Matara Electoral District
Introduction '''Matara 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 Matara in the Southern province. The district currently elects 8 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 578,858 registered electors in 2010.
1982 Presidential Election Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982 for the district:CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Akur-essaDeni-yayaDevi-nuwaraHak-manaKambur-upitiyaMataraWeli-gamaJunius JayewardeneUNP24,66722,45722,60522,14620,54923,22125,0514,029'''164,725'''49.32%Hector KobbekaduwaSLFP20,38918,14717,75722,98421,40819,33322,2822,287'''144,587'''43.29%Rohana WijeweeraJVP4,7811,8864,8742,7113,2672,0672,276255'''22,117'''6.62%Colvin R. de SilvaLSSP24622024622822915619848'''1,571'''0.47%Vasudeva NanayakkaraNSSP7063527178679018'''509'''0.15%Kumar PonnambalamACTC1087249618322781'''474'''0.14%'''Valid Votes''''''50,261''''''42,845''''''45,583''''''48,201''''''45,614''''''44,866''''''49,975''''''6,638''''''333,983''''''100.00%'''Rejected Votes421428457420437408451693,091Total Polled50,68243,27346,04048,62146,05145,27450,4266,707337,074Registered Electors59,79849,81756,69357,20357,40056,252399,888Turnout84.76%86.86%81.21%85.00%80.23%80.48%84.29%Source:
1988 Presidential Election Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988 for the district:CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Akur-essaDeni-yayaDevi-nuwaraHak-manaKambur-upitiyaMataraWeli-gamaSirimavo BandaranaikeSLFP3,50510,9494,4031,4943,22817,71815,802325'''57,424'''54.30%Ranasinghe PremadasaUNP5,34610,1575,0761,3271,25611,60610,351280'''45,399'''42.93%Oswin AbeygunasekaraSLMP312554188411661,09853231'''2,922'''2.76%'''Valid Votes''''''9,163''''''21,660''''''9,667''''''2,862''''''4,650''''''30,422''''''26,685''''''636''''''105,745''''''100.00%'''Rejected Votes2773781045189497540672,003Total Polled9,44022,0389,7712,9134,73930,91927,225703107,748Registered Electors67,07658,34262,49065,40763,59064,438451,934Turnout14.07%37.77%15.64%4.45%7.45%47.98%23.84%Source:
1989 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989 for the district:PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsAkur-essaDeni-yayaDevi-nuwaraHak-manaKambur-upitiyaMataraWeli-gamaUnited National Party5,4543,5566,6222181,23116,5059,1413,007'''45,734'''56.11%6Sri Lanka Freedom Party2,9022,3011,3691491,13611,0947,5082,293'''28,752'''35.28%3United Socialist Alliance(CPSL, LSSP, NSSP, SLMP)4811041821032,879262376'''4,225'''5.18%0United Lanka People's Party1629129717870515195'''1,481'''1.82%0Mahajana Eksath Peramuna821052324240754103'''1,313'''1.61%0'''Valid Votes''''''9,081''''''6,157''''''8,013''''''469''''''2,672''''''31,423''''''17,816''''''5,874''''''81,505''''''100.00%''''''9'''Rejected Votes836567149432351,8351,237226Total Polled9,9176,7248,1625122,90733,25819,0536,100Registered Electors66,31058,00861,45264,83362,57762,61269,5156,619Turnout14.96%11.59%13.28%0.79%4.65%53.12%27.41%92.16%Source:The following candidates were elected:Gamini Fonseka (UNP), 19,618 preference votes (pv); Mahinda Wijesekara (SLFP), 18,517 pv; Mangala Samaraweera (SLFP), 11,971 pv; Ranjan Wijayawardhana (UNP), 9,925 pv; Abeywardhana Dayananda Wickremasinghe (UNP), 9,579 pv; Madurapala Ediriweera (UNP), 8,562 pv; H. R Piyasiri (UNP), 8,446 pv; Hewagampolage Sirisena (SLFP), 8,212 pv; and Peter Silva Loku Galappaththy (UNP), 7,094 pv.
1993 Provincial Council Election Results of the 2nd Southern provincial council election held on 17 May 1993 for the district:Party Votes % SeatsUnited National Party145,09344.99%People's Alliance (SLFP et al. )129,69340.22%Democratic United National Front44,87313.91%Others2,8260.88%'''Valid Votes''''''322,485''''''100.00%'''Rejected VotesTotal PolledRegistered ElectorsTurnoutSource:
1994 Provincial Council Election Results of the 3rd Southern provincial council election held on 24 March 1994 for the district:Party Votes % SeatsPeople's Alliance (SLFP et al. )192,85356.43%United National Party147,30143.10%Nava Sama Samaja Party1,5860.46%'''Valid Votes''''''341,740''''''100.00%'''Rejected VotesTotal PolledRegistered ElectorsTurnoutSource:
1994 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994 for the district:PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsAkur-essaDeni-yayaDevi-nuwaraHak-manaKambur-upitiyaMataraWeli-gamaPeople's Alliance (SLFP et al. )32,83730,74328,19130,83432,31832,62934,7604,973'''227,285'''59.90%5United National Party21,99923,93019,33520,60816,06918,91519,0132,155'''142,024'''37.43%3Sri Lanka Progressive Front (JVP)1,5547561,3049911,0981,2641,600169'''8,736'''2.30%0Mahajana Eksath Peramuna24717810518123224618251'''1,422'''0.37%0'''Valid Votes''''''56,637''''''55,607''''''48,935''''''52,614''''''49,717''''''53,054''''''55,555''''''7,348''''''379,467''''''100.00%''''''8'''Rejected Votes2,6743,3301,8412,9652,3181,6322,32582Total Polled59,31158,93750,77655,57952,03554,68657,8807,430Registered Electors74,56271,10666,92370,88969,05073,461Turnout79.55%82.89%75.87%78.40%75.36%74.44%Source:The following candidates were elected:Dullas Alahapperuma (PA), 76,678 preference votes (pv); Ronnie de Mel (UNP), 66,563 pv; Mahinda Wijesekara (PA), 65,769 pv; Chandrasiri Gajadeera (PA), 62,852 pv; Mangala Samaraweera (PA), 61,574 pv; Eugin Alwis Samarasinghe (PA), 57,455 pv; Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena (UNP), 52,294 pv; and Handunneththi Rannulu Wimalasiri (UNP), 33,078 pv.
1994 Presidential Election Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994 for the district:CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Akur-essaDeni-yayaDevi-nuwaraHak-manaKambur-upitiyaMataraWeli-gamaChandrika KumaratungaPA32,63230,66230,81729,75631,03832,50334,5835,874'''227,865'''64.69%Srimathi DissanayakeUNP18,16518,81914,82417,47314,13315,75116,7082,351'''118,224'''33.56%Hudson SamarasingheInd 232746518540730515220113'''2,055'''0.58%Harischandra WijayatungaSMBP17531618524021320517357'''1,564'''0.44%Nihal GalappaththiSLPF21129019720716712317230'''1,397'''0.40%A.J. RanashingeInd 114521316916312813814533'''1,134'''0.32%'''Valid Votes''''''51,655''''''50,765''''''46,377''''''48,246''''''45,984''''''48,872''''''51,982''''''8,358''''''352,239''''''100.00%'''Rejected Votes9031,2936248286556486751055,731Total Polled52,55852,05847,00149,07446,63949,52052,6578,463357,970Registered Electors74,56271,10666,92370,88969,05073,461503,470Turnout70.49%73.21%70.23%69.23%67.54%67.41%71.10%Source:
1999 Provincial Council Election Results of the 4th Southern provincial council election held on 10 June 1999 for the district:Party Votes % SeatsPeople's Alliance (SLFP, SLMC et al. )157,76246.36%8United National Party130,84338.45%7Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna40,27611.84%2Independent 15,7491.69%0New Left Front (NSSP et al. )2,9060.85%0Mahajana Eksath Peramuna1,1600.34%0People's Liberation Solidarity Front4480.13%0Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya3990.12%0Liberal Party2980.09%0Independent 22920.09%0People's Freedom Front1430.04%0'''Valid Votes''''''340,276''''''100.00%''''''17'''Registered ElectorsSource:
1999 Presidential Election Results of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999 for the district:CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Akur-essaDeni-yayaDevi-nuwaraHak-manaKambur-upitiyaMataraWeli-gamaChandrika KumaratungaPA30,04029,22925,36329,11528,51528,86530,9393,619'''205,685'''54.32%Ranil WickremasingheUNP21,33021,40018,84419,46417,68918,74319,1833,024'''139,677'''36.89%Nandana GunathilakeJVP4,2313,1084,5393,4712,9973,2733,674936'''26,229'''6.93%Harischandra WijayatungaSMBP19520715519420127621992'''1,539'''0.41%W.V.M. RanjithInd 215425199199126861234'''1,042'''0.28%Rajiva WijesinhaLiberal18222310717014772879'''997'''0.26%T. EdirisuriyaInd 1145157100192106721145'''891'''0.24%Vasudeva NanayakkaraLDA72958454681566774'''670'''0.18%Abdul RasoolSLMP99116568568941165'''639'''0.17%Kamal KarunadasaPLSF10011162925054713'''543'''0.14%Hudson SamarasingheInd 3587547574119350'''332'''0.09%A.W. PremawardhanaPFF404515322418262'''202'''0.05%A. DissanayakaDUNF343824362215203'''192'''0.05%'''Valid Votes''''''56,680''''''55,055''''''49,495''''''53,161''''''50,054''''''51,743''''''54,674''''''7,776''''''378,638''''''100.00%'''Rejected Votes1,0901,4649639838871,7901,0273798,583Total Polled57,77056,51950,45854,14450,94153,53355,7018,155387,221Registered Electors76,91674,40968,29675,15670,15772,593515,847Turnout75.11%75.96%73.88%72.04%72.61%73.74%75.07%Source:
2000 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000 for the district:PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsAkur-essaDeni-yayaDevi-nuwaraHak-manaKambur-upitiyaMataraWeli-gamaPeople's Alliance(SLFP et al. )30,69929,42724,26328,63628,02228,73629,6084,299'''203,690'''51.47%5United National Party21,68823,80717,82621,72818,82319,70620,2763,001'''146,855'''37.11%2Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna5,8793,9867,4894,5224,1795,2006,2621,240'''38,757'''9.79%1Sinhala Heritage4761663952153881,024559152'''3,375'''0.85%0Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya114385061114828326'''568'''0.14%0United Sinhala Great Council85136591016948500'''548'''0.14%0People's Liberation Solidarity Front5932305225725610'''336'''0.08%0Liberal Party467230453228421'''296'''0.07%0Citizen's Front424740394326381'''276'''0.07%0Independent 5305820282927220'''214'''0.05%0Democratic United National Front264821412924231'''213'''0.05%0Independent 3303026172011212'''157'''0.04%0Left & Democratic Alliance17201212728154'''115'''0.03%0Independent 4201682169110'''91'''0.02%0Independent 21965161514111'''87'''0.02%0Independent 113197813580'''73'''0.02%0Sri Lanka Progressive Front811798950'''57'''0.01%0Peoples Freedom Front1011995552'''56'''0.01%0'''Valid Votes''''''59,261''''''57,930''''''50,297''''''55,560''''''51,827''''''55,054''''''57,095''''''8,740''''''395,764''''''100.00%''''''8'''Rejected Votes3,2073,8691,9463,6012,5372,0222,752197Total Polled62,46861,79952,24359,16154,36457,07659,8478,937Registered Electors78,40876,10169,00376,56271,21173,737Turnout79.67%81.21%75.71%77.27%76.34%77.40%Source:The following candidates were elected:Mangala Samaraweera (PA), 93,110 preference votes (pv); Mahinda Wijesekara (PA), 83,625 pv; Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena (UNP), 81,053 pv; Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena (PA), 70,091 pv; Sagala Ratnayaka (UNP), 58,634 pv; Dullas Alahapperuma (PA), 48,721 pv; Chandrasiri Gajadeera (PA), 43,913 pv; and Jinadasa Kitulagoda (JVP), 4,012 pv.
2001 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 12th parliamentary election held on 5 December 2001 for the district:PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsAkur-essaDeni-yayaDevi-nuwaraHak-manaKambur-upitiyaMataraWeli-gamaUnited National Front(UNP, SLMC, CWC, WPF)25,37226,11422,49023,45721,99224,376'''171,661'''42.49%4People's Alliance(SLFP et al. )25,29424,39920,02124,57723,19424,480'''171,141'''42.37%3Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna9,1206,7768,3787,0946,4796,763'''54,476'''13.49%1New Left Front (NSSP et al. )437571284511384253'''2,780'''0.69%0Sinhala Heritage185135223177223536'''1,854'''0.46%0United Socialist Party138178911629174'''856'''0.21%0Independent 5294323273518'''208'''0.05%0People's Freedom Front245317282717'''196'''0.05%0United Sinhala Great Council17332321207'''143'''0.04%0Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya281811112520'''129'''0.03%0National Development Front222011261316'''128'''0.03%0Independent 3183016261413'''128'''0.03%0Independent 118146141113'''91'''0.02%0Independent 2612511134'''60'''0.01%0Sri Lanka Progressive Front81087811'''58'''0.01%0Independent 411176655'''58'''0.01%0'''Valid Votes''''''60,727''''''58,423''''''51,613''''''56,155''''''52,534''''''56,606''''''403,967''''''100.00%''''''8'''Rejected Votes3,1724,0302,1203,8782,7951,983Total Polled63,89962,45353,73360,03355,32958,589Registered Electors79,85077,54070,41277,92972,59075,301Turnout80.02%80.54%76.31%77.04%76.22%77.81%Sources:The following candidates were elected:Mangala Samaraweera (PA), 105,992 preference votes (pv); Mahinda Wijesekara (UNF), 95,378 pv; Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena (UNF), 81,617 pv; Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena (PA), 64,756 pv; Justin Galappathi (UNF), 60,548 pv; Mallika de Mel (PA), 60,531 pv; Sagala Ratnayaka (UNF), 55,423 pv; and Jinadasa Kitulagoda (JVP), 4,799 pv.
2004 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004 for the district:PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsAkur-essaDeni-yayaDevi-nuwaraHak-manaKambur-upitiyaMataraWeli-gamaUnited People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, JVP et al. )35,74733,05130,36034,15831,92732,96734,8248,201'''241,235'''60.27%5United National Front(UNP, SLMC, CWC, WPF)21,31823,26216,47318,58216,87919,45819,9963,665'''139,633'''34.89%3Jathika Hela Urumaya1,7331,1972,3311,4211,9884,3092,462788'''16,229'''4.05%0United Socialist Party2533761482261671462046'''1,526'''0.38%0National Development Front911239911810284929'''718'''0.18%0Independent 7496315342125371'''245'''0.06%0New Left Front (NSSP et al. )202916181752364'''192'''0.05%0Independent 62536415710200'''117'''0.03%0Independent 14116107770'''52'''0.01%0Liberal Party687144461'''50'''0.01%0Independent 368523651'''36'''0.01%0Independent 2212364340'''34'''0.01%0Independent 5112571350'''34'''0.01%0Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya53457450'''33'''0.01%0Sri Lanka National Front75342260'''29'''0.01%0Swarajya62731340'''26'''0.01%0Independent 483251031'''23'''0.01%0Sri Lanka Progressive Front11352810'''21'''0.01%0'''Valid Votes''''''59,282''''''58,202''''''49,491''''''54,633''''''51,140''''''57,091''''''57,717''''''12,677''''''400,233''''''100.00%''''''8'''Rejected Votes3,4274,5452,3653,8462,9581,9993,422207Total Polled62,70962,74751,85658,47954,09859,09061,13912,884Registered Electors82,33080,25971,81279,91874,43478,465Turnout76.17%78.18%72.21%73.17%72.68%75.31%Source:The following candidates were elected:Mangala Samaraweera (UPFA-SLFP), 118,848 preference votes (pv); Jinadasa Kitulagoda (UPFA-JVP), 109,417 pv; Pemasiri Manage (UPFA-JVP), 101,558 pv; Mahinda Wijesekara (UNF-UNP), 72,563 pv; Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena (UNF-UNP), 66,498 pv; Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena (UPFA-SLFP), 60,453 pv; Sagala Ratnayaka (UNF-UNP), 59,888 pv; and Chandrasiri Gajadeera (UPFA-CPSL), 46,138 pv.
2004 Provincial Council Election Results of the 5th Southern provincial council election held on 10 July 2004 for the district:PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsAkur-essaDeni-yayaDevi-nuwaraHak-manaKambur-upitiyaMataraWeli-gamaUnited People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, JVP et al. )25,58624,44024,08523,92225,65525,99327,4184,977'''182,076'''64.30%12United National Party14,63917,28510,94411,69210,51313,46713,9421,966'''94,448'''33.35%6Independent221123513,168901664144'''4,615'''1.63%0People's Liberation Solidarity Front1201215974107833617'''617'''0.22%0United Socialist Party7011866656648956'''534'''0.19%0United Lalith Front617238334139604'''348'''0.12%0Liberal Party1061913151210101'''186'''0.07%0Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya1918252726331717'''182'''0.06%0United Sinhala Great Council1021790159128'''172'''0.06%0'''Valid Votes''''''40,832''''''42,217''''''35,288''''''39,086''''''37,336''''''39,748''''''41,631''''''7,040''''''283,178''''''100.00%''''''18'''Rejected Votes2,3632,9932,0912,4112,3072,0922,367368Total Polled43,19545,21037,37941,49739,64341,84043,9987,408Registered Electors82,33080,25971,81279,91875,43478,465Turnout52.47%56.33%52.05%51.92%52.55%53.32%Source:The following candidates were elected:Akalanka Buddika Pathirana (UNP), 44,165 preference votes (pv); S. Rathanayake (UPFA), 42,771 pv; Justin Galappaththi (UNP), 31,953 pv; Arachchige Saman Kumara Suraweera (UPFA), 29,813 pv; L. B. Lal Premanath (UPFA), 29,790 pv; N. K. Sisira Kumara (UPFA), 29,064 pv; Gunasekara Wickramarathna Hemal (UPFA), 29,021 pv; S. Vijaya Bindu Weerasinghe (UPFA), 26,270 pv; Dhamvijaya Wijesekara Dahanayake (UPFA), 25,174 pv; Abewickrama Danvas Stanly (UPFA), 25,057 pv; Handunneththi Rannulu Piyasiri (UPFA), 24,841 pv; Weerasumana Weerasinghe (UPFA), 22,095 pv; Suduweli Kondage Lakmal Nilantha (UPFA), 19,192 pv; Handunge Sosindra Nandana (UPFA), 18,422 pv; Sirisena Wijewickrama Kankanamge (UNP), 17,878 pv; Kapila Jayantha Wellappili (UNP), 14,620 pv; Amaraweera Wickrama Gunawardhana Jinadasa (UNP), 11,122 pv; and Madduma Patabandige Praneeth Padmathilaka (UNP), 9,312 pv.
2005 Presidential Election Results of the 5th presidential election held on 17 November 2005 for the district:CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Akur-essaDeni-yayaDevi-nuwaraHak-manaKambur-upitiyaMataraWeli-gamaMahinda RajapaksaUPFA41,09136,91635,31940,56737,64137,82940,02710,021'''279,411'''61.85%Ranil WickremasingheUNP25,10328,01519,28822,36619,77122,94124,2254,128'''165,837'''36.71%A.A. SuraweeraNDF3263302163682291622424'''1,877'''0.42%Siritunga JayasuriyaUSP2793701912941971272263'''1,687'''0.37%Victor HettigodaULPP6887967558776627'''554'''0.12%Chamil JayaneththiNLF9810951908436524'''524'''0.12%Wimal GeeganageSLNF798342887826532'''451'''0.10%Aruna de SoyzaRPP637368985537507'''451'''0.10%A.K.J. ArachchigeDUA515430713728481'''320'''0.07%Anura De SilvaULF435229454723362'''277'''0.06%Wije DiasSEP203211191719157'''140'''0.03%P. Nelson PereraSLPF18335271410120'''119'''0.03%H.S. DharmadwajaUNAF71981097131'''74'''0.02%'''Valid Votes''''''67,246''''''66,173''''''55,354''''''64,118''''''58,237''''''61,322''''''65,065''''''14,207''''''451,722''''''100.00%'''Rejected Votes5708794155714584835681334,077Total Polled67,81667,05255,76964,68958,69561,80565,63314,340455,799Registered Electors84,86782,63673,00582,12875,95379,784562,987Turnout79.91%81.14%76.39%78.77%77.28%77.47%80.96%Source:
2009 Provincial Council Election Results of the 6th Southern provincial council election held on 10 October 2009 for the district:PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsAkur-essaDeni-yayaDevi-nuwaraHak-manaKambur-upitiyaMataraWeli-gamaUnited People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP et al. )39,62940,70629,81240,02536,35029,77034,9555,863'''257,110'''67.97%12United National Party15,59412,07912,32811,25110,79317,96613,2871,316'''94,614'''25.01%5Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna3,3402,0993,1272,6442,6723,6472,449709'''20,687'''5.47%1Sri Lanka Muslim Congress240436621841462742,71318'''4,280'''1.13%0United National Alliance556743525746483'''371'''0.10%0National Development Front395633386722363'''294'''0.08%0Independent 110109683291563'''252'''0.07%0United Socialist Party134059222235252'''218'''0.06%0Janasetha Peramuna11288115521'''98'''0.03%0Democratic Unity Alliance4158148471'''61'''0.02%0Independent 31077129662'''59'''0.02%0Patriotic National Front474127540'''43'''0.01%0United Lanka Great Council1043143200'''36'''0.01%0Sri Lanka Progressive Front264234121'''34'''0.01%0Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya53343752'''32'''0.01%0Independent 235396420'''32'''0.01%0Ruhuna People's Party26473360'''31'''0.01%0'''Valid Votes''''''58,971''''''55,155''''''46,204''''''54,381''''''50,189''''''51,865''''''53,563''''''7,924''''''378,252''''''100.00%''''''18'''Rejected Votes2,3753,2811,6733,0222,3161,8272,070163Total Polled61,34658,43647,87757,40352,50553,69255,6338,087Registered Electors87,51086,31174,60185,68677,70580,334Turnout70.10%67.70%64.18%66.99%67.57%66.84%Source:The following candidates were elected:Gunasekara Wickramarathna Hemal (UPFA), 63,323 preference votes (pv); Akalanka Buddika Pathirana (UNP), 57,802 pv; Abeywardhana Sarath Yapa (UPFA), 45,882 pv; Chandima Rasaputhra (UPFA), 40,066 pv; Dhamvijaya Wijesekara Dahanayake (UPFA), 32,972 pv; S. Vijaya Bindu Weerasinghe (UPFA), 32,041 pv; Weerasumana Weerasinghe (UPFA), 31,945 pv; Anthonige Hewa Piyasena (UPFA), 31,423 pv; Manoj Sirisena Hewagampalage (UPFA), 31,033 pv; Kanchana Wodatha Wijesekara (UPFA), 30,870 pv; Jayantha Kodithuwakku Hewa Kodithuwakku Manamalarachchige (UPFA), 29,282 pv; Justin Galappaththi (UPFA), 28,371 pv; Aruna Gunarathna (UPFA), 28,239 pv; Gayan Sanjeewa Hewa Wellalage (UNP), 17,654 pv; Kapila Jayantha Wellappili (UNP), 15,041 pv; Sirisena Wijewickrama Kankanamge (UNP), 14,274 pv; A. A. Haputhanthrige Windana Nishantha (UNP), 13,758 pv; and N. K. Sisira Kumara (JVP), 3,189 pv.
2010 Presidential Election Results of the 6th presidential election held on 26 January 2010 for the district:CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Akur-essaDeni-yayaDevi-nuwaraHak-manaKambur-upitiyaMataraWeli-gamaMahinda RajapaksaUPFA44,52742,99936,42845,59040,87933,94841,35910,425'''296,155'''65.53%Sarath FonsekaNDF21,92620,93917,21917,62616,56127,10221,9785,159'''148,510'''32.86%A.A. SuraweeraNDF185332145300149951723'''1,381'''0.31%M.C.M. IsmailDUNF144250116220170879110'''1,088'''0.24%W.V. Mahiman RanjithInd 11302057415410859954'''829'''0.18%C.J. Sugathsiri GamageUDF112142849785611505'''736'''0.16%A.S.P LiyanageSLLP9513962999343642'''597'''0.13%Siritunga JayasuriyaUSP549523494226506'''345'''0.08%Ukkubanda WijekoonInd 3546035535223511'''329'''0.07%Sarath ManamendraNSH458133453138391'''313'''0.07%Aithurus M. IlliasInd 2334735583825471'''284'''0.06%Lal PereraONF396933432138373'''283'''0.06%Vikramabahu KarunaratneLF254614333315258'''199'''0.04%M. K. ShivajilingamInd 5283812261711202'''154'''0.03%Battaramulla SeelarathanaJP20281130154116'''125'''0.03%Wije DiasSEP15208211718121'''112'''0.02%Aruna de SoyzaRPP1938715121060'''107'''0.02%Senaratna de SilvaPNF15219161011132'''97'''0.02%Sanath PinnaduwaNA1421514810100'''82'''0.02%M. Mohamed MusthaffaInd 41515613128111'''81'''0.02%M.B. ThaminimullaACAKO13155124791'''66'''0.01%Sarath KongahageUNAF1113888341'''56'''0.01%'''Valid Votes''''''67,519''''''65,613''''''54,372''''''64,522''''''58,365''''''61,642''''''64,254''''''15,642''''''451,929''''''100.00%'''Rejected Votes4496243084523643673331283,025Total Polled67,96866,23754,68064,97458,72962,00964,58715,770454,954Registered Electors87,51086,31174,60185,68677,70580,334578,858Turnout77.67%76.74%73.30%75.83%75.58%77.19%78.60%Source:
2010 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010 for the district:PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsAkur-essaDeni-yayaDevi-nuwaraHak-manaKambur-upitiyaMataraWeli-gamaUnited People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP et al. )30,81630,27026,17733,11328,83424,35329,81410,560'''213,937'''65.31%6United National Front(UNP, SLMC, DPF, SLFP(P))13,19612,7379,5359,97110,27719,87512,4823,041'''91,114'''27.81%2Democratic National Alliance (JVP et al. )3,0751,9603,0862,2122,2573,6242,8121,439'''20,465'''6.25%0Sri Lanka National Front86405117142576223'''478'''0.15%0Independent 5515425483432331'''278'''0.08%0Our National Front395121485019303'''261'''0.08%0United Socialist Party375045252828234'''240'''0.07%0National Development Front173230332521184'''180'''0.05%0United Democratic Front263314241716155'''150'''0.05%0Left Liberation Front4280251014'''126'''0.04%0Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal223043881'''49'''0.01%0Independent 4316484232'''42'''0.01%0Patriotic National Front213546520'''37'''0.01%0Independent 166176360'''35'''0.01%0Janasetha Peramuna36246930'''33'''0.01%0Independent 366154251'''30'''0.01%0Liberal Party75641511'''30'''0.01%0National People's Party153344100'''30'''0.01%0Independent 257224131'''25'''0.01%0Sri Lanka Labour Party221110340'''23'''0.01%0Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya32224213'''19'''0.01%0'''Valid Votes''''''47,407''''''45,300''''''39,019''''''45,535''''''41,718''''''48,074'''''45,436'''''15,093''''''327,582''''''100.00%''''''8'''Rejected Votes2,1702,7181,4732,5721,9061,2991,812339Total Polled49,57748,01840,49248,10743,62449,37347,24815,432Registered Electors87,51086,31174,60185,68677,70580,334Turnout56.65%55.63%54.28%56.14%56.14%61.46%Source:The following candidates were elected:Sanath Jayasuriya (UPFA), 74,352 preference votes (pv); Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena (UPFA-SLFP), 70,439 pv; Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena (UPFA), 67,510 pv; Buddhika Pathirana (UNF), 62,499 pv; Mangala Samaraweera (UNF-SLFP(P)), 59,836 pv; Chandrasiri Gajadeera (UPFA-CPSL), 51,742 pv; Hemal Gunasekara (UPFA), 51,013 pv; and Wijaya Dahanayaka (UPFA), 44,463 pv.
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