Matale Electoral District

Matale
Electoral District for the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Administrative District	Matale
Province	Central
Polling divisions	4
Population	483,000[1] (2008)
Electorate	342,684[2] (2010)
Area	1,993 km^2 (770 sq mi)[3]
Current Electoral District
Number of members	5
MPs	Wasantha Aluvihare, UNF Rohana Dissanayake, UPFA Nandimithra Ekanayake, UPFA Lakshman Perera, UPFA Janaka Bandara Tennakoon, UPFA

Matale 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 Matale in the Central province. The district currently elects 5 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 342,684 registered electors in 2010.^[2]

1982 Presidential Election

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

Candidate	Party	Votes per Polling Division				Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
		Dam- bulla	Lag- gala	Matale	Rat- tota
Junius Jayewardene	UNP	27,368	17,354	22,452	25,183	1,674	94,031	58.11%
Hector Kobbekaduwa	SLFP	21,748	12,149	11,632	12,982	788	59,299	36.65%
Rohana Wijeweera	JVP	2,501	1,158	1,400	2,033	77	7,169	4.43%
Colvin R. de Silva	LSSP	309	155	153	239	10	866	0.54%
Kumar Ponnambalam	ACTC	46	39	85	82	1	253	0.16%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara	NSSP	40	34	49	61	12	196	0.12%
Valid Votes		52,012	30,889	35,771	40,580	2,562	161,814	100.00%
Rejected Votes		385	272	332	396	29	1,414
Total Polled		52,397	31,161	36,103	40,976	2,591	163,228
Registered Electors		60,536	35,129	43,705	47,906		187,276
Turnout		86.56%	88.70%	82.61%	85.53%		87.16%
Source:[4]

1988 Presidential Election

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

Candidate	Party	Votes per Polling Division				Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
		Dam- bulla	Lag- gala	Matale	Rat- tota
Ranasinghe Premadasa	UNP	4,276	9,055	12,544	10,599	533	37,007	57.85%
Sirimavo Bandaranaike	SLFP	3,195	8,908	6,889	6,380	453	25,825	40.37%
Oswin Abeygunasekara	SLMP	137	216	437	320	25	1,135	1.77%
Valid Votes		7,608	18,179	19,870	17,299	1,011	63,967	100.00%
Rejected Votes		102	198	463	297	50	1,110
Total Polled		7,710	18,377	20,333	17,596	1,061	65,077
Registered Electors		72,515	41,110	48,841	52,472		214,938
Turnout		10.63%	44.70%	41.63%	33.53%		30.28%
Source:[5]

1989 Parliamentary General Election

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

Party	Votes per Polling Division				Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
	Dam- bulla	Lag- gala	Matale	Rat- tota
United National Party	23,381	19,839	21,422	22,019	2,208	88,869	63.81%	4
Sri Lanka Freedom Party	18,786	7,143	8,553	10,225	1,010	45,717	32.82%	1
United Lanka People's Party	882	157	364	912	35	2,350	1.69%	0
United Socialist Alliance (CPSL, LSSP, NSSP, SLMP)	445	350	773	710	66	2,344	1.68%	0
Valid Votes	43,494	27,489	31,112	33,866	3,319	139,280	100.00%	5
Rejected Votes	3,818	2,453	2,445	3,079	132	11,927
Total Polled	47,312	29,942	33,557	36,945	3,451	151,207
Registered Electors	71,722	40,656	47,520	51,452	3,588	214,938
Turnout	65.97%	73.65%	70.62%	71.80%	96.18%	70.35%
Source:[6]

The following candidates were elected:^[6] Wijeratne Banda Jambugahapitiyagedera (UNP), 31,635 preference votes (pv); Alick Aluvihare (UNP), 31,004 pv; Basnayake Mudiyanselage Punchi Banda Kaviratne (UNP), 23,541 pv; V.G. Jinadasa (UNP), 22,941 pv; and Nandimithra Ekanayake (SLFP), 17,941 pv.

1993 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 2nd Central provincial council election held on 17 May 1993 for the district:

Party	Votes	%	Seats
United National Party	94,376		6
People's Alliance (SLFP, SLMC et al.)	46,322		3
Democratic United National Front	31,299		2
Nava Sama Samaja Party
Valid Votes			11
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout
Source:

1994 Parliamentary General Election

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

Party	Votes per Polling Division				Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
	Dam- bulla	Lag- gala	Matale	Rat- tota
People's Alliance (SLFP et al.)	34,286	20,648	20,607	22,856	4,283	102,680	49.85%	3
United National Party	30,468	17,970	22,446	26,283	2,954	100,121	48.61%	2
Independent	597	437	294	390	10	1,728	0.84%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front (JVP)	600	153	338	266	76	1,433	0.70%	0
Valid Votes	65,951	39,208	43,685	49,795	7,323	205,962	100.00%	5
Rejected Votes	3,881	2,618	2,630	3,393	124	12,646
Total Polled	69,832	41,826	46,315	53,188	7,447	218,608
Registered Electors	85,870	48,525	58,638	66,238		259,271
Turnout	81.32%	86.19%	78.98%	80.30%		84.32%
Source:[7]

The following candidates were elected:^[7] Alick Aluvihare (UNP), 61,526 preference votes (pv); Janaka Bandara Tennakoon (PA), 52,437 pv; Nandimithra Ekanayake (PA), 51,919 pv; Gopallawa Moithra Kuda Banda (PA), 40,555 pv; and Vidana Gamage Jinadasa (UNP), 35,474 pv.

1994 Presidential Election

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

Candidate	Party	Votes per Polling Division				Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
		Dam- bulla	Lag- gala	Matale	Rat- tota
Chandrika Kumaratunga	PA	37,869	26,092	25,234	28,300	3,954	121,449	60.98%
Srimathi Dissanayake	UNP	23,746	13,013	16,006	18,187	2,372	73,324	36.82%
Hudson Samarasinghe	Ind 2	602	507	379	618	5	2,111	1.06%
Harischandra Wijayatunga	SMBP	273	137	288	250	44	992	0.50%
G.A. Nihal	SLPF	229	143	137	154	17	680	0.34%
A.J. Ranashinge	Ind 1	187	119	126	169	7	608	0.31%
Valid Votes		62,906	40,011	42,170	47,678	6,399	199,164	100.00%
Rejected Votes		1,458	897	1,253	1,636	73	5,317
Total Polled		64,364	40,908	43,423	49,314	6,472	204,481
Registered Electors		85,870	48,525	58,638	66,238		259,271
Turnout		74.96%	84.30%	74.05%	74.45%		78.87%
Source:[8]

1999 Provincial Council Election

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

Party	Votes	%	Seats
People's Alliance (SLFP, SLMC et al.)	95,115	51.38%
United National Party	70,705	38.20%
National Union of Workers (CWC, DWC)	9,306	5.03%
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	8,010	4.33%
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	1,453	0.78%
Independent	516	0.28%
Valid Votes	185,105	100.00%
Rejected Votes	16,257
Total Polled	201,362
Registered Electors	281,089
Turnout	71.64%
Sources:[9][10]

1999 Presidential Election

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

Candidate	Party	Votes per Polling Division				Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
		Dam- bulla	Lag- gala	Matale	Rat- tota
Chandrika Kumaratunga	PA	35,811	24,073	21,709	26,959	2,680	111,232	51.42%
Ranil Wickremasinghe	UNP	30,850	16,091	20,185	22,336	2,482	91,944	42.51%
M.D.N. Gunathilaka	JVP	3,496	1,069	1,392	1,574	393	7,924	3.66%
W.V.M. Ranjith	Ind 2	323	200	168	255	5	951	0.44%
Harischandra Wijayatunga	SMBP	233	112	239	264	54	902	0.42%
Rajiva Wijesinha	Liberal	270	181	172	235	2	860	0.40%
T. Edirisuriya	Ind 1	214	171	122	232	8	747	0.35%
Abdul Rasool	SLMP	169	64	170	142	5	550	0.25%
Kamal Karunadasa	PLSF	132	74	56	78	3	343	0.16%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara	LDA	91	35	94	75	13	308	0.14%
Hudson Samarasinghe	Ind 3	76	48	59	78	0	261	0.12%
A.W. Premawardhana	PFF	57	30	33	27	2	149	0.07%
A. Dissanayaka	DUNF	46	31	34	28	0	139	0.06%
Valid Votes		71,768	42,179	44,433	52,283	5,647	216,310	100.00%
Rejected Votes		1,876	1,112	1,322	1,627	234	6,171
Total Polled		73,644	43,291	45,755	53,910	5,881	222,481
Registered Electors		97,348	53,732	64,069	71,025		286,174
Turnout		75.65%	80.57%	71.42%	75.90%		77.74%
Source:[11]

2000 Parliamentary General Election

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

Party	Votes per Polling Division				Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
	Dam- bulla	Lag- gala	Matale	Rat- tota
People's Alliance (SLFP et al.)	35,421	23,692	19,877	27,615	3,608	110,213	50.53%	3
United National Party	30,455	14,941	22,089	21,331	3,020	91,836	42.11%	2
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	4,396	1,283	2,233	2,138	623	10,673	4.89%	0
New Left Front (NSSP et al.)	778	460	440	660	12	2,350	1.08%	0
Sinhala Heritage	279	65	618	391	105	1,458	0.67%	0
United Sinhala Great Council	109	94	86	80	0	369	0.17%	0
Citizen's Front	73	61	90	108	14	346	0.16%	0
Liberal Party	38	31	51	57	2	179	0.08%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	37	19	40	48	14	158	0.07%	0
Democratic United National Front	56	31	18	37	2	144	0.07%	0
Sri Lanka Muslim Party	33	8	22	31	2	96	0.04%	0
National Development Front	43	15	11	16	1	86	0.04%	0
Independent	16	13	13	33	0	75	0.03%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	15	8	23	19	0	65	0.03%	0
People's Freedom Front	7	7	15	18	2	49	0.02%	0
Valid Votes	71,756	40,728	45,626	52,582	7,405	218,097	100.00%	5
Rejected Votes	5,385	2,843	3,334	4,002	155	15,719
Total Polled	77,141	43,571	48,960	56,584	7,560	233,816
Registered Electors	99,756	54,910	65,389	72,597		292,652
Turnout	77.33%	79.35%	74.87%	77.94%		79.90%
Source:[12]

The following candidates were elected:^[13] Ranjith Aluvihare (UNP), 62,911 preference votes (pv); Alick Aluvihare (UNP), 60,419 pv; Janaka Bandara Tennakoon (PA), 42,366; Gopallawa Moithra Kuda Banda (PA), 40,397 pv; and Nandimithra Ekanayake (PA), 39,585 pv;

2001 Parliamentary General Election

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

Party	Votes per Polling Division				Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
	Dam- bulla	Lag- gala	Matale	Rat- tota
United National Front (UNP, SLMC, CWC, WPF)	34,066	16,117	28,478	28,088		109,991	50.43%	3
People's Alliance (SLFP et al.)	29,281	20,938	15,044	20,506		88,999	40.81%	2
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	6,958	2,133	2,816	3,179		16,063	7.37%	0
New Left Front (NSSP et al.)	649	402	306	453		1,824	0.84%	0
United Lalith Front	130	64	85	85		365	0.17%	0
Independent	76	40	31	75		223	0.10%	0
Liberal Party	55	37	23	37		152	0.07%	0
United Sinhala Great Council	36	10	31	60		139	0.06%	0
Peoples Freedom Front	24	25	15	39		103	0.05%	0
Sri Lanka Muslim Party	45	13	15	21		96	0.04%	0
National Development Front	27	10	13	17		67	0.03%	0
Sri Lanka National Front	12	8	11	9		40	0.02%	0
Ruhuna People's Party	10	4	5	9		28	0.01%	0
Valid Votes	71,369	39,801	46,873	52,578		218,090	100.00%	5
Rejected Votes	5,225	2,740	3,106	4,253		15,449
Total Polled	76,594	42,541	49,979	56,831		233,539
Registered Electors	102,302	56,244	67,034	74,026		299,606
Turnout	74.87%	75.64%	74.56%	76.77%		77.95%
Source:[14]

The following candidates were elected:^[15] Alick Aluvihare (UNF), 75,620 preference votes (pv); Ranjith Aluvihare (UNF), 72,553 pv; Janaka Bandara Tennakoon (PA), 49,959 pv; Rasnayake Mudiyanselage Sanjeewa Bandara Kaviratne (UNF), 37,226 pv; and Bandula S.B. Yalegama (PA), 35,450.

2004 Parliamentary General Election

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

Party	Votes per Polling Division				Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
	Dam- bulla	Lag- gala	Matale	Rat- tota
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, JVP et al.)	40,616	21,307	18,496	22,747	5,093	108,259	49.19%	3
United National Front (UNP, SLMC, CWC, WPF)	29,456	18,784	24,058	25,330	3,014	100,642	45.73%	2
Jathika Hela Urumaya	1,982	579	3,135	2,611	512	8,819	4.01%	0
United Socialist Party	264	220	263	383	5	1,135	0.52%	0
National Development Front	64	34	89	81	3	271	0.12%	0
National People's Party	77	29	67	90	4	267	0.12%	0
Independent 6	91	43	48	80	1	263	0.12%	0
New Left Front (NSSP et al.)	33	10	31	32	3	109	0.05%	0
Independent 3	13	16	15	20	0	64	0.03%	0
Independent 5	10	11	12	14	1	48	0.02%	0
Independent 1	9	5	13	5	1	33	0.01%	0
Liberal Party	5	1	15	5	1	27	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka Muslim Party	11	1	5	3	0	20	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka National Front	2	11	1	6	0	20	0.01%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	9	2	5	4	0	20	0.01%	0
Independent 2	4	4	7	3	1	19	0.01%	0
Ruhuna People's Party	5	1	1	7	1	15	0.01%	0
Independent 4	2	2	3	5	1	13	0.01%	0
Swarajya	3	3	2	2	0	10	0.00%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	4	3	0	1	0	8	0.00%	0
Valid Votes	72,660	41,066	46,266	51,429	8,641	220,062	100.00%	5
Rejected Votes	6,905	3,598	3,273	4,959	177	18,912
Total Polled	79,565	44,664	49,539	56,388	8,818	238,974
Registered Electors	107,353	58,799	69,860	76,544		312,556
Turnout	74.12%	75.96%	70.91%	73.67%		76.46%
Source:[16]

The following candidates were elected:^[17] Sujatha Alahakoon (UPFA-JVP), 57,234 preference votes (pv); Janaka Bandara Tennakoon (UPFA-SLFP), 54,711 pv; Ranjith Aluvihare (UNF-UNP), 47,152 pv; Alick Aluvihare (UNF-UNP), 39,649 pv; and Rohana Dissanayake (UPFA-SLFP), 37,091 pv.

Alick Aluvihare (UNF-UNP) died on 17 May 2009.^[18] His replacement Nandimithra Ekanayake (UNF-UNP) was sworn in on 9 June 2009.^[19]

2004 Provincial Council Election

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

Party	Votes per Polling Division				Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
	Dam- bulla	Lag- gala	Matale	Rat- tota
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, JVP et al.)	32,668	20,551	15,496	19,981	3,814	92,510	56.12%	6
United National Party	19,831	12,352	16,988	18,124	2,014	69,309	42.04%	4
United Socialist Party	259	238	270	379	6	1,152	0.70%	0
Up-Country People's Front	104	48	629	350	4	1,135	0.69%	0
National Development Front	101	79	80	138	1	399	0.24%	0
Independent	32	23	39	22	4	120	0.07%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	23	18	33	33	10	117	0.07%	0
National People's Party	15	14	21	10	2	62	0.04%	0
Sri Lanka Muslim Party	15	10	17	11	0	53	0.03%	0
Valid Votes	53,048	33,333	33,573	39,048	5,855	164,857	100.00%	10
Rejected Votes	3,808	2,250	2,554	3,515	342	12,469
Total Polled	56,856	35,583	36,127	42,563	6,197	177,326
Registered Electors	107,353	58,799	69,860	76,544		312,556
Turnout	52.96%	60.52%	51.71%	55.61%		56.73%
Source:[20]

The following candidates were elected:^[20] Aluwihare Wasantha (UNP), 33,364 preference votes (pv); Nandimithra Ekanayake (UNP), 27,731 pv; Amarasinghe Herath Bandaranayake Wasala Mudiyanselage Champaka Sugishwara Wijerathna (UPFA), 25,688 pv; Bandula S.B. Yalegama (UPFA), 24,270 pv; Warnakulasooiya Mudiyanselage Yasamana (UPFA), 23,637 pv; Gamagedara Dissanayake (UPFA), 23,216 pv; Thenne Gedara Sarath Wijesinghe (UPFA), 21,029 pv; L.D. Nimalasiri (UPFA), 18,954 pv; Rasnayaka Mudiyanselage Sanjeewa Bandara Kawirathna (UNP), 15,728 pv; and Ekanayaka Mudiyanselage Rohana Bandaranayake (UNP), 12,452 pv.

2005 Presidential Election

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

Candidate	Party	Votes per Polling Division				Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
		Dam- bulla	Lag- gala	Matale	Rat- tota
Ranil Wickremasinghe	UNP	38,692	22,249	29,637	31,449	3,910	125,937	50.25%
Mahinda Rajapaksa	UPFA	43,853	23,637	20,945	25,551	6,547	120,533	48.09%
A.A. Suraweera	NDF	361	279	235	334	8	1,217	0.49%
Siritunga Jayasuriya	USP	325	243	278	362	4	1,212	0.48%
Chamil Jayaneththi	NLF	117	86	73	78	2	356	0.14%
Victor Hettigoda	ULPP	102	37	88	96	19	342	0.14%
Wimal Geeganage	SLNF	71	65	34	58	0	228	0.09%
Aruna de Soyza	RPP	84	51	33	55	1	224	0.09%
Anura De Silva	ULF	61	45	48	53	1	208	0.08%
A.K.J. Arachchige	DUA	41	35	25	39	1	141	0.06%
Wije Dias	SEP	31	28	17	19	0	95	0.04%
P. Nelson Perera	SLPF	23	14	15	24	0	76	0.03%
H.S. Dharmadwaja	UNAF	17	12	11	11	0	51	0.02%
Valid Votes		83,778	46,781	51,439	58,129	10,493	250,620	100.00%
Rejected Votes		1,073	679	932	955	146	3,785
Total Polled		84,851	47,460	52,371	59,084	10,639	254,405
Registered Electors		111,401	60,990	71,171	78,314		321,876
Turnout		76.17%	77.82%	73.58%	75.45%		79.04%
Source:[21]

2009 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 5th Central provincial council election held on 14 February 2009 for the district:

Party	Votes per Polling Division				Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
	Dam- bulla	Lag- gala	Matale	Rat- tota
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP et al.)	49,785	27,169	25,759	30,826	6,756	140,295	69.48%	7
United National Party	14,668	9,912	14,789	15,139	1,501	56,009	27.74%	3
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	1,568	759	740	808	209	4,084	2.02%	0
National Development Front	94	84	79	118	3	378	0.19%	0
United National Alliance	91	63	75	114	3	346	0.17%	0
Independent 8	30	40	74	61	2	207	0.10%	0
Independent 4	14	1	10	87	0	112	0.06%	0
Independent 7	15	12	38	24	0	89	0.04%	0
Left Front (NSSP et al.)	12	4	10	33	1	60	0.03%	0
Independent 6	13	9	21	11	1	55	0.03%	0
United Lanka Great Council	18	10	8	11	3	50	0.02%	0
National People's Party	23	12	5	7	1	48	0.02%	0
Independent 5	5	9	13	19	0	46	0.02%	0
Independent 1	7	3	7	9	2	28	0.01%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	8	4	3	3	4	22	0.01%	0
Independent 3	5	2	8	5	1	21	0.01%	0
Patriotic National Front	10	2	2	5	1	20	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	5	2	2	4	1	14	0.01%	0
Independent 2	3	6	3	2	0	14	0.01%	0
Ruhuna People's Party	2	1	6	3	1	13	0.01%	0
Valid Votes	66,376	38,104	41,652	47,289	8,490	201,911	100.00%	10
Rejected Votes	4,785	3,158	3,476	4,780	296	16,495
Total Polled	71,161	41,262	45,128	52,069	8,786	218,406
Registered Electors	117,788	64,147	74,839	82,172		338,946
Turnout	60.41%	64.32%	60.30%	63.37%		64.44%
Source:[22]

The following candidates were elected:^[23] Pramitha B Thennakoon (UPFA), 49,665 preference votes (pv); Nandimithra Ekanayake (UPFA), 35,995 pv; Warnakulasooiya Mudiyanselage Yasamana (UPFA), 32,991 pv; Bandula S.B. Yalegama (UPFA), 30,878 pv; Aluwihare Wasantha (UNP), 28,855 pv; L.D. Nimalasiri (UPFA), 27,958 pv; D.M.P.K.B. Dissanayake (UPFA), 25,903 pv; Amarasinghe Herath Bandaranayake Wasala Mudiyanselage Champaka Sugishwara Wijerathna (UPFA), 25,754 pv; Rasnayaka Mudiyanselage Sanjeewa Bandara Kawirathna (UNP), 15,845 pv; and Ekanayaka Mudiyanselage Rohana Bandaranayake (UNP), 13,341 pv.

2010 Presidential Election

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

Candidate	Party	Votes per Polling Division				Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
		Dam- bulla	Lag- gala	Matale	Rat- tota
Mahinda Rajapaksa	UPFA	58,016	31,277	26,996	32,818	8,846	157,953	59.74%
Sarath Fonseka	NDF	28,171	16,300	26,013	25,991	4,038	100,513	38.01%
M.C.M. Ismail	DUNF	360	213	289	232	11	1,105	0.42%
A.A. Suraweera	NDF	267	188	174	210	2	841	0.32%
W.V. Mahiman Ranjith	Ind 1	250	136	100	139	10	635	0.24%
C.J. Sugathsiri Gamage	UDF	158	100	159	203	3	623	0.24%
A.S.P Liyanage	SLLP	96	90	83	97	6	372	0.14%
Ukkubanda Wijekoon	Ind 3	107	70	75	87	1	340	0.13%
Siritunga Jayasuriya	USP	85	59	57	97	2	300	0.11%
Sarath Manamendra	NSH	75	72	61	88	3	299	0.11%
Lal Perera	ONF	51	46	60	91	1	249	0.09%
M. K. Shivajilingam	Ind 5	41	44	48	57	2	192	0.07%
Aithurus M. Illias	Ind 2	62	32	39	40	1	174	0.07%
Vikramabahu Karunaratne	LF	43	31	34	43	6	157	0.06%
Sanath Pinnaduwa	NA	27	28	29	32	1	117	0.04%
Wije Dias	SEP	29	21	25	27	1	103	0.04%
M. Mohamed Musthaffa	Ind 4	23	20	25	24	0	92	0.03%
Battaramulla Seelarathana	JP	27	20	17	25	0	89	0.03%
Aruna de Soyza	RPP	20	15	16	34	1	86	0.03%
Senaratna de Silva	PNF	20	15	23	16	0	74	0.03%
M.B. Thaminimulla	ACAKO	10	15	16	15	1	57	0.02%
Sarath Kongahage	UNAF	11	6	8	22	1	48	0.02%
Valid Votes		87,949	48,798	54,347	60,388	12,937	264,419	100.00%
Rejected Votes		778	361	650	760	117	2,666
Total Polled		88,727	49,159	54,997	61,148	13,054	267,085
Registered Electors		119,453	64,696	75,154	83,381		342,684
Turnout		74.28%	75.98%	73.18%	73.34%		77.94%
Source:[2]

2010 Parliamentary General Election

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

Party	Votes per Polling Division				Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
	Dam- bulla	Lag- gala	Matale	Rat- tota
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP et al.)	42,847	27,777	23,734	26,818	9,893	131,069	66.96%	4
United National Front (UNP, SLMC, DPF, SLFP(P))	15,080	8,478	14,659	14,666	2,854	55,737	28.47%	1
Democratic National Alliance (JVP et al.)	2,645	688	1,974	1,574	755	7,636	3.90%	0
Our National Front	57	48	34	21	3	163	0.08%	0
National Development Front	28	14	34	46	6	128	0.07%	0
Independent 1	18	30	26	17	5	96	0.05%	0
Independent 7	12	3	9	68	0	92	0.05%	0
Independent 11	22	33	8	27	0	90	0.05%	0
Independent 9	26	17	16	25	2	86	0.04%	0
United National Alternative Front	14	13	18	29	2	76	0.04%	0
Independent 2	19	6	28	22	0	75	0.04%	0
Sri Lanka National Front	4	19	34	11	7	75	0.04%	0
Independent 6	12	6	17	16	0	51	0.03%	0
Independent 5	22	4	8	7	4	45	0.02%	0
United Lanka Great Council	6	16	9	8	0	39	0.02%	0
Independent 8	7	1	14	12	5	39	0.02%	0
Independent 10	7	16	5	10	0	38	0.02%	0
Janasetha Peramuna	24	4	2	3	4	37	0.02%	0
United Democratic Front	13	4	8	8	3	36	0.02%	0
Independent 4	10	11	5	6	0	32	0.02%	0
Patriotic National Front	4	7	5	5	1	22	0.01%	0
Left Liberation Front	4	3	5	8	0	20	0.01%	0
Independent 3	5	4	1	4	2	16	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka Labour Party	2	2	4	4	3	15	0.01%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	2	0	8	2	1	13	0.01%	0
All Are Citizens, All Are Kings Organisation	4	0	2	5	1	12	0.01%	0
Ruhuna People's Party	4	0	3	3	2	12	0.01%	0
Valid Votes	60,898	37,204	40,670	43,425	13,553	195,750	100.00%	5
Rejected Votes	5,932	3,217	3,990	5,567	604	19,310
Total Polled	66,830	40,421	44,660	48,992	14,157	215,060
Registered Electors	119,453	64,696	75,154	83,381		342,684
Turnout	55.95%	62.48%	59.42%	58.76%		62.76%
Source:[24]

The following candidates were elected:^[25] Lakshman Perera (UPFA), 65,077 preference votes (pv); Janaka Bandara Tennakoon (UPFA-SLFP), 47,133 pv; Nandimithra Ekanayake (UPFA), 35,754 pv; Rohana Dissanayake (UPFA-SLFP), 32,803 pv; and Wasantha Aluvihare (UNF), 31,529 pv.

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