Galle Electoral District
Introduction '''Galle 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 Galle in the Southern province. The district currently elects 10 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 761,815 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%Akmee-manaAmbalan-godaBadde-gamaBala-pitiyaBentaraElpitiyaGalleHabara-duwaHini-dumaKaran-deniyaRat-gamaJunius JayewardeneUNP20,26917,78422,30114,94923,66823,78518,96027,20917,06020,8014,758'''211,544'''50.23%Hector KobbekaduwaSLFP19,62316,22523,6899,29521,80511,50822,60019,64912,73220,7983,001'''180,925'''42.96%Rohana WijeweeraJVP1,5332,2711,9811,1782,1062,2792,2391,6293,0262,409311'''20,962'''4.98%Colvin R. de SilvaLSSP1885153813,060294255180210181907220'''6,391'''1.52%Vasudeva NanayakkaraNSSP13564129456912511364407136'''891'''0.21%Kumar PonnambalamACTC322279143663346045391'''425'''0.10%'''Valid Votes''''''41,780''''''36,881''''''48,560''''''28,541''''''47,978''''''38,015''''''44,126''''''48,821''''''33,084''''''45,025''''''8,327''''''421,138''''''100.00%'''Rejected Votes389474540546686389361605367748935,198Total Polled42,16937,35549,10029,08748,66438,40444,48749,42633,45145,7738,420426,336Registered Electors51,07345,08659,04037,44458,59651,57456,05357,07541,355512,489Turnout82.57%82.85%83.16%77.68%83.05%74.46%79.37%86.60%80.89%83.19%Source:
1988 Presidential Election Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988 for the district:CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Akmee-manaAmbalan-godaBadde-gamaBala-pitiyaBentaraElpitiyaGalleHabara-duwaHini-dumaKaran-deniyaRat-gamaSirimavo BandaranaikeSLFP22,8773,44427,0613,47512,05717,43218,32922,3475,70313,2902,600'''148,615'''53.09%Ranasinghe PremadasaUNP16,8653,28220,3685,0938,78919,22711,50022,0294,21011,5392,010'''124,912'''44.62%Oswin AbeygunasekaraSLMP6642349413544818696377941891,043211'''6,417'''2.29%'''Valid Votes''''''40,406''''''6,960''''''48,370''''''8,922''''''21,327''''''37,528''''''30,466''''''45,170''''''10,102''''''25,872''''''4,821''''''279,944''''''100.00%'''Rejected Votes3681507931622996334387451514562664,461Total Polled40,7747,11049,1639,08421,62638,16130,90445,91510,25326,3285,087284,405Registered Electors57,72449,88565,35141,22065,59756,08361,36965,31047,887571,303Turnout70.64%14.25%75.23%22.04%32.97%68.04%50.36%70.30%21.41%49.78%Source:
1989 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989 for the district:PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsAkmee-manaAmbalan-godaBadde-gamaBala-pitiyaBentaraElpitiyaGalleHabara-duwaHini-dumaKaran-deniyaRat-gamaUnited National Party19,61515,38623,79013,05218,48217,54714,84025,4669,51621,5114,757'''183,962'''50.40%6Sri Lanka Freedom Party19,61312,24822,3254,13015,84913,52312,85722,59710,40214,5933,959'''152,096'''41.67%5United Socialist Alliance(CPSL, LSSP, NSSP, SLMP)2852,3654616,4753,4654693033114103,100516'''18,160'''4.98%0United Lanka People's Party4523731741971531,779241162271180115'''4,097'''1.12%0Sri Lanka Muslim Congress160581141882052,89955921348524'''4,014'''1.10%0Mahajana Eksath Peramuna16123411514225828147229866534115'''2,676'''0.73%0'''Valid Votes''''''40,286''''''30,664''''''46,979''''''24,184''''''38,412''''''36,498''''''28,768''''''48,926''''''20,799''''''40,003''''''9,486''''''365,005''''''100.00%''''''11'''Rejected Votes1,8562,5052,7052,1913,1521,5871,7922,9541,7772,729288Total Polled42,14233,16949,68426,37541,56438,08530,56051,88022,57642,7329,774Registered Electors56,40848,72564,39040,34564,52954,73860,47464,45247,42659,50810,151Turnout74.71%68.07%77.16%65.37%64.41%69.58%50.53%80.49%47.60%71.81%96.29%Source:The following candidates were elected:Amarasiri Dodangoda (SLFP), 66,431 preference votes (pv); Bentota Pathiranage Richard de Silva (SLFP), 64,268 pv; Matarage Upali Sarath Danston Amarasiri (UNP), 63,985 pv; Rupa Karunathilake (UNP), 51,147 pv; Don Ranjith Nanda Kumarage (UNP), 43,609 pv; Vincent Jayawardene (UNP), 42,085 pv; Hemakumara Nanayakkara (SLFP), 37,310 pv; Kariyawasam Haputhanthri Gamage Noel Padmasiri (SLFP), 35,772 pv; Piyasena Gamage (SLFP); 35,456 pv; Rannulu Nandimiththa G. de Soyza (UNP); 28,474 pv; and Buddhika Kurukularatne (UNP), 24,010 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 Party190,47844.32%People's Alliance (SLFP et al. )189,11444.00%Democratic United National Front39,0369.08%Nava Sama Samaja Party5,2271.22%Others5,9031.37%'''Valid Votes''''''429,758''''''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. )238,77044.32%United National Party200,00444.00%Nava Sama Samaja Party7,1509.08%Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya1,7251.22%'''Valid Votes''''''447,649''''''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%SeatsAkmee-manaAmbalan-godaBadde-gamaBala-pitiyaBentaraElpitiyaGalleHabara-duwaHini-dumaKaran-deniyaRat-gamaPeople's Alliance (SLFP et al. )28,02724,41733,57216,90731,22223,34729,71633,64821,88027,2437,977'''277,956'''56.39%6United National Party20,57617,64323,87414,23922,05919,88518,52826,09915,83020,4124,123'''203,268'''41.24%4Sri Lanka Progressive Front (JVP)645780505421940612819601805891220'''7,239'''1.47%0Mahajana Eksath Peramuna70417238999202983732296105340123'''4,145'''0.84%0People's Freedom Front232079122415394225243'''306'''0.06%0'''Valid Votes''''''49,975''''''43,032''''''58,419''''''31,678''''''54,447''''''44,842''''''49,834''''''60,686''''''38,645''''''48,910''''''12,446''''''492,914''''''100.00%''''''10'''Rejected Votes1,8081,8012,9371,3802,4181,4181,9622,7471,9752,132185Total Polled51,78344,83361,35633,05856,86546,26051,79663,43340,62051,04212,631Registered Electors64,32056,04174,33143,98871,76562,01166,34274,33753,066Turnout80.51%80.00%82.54%75.15%79.24%74.60%78.07%85.33%76.55%Source:The following candidates were elected:Amarasiri Dodangoda (PA), 176,151 preference votes (pv); Richard Bentota Pathirana (PA), 116,893 pv; Vajira Abeywardena (UNP), 81,373 pv; Piyasena Gamage (PA), 67,033 pv; Ganegama Liyanage Sarath Gunawardena (UNP), 56,568 pv; Amarasiri Matarage Upali Sarath Dunstan (UNP), 53,577 pv; Rupa Karunathilake (UNP), 52,577 pv; Kariyawasam Haputhanthri Gamage Noel Padmasiri (PA), 52,370 pv; Kalu Arachchige Nandadasa Gunasinghe (PA), 46,948 pv; and Asoka Weerasinghe de Silva (PA), 45,022 pv.
1994 Presidential Election Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994 for the district:CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Akmee-manaAmbalan-godaBadde-gamaBala-pitiyaBentaraElpitiyaGalleHabara-duwaHini-dumaKaran-deniyaRat-gamaChandrika KumaratungaPA29,13525,25833,93217,30732,21323,58729,68934,00322,47028,6189,186'''285,398'''61.40%Srimathi DissanayakeUNP17,67913,73520,78512,08718,74717,25816,11523,21611,93417,4064,320'''173,282'''37.28%Hudson SamarasingheInd 21111632721082248322028224416414'''1,885'''0.41%Harischandra WijayatungaSMBP1901401745916018517215712713882'''1,584'''0.34%Nihal GalappaththiSLPF128116185701329815820817315663'''1,487'''0.32%A.J. RanashingeInd 111710113183124127129172818133'''1,179'''0.25%'''Valid Votes''''''47,360''''''39,513''''''55,479''''''29,714''''''51,600''''''41,338''''''46,483''''''58,038''''''35,029''''''46,563''''''13,698''''''464,815''''''100.00%'''Rejected Votes6725149523757736156561,0595836602537,112Total Polled48,03240,02756,43130,08952,37341,95347,13959,09735,61247,22313,951471,927Registered Electors64,32056,04174,33143,98871,76562,01166,34274,33753,066632,422Turnout74.68%71.42%75.92%68.40%72.98%67.65%71.05%79.50%67.11%74.62%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. )214,71446.70%11United National Party188,92141.09%9Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna38,8178.44%2Mahajana Eksath Peramuna5,4961.20%0New Left Front (NSSP et al. )4,9811.08%0Independent 14,5500.99%0Muslim United Liberation Front7390.16%0People's Liberation Solidarity Front4440.10%0Independent 33920.09%0Liberal Party3400.07%0People's Freedom Front1970.04%0Independent 21780.04%0'''Valid Votes''''''459,769''''''100.00%''''''22'''Source:
1999 Presidential Election Results of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999 for the district:CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Akmee-manaAmbalan-godaBadde-gamaBala-pitiyaBentaraElpitiyaGalleHabara-duwaHini-dumaKaran-deniyaRat-gamaChandrika KumaratungaPA30,32724,64234,09717,52431,62622,00828,13735,71222,44528,4046,232'''281,154'''54.91%Ranil WickremasingheUNP19,74916,35822,96913,37221,19620,04218,06425,29214,88219,1344,848'''195,906'''38.26%Nandana GunathilakeJVP2,6022,5952,4061,4663,1282,2072,7273,1833,1572,4971,289'''27,257'''5.32%Harischandra WijayatungaSMBP15014116710116922516195115144124'''1,592'''0.31%W.V.M. RanjithInd 212978191751156413517414410418'''1,227'''0.24%T. EdirisuriyaInd 191621365412563941351039114'''968'''0.19%Vasudeva NanayakkaraLDA1248491608211292505579123'''952'''0.19%Rajiva WijesinhaLiberal815514853119619715251882'''907'''0.18%Kamal KarunadasaPLSF6247912976376711065745'''663'''0.13%Abdul RasoolSLMP6955823769119557551327'''651'''0.13%Hudson SamarasingheInd 341325694418405930262'''357'''0.07%A.W. PremawardhanaPFF1613408247204816153'''210'''0.04%A. DissanayakaDUNF20922122215152419107'''175'''0.03%'''Valid Votes''''''53,461''''''44,171''''''60,496''''''32,800''''''56,795''''''44,978''''''49,704''''''65,109''''''41,133''''''50,698''''''12,674''''''512,019''''''100.00%'''Rejected Votes1,0708801,1455399911,0001,0868738577495269,716Total Polled54,53145,05161,64133,33957,78645,97850,79065,98241,99051,44713,200521,735Registered Electors69,22958,54576,86045,79075,27163,30067,83378,75256,502660,585Turnout78.77%76.95%80.20%72.81%76.77%72.64%74.88%83.78%74.32%78.98%Source:
2000 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000 for the district:PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsAkmee-manaAmbalan-godaBadde-gamaBala-pitiyaBentaraElpitiyaGalleHabara-duwaHini-dumaKaran-deniyaRat-gamaPeople's Alliance(SLFP et al. )28,84022,65731,84515,74530,21320,00425,97434,27821,03526,6197,391'''264,601'''50.08%5United National Party21,34218,66223,54814,59422,81122,35119,63926,62917,49119,9105,078'''212,055'''40.14%4Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna3,9253,7723,9372,4174,4423,8554,4814,4934,3344,2741,690'''41,620'''7.88%1Sinhala Heritage540404305311520833472218247459226'''4,535'''0.86%0New Left Front (NSSP et al. )18827439213325610220625424925013'''2,317'''0.44%0Independent 27670128419134596975565'''704'''0.13%0Citizen's Front53264413635604551288113'''572'''0.11%0United Lalith Front374971366429525857387'''498'''0.09%0Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya4416311929422629203121'''308'''0.06%0Democratic United National Front16223473115244617253'''240'''0.05%0Liberal Party1718494275152720211'''204'''0.04%0Independent 112173371516171715213'''173'''0.03%0United Sinhala Great Council177317211216311492'''167'''0.03%0Sri Lanka Muslim Party1161672728111110142'''143'''0.03%0 581114376 94 '''76'''0.01%0People's Freedom Front10310566712531'''68'''0.01%0Sri Lanka Progressive Front1306382811970'''67'''0.01%0'''Valid Votes''''''55,146''''''46,011''''''60,491''''''33,486''''''58,599''''''47,401''''''51,058''''''66,234*''''''43,635''''''51,822''''''14,456*''''''528,348''''''100.00%''''''10'''Rejected Votes2,2171,9053,5421,0532,8741,7742,300 1,9052,260 Total Polled57,36347,91664,03334,53961,47349,17553,358 45,54054,082 Registered Electors71,25660,17378,86746,93577,09565,31369,19681,12858,321Turnout80.50%79.63%81.19%73.59%79.74%75.29%77.11% 78.09%Source:The following candidates were elected:Richard Pathirana (PA), 114,658 preference votes (pv); Vajira Abeywardena (UNP), 104,483 pv; Amarasiri Dodangoda (PA), 89,149 pv; Hemakumara Nanayakkara (UNP), 70,231 pv; Piyasena Gamage (PA), 62,830 pv; Gayantha Karunathilaka (UNP), 60,728 pv; A.A. Keerthi Suranjith Mawellage (PA), 51,899 pv; G. L. Sarath Gunawardena (UNP), 46,656 pv; Kariyawasam Haputhanthri Gamage Noel Padmasiri (PA), 46,600 pv; and Athula Indika Weerakoon (JVP), 2,664 pv.
2001 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 12th parliamentary election held on 5 December 2001 for the district:PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsAkmee-manaAmbalan-godaBadde-gamaBala-pitiyaBentaraElpitiyaGalleHabara-duwaHini-dumaKaran-deniyaRat-gamaUnited National Front(UNP, SLMC, CWC, WPF)24,79820,29527,44716,03025,11427,51621,61729,66618,632'''238,989'''44.10%5People's Alliance(SLFP et al. )25,56220,40928,32613,95626,73215,64023,50830,15118,925'''232,931'''42.98%4Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna5,4265,7615,7143,9307,2365,2636,8826,7176,718'''61,806'''11.41%1New Left Front (NSSP et al. )21328235015529094239353240'''2,448'''0.45%0Sinhala Heritage253228153180279407216113114'''2,328'''0.43%0United Socialist Party84441034280695313345'''728'''0.13%0Independent 5454611828922968'''603'''0.11%0Democratic Left Front37163815112179'''465'''0.09%0United Lalith Front37316125702746'''465'''0.09%0Democratic United National Front32244316281130'''292'''0.05%0Liberal Party131630532929'''173'''0.03%0Independent 417518103058'''139'''0.03%0Independent 161126517311'''117'''0.02%0United Sinhala Great Council161013414511'''114'''0.02%0Independent 3942131287'''101'''0.02%0People's Freedom Front86110743'''68'''0.01%0Independent 243102825'''50'''0.01%0Sri Lanka National Front7461953'''50'''0.01%0Sri Lanka Progressive Front3493722'''47'''0.01%0'''Valid Votes''''''56,570''''''47,199''''''62,497''''''34,410''''''60,068''''''49,316''''''52,735''''''67,476*''''''44,906''''''541,914''''''100.00%''''''10'''Rejected Votes2,4561,9423,9281,4262,8162,0062,3553,0422,012Total Polled59,02649,14166,42535,83662,88451,32255,09070,51846,918Registered Electors73,39761,81381,02647,77478,96768,94971,47383,30260,273Turnout80.42%79.50%81.98%75.01%79.63%74.43%77.08%84.65%77.84%Sources:The following candidates were elected:Vajira Abeywardena (UNF), 110,055 preference votes (pv); Amarasiri Dodangoda (PA), 78,697 pv; Hemakumara Nanayakkara (UNF), 78,590 pv; Richard Pathirane (PA), 72,737 pv; Gayantha Karunathilaka (UNF), 64,257 pv; Piyasena Gamage (PA), 54,570 pv; Ananda Abeywickrama (UNF), 50,772 pv; Jayantha Jayaweera (UNF), 49,667 pv; Baddegama Samitha (PA), 42,120 pv; and Athula Indika Weerakoon (JVP), 2,938 pv.
2004 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004 for the district:PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsAkmee-manaAmbalan-godaBadde-gamaBala-pitiyaBentaraElpitiyaGalleHabara-duwaHini-dumaKaran-deniyaRat-gamaUnited People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, JVP et al. )30,89726,43535,93618,00234,84020,77930,64838,63329,80729,41310,995'''306,385'''56.58%6United National Front(UNP, SLMC, CWC, WPF)21,24917,28924,57214,11722,24323,58519,41727,44014,37719,4085,702'''209,399'''38.67%4Jathika Hela Urumaya3,0952,5441,3681,9442,4114,1661,6671,1191,1872,2671,058'''22,826'''4.22%0United Lalith Front424521337456051494'''674'''0.12%0National Development Front64807740838548539'''626'''0.12%0New Left Front (NSSP et al. )4999421116110303823'''457'''0.08%0United Socialist Party54255830495642446'''456'''0.08%0Independent 916132810181119130'''164'''0.03%0Independent 116145712522210'''121'''0.02%0Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya91182433173'''74'''0.01%0Independent 87511155841'''64'''0.01%0Independent 35211325241'''44'''0.01%0Ruhuna People's Party376821330'''38'''0.01%0Independent 5549040430'''32'''0.01%0Independent 7417352030'''32'''0.01%0Swarajya604034214'''28'''0.01%0Independent 6005051060'''25'''0.00%0Sri Lanka National Front063010102'''21'''0.00%0Independent 2423010220'''19'''0.00%0Sri Lanka Progressive Front133200110'''13'''0.00%0Independent 4100011052'''13'''0.00%0'''Valid Votes''''''55,527''''''46,585''''''62,369''''''34,217''''''59,750''''''48,879''''''51,970''''''67,483''''''45,566*''''''51,355''''''17,810''''''541,511''''''100.00%''''''10'''Rejected Votes3,0072,3844,7271,4893,3692,2273,1354,3712,4642,913294Total Polled58,53448,96967,09635,70663,11951,10655,10571,85448,03054,26818,104Registered Electors76,10163,49583,38148,38780,94370,20472,56686,34362,180Turnout76.92%77.12%80.47%73.79%77.98%72.80%75.94%83.22%77.24%Source:The following candidates were elected:Ajith Kumara (UPFA-JVP), 128,060 preference votes (pv); Vajira Abeywardena (UNF-UNP), 126,037 pv; Chandrasena Wijesinghe (UPFA-JVP), 101,377 pv; Thilakaratne Withanachchi (UPFA-JVP) 85,627 pv; Hemakumara Nanayakkara (UNF-UNP), 81,382 pv; Piyasena Gamage (UPFA-SLFP), 71,307 pv; Amarasiri Dodangoda (UPFA-SLFP), 60,282 pv; Gunaratna Weerakoon (UPFA-SLFP), 58,154 pv; Gayantha Karunathilaka (UNF-UNP), 55,757 pv; and Lionel Premasiri (UNF-UNP), 39,519 pv.Amarasiri Dodangoda (UPFA-SLFP) died on 30 May 2009.His replacement Chandima Weerakkody (UPFA-SLFP) was sworn in on 9 June 2009.
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%SeatsAkmee-manaAmbalan-godaBadde-gamaBala-pitiyaBentaraElpitiyaGalleHabara-duwaHini-dumaKaran-deniyaRat-gamaUnited People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, JVP et al. )23,48623,58028,68113,53026,23517,69421,62633,53219,05824,3396,524'''238,285'''62.50%14United National Party13,99610,46717,6279,39815,77714,29312,41021,3909,15411,6792,977'''139,168'''36.51%9United Socialist Party891,1941115776946713913229128'''2,278'''0.60%0United Lalith Front423374315155447031374'''472'''0.12%0Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya24431934304020311913120'''411'''0.11%0Independent 228363992918173915189'''257'''0.07%0United Sinhala Great Council201113383811128278'''159'''0.04%0Independent 1121413513611136110'''104'''0.03%0Ruhuna People's Party810714759127105'''94'''0.02%0'''Valid Votes''''''37,705''''''35,388''''''46,584''''''23,081''''''42,226''''''32,243''''''34,215''''''55,238''''''28,430''''''36,543''''''9,575''''''381,228''''''100.00%''''''23'''Rejected Votes2,1961,9863,0381,2402,7551,8862,0434,0031,8362,129521Total Polled39,90137,37449,62224,32144,98134,12936,25859,24130,26638,67210,096Registered Electors76,10163,49583,38148,38780,94370,20472,56686,34362,180Turnout52.43%58.86%59.51%50.26%55.57%48.61%49.97%68.61%48.67%Source:The following candidates were elected:Shan Wijayalal De Silva (UPFA), 59,826 preference votes (pv); Ariyathilaka Udalamattha Gamage Dayawansha (UPFA), 39,725 pv; Nishantha Muthuhettigamage (UPFA), 36,274 pv; Thithagalla Gamage Rathna (UPFA), 35,714 pv; Kolamba Thantreege Nishantha Perera (UPFA), 33,370 pv; Asela Naleenda Lal Naligama Hewage (UPFA), 33,008 pv; Kalinga Samithra De Silva (UPFA), 32,483 pv; Thotagamuwe Kankanmge Jayasundara (UPFA), 29,690 pv; Agampodi Mohan P. De Silva (UPFA), 29,103 pv; Iranipala Wijewantha (UPFA), 29,076 pv; Jayaweera Thommaya Hakuru (UPFA), 27,790 pv; Lal Bandula Bandarigoda (UNP), 24,675 pv; Abewickrama Ananda (UNP), 23,885 pv; Manusha Nanayakkara (UNP), 21,774 pv; Dhasilige Sunil Senanayaka (UNP), 21,731 pv; Wijepala Hettiarachchi (UNP), 21,675 pv; Asoka Dhanawansa De Silva Pettagam (UNP), 21,154 pv; Kaluarachchige Nanda Gunasinghe (UPFA), 21,068 pv; Angulugaha Gamage Chandradasa Piyasiri (UPFA), 21,051 pv; Sathendra Maithree Gunarathna (UNP), 20,503 pv; Ajith De Silva Ginihalgodage Ramba (UPFA), 19,780 pv; Ranjith Kumarage (UNP), 17,951 pv; and Jayasiri Nanayakkara (UNP), 16,550 pv.
2005 Presidential Election Results of the 5th presidential election held on 17 November 2005 for the district:CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Akmee-manaAmbalan-godaBadde-gamaBala-pitiyaBentaraElpitiyaGalleHabara-duwaHini-dumaKaran-deniyaRat-gamaMahinda RajapaksaUPFA36,42430,41840,55820,74338,77924,97235,00242,30431,15734,25912,617'''347,233'''58.41%Ranil WickremasingheUNP24,57020,09327,76415,46025,76727,16622,16431,48917,43821,3306,079'''239,320'''40.26%Siritunga JayasuriyaUSP2221513541332961991943011642219'''2,244'''0.38%A.A. SuraweeraNDF2111703501252681042333541791763'''2,173'''0.37%Victor HettigodaULPP10759112341008580112736447'''873'''0.15%Chamil JayaneththiNLF544884206824547149475'''524'''0.09%Aruna de SoyzaRPP434968366423478260414'''517'''0.09%Wimal GeeganageSLNF394278267028486042324'''469'''0.08%Anura De SilvaULF402553165330496132272'''388'''0.07%A.K.J. ArachchigeDUA272540194123353929252'''305'''0.05%Wije DiasSEP201927281511192917315'''221'''0.04%P. Nelson PereraSLPF17428817111816890'''136'''0.02%H.S. DharmadwajaUNAF5714482611530'''65'''0.01%'''Valid Votes''''''61,779''''''51,110''''''69,530''''''36,652''''''65,546''''''52,678''''''57,949''''''74,929''''''49,253''''''56,265''''''18,777''''''594,468''''''100.00%'''Rejected Votes5605096992915725204956544814982615,540Total Polled62,33951,61970,22936,94366,11853,19858,44475,58349,73456,76319,038600,008Registered Electors78,49664,86485,78648,82682,28271,42573,60689,15664,111732,289Turnout79.42%79.58%81.87%75.66%80.36%74.48%79.40%84.78%77.57%81.94%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%SeatsAkmee-manaAmbalan-godaBadde-gamaBala-pitiyaBentaraElpitiyaGalleHabara-duwaHini-dumaKaran-deniyaRat-gamaUnited People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP et al. )34,61534,26042,19122,39240,29923,64733,25847,37230,93234,44910,585'''354,000'''68.34%16United National Party17,97910,89017,0207,69013,45418,82314,55516,2009,60611,5642,394'''140,175'''27.06%6Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna2,6511,5051,9259332,3791,9731,9752,5601,6621,596799'''19,958'''3.85%1Sri Lanka Muslim Congress11011082561,986061417'''2,273'''0.44%0United National Alliance583368316266466140305'''500'''0.10%0United Socialist Party692144213952294816243'''366'''0.07%0Independent 41016112121110264100'''112'''0.02%0Socialist Equality Party21252856333280'''95'''0.02%0Left Front124296101388101'''92'''0.02%0Janasetha Peramuna46935142374122'''89'''0.02%0Independent 35121426447640'''64'''0.01%0United Lanka People's Party845264810460'''57'''0.01%0National People's Party72928433461'''49'''0.01%0Independent 265735615431'''46'''0.01%0Independent 139433228211'''38'''0.01%0Sri Lanka Progressive Front512031126521'''38'''0.01%0Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya35102674242'''36'''0.01%0Ruhuna People's Party64303021020'''21'''0.00%0United Lanka Great Council31323212011'''19'''0.00%0'''Valid Votes''''''55,556''''''46,791''''''61,360''''''31,202''''''56,360''''''46,630''''''49,937''''''66,337''''''42,309''''''47,743''''''13,803''''''518,028''''''100.00%''''''23'''Rejected Votes2,0991,9863,2491,1662,6591,5742,0462,9911,7642,141277Total Polled57,65548,77764,60932,36859,01948,20451,98369,32844,07349,88414,080Registered Electors84,87268,78089,80550,10984,77271,57576,19094,24567,025Turnout67.93%70.92%71.94%64.60%69.62%67.35%68.23%73.56%65.76%Source:The following candidates were elected:Shan Wijayalal De Silva (UPFA), 90,294 preference votes (pv); Ihala Medagama Randima Preemal Gamage (UPFA), 77,418 pv; Nishantha Muthuhettigamage (UPFA), 71,718 pv; Sajin Vass Gunawardena (UPFA), 70,627 pv; Udalamatta Gamage Dayawansha Ariyathilaka (UPFA), 56,353 pv; A. Krishantha Pushpakumara Weerasinghe alias "Raththaran" (UNP), 52,371 pv; Agampodi Mohan P. De Silva (UPFA), 48,272 pv; Athukorala Kariyawasam Chaminda Sampath (UPFA), 42,300 pv; Ajith Prasanna Hewa Aluthsal Arachchige (UPFA), 38,762 pv; Manusha Nanayakkara (UNP), 38,477 pv; Angulugaha Gamage Chandradasa Piyasiri (UPFA), 30,678 pv; Anarkalli Aakarsha Jayatilaka (UPFA), 26,728 pv; Bandula Lal Bandarigoda (UNP), 24,891 pv; Baddegama Samitha (UPFA), 24,815 pv; T.D.S.L. Jayaweera (UPFA), 24,466 pv; Ananda Padmasiri Kariyawasam (UPFA), 24,206 pv; Amarapala Kahandapeelage (UPFA), 24,010 pv; Withanachchi Don Chamli Padmalal (UPFA), 22,771 pv; Lasantha Wijitha Kumara Wijenayaka (UPFA), 22,399 pv; Asoka Dhanawansa De Silva Pettagam (UNP), 21,674 pv; Wijepala Bopagoda Hettiarachchige (UNP), 19,470 pv; A. Akarawitage Gunarathna Maiththree (UNP), 17,920 pv; and Asela Naleenda Lal Naligama Hewage (JVP), 3,113 pv.
2010 Presidential Election Results of the 6th presidential election held on 26 January 2010 for the district:CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Akmee-manaAmbalan-godaBadde-gamaBala-pitiyaBentaraElpitiyaGalleHabara-duwaHini-dumaKaran-deniyaRat-gamaMahinda RajapaksaUPFA40,32133,48844,49523,63444,03625,79739,43547,98734,80937,32915,640'''386,971'''63.69%Sarath FonsekaNDF24,34519,19124,44612,19820,21927,62518,60626,06113,42017,6177,905'''211,633'''34.83%A.A. SuraweeraNDF145150262134242941532311981556'''1,770'''0.29%M.C.M. IsmailDUNF1147916871141751502279112515'''1,256'''0.21%W.V. Mahiman RanjithInd 1919313559123649318611810513'''1,080'''0.18%C.J. Sugathsiri GamageUDF82501384483739111467584'''804'''0.13%A.S.P LiyanageSLLP7937833278376611157443'''627'''0.10%Ukkubanda WijekoonInd 3663083398144466846433'''549'''0.09%Aithurus M. IlliasInd 2483160265730555744234'''435'''0.07%Sarath ManamendraNSH322763273335437628303'''397'''0.07%Siritunga JayasuriyaUSP392769234634365818304'''384'''0.06%Lal PereraONF412754293030333527264'''336'''0.06%Vikramabahu KarunaratneLF2117421926201537201111'''239'''0.04%M. K. ShivajilingamInd 5104381023171830990'''168'''0.03%Wije DiasSEP19192224121013113204'''157'''0.03%Senaratna de SilvaPNF1211333761437980'''140'''0.02%Sanath PinnaduwaNA91921412715211080'''126'''0.02%M. Mohamed MusthaffaInd 467274111212211383'''124'''0.02%Aruna de SoyzaRPP12614216108281491'''120'''0.02%Battaramulla SeelarathanaJP752182059201163'''115'''0.02%M.B. ThaminimullaACAKO1671651511418720'''101'''0.02%Sarath KongahageUNAF11912692819562'''89'''0.01%'''Valid Votes''''''65,526''''''53,334''''''70,302''''''36,401''''''65,320''''''54,038''''''58,923''''''75,453''''''49,024''''''55,672''''''23,628''''''607,621''''''100.00%'''Rejected Votes3713204892413823123294573083362203,765Total Polled65,89753,65470,79136,64265,70254,35059,25275,91049,33256,00823,848611,386Registered Electors84,87268,78089,80550,10984,77271,57576,19094,24567,025761,815Turnout77.64%78.01%78.83%73.12%77.50%75.93%77.77%80.55%73.60%80.25%Source:
2010 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010 for the district:PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsAkmee-manaAmbalan-godaBadde-gamaBala-pitiyaBentaraElpitiyaGalleHabara-duwaHini-dumaKaran-deniyaRat-gamaUnited People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP et al.31,99826,21035,73317,37432,92620,34827,66040,08327,27428,81416,887'''305,307'''66.17%7United National Front(UNP, SLMC, DPF, SLFP(P))13,0628,92614,1197,29512,59214,80410,64415,6168,6889,7294,626'''120,101'''26.03%2Democratic National Alliance (JVP et al. )4,0264,1802,6961,8992,7925,3242,8092,7172,0222,8212,377'''33,663'''7.30%1Independent 6445755264847254732397'''427'''0.09%0Sri Lanka National Front1262729515125157188'''330'''0.07%0United Socialist Party331941241827275611254'''285'''0.06%0National Development Front411638123316194130193'''268'''0.06%0Independent 712114216281219353994'''227'''0.05%0United National Alternative Front11141741713123211148'''153'''0.03%0Independent 51292635109169100'''109'''0.02%0United Democratic Front510162155819285'''95'''0.02%0Socialist Equality Party61522462483203'''93'''0.02%0All Are Citizens, All Are Kings Organisation23112123252524'''71'''0.02%0Janasetha Peramuna920426036424'''60'''0.01%0Independent 2309265410295'''55'''0.01%0United Lanka Great Council30601356715'''37'''0.01%0Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya33215205522'''30'''0.01%0Independent 432101076242'''28'''0.01%0Independent 3222001112302'''25'''0.01%0Independent 105313130512'''24'''0.01%0'''Valid Votes''''''49,287''''''39,508''''''52,840''''''26,726''''''48,565''''''40,628''''''41,273''''''58,725''''''38,331''''''41,547''''''23,958''''''461,388''''''100.00%''''''10'''Rejected Votes2,0362,1603,5771,2772,6111,7442,4103,6571,6772,037827Total Polled51,32341,66856,41728,00351,17642,37243,68362,38240,00843,58424,785Registered Electors84,87268,78089,80550,10984,77271,57576,19094,24567,025Turnout60.47%60.58%62.82%55.88%60.37%59.20%57.33%66.19%59.69%Source:The following candidates were elected:Nishantha Muthuhettigama (UPFA), 125,777 preference votes (pv); Ramesh Pathirana (UPFA), 95,313 pv; Gunaratna Weerakoon (UPFA-SLFP), 68,629 pv; Chandima Weerakkody (UPFA-SLFP), 67,231 pv; Piyasena Gamage (UPFA-SLFP), 67,033 pv; Sajin Vass Gunawardena (UPFA), 53,989 pv; Gayantha Karunathilaka (UNF-UNP), 49,945 pv; Manusha Nanayakkara (UNF), 49,690 pv; Mohan Priyadarshana Silva (UPFA), 49,456 pv; and Ajith Kumara (DNA-JVP), 15,872 pv.
2015 Presidential election Polling Divisions won by RajapaksaPolling Divisions won by Sirisena Polling Division Rajapaksa Sirisena Others  Total Valid Turnout    Votes %   Votes %   Votes %   Votes %Akmeemana  '''39,604'''  '''52.77%'''  34,807  46.38%  643  0.85%  75,054  100.00%  80.48%Ambalangoda  '''32,871'''  '''55.15%'''  26,187  43.93%  546  0.92%  59,604  100.00%  79.76%Baddegama  '''43,369'''  '''56.57%'''  32,347  42.19%  951  1.24%  76,667  100.00%  81.15%Balapitiya  '''23,283'''  '''58.45%'''  16,196  40.66%  352  0.88%  39,831  100.00%  76.10%Bentara Elpitiya  '''42,015'''  '''59.08%'''  28,287  39.78%  808  1.13%  71,110  100.00%  80.09%Galle  23,184  36.69%  '''39,547'''  '''62.58%'''  459  0.72%  63,190  100.00%  79.86%Habaraduwa  '''38,028'''  '''58.86%'''  25,932  40.14%  643  1.00%  64,603  100.00%  80.68%Hiniduma  '''47,464'''  '''57.58%'''  34,022  41.27%  942  1.14%  82,428  100.00%  82.59%Karandeniya  '''34,983'''  '''63.13%'''  19,752  35.65%  675  1.22%  55,410  100.00%  77.10%Ratgama  '''36,209'''  '''60.57%'''  23,038  38.54%  536  0.89%  59,783  100.00%  77.08%Postal Votes  '''16,116'''  '''53.49%'''  13,879  46.06%  136  0.45%  30,131  100.00%  98.89%Total  377,126  55.64%  293,994  43.37%  6,691  0.99%  677,811  100.00%  83.49%
Polling Divisions The Galle Electoral District is made up of the following Polling Divisions*Akmeemana*Ambalangoda*Baddegama*Balapitiya*Bentara Elpitiya*Galle*Habaraduwa*Hiniduma*Karandeniya*Ratgama
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