Ampara Electoral District
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Ampara (Digamadulla) Electoral District (Template:Langx; Template:Langx) 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 Ampara in the Eastern province. The district currently elects 7 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 436,148 registered electors in 2010.[1] The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 13.[2]
Polling Divisions
The Ampara Electoral District consists of the following polling divisions:[2]
A: Ampara
B: Sammanthurai
C: Kalmunai
D: Pothuvil
Election results
1982 presidential election
Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982 for the district:[3]
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ampara | Kal- munai |
Pottu -vil |
Saman- thurai | ||||||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | J. R. Jayewardene | UNP | 29,049 | 18,347 | 23,286 | 19,079 | 1,011 | 90,772 | 56.39% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Hector Kobbekaduwa | SLFP | 20,552 | 8,197 | 17,265 | 6,710 | 372 | 53,096 | 32.99% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Kumar Ponnambalam | ACTC | 96 | 926 | 5,748 | 1,214 | 95 | 8,079 | 5.02% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Rohana Wijeweera | JVP | 3,039 | 861 | 2,518 | 1,197 | 64 | 7,679 | 4.77% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Colvin de Silva | LSSP | 278 | 153 | 304 | 221 | 11 | 967 | 0.60% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Vasudeva Nanayakkara | NSSP | 85 | 115 | 119 | 55 | 3 | 377 | 0.23% |
| Valid Votes | 53,099 | 28,599 | 49,240 | 28,476 | 1,556 | 160,970 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Votes | 486 | 449 | 778 | 374 | 14 | 2,101 | |||
| Total Polled | 53,585 | 29,048 | 50,018 | 28,850 | 1,570 | 163,071 | |||
| Registered Electors | 64,740 | 37,509 | 66,037 | 35,982 | 204,268 | ||||
| Turnout (%) | 82.77% | 77.44% | 75.74% | 80.18% | 79.83% | ||||
1988 provincial council election
Results of the 1st North Eastern provincial council election held on 19 November 1988:[4]
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Total Votes | % | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ampara | Kal- munai |
Pottu -vil |
Saman- thurai | |||||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 40 | 26,441 | 34,972 | 28,983 | 90,436 | 63.03% | 9 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front | 20 | 12,626 | 25,140 | 7,968 | 45,754 | 31.89% | 4 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | United National Party | 5,338 | 111 | 1,704 | 147 | 7,300 | 5.09% | 1 |
| Valid Votes | 5,398 | 39,178 | 61,816 | 37,098 | 143,490 | 100.00% | 14 | |
| Rejected Votes | 219 | 460 | 932 | 1,020 | 2,631 | |||
| Total Polled | 5,617 | 39,638 | 62,748 | 38,118 | 146,121 | |||
| Registered Electors | 94,068 | 44,075 | 82,833 | 44,975 | 265,951 | |||
| Turnout (%) | 5.97% | 89.93% | 75.75% | 84.75% | 54.94% | |||
1988 presidential election
Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988:[5]
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ampara | Kal- munai |
Pottu -vil |
Saman- thurai | ||||||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Ranasinghe Premadasa | UNP | 34,251 | 18,746 | 25,262 | 17,866 | 295 | 96,420 | 50.77% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | SLFP | 32,915 | 9,708 | 27,239 | 12,983 | 292 | 83,137 | 43.78% |
| Oswin Abeygunasekara | SLPP | 839 | 1,766 | 5,345 | 2,378 | 24 | 10,352 | 5.45% | |
| Valid Votes | 68,005 | 30,220 | 57,846 | 33,227 | 611 | 189,909 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Votes | 831 | 573 | 1,524 | 857 | 17 | 3,802 | |||
| Total Polled | 68,836 | 30,793 | 59,370 | 34,084 | 628 | 193,711 | |||
| Registered Electors | 94,068 | 44,077 | 82,833 | 44,790 | 265,768 | ||||
| Turnout (%) | 73.18% | 69.86% | 71.67% | 76.10% | 72.89% | ||||
1989 parliamentary general election
Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989:[6]
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ampara | Kal- munai |
Pottu -vil |
Saman- thurai | ||||||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | United National Party (CWC, UNP) | 37,611 | 6,513 | 11,475 | 6,163 | 838 | 62,600 | 29.29% | 3 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 190 | 15,144 | 21,631 | 23,820 | 540 | 61,325 | 28.69% | 1 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 28,602 | 2,241 | 13,012 | 971 | 574 | 45,400 | 21.24% | 1 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Tamil United Liberation Front (ENDLF, EPRLF, TELO, TULF) | 124 | 11,369 | 23,352 | 8,303 | 276 | 43,424 | 20.32% | 1 |
| United Socialist Alliance (CPSL, LSSP, NSSP, SLPP) | 610 | 45 | 157 | 136 | 17 | 965 | 0.45% | 0 | |
| Valid Votes | 67,137 | 35,312 | 69,627 | 39,393 | 2,245 | 213,714 | 100.00% | 6 | |
| Rejected Votes | 4,104 | 1,413 | 3,533 | 1,429 | 248 | 10,727 | |||
| Total Polled | 71,241 | 36,725 | 73,160 | 40,822 | 2,493 | 224,441 | |||
| Registered Electors | 92,901 | 43,579 | 82,231 | 44,453 | 2,604 | 265,768 | |||
| Turnout | 76.68% | 84.27% | 88.97% | 91.83% | 95.74% | 84.45% | |||
The following candidates were elected:[6] M. H. M. Ashraff (SLMC), 56,464 preference votes (pv); P. Dayaratna (UNP), 37,996 pv; Ahangama Polwatte Galappaththige Chandradasa (UNP), 28,075 pv; Nihal Yasendra Bakmeewewa (UNP), 24,752 pv; Thewarapperuma Arachchilage Karunasinghe Thewarapperuma (SLFP), 21,751 pv; and J. Thiviyanathan (EPRLF), 17,880 pv.
1994 parliamentary general election
Results of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994:[7]
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ampara | Kal- munai |
Pottu -vil |
Saman- thurai | ||||||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | United National Party (CWC, UNP) | 42,100 | 7,631 | 16,717 | 9,874 | 2,445 | 78,767 | 32.72% | 3 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 72 | 22,653 | 28,851 | 21,997 | 1,519 | 75,092 | 31.19% | 2 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | People's Alliance (SLFP et al.) | 42,819 | 584 | 7,959 | 889 | 1,899 | 54,150 | 22.49% | 1 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Tamil United Liberation Front | 65 | 6,294 | 13,532 | 4,355 | 280 | 24,526 | 10.19% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (EROS, PLOTE, TELO) | 151 | 789 | 2,235 | 969 | 48 | 4,192 | 1.74% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group | 88 | 358 | 2,420 | 344 | 156 | 3,366 | 1.40% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Sri Lanka Progressive Front (JVP) | 465 | 26 | 108 | 44 | 30 | 673 | 0.28% | 0 |
| Valid Votes | 85,760 | 38,335 | 71,822 | 38,472 | 6,377 | 240,766 | 100.00% | 6 | |
| Rejected Votes | 4,439 | 1,454 | 4,536 | 2,180 | 127 | 12,736 | |||
| Total Polled | 90,199 | 39,789 | 76,358 | 40,652 | 6,504 | 253,502 | |||
| Registered Electors | 112,046 | 50,248 | 97,721 | 51,991 | 312,006 | ||||
| Turnout | 80.50% | 79.19% | 78.14% | 78.19% | 81.25% | ||||
The following candidates were elected:[7] M. H. M. Ashraff (SLMC), 69,076 preference votes (pv); P. Dayaratna (UNP), 45,411 pv; Ahangama Polwatte Galappaththige Chandradasa (UNP), 40,675 pv; Herath Mudiyanselage Weerasinghe (PA), 36,276 pv; Nihal Yasendra Bakmeewewa (UNP), 29,061 pv; and U. L. M. Mohideen (SLMC), 26,194 pv.
1994 presidential election
Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994:[8]
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ampara | Kal- munai |
Pottu -vil |
Saman- thurai | ||||||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Chandrika Kumaratunga | PA | 44,423 | 31,511 | 56,780 | 30,890 | 4,685 | 168,289 | 72.36% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Srimathi Dissanayake | UNP | 34,832 | 4,092 | 11,774 | 6,056 | 2,320 | 59,074 | 25.40% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Hudson Samarasinghe | Ind 2 | 640 | 701 | 1,407 | 918 | 11 | 3,677 | 1.58% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | G. A. Nihal | SLPF | 246 | 78 | 147 | 79 | 24 | 574 | 0.25% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | A. J. Ranashinge | Ind 1 | 231 | 70 | 88 | 89 | 18 | 496 | 0.21% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Harischandra Wijayatunga | SMBP | 236 | 58 | 114 | 50 | 13 | 471 | 0.20% |
| Valid Votes | 80,608 | 36,510 | 70,310 | 38,082 | 7,071 | 232,581 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Votes | 1,751 | 352 | 949 | 480 | 89 | 3,621 | |||
| Total Polled | 82,359 | 36,862 | 71,259 | 38,562 | 7,160 | 236,202 | |||
| Registered Electors | 112,046 | 50,248 | 97,721 | 51,991 | 7,648 | 312,006 | |||
| Turnout (%) | 73.50% | 73.36% | 72.92% | 74.17% | 93.62% | 75.70% | |||
1999 presidential election
Results of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999:[9]
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ampara | Kal- munai |
Pottu -vil |
Saman- thurai | ||||||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Chandrika Kumaratunga | PA | 48,385 | 23,773 | 46,341 | 28,822 | 2,272 | 149,593 | 55.59% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Ranil Wickremasinghe | UNP | 39,712 | 18,390 | 34,407 | 15,225 | 2,071 | 109,805 | 40.80% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Nandana Gunathilake | JVP | 3,275 | 34 | 427 | 86 | 0 | 4,068 | 1.51% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | W. V. M. Ranjith | Ind 2 | 497 | 149 | 437 | 191 | 1 | 1,275 | 0.47% |
| Rajiva Wijesinha | Liberal | 496 | 136 | 339 | 219 | 3 | 1,193 | 0.44% | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | T. Edirisuriya | Ind 1 | 364 | 112 | 231 | 115 | 1 | 823 | 0.31% |
| Abdul Rasool | SLMP | 94 | 129 | 284 | 137 | 19 | 663 | 0.25% | |
| Kamal Karunadasa | PLSF | 172 | 65 | 162 | 120 | 0 | 519 | 0.19% | |
| Vasudeva Nanayakkara | LDA | 93 | 79 | 116 | 152 | 33 | 473 | 0.18% | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Harischandra Wijayatunga | SMBP | 206 | 18 | 76 | 34 | 10 | 344 | 0.13% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Hudson Samarasinghe | Ind 3 | 79 | 22 | 34 | 34 | 2 | 171 | 0.06% |
| A. Dissanayaka | DUNF | 36 | 7 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 93 | 0.03% | |
| A. W. Premawardhana | PFF | 37 | 10 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 80 | 0.03% | |
| Valid Votes | 93,446 | 42,924 | 82,916 | 45,154 | 4,660 | 269,100 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Votes | 1,538 | 707 | 1,360 | 701 | 243 | 4,549 | |||
| Total Polled | 94,984 | 43,631 | 84,276 | 45,855 | 4,903 | 273,649 | |||
| Registered Electors | 121,407 | 55,387 | 110,386 | 56,629 | 343,809 | ||||
| Turnout (%) | 78.24% | 78.77% | 76.35% | 80.97% | 79.59% | ||||
2000 parliamentary general election
Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000:[10]
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ampara | Kal- munai |
Pottu -vil |
Saman- thurai | ||||||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | People's Alliance (SLFP, SLMC et al.) | 44,391 | 22,459 | 39,753 | 25,501 | 4,319 | 136,423 | 51.13% | 4 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | United National Party (DWC, NWC, UCPF, UNP) | 40,526 | 12,300 | 30,750 | 14,625 | 3,427 | 101,628 | 38.09% | 2 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 2 (Eelam People's Democratic Party) | 12 | 5,480 | 10,729 | 3,144 | 447 | 19,812 | 7.43% | 1 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 4,627 | 31 | 444 | 79 | 515 | 5,696 | 2.13% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 5 | 23 | 408 | 297 | 408 | 26 | 1,079 | 0.40% | 0 |
| Citizen's Front | 234 | 29 | 172 | 75 | 17 | 527 | 0.20% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 3 | 12 | 148 | 120 | 79 | 16 | 375 | 0.14% | 0 |
| Liberal Party | 119 | 62 | 72 | 56 | 4 | 313 | 0.12% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 1 | 30 | 41 | 140 | 29 | 0 | 240 | 0.09% | 0 |
| Sinhala Heritage | 184 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 21 | 238 | 0.09% | 0 | |
| People's Freedom Front | 73 | 19 | 36 | 20 | 2 | 150 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 6 | 44 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 2 | 112 | 0.04% | 0 |
| Sri Lanka Muslim Party | 22 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 63 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya | 32 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 0.02% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 4 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 17 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Ruhuna People's Party | 15 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Valid Votes | 90,380 | 40,923 | 82,613 | 44,079 | 8,805 | 266,800 | 100.00% | 7 | |
| Rejected Votes | 5,944 | 1,954 | 5,443 | 2,850 | 16,521 | ||||
| Total Polled | 96,324 | 42,877 | 88,056 | 46,929 | 283,321 | ||||
| Registered Electors | 124,405 | 56,513 | 113,519 | 58,100 | 352,537 | ||||
| Turnout (%) | 77.43% | 75.87% | 77.57% | 80.77% | 80.37% | ||||
The following candidates were elected:[11] Ferial Ismail Ashraff (PA-SLMC), 83,353 preference votes (pv); A. L. M. Athaullah (PA-SLMC), 75,647 pv; U. L. M. Mohideen (PA-SLMC), 75,378 pv; P. Dayaratna (UNP), 47,421 pv; Ahangama Polwatte Galappaththige Chandradasa (UNP), 41,420 pv; Wimal Dissanayaka (PA-SLMC), 27,677 pv; and Markandu Gunasekeram (EPDP), 12,799 pv.
2001 parliamentary general election
Results of the 12th parliamentary election held on 5 December 2001:[12][13]
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Displaced Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ampara | Kal- munai |
Pottu -vil |
Saman- thurai | |||||||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 222 | 22,765 | 29,047 | 21,705 | 1,518 | 0 | 75,257 | 26.86% | 3 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | People's Alliance (NUA, SLFP et al.) | 40,243 | 2,700 | 13,861 | 5,981 | 2,461 | 0 | 65,246 | 23.28% | 2 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | United National Front (CWC, UNP, WPF) | 41,149 | 4,411 | 9,515 | 1,280 | 2,113 | 0 | 58,468 | 20.87% | 1 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Tamil National Alliance (ACTC, EPRLF(S), TELO, TULF) | 13 | 11,558 | 28,882 | 7,801 | 534 | 1 | 48,789 | 17.41% | 1 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 9 | 40 | 1,051 | 5,062 | 8,275 | 380 | 0 | 14,808 | 5.28% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 7,994 | 13 | 802 | 56 | 637 | 0 | 9,502 | 3.39% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Eelam People's Democratic Party | 156 | 1,346 | 3,377 | 973 | 49 | 0 | 5,901 | 2.11% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | New Left Front (NSSP et al.) | 663 | 69 | 317 | 107 | 9 | 0 | 1,165 | 0.42% | 0 |
| Sinhala Heritage | 97 | 24 | 55 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 229 | 0.08% | 0 | |
| Sri Lanka Muslim Party | 3 | 52 | 56 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 160 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| National Development Front | 26 | 11 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 95 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 14 | 6 | 32 | 33 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 0.03% | 0 |
| Ruhuna People's Party | 63 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 86 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 13 | 16 | 38 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 8 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0.02% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya | 22 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 10 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 15 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 7 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 5 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Valid Votes | 90,780 | 40,048 | 91,219 | 46,420 | 7,709 | 1 | 280,215 | 100.00% | 7 | |
| Rejected Votes | 7,764 | 1,930 | 4,940 | 2,238 | 353 | 0 | 17,225 | |||
| Total Polled | 98,544 | 46,016 | 96,159 | 48,658 | 8,062 | 1 | 297,440 | |||
| Registered Electors | 126,660 | 57,653 | 116,710 | 59,474 | 360,497 | |||||
| Turnout (%) | 77.805 | 79.82% | 82.39% | 81.81% | 82.51% | |||||
The following candidates were elected:[14] P. Dayaratna (UNF), 42,301 preference votes (pv); A. L. M. Athaullah (SLMC), 35,523 pv; H. M. M. Harees (SLMC), 34,798 pv; Ferial Ismail Ashraff (PA), 28,802 pv; Thewarapperuma Arachchilage Karunasinghe Thewarapperuma (PA), 26,361 pv; A. Chandranehru (TNA-TULF), 26,282) pv; and Anwer Ismail Mohomed Ismail (SLMC), 23,718 pv.
2004 parliamentary general election
Results of the 13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004:[15]
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ampara | Kal- munai |
Pottu -vil |
Saman- thurai | ||||||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | United People's Freedom Alliance (JVP, NUA, SLFP et al.) | 55,729 | 9,189 | 22,192 | 19,117 | 5,520 | 111,747 | 38.49% | 3 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 1,681 | 21,978 | 33,787 | 17,688 | 1,429 | 76,563 | 26.37% | 2 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Tamil National Alliance (ACTC, EPRLF(S), ITAK, TELO) | 62 | 13,842 | 31,890 | 8,976 | 763 | 55,533 | 19.13% | 1 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | United National Front (CWC, DPF, UNP) | 31,525 | 971 | 5,723 | 1,664 | 2,238 | 42,121 | 14.51% | 1 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Eelam People's Democratic Party | 232 | 252 | 923 | 178 | 26 | 1,611 | 0.55% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Jathika Hela Urumaya | 945 | 2 | 81 | 1 | 101 | 1,130 | 0.39% | 0 |
| United Muslim People's Alliance | 66 | 84 | 71 | 109 | 5 | 335 | 0.12% | 0 | |
| Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 17 | 65 | 122 | 66 | 2 | 272 | 0.09% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 2 | 0 | 94 | 18 | 32 | 2 | 146 | 0.05% | 0 |
| United Socialist Party | 49 | 4 | 45 | 4 | 2 | 104 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya | 7 | 16 | 41 | 21 | 0 | 85 | 0.03% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 26 | 12 | 16 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 74 | 0.03% | 0 |
| National Development Front | 33 | 6 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 66 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 11 | 1 | 51 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 60 | 0.02% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 27 | 17 | 8 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 56 | 0.02% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 3 | 3 | 45 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 0.02% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | New Left Front (NSSP et al.) | 28 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 50 | 0.02% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 1 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 48 | 0.02% | 0 |
| United Lalith Front | 30 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 46 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 5 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 40 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 8 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 25 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 10 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 13 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 24 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 14 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 15 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 20 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 19 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 22 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 17 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 21 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 23 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Ruhuna People's Party | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Valid Votes | 90,500 | 46,725 | 95,105 | 47,939 | 10,092 | 290,361 | 100.00% | 7 | |
| Rejected Votes | 7,061 | 2,506 | 5,227 | 2,955 | 515 | 18,264 | |||
| Total Polled | 97,561 | 49,231 | 100,332 | 50,894 | 10,607 | 308,625 | |||
| Registered Electors | 132,371 | 60,456 | 123,051 | 63,166 | 379,044 | ||||
| Turnout (%) | 73.70% | 81.43% | 81.54% | 80.57% | 81.42% | ||||
The following candidates were elected:[16] Rauff Hakeem (SLMC), 68,627 preference votes (pv); Ferial Ismail Ashraff (UPFA-NUA), 52,223 pv; L.G. Wasantha Piyatissa (UPFA-SLFP), 45,975 pv; A. L. M. Athaullah (UPFA-NC), 39,773 pv; P. Dayaratna (UNF-UNP), 31,215 pv; Kanagasabai Pathmanathan (TNA), 29,002 pv; and Cassim Faizal (SLMC), 20,724 pv.
Rauff Hakeem (SLMC) resigned on 2 April 2008 to contest the Eastern provincial council elections.[17] His replacement A. M. M. Naoshad (SLMC) was sworn in on 9 April 2008.[18]
Kanagasabai Pathmanathan (TNA) died on 21 May 2009.[19] His replacement Thomas Thangathurai William (TNA) was sworn in on 12 June 2009.[20]
2005 presidential election
Results of the 5th presidential election held on 17 November 2005:[21]
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ampara | Kal- munai |
Pottu -vil |
Saman- thurai | ||||||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Ranil Wickremasinghe | UNP | 44,218 | 29,316 | 55,467 | 24,969 | 5,228 | 159,198 | 55.81% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Mahinda Rajapaksa | UPFA | 57,624 | 8,951 | 27,704 | 21,029 | 7,021 | 122,329 | 42.88% |
| Siritunga Jayasuriya | USP | 275 | 175 | 419 | 220 | 2 | 1,091 | 0.38% | |
| A. A. Suraweera | NDF | 418 | 125 | 314 | 201 | 14 | 1,072 | 0.38% | |
| Victor Hettigoda | ULPP | 131 | 68 | 76 | 34 | 22 | 331 | 0.12% | |
| Aruna de Soyza | RPP | 127 | 19 | 93 | 54 | 4 | 297 | 0.10% | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | A. K. J. Arachchige | DUA | 55 | 33 | 68 | 57 | 2 | 215 | 0.08% |
| Anura De Silva | ULF | 58 | 43 | 73 | 26 | 3 | 203 | 0.07% | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Chamil Jayaneththi | NLF | 86 | 15 | 55 | 21 | 11 | 188 | 0.07% |
| Wimal Geeganage | SLNF | 89 | 9 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 134 | 0.05% | |
| P. Nelson Perera | SLPF | 45 | 9 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 89 | 0.03% | |
| Wije Dias | SEP | 37 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 82 | 0.03% | |
| H. S. Dharmadwaja | UNAF | 16 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 0.01% | |
| Valid Votes | 103,179 | 38,779 | 84,359 | 46,641 | 12,309 | 285,267 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Votes | 949 | 456 | 863 | 517 | 156 | 2,941 | |||
| Total Polled | 104,128 | 39,235 | 85,222 | 47,158 | 12,465 | 288,208 | |||
| Registered Electors | 136,738 | 62,251 | 129,798 | 66,666 | 396,453 | ||||
| Turnout (%) | 76.15% | 62.03% | 65.66% | 70.74% | 72.70% | ||||
2008 provincial council election
Results of the 1st Eastern provincial council election held on 10 May 2008:[22]
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ampara | Kal- munai |
Pottu -vil |
Saman- thurai | ||||||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, TMVP et al.) | 47,319 | 13,468 | 54,619 | 24,119 | 4,722 | 144,247 | 52.96% | 8 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | United National Party (SLMC, UNP) | 31,386 | 27,596 | 37,488 | 21,401 | 3,401 | 121,272 | 44.52% | 6 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 3,693 | 30 | 490 | 179 | 353 | 4,745 | 1.74% | 0 |
| United National Alliance | 71 | 174 | 270 | 75 | 7 | 597 | 0.22% | 0 | |
| New Sinhala Heritage | 215 | 10 | 52 | 8 | 27 | 312 | 0.11% | 0 | |
| United Socialist Party | 55 | 69 | 98 | 69 | 5 | 296 | 0.11% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 22 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 253 | 12 | 294 | 0.11% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 1 | 3 | 28 | 71 | 1 | 3 | 106 | 0.04% | 0 |
| National Development Front | 50 | 10 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 100 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| People's Front of Liberation Tigers | 8 | 15 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 63 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 9 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 13 | 2 | 62 | 0.02% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 2 | 3 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 0.02% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 15 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 24 | 0 | 44 | 0.02% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 6 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 3 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 7 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 21 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 19 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Ruhuna People's Party | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 18 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Liberal Party | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Valid Votes | 82,869 | 41,522 | 93,266 | 46,187 | 8,548 | 272,392 | 100.00% | 14 | |
| Rejected Votes | 7,854 | 2,832 | 6,344 | 3,326 | 641 | 20,997 | |||
| Total Polled | 90,723 | 44,354 | 99,610 | 49,513 | 9,189 | 293,389 | |||
| Registered Electors | 142,170 | 64,310 | 133,765 | 69,051 | 0 | 409,308 | |||
| Turnout | 63.81% | 68.97% | 74.47% | 71.70% | 71.68% | ||||
The following candidates were elected:[23] Ahangama Polwaththe Galappaththige Chandradasa (UNP); Daya Gamage (UNP); Ahamed Mohomad Jameel (UNP); A. Ameer Mahumud Lebbe (UPFA); Abdul Majeed (UNP); Apthurrazaak Kulanthai Marikkar (UNP); Thuraiyappa Nawarathnaraja (UPFA); Meera Labbe Thulkar Nayim (UPFA); Somasundaram Pushparaja (UPFA); Seeniththamby Selvaraja (UPFA); Hasen Ali (UNP-SLMC); Thewarapperuma Arachchilage Karunasingha Thewarapperuma (UPFA); Meera Sahibu Udumalebbe (UPFA); and Dissanayaka Wimalaweera (UPFA).
2010 presidential election
Results of the 6th presidential election held on 26 January 2010:[24]
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Displaced Votes |
Total Votes | % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ampara | Kal- munai |
Pottu -vil |
Saman- thurai | |||||||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Sarath Fonseka | NDF | 32,895 | 32,946 | 54,374 | 27,003 | 5,885 | 2 | 153,105 | 49.94% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Mahinda Rajapaksa | UPFA | 73,389 | 9,564 | 33,979 | 19,991 | 9,989 | 0 | 146,912 | 47.92% |
| M. C. M. Ismail | DUNF | 256 | 181 | 579 | 236 | 18 | 0 | 1,270 | 0.41% | |
| C. J. Sugathsiri Gamage | UDF | 80 | 284 | 430 | 300 | 7 | 0 | 1,101 | 0.36% | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | W. V. Mahiman Ranjith | Ind 1 | 367 | 27 | 175 | 105 | 9 | 0 | 683 | 0.22% |
| A. A. Suraweera | NDF | 291 | 39 | 188 | 110 | 13 | 0 | 641 | 0.21% | |
| Lal Perera | ONF | 108 | 81 | 173 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 447 | 0.15% | |
| A. S. P Liyanage | SLLP | 137 | 62 | 130 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 404 | 0.13% | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | M. K. Shivajilingam | Ind 5 | 40 | 45 | 214 | 59 | 11 | 0 | 369 | 0.12% |
| Sarath Manamendra | NSH | 74 | 39 | 131 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 308 | 0.10% | |
| Ukkubanda Wijekoon | Ind 3 | 93 | 28 | 69 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 240 | 0.08% | |
| Siritunga Jayasuriya | USP | 65 | 41 | 64 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 223 | 0.07% | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | M. Mohamed Musthaffa | Ind 4 | 22 | 39 | 44 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 139 | 0.05% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Aithurus M. Illias | Ind 2 | 44 | 19 | 42 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 135 | 0.04% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Vikramabahu Karunaratne | LF | 21 | 26 | 43 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 115 | 0.04% |
| Sanath Pinnaduwa | NA | 32 | 10 | 35 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 0.03% | |
| Wije Dias | SEP | 26 | 7 | 33 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 0.03% | |
| Senaratna de Silva | PNF | 19 | 8 | 29 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 0.02% | |
| Battaramulla Seelarathana | JP | 23 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 70 | 0.02% | |
| Aruna de Soyza | RPP | 20 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 0.02% | |
| M. B. Thaminimulla | ACAKO | 13 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 0.02% | |
| Sarath Kongahage | UNAF | 11 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0.01% | |
| Valid Votes | 108,026 | 43,486 | 90,796 | 48,262 | 15,990 | 2 | 306,562 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Votes | 608 | 544 | 1,066 | 556 | 138 | 0 | 2,912 | |||
| Total Polled | 108,634 | 44,030 | 91,862 | 48,818 | 16,128 | 2 | 309,474 | |||
| Registered Electors | 145,479 | 66,135 | 137,779 | 71,442 | 420,835 | |||||
| Turnout | 74.67% | 66.58% | 66.67% | 68.33% | 73.54% | |||||
2010 parliamentary general election
Results of the 14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010:[25]
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Displaced Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ampara | Kal- munai |
Pottu -vil |
Saman- thurai | |||||||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | United People's Freedom Alliance (ACMC, NC, SLFP et al.) | 51,777 | 8,332 | 32,603 | 28,252 | 11,132 | 0 | 132,096 | 51.41% | 4 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | United National Front (DPF, SLFP(P), SLMC, UNP) | 29,812 | 20,457 | 27,189 | 10,184 | 3,115 | 0 | 90,757 | 35.32% | 2 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Tamil National Alliance (EPRLF(S), ITAK, TELO) | 14 | 7,947 | 14,248 | 3,972 | 713 | 1 | 26,895 | 10.47% | 1 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic National Alliance (JVP et al.) | 2,188 | 23 | 183 | 131 | 392 | 0 | 2,917 | 1.14% | 0 |
| Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal | 8 | 184 | 934 | 344 | 20 | 0 | 1,490 | 0.58% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Eelavar Democratic Front (EROS) | 140 | 22 | 134 | 83 | 12 | 0 | 391 | 0.15% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 33 | 4 | 98 | 33 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 184 | 0.07% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 30 | 68 | 7 | 56 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 160 | 0.06% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 6 | 1 | 43 | 72 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 139 | 0.05% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 19 | 0 | 23 | 50 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 122 | 0.05% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 31 | 60 | 8 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 120 | 0.05% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 8 | 62 | 5 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 107 | 0.04% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 40 | 91 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 104 | 0.04% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 32 | 27 | 14 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 90 | 0.04% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 22 | 3 | 56 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 0.03% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 28 | 3 | 16 | 39 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 0.03% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 9 | 49 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 0.03% | 0 |
| National Development Front | 21 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 76 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| United National Alternative Front | 24 | 10 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 75 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 27 | 33 | 6 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 72 | 0.03% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 47 | 3 | 8 | 40 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 0.03% | 0 |
| Sri Lanka National Front | 6 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 25 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 0.02% | 0 |
| United Democratic Front | 9 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 43 | 16 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 0.02% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0.02% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 48 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 0.02% | 0 |
| Muslim Liberation Front | 2 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 2 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 46 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 44 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 42 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 45 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 37 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 15 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 4 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 5 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Our National Front | 5 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 38 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 10 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 34 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Sri Lanka Labour Party | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Left Liberation Front (LLF, TNLA) | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 21 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 39 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.00% | 0 |
| United Lanka Great Council | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 35 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 13 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 29 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 41 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 36 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Janasetha Peramuna | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 20 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Ruhuna People's Party | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Valid Votes | 84,599 | 37,369 | 76,116 | 43,387 | 15,474 | 1 | 256,946 | 100.00% | 7 | |
| Rejected Votes | 6,338 | 1,766 | 4,408 | 2,149 | 855 | 0 | 15,516 | |||
| Total Polled | 90,937 | 39,135 | 80,524 | 45,536 | 16,329 | 1 | 272,462 | |||
| Registered Electors | 145,479 | 66,135 | 137,779 | 71,442 | 420,835 | |||||
| Turnout | 62.51% | 59.17% | 58.44% | 63.74% | 64.74% | |||||
The following candidates were elected:[26] Sarath Weerasekara (UPFA), 54,373 preference votes (pv); H. M. M. Harees (UNF-SLMC), 44,755; Cassim Faizal (UNF-SLMC), 41,852 pv; A. L. M. Athaullah (UPFA-NC), 36,943 pv; Shriyani Wijewickreme (UPFA), 33,810 pv; P. Dayaratna (UPFA), 32,915 pv; and Podiappuhamy Piyasena (TNA), 11,139 pv.
2012 provincial council election
Results of the 2nd Eastern provincial council election held on 8 September 2012:[27]
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ampara | Kal- munai |
Pottu -vil |
Saman- thurai | ||||||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | United People's Freedom Alliance (ACMC, NC, SLFP, TMVP et al.) | 46,409 | 5,990 | 22,179 | 12,610 | 5,342 | 92,530 | 33.66% | 5 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 1,490 | 22,884 | 31,952 | 25,611 | 1,721 | 83,658 | 30.43% | 4 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | United National Party | 35,578 | 1,134 | 6,684 | 1,174 | 3,458 | 48,028 | 17.47% | 3 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Tamil National Alliance (EPRLF (S), ITAK, PLOTE, TELO, TULF) | 33 | 11,702 | 23,385 | 8,767 | 862 | 44,749 | 16.28% | 2 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 1,861 | 1 | 170 | 70 | 203 | 2,305 | 0.84% | 0 |
| Socialist Alliance (CPSL, DLF, LSSP) | 1,235 | 51 | 78 | 76 | 49 | 1,489 | 0.54% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Eelavar Democratic Front (EROS) | 151 | 34 | 262 | 76 | 8 | 531 | 0.19% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 10 | 5 | 213 | 127 | 28 | 26 | 399 | 0.15% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 5 | 263 | 3 | 97 | 3 | 16 | 382 | 0.14% | 0 |
| Sri Lanka Labour Party | 6 | 26 | 39 | 37 | 3 | 111 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| United Socialist Party | 61 | 5 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 103 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| All Lanka Tamil United Front | 9 | 26 | 27 | 14 | 0 | 76 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| United Lanka People's Party | 58 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 74 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 6 | 52 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 69 | 0.03% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 1 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 52 | 0.02% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 14 | 13 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 52 | 0.02% | 0 |
| Muslim Liberation Front | 7 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 42 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 18 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Jana Setha Peramuna | 16 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 9 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 17 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 30 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 11 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 12 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 16 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Ruhuna People's Party | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 0.00% | 0 |
| United Lanka Great Council | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Patriotic National Front | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent Group 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Valid Votes | 87,344 | 42,104 | 85,196 | 48,560 | 11,731 | 274,935 | 100.00% | 14 | |
| Rejected Votes | 6,302 | 1,975 | 5,341 | 2,551 | 575 | 16,744 | |||
| Total Polled | 93,646 | 44,079 | 90,537 | 51,111 | 12,306 | 291,679 | |||
| Registered Electors | 153,079 | 68,239 | 144,329 | 75,640 | 12,912 | 454,199 | |||
| Turnout | 61.17% | 64.60% | 62.73% | 67.57% | 95.31% | 64.22% | |||
The following candidates were elected:[28] Daya Gamage (UNP), 41,064 preference votes (pv); Aadam Lebbe Thavam (SLMC), 32,330 pv; Dissanayake Wimalaweera (UPFA), 31,815 pv; Meera Saibu Uduma Lebbe (UPFA-NC), 24,033 pv; A. Ahamed Mohamed Jameel (SLMC), 22,357 pv; Ibrahim Mohamed Mohamed Mansoor (SLMC), 21,759 pv; D. Weerasingha (UPFA), 20,922 pv; Ahangama Polwaththe Galappaththige Chandradasa (UNP), 20,459 pv; Ariff Samsudeen (UPFA-NC), 19,680 pv; A. Ameer Mahmood Lebbe (UPFA-NC), 19,671 pv; Ahamed Lebbe Mohamed Nazeer (SLMC), 18,327 pv; Abesundara Wikkramasooriya Boosabaduge Nishanth Manjula Fernando (UNP), 14,887 pv; Thawaraja Kaleiarasan (TNA), 12,122 pv; and Murugesu Rajeswaran (TNA), 10,812 pv.
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