Nuwara Eliya Electoral District

Nuwara Eliya
Electoral District for the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Administrative District	Nuwara Eliya
Province	Central
Polling divisions	4
Population	749,000[1] (2008)
Electorate	457,137[2] (2010)
Area	1,741 km^2 (672 sq mi)[3]
Current Electoral District
Number of members	7
MPs	Palani Digambaran, NUW Navin Dissanayake, UPFA Sri Ranga Jeyaratnam, CF Velusami Radhakrishnan, UCPF Perumal Rajadurai, UNP C. B. Rathnayake, UPFA Arumugan Thondaman, UPFA

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.^[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	%
		Haguran -keta	Kot- male	Nuwara Eliya Maske -liya	Wala- pane
Junius Jayewardene	UNP	20,672	18,684	49,414	18,957	1,290	109,017	63.10%
Hector Kobbekaduwa	SLFP	12,414	12,036	18,543	13,391	709	57,093	33.05%
Rohana Wijeweera	JVP	983	616	1,892	1,023	55	4,569	2.64%
Colvin R. de Silva	LSSP	202	146	632	208	13	1,201	0.70%
Kumar Ponnambalam	ACTC	50	51	380	74	3	558	0.32%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara	NSSP	77	32	145	70	7	331	0.19%
Valid Votes		34,398	31,565	71,006	33,723	2,077	172,769	100.00%
Rejected Votes		368	320	950	397	13	2,048
Total Polled		34,766	31,885	71,956	34,120	2,090	174,817
Registered Electors		39,853	37,124	86,487	38,414		201,878
Turnout		87.24%	85.89%	83.20%	88.82%		86.60%
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	%
		Haguran -keta	Kot- male	Nuwara Eliya Maske -liya	Wala- pane
Ranasinghe Premadasa	UNP	22,748	17,822	52,653	18,099	813	112,135	62.15%
Sirimavo Bandaranaike	SLFP	14,011	13,549	22,209	14,519	619	64,907	35.98%
Oswin Abeygunasekara	SLMP	370	272	2,290	404	35	3,371	1.87%
Valid Votes		37,129	31,643	77,152	33,022	1,467	180,413	100.00%
Rejected Votes		576	401	1,771	530	42	3,320
Total Polled		37,705	32,044	78,923	33,552	1,509	183,733
Registered Electors		44,596	39,194	101,765	44,214		229,769
Turnout		84.55%	81.76%	77.55%	75.89%		79.96%
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
	Haguran -keta	Kot- male	Nuwara Eliya Maske -liya	Wala- pane
United National Party / Ceylon Workers' Congress	24,140	18,712	44,252	20,699	2,050	109,853	63.34%	4
Sri Lanka Freedom Party	9,890	9,175	15,928	11,236	899	47,128	27.18%	2
Democratic People's Liberation Front (PLOTE)	101	710	8,718	961	19	10,509	6.06%	0
United Socialist Alliance (CPSL, LSSP, NSSP, SLMP)	262	260	3,488	155	49	4,214	2.43%	0
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress	49	492	1,078	97	4	1,720	0.99%	0
Valid Votes	34,442	29,349	73,464	33,148	3,021	173,424	100.00%	6
Rejected Votes	2,457	2,439	5,937	2,687	80	13,600
Total Polled	36,899	31,788	79,401	35,835	3,101	187,024
Registered Electors	43,844	38,688	100,139	43,624	3,224	229,519
Turnout	84.16%	82.17%	79.29%	82.15%	96.18%	81.49%
Source:[6]

The following candidates were elected:^[6] 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	%	Seats
United National Party	150,936		10
People's Alliance (SLFP, SLMC et al.)	47,823		3
Democratic United National Front	29,183		2
National Union of Workers	7,749
Nava Sama Samaja Party	1,376
Valid Votes			15
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
	Haguran -keta	Kot- male	Nuwara Eliya Maske -liya	Wala- pane
United National Party / Ceylon Workers' Congress	24,783	26,542	94,893	26,534	2,726	175,478	58.12%	5
People's Alliance (SLFP et al.)	17,904	16,112	39,476	21,453	2,713	97,658	32.35%	2
Independent (UCPF)	68	1,610	24,248	1,189	259	27,374	9.07%	1
Sri Lanka Progressive Front (JVP)	130	194	453	107	44	928	0.31%	0
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	56	90	221	80	33	480	0.16%	0
Valid Votes	42,941	44,548	159,291	49,363	5,775	301,918	100.00%	8
Rejected Votes	2,526	2,607	13,368	2,997	94	21,592
Total Polled	45,467	47,155	172,659	52,360	5,869	323,510
Registered Electors	54,001	56,977	212,690	63,000		386,668
Turnout	84.20%	82.76%	81.18%	83.11%		83.67%
Source:[7]

The following candidates were elected:^[7] 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:

Candidate	Party	Votes per Polling Division				Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
		Haguran -keta	Kot- male	Nuwara Eliya Maske -liya	Wala- pane
Chandrika Kumaratunga	PA	22,917	22,034	94,262	26,020	3,696	168,929	57.14%
Srimathi Dissanayake	UNP	19,609	19,708	53,949	20,955	2,707	116,928	39.55%
Hudson Samarasinghe	Ind 2	350	555	4,897	509	3	6,314	2.14%
Harischandra Wijayatunga	SMBP	162	137	775	226	32	1,332	0.45%
A.J. Ranashinge	Ind 1	153	140	590	190	10	1,083	0.37%
G.A. Nihal	SLPF	96	142	618	178	10	1,044	0.35%
Valid Votes		43,287	42,716	155,091	48,078	6,458	295,630	100.00%
Rejected Votes		1,202	1,651	7,412	1,480	95	11,840
Total Polled		44,489	44,367	162,503	49,558	6,553	307,470
Registered Electors		54,001	56,977	212,690	63,000		386,668
Turnout		82.39%	77.87%	76.40%	78.66%		79.52%
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
United National Party	88,020	32.41%
People's Alliance (SLFP, SLMC et al.)	79,264	29.18%
National Union of Workers (CWC, DWC)	69,441	25.57%
Up-Country People's Front	22,896	8.43%
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	4,909	1.81%
New Left Front (NSSP et al.)	3,541	1.30%
Independent 2	2,031	0.75%
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	811	0.30%
Independent 1	462	0.17%
Independent 3	238	0.09%
Valid Votes	271,613	100.00%
Rejected Votes	30,853
Total Polled	302,466
Registered Electors	391,585
Turnout	77.24%
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	%
		Haguran -keta	Kot- male	Nuwara Eliya Maske -liya	Wala- pane
Ranil Wickremasinghe	UNP	18,426	20,984	87,653	23,685	2,088	152,836	48.68%
Chandrika Kumaratunga	PA	29,000	22,068	70,497	23,312	2,333	147,210	46.88%
M.D.N. Gunathilaka	JVP	1,572	826	1,897	1,299	285	5,879	1.87%
W.V.M. Ranjith	Ind 2	158	211	1,128	198	3	1,698	0.54%
Rajiva Wijesinha	Liberal	143	164	1,074	186	0	1,567	0.50%
T. Edirisuriya	Ind 1	140	133	672	168	3	1,116	0.36%
Harischandra Wijayatunga	SMBP	131	136	591	142	21	1,021	0.33%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara	LDA	51	67	489	158	47	812	0.26%
Kamal Karunadasa	PLSF	71	76	326	80	2	555	0.18%
Abdul Rasool	SLMP	68	71	322	67	3	531	0.17%
Hudson Samarasinghe	Ind 3	54	52	244	63	0	413	0.13%
A. Dissanayaka	DUNF	21	22	102	30	1	176	0.06%
A.W. Premawardhana	PFF	28	13	102	33	0	176	0.06%
Valid Votes		49,863	44,823	165,097	49,421	4,786	313,990	100.00%
Rejected Votes		1,461	1,193	4,885	1,366	92	8,997
Total Polled		51,324	46,016	169,982	50,787	4,878	322,987
Registered Electors		58,213	59,333	216,038	64,127		397,711
Turnout		88.17%	77.56%	78.68%	79.20%		81.21%
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
	Haguran -keta	Kot- male	Nuwara Eliya Maske -liya	Wala- pane
People's Alliance (SLFP, CWC et al.)	32,859	21,623	75,788	24,390	3,358	158,018	52.53%	4
United National Party / Up-Country People's Front	10,470	20,283	71,854	21,144	2,735	126,486	42.05%	3
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	1,386	950	2,311	1,290	362	6,299	2.09%	0
National Union of Workers	42	63	4,506	55	5	4,671	1.55%	0
Citizen's Front	72	123	2,049	161	40	2,445	0.81%	0
Sinhala Heritage	104	96	823	84	54	1,161	0.39%	0
Left & Democratic Alliance	4	9	162	107	12	294	0.10%	0
Liberal Party	15	32	210	33	4	294	0.10%	0
Democratic United National Front	24	35	129	35	1	224	0.07%	0
Independent 9	10	15	96	21	0	142	0.05%	0
Independent 4	4	3	96	6	1	110	0.04%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	12	10	67	8	11	108	0.04%	0
Independent 3	10	7	42	34	0	93	0.03%	0
National Development Front	22	6	27	11	0	66	0.02%	0
Sri Lanka Muslim Party	5	11	45	5	0	66	0.02%	0
Independent 1	2	6	34	16	0	58	0.02%	0
Independent 7	10	3	37	7	0	57	0.02%	0
Independent 8	7	6	26	11	0	50	0.02%	0
Independent 5	4	5	27	8	0	44	0.01%	0
Independent 6	1	3	29	7	0	40	0.01%	0
People's Freedom Front	2	1	26	4	0	33	0.01%	0
Ruhuna People's Party	3	1	14	7	0	25	0.01%	0
Independent 2	0	3	11	8	0	22	0.01%	0
Valid Votes	45,068	43,294	158,409	47,452	6,583	300,806	100.00%	7
Rejected Votes	4,180	4,924	19,785	6,114	146	35,149
Total Polled	49,248	48,218	178,194	53,566	6,729	335,955
Registered Electors	58,854	60,202	220,934	65,424		405,414
Turnout	83.68%	80.09%	80.65%	81.88%		82.87%
Source:[12]

The following candidates were elected:^[13] 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:

Party	Votes per Polling Division				Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
	Haguran -keta	Kot- male	Nuwara Eliya Maske -liya	Wala- pane
United National Front (UNP, SLMC, CWC, WPF, UCPF)	25,631	29,549	130,633	26,431		215,157	68.28%	5
People's Alliance (SLFP et al.)	13,618	14,421	28,734	18,582		77,733	24.67%	2
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	2,502	1,508	4,227	2,184		11,080	3.52%	0
National Democratic Party	28	310	6,206	46		6,600	2.09%	0
New Left Front (NSSP et al.)	242	243	848	342		1,687	0.54%	0
United Socialist Party	125	153	825	154		1,262	0.40%	0
Sinhala Heritage	60	66	423	62		642	0.20%	0
Democratic Left Front	23	22	122	199		373	0.12%	0
Independent 6	23	17	98	39		179	0.06%	0
National Development Front	23	23	60	10		117	0.04%	0
Independent 1	17	11	13	19		61	0.02%	0
Independent 5	13	3	21	8		45	0.01%	0
Peoples Freedom Front	3		25	8		37	0.01%	0
Independent 4	2	2	26	6		36	0.01%	0
Independent 3	4	2	18	5		29	0.01%	0
Independent 2	3	4	10	8		26	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka National Front	2	2	8	12		24	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	2	1	8	0		11	0.00%	0
Valid Votes	42,321	46,337	172,305	48,115		315,099	100.00%	7
Rejected Votes	5,211	3,638	14,103	5,335		28,373
Total Polled	47,532	49,975	186,408	53,450		343,472
Registered Electors	60,044	62,131	228,317	66,671		417,163
Turnout	79.16%	80.43%	81.64%	80.17%		82.34%
Sources:[14][15]

The following candidates were elected:^[16] 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:

Party	Votes per Polling Division				Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
	Haguran -keta	Kot- male	Nuwara Eliya Maske -liya	Wala- pane
United National Front (UNP, SLMC, CWC, WPF)	25,313	25,390	100,350	22,768	3,150	176,971	54.02%	4
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, JVP et al.)	16,962	15,964	25,989	20,607	3,423	82,945	25.32%	2
Up-Country People's Front	574	4,182	41,563	3,170	239	49,728	15.18%	1
Ceylon Democratic Unity Alliance	88	1,563	7,331	1,697	57	10,736	3.28%	0
Jathika Hela Urumaya	630	593	2,617	395	219	4,454	1.36%	0
United Socialist Party	73	144	1,019	188	2	1,426	0.44%	0
National Development Front	77	27	372	51	5	532	0.16%	0
Liberal Party	4	25	58	99	2	188	0.06%	0
New Left Front (NSSP et al.)	16	11	113	42	5	187	0.06%	0
Independent 4	15	13	54	13	0	95	0.03%	0
Ruhuna People's Party	3	1	72	3	0	79	0.02%	0
Independent 3	11	9	36	16	0	72	0.02%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	9	8	23	11	2	53	0.02%	0
Independent 1	9	5	19	11	1	45	0.01%	0
Independent 2	1	3	27	6	1	38	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka National Front	4	3	11	7	1	26	0.01%	0
Swarajya	6	1	12	4	0	23	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	2		6	3	0	11	0.00%	0
Valid Votes	43,797	47,942	179,672	49,091	7,107	327,609	100.00%	7
Rejected Votes	3,732	2,896	13,594	4,028	163	24,413
Total Polled	47,529	50,838	193,266	53,119	7,270	352,022
Registered Electors	61,868	65,044	239,511	69,813		436,236
Turnout	76.82%	78.16%	80.69%	76.09%		80.70%
Source:[17]

The following candidates were elected:^[18] 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.^[19] His replacement Renuka Herath (UNF-UNP) was sworn in on 30 January 2006.^[20]

Periyasamy Chandrasekaran (UCPF) died on 1 January 2010.^[21] His replacement Santhanam Arulsamy (UCPF) was sworn in on 5 February 2010.^[22]

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
	Haguran -keta	Kot- male	Nuwara Eliya Maske -liya	Wala- pane
United National Party	19,062	17,145	83,450	17,571	1,344	138,572	50.88%	8
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, JVP et al.)	17,486	15,653	32,049	21,938	2,066	89,192	32.75%	6
Up-Country People's Front	482	4,909	29,365	2,147	36	36,939	13.56%	2
United Socialist Party	252	410	2,860	369	5	3,896	1.43%	0
Independent 2	56	20	811	1,032	16	1,935	0.71%	0
Liberal Party	6	124	546	179	5	860	0.32%	0
National Development Front	102	39	285	94	1	521	0.19%	0
Independent 3	29	18	78	20	1	146	0.05%	0
National Democratic Party	8	13	75	13	0	109	0.04%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	6	8	48	9	5	76	0.03%	0
Independent 1	4	2	27	14	3	50	0.02%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	10	3	12	5	1	31	0.01%	0
Valid Votes	37,503	38,344	149,606	43,391	3,483	272,327	100.00%	16
Rejected Votes	3,077	2,935	13,449	3,774	140	23,375
Total Polled	40,580	41,279	163,055	47,165	3,623	295,702
Registered Electors	61,868	65,054	239,513	69,813		436,248
Turnout	65.59%	63.45%	68.08%	67.56%		67.78%
Source:[23]

The following candidates were elected:^[23] 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; Opanayake 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:

Candidate	Party	Votes per Polling Division				Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
		Haguran -keta	Kot- male	Nuwara Eliya Maske -liya	Wala- pane
Ranil Wickremasinghe	UNP	27,061	33,073	156,343	30,852	3,099	250,428	70.37%
Mahinda Rajapaksa	UPFA	20,725	17,645	33,453	23,688	4,039	99,550	27.97%
Siritunga Jayasuriya	USP	277	378	1,631	333	3	2,622	0.74%
A.A. Suraweera	NDF	285	204	689	285	2	1,465	0.41%
Victor Hettigoda	ULPP	58	51	182	74	11	376	0.11%
Chamil Jayaneththi	NLF	57	35	115	78	2	287	0.08%
Anura De Silva	ULF	33	27	125	30	0	215	0.06%
Aruna de Soyza	RPP	46	27	79	50	0	202	0.06%
Wimal Geeganage	SLNF	58	29	67	45	0	199	0.06%
A.K.J. Arachchige	DUA	40	16	73	35	0	164	0.05%
Wije Dias	SEP	18	23	90	15	0	146	0.04%
P. Nelson Perera	SLPF	18	24	74	21	0	137	0.04%
H.S. Dharmadwaja	UNAF	15	16	40	13	0	84	0.02%
Valid Votes		48,691	51,548	192,961	55,519	7,156	355,875	100.00%
Rejected Votes		843	576	2,841	1,003	147	5,410
Total Polled		49,534	52,124	195,802	56,522	7,303	361,285
Registered Electors		63,421	65,998	246,062	71,744		447,225
Turnout		78.10%	78.98%	79.57%	78.78%		80.78%
Source:[24]

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
	Haguran -keta	Kot- male	Nuwara Eliya Maske -liya	Wala- pane
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, CWC et al.)	24,639	24,789	69,323	23,972	3,695	146,418	51.77%	9
United National Party	13,740	17,933	79,153	16,260	1,203	128,289	45.36%	7
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	374	656	1,453	457	99	3,039	1.07%	0
Independent 10	21	333	1,640	15	34	2,043	0.72%	0
United Socialist Party	28	84	500	73	3	688	0.24%	0
National Development Front	47	29	458	47	5	586	0.21%	0
Independent 4	2	12	173	231	13	431	0.15%	0
Ruhunu People's Party	10	68	228	97	1	404	0.14%	0
United Lanka People's Party	26	29	143	42	1	241	0.09%	0
Left Front (NSSP et al.)	4	4	21	87	2	118	0.04%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	3	10	89	3	3	108	0.04%	0
Socialist Equality Party	1	5	82	7	3	98	0.03%	0
Independent 9	10	8	38	8	0	64	0.02%	0
Independent 5	3	5	29	7	0	44	0.02%	0
United Lanka Great Council	10	2	24	6	1	43	0.02%	0
Independent 6	4	3	21	5	0	33	0.01%	0
Independent 1	6	5	15	3	1	30	0.01%	0
Independent 8	7	3	11	7	0	28	0.01%	0
Independent 7	3	2	17	5	0	27	0.01%	0
Independent 3	4	1	13	4	0	22	0.01%	0
Independent 2	0	1	15	3	0	19	0.01%	0
National People's Party	1	3	13	1	0	18	0.01%	0
Liberal Party	3	2	9	3	0	17	0.01%	0
Patriotic National Front	1	2	5	3	0	11	0.00%	0
Valid Votes	38,947	43,989	153,473	41,346	5,064	282,819	100.00%	16
Rejected Votes	3,898	3,462	15,099	4,289	99	26,847
Total Polled	42,845	47,451	168,572	45,635	5,163	309,666
Registered Electors	65,209	68,967	245,527	72,692		452,395
Turnout	65.70%	68.80%	68.66%	62.78%		68.45%
Source:[25]

The following candidates were elected:^[26] Palani Digambaran (UNP), 45,229 preference votes (pv); S. B. Dissanayake (UPFA), 39,005 pv; Palani Adawan Prakash Ganeshan (UNP), 38,362 pv; Palani Elilan Mailwagam Udayakumar (UNP), 32,409 pv; R.M.S.B. Rathnayaka (UPFA), 30,114 pv; S. Kumara Dasanayake (UPFA), 30,006 pv; Rameshwaran Maruthapandi (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; Opanayake 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:

Candidate	Party	Votes per Polling Division				Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
		Haguran -keta	Kot- male	Nuwara Eliya Maske -liya	Wala- pane
Sarath Fonseka	NDF	16,470	26,727	112,866	21,474	3,067	180,604	52.14%
Mahinda Rajapaksa	UPFA	29,164	24,120	62,604	29,618	6,098	151,604	43.77%
M.C.M. Ismail	DUNF	518	531	2,693	381	11	4,134	1.19%
C.J. Sugathsiri Gamage	UDF	165	210	1,158	196	0	1,729	0.50%
A.A. Suraweera	NDF	312	190	747	315	4	1,568	0.45%
A.S.P Liyanage	SLLP	127	107	529	169	0	932	0.27%
M. K. Shivajilingam	Ind 5	69	68	447	105	9	698	0.20%
W.V. Mahiman Ranjith	Ind 1	112	94	340	135	6	687	0.20%
Sarath Manamendra	NSH	74	80	441	61	1	657	0.19%
Lal Perera	ONF	53	91	404	84	1	633	0.18%
Siritunga Jayasuriya	USP	57	73	320	69	3	522	0.15%
Ukkubanda Wijekoon	Ind 3	53	44	279	76	0	452	0.13%
Vikramabahu Karunaratne	LF	46	28	204	58	3	339	0.10%
Wije Dias	SEP	21	30	219	40	0	310	0.09%
Sanath Pinnaduwa	NA	31	35	199	29	0	294	0.08%
Aithurus M. Illias	Ind 2	70	35	113	48	2	268	0.08%
Aruna de Soyza	RPP	23	35	108	26	0	192	0.06%
Battaramulla Seelarathana	JP	27	17	99	35	3	181	0.05%
M. Mohamed Musthaffa	Ind 4	22	24	114	18	0	178	0.05%
Senaratna de Silva	PNF	17	16	109	26	2	170	0.05%
M.B. Thaminimulla	ACAKO	26	7	73	17	3	126	0.04%
Sarath Kongahage	UNAF	19	8	62	14	1	104	0.03%
Valid Votes		47,476	52,570	184,128	52,994	9,214	346,382	100.00%
Rejected Votes		748	1,057	3,693	875	89	6,462
Total Polled		48,224	53,627	187,821	53,869	9,303	352,844
Registered Electors		65,969	70,730	247,069	73,369		457,137
Turnout		73.10%	75.82%	76.02%	73.42%		77.19%
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
	Haguran -keta	Kot- male	Nuwara Eliya Maske -liya	Wala- pane
United People's Freedom Alliance (CWC, SLFP et al.)	18,866	24,790	72,766	26,017	6,672	149,111	56.01%	5
United National Front (UNP, SLMC, DPF, SLFP(P))	10,362	13,553	59,339	11,551	2,080	96,885	36.39%	2
Up-Country People's Front	236	1,120	10,912	881	40	13,189	4.95%	0
Democratic National Alliance (JVP et al.)	993	700	1,389	508	394	3,984	1.50%	0
Independent 1	16	48	1,068	133	15	1,280	0.48%	0
United Socialist Party	21	28	230	24	0	303	0.11%	0
Independent 5	6	8	102	106	13	235	0.09%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	166	1	13	28	17	225	0.08%	0
United National Alternative Front	20	24	81	25	7	157	0.06%	0
Independent 14	15	12	65	25	0	117	0.04%	0
National Development Front	16	11	69	18	3	117	0.04%	0
United Democratic Front	7	8	37	9	2	63	0.02%	0
Independent 10	6	13	35	6	2	62	0.02%	0
Independent 9	6	3	38	3	1	51	0.02%	0
Independent 11	15	13	13	7	0	48	0.02%	0
Independent 13	8	6	22	8	1	45	0.02%	0
Socialist Equality Party	1	3	38	2	1	45	0.02%	0
United Lanka Great Council	6	3	20	12	0	41	0.02%	0
Janasetha Peramuna	1	10	24	3	1	39	0.01%	0
Independent 6	3	9	16	6	1	35	0.01%	0
Independent 3	15	2	8	4	4	33	0.01%	0
Patriotic National Front	5	6	14	7	0	32	0.01%	0
Independent 2	3	1	11	13	1	29	0.01%	0
Left Liberation Front	2	4	12	5	0	23	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka National Front	5	1	9	3	2	20	0.01%	0
Independent 4	3	0	9	4	1	17	0.01%	0
Independent 7	3	1	8	5	0	17	0.01%	0
Independent 12	4	3	6	1	0	14	0.01%	0
Independent 8	2	2	7	1	0	12	0.00%	0
Sri Lanka Labour Party	1	1	1	1	1	5	0.00%	0
Valid Votes	30,813	40,384	146,362	39,416	9,259	266,234	100.00%	7
Rejected Votes	5,146	5,327	19,969	6,424	370	37,236
Total Polled	35,959	45,711	166,331	45,840	9,629	303,470
Registered Electors	65,969	70,730	247,069	73,369		457,137
Turnout	54.51%	64.63%	67.32%	62.48%		66.38%
Source:[27]

The following candidates were elected:^[28] 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.^[29] Palani Digambaran (UNF-NUW), their sole MP, is to function as an independent MP.^[30]

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