Badulla electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts

Electoral districts in Sri Lanka

The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka provides for the election of members of Parliament from 22 multi-member electoral districts through the proportional representation electoral system....

 of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

 created by the 1978 Constitution

Constitution of Sri Lanka

The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka has been the constitution of the island nation of Sri Lanka since its original promulgation by the National State Assembly on 7 September 1978. It is Sri Lanka's second republican constitution, and its third constitution since the...

 of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district

Districts of Sri Lanka

In Sri Lanka, districts are the second-level administrative divisions, and are included in a province. There are 25 districts organized into 9 provinces. Each district is administered under a District Secretary, who is appointed by the central government...

 of Badulla

Badulla District

Badulla is a district in Uva Province, Sri Lanka. The entire land area of the Badulla district is 2,861 km² and total population is 837,000. The district is bounded by the districts of Monaragala and Rathnapura on the East & South, by Ampara and Kandy districts on the North and by Nuwara...

 in the Uva province

Uva Province

Uva is Sri Lanka's second least populated province, with 1,187,335 people, created in 1896. It consists of two districts: Badulla බදුල්ල பதுளை and Moneragala මොනරාගල மொனராகல. The provincial capital is Badulla. Uva is bordered by Eastern, Southern and Central provinces...

. The district currently elects 8 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 574,814 registered electors in 2010.

1982 Presidential Election

Results of the 1st presidential election

Sri Lankan presidential election, 1982

The Sri Lankan presidential election of 1982 was the first presidential election of Sri Lanka. Nominations were accepted on 17 September 1982, and the election was held on 20 October 1982. Electoral participation was 81.06%. Incumbent president J. R. Jayewardene of the governing United National...

 held on 20 October 1982 for the district:

Candidate	|Postal Votes	|%
			Badulla	|Hali Ela		|Mahi- yanga -naya	|Uva Parana -gama	|Wiya- luwa
Junius Jayewardene	UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	12,435	15,718	14,196	11,822	21,340	14,400	17,564	18,673	12,251	2,663	141,062	58.67%
Hector Kobbekaduwa	SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...	8,485	12,755	10,249	9,257	7,076	8,830	9,251	10,078	10,836	1,645	88,462	36.79%
Rohana Wijeweera Rohana Wijeweera Patabendi Don Nandasiri Wijeweera or Rohana Wijeweera was a Sri Lankan Marxist politician and the founding leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna...	JVP Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...	717	652	1,011	482	443	379	1,851	1,745	242	191	7,713	3.21%
Colvin R. de Silva Colvin R. de Silva Colvin R. de Silva was a former Cabinet Minister of Plantation Industries and Constitutional Affairs, prominent member of parliament, Trotskyist leader and lawyer in Sri Lanka. He was one of the founders of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party – the first Marxist party in Sri Lanka.-Personal...	LSSP Lanka Sama Samaja Party The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka....	253	245	212	242	229	230	206	199	237	62	2,115	0.88%
Kumar Ponnambalam Kumar Ponnambalam Kumar Ponnambalam was a prominent defence lawyer and a controversial minority Tamil nationalist politician from Sri Lanka...	ACTC All Ceylon Tamil Congress All Ceylon Tamil Congress , is the oldest Tamil political party in Sri Lanka.-History:The ACTC was founded in 1944 by G.G. Ponnambalam. Ponnambalam asked for a 50-50 representation in parliament...	76	97	69	55	27	118	54	61	62	6	625	0.26%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara	NSSP Nava Sama Samaja Party The Nava Sama Samaja Pakshaya is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was formed through the expulsion from the Lanka Sama Samaja Party of the Vama Samsamja tendency led by Dr Vickrambahu , Sumanasiri Liyanage and others. Siritunga Jayasuriya and Vasudeva Nanayakkara joined later...	37	55	41	55	33	61	67	35	75	4	463	0.19%
Valid Votes		22,003	29,522	25,778	21,913	29,148	24,018	28,993	30,791	23,703	4,571	240,440	100.00%
Rejected Votes		228	375	351	242	287	395	335	437	289	43	2,982
Total Polled		22,231	29,897	26,129	22,155	29,435	24,413	29,328	31,228	23,992	4,614	243,422
Registered Electors		27,419	35,570	30,598	27,756	33,514	28,077	33,670	36,128	27,455		280,187
Turnout		81.08%	84.05%	85.39%	79.82%	87.83%	86.95%	87.10%	86.44%	87.39%		86.88%
Source:

1988 Presidential Election

Results of the 2nd presidential election

Sri Lankan presidential election, 1988

The Sri Lankan presidential election of 1988 was the second presidential election of Sri Lanka. Nominations were accepted on 10 November 1988, and the election was held on 19 December 1988. Electoral participation was 55.32%...

 held on 19 December 1988 for the district:

Candidate	|Postal Votes	|%
			Badulla	|Hali Ela		|Mahi- yanga -naya	|Uva Parana -gama	|Wiya- luwa
Ranasinghe Premadasa Ranasinghe Premadasa Ranasinghe Premadasa was the 3rd President of Sri Lanka from January 2, 1989 to May 1, 1993. Before that, he served as the Prime Minister in the government headed by J. R. Jayewardene from February 6, 1978 to January 1, 1989...	UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	4,968	14,191	10,005	10,426	16,990	7,056	3,255	7,491	6,397		80,779	60.09%
Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike was a Sri Lankan politician and the world's first female head of government...	SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...	3,160	11,182	6,585	8,003	7,682	3,500	956	3,580	5,575		50,223	37.36%
Oswin Abeygunasekara	SLMP	464	776	543	412	499	230	52	232	214		3,422	2.55%
Valid Votes		8,592	26,149	17,133	18,841	25,171	10,786	4,263	11,303	12,186		134,424	100.00%
Rejected Votes		185	717	466	401	435	425	130	232	285		3,276
Total Polled		8,777	26,866	17,599	19,242	25,606	11,211	4,393	11,535	12,471		137,700
Registered Electors		31,924	42,467	35,367	30,645	46,724	31,509	38,520	41,846	30,460		329,462
Turnout		27.49%	63.26%	49.76%	62.79%	54.80%	35.58%	11.40%	27.57%	40.94%		41.80%
Source:

1989 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 9th parliamentary election

Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 1989

Sri Lanka had not had a parliamentary election since 1977. The elections that should normally have been held by 1983 had been cancelled by the 1982 referendum.President Ranasinghe Premadasa called the election for February 15.-Electoral District:...

 held on 15 February 1989 for the district:

Party	|Votes per Polling Division	|Total Votes	|Seats
	Badulla			|Hali Ela		|Mahi- yanga -naya	|Uva Parana -gama	|Wiya- luwa
United National Party United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...  / Ceylon Workers' Congress Ceylon Workers' Congress The Ceylon Workers' Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka that has traditionally represented Tamils working in the plantation sector of the economy .- History :...	10,874	14,078	14,240	11,495	25,158	13,791	15,835	14,743	12,581	2,294	135,089	58.97%	5
Sri Lanka Freedom Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...	7,154	10,444	8,454	7,444	9,120	8,475	9,739	10,521	8,067	1,593	81,011	35.36%	3
United Socialist Alliance (CPSL Communist Party of Sri Lanka The Communist Party of Sri Lanka is a communist political party in Sri Lanka. At the last legislative elections, on 2 April 2004, the party was part of the United People's Freedom Alliance that won 45.6% of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats.... , LSSP Lanka Sama Samaja Party The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka.... , NSSP Nava Sama Samaja Party The Nava Sama Samaja Pakshaya is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was formed through the expulsion from the Lanka Sama Samaja Party of the Vama Samsamja tendency led by Dr Vickrambahu , Sumanasiri Liyanage and others. Siritunga Jayasuriya and Vasudeva Nanayakkara joined later... , SLMP Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya The Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya is a political party in Sri Lanka. Founded in 1984 by Sri Lanka Freedom Party. Was led by Chandrika Kumaratunga 1985-1990.... )	1,704	493	1,122	333	124	583	171	380	673	129	5,712	2.49%	0
United Lanka People's Party	716	432	673	398	360	559	344	1,828	244	35	5,589	2.44%	0
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Mahajana Eksath Peramuna The Mahajana Eksath Peramuna is a left-wing political party in Sri Lanka. Today the party is led by Dinesh Gunawardena, son of Philip Gunawardena....	171	363	223	93	75	112	337	135	86	98	1,693	0.74%	0
Valid Votes	20,619	25,810	24,712	19,763	34,837	23,520	26,426	27,607	21,651	4,149	229,094	100.00%	8
Rejected Votes	1,360	1,958	2,228	1,509	2,341	2,079	3,429	2,424	2,248	128	19,704
Total Polled	21,979	27,768	26,940	21,272	37,178	25,599	29,855	30,031	23,899	4,277	248,798
Registered Electors	30,982	41,805	34,666	30,052	46,406	31,156	38,268	41,334	30,170	4,482	329,321
Turnout	70.94%	66.42%	77.71%	70.78%	80.11%	82.16%	78.02%	72.65%	79.21%	95.43%	75.55%
Sources:

The following candidates were elected:
W. J. M. Lokubandara

W. J. M. Lokubandara

Wijesinghe Jayaweera Mudiyanselage Lokubandara , commonly known as W. J. M. Lokubandara, is the current Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province and former Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He is a lawyer by profession, and is also an author of several books and a song writer...

 (UNP), 52,559 preference votes (pv); Samaraweera Weerawanni (UNP), 35,210 pv; Lakshman Senewiratne

Lakshman Senewiratne

Lakshman Pinto Jayatilaka Senewiratne is a Sri Lankan politician, current Cabinet Minister of Productivity Promotion and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka representing the Badulla District. His father Capt. C. P. J. Senewiratne was a MP for Mahiyangana and former Cabinet Minister of...

 (UNP), 32,427 pv; Hema Ratnayake (SLFP), 28,635 pv; Edwin Wickremarathne Dodangodage Don (SLFP), 28,385 pv; Ravindra Samaraweera

Ravindra Samaraweera

Ravindra Samaraweera is a Sri Lankan politician, a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister.-References:...

 (UNP), 26,348 pv; Madduma Bandara Sethapenage Appuhamy Ralalage (SLFP), 23,066 pv; and Amarakone Chandra Karunaratne (UNP), 20,026 pv.

1994 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 10th parliamentary election

Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 1994

The Sri Lankan parliamentary election of 1994 marked the decisive end of 17 years of UNP rule and a revival of Sri Lankan democracy.-Background:Democracy in Sri Lanka had seemed doomed as the presidencies of J.R...

 held on 16 August 1994 for the district:

Party	|Votes per Polling Division	|Total Votes	|Seats
	Badulla			|Hali Ela		|Mahi- yanga -naya	|Uva Parana -gama	|Wiya- luwa
United National Party United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...  / Ceylon Workers' Congress Ceylon Workers' Congress The Ceylon Workers' Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka that has traditionally represented Tamils working in the plantation sector of the economy .- History :...	14,147	21,713	20,677	19,574	27,956	21,180	19,310	19,935	14,340	3,299	182,131	54.04%	5
People's Alliance People's Alliance (Sri Lanka) The People's Alliance is a front of political parties in Sri Lanka, formed in 1994.It comprises the following parties:* Sri Lanka Freedom Party* Lanka Sama Samaja Party* Communist Party of Sri Lanka* Sri Lanka Mahajana Party...  (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...  et al)	14,070	19,545	15,341	14,491	16,702	13,012	16,792	18,811	12,646	5,136	146,546	43.48%	3
Sri Lanka Progressive Front (JVP Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89... )	340	396	465	311	319	243	520	612	195	154	3,555	1.05%	0
Independent 2 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	116	466	167	349	75	151	192	992	80	13	2,601	0.77%	0
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Mahajana Eksath Peramuna The Mahajana Eksath Peramuna is a left-wing political party in Sri Lanka. Today the party is led by Dinesh Gunawardena, son of Philip Gunawardena....	258	172	168	92	242	62	211	154	93	89	1,541	0.46%	0
Independent 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	30	112	76	75	86	64	77	65	87	13	685	0.20%	0
Valid Votes	28,961	42,404	36,894	34,892	45,380	34,712	37,102	40,569	27,441	8,704	337,059	100.00%	8
Rejected Votes	1,937	3,255	3,419	3,780	3,083	3,731	3,095	3,300	2,744	196	28,540
Total Polled	30,898	45,659	40,313	38,672	48,463	38,443	40,197	43,869	30,185	8,900	365,599
Registered Electors	40,039	56,426	48,807	48,853	58,235	45,788	47,127	53,643	36,342		435,260
Turnout	77.17%	80.92%	82.60%	79.16%	83.22%	83.96%	85.30%	81.78%	83.06%		84.00%
Sources:

The following candidates were elected:
W. J. M. Lokubandara

W. J. M. Lokubandara

Wijesinghe Jayaweera Mudiyanselage Lokubandara , commonly known as W. J. M. Lokubandara, is the current Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province and former Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He is a lawyer by profession, and is also an author of several books and a song writer...

 (UNP), 78,845 preference votes (pv); Dilan Perera

Dilan Perera

Boddhiya Baduge Dilan Priyanjan Anslam Perera , MP is the Sri Lankan Non-Cabinet Minister of Port Development. He is a Member of Parliament for Badulla District and former Deputy Minister of Justice...

 (PA), 54,150 pv; Samaraweera Weerawanni (PA), 44,595 pv; Ravindra Samaraweera

Ravindra Samaraweera

Ravindra Samaraweera is a Sri Lankan politician, a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister.-References:...

 (UNP), 42,309 pv; Sennan Veera (UNP), 41,683 pv; Lakshman Senewiratne

Lakshman Senewiratne

Lakshman Pinto Jayatilaka Senewiratne is a Sri Lankan politician, current Cabinet Minister of Productivity Promotion and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka representing the Badulla District. His father Capt. C. P. J. Senewiratne was a MP for Mahiyangana and former Cabinet Minister of...

 (UNP), 41,320 pv; Hema Ratnayake (PA), 40,873 pv; and R.M. Ratnayake (UNP), 40,293 pv.

1994 Presidential Election

Results of the 3rd presidential election

Sri Lankan presidential election, 1994

The Sri Lankan presidential election of 1994 was the third presidential election of Sri Lanka. Nominations were accepted on 7 October 1994, and the election was held on 9 November 1994. Electoral participation was 70.47%...

 held on 9 November 1994 for the district:

Candidate	|Postal Votes	|%
			Badulla	|Hali Ela		|Mahi- yanga -naya	|Uva Parana -gama	|Wiya- luwa
Chandrika Kumaratunga Chandrika Kumaratunga Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga born June 29, 1945) was the 4th Executive president of Sri Lanka, serving from November 12, 1994 to November 19, 2005. The daughter of two former Prime Ministers, she was also the leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party until end of 2005...	PA People's Alliance (Sri Lanka) The People's Alliance is a front of political parties in Sri Lanka, formed in 1994.It comprises the following parties:* Sri Lanka Freedom Party* Lanka Sama Samaja Party* Communist Party of Sri Lanka* Sri Lanka Mahajana Party...	17,416	23,648	20,090	20,108	18,218	19,303	20,307	22,177	15,304	6,239	182,810	55.27%
Srimathi Dissanayake	UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	10,210	15,072	14,430	13,371	24,842	13,793	16,031	17,280	11,227	3,355	139,611	42.21%
Hudson Samarasinghe	Ind 2 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	255	464	491	551	446	556	335	284	456	9	3,847	1.16%
Harischandra Wijayatunga Harischandra Wijayatunga Wijayatunga Mudalige Harischandra Wijayatunga is a Sri Lankan author, translator, lexicographer, teacher, lawyer and politician. He held various offices in different institutions of the Government of Sri Lanka. At present he is the leader of Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Party...	SMBP Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputhra Pakshaya is a minor Sinhala Buddhist political party in Sri Lanka, led by Dr. Harischandra Wijayatunga....	182	236	212	221	213	176	134	164	145	62	1,745	0.53%
A.J. Ranashinge	Ind 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	104	152	153	140	213	167	129	126	183	20	1,387	0.42%
Nihal Galappaththi Nihal Galappaththi Arachchige Nihal Galappaththi is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...	SLPF	76	161	146	140	203	174	141	121	172	38	1,372	0.41%
Valid Votes		28,243	39,733	35,522	34,531	44,135	34,169	37,077	40,152	27,487	9,723	330,772	100.00%
Rejected Votes		958	2,003	1,861	2,182	1,302	1,873	1,267	1,482	1,002	163	14,093
Total Polled		29,201	41,736	37,383	36,713	45,437	36,042	38,344	41,634	28,489	9,886	344,865
Registered Electors		40,039	56,426	48,807	48,853	58,235	45,788	47,127	53,643	36,342		435,260
Turnout		72.93%	73.97%	76.59%	75.15%	78.02%	78.71%	81.36%	77.61%	78.39%		79.23%
Source:

1999 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 3rd Uva provincial council election

Sri Lankan provincial council election, 1999

The 1999 Sri Lankan provincial council election was held on 25 January 1999, 6 April 1999 and 10 June 1999 to elect members to seven provincial councils in Sri Lanka. No election was held in the eighth province, North Eastern, which had been governed directly by the national government since March...

 held on 6 April 1999 for the district:

Party	|%	People's Alliance People's Alliance (Sri Lanka) The People's Alliance is a front of political parties in Sri Lanka, formed in 1994.It comprises the following parties:* Sri Lanka Freedom Party* Lanka Sama Samaja Party* Communist Party of Sri Lanka* Sri Lanka Mahajana Party...  (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in... , SLMC Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders....  et al.)	140,293	44.69%
United National Party United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	137,437	43.78%
National Union of Workers (CWC Ceylon Workers' Congress The Ceylon Workers' Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka that has traditionally represented Tamils working in the plantation sector of the economy .- History :... , DWC)	19,224	6.12%
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...	12,106	3.86%
Up-Country People's Front Up-Country People's Front The Up-Country People's Front is a political party in Sri Lanka.At the last legislative elections, held on 2 April 2004, the party won 0.5% of the popular vote and 2 out of 225 seats. One is an elected seat and the second member of parliament was appointed through the national list of the United...	2,473	0.79%
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Mahajana Eksath Peramuna The Mahajana Eksath Peramuna is a left-wing political party in Sri Lanka. Today the party is led by Dinesh Gunawardena, son of Philip Gunawardena....	1,980	0.63%
Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	407	0.13%
Valid Votes	313,920	100.00%
Rejected Votes	29,396
Total Polled	343,316
Registered Electors	454,913
Turnout	75.47%
Source:

1999 Presidential Election

Results of the 4th presidential election

Sri Lankan presidential election, 1999

The Sri Lankan presidential election of 1999 was the fourth presidential election of Sri Lanka. Nominations were accepted on 16 November 1999, and the election was held on 21 December 1999 Electoral participation was 73.31%...

 held on 21 December 1999 for the district:

Candidate	|Postal Votes	|%
			Badulla	|Hali Ela		|Mahi- yanga -naya	|Uva Parana -gama	|Wiya- luwa
Ranil Wickremasinghe Ranil Wickremasinghe Ranil Shriyan Wickremesinghe , MP, is a Sri Lankan politician and current Leader of the Opposition in the Sri Lankan parliament. He was Prime Minister of Sri Lanka twice, from May 7, 1993 to August 19, 1994 and from December 9, 2001 to April 6, 2004...	UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	13,310	20,768	18,382	18,053	27,638	18,124	18,969	20,447	13,003	4,190	172,884	47.97%
Chandrika Kumaratunga Chandrika Kumaratunga Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga born June 29, 1945) was the 4th Executive president of Sri Lanka, serving from November 12, 1994 to November 19, 2005. The daughter of two former Prime Ministers, she was also the leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party until end of 2005...	PA People's Alliance (Sri Lanka) The People's Alliance is a front of political parties in Sri Lanka, formed in 1994.It comprises the following parties:* Sri Lanka Freedom Party* Lanka Sama Samaja Party* Communist Party of Sri Lanka* Sri Lanka Mahajana Party...	16,039	23,002	18,253	16,622	19,750	16,558	18,433	20,063	13,336	4,944	167,000	46.33%
Nandana Gunathilake Nandana Gunathilake M. D. Nandana Gunathilake is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...	JVP Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...	1,125	1,339	1,384	826	1,757	748	1,401	1,665	957	823	12,025	3.34%
Rajiva Wijesinha Rajiva Wijesinha Rajiva Wijesinha, MA, DPhil is a Sri Lankan writer in English, distinguished for his political analysis as well as creative and critical work...	Liberal Liberal Party of Sri Lanka The Liberal Party of Sri Lanka began as a think-tank called the Council for Liberal Democracy, founded in 1981 by the late Dr. Chanaka Amaratunga, a longstanding member of the United National Party which was then in government....	88	150	154	180	400	205	117	126	230	2	1,652	0.46%
W.V.M. Ranjith	Ind 2 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	71	164	142	164	260	189	134	156	218	1	1,499	0.42%
T. Edirisuriya	Ind 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	92	151	131	121	199	155	88	99	193	5	1,234	0.34%
Harischandra Wijayatunga Harischandra Wijayatunga Wijayatunga Mudalige Harischandra Wijayatunga is a Sri Lankan author, translator, lexicographer, teacher, lawyer and politician. He held various offices in different institutions of the Government of Sri Lanka. At present he is the leader of Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Party...	SMBP Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputhra Pakshaya is a minor Sinhala Buddhist political party in Sri Lanka, led by Dr. Harischandra Wijayatunga....	115	178	163	103	133	95	72	128	116	74	1,177	0.33%
Abdul Rasool	SLMP	105	98	85	92	54	61	54	291	68	7	915	0.25%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara	LDA	72	87	39	86	46	64	61	33	49	52	589	0.16%
Kamal Karunadasa	PLSF	37	74	77	52	62	67	55	69	56	5	554	0.15%
Hudson Samarasinghe	Ind 3 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	20	74	57	57	69	54	35	47	82	0	495	0.14%
A. Dissanayaka	DUNF Democratic United National Front The Democratic United National Front is a political party in Sri Lanka.At the last legislative elections, held on 2 April 2004, the party was part of the United People's Freedom Alliance that won 45.6 % of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats....	15	26	21	23	24	28	15	15	32	4	203	0.06%
A.W. Premawardhana	PFF	9	29	25	17	26	23	16	17	29	3	194	0.05%
Valid Votes		31,098	46,140	38,913	36,396	50,418	36,371	39,450	43,156	28,369	10,110	360,421	100.00%
Rejected Votes		882	1,526	1,433	1,210	1,308	1,222	960	1,203	958	277	10,979
Total Polled		31,980	47,666	40,346	37,606	51,726	37,593	40,410	44,359	29,327	10,387	371,400
Registered Electors		42,591	62,074	51,998	48,861	65,925	48,066	49,560	56,170	38,978		464,223
Turnout		75.09%	76.79%	77.59%	76.97%	78.46%	78.21%	81.54%	78.97%	75.24%		80.00%
Source:

2000 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 11th parliamentary election

Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2000

The elections were called by President Chandrika Kumaratunga for October 24, 2000.The People's Alliance government Kumaratunga had led for six years was facing increasing criticism on two fronts: a series of military defeats at the hands of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in the...

 held on 10 October 2000 for the district:

Party	|Votes per Polling Division	|Total Votes	|Seats
	Badulla			|Hali Ela		|Mahi- yanga -naya	|Uva Parana -gama	|Wiya- luwa
United National Party United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	13,312	20,912	17,338	16,430	28,850	15,491	17,582	19,377	12,880	5,179	167,351	46.36%	5
People's Alliance People's Alliance (Sri Lanka) The People's Alliance is a front of political parties in Sri Lanka, formed in 1994.It comprises the following parties:* Sri Lanka Freedom Party* Lanka Sama Samaja Party* Communist Party of Sri Lanka* Sri Lanka Mahajana Party... (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...  et al.)	14,638	19,836	17,588	13,699	17,792	13,848	18,162	18,661	13,082	6,866	154,172	42.71%	3
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...	1,778	1,928	1,802	1,046	2,990	912	1,815	1,835	1,131	1,177	16,414	4.55%	0
Ceylon Workers' Congress Ceylon Workers' Congress The Ceylon Workers' Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka that has traditionally represented Tamils working in the plantation sector of the economy .- History :...	631	1,927	944	2,975	6	4,135	394	617	342	121	12,092	3.35%	0
National Unity Alliance Muslim National Unity Alliance The Muslim National Unity Alliance was a left-wing political party in Sri Lanka.At the legislative elections, 2 April 2004, the party was part of the United People's Freedom Alliance that won 45.6% of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats. The party operated on a platform of Islamic socialism...  (SLMC Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders.... )	430	564	293	473	153	173	215	2,577	113	61	5,052	1.40%	0
New Left Front New Left Front The Left Liberation Front is a left wing electoral coalition in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1998 as the New Left Front by the Nava Sama Samaja Party, former members of the People's Alliance, and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna...  (NSSP Nava Sama Samaja Party The Nava Sama Samaja Pakshaya is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was formed through the expulsion from the Lanka Sama Samaja Party of the Vama Samsamja tendency led by Dr Vickrambahu , Sumanasiri Liyanage and others. Siritunga Jayasuriya and Vasudeva Nanayakkara joined later...  et al.)	135	253	233	231	343	216	210	161	227	13	2,022	0.56%	0
Sinhala Heritage	297	447	184	174	105	70	119	152	65	164	1,777	0.49%	0
Citizen's Front	96	76	99	28	58	34	50	42	101	13	597	0.17%	0
Liberal Party Liberal Party of Sri Lanka The Liberal Party of Sri Lanka began as a think-tank called the Council for Liberal Democracy, founded in 1981 by the late Dr. Chanaka Amaratunga, a longstanding member of the United National Party which was then in government....	16	34	31	36	54	47	27	30	49	1	325	0.09%	0
Democratic United National Front Democratic United National Front The Democratic United National Front is a political party in Sri Lanka.At the last legislative elections, held on 2 April 2004, the party was part of the United People's Freedom Alliance that won 45.6 % of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats....	20	51	26	23	39	38	27	31	23	1	279	0.08%	0
Independent 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	16	31	24	14	31	17	19	18	36	1	207	0.06%	0
People's Freedom Front	11	20	25	29	9	55	12	7	11	0	179	0.05%	0
Independent 4 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	14	24	24	12	32	21	21	13	16	1	178	0.05%	0
Independent 3 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	10	17	16	34	16	20	7	9	17	2	148	0.04%	0
National Development Front	4	10	8	9	11	15	6	8	9	0	80	0.02%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	8	11	10	13	9	1	3	10	11	1	77	0.02%	0
Independent 2 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	10	14	7	10	3	6	4	5	6	1	66	0.02%	0
Valid Votes	31,426	46,155	38,652	35,236	50,501	35,099	38,673	43,553	28,119	13,602	361,016	100.00%	8
Rejected Votes	1,869	3,650	3,380	3,683	2,908		2,921	2,999	2,658		28,187
Total Polled	33,295	49,805	42,032	38,919	53,409		41,594	46,552	30,777		389,203
Registered Electors	43,882	63,837	52,866	50,052	68,260	49,102	50,535	57,245	39,779		475,558
Turnout	75.87%	78.02%	79.51%	77.76%	78.24%		82.30%	81.32%	77.37%		81.84%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
Nimal Siripala De Silva

Nimal Siripala De Silva

Nilenthi Nimal Siripala de Silva MP is the Sri Lanka's Cabinet Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Management and a Member of Parliament representing the Badulla District....

 (PA), 98,917 preference votes (pv); W. J. M. Lokubandara

W. J. M. Lokubandara

Wijesinghe Jayaweera Mudiyanselage Lokubandara , commonly known as W. J. M. Lokubandara, is the current Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province and former Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He is a lawyer by profession, and is also an author of several books and a song writer...

 (UNP), 75,417 pv; Lakshman Senewiratne

Lakshman Senewiratne

Lakshman Pinto Jayatilaka Senewiratne is a Sri Lankan politician, current Cabinet Minister of Productivity Promotion and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka representing the Badulla District. His father Capt. C. P. J. Senewiratne was a MP for Mahiyangana and former Cabinet Minister of...

 (UNP), 51,382 pv; Sethapenage Appuhamy Ralalage Madduma Bandara (PA), 47,152 pv; Upali Delton Samaraweera (UNP), 45,839 pv; Ravindra Samaraweera

Ravindra Samaraweera

Ravindra Samaraweera is a Sri Lankan politician, a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister.-References:...

 (UNP), 44,257 pv; Rathnayake Mudiyanselage Ratnayake (UNP), 38,997 pv; and Dilan Perera

Dilan Perera

Boddhiya Baduge Dilan Priyanjan Anslam Perera , MP is the Sri Lankan Non-Cabinet Minister of Port Development. He is a Member of Parliament for Badulla District and former Deputy Minister of Justice...

 (PA), 38,415 pv.

2001 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 12th parliamentary election

Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2001

Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on December 6, 2001, just a little over a year after the last elections in October 2000.-Background:The People's Alliance government faced a blow when most of the SLMC MPs left the coalition...

 held on 5 December 2001 for the district:

Party	|Votes per Polling Division	|Total Votes	|Seats
	Badulla			|Hali Ela		|Mahi- yanga -naya	|Uva Parana -gama	|Wiya- luwa
United National Front (UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe... , SLMC Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders.... , CWC Ceylon Workers' Congress The Ceylon Workers' Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka that has traditionally represented Tamils working in the plantation sector of the economy .- History :... , DPF)	16,240	25,750	20,754	22,114	30,316	20,490	20,496	24,295	14,792		201,173	53.81%	5
People's Alliance People's Alliance (Sri Lanka) The People's Alliance is a front of political parties in Sri Lanka, formed in 1994.It comprises the following parties:* Sri Lanka Freedom Party* Lanka Sama Samaja Party* Communist Party of Sri Lanka* Sri Lanka Mahajana Party... (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...  et al.)	12,518	17,710	15,137	12,340	17,224	12,174	16,287	17,253	11,949		138,443	37.03%	3
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...	2,851	3,319	2,775	1,729	4,655	1,485	2,772	3,413	1,962		26,820	7.17%	0
Independent 3 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	817	592	872	575	4	1,743	70	267	99		5,065	1.35%	0
Sinhala Heritage	137	302	127	70	64	42	63	114	66		1,044	0.28%	0
National Democratic Party	40	30	85	12	56	41	23	32	33		352	0.09%	0
Ruhuna People's Party	21	28	39	22	64	24	20	18	40		276	0.07%	0
Independent 5 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	13	21	23	16	26	28	19	25	29		203	0.05%	0
Independent 4 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	8	12	19	14	19	14	9	8	11		114	0.03%	0
Independent 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	6	9	14	4	20	9	10	10	23		105	0.03%	0
Independent 2 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	12	11	13	4	10	16	4	8	13		91	0.02%	0
Sri Lanka National Front	7	9	10	3	15	14	6	8	11		83	0.02%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	7	4	9	7	9	10	2	8	11		68	0.02%	0
Valid Votes	32,677	47,797	39,877	36,910	52,482	36,090	39,781	45,459	29,039		373,837	100.00%	8
Rejected Votes	1,884	3,543	3,047	3,325	2,793	3,575	2,681	2,908	2,579		26,626
Total Polled	34,561	51,340	42,924	40,235	55,275	39,665	42,462	48,367	31,618		400,463
Registered Electors	45,540	65,674	54,349	51,762	70,678	50,668	51,763	59,666	41,188		491,288
Turnout	75.89%	78.17%	78.98%	77.73%	78.21%	78.28%	82.03%	81.06%	76.77%		81.51%
Sources:

The following candidates were elected:
Nimal Siripala De Silva

Nimal Siripala De Silva

Nilenthi Nimal Siripala de Silva MP is the Sri Lanka's Cabinet Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Management and a Member of Parliament representing the Badulla District....

 (PA), 85,273 preference votes (pv); W. J. M. Lokubandara

W. J. M. Lokubandara

Wijesinghe Jayaweera Mudiyanselage Lokubandara , commonly known as W. J. M. Lokubandara, is the current Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province and former Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He is a lawyer by profession, and is also an author of several books and a song writer...

 (UNF), 80,593 pv; Lakshman Senewiratne

Lakshman Senewiratne

Lakshman Pinto Jayatilaka Senewiratne is a Sri Lankan politician, current Cabinet Minister of Productivity Promotion and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka representing the Badulla District. His father Capt. C. P. J. Senewiratne was a MP for Mahiyangana and former Cabinet Minister of...

 (UNF), 46,792 pv; Ravindra Samaraweera

Ravindra Samaraweera

Ravindra Samaraweera is a Sri Lankan politician, a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister.-References:...

 (UNF), 44,742 pv; Upali Delton Samaraweera (UNF), 43,228 pv; Karupaiyah Velayudan (UNF), 40,753 pv; Sethapenage Appuhamy Ralalage Madduma Bandara (PA), 36,708 pv; and D.D.W. Wickremaratne (PA), 33,513 pv.

2004 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 13th parliamentary election

Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2004

Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on 2 April 2004. The ruling United National Party of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was defeated, winning only eighty two seats in the 225-member Sri Lankan parliament. The opposition United People's Freedom Alliance won 105 seats...

 held on 2 April 2004 for the district:

Party	|Votes per Polling Division	|Total Votes	|Seats
	Badulla			|Hali Ela		|Mahi- yanga -naya	|Uva Parana -gama	|Wiya- luwa
United National Front (UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe... , SLMC Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders.... , CWC Ceylon Workers' Congress The Ceylon Workers' Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka that has traditionally represented Tamils working in the plantation sector of the economy .- History :... , DPF)	15,825	23,791	19,125	21,258	23,822	21,016	18,030	20,441	12,874	5,523	181,705	49.09%	5
United People's Freedom Alliance United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance is a political alliance in Sri Lanka. The current leader of the United People's Freedom Alliance is Mahinda Rajapaksa and Susil Premajayantha is the general secretary of UPFA.The alliance was formed by:...  (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in... , JVP Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...  et al.)	15,103	21,784	17,926	15,499	27,727	13,779	19,946	23,040	14,805	9,025	178,634	48.26%	3
Jathika Hela Urumaya Jathika Hela Urumaya The Jathika Hela Urumaya is a political party in Sri Lanka which is led by Buddhist monks. The JHU was launched in February, 2004 by the lay-based, secular Sinhala nationalist political party Sihala Urumaya. Founding members include Kolonnawe Sumangala Thero, Uduwe Dhammaloka Thero, Ellawela...	1,586	1,343	725	639	363	279	357	775	211	654	6,932	1.87%	0
United Lalith Front	45	73	81	73	89	94	67	67	55	3	647	0.17%	0
National Development Front	45	158	64	45	47	79	62	67	33	10	610	0.16%	0
United Socialist Party United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka) The United Socialist Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It is a member of the Committee for a Workers' International. It is led by Siritunga Jayasuriya and publishes a monthly paper, Sentharakai .-History:...	43	79	66	92	76	77	52	53	50	0	588	0.16%	0
Independent 7 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	21	44	36	34	58	23	30	32	51	0	329	0.09%	0
New Left Front New Left Front The Left Liberation Front is a left wing electoral coalition in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1998 as the New Left Front by the Nava Sama Samaja Party, former members of the People's Alliance, and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna...  (NSSP Nava Sama Samaja Party The Nava Sama Samaja Pakshaya is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was formed through the expulsion from the Lanka Sama Samaja Party of the Vama Samsamja tendency led by Dr Vickrambahu , Sumanasiri Liyanage and others. Siritunga Jayasuriya and Vasudeva Nanayakkara joined later...  et al.)	18	19	13	26	27	12	113	8	3	6	245*	0.07%	0
Independent 6 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	9	24	17	14	18	11	20	12	16	0	141	0.04%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputhra Pakshaya is a minor Sinhala Buddhist political party in Sri Lanka, led by Dr. Harischandra Wijayatunga....	2	6	6	1	16	4	2	6	9	4	56	0.02%	0
Independent 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	7	4	8	3	4	5	3	3	7	1	45	0.01%	0
Independent 4 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	4	2	11	2	9	4	1	5	4	1	43	0.01%	0
Independent 5 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	3	5	5	4	9	4	1	2	7	0	40	0.01%	0
Swarajya	4	3	1	4	8	2	3	3	8	0	36	0.01%	0
Independent 2 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	9	2	2	6	6	3	3	0	5	0	36	0.01%	0
Ruhuna People's Party	0	5	3	1	3	3	6	3	5	6	35*	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	3	5	5	4	3	1	2	3	2	0	28	0.01%	0
Independent 3 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	4	1	6	3	6	1	1	2	3	1	28	0.01%	0
Valid Votes	32,731	47,348	38,100	37,708	52,291	35,397	38,699	44,522	28,148	15,234	370,178	100.00%	8
Rejected Votes	1,980	3,780	3,886	3,475	3,442	3,628	3,275	3,851	2,556	286	30,159
Total Polled	34,711	51,128	41,986	41,183	55,733	39,025	41,974	48,373	30,704	15,520	400,337
Registered Electors	46,872	67,710	55,733	54,797	74,365	52,719	53,690	62,308	42,921		511,115
Turnout	74.05%	75.51%	75.33%	75.16%	74.95%	74.02%	78.18%	77.64%	71.54%		78.33%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
K. V. Samantha Vidyaratna

K. V. Samantha Vidyaratna

K. V. Samantha Vidyaratna is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...

 (UPFA-JVP), 98,848 preference votes (pv); Nimal Siripala De Silva

Nimal Siripala De Silva

Nilenthi Nimal Siripala de Silva MP is the Sri Lanka's Cabinet Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Management and a Member of Parliament representing the Badulla District....

 (UPFA-SLFP), 96,799 pv; Dilan Perera

Dilan Perera

Boddhiya Baduge Dilan Priyanjan Anslam Perera , MP is the Sri Lankan Non-Cabinet Minister of Port Development. He is a Member of Parliament for Badulla District and former Deputy Minister of Justice...

 (UPFA-SLFP), 64,655 pv; W. J. M. Lokubandara

W. J. M. Lokubandara

Wijesinghe Jayaweera Mudiyanselage Lokubandara , commonly known as W. J. M. Lokubandara, is the current Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province and former Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He is a lawyer by profession, and is also an author of several books and a song writer...

 (UNF-UNP), 56,954 pv; Ravindra Samaraweera

Ravindra Samaraweera

Ravindra Samaraweera is a Sri Lankan politician, a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister.-References:...

 (UNF-UNP), 49,387 pv; M. Satchithanandan

M. Satchithanandan

Murugan Satchithanandan is a Sri Lankan politician, former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and former government minister.-References:...

 (UNF-CWC), 44,934 pv; Lakshman Senewiratne

Lakshman Senewiratne

Lakshman Pinto Jayatilaka Senewiratne is a Sri Lankan politician, current Cabinet Minister of Productivity Promotion and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka representing the Badulla District. His father Capt. C. P. J. Senewiratne was a MP for Mahiyangana and former Cabinet Minister of...

 (UNF-UNP), 40,820 pv; and Vadivel Suresh

Vadivel Suresh

Vadivel Suresh is a Sri Lankan politician, former member of the Parliament of Sri Lankaand former government minister.-References:...

 (UNF-CWC), 37,520 pv.

2004 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 4th Uva provincial council election

Sri Lankan provincial council election, 2004

The 2004 Sri Lankan provincial council election was held on 24 April 2004 and 10 July 2004 to elect members to seven provincial councils in Sri Lanka. No election was held in the eighth province, North Eastern, which had been governed directly by the national government since March 1990...

 held on 10 July 2004 for the district:

Party	|Votes per Polling Division	|Total Votes	|Seats
	Badulla			|Hali Ela		|Mahi- yanga -naya	|Uva Parana -gama	|Wiya- luwa
United People's Freedom Alliance United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance is a political alliance in Sri Lanka. The current leader of the United People's Freedom Alliance is Mahinda Rajapaksa and Susil Premajayantha is the general secretary of UPFA.The alliance was formed by:...  (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in... , JVP Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...  et al.)	14,755	20,409	17,863	14,998	24,838	15,345	19,032	21,218	14,879	5,860	169,197	55.48%	12
United National Party United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	9,753	14,620	11,346	12,303	15,707	13,712	14,751	15,286	8,965	2,728	119,171	39.08%	8
Up-Country People's Front Up-Country People's Front The Up-Country People's Front is a political party in Sri Lanka.At the last legislative elections, held on 2 April 2004, the party won 0.5% of the popular vote and 2 out of 225 seats. One is an elected seat and the second member of parliament was appointed through the national list of the United...	1,301	2,335	1,686	3,306	43	1,948	688	843	515	94	12,759	4.18%	1
United Socialist Party United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka) The United Socialist Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It is a member of the Committee for a Workers' International. It is led by Siritunga Jayasuriya and publishes a monthly paper, Sentharakai .-History:...	154	315	247	313	279	367	268	228	178	15	2,364	0.78%	0
National Development Front	29	86	63	49	80	63	48	51	47	7	523	0.17%	0
Sri Lanka Muslim Party	260	27	64	42	16	22	10	14	12	1	468	0.15%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputhra Pakshaya is a minor Sinhala Buddhist political party in Sri Lanka, led by Dr. Harischandra Wijayatunga....	43	22	21	27	50	11	15	22	13	22	246	0.08%	0
Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	18	22	23	19	39	26	21	19	41	3	231	0.08%	0
Valid Votes	26,313	37,836	31,313	31,057	41,052	31,494	34,833	37,681	24,650	8,730	304,959	100.00%	21
Rejected Votes	1,969	2,961	2,876	3,286	3,220	3,018	2,601	2,890	2,316	491	25,628
Total Polled	28,282	40,797	34,189	34,343	44,272	34,512	37,434	40,571	26,966	9,221	330,587
Registered Electors	46,872	67,710	55,733	54,797	74,365	52,719	53,690	62,308	42,921		511,115
Turnout	60.34%	60.25%	61.34%	62.67%	59.53%	65.46%	69.72%	65.11%	62.83%		64.68%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
Anthinna Markkalage Buddhadasa (UPFA), 42,679 preference votes (pv); R. M. Udeni Nandana Kumara Ramanayaka (UPFA), 40,838 pv; Upali Delton Samaraweera (UNP), 40,297 pv; Appuhamilage Rohana Pushpakumara (UPFA), 31,666 pv; D. D. W. Wickramarathna (UPFA), 25,732 pv; R. M. Dinadasa Rathnayaka (UPFA), 24,211 pv; R. M. Sudath Balagalla (UPFA), 21,681 pv; A. J. M. Gunathilaka (UPFA), 20,199 pv; R. M. Rathnayake (UNP), 19,411 pv; D. M. Hema Rathnayaka (UPFA), 18,170 pv; Madar Saibu Sehu Mohamed (UPFA), 17,345 pv; Manel Rathnayaka (UPFA), 16,215 pv; Ponnusamy Bhoominathan (UPFA), 16,074 pv; Karupaiah Velaudam (UNP), 15,423 pv; Sethapena Appuhami Ralalage Bandusena (UPFA), 13,446 pv; Vincent Dias Dren (UNP), 15,076 pv; Muththu Kandasamy Wiji Visvanathan (UNP), 13,189 pv; A. C. Ameer Mohamed (UNP), 12,356 pv; Murugan Periyasamy Loganathan (UNP), 11,759 pv; W. J. M. Samarasekara Bandara (UNP), 11,650 pv; and Arunachalem Aravindh Kumar (UCPF), 5,059 pv.

2005 Presidential Election

Results of the 5th presidential election

Sri Lankan presidential election, 2005

The Sri Lankan presidential election of 2005 was the fifth presidential election of Sri Lanka. Nominations were accepted on 7 September 2005, and the election was held on 17 November 2005. Electoral participation was 73.73%...

 held on 17 November 2005 for the district:

Candidate	|Postal Votes	|%
			Badulla	|Hali Ela		|Mahi- yanga -naya	|Uva Parana -gama	|Wiya- luwa
Ranil Wickremasinghe Ranil Wickremasinghe Ranil Shriyan Wickremesinghe , MP, is a Sri Lankan politician and current Leader of the Opposition in the Sri Lankan parliament. He was Prime Minister of Sri Lanka twice, from May 7, 1993 to August 19, 1994 and from December 9, 2001 to April 6, 2004...	UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	18,624	29,137	23,638	25,935	32,592	25,176	22,127	26,108	16,423	6,822	226,582	53.11%
Mahinda Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa Percy Mahendra "Mahinda" Rajapaksa ; ; born November 18, 1945) is the 6th and current President of Sri Lanka and Commander in Chief of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces. A lawyer by profession, Rajapaksa was first elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in 1970, and served as prime minister from April 6,...	UPFA United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance is a political alliance in Sri Lanka. The current leader of the United People's Freedom Alliance is Mahinda Rajapaksa and Susil Premajayantha is the general secretary of UPFA.The alliance was formed by:...	17,494	24,294	19,946	15,856	26,877	15,717	21,387	23,736	16,803	10,624	192,734	45.18%
Siritunga Jayasuriya Siritunga Jayasuriya Siritunga Jayasuriya was a contestant in the Sri Lanka presidential election in 2005. He received 35,405 votes, 0.36 % of the votes cast and came third. He is a trade unionist and leader of the United Socialist Party...	USP United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka) The United Socialist Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It is a member of the Committee for a Workers' International. It is led by Siritunga Jayasuriya and publishes a monthly paper, Sentharakai .-History:...	155	315	310	354	286	135	227	281	258	6	2,327	0.55%
A.A. Suraweera	NDF	129	285	249	174	307	207	165	200	268	6	1,990	0.47%
Victor Hettigoda Victor Hettigoda Victor Hettigoda is a Sri Lankan entrepreneur and also was a candidate for the November 17, 2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Elections.-Early life:...	ULPP	58	65	73	51	79	53	78	76	45	36	614	0.14%
Chamil Jayaneththi	NLF New Left Front The Left Liberation Front is a left wing electoral coalition in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1998 as the New Left Front by the Nava Sama Samaja Party, former members of the People's Alliance, and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna...	29	61	50	29	100	30	46	47	67	9	468	0.11%
Aruna de Soyza	RPP	30	41	27	45	67	39	53	49	48	2	401	0.09%
Anura De Silva	ULF	29	46	46	35	51	38	26	41	48	3	363	0.09%
Wimal Geeganage	SLNF	15	32	53	17	62	18	33	41	45	6	322	0.08%
A.K.J. Arachchige	DUA	22	26	36	24	38	20	21	23	29	0	239	0.06%
Wije Dias	SEP Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka) The Socialist Equality Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1968 as the Revolutionary Communist League by former student members of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party who joined the International Committee of the Fourth International. They remained loyal to Gerry Healy...	16	36	35	24	28	29	20	8	25	3	224	0.05%
P. Nelson Perera	SLPF	14	37	29	25	24	19	23	18	27	1	217	0.05%
H.S. Dharmadwaja	UNAF	8	18	19	13	12	10	12	17	8	1	118	0.03%
Valid Votes		36,623	54,393	44,511	42,582	60,523	41,491	44,218	50,645	34,094	17,519	426,599	100.00%
Rejected Votes		512	888	785	736	947	874	588	640	611	244	6,825
Total Polled		37,135	55,281	45,296	43,318	61,470	42,365	44,806	51,285	34,705	17,763	433,424
Registered Electors		48,670	71,292	57,900	56,220	78,986	54,910	55,655	64,481	45,049		533,163
Turnout		76.30%	77.54%	78.23%	77.05%	77.82%	77.15%	80.51%	79.54%	77.04%		81.29%
Source:

2009 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 5th Uva provincial council election

Sri Lanka Provincial Council elections, 2008–2009

Sri Lanka has held several rounds of Provincial Council elections in 2008 and 2009 to elect members to eight of the country’s Provincial Councils. The decision to hold elections in different parts of the country on separate days was a break in the usual practice, which is to hold elections for the...

 held on 8 August 2009 for the district:

Party	|Votes per Polling Division	|Total Votes	|Seats
	Badulla			|Hali Ela		|Mahi- yanga -naya	|Uva Parana -gama	|Wiya- luwa
United People's Freedom Alliance United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance is a political alliance in Sri Lanka. The current leader of the United People's Freedom Alliance is Mahinda Rajapaksa and Susil Premajayantha is the general secretary of UPFA.The alliance was formed by:...  (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...  et al.)	21,386	33,702	27,088	26,471	39,909	23,959	24,569	29,431	20,433	12,121	259,069	67.79%	14
United National Party United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	12,084	12,821	10,653	7,765	12,013	9,736	12,036	11,862	7,437	2,228	98,635	25.81%	5
Up-Country People's Front Up-Country People's Front The Up-Country People's Front is a political party in Sri Lanka.At the last legislative elections, held on 2 April 2004, the party won 0.5% of the popular vote and 2 out of 225 seats. One is an elected seat and the second member of parliament was appointed through the national list of the United...	570	1,759	1,206	2,760	22	1,855	346	204	398	107	9,227	2.41%	1
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...	628	819	728	603	1,943	540	1,525	1,114	564	543	9,007	2.36%	1
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders....	279	766	178	351	86	458	121	1,840	42	29	4,150	1.09%	0
United National Alliance	62	57	54	46	59	68	66	41	44	6	503	0.13%	0
Democratic Unity Alliance	39	48	204	29	8	70	21	39	21	2	481	0.13%	0
United Socialist Party United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka) The United Socialist Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It is a member of the Committee for a Workers' International. It is led by Siritunga Jayasuriya and publishes a monthly paper, Sentharakai .-History:...	22	39	43	31	26	37	25	21	28	4	276	0.07%	0
National Development Front	18	41	21	25	40	44	17	17	22	2	247	0.06%	0
Independent 4 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	9	29	16	12	17	21	15	16	21	2	158	0.04%	0
Independent 3 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	6	15	11	12	9	10	5	15	5	1	89	0.02%	0
Jansetha Peramuna	4	17	6	2	9	4	3	15	7	0	67	0.02%	0
United Lanka Great Council	3	9	6	5	6	3	11	2	11	0	56	0.01%	0
Independent 2 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	3	4	5	4	4	7	3	5	15	1	51	0.01%	0
Patriotic National Front	1	9	8	5	7	5	0	3	6	0	44	0.01%	0
Independent 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	5	5	6	6	3	6	1	3	4	0	39	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	2	4	4	2	4	1	2	7	4	1	31	0.01%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputhra Pakshaya is a minor Sinhala Buddhist political party in Sri Lanka, led by Dr. Harischandra Wijayatunga....	4	3	3	1	3	1	2	8	3	2	30	0.01%	0
Valid Votes	35,125	50,147	40,240	38,130	54,168	36,825	38,768	44,643	29,065	15,049	382,160	100.00%	21
Rejected Votes	1,508	3,311	3,006	3,268	2,615	3,156	2,337	2,572	2,378	304	24,455
Total Polled	36,633	53,458	43,246	41,398	56,783	39,981	41,105	47,215	31,443	15,353	406,615
Registered Electors	51,468	77,312	63,124	60,706	85,562	60,002	59,472	68,937	48,231		574,814
Turnout	71.18%	69.15%	68.51%	68.19%	66.36%	66.63%	69.12%	68.49%	65.19%		70.74%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
Anura Ravindra Widanagamage (UPFA), 51,309 preference votes (pv); Anthinna Markkalage Buddhadasa (UPFA), 43,913 pv; Seid Harin Fernando (UNP), 36,996 pv; Appuhamilage Rohana Pushpakumara (UPFA), 36,204 pv; D. M. S. W. K. Denipitiya (UPFA), 35,380 pv; Manel Rathnayaka (UPFA), 31,139 pv; M. H. Sumith Samayadasa (UPFA), 30,558 pv; Sethapena Appuhami Ralalage Bandusena (UPFA), 30,080 pv; Mihimal Munasinghe (UPFA), 26,377 pv; Ajith Deshapriya Nilame Wickramarathna Dodangodage Don (UPFA), 24,743 pv; Upali Delton Samaraweera (UNP), 24,739 pv; Author Chamara Sampath Dasanayaka (UPFA), 24,490 pv; D. M. Hema Rathnayaka (UPFA), 20,855 pv; A. Akalan Sendil Thondaman (UPFA), 20,448 pv; Don Sunil Jayantha Kannangara (UNP), 20,328 pv; A. J. M. Gunathilaka (UPFA), 19,457 pv; Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage Nimal Rathnayaka (UPFA), 17,622 p; Karupaiah Velaudam (UNP), 14,870 pv; R. Gunawardana (UNP), 11,220 pv; Arunachalem Aravindh Kumar (UCPF), 7,863 pv; and R. M. Sudath Balagalla (JVP), 1,969 pv.

2010 Presidential Election

Results of the 6th presidential election

Sri Lankan presidential election, 2010

The Sri Lankan presidential election of 2010 was the sixth presidential election of Sri Lanka. The election was announced on 23 November 2009 when incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa decided to seek a fresh mandate prior to the expiration of his term in 2011...

 held on 26 January 2010 for the district:

Candidate	|Postal Votes	|%
			Badulla	|Hali Ela		|Mahi- yanga -naya	|Uva Parana -gama	|Wiya- luwa
Mahinda Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa Percy Mahendra "Mahinda" Rajapaksa ; ; born November 18, 1945) is the 6th and current President of Sri Lanka and Commander in Chief of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces. A lawyer by profession, Rajapaksa was first elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in 1970, and served as prime minister from April 6,...	UPFA United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance is a political alliance in Sri Lanka. The current leader of the United People's Freedom Alliance is Mahinda Rajapaksa and Susil Premajayantha is the general secretary of UPFA.The alliance was formed by:...	19,799	29,975	23,758	19,135	38,486	18,529	24,831	27,252	20,816	14,998	237,579	53.23%
Sarath Fonseka Sarath Fonseka Gardihewa Sarath Chandralal Fonseka, known as Sarath Fonseka is a former commander and General of the Sri Lanka Army and a former candidate for President of Sri Lanka. As Commander of the Army, he played an instrumental role in ending the 26 year Sri Lankan Civil War in 2009, defeating the...	NDF New Democratic Front (Sri Lanka) The New Democratic Front is a newly formed political party in Sri Lanka. An offshoot of the Democratic United National Front and a constituent partner of the United National Front, the party is led by Ariyawansa Dissanayake. The symbol of the party is a swan...	17,917	26,085	21,946	23,856	24,057	22,601	18,696	23,092	12,529	8,056	198,835	44.55%
M.C.M. Ismail	DUNF Democratic United National Front The Democratic United National Front is a political party in Sri Lanka.At the last legislative elections, held on 2 April 2004, the party was part of the United People's Freedom Alliance that won 45.6 % of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats....	69	182	144	154	175	177	131	110	107	43	1,292	0.29%
A.A. Suraweera	NDF	72	178	161	83	207	130	121	99	152	11	1,214	0.27%
C.J. Sugathsiri Gamage	UDF	75	157	151	218	106	231	88	82	98	6	1,212	0.27%
W.V. Mahiman Ranjith	Ind 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	45	100	85	66	161	75	90	85	76	12	795	0.18%
A.S.P Liyanage A.S.P Liyanage Panagoda Don Prince Solomon Anura Liyanage is a Sri Lankan business magnate, the chairman and managing director of the ASP Group, a private real estate group established in 1989...	SLLP	60	83	76	82	118	102	68	57	79	8	733	0.16%
Lal Perera	ONF	57	74	71	86	78	109	67	64	61	2	669	0.15%
Sarath Manamendra	NSH	45	71	63	87	81	90	42	42	55	4	580	0.13%
Ukkubanda Wijekoon	Ind 3 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	47	73	67	35	75	52	61	60	53	2	525	0.12%
Siritunga Jayasuriya Siritunga Jayasuriya Siritunga Jayasuriya was a contestant in the Sri Lanka presidential election in 2005. He received 35,405 votes, 0.36 % of the votes cast and came third. He is a trade unionist and leader of the United Socialist Party...	USP United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka) The United Socialist Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It is a member of the Committee for a Workers' International. It is led by Siritunga Jayasuriya and publishes a monthly paper, Sentharakai .-History:...	31	60	66	63	53	71	60	53	46	3	506	0.11%
M. K. Shivajilingam M. K. Shivajilingam Mahalingam Kanagalingam Shivajilingam is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament.-Political career:At the December 2001 Shivajilingam was elected to represent the Jaffna District in Parliament...	Ind 5 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	42	61	73	53	35	68	37	36	42	3	450	0.10%
Aithurus M. Illias	Ind 2 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	19	27	33	32	33	30	22	44	17	8	265	0.06%
Sanath Pinnaduwa	NA	17	23	32	35	41	47	25	22	20	1	263	0.06%
Vikramabahu Karunaratne Vikramabahu Karunaratne Vikramabahu Karunaratne is a Sri Lankan politician and he contested for the Sri Lankan presidential election.-Early life:...	LF	14	23	39	34	31	46	16	21	18	6	248	0.06%
Wije Dias	SEP Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka) The Socialist Equality Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1968 as the Revolutionary Communist League by former student members of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party who joined the International Committee of the Fourth International. They remained loyal to Gerry Healy...	23	34	39	39	18	25	23	20	21	4	246	0.06%
Aruna de Soyza	RPP	14	20	18	28	20	34	14	16	15	0	179	0.04%
M. Mohamed Musthaffa M. Mohamed Musthaffa Meera Mohideen Mohamed Musthaffa is a Sri Lankan politician, a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister.Musthaffa stood as an independent candidate in the 2010 presidential election and came 17th out of 22 candidates after receiving 3,134 votes .-References:...	Ind 4 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	13	13	21	19	18	31	18	17	14	1	165	0.04%
Senaratna de Silva	PNF	10	21	17	19	25	29	19	16	8	0	164	0.04%
Battaramulla Seelarathana	JP	11	20	17	12	24	20	13	13	19	4	153	0.03%
M.B. Thaminimulla	ACAKO	7	18	14	11	11	19	13	17	5	2	117	0.03%
Sarath Kongahage	UNAF	5	13	15	12	10	15	4	14	16	0	104	0.02%
Valid Votes		38,392	57,311	46,906	44,159	63,863	42,531	44,459	51,232	34,267	23,174	446,294	100.00%
Rejected Votes		441	735	665	831	491	716	425	509	1,068	202	6,083
Total Polled		38,833	58,046	47,571	44,990	64,354	43,247	44,884	51,741	35,335	23,376	452,377
Registered Electors		51,468	77,312	63,124	60,706	85,562	60,002	59,472	68,937	48,231		574,814
Turnout		75.45%	75.08%	75.36%	74.11%	75.21%	72.08%	75.47%	75.06%	73.26%		78.70%
Source:

2010 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 14th parliamentary election

Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2010

The 2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election was held on April 8 and April 20, 2010, to elect 225 members to Sri Lanka's 14th Parliament. 14,088,500 Sri Lankans were eligible to vote in the election at 11,102 polling stations...

 held on 8 April 2010 for the district:

Party	|Votes per Polling Division	|Total Votes	|Seats
	Badulla			|Hali Ela		|Mahi- yanga -naya	|Uva Parana -gama	|Wiya- luwa
United People's Freedom Alliance United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance is a political alliance in Sri Lanka. The current leader of the United People's Freedom Alliance is Mahinda Rajapaksa and Susil Premajayantha is the general secretary of UPFA.The alliance was formed by:...  (SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in... , CWC Ceylon Workers' Congress The Ceylon Workers' Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka that has traditionally represented Tamils working in the plantation sector of the economy .- History :...  et al)	18,670	24,188	21,341	17,197	29,903	18,320	21,537	19,820	16,967	15,746	203,689	58.25%	6
United National Front (UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe... , SLMC Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders.... , DPF, SLFP(P) Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in... )	11,314	14,803	11,858	11,575	14,613	11,744	11,253	14,070	7,046	4,610	112,886	32.28%	2
Democratic National Alliance Democratic National Alliance (Sri Lanka) The Democratic National Alliance is a political alliance in Sri Lanka, formed by retired General Sarath Fonseka and his allies to contest in the 2010 general elections...  (JVP Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...  et al)	1,655	2,262	1,544	1,346	2,433	695	1,696	1,816	705	1,616	15,768	4.51%	0
Up-Country People's Front Up-Country People's Front The Up-Country People's Front is a political party in Sri Lanka.At the last legislative elections, held on 2 April 2004, the party won 0.5% of the popular vote and 2 out of 225 seats. One is an elected seat and the second member of parliament was appointed through the national list of the United...	598	2,145	1,173	3,829	7	1,955	625	540	423	186	11,481	3.28%	0
Independent 4 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	75	130	100	397	66	56	269	3,221	97	235	4,646	1.33%	0
United National Alternative Front	17	26	30	28	33	42	25	26	23	4	254	0.07%	0
Independent 5 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	11	25	20	41	25	35	13	58	13	3	244	0.07%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputhra Pakshaya is a minor Sinhala Buddhist political party in Sri Lanka, led by Dr. Harischandra Wijayatunga....	15	3	7	3	5	5	7	6	73	13	137	0.04%	0
United Democratic Front	12	18	13	13	16	17	11	8	8	4	120	0.03%	0
Independent 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	11	9	12	9	9	18	6	6	7	4	91	0.03%	0
Janasetha Peramuna	3	19	7	14	7	7	4	11	4	3	79	0.02%	0
National People's Party	1	8	14	11	10	7	7	6	6	1	71	0.02%	0
United Lanka Great Council	7	3	4	16	12	14	2	7	5	0	70	0.02%	0
Independent 2 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	2	9	6	4	6	2	8	3	5	3	48	0.01%	0
Independent 3 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	3	7	4	1	2	5	9	9	3	1	44	0.01%	0
Ruhuna People's Party	3	2	4	1	4	3	2	0	4	3	26	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka Labour Party	1	5	0	5	5	0	0	1	4	3	24	0.01%	0
Valid Votes	32,398	43,662	36,137	34,490	47,156	32,925	35,474	39,608	25,393	22,435	349,678	100.00%	8
Rejected Votes	1,409	2,982	2,893	3,134	2,520	3,284	2,478	2,642	2,135	692	24,169
Total Polled	33,807	46,644	39,030	37,624	49,676	36,209	37,952	42,250	27,528	23,127	373,847
Registered Electors	51,468	77,312	63,124	60,706	85,562	60,002	59,472	68,937	48,231		574,814
Turnout	65.69%	60.33%	61.83%	61.98%	58.06%	60.35%	63.81%	61.29%	57.08%		65.04%
Source:

The following candidates were elected:
Nimal Siripala De Silva

Nimal Siripala De Silva

Nilenthi Nimal Siripala de Silva MP is the Sri Lanka's Cabinet Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Management and a Member of Parliament representing the Badulla District....

 (UPFA-SLFP), 141,990 preference votes (pv); Dilan Perera

Dilan Perera

Boddhiya Baduge Dilan Priyanjan Anslam Perera , MP is the Sri Lankan Non-Cabinet Minister of Port Development. He is a Member of Parliament for Badulla District and former Deputy Minister of Justice...

 (UPFA-SLFP), 69,610 pv; Hareen Fernando (UNF), 49,073 pv; Lal Chamika Buddhadasa

Lal Chamika Buddhadasa

Chamika Buddhadasa MP is a Member of Parliament representing the Badulla District. He is the son of Mr A.M. Buddhadasa . In May 2010 he was appointed as the responsible MP for the filed of Highways.-Early life:...

 (UPFA), 42,856 pv; Udith Lokubandara

Udith Lokubandara

Wijesinghe Jayaweera Mudiyanselage Udith Sanjaya Lokubandara MP is a Member of Parliament of Sri Lanka, representing the Badulla District. He is the son of former Speaker W. J. M. Lokubandara....

 (UPFA), 38,124 pv; Appuhamillage Rohana Pushpakumara (UPFA), 36,080 pv; Amith Thenuka Vidanagamage (UPFA), 34,742 pv; and Lakshman Senewiratne

Lakshman Senewiratne

Lakshman Pinto Jayatilaka Senewiratne is a Sri Lankan politician, current Cabinet Minister of Productivity Promotion and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka representing the Badulla District. His father Capt. C. P. J. Senewiratne was a MP for Mahiyangana and former Cabinet Minister of...

(UNF-UNP), 31,560 pv.