Nuwara Eliya Electoral District
Introduction '''Nuwara Eliya 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 Nuwara Eliya in the Central province. The district currently elects 7 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 457,137 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%Haguran-ketaKot-maleNuwaraEliyaMaske-liyaWala-paneJunius JayewardeneUNP20,67218,68449,41418,9571,290'''109,017'''63.10%Hector KobbekaduwaSLFP12,41412,03618,54313,391709'''57,093'''33.05%Rohana WijeweeraJVP9836161,8921,02355'''4,569'''2.64%Colvin R. de SilvaLSSP20214663220813'''1,201'''0.70%Kumar PonnambalamACTC5051380743'''558'''0.32%Vasudeva NanayakkaraNSSP7732145707'''331'''0.19%'''Valid Votes''''''34,398''''''31,565''''''71,006''''''33,723''''''2,077''''''172,769''''''100.00%'''Rejected Votes368320950397132,048Total Polled34,76631,88571,95634,1202,090174,817Registered Electors39,85337,12486,487201,878Turnout87.24%85.89%83.20%86.60%Source:
1988 Presidential Election Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988 for the district:CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Haguran-ketaKot-maleNuwaraEliyaMaske-liyaWala-paneRanasinghe PremadasaUNP22,74817,82252,65318,099813'''112,135'''62.15%Sirimavo BandaranaikeSLFP14,01113,54922,20914,519619'''64,907'''35.98%Oswin AbeygunasekaraSLMP3702722,29040435'''3,371'''1.87%'''Valid Votes''''''37,129''''''31,643''''''77,152''''''33,022''''''1,467''''''180,413''''''100.00%'''Rejected Votes5764011,771530423,320Total Polled37,70532,04478,92333,5521,509183,733Registered Electors44,59639,194101,765229,769Turnout84.55%81.76%77.55%79.96%Source:
1989 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989 for the district:PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsHaguran-ketaKot-maleNuwaraEliyaMaske-liyaWala-paneUnited National Party /Ceylon Workers' Congress24,14018,71244,25220,6992,050'''109,853'''63.34%4Sri Lanka Freedom Party9,8909,17515,92811,236899'''47,128'''27.18%2Democratic People's Liberation Front (PLOTE)1017108,71896119'''10,509'''6.06%0United Socialist Alliance(CPSL, LSSP, NSSP, SLMP)2622603,48815549'''4,214'''2.43%0Sri Lanka Muslim Congress494921,078974'''1,720'''0.99%0Valid Votes'''34,442''''''29,349''''''73,464''''''33,148''''''3,021''''''173,424''''''100.00%''''''6'''Rejected Votes2,4572,4395,9372,68780Total Polled36,89931,78879,40135,8353,101Registered Electors43,84438,688100,13943,6243,224Turnout84.16%82.17%79.29%82.15%96.18%Source:The following candidates were elected:Gamini Dissanayake (UNP), 73,790 preference votes (pv); Dilshard Rohan Tissa Abhayagunasekera (UNP), 35,375 pv; Renuka Herath (UNP), 31,271 pv; Wijesundara Bandara Ranatunga (UNP), 29,067 pv; Ananda Dassanayake Dasanayake Mudiyanselage (SLFP), 23,418 pv; and S. B. Dissanayake (SLFP), 18,986 pv.
1993 Provincial Council Election Results of the 2nd Central provincial council election held on 17 May 1993 for the district:Party Votes % SeatsUnited National Party150,936 10People's Alliance (SLFP, SLMC et al. )47,823 3Democratic United National Front29,183 2National Union of Workers 7,749 Nava Sama Samaja Party1,376 '''Valid Votes'''  '''15'''Total 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%SeatsHaguran-ketaKot-maleNuwaraEliyaMaske-liyaWala-paneUnited National Party /Ceylon Workers' Congress24,78326,54294,89326,5342,726'''175,478'''58.12%5People's Alliance (SLFP et al. )17,90416,11239,47621,4532,713'''97,658'''32.35%2Independent (UCPF)681,61024,2481,189259'''27,374'''9.07%1Sri Lanka Progressive Front (JVP)13019445310744'''928'''0.31%0Mahajana Eksath Peramuna56902218033'''480'''0.16%0Valid Votes'''42,941''''''44,548''''''159,291''''''49,363''''''5,775''''''301,918''''''100.00%''''''8'''Rejected Votes2,5262,60713,3682,99794Total Polled45,46747,155172,65952,3605,869Registered Electors54,00156,977212,690Turnout84.20%82.76%81.18%Source:The following candidates were elected:Muthu Sivalingam (CWC), 85,490 preference votes (pv); Suppaiah Sathasivam (CWC), 83,368 pv; Arumugam Thondaman (CWC), 75,297 pv; Renuka Herath (UNP), 49,473 pv; Abhayagunasekara Dilshard Rohan Tissa (UNP), 40,513 pv; S. B. Dissanayake (PA), 38,372 pv, C. B. Rathnayake (PA), 38,092 pv; and Periyasamy Chandrasekaran (Ind), 23,453 pv.
1994 Presidential Election Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994 for the district:CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Haguran-ketaKot-maleNuwaraEliyaMaske-liyaWala-paneChandrika KumaratungaPA22,91722,03494,26226,0203,696'''168,929'''57.14%Srimathi DissanayakeUNP19,60919,70853,94920,9552,707'''116,928'''39.55%Hudson SamarasingheInd 23505554,8975093'''6,314'''2.14%Harischandra WijayatungaSMBP16213777522632'''1,332'''0.45%A.J. RanashingeInd 115314059019010'''1,083'''0.37%G.A. NihalSLPF9614261817810'''1,044'''0.35%'''Valid Votes''''''43,287''''''42,716''''''155,091''''''48,078''''''6,458''''''295,630''''''100.00%'''Rejected Votes1,2021,6517,4121,4809511,840Total Polled44,48944,367162,50349,5586,553307,470Registered Electors54,00156,977212,690386,668Turnout82.39%77.87%76.40%79.52%Source:
1999 Provincial Council Election Results of the 3rd Central provincial council election held on 6 April 1999 for the district:Party Votes % SeatsUnited National Party88,02032.41%People's Alliance (SLFP, SLMC et al. )79,264   29.18%National Union of Workers (CWC, DWC)69,44125.57%Up-Country People's Front22,8968.43%Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna4,9091.81%New Left Front (NSSP et al. )3,5411.30%Independent 22,0310.75%Mahajana Eksath Peramuna8110.30%Independent 14620.17%Independent 32380.09%'''Valid Votes''''''271,613''''''100.00%'''Rejected VotesTotal PolledRegistered ElectorsTurnoutSources:
1999 Presidential Election Results of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999 for the district:CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Haguran-ketaKot-maleNuwaraEliyaMaske-liyaWala-paneRanil WickremasingheUNP18,42620,98487,65323,6852,088'''152,836'''48.68%Chandrika KumaratungaPA29,00022,06870,49723,3122,333'''147,210'''46.88%M.D.N. GunathilakaJVP1,5728261,8971,299285'''5,879'''1.87%W.V.M. RanjithInd 21582111,1281983'''1,698'''0.54%Rajiva WijesinhaLiberal1431641,0741860'''1,567'''0.50%T. EdirisuriyaInd 11401336721683'''1,116'''0.36%Harischandra WijayatungaSMBP13113659114221'''1,021'''0.33%Vasudeva NanayakkaraLDA516748915847'''812'''0.26%Kamal KarunadasaPLSF71763268025550.18%Abdul RasoolSLMP6871322673'''531'''0.17%Hudson SamarasingheInd 35452244630'''413'''0.13%A. DissanayakaDUNF2122102301'''176'''0.06%A.W. PremawardhanaPFF2813102330'''176'''0.06%'''Valid Votes''''''49,863''''''44,823''''''165,097''''''49,421''''''4,786''''''313,990''''''100.00%'''Rejected Votes1,4611,1934,8851,366928,997Total Polled51,32446,016169,98250,7874,878322,987Registered Electors58,21359,333216,038397,711Turnout88.17%77.56%78.68%81.21%Source:
2000 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000 for the district:PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsHaguran-ketaKot-maleNuwaraEliyaMaske-liyaWala-panePeople's Alliance(SLFP, CWC et al. )32,85921,62375,78824,3903,358'''158,018'''52.53%4United National Party /Up-Country People's Front10,47020,28371,85421,1442,735'''126,486'''42.05%3Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna1,3869502,3111,290362'''6,299'''2.09%0National Union of Workers42634,506555'''4,671'''1.55%0Citizen's Front721232,04916140'''2,445'''0.81%0Sinhala Heritage104968238454'''1,161'''0.39%0Left & Democratic Alliance4916210712'''294'''0.10%0Liberal Party1532210334'''294'''0.10%0Democratic United National Front2435129351'''224'''0.07%0Independent 9101596210'''142'''0.05%0Independent 4439661'''110'''0.04%0Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya121067811'''108'''0.04%0Independent 310742340'''93'''0.03%0National Development Front22627110'''66'''0.02%0Sri Lanka Muslim Party5114550'''66'''0.02%0Independent 12634160'''58'''0.02%0Independent 71033770'''57'''0.02%0Independent 87626110'''50'''0.02%0Independent 5452780'''44'''0.01%0Independent 6132970'''40'''0.01%0People's Freedom Front212640'''33'''0.01%0Ruhuna People's Party311470'''25'''0.01%0Independent 2031180'''22'''0.01%0'''Valid Votes''''''45,068''''''43,294''''''158,409''''''47,452''''''6,583''''''300,806''''''100.00%''''''7'''Rejected Votes4,1804,92419,7856,114146Total Polled49,24848,218178,19453,5666,729Registered Electors58,85460,202220,934Turnout83.68%80.09%80.65%Source:The following candidates were elected:S. B. Dissanayake (PA), 78,903 preference votes (pv); Arumugan Thondaman (PA-CWC), 61,779 pv; Muthu Sivalingam (PA-CWC), 55,673 pv; Navin Dissanayake (UNP), 55,587 pv; K. Jagatheesan (PA-CWC), 50,735 pv; Periyasamy Chandrasekaran (UCPF), 54,681 pv; and Suppaiah Sathasivam (UNP), 47,472 pv.
2001 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 12th parliamentary election held on 5 December 2001 for the district:PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsHaguran-ketaKot-maleNuwaraEliyaMaske-liyaWala-paneUnited National Front(UNP, SLMC, CWC, WPF, UCPF)25,63129,549130,633'''215,157'''68.28%5People's Alliance(SLFP et al. )13,61814,42128,734'''77,733'''24.67%2Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna2,5021,5084,227'''11,080'''3.52%0National Democratic Party283106,206'''6,600'''2.09%0New Left Front (NSSP et al. )242243848'''1,687'''0.54%0United Socialist Party125153825'''1,262'''0.40%0Sinhala Heritage6066423'''642'''0.20%0Democratic Left Front2322122'''373'''0.12%0Independent 6231798'''179'''0.06%0National Development Front232360'''117'''0.04%0Independent 1171113'''61'''0.02%0Independent 513321'''45'''0.01%0Peoples Freedom Front25'''37'''0.01%0Independent 42226'''36'''0.01%0Independent 34218'''29'''0.01%0Independent 23410'''26'''0.01%0Sri Lanka National Front228'''24'''0.01%0Sri Lanka Progressive Front218'''11'''0.00%0'''Valid Votes''''''42,321''''''46,337''''''172,305''''''315,099''''''100.00%''''''7'''Rejected Votes5,2113,63814,103Total Polled47,53249,975186,408Registered Electors60,04462,131228,317Turnout79.16%80.43%81.64%Sources:The following candidates were elected:Arumugam Thondaman (UNF-CWC), 121,542 preference votes (pv); Periyasamy Chandrasekaran (UNF-UCPF), 121,421 pv; Muthu Sivalingam (UNF-CWC), 107,338 pv; Navin Dissanayake (UNF), 74,894 pv; Kaladugoda Kankanamge Piyadasa (UNF), 54,206 pv; C. B. Rathnayake (PA), 49,673 pv; and Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Shantha Kumara Dassanayake (PA), 35,504 pv.
2004 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004 for the district:PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsHaguran-ketaKot-maleNuwaraEliyaMaske-liyaWala-paneUnited National Front(UNP, SLMC, CWC, WPF)25,31325,390100,35022,7683,150'''176,971'''54.02%4United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, JVP et al. )16,96215,96425,98920,6073,423'''82,945'''25.32%2Up-Country People's Front5744,18241,5633,170239'''49,728'''15.18%1Ceylon Democratic Unity Alliance881,5637,3311,69757'''10,736'''3.28%0Jathika Hela Urumaya6305932,617395219'''4,454'''1.36%0United Socialist Party731441,0191882'''1,426'''0.44%0National Development Front7727372515'''532'''0.16%0Liberal Party42558992'''188'''0.06%0New Left Front (NSSP et al. )1611113425'''187'''0.06%0Independent 4151354130'''95'''0.03%0Ruhuna People's Party317230'''79'''0.02%0Independent 311936160'''72'''0.02%0Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya9823112'''53'''0.02%0Independent 19519111'''45'''0.01%0Independent 2132761'''38'''0.01%0Sri Lanka National Front431171'''26'''0.01%0Swarajya611240'''23'''0.01%0Sri Lanka Progressive Front630'''11'''0.00%0'''Valid Votes''''''43,797''''''47,942''''''179,672''''''49,091''''''7,107''''''327,609''''''100.00%''''''7'''Rejected Votes3,7322,89613,5944,028163Total Polled47,52950,838193,26653,1197,270Registered Electors61,86865,044239,511Turnout76.82%78.16%80.69%Source:The following candidates were elected:Arumugam Thondaman (UNF-CWC), 99,783 preference votes (pv); Muthu Sivalingam (UNF-CWC), 85,708 pv; S. Jegadhiswaran (UNF-CWC), 81,386 pv; S. B. Dissanayake (UNF-UNP), 71,723 pv; C. B. Rathnayake (UPFA-SLFP), 55,284 pv; N. D. N. P. Jayasinghe (UPFA-JVP), 44,229 pv; and Periyasamy Chandrasekaran (UCPF), 42,582 pv.S. B. Dissanayake (UNF-UNP) vacated his seat on 7 December 2004 after being jailed by the Sri Lankan Supreme Court for contempt of court. His replacement Renuka Herath (UNF-UNP) was sworn in on 30 January 2006.Periyasamy Chandrasekaran (UCPF) died on 1 January 2010.His replacement Santhanam Arulsamy (UCPF) was sworn in on 5 February 2010.
2004 Provincial Council Election Results of the 4th Central provincial council election held on 10 July 2004 for the district:PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsHaguran-ketaKot-maleNuwaraEliyaMaske-liyaWala-paneUnited National Party19,06217,14583,45017,5711,344'''138,572'''50.88%8United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, JVP et al. )17,48615,65332,04921,9382,066'''89,192'''32.75%6Up-Country People's Front4824,90929,3652,14736'''36,939'''13.56%2United Socialist Party2524102,8603695'''3,896'''1.43%0Independent 256208111,03216'''1,935'''0.71%0Liberal Party61245461795'''860'''0.32%0National Development Front10239285941'''521'''0.19%0Independent 3291878201'''146'''0.05%0National Democratic Party81375130'''109'''0.04%0Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya684895'''76'''0.03%0Independent 14227143'''50'''0.02%0Sri Lanka Progressive Front1031251'''31'''0.01%0'''Valid Votes''''''37,503''''''38,344''''''149,606''''''43,391''''''3,483''''''272,327''''''100.00%''''''16'''Rejected Votes3,0772,93513,4493,774140Total Polled40,58041,279163,05547,1653,623Registered Electors61,86865,054239,513Turnout65.59%63.45%68.08%Source:The following candidates were elected:Velusami Radhakrishnan (UNP), 44,525 preference votes (pv); S. B. Dissanayake (UNP), 33,869 pv; Kandasamy Ponniyah Govindaraja (UNP), 31,501 pv; Muttusamy Nadaraja Pille (UNP), 28,008 pv; R.M.S.B. Rathnayaka (UPFA), 27,997 pv; Sikkan Mukan Vellayan (UNP), 23,252 pv; Sivaraja Anushshaya (UNP), 22,073 pv; Sadayan Balachandran (UNP), 21,713 pv; Renuka Herath (UNP), 21,485 pv; S. Arulsami (UCPF), 18,964 pv; S.P. Thigambaram (UCPF), 18,387 pv; Jayarathna Dissanayake (UPFA), 17,894 pv; Nimal Piyatissa (UPFA), 17,111 pv; Aquelas De Silva Arachchige (UPFA), 16,683 pv; A. Waggama Gamaralalage Ranasinghe (UPFA), 16,262 pv; and Hewagamage Don Chinthaka Saminda Kularathna (UPFA), 12,443 pv.
2005 Presidential Election Results of the 5th presidential election held on 17 November 2005 for the district:CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Haguran-ketaKot-maleNuwaraEliyaMaske-liyaWala-paneRanil WickremasingheUNP27,06133,073156,34330,8523,099'''250,428'''70.37%Mahinda RajapaksaUPFA20,72517,64533,45323,6884,039'''99,550'''27.97%Siritunga JayasuriyaUSP2773781,6313333'''2,622'''0.74%A.A. SuraweeraNDF2852046892852'''1,465'''0.41%Victor HettigodaULPP58511827411'''376'''0.11%Chamil JayaneththiNLF5735115782'''287'''0.08%Anura De SilvaULF3327125300'''215'''0.06%Aruna de SoyzaRPP462779500'''202'''0.06%Wimal GeeganageSLNF582967450'''199'''0.06%A.K.J. ArachchigeDUA401673350'''164'''0.05%Wije DiasSEP182390150'''146'''0.04%P. Nelson PereraSLPF182474210'''137'''0.04%H.S. DharmadwajaUNAF151640130'''84'''0.02%'''Valid Votes''''''48,691''''''51,548''''''192,961''''''55,519''''''7,156''''''355,875''''''100.00%'''Rejected Votes8435762,8411,0031475,410Total Polled49,53452,124195,80256,5227,303361,285Registered Electors63,42165,998246,062447,225Turnout78.10%78.98%79.57%80.78%Source:
2009 Provincial Council Election Results of the 5th Central provincial council election held on 14 February 2009 for the district:PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsHaguran-ketaKot-maleNuwaraEliyaMaske-liyaWala-paneUnited People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, CWC et al. )24,63924,78969,32323,9723,695'''146,418'''51.77%9United National Party13,74017,93379,15316,2601,203'''128,289'''45.36%7Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna3746561,45345799'''3,039'''1.07%0Independent 10213331,6401534'''2,043'''0.72%0United Socialist Party2884500733'''688'''0.24%0National Development Front4729458475'''586'''0.21%0Independent 421217323113'''431'''0.15%0Ruhunu People's Party1068228971'''404'''0.14%0United Lanka People's Party2629143421'''241'''0.09%0Left Front (NSSP et al. )4421872'''118'''0.04%0Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya3108933'''108'''0.04%0Socialist Equality Party158273'''98'''0.03%0Independent 91083880'''64'''0.02%0Independent 5352970'''44'''0.02%0United Lanka Great Council1022461'''43'''0.02%0Independent 6432150'''33'''0.01%0Independent 1651531'''30'''0.01%0Independent 8731170'''28'''0.01%0Independent 7321750'''27'''0.01%0Independent 3411340'''22'''0.01%0Independent 2011530'''19'''0.01%0National People's Party131310'''18'''0.01%0Liberal Party32930'''17'''0.01%0Patriotic National Front12530'''11'''0.00%0'''Valid Votes''''''38,947''''''43,989''''''153,473''''''41,346''''''5,064''''''282,819''''''100.00%''''''16'''Rejected Votes3,8983,46215,0994,28999Total Polled42,84547,451168,57245,6355,163Registered Electors65,20968,967245,527Turnout65.70%68.80%68.66%Source:The following candidates were elected:Palani Digambaran (UNP), 45,229 preference votes (pv); S. B. Dissanayake (UPFA), 39,005 pv; Palani Adawan Prakash Ganeshan (UNP), 38,362 pv; M. Udayakumar (UNP), 32,409 pv; R.M.S.B. Rathnayaka (UPFA), 30,114 pv; S. Kumara Dasanayake (UPFA), 30,006 pv; M. Rameshwaran (UPFA), 21,544 pv; Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Jayalath Bandara (UNP), 21,350 pv; Kaladhugoda Kankanamge Piyadasa (UNP), 20,902 pv; Suppaiah Sathasivam (UNP), 20,462 pv; Nimal Piyatissa (UPFA), 19,961 pv; Ramasami Muththaiah (UPFA), 18,990 pv; Jayarathna Dissanayake (UPFA), 18,897 pv; Velusami Radhakrishnan (UPFA), 18,513 pv; Wimali Karunarathne (UPFA), 17,982 pv; and Sri Kanapathi Kanagaraja (UNP), 15,547 pv.
2010 Presidential Election Results of the 6th presidential election held on 26 January 2010 for the district:CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Haguran-ketaKot-maleNuwaraEliyaMaske-liyaWala-paneSarath FonsekaNDF16,47026,727112,86621,4743,067'''180,604'''52.14%Mahinda RajapaksaUPFA29,16424,12062,60429,6186,098'''151,604'''43.77%M.C.M. IsmailDUNF5185312,69338111'''4,134'''1.19%C.J. Sugathsiri GamageUDF1652101,1581960'''1,729'''0.50%A.A. SuraweeraNDF3121907473154'''1,568'''0.45%A.S.P LiyanageSLLP1271075291690'''932'''0.27%M. K. ShivajilingamInd 569684471059'''698'''0.20%W.V. Mahiman RanjithInd 1112943401356'''687'''0.20%Sarath ManamendraNSH7480441611'''657'''0.19%Lal PereraONF5391404841'''633'''0.18%Siritunga JayasuriyaUSP5773320693'''522'''0.15%Ukkubanda WijekoonInd 35344279760'''452'''0.13%Vikramabahu KarunaratneLF4628204583'''339'''0.10%Wije DiasSEP2130219400'''310'''0.09%Sanath PinnaduwaNA3135199290'''294'''0.08%Aithurus M. IlliasInd 27035113482'''268'''0.08%Aruna de SoyzaRPP2335108260'''192'''0.06%Battaramulla SeelarathanaJP271799353'''181'''0.05%M. Mohamed MusthaffaInd 42224114180'''178'''0.05%Senaratna de SilvaPNF1716109262'''170'''0.05%M.B. ThaminimullaACAKO26773173'''126'''0.04%Sarath KongahageUNAF19862141'''104'''0.03%'''Valid Votes''''''47,476''''''52,570''''''184,128''''''52,994''''''9,214''''''346,382''''''100.00%'''Rejected Votes7481,0573,693875896,462Total Polled48,22453,627187,82153,8699,303352,844Registered Electors65,96970,730247,069457,137Turnout73.10%75.82%76.02%77.19%Source:
2010 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010 for the district:PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsHaguran-ketaKot-maleNuwaraEliyaMaske-liyaWala-paneUnited People's Freedom Alliance (CWC, SLFP et al. )18,86624,79072,76626,0176,672'''149,111'''56.01%5United National Front(UNP, SLMC, DPF, SLFP(P))10,36213,55359,33911,5512,080'''96,885'''36.39%2Up-Country People's Front2361,12010,91288140'''13,189'''4.95%0Democratic National Alliance (JVP et al. )9937001,389508394'''3,984'''1.50%0Independent 116481,06813315'''1,280'''0.48%0United Socialist Party2128230240'''303'''0.11%0Independent 56810210613'''235'''0.09%0Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya1661132817'''225'''0.08%0United National Alternative Front202481257'''157'''0.06%0Independent 14151265250'''117'''0.04%0National Development Front161169183'''117'''0.04%0United Democratic Front783792'''63'''0.02%0Independent 106133562'''62'''0.02%0Independent 9633831'''51'''0.02%0Independent 1115131370'''48'''0.02%0Independent 13862281'''45'''0.02%0Socialist Equality Party133821'''45'''0.02%0United Lanka Great Council6320120'''41'''0.02%0Janasetha Peramuna1102431'''39'''0.01%0Independent 6391661'''35'''0.01%0Independent 3152844'''33'''0.01%0Patriotic National Front561470'''32'''0.01%0Independent 23111131'''29'''0.01%0Left Liberation Front241250'''23'''0.01%0Sri Lanka National Front51932'''20'''0.01%0Independent 430941'''17'''0.01%0Independent 731850'''17'''0.01%0Independent 1243610'''14'''0.01%0Independent 822710'''12'''0.00%0Sri Lanka Labour Party11111'''5'''0.00%0'''Valid Votes''''''30,813''''''40,384''''''146,362''''''39,416''''''9,259''''''266,234''''''100.00%''''''7'''Rejected Votes5,1465,32719,9696,424370Total Polled35,95945,711166,33145,8409,629Registered Electors65,96970,730247,069Turnout54.51%64.63%67.32%Source:The following candidates were elected:Arumugam Thondaman (UPFA-CWC), 60,997 preference votes (pv); Velusami Radhakrishnan (UPFA-CWC), 54,083 pv; Perumal Rajadore (UPFA-CWC), 49,228 pv; Navin Dissanayake (UPFA), 43,514 pv; C. B. Rathnayake (UPFA-SLFP), 41,345 pv; Palani Digambaran (UNF-NUW), 39,490 pv; and Sri Ranga Jeyaratnam (UNF-CF), 33,948 pv.The National Union of Workers left the United National Front alliance on 22 April 2010 after a dispute over National List seats. Palani Digambaran (UNF-NUW), their sole MP, is to function as an independent MP.
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