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Kegalle Electoral District

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Kegalle
Electoral District
for the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Administrative
District
Kegalle
ProvinceSabaragamuwa
Polling divisions9
Population807,000[1] (2008)
Electorate613,938[2] (2010)
Area1,693 km2 (654 sq mi)[3]
Current Electoral District
Number of members9
MPsJagath Balasuriya, UPFA
Lalith Dissanayake, UPFA
Kabir Hashim, UNF
Kanaka Herath, UPFA
H. R. Mithrapala, UPFA
A. D. Champika Premadasa, UNF
Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, UPFA

Kegalle 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 Kegalle in the Sabaragamuwa province. The district currently elects 9 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 613,938 registered electors in 2010.[2]

1982 Presidential Election

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

Candidate Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes
Total Votes %
Arana
-yake
Dedi-
gama
Derani-
yagala
Gali-
gamuwa
Kegalle Mawa-
nella
Rambuk
-kana
Ruwan-
wella
Yatiy-
antota
Junius Jayewardene UNP 17,183 26,926 19,249 19,599 20,184 24,108 19,130 22,645 22,889 3,531 195,444 57.02%
Hector Kobbekaduwa SLFP 10,433 18,803 11,997 15,842 14,567 13,814 13,220 13,749 12,517 1,596 126,538 36.92%
Rohana Wijeweera JVP 1,197 2,201 1,371 1,477 1,506 1,945 1,799 1,198 862 150 13,706 4.00%
Colvin R. de Silva LSSP 154 432 789 403 384 219 168 1,683 1,838 114 6,184 1.80%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara NSSP 29 41 104 54 63 51 21 72 69 10 514 0.15%
Kumar Ponnambalam ACTC 26 45 66 32 31 29 17 52 78 0 376 0.11%
Valid Votes 29,022 48,448 33,576 37,407 36,735 40,166 34,355 39,399 38,253 5,401 342,762 100.00%
Rejected Votes 219 538 572 490 443 275 328 856 771 45 4,537
Total Polled 29,241 48,986 34,148 37,897 37,178 40,441 34,683 40,255 39,024 5,446 347,299
Registered Electors 34,504 57,629 40,531 45,109 45,146 48,873 41,612 47,333 45,811 406,548
Turnout 84.75% 85.00% 84.25% 84.01% 82.35% 82.75% 83.35% 85.05% 85.18% 85.43%
Source:[4]

1988 Presidential Election

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

Candidate Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes
Total Votes %
Arana
-yake
Dedi-
gama
Derani-
yagala
Gali-
gamuwa
Kegalle Mawa-
nella
Rambuk
-kana
Ruwan-
wella
Yatiy-
antota
Ranasinghe Premadasa UNP 14,894 20,951 17,649 16,732 15,167 22,423 16,033 21,282 21,614 1,975 168,720 57.11%
Sirimavo Bandaranaike SLFP 9,605 15,046 11,008 14,160 15,226 14,094 12,490 13,249 13,452 1,439 119,769 40.54%
Oswin Abeygunasekara SLMP 335 587 595 580 694 535 535 1,674 1,253 135 6,923 2.34%
Valid Votes 24,834 36,584 29,252 31,472 31,087 37,052 29,058 36,205 36,319 3,549 295,412 100.00%
Rejected Votes 369 396 438 570 474 452 411 542 516 109 4,277
Total Polled 25,203 36,980 29,690 32,042 31,561 37,504 29,469 36,747 36,835 3,658 299,689
Registered Electors 37,459 61,669 43,740 48,269 48,217 55,270 43,847 50,045 48,662 437,178
Turnout 67.28% 59.97% 67.88% 66.38% 65.46% 67.86% 67.21% 73.43% 75.70% 68.55%
Source:[5]

1989 Parliamentary General Election

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

Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes
Total Votes % Seats
Arana
-yake
Dedi-
gama
Derani-
yagala
Gali-
gamuwa
Kegalle Mawa-
nella
Rambuk
-kana
Ruwan-
wella
Yatiy-
antota
United National Party /
Ceylon Workers' Congress
16,302 23,006 15,959 16,931 16,984 20,193 13,525 22,644 24,062 4,728 174,334 61.12% 6
Sri Lanka Freedom Party 8,682 13,722 7,421 10,311 11,304 9,066 6,803 4,828 6,377 2,154 80,668 28.28% 2
United Socialist Alliance
(CPSL, LSSP, NSSP, SLMP)
171 508 1,101 637 685 235 362 6,865 4,248 356 15,168 5.32% 1
United Lanka People's Party 479 6,834 202 393 680 3,831 633 393 305 306 14,056 4.93% 0
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna 68 70 133 91 153 113 86 142 112 60 1,028 0.36% 0
Valid Votes 25,702 44,140 24,816 28,363 29,806 33,438 21,409 34,872 35,104 7,604 285,254 100.00% 9
Rejected Votes 2,191 2,629 1,999 1,530 1,689 2,375 1,361 1,822 2,573 193 18,362
Total Polled 27,893 46,769 26,815 29,893 31,495 35,813 22,770 36,694 37,677 7,797 303,616
Registered Electors 36,713 60,616 43,230 47,312 46,828 54,137 42,695 49,325 48,126 8,149 437,131
Turnout 75.98% 77.16% 62.03% 63.18% 67.26% 66.15% 53.33% 74.39% 78.29% 95.68% 69.46%
Source:[6]

The following candidates were elected:[6] Maha Maya Samanthadevi Karunaratne (UNP), 50,779 preference votes (pv); Kasedoruge Vincent Perera (UNP), 42,237 pv; Dharmadeva Jayasinghe (UNP), 42,170 pv; Yunoos Lebbe Mohamed Farook (UNP), 38,857 pv; Chandradasa Ranatunga (UNP), 29,051 pv; Mano Wijeyeratne (UNP), 28,065 pv; Dharmasiri Senanayake (SLFP), 24,715 pv; Balasooriya Arachchilage Balasooriya Jagath (SLFP), 23,088 pv; and Athauda Seneviratne (USA), 10,792 pv.

1994 Parliamentary General Election

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Results of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994 for the district:

Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes
Total Votes % Seats
Arana
-yake
Dedi-
gama
Derani-
yagala
Gali-
gamuwa
Kegalle Mawa-
nella
Rambuk
-kana
Ruwan-
wella
Yatiy-
antota
United National Party /
Ceylon Workers' Congress
17,392 28,357 23,725 20,647 18,311 25,921 17,976 22,082 24,145 5,382 203,938 51.24% 5
People's Alliance (SLFP et al.) 15,383 26,678 16,305 20,730 23,084 21,814 19,346 21,536 19,340 6,473 190,689 47.91% 4
Sri Lanka Progressive Front (JVP) 304 434 253 300 543 452 469 289 202 137 3,383 0.85% 0
Valid Votes 33,079 55,469 40,283 41,677 41,938 48,187 37,791 43,907 43,687 11,992 398,010 100.00% 9
Rejected Votes 1,406 1,845 2,125 1,709 1,624 2,010 1,560 1,910 2,604 250 17,043
Total Polled 34,485 57,314 42,408 43,386 43,562 50,197 39,351 45,817 46,291 12,242 415,053
Registered Electors 42,338 70,142 52,714 54,044 54,933 63,001 49,996 56,451 57,328 500,947
Turnout 81.45% 81.71% 80.45% 80.28% 79.30% 79.68% 78.71% 81.16% 80.75% 82.85%
Source:[7]

The following candidates were elected:[7] P.B.G. Kalugalla (PA), 73,369 preference votes (pv); Herath Ralalage Jayathileke Podinilame (UNP), 67,190 pv; Balasooriya Arachchilage Balasooriya Jagath (PA), 59,017 pv; Mahipala Herath (PA), 52,221 pv; Mano Wijeyeratne (UNP), 51,531 pv; Athauda Seneviratne (PA), 50,775 pv; R.A.D. Sirisena (UNP), 50,690 pv; Yunoos Lebbe Mohamed Farook (UNP), 47,765 pv; and Kasedoruge Vincent Perera (UNP), 45,884 pv.

1994 Presidential Election

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

Candidate Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes
Total Votes %
Arana
-yake
Dedi-
gama
Derani-
yagala
Gali-
gamuwa
Kegalle Mawa-
nella
Rambuk
-kana
Ruwan-
wella
Yatiy-
antota
Chandrika Kumaratunga PA 17,156 28,939 18,793 22,942 24,126 25,400 21,224 23,340 21,930 7,826 211,676 56.06%
Srimathi Dissanayake UNP 13,854 22,989 18,179 16,086 14,150 19,367 13,899 18,038 18,200 4,945 159,707 42.30%
Hudson Samarasinghe Ind 2 224 329 375 307 197 350 259 298 409 11 2,759 0.73%
Harischandra Wijayatunga SMBP 113 159 131 132 140 209 144 137 180 57 1,402 0.37%
Nihal Galappaththi SLPF 107 134 94 104 115 101 110 119 110 34 1,028 0.27%
A.J. Ranashinge Ind 1 78 133 128 98 87 143 84 131 123 15 1,020 0.27%
Valid Votes 31,532 52,683 37,700 39,669 38,815 45,570 35,720 42,063 40,952 12,888 377,592 100.00%
Rejected Votes 604 795 915 696 751 803 761 602 992 220 7,139
Total Polled 32,136 53,478 38,615 40,365 39,566 46,373 36,481 42,665 41,944 13,108 384,731
Registered Electors 42,338 70,142 52,714 54,044 54,933 63,001 49,996 56,451 57,328 500,947
Turnout 75.90% 76.24% 73.25% 74.69% 72.03% 73.61% 72.97% 75.58% 73.16% 76.80%
Source:[8]

1999 Provincial Council Election

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

Party Votes % Seats
People's Alliance (SLFP, SLMC et al.) 165,041 47.70%
United National Party 158,503 45.81%
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 15,537 4.49%
National Union of Workers (CWC, DWC) 4,351 1.26%
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna 1,552 0.45%
Liberal Party 983 0.28%
Valid Votes 345,967 100.00%
Rejected Votes 23,749
Total Polled 369,716
Registered Electors 528,107
Turnout 70.01%
Source:[9]

1999 Presidential Election

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

Candidate Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes
Total Votes %
Arana
-yake
Dedi-
gama
Derani-
yagala
Gali-
gamuwa
Kegalle Mawa-
nella
Rambuk
-kana
Ruwan-
wella
Yatiy-
antota
Chandrika Kumaratunga PA 18,314 28,307 19,771 21,032 23,670 24,279 22,909 23,868 22,655 5,380 210,185 51.30%
Ranil Wickremasinghe UNP 14,224 25,324 19,062 18,227 16,407 23,730 15,635 19,546 19,765 4,456 176,376 43.05%
Nandana Gunathilake JVP 1,232 2,005 1,202 1,670 2,314 1,938 1,740 1,337 902 657 14,997 3.66%
Harischandra Wijayatunga SMBP 117 189 146 206 259 232 204 109 162 106 1,730 0.42%
W.V.M. Ranjith Ind 2 99 125 201 134 105 150 112 135 195 6 1,262 0.31%
Rajiva Wijesinha Liberal 101 122 205 127 104 138 97 129 184 2 1,209 0.30%
T. Edirisuriya Ind 1 78 129 179 106 121 115 118 108 173 7 1,134 0.28%
Abdul Rasool SLMP 63 110 66 70 61 245 52 60 78 9 814 0.20%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara LDA 34 51 75 67 85 72 65 101 97 56 703 0.17%
Kamal Karunadasa PLSF 44 61 57 51 39 52 56 49 68 4 481 0.12%
Hudson Samarasinghe Ind 3 28 66 45 47 32 47 39 45 66 1 416 0.10%
A.W. Premawardhana PFF 13 21 27 24 21 23 22 16 36 1 204 0.05%
A. Dissanayaka DUNF 10 23 20 20 22 19 16 26 12 1 169 0.04%
Valid Votes 34,357 56,533 41,056 41,781 43,240 51,040 41,065 45,529 44,393 10,686 409,680 100.00%
Rejected Votes 749 1,065 801 750 924 943 809 725 998 372 8,136
Total Polled 35,106 57,598 41,857 42,531 44,164 51,983 41,874 46,254 45,391 11,058 417,816
Registered Electors 46,078 74,291 54,448 57,224 59,084 69,783 54,323 59,827 59,922 534,980
Turnout 76.19% 77.53% 76.88% 74.32% 74.75% 74.49% 77.08% 77.31% 75.75% 78.10%
Source:[10]

2000 Parliamentary General Election

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Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000 for the district:

Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes
Total Votes % Seats
Arana
-yake
Dedi-
gama
Derani-
yagala
Gali-
gamuwa
Kegalle Mawa-
nella
Rambuk
-kana
Ruwan-
wella
Yatiy-
antota
People's Alliance
(SLFP et al.)
18,340 25,961 19,715 20,284 22,237 19,976 20,907 23,375 22,659 7,660 201,114 48.88% 5
United National Party 14,160 25,938 18,443 18,109 16,091 23,751 16,647 18,298 18,738 5,452 175,627 42.69% 4
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 1,688 3,153 1,848 2,468 3,509 2,428 2,356 2,196 1,347 1,035 22,028 5.35% 0
National Unity Alliance (SLMC) 226 629 20 146 142 2,901 147 215 331 40 4,797 1.17% 0
Sinhala Heritage 164 678 289 556 740 452 461 628 306 275 4,549 1.11% 0
Independent 4 43 49 78 47 45 58 31 69 76 1 497 0.12% 0
Muslim United Liberation Front 28 42 34 24 39 156 26 63 49 3 464 0.11% 0
Citizen's Front 46 42 45 20 59 93 49 33 28 7 422 0.10% 0
Liberal Party 25 31 78 29 43 37 37 48 52 1 381 0.09% 0
Left & Democratic Alliance 15 13 18 6 21 10 8 50 195 8 344 0.08% 0
People's Liberation Solidarity Front 22 41 33 40 41 38 22 23 25 15 300 0.07% 0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya 13 51 21 19 40 39 31 33 13 29 289 0.07% 0
Democratic United National Front 21 34 36 29 26 30 35 28 32 2 273 0.07% 0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front 7 8 8 9 8 9 7 6 10 1 73 0.02% 0
Independent 3 6 7 8 4 9 9 7 4 8 2 64 0.02% 0
National Development Front 5 11 9 4 3 9 6 9 5 0 61 0.01% 0
People's Freedom Front 1 7 6 5 2 9 4 5 5 1 45 0.01% 0
Independent 1 3 3 6 4 5 3 2 7 9 2 44 0.01% 0
Independent 2 2 2 12 4 3 1 4 6 5 1 40 0.01% 0
Valid Votes 34,815 56,700 40,707 41,807 43,063 50,009 40,787 45,096 43,893 14,535 411,412 100.00% 9
Rejected Votes 1,847 2,710 2,833 2,386 2,241 2,840 2,030 2,599 2,960 282 22,728
Total Polled 36,662 59,410 43,540 44,193 45,304 52,849 42,817 47,695 46,853 14,817 434,140
Registered Electors 46,852 75,475 55,567 58,109 60,082 71,439 55,564 60,851 61,299 545,238
Turnout 78.25% 78.71% 78.36% 76.05% 75.40% 73.98% 77.06% 78.38% 76.43% 79.62%
Source:[11]

The following candidates were elected:[12] Athauda Seneviratne (PA), 76,510 preference votes (pv); Mahipala Herath (PA), 61,625 pv; Ranjith Siyambalapitiya (PA), 49,582 pv; Herath Ralalage Jayathileke Podinilame (UNP), 48,504 pv; A. D. Champika Premadasa (UNP), 47,342 pv; Balasooriya Arachchilage Balasooriya Jagath (PA), 45,862 pv; Rupasinghe Arachchige Don Sirisena (UNP), 43,002 pv; Mano Wijeyeratne (UNP), 41,069 pv; and Lalith Dissanayake (PA), 40,624 pv.

2001 Parliamentary General Election

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

Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes
Total Votes % Seats
Arana
-yake
Dedi-
gama
Derani-
yagala
Gali-
gamuwa
Kegalle Mawa-
nella
Rambuk
-kana
Ruwan-
wella
Yatiy-
antota
United National Front
(UNP, SLMC, CWC, WPF)
18,044 29,259 20,383 20,569 19,242 30,845 19,972 21,298 22,704 208,104 49.36% 5
People's Alliance
(SLFP et al.)
12,263 23,109 16,528 18,619 19,454 17,641 17,068 20,574 19,508 170,901 40.53% 3
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 3,161 5,515 3,148 3,736 5,415 4,116 3,454 3,820 2,678 36,711 8.71% 1
New Left Front (NSSP et al.) 175 284 392 236 244 244 203 333 391 2,514 0.60% 0
Sinhala Heritage 105 191 133 182 389 408 232 223 87 2,046 0.49% 0
United Sinhala Great Council 29 43 61 40 37 42 36 51 58 399 0.09% 0
Liberal Party 8 20 30 12 30 20 17 20 27 185 0.04% 0
People's Freedom Front 12 22 24 19 15 10 16 22 20 161 0.04% 0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya 14 16 10 10 18 16 28 15 9 144 0.03% 0
Independent 4 10 20 19 8 8 23 20 12 16 137 0.03% 0
Independent 1 8 8 18 7 7 10 7 9 16 92 0.02% 0
National Development Front 11 4 8 10 8 16 10 10 7 85 0.02% 0
Independent 3 6 8 11 9 9 4 3 4 5 59 0.01% 0
Independent 2 6 6 7 5 4 3 12 6 5 54 0.01% 0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front 5 10 3 1 9 5 7 4 4 48 0.01% 0
Valid Votes 33,857 58,515 40,775 43,463 44,889 53,403 41,085 46,401 45,535 421,640 100.00% 9
Rejected Votes 1,827 2,527 3,014 2,217 2,057 2,560 2,045 2,594 3,521 22,669
Total Polled 35,684 61,042 43,789 45,680 46,946 55,963 43,130 48,995 49,056 444,309
Registered Electors 47,648 76,475 56,143 59,001 61,324 73,064 56,580 61,914 62,548 554,697
Turnout 74.89% 79.82% 78.00% 77.42% 76.55% 76.59% 76.23% 79.13% 78.43% 80.10%
Sources:[13][14]

The following candidates were elected:[15] Rukman Senanayake (UNF), 73,594 preference votes (pv); Mahipala Herath (PA), 70,934 pv; A. D. Champika Premadasa (UNF), 57,249 pv; Athauda Seneviratne (PA), 56,299 pv; Kabir Hashim (UNF), 53,406 pv; Ranjith Siyambalapitiya (PA), 49,298 pv; Herath Ralalage Jayathileke Podinilame (UNF), 46,769 pv; Rupasinghe Arachchige Don Sirisena (UNF), 44,627 pv; and R. M. Gamini Rathnayake (JVP), 3,691 pv.

2004 Parliamentary General Election

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Results of the 13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004 for the district:

Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes
Total Votes % Seats
Arana
-yake
Dedi-
gama
Derani-
yagala
Gali-
gamuwa
Kegalle Mawa-
nella
Rambuk
-kana
Ruwan-
wella
Yatiy-
antota
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, JVP et al.) 16,911 28,964 20,436 22,980 23,778 23,290 22,187 24,746 22,081 8,894 214,267 50.88% 5
United National Front
(UNP, SLMC, CWC, WPF)
15,321 26,328 18,881 18,693 17,509 26,099 16,858 19,950 21,500 5,502 186,641 44.32% 4
Jathika Hela Urumaya 1,458 2,095 824 1,715 2,834 3,151 2,256 1,760 1,083 858 18,034 4.28% 0
National Development Front 40 42 36 71 89 41 83 46 4 488* 0.12% 0
United Socialist Party 46 70 44 37 66 20 50 74 3 487* 0.12% 0
United Muslim People's Party 39 44 39 18 82 23 29 43 2 356* 0.08% 0
New Left Front (NSSP et al.) 12 27 18 28 32 22 56 87 9 307* 0.07% 0
Independent 9 8 15 7 7 9 11 5 15 0 87* 0.02% 0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya 0 7 6 4 3 13 5 1 6 85* 0.02% 0
Sri Lanka Muslim Party 2 1 7 2 8 3 52 6 2 85* 0.02% 0
Independent 5 4 1 2 2 8 23 2 3 0 47* 0.01% 0
Independent 8 2 11 1 1 1 3 3 7 1 35* 0.01% 0
Independent 1 3 5 1 0 3 1 4 6 0 29* 0.01% 0
Sri Lanka National Front 1 1 2 2 3 1 7 2 0 26* 0.01% 0
Independent 7 1 4 6 0 9 1 1 2 0 26* 0.01% 0
Independent 3 1 6 2 3 5 1 2 2 0 25* 0.01% 0
Liberal Party 2 4 1 5 5 2 0 0 0 21* 0.00% 0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front 2 1 2 0 3 3 2 1 1 20* 0.00% 0
Ruhuna People's Party 4 2 0 0 3 2 4 2 0 20* 0.00% 0
Independent 2 3 2 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 16* 0.00% 0
Independent 4 1 3 2 1 3 1 0 2 0 15* 0.00% 0
Independent 6 1 0 1 4 0 1 1 2 0 14* 0.00% 0
Valid Votes 33,862 57,630* 40,387 43,565 44,307 52,874 41,477 46,763 44,966 15,282 421,131* 100.00% 9
Rejected Votes 2,032 3130 3,584 2,373 2,276 2,853 2,316 2,880 3,910 329 25,685*
Total Polled 35,894 60,760 43,971 45,938 46,583 55,727 43,793 49,643 48,876 15,611 446,816*
Registered Electors 48,731 78,357 57,117 60,550 62561 76,115 58,588 64,110 64,170 570,299
Turnout 73.66% 77.54% 76.98% 75.87% 74.46% 73.21% 74.75% 77.43% 76.17% 78.35%
Source:[16]

The following candidates were elected:[17] R. M. Gamini Rathnayake (UPFA-JVP), 90,070 preference votes (pv); Anuruddha Polgampola (UPFA-JVP), 84,981 pv; Ranjith Siyambalapitiya (UPFA-SLFP), 80,485 pv; Mahipala Herath (UPFA-SLFP), 71,682 pv; Kabir Hashim (UNF-UNP), 69,372 pv; Athauda Seneviratne (UPFA-SLFP), 53,892 pv; A. D. Champika Premadasa (UNF-UNP), 44,391 pv; Mano Wijeyeratne (UNF-UNP), 44,272 pv; and Rukman Senanayake (UNF-UNP), 43,630 pv.

Mahipala Herath (UPFA-SLFP) resigned on 27 May 2004 to contest the Sabaragamuwa provincial council elections.[18] His replacement H. R. Mithrapala (UPFA-SLFP) was sworn in on 20 July 2004.[19]

Anuruddha Polgampola (UPFA-JVP) resigned on 3 September 2008.[20] His replacement Lalith Dissanayake (UPFA-SLFP) was sworn in on 12 September 2008.[21]

2004 Provincial Council Election

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Results of the 4th Sabaragamuwa provincial council election held on 10 July 2004 for the district:

Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes
Total Votes % Seats
Arana
-yake
Dedi-
gama
Derani-
yagala
Gali-
gamuwa
Kegalle Mawa-
nella
Rambuk
-kana
Ruwan-
wella
Yatiy-
antota
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, JVP et al.) 17,805 24,192 16,738 19,539 20,547 21,603 20,123 19,876 19,208 5,481 185,112 58.90% 11
United National Party 9,148 16,727 10,755 12,278 10,796 14,679 10,057 15,405 13,104 2,602 115,551 36.77% 7
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 603 967 13 79 110 4,146 208 337 287 20 6,770 2.15% 0
Ceylon Workers' Congress 6 259 1,469 110 54 30 6 470 1,873 18 4,295 1.37% 0
United Socialist Party 40 390 55 46 41 42 44 64 74 2 798 0.25% 0
United Lalith Front 56 75 70 49 49 75 49 76 81 4 584 0.19% 0
National Development Front 48 41 51 35 55 54 50 50 37 2 423 0.13% 0
Independent 3 15 22 46 18 6 20 16 26 28 4 201 0.06% 0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya 6 15 16 12 23 28 23 11 6 18 158 0.05% 0
United Sinhala Great Council 3 8 11 6 9 10 7 14 6 10 84 0.03% 0
Democratic United National Front 5 2 21 5 11 5 3 10 18 0 80 0.03% 0
Independent 2 13 5 11 4 6 9 10 13 8 1 80 0.03% 0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front 9 3 5 1 4 20 5 5 11 0 63 0.02% 0
Independent 1 6 7 10 4 6 5 4 4 9 3 58 0.02% 0
Ruhuna People's Party 4 3 2 4 3 3 2 4 14 0 39 0.01% 0
Valid Votes 27,767 42,716 29,273 32,190 31,720 40,729 30,607 36,365 34,764 8,165 314,296 100.00% 18
Rejected Votes 1,689 2,251 2,476 2,038 1,810 2,346 1,976 2,033 2,732 428 19,779
Total Polled 29,456 44,967 31,749 34,228 33,530 43,075 32,583 38,398 37,496 8,593 334,075
Registered Electors 48,731 78,357 57,117 60,550 62,561 76,115 58,588 64,110 64,170 570,299
Turnout 60.45% 57.39% 55.59% 56.53% 53.60% 56.59% 55.61% 59.89% 58.43% 58.58%
Source:[22]

The following candidates were elected:[22] Mahipala Herath (UPFA-SLFP), 85,365 preference votes (pv); M. A. Kamal Nandasena Pemasiri (UPFA), 35,546 pv; Lalith Dissanayake (UPFA), 30,287 pv; Y. G. Padmasiri (UPFA), 29,243 pv; Herath Ralalage Jayathilleke Podinilame (UNP), 25,946 pv; Sri Lal Wickramasinghe (UPFA), 23,004 pv; N. G. Priyantha Ranjith Kumar (UPFA), 22,479 pv; Ananda Millangoda (UPFA), 22,030 pv; Kasadoruge Sujitha Sanjaya Perera (UNP), 20,641 pv; Udayakantha Gunathilaka (UPFA), 20,419 pv; Thusitha Wijemanne (UNP), 20,359 pv; R. A. Darmapala Rajapaksha (UPFA), 19,942 pv; D. P. Sisira Kumara Sarathchandra (UPFA), 19,595 pv; D. A. Buddhisena (UPFA), 19,542 pv; Wedikkarayalage Somadasa (UNP), 17,096 pv; Nihal Farook (UNP), 15,736 pv; Lakshman Kodikara (UNP), 15,169 pv; and M. D. Siril Gunarathne Pallepola (UNP), 14,817 pv.

2005 Presidential Election

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

Candidate Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes
Total Votes %
Arana
-yake
Dedi-
gama
Derani-
yagala
Gali-
gamuwa
Kegalle Mawa-
nella
Rambuk
-kana
Ruwan-
wella
Yatiy-
antota
Mahinda Rajapaksa UPFA 18,391 32,231 22,653 25,086 27,444 25,701 24,559 26,522 25,080 11,517 239,184 51.02%
Ranil Wickremasinghe UNP 18,906 30,391 22,087 21,875 20,451 32,203 20,078 24,684 26,056 6,752 223,483 47.67%
Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 179 176 272 198 150 220 139 224 242 4 1,804 0.38%
A.A. Suraweera NDF 121 125 248 154 123 194 121 175 190 6 1,457 0.31%
Victor Hettigoda ULPP 53 84 69 60 73 111 82 70 60 45 707 0.15%
Chamil Jayaneththi NLF 40 47 51 55 46 60 38 46 48 6 437 0.09%
Wimal Geeganage SLNF 42 57 52 57 31 49 33 42 32 5 400 0.09%
Aruna de Soyza RPP 33 52 36 37 36 45 30 52 48 6 375 0.08%
Anura De Silva ULF 30 50 37 39 33 52 37 36 41 0 355 0.08%
A.K.J. Arachchige DUA 22 36 23 21 19 33 25 24 25 3 231 0.05%
Wije Dias SEP 7 14 21 19 16 15 19 16 24 1 152 0.03%
P. Nelson Perera SLPF 17 10 18 10 10 17 11 9 15 0 117 0.02%
H.S. Dharmadwaja UNAF 5 10 6 5 6 9 6 9 13 2 71 0.02%
Valid Votes 37,846 63,283 45,573 47,616 48,438 58,709 45,178 51,909 51,874 18,347 468,773 100.00%
Rejected Votes 434 613 526 443 421 602 496 481 536 243 4,795
Total Polled 38,280 63,896 46,099 48,059 48,859 59,311 45,674 52,390 52,410 18,590 473,568
Registered Electors 49,586 80,201 58,163 61,932 63,755 78,208 59,711 65,989 65,737 583,282
Turnout 77.20% 79.67% 79.26% 77.60% 76.64% 75.84% 76.49% 79.39% 79.73% 81.19%
Source:[23]

2008 Provincial Council Election

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Results of the 5th Sabaragamuwa provincial council election held on 23 August 2008 for the district:

Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes
Total Votes % Seats
Arana
-yake
Dedi-
gama
Derani-
yagala
Gali-
gamuwa
Kegalle Mawa-
nella
Rambuk
-kana
Ruwan-
wella
Yatiy-
antota
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP et al.) 18,729 28,797 18,659 22,741 24,809* 23,641 22,419 23,102 22,731 6,943 212,571* 55.48% 10
United National Party 12,215 21,587 14,931 15,381 13,881 22,348 13,245 18,808 19,239 2,690 154,325 40.28% 7
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 653 1,443 925 1,060 1,408 808 1,077 1,051 546 394 9,365 2.44% 1
Ceylon Workers' Congress 91 281 1,279 126 68 1,849 12 382 913 27 5,028 1.31% 0
United National Alliance 58 81 61 75 54 90 53 89 98 15 674 0.18% 0
United Socialist Party 30 63 41 35 30 52 38 59 60 4 412 0.11% 0
National Development Front 14 15 36 12 11 31 20 37 24 3 203 0.05% 0
Independent 10 14 15 17 13 11 5 6 13 9 5 108 0.03% 0
Left Front (NSSP et al.) 0 15 6 8 5 3 5 8 13 3 66 0.02% 0
United Lanka Great Council 6 5 12 4 8 3 8 7 3 1 57 0.01% 0
Independent 8 6 4 6 3 8 3 6 6 5 1 48 0.01% 0
Independent 9 5 3 7 0 9 3 8 5 4 3 47 0.01% 0
Independent 3 4 2 7 4 6 7 10 4 1 1 46 0.01% 0
Independent 1 0 1 9 1 2 10 1 4 6 0 34 0.01% 0
Independent 5 1 3 2 5 8 1 4 4 2 0 30 0.01% 0
Independent 7 3 2 6 2 5 7 1 2 1 1 30 0.01% 0
Independent 2 4 2 4 2 2 0 2 4 1 0 21 0.01% 0
Ruhuna People's Party 0 2 3 0 2 4 2 5 1 0 19 0.00% 0
Independent 6 1 6 0 0 2 4 2 3 1 0 19 0.00% 0
Independent 4 2 0 2 0 4 1 3 2 3 1 18 0.00% 0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 11 0.00% 0
Valid Votes 31,837 52,328 36,014 39,474 40,334* 48,871 36,924 43,597 43,661 10,092 383,132* 100.00% 18
Rejected Votes 1,609 2,285 2,823 1,916 2,095 2,729 1,986 2,728 3,023 334 21,528
Total Polled 33,446 54,613 38,837 41,390 42,429* 51,600 38,910 46,325 46,684 10,426 404,660*
Registered Electors 51,025 82,630 60,518 63,819 66,367 81,844 61,544 69,082 68,792 605,621
Turnout 65.55% 66.09% 64.17% 64.86% 63.93%* 63.05% 63.22% 67.06% 67.86% 66.82%*
Source:[24]

2010 Presidential Election

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Results of the 6th presidential election held on 26 January 2010 for the district:

Candidate Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes
Total Votes %
Arana
-yake
Dedi-
gama
Derani-
yagala
Gali-
gamuwa
Kegalle Mawa-
nella
Rambuk
-kana
Ruwan-
wella
Yatiy-
antota
Mahinda Rajapaksa UPFA 23,204 39,736 28,460 30,980 33,129 32,335 29,864 33,145 31,456 14,330 296,639 61.80%
Sarath Fonseka NDF 13,469 23,097 16,461 16,077 15,791 27,039 15,967 19,819 20,346 6,811 174,877 36.44%
M.C.M. Ismail DUNF 177 128 164 136 127 133 131 140 217 24 1,377 0.29%
A.A. Suraweera NDF 113 174 202 146 116 134 99 163 161 4 1,312 0.27%
C.J. Sugathsiri Gamage UDF 75 70 140 86 69 91 54 92 153 5 835 0.17%
W.V. Mahiman Ranjith Ind 1 95 102 107 85 84 90 74 59 113 12 821 0.17%
A.S.P Liyanage SLLP 60 71 94 86 62 86 49 50 99 4 661 0.14%
Ukkubanda Wijekoon Ind 3 40 62 72 45 49 47 51 49 58 3 476 0.10%
Sarath Manamendra NSH 39 44 56 43 28 70 38 23 82 1 424 0.09%
Lal Perera ONF 47 35 55 36 34 55 40 21 68 4 395 0.08%
Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 39 42 56 34 26 55 23 47 65 4 391 0.08%
Aithurus M. Illias Ind 2 35 39 49 41 38 34 17 20 31 5 309 0.06%
Vikramabahu Karunaratne LF 32 25 50 25 18 34 16 11 30 6 247 0.05%
M. K. Shivajilingam Ind 5 19 22 36 30 20 17 15 28 58 1 246 0.05%
Wije Dias SEP 18 15 21 20 24 16 27 16 32 2 191 0.04%
Sanath Pinnaduwa NA 17 16 19 10 12 20 12 9 18 1 134 0.03%
Battaramulla Seelarathana JP 19 8 30 14 8 5 6 16 21 1 128 0.03%
Aruna de Soyza RPP 7 10 12 17 8 19 8 18 23 0 122 0.03%
Senaratna de Silva PNF 11 10 24 6 12 11 8 11 18 0 111 0.02%
M. Mohamed Musthaffa Ind 4 9 10 10 13 7 11 6 9 23 1 99 0.02%
M.B. Thaminimulla ACAKO 12 9 16 9 6 18 6 13 10 0 99 0.02%
Sarath Kongahage UNAF 6 13 11 7 6 7 6 5 8 1 70 0.01%
Valid Votes 37,543 63,738 46,145 47,946 49,674 60,327 46,517 53,764 53,090 21,220 479,964 100.00%
Rejected Votes 268 383 398 330 372 434 346 458 431 184 3,604
Total Polled 37,811 64,121 46,543 48,276 50,046 60,761 46,863 54,222 53,521 21,404 483,568
Registered Electors 51,391 83,554 61,507 64,565 67,118 83,066 62,325 70,448 69,964 613,938
Turnout 73.58% 76.74% 75.67% 74.77% 74.56% 73.15% 75.19% 76.97% 76.50% 78.76%
Source:[2]

2010 Parliamentary General Election

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

Party Votes per Polling Division Postal
Votes
Total Votes % Seats
Arana
-yake
Dedi-
gama
Derani-
yagala
Gali-
gamuwa
Kegalle Mawa-
nella
Rambuk
-kana
Ruwan-
wella
Yatiy-
antota
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, CWC et al.) 19,758 31,983 22,109 24,552 25,513 26,467 23,317 26,700 25,522 16,542 242,463 66.89% 7
United National Front
(UNP, SLMC, DPF, SLFP(P))
7,396 14,331 9,204 9,423 9,106 15,476 9,545 12,640 13,404 4,400 104,925 28.95% 2
Democratic National Alliance (JVP et al.) 997 2,022 898 1,485 2,061 1,544 1,427 1,190 552 1,342 13,518 3.73% 0
National Development Front 27 28 53 23 18 39 24 36 30 9 287 0.08% 0
Sri Lanka National Front 3 1 170 8 2 22 5 28 4 13 256 0.07% 0
United Socialist Party 12 26 23 11 19 22 13 13 32 2 173 0.05% 0
Independent 8 11 11 18 14 11 12 16 11 26 5 135 0.04% 0
Independent 1 14 18 14 13 11 18 15 14 11 4 132 0.04% 0
United National Alternative Front 6 14 16 10 7 11 4 14 18 2 102 0.03% 0
United Democratic Front 9 6 6 6 8 8 14 7 10 3 77 0.02% 0
Patriotic National Front 6 1 9 6 4 4 6 6 4 2 48 0.01% 0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya 3 5 4 16 2 3 6 1 1 3 44 0.01% 0
Left Liberation Front 4 2 2 4 3 6 7 4 3 0 35 0.01% 0
United Lanka Great Council 1 2 5 1 4 6 2 7 6 1 35 0.01% 0
Independent 3 3 0 14 1 0 4 2 3 5 2 34 0.01% 0
Janasetha Peramuna 1 7 3 1 6 1 0 8 1 4 32 0.01% 0
Independent 7 3 1 2 0 12 2 3 5 2 0 30 0.01% 0
Independent 5 4 5 0 0 1 5 1 6 6 0 28 0.01% 0
Independent 4 0 0 2 6 2 3 9 3 1 1 27 0.01% 0
Independent 2 2 10 0 1 4 4 1 1 2 1 26 0.01% 0
Independent 6 2 3 3 2 2 3 1 2 8 0 26 0.01% 0
Sri Lanka Labour Party 1 3 4 2 1 2 4 1 4 0 22 0.01% 0
Valid Votes 28,263 48,479 32,559 35,585 36,797 43,662 34,422 40,700 39,652 22,336 362,455 100.00% 9
Rejected Votes 1,938 3,335 3,229 2,471 2,209 2,989 2,407 2,869 3,889 629 25,965
Total Polled 30,201 51,814 35,788 38,056 39,006 46,651 36,829 43,569 43,541 22,965 388,420
Registered Electors 51,391 83,554 61,507 64,565 67,118 83,066 62,325 70,448 69,964 613,938
Turnout 58.77% 62.01% 58.19% 58.94% 58.12% 56.16% 59.09% 61.85% 62.23% 63.27%
Source:[25]

The following candidates were elected:[26] Ranjith Siyambalapitiya (UPFA-SLFP), 145,623 preference votes (pv); Athauda Seneviratne (UPFA-SLFP), 68,528 pv; Kanaka Herath (UPFA), 66,912 pv; Y. G. Padmasiri (UPFA), 61,685 pv; Lalith Dissanayake (UPFA-SLFP), 52,673 pv; Kabir Hashim (UNF-UNP), 48,822 pv; A. D. Champika Premadasa (UNF-UNP), 41,271 pv; Arachchilage Jagath Balasuriya (UPFA), 47,121 pv; and H. R. Mithrapala (UPFA-SLFP), 37,831 pv.

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