bgcolor=		Vajirapani Wijesiriwardene		23	11	21	23	2	80	0.02%
bgcolor=		A. H. M. Alavi		21	13	17	25	1	77	0.02%
bgcolor=				20	8	22	17	0	67	0.02%
bgcolor=		Saman Perera	OPPP	15	14	16	19	1	65	0.02%
bgcolor=				15	14	8	19	0	56	0.02%
bgcolor=		Priyantha Edirisinghe	ACAKO	14	6	11	19	2	52	0.02%
bgcolor=		Sarath Keerthirathna		13	13	11	15	0	52	0.02%
bgcolor=				8	14	8	16	4	50	0.01%
bgcolor=		B. G. Nandimithra		15	8	5	22	0	48	0.01%
bgcolor=				6	2	4	5	0	17	0.00%
Valid Votes			111,572	60,378	69,261	77,203	20,807	339,221	100.00%
Rejected Votes			1,000	501	812	678	261	3,252	0.81%
Total Polled			112,572	60,879	70,073	77,881	21,068	342,473	85.3%
Registered Electors			132,221	69,632	84,846	93,503	21,294	401,496

2024 presidential election

Results of the 9th presidential election held on 21 September 2024:^[12]


align=left valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=2 width="180"	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"	%
bgcolor=				53,299	20,838	27,693	26,528	12,186	140,544	41.37%
bgcolor=				36,684	24,828	25,117	31,358	3,816	121,803	35.85%
bgcolor=				16,285	9,022	11,712	12,567	4,243	53,829	15.84%
bgcolor=				3,263	2,756	1,691	2,245	372	10,327	3.04%
bgcolor=				951	429	690	637	128	2,835	0.83%
bgcolor=		K. K. Piyadasa		406	318	223	403	15	1,365	0.4%
bgcolor=		D. M. Bandaranayake		501	228	231	238	27	1,225	0.36%
bgcolor=			JPF	263	183	154	256	12	868	0.26%
bgcolor=				185	138	129	164	21	637	0.19%
bgcolor=		Anuruddha Polgampola		175	94	88	119	3	479	0.14%
bgcolor=		Sarath Keerthirathne		167	79	77	118	3	444	0.13%
bgcolor=		Suranjeewa Anoj de Silva		176	45	92	89	16	418	0.12%
bgcolor=		K. R. Krishan	APP	153	99	62	103	1	418	0.12%
bgcolor=				122	83	82	116	9	412	0.12%
bgcolor=		Priyantha Wickremesinghe		119	80	78	110	10	397	0.12%
bgcolor=				100	74	58	98	1	331	0.1%
bgcolor=		Ajantha de Zoyza	RJA	104	55	56	94	8	317	0.09%
bgcolor=		Namal Rajapaksa	SBP	101	68	54	73	17	313	0.09%
bgcolor=		Siripala Amarasinghe		99	65	50	79	0	293	0.09%
bgcolor=				67	56	51	112	4	290	0.09%
bgcolor=		Pakkiyaselvam Ariyanethiran		30	23	96	31	3	203	0.06%
bgcolor=		Ven.Battaramulle Seelarathana Thero	JSP	58	30	34	72	4	198	0.06%
bgcolor=				56	41	28	58	0	183	0.05%
bgcolor=		Abubakar Mohamed Infaz		54	34	31	62	0	181	0.05%
bgcolor=		Nuwan Bopege	SPF	60	16	29	69	6	180	0.05%
bgcolor=		Mahinda Dewage		65	24	26	23	1	139	0.04%
bgcolor=		Oshala Herath	NIF	50	31	20	34	3	138	0.04%
bgcolor=		Vajirapani Wijesiriwardene		46	18	32	32	0	128	0.04%
bgcolor=		P. W. S. K. Bandaranayake	NDF	36	25	18	35	3	117	0.03%
bgcolor=				38	27	27	18	1	111	0.03%
bgcolor=		Keerthi Wickremeratne	AJP	33	30	21	24	2	110	0.03%
bgcolor=				32	22	17	24	0	95	0.03%
bgcolor=				33	19	18	18	6	94	0.03%
bgcolor=		Lalith De Silva	UNFP	31	21	11	19	3	85	0.03%
bgcolor=			ULPP	19	9	14	20	1	63	0.02%
bgcolor=				12	12	20	14	0	58	0.02%
bgcolor=		Sarath Manamendra		17	10	13	12	1	53	0.02%
bgcolor=				14	9	14	14	2	53	0.02%
Valid Votes			113,904	59,939	68,857	76,106	20,928	339,734	100.00%
Rejected Votes			2,104	1,338	1,813	2,182	484	7,921	2.28%
Total Polled			116,008	61,277	70,670	78,288	21,412	347,655	80.85%
Registered Electors			143,731	73,955	90,943	99,695	21,667	429,991

Preferential votes^[13]

1,909	2,211
Anura Kumara Dissanayake	Sajith Premadasa

Parliamentary General Elections

1989 parliamentary general election

Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989 for the district:^[14]

Party		Votes per Polling Division				Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
Party						Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
bgcolor=			23,381	19,839	21,422	22,019	2,208	88,869	63.81%	4
bgcolor=		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	18,786	7,143	8,553	10,225	1,010	45,717	32.82%	1
bgcolor=		United Lanka People's Party	882	157	364	912	35	2,350	1.69%	0
bgcolor=			445	350	773	710	66	2,344	1.68%	0
align=left colspan=2	Valid Votes	43,494	27,489	31,112	33,866	3,319	139,280	100.00%	5
align=left colspan=2	Rejected Votes	3,818	2,453	2,445	3,079	132	11,927
align=left colspan=2	Total Polled	47,312	29,942	33,557	36,945	3,451	151,207
align=left colspan=2	Registered Electors	71,722	40,656	47,520	51,452	3,588	214,938
align=left colspan=2	Turnout	65.97%	73.65%	70.62%	71.80%	96.18%	70.35%

The following candidates were elected:^[14]

Preferential votes
Alliance	Party		votes
bgcolor=	UNP	bgcolor=	UNP	J. Wijeratna Banda	31,635
bgcolor=	UNP	bgcolor=	UNP	Alick Aluwihare	31,004
bgcolor=	UNP	bgcolor=	UNP	P. B. Kaviratne	23,541
bgcolor=	UNP	bgcolor=	UNP	V. G. Jinadasa	22,941
bgcolor=	SLFP	bgcolor=	SLFP	Nandimithra Ekanayake	17,941

1994 parliamentary general election

Results of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994 for the district:^[15]

Party		Votes per Polling Division				Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
Party						Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
bgcolor=			34,286	20,648	20,607	22,856	4,283	102,680	49.85%	3
bgcolor=			30,468	17,970	22,446	26,283	2,954	100,121	48.61%	2
bgcolor=		Independent Group	597	437	294	390	10	1,728	0.84%	0
bgcolor=			600	153	338	266	76	1,433	0.70%	0
align=left colspan="2"	Valid Votes	65,951	39,208	43,685	49,795	7,323	205,962	100.00%	5
align=left colspan="2"	Rejected Votes	3,881	2,618	2,630	3,393	124	12,646
align=left colspan="2"	Total Polled	69,832	41,826	46,315	53,188	7,447	218,608
align=left colspan="2"	Registered Electors	85,870	48,525	58,638	66,238		259,271
align=left colspan="2"	Turnout	81.32%	86.19%	78.98%	80.30%		84.32%

The following candidates were elected:^[15]

Preferential votes
Alliance	Party		votes
bgcolor=	UNP	bgcolor=	UNP	Alick Aluwihare	61,526
bgcolor=	PA	bgcolor=	SLFP	Janaka Bandara Tennakoon	52,437
bgcolor=	PA	bgcolor=	SLFP	Nandimithra Ekanayake	51,919
bgcolor=	PA	bgcolor=	SLFP	Monty Gopallawa	40,555
bgcolor=	UNP	bgcolor=	UNP	V. G. Jinadasa	35,474

2000 parliamentary general election

Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000 for the district:^[16]

Party		Votes per Polling Division				Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
Party						Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
bgcolor=		People's Alliance	35,421	23,692	19,877	27,615	3,608	110,213	50.53%	3
bgcolor=		United National Party	30,455	14,941	22,089	21,331	3,020	91,836	42.11%	2
bgcolor=		Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	4,396	1,283	2,233	2,138	623	10,673	4.89%	0
bgcolor=		New Left Front	778	460	440	660	12	2,350	1.08%	0
bgcolor=		Sinhala Heritage	279	65	618	391	105	1,458	0.67%	0
bgcolor=		United Lanka Great Council	109	94	86	80	0	369	0.17%	0
bgcolor=		Citizen's Front	73	61	90	108	14	346	0.16%	0
bgcolor=		Liberal Party	38	31	51	57	2	179	0.08%	0
bgcolor=		Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	37	19	40	48	14	158	0.07%	0
bgcolor=		Democratic United National Front	56	31	18	37	2	144	0.07%	0
bgcolor=		Sri Lanka Muslim Party	33	8	22	31	2	96	0.04%	0
bgcolor=		National Development Front	43	15	11	16	1	86	0.04%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group	16	13	13	33	0	75	0.03%	0
bgcolor=		Sri Lanka Progressive Front	15	8	23	19	0	65	0.03%	0
bgcolor=		People's Freedom Front	7	7	15	18	2	49	0.02%	0
align=left colspan="2"	Valid Votes	71,756	40,728	45,626	52,582	7,405	218,097	100.00%	5
align=left colspan="2"	Rejected Votes	5,385	2,843	3,334	4,002	155	15,719
align=left colspan="2"	Total Polled	77,141	43,571	48,960	56,584	7,560	233,816
align=left colspan="2"	Registered Electors	99,756	54,910	65,389	72,597		292,652
align=left colspan="2"	Turnout	77.33%	79.35%	74.87%	77.94%		79.90%

The following candidates were elected:^[17]

Preferential votes
Alliance	Party		votes
bgcolor=	UNP	bgcolor=	UNP	Ranjith Aluwihare	62,911
bgcolor=	UNP	bgcolor=	UNP	Alick Aluwihare	60,419
bgcolor=	PA	bgcolor=	SLFP	Janaka Bandara Tennakoon	42,366
bgcolor=	PA	bgcolor=	SLFP	Monty Gopallawa	40,397
bgcolor=	PA	bgcolor=	SLFP	Nandimithra Ekanayake	39,585

2001 parliamentary general election

Results of the 12th parliamentary election held on 5 December 2001 for the district:^[18]

Party		Votes per Polling Division				Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
Party						Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
bgcolor=			34,066	16,117	28,478	28,088	3,242	109,991	50.43%	3
bgcolor=			29,281	20,938	15,044	20,506	3,230	88,999	40.81%	2
bgcolor=		Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	6,958	2,133	2,816	3,179	977	16,063	7.37%	0
bgcolor=			649	402	306	453	14	1,824	0.84%	0
bgcolor=		United Lalith Front	130	64	85	85	1	365	0.17%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group	76	40	31	75	1	223	0.10%	0
bgcolor=		Liberal Party	55	37	23	37	0	152	0.07%	0
bgcolor=		United Sinhala Great Council	36	10	31	60	2	139	0.06%	0
bgcolor=		People's Freedom Front	24	25	15	39	0	103	0.05%	0
bgcolor=		Sri Lanka Muslim Party	45	13	15	21	2	96	0.04%	0
bgcolor=		National Development Front	27	10	13	17	0	67	0.03%	0
bgcolor=		Sri Lanka National Front	12	8	11	9	0	40	0.02%	0
bgcolor=		Ruhunu People's Party	10	4	5	9	0	28	0.01%	0
align=left colspan="2"	Valid Votes	71,369	39,801	46,873	52,578	7,469	218,090	100.00%	5
align=left colspan="2"	Rejected Votes	5,225	2,740	3,106	4,253	125	15,449	1.65%
align=left colspan="2"	Total Polled	76,594	42,541	49,979	56,831	7,594	233,539
align=left colspan="2"	Registered Electors	102,302	56,244	67,034	74,026		299,606
align=left colspan="2"	Turnout	74.87%	75.64%	74.56%	76.77%		77.95%

The following candidates were elected:^[19]

Preferential votes
Alliance	Party		votes
bgcolor=	UNF	bgcolor=	UNP	Alick Aluwihare	75,620
bgcolor=	UNF	bgcolor=	UNP	Ranjith Aluwihare	72,553
bgcolor=	PA	bgcolor=	SLFP	Janaka Bandara Tennakoon	49,959
bgcolor=	UNF	bgcolor=	UNP	Sanjeeva Kaviratne	37,226
bgcolor=	PA	bgcolor=	SLFP	S. B. Yalegama	35,450

2004 parliamentary general election

Results of the 13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004 for the district:^[20]

Party		Votes per Polling Division				Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
Party						Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
bgcolor=		United People's Freedom Alliance	40,616	21,307	18,496	22,747	5,093	108,259	49.19%	3
bgcolor=		United National Front	29,456	18,784	24,058	25,330	3,014	100,642	45.73%	2
bgcolor=		Jathika Hela Urumaya	1,982	579	3,135	2,611	512	8,819	4.01%	0
bgcolor=		United Socialist Party	264	220	263	383	5	1,135	0.52%	0
bgcolor=		National Development Front	64	34	89	81	3	271	0.12%	0
bgcolor=		National People's Party	77	29	67	90	4	267	0.12%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group 6	91	43	48	80	1	263	0.12%	0
bgcolor=			33	10	31	32	3	109	0.05%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group 3	13	16	15	20	0	64	0.03%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group 5	10	11	12	14	1	48	0.02%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group 1	9	5	13	5	1	33	0.01%	0
bgcolor=		Liberal Party	5	1	15	5	1	27	0.01%	0
bgcolor=		Sri Lanka Muslim Party	11	1	5	3	0	20	0.01%	0
bgcolor=		Sri Lanka National Front	2	11	1	6	0	20	0.01%	0
bgcolor=		Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	9	2	5	4	0	20	0.01%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group 2	4	4	7	3	1	19	0.01%	0
bgcolor=		Ruhunu People's Party	5	1	1	7	1	15	0.01%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group 4	2	2	3	5	1	13	0.01%	0
bgcolor=		Swarajya Party	3	3	2	2	0	10	0.00%	0
bgcolor=		Sri Lanka Progressive Front	4	3	0	1	0	8	0.00%	0
align=left colspan=2	Valid Votes	72,660	41,066	46,266	51,429	8,641	220,062	100.00%	5
align=left colspan=2	Rejected Votes	6,905	3,598	3,273	4,959	177	18,912
align=left colspan=2	Total Polled	79,565	44,664	49,539	56,388	8,818	238,974
align=left colspan=2	Registered Electors	107,353	58,799	69,860	76,544		312,556
align=left colspan=2	Turnout	74.12%	75.96%	70.91%	73.67%		76.46%

The following candidates were elected:^[21]

Preferential votes
Alliance	Party		votes
bgcolor=	UPFA	bgcolor=	JVP	Sujatha Alahakoon	57,234
bgcolor=	UPFA	bgcolor=	SLFP	Janaka Bandara Tennakoon	54,711
bgcolor=	UNF	bgcolor=	UNP	Ranjith Aluwihare	47,152
bgcolor=	UNF	bgcolor=	UNP		39,649
bgcolor=	UPFA	bgcolor=	SLFP	Rohana Dissanayake	37,091

2010 parliamentary general election

Results of the 14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010 for the district:^[22]

Party		Votes per Polling Division				Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
Party						Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
bgcolor=		United People's Freedom Alliance	42,847	27,777	23,734	26,818	9,893	131,069	66.96%	4
bgcolor=			15,080	8,478	14,659	14,666	2,854	55,737	28.47%	1
bgcolor=			2,645	688	1,974	1,574	755	7,636	3.90%	0
bgcolor=		Our National Front	57	48	34	21	3	163	0.08%	0
bgcolor=		National Development Front	28	14	34	46	6	128	0.07%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group 1	18	30	26	17	5	96	0.05%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group 7	12	3	9	68	0	92	0.05%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group 11	22	33	8	27	0	90	0.05%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group 9	26	17	16	25	2	86	0.04%	0
bgcolor=		United National Alternative Front	14	13	18	29	2	76	0.04%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group 2	19	6	28	22	0	75	0.04%	0
bgcolor=		Sri Lanka National Front	4	19	34	11	7	75	0.04%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group 6	12	6	17	16	0	51	0.03%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group 5	22	4	8	7	4	45	0.02%	0
bgcolor=		United Lanka Great Council	6	16	9	8	0	39	0.02%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group 8	7	1	14	12	5	39	0.02%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group 10	7	16	5	10	0	38	0.02%	0
bgcolor=		Janasetha Peramuna	24	4	2	3	4	37	0.02%	0
bgcolor=		United Democratic Front	13	4	8	8	3	36	0.02%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group 4	10	11	5	6	0	32	0.02%	0
bgcolor=		Patriotic National Front	4	7	5	5	1	22	0.01%	0
bgcolor=		Left Liberation Front	4	3	5	8	0	20	0.01%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group 3	5	4	1	4	2	16	0.01%	0
bgcolor=		Sri Lanka Labour Party	2	2	4	4	3	15	0.01%	0
bgcolor=		Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	2	0	8	2	1	13	0.01%	0
bgcolor=		All Are Citizens All Are Kings Organisation	4	0	2	5	1	12	0.01%	0
bgcolor=		Ruhuna People's Party	4	0	3	3	2	12	0.01%	0
align=left colspan=2	Valid Votes	60,898	37,204	40,670	43,425	13,553	195,750	100.00%	5
align=left colspan=2	Rejected Votes	5,932	3,217	3,990	5,567	604	19,310
align=left colspan=2	Total Polled	66,830	40,421	44,660	48,992	14,157	215,060
align=left colspan=2	Registered Electors	119,453	64,696	75,154	83,381		342,684
align=left colspan=2	Turnout	55.95%	62.48%	59.42%	58.76%		62.76%

The following candidates were elected:^[23]

Preferential votes
Alliance	Party		votes
bgcolor=	UPFA	bgcolor=	SLFP	Lakshman Wasantha Perera	65,077
bgcolor=	UPFA	bgcolor=	SLFP	Janaka Bandara Tennakoon	47,133
bgcolor=	UPFA	bgcolor=	UNP	Nandimithra Ekanayake	35,754
bgcolor=	UPFA	bgcolor=	SLFP		32,803
bgcolor=	UNF	bgcolor=	UNP	Wasantha Aluwihare	31,529

2015 parliamentary general election

Results of the 15th parliamentary election held on 17 August 2015:^[24]

Party		Votes per Polling Division				Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
Party						Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
bgcolor=		United National Front for Good Governance	40,378	20,867	33,056	35,313	8,627	138,241	49.84%	3
bgcolor=		United People's Freedom Alliance	45,550	26,748	21,255	24,872	7,890	126,315	45.54%	2
bgcolor=			3,562	1,324	2,389	2,419	1,253	10,947	3.95%	0
bgcolor=		Bodu Jana Peramuna	62	38	110	144	48	402	0.14%	0
bgcolor=			88	30	106	96	55	375	0.14%	0
bgcolor=			106	50	64	59	2	281	0.10%	0
bgcolor=		United People's Party	49	37	29	60	4	179	0.06%	0
bgcolor=			72	12	23	17	17	141	0.05%	0
bgcolor=		All Ceylon Tamil Great Council	27	32	17	32	1	109	0.04%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group 08	19	12	16	21	0	68	0.02%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group 03	15	7	12	10	0	44	0.02%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group 06	9	7	10	12	0	38	0.01%	0
bgcolor=		United Lanka People's Party	14	8	6	7	2	37	0.01%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group 07	18	6	4	5	0	33	0.01%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group 04	6	5	10	5	1	27	0.01%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group 05	5	7	6	8	0	26	0.01%	0
bgcolor=		Janasetha Peramuna	7	6	3	8	2	26	0.01%	0
bgcolor=		All Citizens are All Kings Organization	14	1	2	5	2	24	0.01%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group 01	5	6	2	9	2	24	0.01%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group 02	5	8	5	1	0	19	0.01%	0
bgcolor=			2	0	7	4	0	13	0.00%	0
bgcolor=			2	1	5	3	0	11	0.00%	0
align=left colspan=2	Valid Votes	90,015	49,212	57,137	63,110	17,906	277,380	100.00%	5
align=left colspan=2	Rejected Votes	6,671	4,292	4,043	6,014	517	21,537	7.21%
align=left colspan=2	Total Polled	96,686	53,504	61,180	69,124	18,423	298,917	78.73%
align=left colspan=2	Registered Electors	131,837	70,323	84,225	93,296		379,675

Preferential votes
Alliance	Party		votes
bgcolor=	UNFGG	bgcolor=	UNP	Wasantha Aluwihare	79,309
bgcolor=	UPFA	bgcolor=	SLFP	Lakshman Wasantha Perera	75,926
bgcolor=	UNFGG	bgcolor=	UNP	Ranjith Aluwihare	74,785
bgcolor=	UPFA	bgcolor=	SLFP	Janaka Bandara Tennakoon	61,920
bgcolor=	UNFGG	bgcolor=	UNP	Rohini Kumari Wijerathna	41,766

2020 parliamentary general election

Results of the 16th parliamentary election held on 5 August 2020:^[26]

Party	Votes per Polling Division				Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
Party					Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
bgcolor=		65,667	35,967	33,927	38,254	14,954	188,779	65.53%	4
bgcolor=		20,344	12,529	18,272	19,415	3,395	73,955	25.67%	1
bgcolor=		2,326	833	1,757	1,598	1,028	7,542	2.62%	0
bgcolor=		2,783	669	1,185	1,261	694	6,592	2.29%	0
bgcolor=	Our Power of People's Party	999	376	1,327	1,116	166	3,984	1.38%	0
bgcolor=		430	30	593	1,813	38	2,904	1.01%	0
bgcolor=		136	98	88	116	10	448	0.16%	0
bgcolor=		137	88	76	119	8	428	0.15%	0
bgcolor=		77	64	95	118	5	359	0.12%	0
bgcolor=		130	67	55	94	2	348	0.12%	0
bgcolor=		29	24	117	153	7	330	0.11%	0
bgcolor=	Jana Setha Peramuna	85	63	71	80	9	308	0.11%	0
bgcolor=	Sinhaladeepa National Front	39	34	149	68	16	306	0.11%	0
bgcolor=		106	51	43	67	11	278	0.1%	0
bgcolor=		65	36	67	66	5	239	0.08%	0
bgcolor=		74	47	39	59	6	225	0.08%	0
bgcolor=		47	37	44	62	8	198	0.07%	0
bgcolor=		41	43	37	52	9	182	0.06%	0
bgcolor=		43	49	24	52	3	171	0.06%	0
bgcolor=	National People's Party	58	33	28	29	4	152	0.05%	0
bgcolor=		34	15	35	36	5	125	0.04%	0
bgcolor=		26	21	29	44	3	123	0.04%	0
bgcolor=		30	28	11	27	1	97	0.03%	0
Valid Votes	93,706	51,202	58,069	64,699	20,397	288,073	100.00%	5
Rejected Votes	7,875	4,435	4,714	6,527	952	24,503	6.01%
Total Polled	101,581	55,637	62,783	71,226	21,349	312,576	76.69%
Registered Electors	134,443	70,392	86,032	94,725	21,977	407,569

Preferential votes
Alliance	Party		votes
bgcolor=	SLPFA	bgcolor=	SLPP	Janaka Bandara Tennakoon	73,296
bgcolor=	SLPFA	bgcolor=	SLPP	Nalaka Kottegoda	71,404
bgcolor=	SLPFA	bgcolor=	SLPP	Pramitha Tennakoon	67,776
bgcolor=	SLPFA	bgcolor=	SLPP	Rohana Dissanayake	50,368
bgcolor=	SJB	bgcolor=	SJB	Rohini Kumari Wijerathna	27,587

Provincial Council Elections

1988 provincial council election

Results of the 1st Central provincial council election held on 2 June 1988^[28]

Party	Total Votes	%	Seats
bgcolor=		57,225	59.37%	6
bgcolor=		32,923	34.16%	4
bgcolor=		6,229	6.46%	1
Valid Votes	96,377	100.00%	11

1993 provincial council election

Results of the 2nd Central provincial council election held on 17 May 1993:^[29]

Party	Votes	%	Seats
bgcolor=		94,376	53.17%	6
bgcolor=		46,322	26.1%	3
bgcolor=		31,299	17.63%	2
bgcolor=		4,153	2.34%	0
bgcolor=		1,334	0.75%	0
Valid Votes	177,484	100.00%	11

1999 provincial council election

Results of the 3rd Central provincial council election held on 6 April 1999 for the district:^[30] ^[31] ^[32]

Party		Votes per Polling Division				Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
Party						Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
bgcolor=			31,586	22,192	16,556	23,015	1,766	95,115	51.38%	6
bgcolor=		United National Party	23,887	12,651	16,742	15,736	1,689	70,705	38.2%	4
bgcolor=			228	885	3,303	4,871	19	9,306	5.03%	1
bgcolor=			3,044	1,380	1,667	1,652	267	8,010	4.33%	0
bgcolor=			429	182	418	362	62	1,453	0.78%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group	89	75	178	166	8	516	0.28%	0
align=left colspan=2	Valid Votes	59,263	37,365	38,864	45,802	3,811	185,105	100.00%	11
align=left colspan=2	Rejected Votes	4,878	3,056	3,494	4,691	138	16,257	8.07%
align=left colspan=2	Total Polled	64,141	40,421	42,358	50,493	3,949	201,362	71.64%
align=left colspan=2	Registered Electors	95,125	52,861	62,744	70,359		281,089

The following candidates were elected:^[33]

Preferential votes
Party	Candidate	votes
bgcolor=	UNP	Wasantha Aluwihare	42,689
bgcolor=	PA	Bandula Yalegama	30,342
bgcolor=	PA	Sarath Ekanayake	27,966
bgcolor=	PA	W. M. Yasamana	26,559
bgcolor=	PA	L. D. Nimalasiri	17,722
bgcolor=	UNP	Sanjeeva Kaviratne	17,559
bgcolor=	PA	Dhammika Ransiri	16,811
bgcolor=	UNP	Rohana Bandaranayake	15,130
bgcolor=	UNP	Mohan Weerakoon	15,031
bgcolor=	PA	K. H. M. G. Seneviratne	12,256
bgcolor=	NUW	Muthusamy Sivagnanam	5,967

2004 provincial council election

Results of the 4th Central provincial council election held on 10 July 2004 for the district:^[34]

Party		Votes per Polling Division				Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
Party						Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
bgcolor=		United People's Freedom Alliance	32,668	20,551	15,496	19,981	3,814	92,510	56.12%	6
bgcolor=		United National Party	19,831	12,352	16,988	18,124	2,014	69,309	42.04%	4
bgcolor=		United Socialist Party	259	238	270	379	6	1,152	0.70%	0
bgcolor=		Up-Country People's Front	104	48	629	350	4	1,135	0.69%	0
bgcolor=		National Development Front	101	79	80	138	1	399	0.24%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group	32	23	39	22	4	120	0.07%	0
bgcolor=		Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	23	18	33	33	10	117	0.07%	0
bgcolor=		National People's Party	15	14	21	10	2	62	0.04%	0
bgcolor=		Sri Lanka Muslim Party	15	10	17	11	0	53	0.03%	0
align=left colspan=2	Valid Votes	53,048	33,333	33,573	39,048	5,855	164,857	100.00%	10
align=left colspan=2	Rejected Votes	3,808	2,250	2,554	3,515	342	12,469
align=left colspan=2	Total Polled	56,856	35,583	36,127	42,563	6,197	177,326
align=left colspan=2	Registered Electors	107,353	58,799	69,860	76,544		312,556
align=left colspan=2	Turnout	52.96%	60.52%	51.71%	55.61%		56.73%

The following candidates were elected:^[34]

Preferential votes
Party	Candidate	votes
bgcolor=	UNP	Wasantha Aluwihare	33,364
bgcolor=	UNP	Nandimithra Ekanayake	27,731
bgcolor=	UPFA	Champaka Sugishwara Wijerathna	25,688
bgcolor=	UPFA	Bandula Yalegama	24,270
bgcolor=	UPFA	W. M. Yasamana	23,637
bgcolor=	UPFA	Gamagedara Dissanayake	23,216
bgcolor=	UPFA	Sarath Wijesinghe	21,029
bgcolor=	UPFA	L. D. Nimalasiri	18,954
bgcolor=	UNP	Sanjeeva Kaviratne	15,728
bgcolor=	UNP	Rohana Bandaranayake	12,452

2009 provincial council election

Results of the 5th Central provincial council election held on 14 February 2009 for the district:^[35]

Party		Votes per Polling Division				Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
Party						Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
bgcolor=		United People's Freedom Alliance	49,785	27,169	25,759	30,826	6,756	140,295	69.48%	7
bgcolor=		United National Party	14,668	9,912	14,789	15,139	1,501	56,009	27.74%	3
bgcolor=		Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	1,568	759	740	808	209	4,084	2.02%	0
bgcolor=		National Development Front	94	84	79	118	3	378	0.19%	0
bgcolor=		United National Alliance	91	63	75	114	3	346	0.17%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group 8	30	40	74	61	2	207	0.10%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group 4	14	1	10	87	0	112	0.06%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group 7	15	12	38	24	0	89	0.04%	0
bgcolor=			12	4	10	33	1	60	0.03%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group 6	13	9	21	11	1	55	0.03%	0
bgcolor=		United Lanka Great Council	18	10	8	11	3	50	0.02%	0
bgcolor=		National People's Party	23	12	5	7	1	48	0.02%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group 5	5	9	13	19	0	46	0.02%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group 1	7	3	7	9	2	28	0.01%	0
bgcolor=		Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	8	4	3	3	4	22	0.01%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group 3	5	2	8	5	1	21	0.01%	0
bgcolor=		Patriotic National Front	10	2	2	5	1	20	0.01%	0
bgcolor=		Sri Lanka Progressive Front	5	2	2	4	1	14	0.01%	0
bgcolor=		Independent Group 2	3	6	3	2	0	14	0.01%	0
bgcolor=		Ruhuna People's Party	2	1	6	3	1	13	0.01%	0
align=left colspan=2	Valid Votes	66,376	38,104	41,652	47,289	8,490	201,911	100.00%	10
align=left colspan=2	Rejected Votes	4,785	3,158	3,476	4,780	296	16,495
align=left colspan=2	Total Polled	71,161	41,262	45,128	52,069	8,786	218,406
align=left colspan=2	Registered Electors	117,788	64,147	74,839	82,172		338,946
align=left colspan=2	Turnout	60.41%	64.32%	60.30%	63.37%		64.44%

The following candidates were elected:^[36]

Preferential votes
Party	Candidate	votes
bgcolor=	UPFA	Pramitha Tennakoon	49,665
bgcolor=	UPFA	Nandimithra Ekanayake	35,995
bgcolor=	UPFA	W. M. Yasamana	32,991
bgcolor=	UPFA	Bandula Yalegama	30,878
bgcolor=	UNP	Wasantha Aluwihare	28,855
bgcolor=	UPFA	L. D. Nimalasiri	27,958
bgcolor=	UPFA	Parakrama Dissanayake	25,903
bgcolor=	UPFA	Champaka Sugishwara Wijerathna	25,754
bgcolor=	UNP	Sanjeeva Kaviratne	15,845
bgcolor=	UNP	Rohana Bandaranayake	13,341

2013 provincial council election

Results of the 6th provincial council election held on 21 September 2013 for the district:^[37]

Party		Votes per Polling Division				Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
Party						Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
bgcolor=			48,505	26,351	23,138	29,568	7,566	135,128	59.99%	8
bgcolor=			19,144	12,525	15,025	14,103	2,568	63,365	28.13%	3
bgcolor=			107	1,703	3,580	5,040	68	10,498	4.66%	1
bgcolor=			1,235	44	2,994	2,351	27	6,651	1.96%	0
bgcolor=			806	259	1,231	1,402	725	4,423	1.75%	0
bgcolor=			1,539	524	814	776	284	3,937	0.09%	0
bgcolor=		Our National Front	71	33	41	47	7	199	0.07%	0
bgcolor=		Jana Setha Peramuna	123	9	6	19	4	161	0.06%	0
bgcolor=			36	24	20	51	2	133	0.06%	0
bgcolor=			28	25	28	42	2	125	0.05%	0
bgcolor=		United Lanka People's Party	34	27	29	22	5	117	0.04%	0
bgcolor=			12	12	25	46	4	99	0.03%	0
bgcolor=			7	6	9	50	3	75	0.03%	0
bgcolor=		Patriotic National Front	9	5	26	17	9	66	0.03%	0
bgcolor=			25	10	13	18	0	66	0.03%	0
bgcolor=		United Lanka Great Council	14	8	13	12	2	49	0.02%	0
bgcolor=			5	6	14	21	3	49	0.02%	0
bgcolor=		Ruhunu People's Party	3	9	14	21	0	47	0.02%	0
bgcolor=			8	13	8	14	4	47	0.02%	0
bgcolor=			6	8	8	7	4	33	0.01%	0
align=left colspan="2"	Valid Votes	71,717	41,601	47,036	53,627	11,287	225,268	100.00%	12
align=left colspan="2"	Rejected Votes	4,110	2,830	3,265	4,565	566	15,336	6.37%
align=left colspan="2"	Total Polled	75,827	44,431	50,301	58,192	11,853	240,604	65.63%
align=left colspan="2"	Registered Electors	127,483	68,234	80,854	89,978		366,549

The following candidates were elected:^[38]

Preferential votes
Party	Candidate	votes
bgcolor=		Pramitha Tennakoon	51,591
bgcolor=	UPFA	Bandula Yalegama	45,460
bgcolor=	UNP	Ranjith Aluwihare	29,542
bgcolor=	UPFA	Parakrama Dissanayake	24,686
bgcolor=	UNP	Sanjeeva Kaviratne	24,249
bgcolor=	UPFA	W. M. Yasamana	21,382
bgcolor=	UPFA	L. D. Nimalasiri	20,583
bgcolor=	UPFA	Chinthana Buddhika Ekanayake	20,052
bgcolor=	UPFA	Thilak Bandara	16,247
bgcolor=	UPFA	T. D. Jayatissa	14,927
bgcolor=	UNP	Rohana bandaranayake	14,415
bgcolor=	CWC	Muthusamy Sivagnanam	6,539

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