Gampaha Electoral District

Gampaha
Electoral District for the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Administrative District	Gampaha
Province	Western
Polling divisions	13
Population	2,152,000[1] (2008)
Electorate	1,474,464[2] (2010)
Area	1,387 km^2 (536 sq mi)[3]
Current Electoral District
Number of members	18
MPs	Lasantha Alagiyawanna, UPFA John Amaratunga, UNF Pandu Bandaranaike, UPFA Sudarshani Fernandopulle, UPFA Sarath Kumara Gunaratna, UPFA Sarana Gunawardena, UPFA Vijitha Herath, DNA Karu Jayasuriya, UNF Jayalath Jayawardena, UNF Felix Perera, UPFA Basil Rajapaksa, UPFA Ruwan Ranatunga, UPFA Athuraliye Rathana, UPFA Wasantha Senanayake, UPFA Mervyn Silva, UPFA Upeksha Swarnamali, UNF Ruwan Wijewardene, UNF Dulip Wijeysekara, UPFA

Gampaha 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 Gampaha in the Western province. The district currently elects 18 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 1,474,464 registered electors in 2010.^[2]

1982 Presidential Election

Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982 for the district:

Candidate	Party	Votes per Polling Division													Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
		Attana -galla	Biy- agma	Divula -pitiya	Dompe	Gamp -aha	Ja-Ela	Katana	Kela -niya	Mahara	Minuwan -goda	Miri- gama	Neg- ombo	Wattala
Junius Jayewardene	UNP	22,531	25,398	25,974	26,573	27,845	32,420	26,504	24,732	25,853	29,672	30,289	30,346	29,387	8,323	365,847	52.50%
Hector Kobbekaduwa	SLFP	31,495	18,539	23,447	27,508	28,532	21,074	22,027	19,050	25,580	25,849	24,143	13,345	15,717	5,502	301,808	43.31%
Rohana Wijeweera	JVP	1,926	1,389	1,547	1,670	1,942	1,683	1,356	2,179	1,952	1,992	3,186	1,049	1,402	428	23,701	3.40%
Colvin R. de Silva	LSSP	272	237	231	247	336	346	334	312	307	260	316	236	232	169	3,835	0.55%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara	NSSP	65	47	79	57	101	157	104	74	69	70	67	127	59	46	1,122	0.16%
Kumar Ponnambalam	ACTC	32	13	28	33	33	29	36	25	17	27	29	97	119	16	534	0.08%
Valid Votes		56,321	45,623	51,306	56,088	58,789	55,709	50,361	46,372	53,778	57,870	58,030	45,200	46,916	14,484	696,847	100.00%
Rejected Votes		430	410	432	519	517	488	437	480	418	399	478	412	425	147	5,992
Total Polled		56,751	46,033	51,738	56,607	59,306	56,197	50,798	46,852	54,196	58,269	58,508	45,612	47,341	14,631	702,839
Registered Electors		67,061	55,457	61,494	66,207	72,371	69,624	60,560	58,671	65,660	69,566	70,695	59,884	58,015		835,265
Turnout		84.63%	83.01%	84.14%	85.50%	81.95%	80.71%	83.88%	79.86%	82.54%	83.76%	82.76%	76.17%	81.60%		84.15%
Source:[4]

1988 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 1st Western provincial council election held on 2 June 1988 for the district:

Party	Votes	%	Seats
United National Party			18
United Socialist Alliance (CPSL, LSSP, NSSP, SLMP)			15
Liberal Party			2
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress			1
Others			0
Valid Votes			36
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout
Source:

1988 Presidential Election

Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988 for the district:

Candidate	Party	Votes per Polling Division													Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
		Attana -galla	Biy- agma	Divula -pitiya	Dompe	Gamp -aha	Ja-Ela	Katana	Kela -niya	Mahara	Minuwan -goda	Miri- gama	Neg- ombo	Wattala
Sirimavo Bandaranaike	SLFP	35,758	23,633	25,857	30,829	34,340	25,357	25,379	22,877	30,305	29,751	27,712	16,601	19,361	7,793	355,553	48.83%
Ranasinghe Premadasa	UNP	22,242	23,930	25,792	26,155	25,948	30,021	28,760	21,395	26,024	29,424	26,835	29,016	27,945	6,605	350,092	48.08%
Oswin Abeygunasekara	SLMP	1,475	1,518	1,055	976	1,839	1,766	2,036	2,700	2,407	1,404	1,074	1,720	1,901	596	22,467	3.09%
Valid Votes		59,475	49,081	52,704	57,960	62,127	57,144	56,175	46,972	58,736	60,579	55,621	47,337	49,207	14,994	728,112	100.00%
Rejected Votes		735	685	742	511	721	1,052	822	690	735	825	860	587	666	477	10,108
Total Polled		60,210	49,766	53,446	58,471	62,848	58,196	56,997	47,662	59,471	61,404	56,481	47,924	49,873	15,471	738,220
Registered Electors		79,172	66,166	68,377	72,945	85,424	81,566	76,452	65,961	79,936	78,056	78,953	68,250	68,477		969,735
Turnout		76.05%	75.21%	78.16%	80.16%	73.57%	71.35%	74.55%	72.26%	74.40%	78.67%	71.54%	70.22%	72.83%		76.13%
Source:[5]

1989 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989 for the district:

Party	Votes per Polling Division													Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
	Attana -galla	Biy- agma	Divula -pitiya	Dompe	Gamp -aha	Ja-Ela	Katana	Kela -niya	Mahara	Minuwan -goda	Miri- gama	Neg- ombo	Wattala
United National Party	25,194	25,435	27,430	27,777	30,376	34,415	28,660	23,549	28,310	32,021	33,179	30,610	28,841	9,936	385,733	54.14%	10
Sri Lanka Freedom Party	28,576	18,521	23,286	25,746	27,765	19,230	22,318	18,716	25,361	25,061	22,985	12,566	17,229	7,130	294,490	41.34%	7
United Socialist Alliance (CPSL, LSSP, NSSP, SLMP)	1,166	1,435	850	857	1,426	1,901	2,656	3,064	2,112	1,015	557	1,810	2,029	787	21,665	3.04%	0
United Lanka People's Party	1,765	1,253	233	345	859	390	333	438	513	756	1,618	1,310	512	224	10,549	1.48%	0
Valid Votes	56,701	46,644	51,799	54,725	60,426	55,936	53,967	45,767	56,296	58,853	58,339	46,296	48,611	18,077	712,437	100.00%	17
Rejected Votes	2,677	2,507	2,536	2,401	2,297	2,640	2,457	2,190	2,631	2,436	2,713	2,403	2,200	409	32,497
Total Polled	59,378	49,151	54,335	57,126	62,723	58,576	56,424	47,957	58,927	61,289	61,052	48,699	50,811	18,486	744,934
Registered Electors	77,198	65,038	67,159	71,255	82,689	80,113	75,135	65,066	78,192	76,279	77,242	67,618	67,601	19,073	969,658
Turnout	76.92%	75.57%	80.91%	80.17%	75.85%	73.12%	75.10%	73.71%	75.36%	80.35%	79.04%	72.02%	75.16%	96.92%	76.82%
Source:[6]

The following candidates were elected:^[6] Sirimavo Bandaranaike (SLFP), 214,390 preference votes (pv); Anura Bandaranaike (SLFP), 107,177 pv; Joseph Michael Perera (UNP), 104,094 pv; John Amaratunga (UNP), 90,797 pv; Ranil Wickramasinghe (UNP), 86,477 pv; Sarath Chandra Rajakaruna (UNP), 80,154 pv; Illukpitiya Mudiyanselage Peter Paul Perera (UNP), 63,602 pv; Lakshman Jayakody (SLFP), 62,652 pv; Wijayapala Mendis (UNP), 59,235 pv; Jayasinghe Muhandiram Donald Dissanayake (UNP), 56,610 pv; Mahindra Suransinghe Wijerathna (UNP), 52,738 pv; Jeyaraj Fernandopulle (SLFP), 51,485 pv; Anura Pradeep (SLFP), 47,550 pv; Hapangama Mahen Gunasekera (UNP), 44,630 pv; Ariyarathna Jayathilaka (UNP), 39,893 pv; Ranatunga Jayasekara Kankanamalage Reggie Padmasena Ranatunga (SLFP), 37,163 pv; and Sakalasooriya Appuhamilage Sardhatissa Sakalasooriya (SLFP), 36,363 pv.

1993 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 2nd Western provincial council election held on 17 May 1993 for the district:

Party	Votes	%	Seats
People's Alliance (SLFP et al.)			17
United National Party			15
Democratic United National Front			4
Others			0
Valid Votes			36
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout
Source:

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
	Attana -galla	Biy- agma	Divula -pitiya	Dompe	Gamp -aha	Ja-Ela	Katana	Kela -niya	Mahara	Minuwan -goda	Miri- gama	Neg- ombo	Wattala
People's Alliance (SLFP et al.)	45,629	34,719	32,951	35,849	47,822	40,838	40,684	32,961	43,413	39,893	37,512	28,830	32,311	15,618	509,030	56.79%	11
United National Party	24,269	25,537	29,141	26,552	27,133	31,851	29,617	23,504	29,173	29,455	30,492	28,624	31,482	8,801	375,631	41.91%	7
Sri Lanka Progressive Front (JVP)	849	1,048	523	589	1,340	970	633	1,314	1,149	844	1,100	289	593	386	11,627	1.30%	0
Valid Votes	70,747	61,304	62,615	62,990	76,295	73,659	70,934	57,779	73,735	70,192	69,104	57,743	64,386	24,805	896,288	100.00%	18
Rejected Votes	2,638	2,373	2,228	2,331	2,456	2,567	3,044	2,271	2,685	2,288	2,739	2,566	2,627	740	33,553
Total Polled	73,385	63,677	64,843	65,321	78,751	76,226	73,978	60,050	76,420	72,480	71,843	60,309	67,013	25,545	929,841
Registered Electors	91,907	80,600	77,104	80,415	100,416	97,305	92,027	78,191	98,091	89,192	89,455	80,589	85,516		1,140,808
Turnout	79.85%	79.00%	84.10%	81.23%	78.42%	78.34%	80.39%	76.80%	77.91%	81.26%	80.31%	74.84%	78.36%		81.51%
Source:[7]

The following candidates were elected:^[7] Chandrika Kumaratunga (PA), 464,588 preference votes (pv); John Amaratunga (UNP), 122,813 pv; Jeyaraj Fernandopulle (PA), 102,129 pv; Wijayapala Mendis (UNP), 96,559 pv; Joseph Michael Perera (UNP), 93,884 pv; Lakshman Jayakody (PA), 88,628 pv; Felix Perera (PA), 80,539 pv; Arakahagodage Aloysius Reginold Perera (UNP), 73,508 pv; Athula Nimalasiri (PA), 65,623 pv; Jayasinghe Rajapakse Mohottige Don Suranimala Rajapaksha (UNP), 63,067 pv; Anura Pradeep Hapangama (UNP), 62,829 pv; Reggie Padmasena Ranatunge (PA), 61,458 pv; Sarath Chandra Rajakaruna (UNP), 59,992 pv; Jinadasa Nandasena Maligaspe Koralage (PA), 58,237 pv; Bamunu Arachchi Pathirennehelage Lionel Gunawardena (PA), 57,091 pv; Neil Rupasinghe (PA), 57,090 pv; Kalupathirennehelage Don Upali Gunaratne (PA), 55,328 pv; and Alankarage Victor Suraweera (PA), 50,740 pv.

1994 Presidential Election

Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994 for the district:

Candidate	Party	Votes per Polling Division													Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
		Attana -galla	Biy- agma	Divula -pitiya	Dompe	Gamp -aha	Ja-Ela	Katana	Kela -niya	Mahara	Minuwan -goda	Miri- gama	Neg- ombo	Wattala
Chandrika Kumaratunga	PA	51,923	36,459	35,220	39,151	51,197	44,166	42,916	35,601	46,494	42,041	40,288	31,648	37,373	16,177	550,654	64.74%
Srimathi Dissanayake	UNP	17,437	19,678	23,749	19,920	20,094	24,260	24,637	18,825	21,935	22,839	22,585	22,131	23,671	6,847	288,608	33.93%
Harischandra Wijayatunga	SMBP	374	340	169	228	403	266	184	344	311	299	270	133	183	190	3,694	0.43%
Hudson Samarasinghe	Ind 2	396	201	235	283	215	152	251	151	251	252	248	184	180	20	3,019	0.35%
A.J. Ranashinge	Ind 1	206	235	149	152	246	236	187	187	235	233	208	172	214	51	2,711	0.32%
G.A. Nihal	SLPF	175	127	115	116	147	150	128	107	188	121	222	80	99	57	1,832	0.22%
Valid Votes		70,511	57,040	59,637	59,850	72,302	69,230	68,303	55,215	69,414	65,785	63,821	54,348	61,720	23,342	850,518	100.00%
Rejected Votes		1,065	930	832	867	958	1,141	864	920	1,064	892	1,446	761	922	475	13,137
Total Polled		71,576	57,970	60,469	60,717	73,260	70,371	69,167	56,135	70,478	66,677	65,267	55,109	62,642	23,817	863,655
Registered Electors		91,907	80,600	77,104	80,415	100,416	97,305	92,027	78,191	98,091	89,192	89,455	80,589	85,516		1,140,808
Turnout		77.88%	71.92%	78.43%	75.50%	72.96%	72.32%	75.16%	71.79%	71.85%	74.76%	72.96%	68.38%	73.25%		75.71%
Source:[8]

1999 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 3rd Western provincial council election held on 6 April 1999 for the district:

Party	Votes	%	Seats
People's Alliance (SLFP, SLMC et al.)	376,176	48.30%	17
United National Party	317,698	40.79%	15
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	58,277	7.48%	3
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	15,492	1.99%	1
New Left Front (NSSP et al.)	8,409	1.08%	0
Muslim United Liberation Front	1,347	0.17%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	807	0.10%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	663	0.09%	0
Valid Votes	778,869	100.00%	36
Rejected Votes	48,262
Total Polled	827,131
Registered Electors	1,213,589
Turnout	68.16%
Sources:[9][10]

1999 Presidential Election

Results of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999 for the district:

Candidate	Party	Votes per Polling Division													Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
		Attana -galla	Biy- agma	Divula -pitiya	Dompe	Gamp -aha	Ja-Ela	Katana	Kela -niya	Mahara	Minuwan -goda	Miri- gama	Neg- ombo	Wattala
Chandrika Kumaratunga	PA	51,204	36,550	35,245	39,214	51,606	44,098	45,607	30,947	46,703	42,314	38,075	28,515	32,954	9,764	532,796	56.58%
Ranil Wickramasinghe	UNP	21,709	26,061	27,007	23,857	26,257	29,726	27,389	22,215	27,771	28,328	28,456	28,156	30,566	6,471	353,969	37.59%
M.D.N. Gunathilaka	JVP	3,608	2,825	2,046	2,794	4,433	3,089	2,224	2,940	3,941	3,658	4,213	1,360	2,127	1,214	40,472	4.30%
Harischandra Wijayatunga	SMBP	411	369	215	281	626	236	261	512	402	450	415	106	184	285	4,753	0.50%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara	LDA	125	118	97	97	198	224	171	124	171	106	112	156	279	124	2,102	0.22%
T. Edirisuriya	Ind 1	143	110	107	142	130	112	148	108	113	125	116	111	74	10	1,549	0.16%
W.V.M. Ranjith	Ind 2	133	114	127	137	114	82	125	76	122	134	150	92	83	6	1,495	0.16%
Abdul Rasool	SLMP	212	94	54	81	63	82	82	103	99	98	198	126	60	2	1,354	0.14%
Rajiva Wijesinha	Liberal	95	78	100	121	90	72	92	52	103	102	106	74	72	8	1,165	0.12%
Kamal Karunadasa	PLSF	77	54	62	71	77	57	71	59	62	94	82	55	47	10	878	0.09%
Hudson Samarasinghe	Ind 3	45	24	36	35	39	27	25	19	30	29	50	36	22	3	420	0.04%
A. Dissanayaka	DUNF	52	27	21	48	26	21	19	19	30	33	31	20	27	12	386	0.04%
A.W. Premawardhana	PFF	14	18	30	29	23	26	21	16	27	20	21	15	17	3	280	0.03%
Valid Votes		77,828	66,442	65,147	66,907	83,682	77,852	76,235	57,190	79,574	75,491	72,025	58,822	66,512	17,912	941,619	100.00%
Rejected Votes		1,933	1,443	941	1,081	1,780	1,759	1,545	1,582	1,809	1,514	1,619	1,181	1,541	1,040	20,768
Total Polled		79,761	67,885	66,088	67,988	85,462	79,611	77,780	58,772	81,383	77,005	73,644	60,003	68,053	18,952	962,387
Registered Electors		101,470	88,034	83,077	87,240	111,814	104,076	100,352	77,425	107,701	98,927	96,907	83,508	88,377		1,228,908
Turnout		78.61%	77.11%	79.55%	77.93%	76.43%	76.49%	77.51%	75.91%	75.56%	77.84%	75.99%	71.85%	77.00%		78.31%
Source:[11]

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
	Attana -galla	Biy- agma	Divula -pitiya	Dompe	Gamp -aha	Ja-Ela	Katana	Kela -niya	Mahara	Minuwan -goda	Miri- gama	Neg- ombo	Wattala
People's Alliance (SLFP et al.)	42,537	30,828	32,294	35,897	45,394	38,150	42,316	24,734	40,884	38,350	33,116	24,826	29,015	11,677	470,018	48.87%	10
United National Party	23,248	27,052	28,894	25,053	27,794	33,089	30,157	24,045	30,031	30,025	30,025	28,983	32,570	7,362	378,328	39.34%	7
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	6,229	5,796	3,289	4,576	8,284	6,198	3,906	5,651	7,489	6,148	6,732	2,557	4,146	2,109	73,110	7.60%	1
Sinhala Heritage	1,315	1,539	658	972	2,434	2,180	1,578	2,292	1,983	1,530	813	975	1,320	708	20,297	2.11%	0
National Unity Alliance (SLMC)	3,475	2,039	17	205	40	47	223	405	339	411	982	2,596	191	43	11,013	1.15%	0
New Left Front (NSSP et al.)	286	202	254	310	291	261	314	178	270	272	310	285	226	43	3,502	0.36%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	123	184	52	53	158	68	50	170	112	231	94	36	67	65	1,463	0.15%	0
United Lalith Front	86	68	98	105	68	72	80	62	107	96	102	67	78	4	1,093	0.11%	0
Citizen's Front	81	49	34	44	105	47	48	58	78	55	69	30	57	19	774	0.08%	0
Democratic United National Front	52	25	25	37	54	29	37	21	50	48	35	28	27	5	473	0.05%	0
Independent 1	29	19	11	16	20	23	27	20	16	24	24	17	22	2	270	0.03%	0
Independent 3	30	16	27	24	25	12	31	11	20	24	13	13	19	0	265	0.03%	0
Independent 5	16	15	29	20	11	12	17	11	24	23	29	12	12	2	233	0.02%	0
Liberal Party	15	12	21	10	17	10	27	15	29	14	19	22	13	8	232	0.02%	0
Independent 4	19	17	12	11	17	7	14	15	17	13	17	8	9	1	177	0.02%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	34	12	9	6	13	6	12	9	9	8	8	12	7	4	149	0.02%	0
Independent 2	11	16	11	6	21	9	7	9	13	11	6	9	8	0	137	0.01%	0
Peoples Freedom Front	10	8	3	17	10	13	5	5	9	9	7	1	1	1	99	0.01%	0
Ruhuna People's Party	4	3	1	3	11	6	7	5	5	5	4	5	15	2	76	0.01%	0
Valid Votes	77,600	67,900	65,739	67,365	84,767	80,239	78,856	57,716	81,485	77,297	72,405	60,482	67,803	22,055	961,709	100.00%	18
Rejected Votes	3,507	2,431	2,439	2,540	2,903	2,823	3,350	2,251	3,075	2,926	3,214	2,858	2,564	509	37,390
Total Polled	81,107	70,331	68,178	69,905	87,670	83,062	82,206	59,967	84,560	80,223	75,619	63,340	70,367	22,564	990,099
Registered Electors	103,895	90,501	84,780	89,364	114,218	106,334	103,105	77,681	110,100	101,131	98,681	84,290	89,336		1,253,416
Turnout (%)	78.07%	77.71%	80.42%	78.23%	76.76%	78.11%	79.73%	77.20%	76.80%	79.33%	76.63%	75.15%	78.77%		79.71%
Source:[12]

The following candidates were elected:^[13] Karu Jayasuriya (UNP), 237,387 preference votes (pv); A. D. Susil Premajayanth (PA), 165,905 pv; Jeyaraj Fernandopulle (PA), 138,859 pv; Anura Bandaranaike (UNP), 99,536 pv; Felix Perera (PA), 96,222 pv; Pandu Bandaranaike (PA), 92,182 pv; Jayalath Jayawardena (UNP), 82,730 pv; Reggie Ranatunga (PA), 79,510 pv; Sarath Keerthiratne (PA), 77,427 pv; John Amaratunga (UNP), 67,104 pv; Edward Gunaserkara (UNP), 65,157 pv; Lionel Gunawardena (PA), 59,777 pv; Joseph Michael Perera (UNP), 59,646 pv; Sarathchandra Peramuna (PA), 52,416 pv; Neil Rupasinghe (PA), 51,500 pv; Suranimala Rajapaksha (UNP), 49,697 pv; Ananda Moonasinghe (PA), 48,863 pv; and Vijitha Herath (JVP), 8,823 pv.

2001 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 12th parliamentary election held on 5 December 2001 for the district:

Party	Votes per Polling Division													Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
	Attana -galla	Biy- agma	Divula -pitiya	Dompe	Gamp -aha	Ja-Ela	Katana	Kela -niya	Mahara	Minuwan -goda	Miri- gama	Neg- ombo	Wattala
United National Front (UNP, SLMC, CWC, WPF)	29,618	32,882	31,434	28,707	32,479	38,219	35,075	27,174	34,904	32,726	33,405	35,678	37,592		437,289	43.94%	9
People's Alliance (SLFP et al.)	39,531	28,778	29,656	33,199	41,519	34,522	39,498	23,419	37,499	34,348	31,014	21,811	24,651		428,780	43.08%	7
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	9,351	8,665	5,817	7,558	12,791	9,856	7,388	7,589	11,262	9,627	10,143	4,141	6,641		113,990	11.45%	2
Sinhala Heritage	694	549	303	337	1,090	708	548	932	831	633	462	265	513		8,105	0.81%	0
New Left Front (NSSP et al.)	330	220	196	291	315	282	296	175	303	267	284	262	220		3,488	0.35%	0
United Socialist Party	47	78	40	45	41	58	60	41	66	61	73	56	62		736	0.07%	0
United Lalith Front	46	47	33	62	41	56	53	35	41	65	62	40	39		623	0.06%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	37	28	12	22	39	21	16	40	39	44	38	15	17		389	0.04%	0
Ruhuna People's Party	42	36	19	18	23	26	25	18	35	24	33	18	15		334	0.03%	0
Independent 6	24	23	25	32	20	30	30	12	40	24	25	18	14		317	0.03%	0
United Sinhala Great Council	22	7	14	17	18	13	16	34	21	11	7	7	34		226	0.02%	0
Independent 5	15	14	11	19	18	14	18	11	17	14	24	12	7		194	0.02%	0
Sri Lanka Muslim Party	9	5	4	9	10	16	20	15	14	11	21	10	10		146	0.01%	0
Independent 3	24	11	8	16	8	9	12	8	7	6	15	6	5		136	0.01%	0
Independent 4	10	8	4	10	10	9	14	4	6	11	9	11	4		113	0.01%	0
Independent 2	8	9	4	10	11	10	6	9	12	3	11	7	5		107	0.01%	0
Independent 1	4	7	6	7	7	8	1	3	14	8	10	6	8		100	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	2	7	1	11	8	10	7	7	6	11	4	7	8		90	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka National Front	2	7	6	5	4	3	6	5	6	10	6	3	4		67	0.01%	0
Valid Votes	79,816	71,381	67,593	70,375	88,452	83,870	83,089	59,531	85,123	77,904	75,646	62,373	69,849		995,230	100.00%	18
Rejected Votes	3,490	2,617	2,672	2,569	2,909	2,524	3,143	2,532	3,158	2,906	3,330	3,044	2,791		38,172
Total Polled	83,306	73,998	70,265	72,944	91,361	86,394	86,232	62,063	88,281	80,810	78,976	65,417	72,640		1,033,402
Registered Electors	106,025	93,735	87,050	91,487	116,768	109,799	106,508	79,217	113,172	103,461	100,833	85,784	92,154		1,285,993
Turnout	78.57%	78.94%	80.72%	79.73%	78.24%	78.68%	80.96%	78.35%	78.01%	78.11%	78.32%	76.26%	78.82%		80.36%
Sources:[14][15]

The following candidates were elected:^[16] Anura Bandaranaike (PA), 265,160 preference votes (pv); Karu Jayasuriya (UNF), 250,912 pv; Jayalath Jayawardena (UNF), 116,737 pv; Jeyaraj Fernandopulle (PA), 95,591 pv; Joseph Michael Perera (UNF), 86,959 pv; John Amaratunga (UNF), 82,326 pv; Olitha Premathiratne (UNF), 81,302 pv; Pandu Bandaranaike (PA), 78,614 pv; Felix Perera (PA), 73,029 pv; Edward Gunaserkara (UNF), 70,667 pv; Suranimala Rajapaksha(UNF), 60,861 pv; Sarath Chandra Rajakaruna (UNF), 60,776 pv; Sarana Gunawardena (PA), 59,470 pv; Ravindra Randeniya (UNF), 56,449 pv; Reggie Ranatunge (PA) 53,031 pv; Neil Rupasinghe (PA) 48,167 pv; Vijitha Herath (JVP), 13,981 pv; and Anjan Umma (JVP), 10,834 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
	Attana -galla	Biy- agma	Divula -pitiya	Dompe	Gamp -aha	Ja-Ela	Katana	Kela -niya	Mahara	Minuwan -goda	Miri- gama	Neg- ombo	Wattala
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, JVP et al.)	45,529	34,502	34,257	40,327	51,944	42,453	41,823	25,774	47,558	41,026	39,853	24,357	28,344	12,216	509,963	51.51%	9
United National Front (UNP, SLMC, CWC, WPF)	24,282	24,696	26,267	23,111	24,652	34,248	31,919	21,450	27,012	28,632	27,523	33,709	34,041	6,030	367,572	37.13%	6
Jathika Hela Urumaya	8,741	11,434	5,666	5,943	11,357	6,009	6,254	10,956	11,194	9,292	6,775	1,759	4,525	2,611	102,516	10.36%	2
National Development Front	189	306	278	164	327	671	637	251	377	339	193	387	478	25	4,622	0.47%	0
United Socialist Party	237	197	234	192	116	236	282	147	178	248	265	277	233	10	2,852	0.29%	0
New Left Front (NSSP et al.)	54	57	40	26	53	97	98	51	76	63	46	148	102	21	932	0.09%	0
Independent 10	27	14	26	22	20	23	18	17	16	26	20	14	16	1	260	0.03%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	8	15	17	7	15	4	62	11	25	15	10	4	4	6	203	0.02%	0
Independent 9	13	9	15	13	7	6	10	11	12	9	20	8	16	0	149	0.02%	0
Independent 3	22	9	9	14	17	10	13	6	12	9	16	4	1	1	143	0.01%	0
Swarajya	4	15	5	12	12	5	10	35	12	1	6	4	7	1	129	0.01%	0
Democratic United National Front	4	3	3	6	35	9	4	9	2	4	1	7	20	0	107	0.01%	0
Liberal Party	7	1	4	20	8	8	6	5	5	1	2		4	2	73	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka Muslim Party	4	4	3	4	2	4	10	6	7	4	3	7	15	0	73	0.01%	0
Independent 7	6	3	5	2	7	4	11	2	4	4	4	7	6	1	66	0.01%	0
Independent 1	3	4	3	5	3	4	7	4	5	9	1	11	5	1	65	0.01%	0
Independent 4	3	5	2	4	6	3	3	4	3	7	4		4	0	48	0.00%	0
Independent 8	4	3	4	2	4	9	1	4		3	3	4	2	0	43	0.00%	0
Ruhuna People's Party	3	2	3	3	5	6	2	2	4	2	3	3	4	0	42	0.00%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	2	7	2	2	1	4	4	1	1	7	2	3	3	1	40	0.00%	0
Independent 6	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	5	2	4	4	6	1	34	0.00%	0
Sri Lanka National Front	7	1	0	1	2	1	5	2	3	2	1	3	0	0	28	0.00%	0
Independent 2	2	1	2	4	3	0	2	2	0	3	2	4	0	0	25	0.00%	0
Independent 5	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	1	3	1	2	1	1	0	17	0.00%	0
Valid Votes	79,155	71,292	66,847	69,885	88,597	83,816	81,185	58,753	86,514	79,709	74,759	60,725	67,837	20,928	990,002	100.00%	17
Rejected Votes	3,853	2,585	2,884	3,073	3,485	2,997	3,268	2,396	3,448	3,169	3,677	2,842	2,761	424	40,862
Total Polled	83,008	73,877	69,731	72,958	92,082	86,813	84,453	61,149	89,962	82,878	78,436	63,567	70,598	21,352	1,030,864
Registered Electors	109,731	96,568	90,352	94,755	120,833	113,559	110,706	80,329	117,826	107,679	104,122	88,773	91,912		1,327,145
Turnout	75.65%	76.50%	77.18%	77.00%	76.21%	76.45%	76.29%	76.12%	76.35%	76.97%	75.33%	71.61%	76.81%		77.68%
Source:[17]

The following candidates were elected:^[18] Vijitha Herath (UPFA-JVP), 215,540 preference votes (pv); Karu Jayasuriya (UNF-UNP), 202,029 pv; Anura Bandaranaike (UPFA-SLFP), 198,444 pv; Siripala Amarasingha (UPFA-SLFP), 128,633 pv; Anjan Umma (UPFA-JVP), 111,755 pv; Joseph Michael Perera (UNF-UNP), 95,231 pv; Jayalath Jayawardena (UNF-UNP), 93,643 pv; Jeyaraj Fernandopulle (UPFA-SLFP), 90,307 pv; Lasantha Alagiyawanna (UPFA-SLFP), 86,550 pv; John Amaratunga (UNF-UNP), 86,141 pv; Sripathi Sooriyaarachchi (UPFA-SLFP), 76,637 pv; Felix Perera (UPFA-SLFP), 72,616 pv; Pandu Bandaranaike (UPFA-SLFP), 56,715 pv; Sarath Chandra Rajakaruna (UNF-UNP), 55,337 pv; Edward Gunaserkara (UNF-UNP), 44,890 pv; Kolonnawe Sri Sumangala (JHU), 25,154 pv; and Aparekke Punnananda (JHU), 7,389 pv.

Kolonnawe Sri Sumangala (JHU) resigned on 8 October 2004. His replacement was Alawwe Nandaloka (JHU).

Siripala Amarasingha (UPFA-SLFP) resigned on 19 April 2006. His replacement was Sarath Kumara Gunaratna (UPFA-SLFP).^[19]

Sripathi Sooriyaarachchi (UPFA-SLFP(M)) was killed on 9 February 2008.^[20] His replacement was Reggie Ranatunga (UPFA-SLFP).

Anura Bandaranaike (UPFA-SLFP) died on 16 March 2008.^[21] His replacement Sarana Gunawardena (UPFA-SLFP) was sworn in on 6 May 2008.^[22]

Jeyaraj Fernandopulle (UPFA-SLFP) was murdered on 6 April 2008.^[23] His replacement Dulip Wijeysekara (UPFA-SLFP) was sworn in on 6 May 2008.^[22]

Reggie Ranatunga (UPFA-SLFP) died on 31 May 2008.^[24] His replacement Neil Rupasinghe (UPFA-SLFP) was sworn in on 6 June 2008.^[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
	Attana -galla	Biy- agma	Divula -pitiya	Dompe	Gamp -aha	Ja-Ela	Katana	Kela -niya	Mahara	Minuwan -goda	Miri- gama	Neg- ombo	Wattala
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, JVP et al.)	34,731	27,163	26,522	31,198	37,572	32,434	31,872	21,286	36,457	32,425	30,664	22,098	21,174	7,285	392,881	61.35%	24
United National Party	12,614	16,802	17,611	14,615	14,460	20,082	16,959	14,923	16,371	17,925	16,991	15,928	20,792	2,830	218,903	34.19%	14
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress	4,653	2,631	15	379	24	25	387	1,209	790	1,183	1,575	3,447	287	16	16,621	2.60%	1
Western People's Front	11	12	9	9	14	127	86	419	32	11	29	413	1,626	0	2,798	0.44%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	114	67	1,200	29	111	39	431	82	137	195	40	19	48	52	2,564	0.40%	0
United Socialist Party	173	219	190	187	127	187	183	180	177	194	191	165	224	22	2,419	0.38%	0
National Development Front	113	128	143	94	134	365	411	98	166	152	84	206	260	7	2,361	0.37%	0
Independent 3	478	11	32	27	14	7	6	1	13	8	179	4	8	6	794	0.12%	0
Independent 4	29	16	17	17	20	16	18	7	22	34	20	18	17	7	258	0.04%	0
United Sinhala Great Council	18	15	20	18	16	16	18	7	14	21	11	20	34	8	236	0.04%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	29	12	6	8	8	7	8	17	18	12	12	10	11	1	159	0.02%	0
Liberal Party	6	11	4	29	11	10	10	5	13	9	9	9	12	4	142	0.02%	0
Independent 1	14	4	6	5	8	8	10	8	9	10	9	9	4	6	110	0.02%	0
Independent 2	9	3	5	11	4	6	8	14	4	11	8	5	11	1	100	0.02%	0
Valid Votes	52,992	47,094	45,780	46,626	52,523	53,329	50,407	38,256	54,223	52,190	49,822	42,351	44,508	10,245	640,346	100.00%	39
Rejected Votes	3,649	2,608	2,400	2,647	3,434	3,183	3,028	2,668	3,176	3,335	3,009	2,177	2,727	749	38,790
Total Polled	56,641	49,702	48,180	49,273	55,957	56,512	53,435	40,924	57,399	55,525	52,831	44,528	47,235	10,994	679,136
Registered Electors	109,731	96,568	90,352	94,755	120,833	113,559	110,706	80,329	117,826	107,679	104,122	88,773	91,912		1,327,145
Turnout	51.62%	51.47%	53.32%	52.00%	46.31%	49.76%	48.27%	50.95%	48.72%	51.57%	50.74%	50.16%	51.39%		51.17%
Source:[26]

The following candidates were elected:^[26] R.A. Waruna Deepthi Rajapaksha (UPFA), 56,118 preference votes (pv); Prasanna Ranathunga (UPFA), 46,135 pv; R.A. Eraj Crishantha de Alwis (UPFA), 43,064 pv; Ashoka Sapumal Ranwala (UPFA), 35,623 pv; Ananda Ranjith Rupasinghe (UPFA), 34,614 pv; Arachchige Ganepola Dulip Pandula Perera Wijesekara (UPFA), 34,509 pv; Arachchige Ileperuma Sunil Wijerathna (UPFA), 33,496 pv; I. Gihan Wijesinghe (UPFA), 32,992 pv; Antony Nimal Lanza (UPFA), 31,502 pv; Appuhamilage Sardhathissa Sakalasuriya (UPFA), 31,356 pv; Arachchige Sarath Kumara Gunarathna (UPFA), 29,411 pv; Undikkunda Arachchige Nandaseeli (UPFA), 29,107 pv; M. Kulasiri de Silva (UPFA), 28,326 pv; Komitige Meril Perera (UPFA), 27,513 pv; H. Wimalasena Silva (UPFA), 26,865 pv; Nandana Mendis (UPFA), 26,083 pv; S. Kinsley Kasthuriarachchi (UPFA), 25,739 pv; Lalith Wanigarathna (UPFA), 24,710 pv; Gunasiri Jayanath (UPFA), 24,480 pv; Kalupathirannahalage Don Gamini Gunarathna (UNP), 23,947 pv; Arachchilage Sisira Jayakody (UPFA), 23,859 pv; Upul Deva Wanawasa Rununage (UNP), 23,632 pv; U. George Perera (UNP), 23,339 pv; Ashantha Namal Gunawardhana (UPFA), 22,097 pv; Chandana Jayakody (UPFA), 21,907 pv; Arachchige Don Nihal Caneesius Premasiri Jayawardhana (UPFA), 21,694 pv; Lowrence Madiwela (UNP), 21,591 pv; Uthuwan Pathirannehelage Chandrasoma Saranalal (UNP), 21,458 pv; R. Waragoda (UPFA), 21,446 pv; Araliya Kankanamalage Paul Perera (UNP), 21,195 pv; Edward Silva Digirige (UNP), 20,629 pv; Athige Sirikamal Feleshian de Silva (UNP), 18,637 pv; Mallikaarachchige Clarance Thushara Perera (UNP), 17,868 pv; Appuhamilage Kithsiri Manchanayake (UNP), 15,757 pv; Ananda Samarasekara (UNP), 15,529 pv; Palitha Lihiniyakumara (UNP), 15,066 pv; Abhayasiri Ramanayake (UNP), 14,996 pv; Welisarage Douglas Morine Fernando (UNP), 14,246 pv; and M.S.M. Raheem (SLMC), 3,001 pv.

2005 Presidential Election

Results of the 5th presidential election held on 17 November 2005 for the district:

Candidate	Party	Votes per Polling Division													Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
		Attana -galla	Biy- agma	Divula -pitiya	Dompe	Gamp -aha	Ja-Ela	Katana	Kela -niya	Mahara	Minuwan -goda	Miri- gama	Neg- ombo	Wattala
Mahinda Rajapaksa	UPFA	52,393	43,249	39,347	45,849	62,018	46,950	49,095	33,179	56,759	49,509	45,537	24,236	31,446	17,131	596,698	54.78%
Ranil Wickramasinghe	UNP	33,171	34,685	34,945	30,306	34,376	42,606	40,473	28,676	37,772	37,801	36,345	40,805	40,984	8,819	481,764	44.23%
Siritunga Jayasuriya	USP	252	155	217	227	197	196	258	130	211	259	227	252	200	9	2,790	0.26%
A.A. Suraweera	NDF	214	183	179	238	191	167	195	142	198	179	196	141	141	7	2,371	0.22%
Victor Hettigoda	ULPP	208	118	115	129	168	175	177	101	155	162	145	92	151	87	1,983	0.18%
Chamil Jayaneththi	NLF	83	47	79	61	70	54	79	37	55	74	85	75	47	10	856	0.08%
Aruna de Soyza	RPP	63	42	46	51	55	51	84	23	60	42	38	37	37	2	631	0.06%
Anura De Silva	ULF	40	28	51	52	46	56	52	26	42	59	70	46	39	2	609	0.06%
Wimal Geeganage	SLNF	48	41	48	56	42	45	43	20	50	38	62	34	37	6	570	0.05%
A.K.J. Arachchige	DUA	37	23	36	39	31	19	31	23	35	36	42	42	22	2	418	0.04%
Wije Dias	SEP	35	21	15	28	29	29	18	20	29	29	28	25	31	6	343	0.03%
P. Nelson Perera	SLPF	16	7	15	11	9	11	13	5	10	22	13	16	8	1	157	0.01%
H.S. Dharmadwaja	UNAF	8	2	7	8	9	3	10	5	4	10	13	1	5	2	87	0.01%
Valid Votes		86,568	78,601	75,100	77,055	97,241	90,362	90,528	62,387	95,380	88,220	82,801	65,802	73,148	26,084	1,089,277	100.00%
Rejected Votes		1,090	754	680	669	944	973	977	708	901	947	982	799	873	427	11,724
Total Polled		87,658	79,355	75,780	77,724	98,185	91,335	91,505	63,095	96,281	89,167	83,783	66,601	74,021	26,511	1,101,001
Registered Electors		112,898	99,193	93,677	97,143	124,714	117,040	114,595	80,301	122,039	111,211	107,553	89,361	94,455		1,364,180
Turnout		77.64%	80.00%	80.89%	80.01%	78.73%	78.04%	79.85%	78.57%	78.89%	80.18%	77.90%	74.53%	78.37%		80.71%
Source:[27]

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
	Attana -galla	Biy- agma	Divula -pitiya	Dompe	Gamp -aha	Ja-Ela	Katana	Kela -niya	Mahara	Minuwan -goda	Miri- gama	Neg- ombo	Wattala
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP et al.)	51,661	45,061	42,097	48,383	60,210	50,015	53,286	32,388	59,679	55,692	45,740	32,475	36,467	11,376	624,530	69.07%	27
United National Party	12,763	18,241	17,387	14,315	16,968	23,430	21,921	14,694	18,163	17,466	17,728	17,823	22,657	2,700	236,256	26.13%	10
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	1,553	1,689	1,063	1,313	2,590	1,853	1,385	1,406	2,270	1,503	2,223	777	1,303	563	21,491	2.38%	1
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress	4,321	2,086	53	159	9	97	610	1,521	984	941	1,352	3,558	2,291	32	18,014	1.99%	1
Democratic Unity Alliance	376	88	14	16	44	59	48	87	120	55	155	83	276	3	1,424	0.16%	0
United Socialist Party	29	41	56	46	28	57	59	50	51	40	71	54	71	4	657	0.07%	0
Independent 4	42	32	35	56	69	48	57	32	54	41	36	32	34	0	568	0.06%	0
Ruhuna People's Party	10	36	6	5	15	289	34	11	9	6	2	26	37	1	487	0.05%	0
National Development Front	15	24	13	17	15	16	20	13	25	21	19	16	15	0	229	0.03%	0
Independent 2	28	12	1	3	4	2	9	23	16	7	10	18	14	0	147	0.02%	0
Democratic United National Front	4	3	1	2	3	17	4	12	5	5	3	1	46	1	107	0.01%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	8	9	6	8	8	4	8	8	6	10	3	6	8	3	95	0.01%	0
Independent 1	8	2	4	4	5	5	4	3	6	8	5	7	7	2	70	0.01%	0
Independent 3	6	4	1	7	4	5	4	7	6	3	5	3	4	1	60	0.01%	0
United Lanka Great Council	7	1	1	2	4	3	1	1	5	2	6	14	4	4	55	0.01%	0
Valid Votes	70,831	67,329	60,738	64,336	79,976	75,900	77,450	50,256	81,399	75,800	67,358	54,893	63,234	14,690	904,190	100.00%	39
Rejected Votes	2,436	1,789	1,910	1,792	2,295	2,183	2,639	1,632	2,325	2,310	2,324	1,912	2,232	391	28,170
Total Polled	73,267	69,118	62,648	66,128	82,271	78,083	80,089	51,888	83,724	78,110	69,682	56,805	65,466	15,081	932,360
Registered Electors	119,299	106,550	98,572	103,058	132,375	126,026	125,510	83,239	132,781	119,350	113,421	94,871	103,243		1,458,295
Turnout	61.41%	64.87%	63.56%	64.17%	62.15%	61.96%	63.81%	62.34%	63.05%	65.45%	61.44%	59.88%	63.41%		63.93%
Source:[28]

The following candidates were elected:^[29] Prasanna Ranathunga (UPFA), 186,338 preference votes (pv); Antony Nimal Lanza (UPFA), 31,502 pv; 76,156 pv; Pradeep Perera (UPFA), 62,948 pv; I.A. Sunil Wijerarhna (UPFA), 58,444; Lalith Wanigarathna (UPFA), 53,773 pv; Dinendra Ruwan Wijewardhane (UNP); 53,756 pv; Arachchilage Sisira Jayakody (UPFA), 49,975 pv; Ranjith Rupasinghe (UPFA), 49,058 pv; Arachchi Chandrika Sakalasooriya (UPFA), 48,852 pv; Komitige Meril Perera (UPFA), 48,176 pv; Ananda Harishchandra De Silva Kadupiti (UPFA), 47,687 pv; H.M.G.B. Kotakadeniya (UPFA), 47,139 pv; Kokila Harshini Gunawardane (UPFA), 46,997 pv; Gunasiri Jayantha (UPFA), 42,068 pv; Arachchige Don Nihal Caneesius Premasiri Jayawardhana (UPFA), 40,142 pv; Agamuthugalage Sandya Siriwardhana (UPFA), 39,542 pv; Arachchige Ganepola Ravindra Prassad Perera Wijesekara (UPFA), 38,836 pv; Harshana Supun Rajakaruna (UNP), 37,485 pv; A. Ajith Kumara Mannapperuma (UNP), 37,330 pv; Marasinghe Pathirajalage Lionel Jayasinghe (UPFA), 37,240 pv; Upali Gunarathna (UPFA), 33,795 pv; Mallika Arachchige Clerance Thushara Perera (UPFA), 33,441 pv; A.A. Kuruppu Achchiralalage Kamal Kuruppu (UPFA), 31,332 pv; M. Shrinath Sudesh Mahendra Perera (UNP), 30,843 pv; Chandana Jayakody (UPFA), 29,663 pv; Asiri Bastian Koralage Randeer Rodrigo (UPFA), 29,072 pv; U. George Perera (UNP), 29,033 pv; N. Darshana Mallawa (UPFA), 28,311 pv; Shalitha Lakshman Wijesundara (UPFA), 27,951 pv; R.P. Dilip Kumara Rajapaksha (UPFA), 27,399 pv; W.K.D. Rehensiri Waragoda (UPFA), 27,336 pv; Innocent Sooriyabandarahe Don Doltan Janaka (UPFA), 26,186 pv; Appuhamilage Kithsiri Manchanayake (UNP), 23,804 pv; Amba Ahage Margret Rose Fernando (UNP), 22,439 pv; Udena Wijerathna (UNP), 19,607 pv; Araliya Kankanamalage Paul Perera (UNP), 18,705 pv; Amarasekara P.A.D.G.I. Shirantha (UNP), 18,472 pv; A.A. Mohamed Shaffi Raheem (SLMC), 12,344 pv; and R.A. Waruna Deepthi Rajapaksha (JVP), 5,689 pv.

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	%
		Attana -galla	Biy- agma	Divula -pitiya	Dompe	Gamp -aha	Ja-Ela	Katana	Kela -niya	Mahara	Minuwan -goda	Miri- gama	Neg- ombo	Wattala
Mahinda Rajapaksa	UPFA	61,337	52,066	48,149	56,758	71,811	56,726	59,558	36,242	69,085	60,318	54,697	32,125	39,316	20,528	718,716	61.66%
Sarath Fonseka	NDF	30,110	31,762	28,518	23,619	32,262	39,701	38,605	26,740	34,807	33,057	30,169	36,669	38,789	9,698	434,506	37.28%
M.C.M. Ismail	DUNF	136	102	197	124	122	149	150	124	136	235	160	187	215	22	2,059	0.18%
A.A. Suraweera	NDF	202	118	145	208	129	140	117	84	216	184	168	122	140	6	1,979	0.17%
W.V. Mahiman Ranjith	Ind 1	121	91	108	137	114	73	142	67	123	111	131	69	82	10	1,379	0.12%
C.J. Sugathsiri Gamage	UDF	91	68	90	81	78	73	105	85	98	101	101	138	110	11	1,230	0.11%
A.S.P Liyanage	SLLP	77	100	61	59	65	77	72	90	76	54	89	67	97	8	992	0.09%
Ukkubanda Wijekoon	Ind 3	57	54	55	74	55	45	82	24	49	49	74	35	50	7	710	0.06%
Aithurus M. Illias	Ind 2	60	28	44	38	43	31	34	31	42	39	65	34	35	2	526	0.05%
Lal Perera	ONF	47	40	38	31	35	35	48	27	36	43	43	50	48	3	524	0.04%
Vikramabahu Karunaratne	LF	46	25	24	25	40	32	54	18	40	49	30	48	60	19	510	0.04%
Sarath Manamendra	NSH	49	35	43	37	40	34	46	28	28	38	38	32	50	2	500	0.04%
Siritunga Jayasuriya	USP	41	34	41	29	35	40	40	28	36	45	58	27	37	8	499	0.04%
M. K. Shivajilingam	Ind 5	26	20	15	17	11	15	37	13	17	19	22	48	42	1	303	0.03%
Wije Dias	SEP	26	8	14	20	15	23	25	16	24	18	10	14	22	3	238	0.02%
M. Mohamed Musthaffa	Ind 4	19	14	12	13	18	17	12	10	15	14	7	14	8	0	173	0.01%
Battaramulla Seelarathana	JP	15	10	16	12	6	10	14	7	23	14	16	7	11	7	168	0.01%
Sanath Pinnaduwa	NA	11	7	9	12	8	11	16	9	11	13	16	11	12	0	146	0.01%
Sarath Kongahage	UNAF	10	8	17	6	6	24	10	7	6	9	10	7	12	3	135	0.01%
Aruna de Soyza	RPP	14	7	11	10	21	10	8	8	8	6	11	7	5	4	130	0.01%
Senaratna de Silva	PNF	9	10	9	6	9	7	13	7	12	10	10	10	10	1	123	0.01%
M.B. Thaminimulla	ACAKO	11	4	8	8	4	6	9	6	17	9	8	2	9	1	102	0.01%
Valid Votes		92,515	84,611	77,624	81,324	104,927	97,279	99,197	63,671	104,905	94,435	85,933	69,723	79,160	30,344	1,165,648	100.00%
Rejected Votes		645	629	476	484	682	692	767	584	629	618	719	650	830	555	8,960
Total Polled		93,160	85,240	78,100	81,808	105,609	97,971	99,964	64,255	105,534	95,053	86,652	70,373	79,990	30,899	1,174,608
Registered Electors		120,900	107,786	99,742	104,155	133,606	127,821	127,421	83,105	134,581	120,860	114,566	96,028	103,893		1,474,464
Turnout		77.06%	79.08%	78.30%	78.54%	79.05%	76.65%	78.45%	77.32%	78.42%	78.65%	75.64%	73.28%	76.99%		79.66%
Source:[2]

2010 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010 for the district:

Party	Votes per Polling Division													Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
	Attana -galla	Biy- agma	Divula -pitiya	Dompe	Gamp -aha	Ja-Ela	Katana	Kela -niya	Mahara	Minuwan -goda	Miri- gama	Neg- ombo	Wattala
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP et al.)	51,172	41,478	38,957	46,356	58,268	43,920	49,766	30,276	55,327	49,033	45,428	26,076	31,444	21,975	589,476	63.37%	12
United National Front (UNP, SLMC, DPF, SLFP(P))	15,912	20,438	18,026	14,185	17,976	26,397	22,919	16,479	20,387	19,295	17,971	23,987	26,659	5,892	266,523	28.65%	5
Democratic National Alliance (JVP et al.)	5,626	5,089	2,931	3,709	7,188	6,544	5,228	5,322	7,027	5,270	4,491	3,463	4,929	2,930	69,747	7.50%	1
Independent 2	5	47	65	23	47	223	418	37	83	91	15	239	166	10	1,469	0.16%	0
Sri Lanka National Front	36	13	64	34	69	83	52	15	22	31	63	19	87	37	625	0.07%	0
National Development Front	30	15	32	22	18	19	54	20	23	47	18	88	18	5	409	0.04%	0
Independent 9	23	13	18	18	25	21	27	21	18	30	24	19	16	6	279	0.03%	0
United National Alternative Front	22	14	12	15	21	16	22	20	19	13	12	13	24	6	229	0.02%	0
Independent 13	6	13	6	11	34	8	1	15	7	42	38	11	10	5	207	0.02%	0
Janasetha Peramuna	22	2	4	14	12	10	12	6	4	13	10	50	9	9	177	0.02%	0
United Democratic Front	13	7	4	5	13	10	10	9	15	14	10	8	8	8	134	0.01%	0
Independent 15	9	8	5	3	12	6	12	14	13	6	16	4	7	5	120	0.01%	0
Independent 11	12	6	15	9	11	6	8	4	3	3	4	11	16	0	108	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka Labour Party	4	7	3	2	9	8	6	8	15	5	1	8	1	2	79	0.01%	0
Independent 8	6	2	6	4	2	6	18	4	1	9	6	4	5	3	76	0.01%	0
Patriotic National Front	6	5	4	3	7	6	3	4	8	5	3	5	6	1	66	0.01%	0
Independent 5	2	1	6	2	8	6	11	2	4	1	3	5	11	3	65	0.01%	0
Independent 14	8	0	1	4	4	7	3	3	9	6	6	3	5	4	63	0.01%	0
Independent 3	9	3	2	4	6	3	7	7	1	3	5	2	1	1	54	0.01%	0
Independent 10	6	0	0	2	14	4	2	2	6	5	4	2	3	1	51	0.01%	0
Independent 1	5	5	3	3	3	7	2	4	4	3	2	3	2	4	50	0.01%	0
Independent 7	3	3	0	3	4	4	6	6	1	4	3	1	5	2	45	0.00%	0
Independent 6	3	6	2	0	3	2	3	3	3	2	4	6	3	2	42	0.00%	0
All Are Citizens, All Are Kings Organisation	1	2	4	3	3	6	2	1	0	2	5	1	6	4	40	0.00%	0
Independent 4	4	1	2	3	3	2	5	2	1	2	3	4	6	1	39	0.00%	0
United Lanka Great Council	1	4	2	2	2	3	3	0	1	3	4	3	3	0	31	0.00%	0
Independent 12	2	1	0	0	6	2	0	1	5	1	1	4	6	0	29	0.00%	0
Valid Votes	72,948	67,183	60,174	64,439	83,768	77,329	78,600	52,285	83,007	73,939	68,150	54,039	63,456	30,916	930,233	100.00%	18
Rejected Votes	3,774	2,998	4,017	3,518	3,930	4,208	5,021	2,668	3,925	3,675	3,522	3,711	4,328	939	50,234
Total Polled	76,722	70,181	64,191	67,957	87,698	81,537	83,621	54,953	86,932	77,614	71,672	57,750	67,784	31,855	980,467
Registered Electors	120,900	107,786	99,742	104,155	133,606	127,821	127,421	83,105	134,581	120,860	114,566	96,028	103,893		1,474,464
Turnout	63.46%	65.11%	64.36%	65.25%	65.64%	63.79%	65.63%	66.12%	64.59%	64.22%	62.56%	60.14%	65.24%		66.50%
Source:[30]

The following candidates were elected:^[31] Basil Rajapaksa (UPFA-SLFP), 425,861 preference votes (pv); Sudarshani Fernandopulle (UPFA), 186,140 pv; Mervyn Silva (UPFA-SLFP), 151,085 pv; Athuraliye Rathana (UPFA-JHU), 112,010 pv; Ruwan Wijewardene (UNF), 88,850 pv; Upeksha Swarnamali (UNF), 81,350 pv; Felix Perera (UPFA-SLFP), 69,938 pv; Ruwan Ranatunga (UPFA), 66,488 pv; Lasantha Alagiyawanna (UPFA-SLFP), 65,939 pv; Sarana Gunawardena (UPFA-SLFP), 61,150 pv; Karu Jayasuriya (UNF-UNP), 60,310 pv; Jayalath Jayawardena (UNF-UNP), 58,302 pv; John Amaratunga (UNF-UNP), 52,331 pv; Dulip Wijeysekara (UPFA-SLFP), 51,469 pv; Wasantha Senanayake (UPFA), 51,124 pv; Vijitha Herath (DNA-JVP), 50,967 pv; Pandu Bandaranaike (UPFA-SLFP), 49,613 pv; and Sarath Kumara Gunaratna (UPFA-SLFP), 46,040 pv.

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