Trincomalee Electoral District | |
Constituency Type: | Electoral District |
Parl Name: | Parliament of Sri Lanka |
District Label: | Administrative District |
District: | Trincomalee |
Region Label: | Province |
Region: | Eastern |
Polling Divisions: | 3 |
Electorate: | 246,890[1] |
Population: | 368,000[2] |
Area: | 2727km2[3] |
Elects Howmany: | 4 |
Members Label: | MPs |
Members: | M. K. D. S. Gunawardena, UPFA Susantha Punchinilame, UPFA R. Sampanthan, TNA M. S. Thowfeek, UPFA |
Trincomalee Electoral District (Tamil: திருகோணமலை தேர்தல் மாவட்டம் Tirukōṇamalai 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 Trincomalee in the Eastern province. The district currently elects 4 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 246,890 registered electors in 2010.[1]
Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982 for the district:[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" | Mutur! | align=center valign=bottom width="50" | Seru- wila! | align=center valign=bottom width="50" | Trinco -malee | |||||||
bgcolor= | 14,529 | 15,823 | 14,503 | 667 | 45,522 | 48.64% | ||||||
bgcolor= | Hector Kobbekaduwa | 12,900 | 13,097 | 5,424 | 279 | 31,700 | 33.87% | |||||
bgcolor= | 2,760 | 1,708 | 5,366 | 234 | 10,068 | 10.76% | ||||||
bgcolor= | 509 | 3,536 | 1,305 | 45 | 5,395 | 5.76% | ||||||
bgcolor= | 228 | 211 | 174 | 22 | 635 | 0.68% | ||||||
bgcolor= | 83 | 80 | 100 | 13 | 276 | 0.29% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3 | Valid Votes | 31,009 | 34,455 | 26,872 | 1,260 | 93,596 | 100.00% | |||||
align=left colspan=3 | Rejected Votes | 536 | 440 | 777 | 42 | 1,795 | ||||||
align=left colspan=3 | Total Polled | 31,545 | 34,895 | 27,649 | 1,302 | 95,391 | ||||||
align=left colspan=3 | Registered Electors | 40,422 | 43,980 | 49,244 | 133,646 | |||||||
align=left colspan=3 | Turnout (%) | 78.04% | 79.34% | 56.15% | 71.38% |
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" | Mutur! | align=center valign=bottom width="50" | Seru- wila! | align=center valign=bottom width="50" | Trinco -malee | |||||
bgcolor= | 12,311 | 4,840 | 25,379 | 42,530 | 54.50% | 5 | ||||
bgcolor= | 24,006 | 3,764 | 7,732 | 35,502 | 45.50% | 5 | ||||
align=left colspan=2 | Valid Votes | 36,317 | 8,604 | 33,111 | 78,032 | 100.00% | 10 | |||
align=left colspan=2 | Rejected Votes | 810 | 295 | 1,272 | 2,377 | |||||
align=left colspan=2 | Total Polled | 37,127 | 8,899 | 34,383 | 80,409 | |||||
align=left colspan=2 | Registered Electors | 48,570 | 47,693 | 56,026 | 152,289 | |||||
align=left colspan=2 | Turnout (%) | 76.44% | 18.66% | 61.37% | 52.80% |
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" | Mutur! | align=center valign=bottom width="50" | Seru- wila! | align=center valign=bottom width="50" | Trinco -malee | |||||||
bgcolor= | 16,283 | 12,319 | 8,112 | 127 | 36,841 | 45.70% | ||||||
bgcolor= | 11,087 | 12,733 | 5,767 | 92 | 29,679 | 36.81% | ||||||
Oswin Abeygunasekara | 4,909 | 789 | 8,378 | 27 | 14,103 | 17.49% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3 | Valid Votes | 32,276 | 25,841 | 22,257 | 246 | 80,620 | 100.00% | |||||
align=left colspan=3 | Rejected Votes | 352 | 404 | 565 | 5 | 1,326 | ||||||
align=left colspan=3 | Total Polled | 32,631 | 26,245 | 22,822 | 251 | 81,949 | ||||||
align=left colspan=3 | Registered Electors | 48,570 | 47,693 | 56,026 | 152,289 | |||||||
align=left colspan=3 | Turnout (%) | 67.18% | 55.03% | 40.73% | 53.81% |
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" | Mutur! | align=center valign=bottom width="50" | Seru- wila! | align=center valign=bottom width="50" | Trinco -malee | |||||||
bgcolor= | Independent (EROS) | 7,565 | 1,456 | 15,915 | 303 | 25,239 | 24.85% | 2 | ||||
bgcolor= | 8,036 | 11,695 | 2,950 | 285 | 22,966 | 22.61% | 1 | |||||
bgcolor= | United National Party (CWC, UNP) | 7,681 | 11,481 | 2,881 | 407 | 22,450 | 22.10% | 1 | ||||
bgcolor= | 10,804 | 1,848 | 5,164 | 68 | 17,884 | 17.61% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | Tamil United Liberation Front (ENDLF, EPRLF, TELO, TULF) | 3,160 | 2,011 | 7,325 | 259 | 12,755 | 12.56% | 0 | ||||
bgcolor= | 63 | 77 | 141 | 3 | 284 | 0.28% | 0 | |||||
align=left colspan=2 | Valid Votes | 37,309 | 28,568 | 34,376 | 1,325 | 101,578 | 100.00% | 4 | ||||
align=left colspan=2 | Rejected Votes | 1,547 | 1,993 | 1,299 | 39 | 4,878 | ||||||
align=left colspan=2 | Total Polled | 38,856 | 30,561 | 35,675 | 1,364 | 106,456 | ||||||
align=left colspan=2 | Registered Electors | 48,260 | 47,331 | 55,236 | 1,462 | 152,289 | ||||||
align=left colspan=2 | Turnout | 80.51% | 64.57% | 64.59% | 93.30% | 69.90% |
The following candidates were elected:[7] M. K. D. S. Gunawardena (SLFP), 11,260 preference votes (pv); M. E. H. Maharoof (UNP), 10,000 pv; Sivapragasam Ratnarajah (EROS), 784 pv; and Konamalai Mathavarajah (EROS), 575 pv.
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" | Mutur! | align=center valign=bottom width="50" | Seru- wila! | align=center valign=bottom width="50" | Trinco -malee | |||||||
bgcolor= | United National Party (CWC, UNP) | 13,773 | 14,556 | 5,703 | 954 | 34,986 | 29.17% | 2 | ||||
bgcolor= | 6,817 | 1,765 | 18,548 | 1,250 | 28,380 | 23.66% | 1 | |||||
bgcolor= | 18,677 | 1,870 | 5,710 | 646 | 26,903 | 22.43% | 1 | |||||
bgcolor= | People's Alliance (SLFP et al.) | 856 | 17,183 | 5,156 | 691 | 23,886 | 19.91% | 0 | ||||
bgcolor= | Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (EROS, PLOTE, TELO) | 651 | 271 | 2,736 | 51 | 3,709 | 3.09% | 0 | ||||
bgcolor= | 252 | 188 | 408 | 33 | 881 | 0.73% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | 200 | 35 | 352 | 21 | 608 | 0.51% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | Sri Lanka Progressive Front (JVP) | 86 | 286 | 199 | 18 | 589 | 0.49% | 0 | ||||
align=left colspan=2 | Valid Votes | 41,312 | 36,154 | 38,812 | 3,664 | 119,942 | 100.00% | 4 | ||||
align=left colspan=2 | Rejected Votes | 2,210 | 2,311 | 2,110 | 51 | 6,682 | ||||||
align=left colspan=2 | Total Polled | 43,522 | 38,465 | 40,922 | 3,715 | 126,624 | ||||||
align=left colspan=2 | Registered Electors | 61,949 | 54,632 | 67,509 | 184,090 | |||||||
align=left colspan=2 | Turnout | 70.25% | 70.41% | 60.62% | 68.78% |
The following candidates were elected:[8] A. Thangathurai (TULF), 22,409 preference votes (pv); M. N. Abdul Majeed (SLMC), 21,590 pv; M. E. H. Maharoof (UNP), 17,043 pv; and Vithanage Sunil Shantha Ranaweera (UNP), 15,084 pv.
A. Thangathurai (TULF) was murdered on 5 July 1997.[9]
Mohamed Ehuttar Hadjiar Maharoof (UNP) was murdered on 20 July 1997.[10]
Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994:[11]
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" | Mutur! | align=center valign=bottom width="50" | Seru- wila! | align=center valign=bottom width="50" | Trinco -malee | |||||||
bgcolor= | 25,721 | 20,621 | 28,900 | 2,701 | 77,943 | 71.62% | ||||||
bgcolor= | Srimathi Dissanayake | 11,209 | 11,726 | 3,925 | 1,146 | 28,006 | 25.74% | |||||
bgcolor= | Hudson Samarasinghe | 946 | 415 | 697 | 16 | 2,074 | 1.91% | |||||
bgcolor= | G. A. Nihal | SLPF | 120 | 111 | 85 | 8 | 324 | 0.30% | ||||
bgcolor= | 74 | 85 | 112 | 8 | 279 | 0.26% | ||||||
bgcolor= | A. J. Ranashinge | 82 | 60 | 51 | 2 | 195 | 0.18% | |||||
align=left colspan=3 | Valid Votes | 38,152 | 33,018 | 33,770 | 3,881 | 108,821 | 100.00% | |||||
align=left colspan=3 | Rejected Votes | 495 | 640 | 545 | 46 | 1,726 | ||||||
align=left colspan=3 | Total Polled | 38,647 | 33,658 | 34,315 | 3,927 | 110,547 | ||||||
align=left colspan=3 | Registered Electors | 61,949 | 54,632 | 67,509 | 4,135 | 184,090 | ||||||
align=left colspan=3 | Turnout (%) | 62.39% | 61.61% | 50.83% | 94.97% | 60.05% |
Results of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999:[12]
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" | Mutur! | align=center valign=bottom width="50" | Seru- wila! | align=center valign=bottom width="50" | Trinco -malee | |||||||
bgcolor= | 18,987 | 14,551 | 28,061 | 1,752 | 63,351 | 50.25% | ||||||
bgcolor= | 20,908 | 20,781 | 13,807 | 1,195 | 56,691 | 44.96% | ||||||
bgcolor= | 120 | 1,515 | 573 | 99 | 2,307 | 1.83% | ||||||
bgcolor= | W. V. M. Ranjith | 274 | 236 | 224 | 1 | 735 | 0.58% | |||||
307 | 202 | 201 | 3 | 713 | 0.57% | |||||||
Abdul Rasool | SLMP | 298 | 73 | 201 | 27 | 599 | 0.48% | |||||
bgcolor= | T. Edirisuriya | 165 | 181 | 130 | 1 | 477 | 0.38% | |||||
LDA | 34 | 37 | 304 | 101 | 476 | 0.38% | ||||||
Kamal Karunadasa | PLSF | 108 | 65 | 71 | 1 | 245 | 0.19% | |||||
bgcolor= | 44 | 90 | 74 | 10 | 218 | 0.17% | ||||||
bgcolor= | Hudson Samarasinghe | 41 | 35 | 51 | 1 | 128 | 0.10% | |||||
A. Dissanayaka | 18 | 21 | 30 | 3 | 72 | 0.06% | ||||||
A. W. Premawardhana | 20 | 21 | 27 | 1 | 69 | 0.05% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3 | Valid Votes | 41,324 | 37,808 | 43,754 | 3,195 | 126,081 | 100.00% | |||||
align=left colspan=3 | Rejected Votes | 716 | 586 | 1,227 | 113 | 2,642 | ||||||
align=left colspan=3 | Total Polled | 42,040 | 38,394 | 44,981 | 3,308 | 128,723 | ||||||
align=left colspan=3 | Registered Electors | 66,690 | 57,634 | 77,484 | 201,808 | |||||||
align=left colspan=3 | Turnout (%) | 63.04% | 66.62% | 58.05% | 63.78% |
Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000:[13]
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" | Mutur! | align=center valign=bottom width="50" | Seru- wila! | align=center valign=bottom width="50" | Trinco -malee | |||||||
bgcolor= | People's Alliance (SLFP, SLMC et al.) | 21,393 | 18,517 | 11,928 | 1,964 | 53,860 | 40.46% | 3 | ||||
bgcolor= | United National Party (DWC, NWC, UCPF, UNP) | 17,688 | 14,489 | 12,861 | 1,638 | 46,700 | 35.08% | 1 | ||||
bgcolor= | 1,615 | 944 | 11,070 | 459 | 14,090 | 10.58% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | 746 | 316 | 3,382 | 80 | 4,524 | 3.40% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | 192 | 105 | 3,269 | 182 | 3,748 | 2.82% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | 156 | 2,056 | 901 | 180 | 3,301 | 2.48% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | 156 | 37 | 2,268 | 160 | 2,621 | 1.97% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | 609 | 119 | 674 | 32 | 1,434 | 1.08% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | 236 | 90 | 526 | 20 | 872 | 0.65% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | 36 | 36 | 420 | 6 | 498 | 0.37% | 0 | |||||
Citizen's Front | 82 | 46 | 269 | 7 | 404 | 0.30% | 0 | |||||
Sinhala Heritage | 10 | 172 | 172 | 18 | 372 | 0.28% | 0 | |||||
68 | 33 | 52 | 1 | 154 | 0.12% | 0 | ||||||
Sri Lanka Muslim Party | 19 | 12 | 120 | 2 | 153 | 0.11% | 0 | |||||
Muslim United Liberation Front | 34 | 26 | 77 | 0 | 137 | 0.10% | 0 | |||||
34 | 28 | 22 | 1 | 85 | 0.06% | 0 | ||||||
bgcolor= | 1 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 32 | 0.02% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | 14 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 31 | 0.02% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | 8 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 30 | 0.02% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | 1 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 26 | 0.02% | 0 | |||||
National Development Front | 4 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 0.02% | 0 | |||||
Ruhuna People's Party | 4 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 0.01% | 0 | |||||
4 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 0.01% | 0 | ||||||
align=left colspan=2 | Valid Votes | 43,110 | 37,084 | 48,087 | 4,756 | 133,130 | 100.00% | 4 | ||||
align=left colspan=2 | Rejected Votes | 2,581 | 2,468 | 3,385 | 8,642 | |||||||
align=left colspan=2 | Total Polled | 45,691 | 39,552 | 51,472 | 141,772 | |||||||
align=left colspan=2 | Registered Electors | 68,329 | 59,233 | 79,322 | 206,884 | |||||||
align=left colspan=2 | Turnout (%) | 66.87% | 66.77% | 64.89% | 68.52% |
The following candidates were elected:[14] M. A. M. Maharoof (UNP), 21,438 preference votes (pv); M. N. Abdul Majeed (PA), 18,173 pv; M. S. Thowfeek (PA-SLMC), 15,588 pv; and M. K. D. S. Gunawardena (PA), 15,392 pv.
Results of the 12th parliamentary election held on 5 December 2001:[15] [16]
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" | Mutur! | align=center valign=bottom width="50" | Seru- wila! | align=center valign=bottom width="50" | Trinco -malee | |||||||||
bgcolor= | United National Front (CWC, SLMC, UNP, WPF) | 29,473 | 16,266 | 14,560 | 2,570 | 61 | 62,930 | 39.05% | 2 | |||||
bgcolor= | Tamil National Alliance (ACTC, EPRLF(S), TELO, TULF) | 14,393 | 4,796 | 35,639 | 1,289 | 4 | 56,121 | 34.83% | 1 | |||||
bgcolor= | People's Alliance (NUA, SLFP et al.) | 11,199 | 14,965 | 5,027 | 1,745 | 61 | 32,997 | 20.48% | 1 | |||||
bgcolor= | 168 | 3,818 | 1,664 | 443 | 2 | 6,095 | 3.78% | 0 | ||||||
bgcolor= | 124 | 85 | 1,209 | 52 | 0 | 1,470 | 0.91% | 0 | ||||||
bgcolor= | New Left Front (NSSP et al.) | 184 | 280 | 136 | 15 | 4 | 619 | 0.38% | 0 | |||||
Sinhala Heritage | 20 | 139 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 202 | 0.13% | 0 | ||||||
National Development Front | 41 | 51 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 165 | 0.10% | 0 | ||||||
Muslim United Liberation Front | 32 | 28 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 113 | 0.07% | 0 | ||||||
United Sinhala Great Council | 44 | 38 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0.06% | 0 | ||||||
35 | 37 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 99 | 0.06% | 0 | |||||||
28 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 0.03% | 0 | |||||||
bgcolor= | 15 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 0.03% | 0 | ||||||
bgcolor= | 16 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0.01% | 0 | ||||||
bgcolor= | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0.01% | 0 | ||||||
bgcolor= | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.01% | 0 | ||||||
bgcolor= | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.01% | 0 | ||||||
bgcolor= | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.01% | 0 | ||||||
Sri Lanka Muslim Party | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.01% | 0 | ||||||
Sri Lanka National Front | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.01% | 0 | ||||||
Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.01% | 0 | ||||||
align=left colspan=2 | Valid Votes | 55,801 | 40,578 | 58,495 | 6,131 | 133 | 161,138 | 100.00% | 4 | |||||
align=left colspan=2 | Rejected Votes | 2,844 | 2,142 | 3,251 | 185 | 7 | 8,429 | |||||||
align=left colspan=2 | Total Polled | 58,645 | 42,720 | 61,746 | 6,316 | 140 | 169,567 | |||||||
align=left colspan=2 | Registered Electors | 70,168 | 60,690 | 81,422 | 212,280 | |||||||||
align=left colspan=2 | Turnout (%) | 83.58% | 70.39% | 75.83% | 79.88% |
The following candidates were elected:[17] R. Sampanthan (TNA-TULF), 40,110 preference votes (pv); M. A. M. Maharoof (UNF), 25,264 pv; K. M. Thowfeek (UNF-SLMC), 24,847 pv; and M. K. D. S. Gunawardena (PA), 14,938 pv.
Results of the 13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004:[18]
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" | Mutur! | align=center valign=bottom width="50" | Seru- wila! | align=center valign=bottom width="50" | Trinco -malee | |||||||
bgcolor= | Tamil National Alliance (ACTC, EPRLF(S), ITAK, TELO) | 17,005 | 6,178 | 43,880 | 1,892 | 68,955 | 37.72% | 2 | ||||
bgcolor= | 45,523 | 4,647 | 13,378 | 1,450 | 65,187 | 35.66% | 1 | |||||
bgcolor= | United People's Freedom Alliance (JVP, NUA, SLFP et al.) | 1,854 | 19,607 | 6,229 | 3,362 | 31,053 | 16.99% | 1 | ||||
bgcolor= | United National Front (CWC, DPF, UNP) | 689 | 10,346 | 3,193 | 1,463 | 15,693 | 8.59% | 0 | ||||
bgcolor= | 21 | 563 | 119 | 88 | 791 | 0.43% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | 49 | 61 | 393 | 37 | 540 | 0.30% | 0 | |||||
United Muslim People's Alliance | 50 | 32 | 33 | 2 | 117 | 0.06% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | New Left Front (NSSP et al.) | 32 | 12 | 35 | 8 | 87 | 0.05% | 0 | ||||
Ruhuna People's Party | 53 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 82 | 0.04% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | 42 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 65 | 0.04% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | 31 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 61 | 0.03% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | 30 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 58 | 0.03% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | 26 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 53 | 0.03% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | 2 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 0.01% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0.01% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0.01% | 0 | |||||
align=left colspan=2 | Valid Votes | 65,425 | 41,520 | 67,347 | 8,308 | 182,794 | 100.00% | 4 | ||||
align=left colspan=2 | Rejected Votes | 3,080 | 2,424 | 3,073 | 273 | 8,863 | ||||||
align=left colspan=2 | Total Polled | 68,505 | 43,944 | 70,420 | 8,581 | 191,657 | ||||||
align=left colspan=2 | Registered Electors | 74,869 | 63,161 | 86,277 | 224,307 | |||||||
align=left colspan=2 | Turnout (%) | 91.50% | 69.57% | 81.62% | 85.44% |
The following candidates were elected:[19] R. Sampanthan (TNA-ITAK), 47,735 preference votes (pv); K. Thurairetnasingam (TNA-ITAK), 34,773 pv; M. N. Abdul Majeed (SLMC), 26,948 pv; and Jayantha Wijesekara (UPFA-SLFP), 19,983 pv.
M. N. Abdul Majeed (SLMC) was expelled from the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress on 30 May 2004.[20] He subsequently joined the United People's Freedom Alliance.
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" | 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" | Mutur! | align=center valign=bottom width="50" | Seru- wila! | align=center valign=bottom width="50" | Trinco -malee | |||||||||
bgcolor= | 29,061 | 17,835 | 41,369 | 3,913 | 19 | 92,197 | 61.33% | |||||||
bgcolor= | 18,817 | 21,353 | 10,878 | 4,621 | 11 | 55,680 | 37.04% | |||||||
338 | 142 | 299 | 13 | 0 | 792 | 0.53% | ||||||||
A. A. Suraweera | NDF | 257 | 153 | 138 | 10 | 0 | 558 | 0.37% | ||||||
ULPP | 45 | 56 | 133 | 42 | 0 | 276 | 0.18% | |||||||
bgcolor= | A. K. J. Arachchige | DUA | 82 | 35 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 165 | 0.11% | |||||
bgcolor= | Chamil Jayaneththi | 32 | 50 | 65 | 10 | 0 | 157 | 0.10% | ||||||
Aruna de Soyza | RPP | 65 | 50 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 157 | 0.10% | ||||||
Anura De Silva | ULF | 45 | 29 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 132 | 0.09% | ||||||
Wimal Geeganage | SLNF | 16 | 26 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 0.05% | ||||||
Wije Dias | 18 | 14 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 0.04% | |||||||
P. Nelson Perera | SLPF | 22 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 0.04% | ||||||
H.S. Dharmadwaja | UNAF | 10 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0.02% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3 | Valid Votes | 48,808 | 39,759 | 53,106 | 8,631 | 30 | 150,334 | 100.00% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3 | Rejected Votes | 542 | 406 | 956 | 190 | 0 | 2,094 | |||||||
align=left colspan=3 | Total Polled | 49,350 | 40,165 | 54,062 | 8,821 | 30 | 152,428 | |||||||
align=left colspan=3 | Registered Electors | 81,534 | 66,126 | 91,095 | 238,755 | |||||||||
align=left colspan=3 | Turnout (%) | 60.53% | 60.74% | 59.35% | 63.84% |
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" | Mutur! | align=center valign=bottom width="50" | Seru- wila! | align=center valign=bottom width="50" | Trinco -malee | |||||||||
bgcolor= | United National Party (SLMC, UNP) | 28,233 | 10,855 | 28,146 | 2,481 | 70,858 | 51.37% | 5 | ||||||
bgcolor= | United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, TMVP et al.) | 18,451 | 21,915 | 13,828 | 4,938 | 59,298 | 42.99% | 4 | ||||||
bgcolor= | 160 | 2,286 | 1,408 | 411 | 4,266 | 3.09% | 1 | |||||||
495 | 249 | 537 | 18 | 1,309 | 0.95% | 0 | ||||||||
bgcolor= | 88 | 43 | 323 | 8 | 468 | 0.34% | 0 | |||||||
bgcolor= | Eelavar Democratic Front (EROS) | 124 | 125 | 195 | 13 | 459 | 0.33% | 0 | ||||||
Akila Ilankai Tamil United Front | 25 | 9 | 311 | 33 | 378 | 0.27% | 0 | |||||||
bgcolor= | 94 | 10 | 101 | 3 | 209 | 0.15% | 0 | |||||||
25 | 7 | 117 | 10 | 163 | 0.12% | 0 | ||||||||
bgcolor= | 8 | 13 | 91 | 6 | 118 | 0.09% | 0 | |||||||
National Development Front | 16 | 41 | 22 | 9 | 89 | 0.06% | 0 | |||||||
bgcolor= | 20 | 8 | 28 | 2 | 58 | 0.04% | 0 | |||||||
bgcolor= | 8 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 43 | 0.03% | 0 | |||||||
bgcolor= | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 0.02% | 0 | |||||||
bgcolor= | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 0.01% | 0 | |||||||
bgcolor= | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 0.01% | 0 | |||||||
bgcolor= | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 0.01% | 0 | |||||||
bgcolor= | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 0.01% | 0 | |||||||
bgcolor= | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 0.01% | 0 | |||||||
bgcolor= | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0.01% | 0 | |||||||
bgcolor= | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0.01% | 0 | |||||||
bgcolor= | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0.01% | 0 | |||||||
bgcolor= | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0.01% | 0 | |||||||
bgcolor= | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0.01% | 0 | |||||||
Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0.01% | 0 | |||||||
Sri Lanka National Front | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0.01% | 0 | |||||||
bgcolor= | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0.01% | 0 | |||||||
bgcolor= | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0.01% | 0 | |||||||
bgcolor= | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0.00% | 0 | |||||||
Ruhuna People's Party | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0.00% | 0 | |||||||
bgcolor= | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0.00% | 0 | |||||||
align=left colspan=2 | Valid Votes | 47,788 | 35,650 | 45,208 | 7,943 | 137,929 | 100.00% | 10 | ||||||
align=left colspan=2 | Rejected Votes | 3,779 | 3,185 | 5,020 | 411 | 12,695 | ||||||||
align=left colspan=2 | Total Polled | 51,567 | 38,835 | 50,228 | 8,354 | 150,624 | ||||||||
align=left colspan=2 | Registered Electors | 84,175 | 66,690 | 91,598 | 242,463 | |||||||||
align=left colspan=2 | Turnout | 61.26% | 58.23% | 54.84% | 62.12% |
The following candidates were elected:[23] Ajju Mohamed Mohamed Faiz (UPFA); Ariyawathi W. G. M. Galappaththi (UPFA); Rauff Hakeem (UNP-SLMC); M. K. D. S. Gunawardena (UPFA); M. A. M. Maharoof (UNP); Sathak Lebbe Muhammadu Hasan Moulavi (UPFA); Arunasalam Parasuraman (UNP); K. G. Wimal Piyathissa (JVP); M. S. Thowfeek (UNP-SLMC); and Rathna Sabapathi Nawarathnarajah Varathan (UNP).
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" | Mutur! | align=center valign=bottom width="50" | Seru- wila! | align=center valign=bottom width="50" | Trinco -malee | |||||||||
bgcolor= | 32,631 | 15,260 | 35,887 | 3,798 | 85 | 87,661 | 54.09% | |||||||
bgcolor= | 21,002 | 27,932 | 13,935 | 6,882 | 1 | 69,752 | 43.04% | |||||||
M. C. M. Ismail | 384 | 262 | 445 | 23 | 1 | 1,115 | 0.69% | |||||||
C. J. Sugathsiri Gamage | UDF | 252 | 121 | 384 | 8 | 0 | 765 | 0.47% | ||||||
bgcolor= | W. V. Mahiman Ranjith | 131 | 133 | 74 | 8 | 0 | 346 | 0.21% | ||||||
A. A. Suraweera | NDF | 110 | 100 | 83 | 18 | 0 | 311 | 0.19% | ||||||
bgcolor= | 52 | 32 | 193 | 25 | 0 | 302 | 0.19% | |||||||
Sarath Manamendra | NSH | 117 | 63 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 252 | 0.16% | ||||||
94 | 54 | 95 | 4 | 0 | 247 | 0.15% | ||||||||
Lal Perera | ONF | 98 | 42 | 98 | 2 | 0 | 240 | 0.15% | ||||||
SLLP | 65 | 66 | 83 | 4 | 0 | 218 | 0.13% | |||||||
bgcolor= | Ukkubanda Wijekoon | 58 | 51 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 147 | 0.09% | ||||||
bgcolor= | 32 | 29 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 125 | 0.08% | |||||||
bgcolor= | Aithurus M. Illias | 43 | 14 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 105 | 0.06% | ||||||
Sanath Pinnaduwa | NA | 33 | 21 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 0.05% | ||||||
Wije Dias | 30 | 19 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 0.05% | |||||||
bgcolor= | 31 | 13 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 76 | 0.05% | |||||||
Aruna de Soyza | RPP | 15 | 19 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 0.04% | ||||||
Sarath Kongahage | UNAF | 11 | 9 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 0.03% | ||||||
Senaratna de Silva | PNF | 11 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0.03% | ||||||
M. B. Thaminimulla | ACAKO | 11 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 0.03% | ||||||
Battaramulla Seelarathana | JP | 8 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 0.03% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3 | Valid Votes | 55,219 | 44,269 | 51,698 | 10,799 | 87 | 162,072 | 100.00% | ||||||
align=left colspan=3 | Rejected Votes | 696 | 563 | 1,050 | 120 | 3 | 2,432 | |||||||
align=left colspan=3 | Total Polled | 55,915 | 44,832 | 52,748 | 10,919 | 90 | 164,504 | |||||||
align=left colspan=3 | Registered Electors | 85,401 | 69,047 | 86,685 | 241,133 | |||||||||
align=left colspan=3 | Turnout | 65.47% | 64.93% | 60.85% | 68.22% |
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" | Mutur! | align=center valign=bottom width="50" | Seru- wila! | align=center valign=bottom width="50" | Trinco -malee | |||||||||
bgcolor= | United People's Freedom Alliance (ACMC, NC, SLFP et al.) | 18,576 | 22,756 | 10,961 | 7,487 | 4 | 59,784 | 42.78% | 2 | |||||
bgcolor= | United National Front (DPF, SLFP(P), SLMC, UNP) | 21,963 | 6,936 | 8,718 | 2,074 | 0 | 39,691 | 28.40% | 1 | |||||
bgcolor= | Tamil National Alliance (EPRLF(S), ITAK, TELO) | 8,068 | 3,297 | 20,578 | 1,306 | 19 | 33,268 | 23.81% | 1 | |||||
bgcolor= | Democratic National Alliance (JVP et al.) | 180 | 1,460 | 522 | 357 | 0 | 2,519 | 1.80% | 0 | |||||
302 | 262 | 1,106 | 42 | 0 | 1,712 | 1.23% | 0 | |||||||
Tamil National People's Front (ACTC et al.) | 161 | 39 | 956 | 26 | 0 | 1,182 | 0.85% | 0 | ||||||
bgcolor= | 9 | 51 | 205 | 14 | 0 | 279 | 0.20% | 0 | ||||||
Sri Lanka National Front | 12 | 140 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 170 | 0.12% | 0 | ||||||
96 | 20 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 150 | 0.11% | 0 | |||||||
National Development Front | 22 | 48 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 109 | 0.08% | 0 | ||||||
bgcolor= | 82 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 101 | 0.07% | 0 | ||||||
bgcolor= | 21 | 30 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 98 | 0.07% | 0 | ||||||
All Lanka Tamil United Front | 10 | 16 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 85 | 0.06% | 0 | ||||||
United National Alternative Front | 31 | 14 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 76 | 0.05% | 0 | ||||||
bgcolor= | 16 | 28 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 0.04% | 0 | ||||||
bgcolor= | 7 | 7 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 0.04% | 0 | ||||||
bgcolor= | 12 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 0.03% | 0 | ||||||
bgcolor= | 10 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 0.03% | 0 | ||||||
bgcolor= | 20 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0.03% | 0 | ||||||
bgcolor= | 4 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0.03% | 0 | ||||||
bgcolor= | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 0.02% | 0 | ||||||
bgcolor= | 9 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0.02% | 0 | ||||||
bgcolor= | Left Liberation Front (LLF, TNLA) | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 0.02% | 0 | |||||
Muslim Liberation Front | 21 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0.02% | 0 | ||||||
United Democratic Front | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0.02% | 0 | ||||||
Janasetha Peramuna | 5 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0.02% | 0 | ||||||
bgcolor= | 7 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0.01% | 0 | ||||||
bgcolor= | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.01% | 0 | ||||||
bgcolor= | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0.01% | 0 | ||||||
bgcolor= | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0.01% | 0 | ||||||
bgcolor= | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0.01% | 0 | ||||||
align=left colspan=2 | Valid Votes | 49,681 | 35,213 | 43,454 | 11,371 | 23 | 139,742 | 100.00% | 4 | |||||
align=left colspan=2 | Rejected Votes | 3,246 | 2,854 | 3,483 | 653 | 4 | 10,240 | |||||||
align=left colspan=2 | Total Polled | 52,927 | 38,067 | 46,937 | 12,024 | 27 | 149,982 | |||||||
align=left colspan=2 | Registered Electors | 85,401 | 69,047 | 86,685 | 241,133 | |||||||||
align=left colspan=2 | Turnout | 61.97% | 55.13% | 54.15% | 62.20% |
The following candidates were elected:[26] R. Sampanthan (TNA-ITAK), 24,488 preference votes (pv); M. S. Thowfeek (UNF-SLMC), 23,588 pv; Susantha Punchinilame (UPFA), 22,820 pv; and M. K. D. S. Gunawardena (UPFA), 19,734 pv.
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" | Mutur! | align=center valign=bottom width="50" | Seru- wila! | align=center valign=bottom width="50" | Trinco -malee | |||||||
bgcolor= | Tamil National Alliance (EPRLF (S), ITAK, PLOTE, TELO, TULF) | 10,213 | 5,014 | 28,067 | 1,102 | 44,396 | 29.08% | 3 | ||||
bgcolor= | United People's Freedom Alliance (ACMC, NC, SLFP, TMVP et al.) | 13,011 | 17,785 | 7,949 | 4,579 | 43,324 | 28.38% | 3 | ||||
bgcolor= | 14,617 | 2,390 | 8,642 | 527 | 26,176 | 17.15% | 2 | |||||
bgcolor= | 12,318 | 7,148 | 2,979 | 1,994 | 24,439 | 16.01% | 1 | |||||
National Freedom Front | 490 | 6,450 | 1,527 | 1,055 | 9,522 | 6.24% | 1 | |||||
bgcolor= | 1,350 | 55 | 155 | 82 | 1,642 | 1.08% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | 21 | 518 | 141 | 97 | 777 | 0.51% | 0 | |||||
Socialist Alliance (CPSL, DLF, LSSP) | 400 | 38 | 162 | 12 | 612 | 0.40% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | Eelavar Democratic Front (EROS) | 168 | 117 | 93 | 7 | 385 | 0.25% | 0 | ||||
Akila Ilankai Tamil United Front | 38 | 79 | 259 | 8 | 384 | 0.25% | 0 | |||||
75 | 37 | 32 | 5 | 149 | 0.10% | 0 | ||||||
bgcolor= | 75 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 121 | 0.08% | 0 | |||||
Sri Lanka Labour Party | 14 | 6 | 86 | 1 | 107 | 0.07% | 0 | |||||
United Lanka Great Council | 22 | 13 | 58 | 4 | 97 | 0.06% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | 23 | 36 | 22 | 8 | 89 | 0.06% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | 9 | 56 | 12 | 4 | 81 | 0.05% | 0 | |||||
Patriotic National Front | 48 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 78 | 0.05% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | 4 | 9 | 22 | 1 | 36 | 0.02% | 0 | |||||
Jana Setha Peramuna | 2 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 35 | 0.02% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | 18 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 0.02% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | 6 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 30 | 0.02% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | 6 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 29 | 0.02% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 0.01% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | 2 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 0.01% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0.01% | 0 | |||||
Muslim Liberation Front | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 0.01% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 0.01% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 0.01% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0.01% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0.00% | 0 | |||||
bgcolor= | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% | 0 | |||||
Ruhuna People's Party | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.00% | 0 | |||||
align=left colspan=2 | Valid Votes | 52,967 | 39,875 | 50,292 | 9,529 | 152,663 | 100.00% | 10 | ||||
align=left colspan=2 | Rejected Votes | 3,032 | 2,979 | 4,563 | 750 | 11,324 | ||||||
align=left colspan=2 | Total Polled | 55,999 | 42,854 | 54,855 | 10,279 | 163,987 | ||||||
align=left colspan=2 | Registered Electors | 89,370 | 70,141 | 85,852 | 245,363 | |||||||
align=left colspan=2 | Turnout | 62.66% | 61.10% | 63.89% | 66.83% |
The following candidates were elected:[28] S. Thandayuthapani (TNA-ITAK), 20,854 preference votes (pv); Ariyawathy Galappaththy (UPFA), 14,224 pv; Kekunawela Pathiranage Priyantha Prema Kumara (UPFA), 12,393 pv; M. N. Abdul Majeed (UPFA-SLFP), 11,726 pv; Kumaraswamy Nageswaran (TNA-ITAK), 10,911 pv; Anver Ramlan Mohamed (SLMC), 10,904 pv; Asan Sathak Lebbe Mohamed Moulavi (SLMC), 10,732 pv; Jegatheesan Janarthanan (TNA-ITAK), 8,949 pv; and Naketh Gedara Wijesekara Mudiyanselage Jayantha Wijesekara (NFF), 7,303 pv.