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| Trincomalee Electoral District திருகோணமலை தேர்தல் மாவட்டம் | |
|---|---|
| Electoral District for the Parliament of Sri Lanka | |
| Administrative District | Trincomalee |
| Province | Eastern |
| Polling divisions | 3 |
| Population | 368,000 (2009) |
| Electorate | 246,890 (2010) |
| Area | 2,727 km (1,053 sq mi) |
| Current Electoral District | |
| Number of members | 4 |
| MPs | NPP (2)
Arun Hemachandra Roshan Akmeemana SJB (1) Imran Maharoof ITAK (1) Shanmugam Kugathasan |
Trincomalee Electoral District (Tamil: திருகோணமலை தேர்தல் மாவட்டம் Tirukōṇamalai Tērtal Māvaṭṭam) 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 Trincomalee in the Eastern province. The district currently elects 4 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 246,890 registered electors in 2010. The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 14.
Polling Divisions
The Trincomalee Electoral District consists of the following polling divisions:
A: Seruwila
B: Trincomalee
C: Mutur
Election results
1982 presidential election
Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982 for the district:
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mutur | Seru- wila |
Trinco -malee | ||||||
| J. R. Jayewardene | UNP | 14,529 | 15,823 | 14,503 | 667 | 45,522 | 48.64% | |
| Hector Kobbekaduwa | SLFP | 12,900 | 13,097 | 5,424 | 279 | 31,700 | 33.87% | |
| Kumar Ponnambalam | ACTC | 2,760 | 1,708 | 5,366 | 234 | 10,068 | 10.76% | |
| Rohana Wijeweera | JVP | 509 | 3,536 | 1,305 | 45 | 5,395 | 5.76% | |
| Colvin de Silva | LSSP | 228 | 211 | 174 | 22 | 635 | 0.68% | |
| Vasudeva Nanayakkara | NSSP | 83 | 80 | 100 | 13 | 276 | 0.29% | |
| Valid Votes | 31,009 | 34,455 | 26,872 | 1,260 | 93,596 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Votes | 536 | 440 | 777 | 42 | 1,795 | |||
| Total Polled | 31,545 | 34,895 | 27,649 | 1,302 | 95,391 | |||
| Registered Electors | 40,422 | 43,980 | 49,244 | 133,646 | ||||
| Turnout (%) | 78.04% | 79.34% | 56.15% | 71.38% | ||||
1988 provincial council election
Results of the 1st North Eastern provincial council election held on 19 November 1988:
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mutur | Seru- wila |
Trinco -malee | |||||
| Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front | 12,311 | 4,840 | 25,379 | 42,530 | 54.50% | 5 | |
| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 24,006 | 3,764 | 7,732 | 35,502 | 45.50% | 5 | |
| Valid Votes | 36,317 | 8,604 | 33,111 | 78,032 | 100.00% | 10 | |
| Rejected Votes | 810 | 295 | 1,272 | 2,377 | |||
| Total Polled | 37,127 | 8,899 | 34,383 | 80,409 | |||
| Registered Electors | 48,570 | 47,693 | 56,026 | 152,289 | |||
| Turnout (%) | 76.44% | 18.66% | 61.37% | 52.80% | |||
1988 presidential election
Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988:
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mutur | Seru- wila |
Trinco -malee | ||||||
| Ranasinghe Premadasa | UNP | 16,283 | 12,319 | 8,112 | 127 | 36,841 | 45.70% | |
| Sirimavo Bandaranaike | SLFP | 11,087 | 12,733 | 5,767 | 92 | 29,679 | 36.81% | |
| Oswin Abeygunasekara | SLPP | 4,909 | 789 | 8,378 | 27 | 14,103 | 17.49% | |
| Valid Votes | 32,276 | 25,841 | 22,257 | 246 | 80,620 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Votes | 352 | 404 | 565 | 5 | 1,326 | |||
| Total Polled | 32,631 | 26,245 | 22,822 | 251 | 81,949 | |||
| Registered Electors | 48,570 | 47,693 | 56,026 | 152,289 | ||||
| Turnout (%) | 67.18% | 55.03% | 40.73% | 53.81% | ||||
1989 parliamentary general election
Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989:
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mutur | Seru- wila |
Trinco -malee | ||||||
| Independent (EROS) | 7,565 | 1,456 | 15,915 | 303 | 25,239 | 24.85% | 2 | |
| Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 8,036 | 11,695 | 2,950 | 285 | 22,966 | 22.61% | 1 | |
| United National Party (CWC, UNP) | 7,681 | 11,481 | 2,881 | 407 | 22,450 | 22.10% | 1 | |
| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 10,804 | 1,848 | 5,164 | 68 | 17,884 | 17.61% | 0 | |
| Tamil United Liberation Front (ENDLF, EPRLF, TELO, TULF) | 3,160 | 2,011 | 7,325 | 259 | 12,755 | 12.56% | 0 | |
| Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | 63 | 77 | 141 | 3 | 284 | 0.28% | 0 | |
| Valid Votes | 37,309 | 28,568 | 34,376 | 1,325 | 101,578 | 100.00% | 4 | |
| Rejected Votes | 1,547 | 1,993 | 1,299 | 39 | 4,878 | |||
| Total Polled | 38,856 | 30,561 | 35,675 | 1,364 | 106,456 | |||
| Registered Electors | 48,260 | 47,331 | 55,236 | 1,462 | 152,289 | |||
| Turnout | 80.51% | 64.57% | 64.59% | 93.30% | 69.90% | |||
The following candidates were elected:M. K. D. S. Gunawardena (SLFP), 11,260 preference votes (pv); M. E. H. Maharoof (UNP), 10,000 pv; Sivapragasam Ratnarajah (EROS), 784 pv; and Konamalai Mathavarajah (EROS), 575 pv.
1994 parliamentary general election
Results of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994:
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mutur | Seru- wila |
Trinco -malee | ||||||
| United National Party (CWC, UNP) | 13,773 | 14,556 | 5,703 | 954 | 34,986 | 29.17% | 2 | |
| Tamil United Liberation Front | 6,817 | 1,765 | 18,548 | 1,250 | 28,380 | 23.66% | 1 | |
| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 18,677 | 1,870 | 5,710 | 646 | 26,903 | 22.43% | 1 | |
| People's Alliance (SLFP et al.) | 856 | 17,183 | 5,156 | 691 | 23,886 | 19.91% | 0 | |
| Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (EROS, PLOTE, TELO) | 651 | 271 | 2,736 | 51 | 3,709 | 3.09% | 0 | |
| Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front | 252 | 188 | 408 | 33 | 881 | 0.73% | 0 | |
| Independent Group | 200 | 35 | 352 | 21 | 608 | 0.51% | 0 | |
| Sri Lanka Progressive Front (JVP) | 86 | 286 | 199 | 18 | 589 | 0.49% | 0 | |
| Valid Votes | 41,312 | 36,154 | 38,812 | 3,664 | 119,942 | 100.00% | 4 | |
| Rejected Votes | 2,210 | 2,311 | 2,110 | 51 | 6,682 | |||
| Total Polled | 43,522 | 38,465 | 40,922 | 3,715 | 126,624 | |||
| Registered Electors | 61,949 | 54,632 | 67,509 | 184,090 | ||||
| Turnout | 70.25% | 70.41% | 60.62% | 68.78% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: A. Thangathurai (TULF), 22,409 preference votes (pv); M. N. Abdul Majeed (SLMC), 21,590 pv; M. E. H. Maharoof (UNP), 17,043 pv; and Vithanage Sunil Shantha Ranaweera (UNP), 15,084 pv.
A. Thangathurai (TULF) was murdered on 5 July 1997.
Mohamed Ehuttar Hadjiar Maharoof (UNP) was murdered on 20 July 1997.
1994 presidential election
Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994:
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mutur | Seru- wila |
Trinco -malee | ||||||
| Chandrika Kumaratunga | PA | 25,721 | 20,621 | 28,900 | 2,701 | 77,943 | 71.62% | |
| Srimathi Dissanayake | UNP | 11,209 | 11,726 | 3,925 | 1,146 | 28,006 | 25.74% | |
| Hudson Samarasinghe | Ind 2 | 946 | 415 | 697 | 16 | 2,074 | 1.91% | |
| G. A. Nihal | SLPF | 120 | 111 | 85 | 8 | 324 | 0.30% | |
| Harischandra Wijayatunga | SMBP | 74 | 85 | 112 | 8 | 279 | 0.26% | |
| A. J. Ranashinge | Ind 1 | 82 | 60 | 51 | 2 | 195 | 0.18% | |
| Valid Votes | 38,152 | 33,018 | 33,770 | 3,881 | 108,821 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Votes | 495 | 640 | 545 | 46 | 1,726 | |||
| Total Polled | 38,647 | 33,658 | 34,315 | 3,927 | 110,547 | |||
| Registered Electors | 61,949 | 54,632 | 67,509 | 4,135 | 184,090 | |||
| Turnout (%) | 62.39% | 61.61% | 50.83% | 94.97% | 60.05% | |||
1999 presidential election
Results of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999:
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mutur | Seru- wila |
Trinco -malee | ||||||
| Ranil Wickremasinghe | UNP | 18,987 | 14,551 | 28,061 | 1,752 | 63,351 | 50.25% | |
| Chandrika Kumaratunga | PA | 20,908 | 20,781 | 13,807 | 1,195 | 56,691 | 44.96% | |
| Nandana Gunathilake | JVP | 120 | 1,515 | 573 | 99 | 2,307 | 1.83% | |
| W. V. M. Ranjith | Ind 2 | 274 | 236 | 224 | 1 | 735 | 0.58% | |
| Rajiva Wijesinha | Liberal | 307 | 202 | 201 | 3 | 713 | 0.57% | |
| Abdul Rasool | SLMP | 298 | 73 | 201 | 27 | 599 | 0.48% | |
| T. Edirisuriya | Ind 1 | 165 | 181 | 130 | 1 | 477 | 0.38% | |
| Vasudeva Nanayakkara | LDA | 34 | 37 | 304 | 101 | 476 | 0.38% | |
| Kamal Karunadasa | PLSF | 108 | 65 | 71 | 1 | 245 | 0.19% | |
| Harischandra Wijayatunga | SMBP | 44 | 90 | 74 | 10 | 218 | 0.17% | |
| Hudson Samarasinghe | Ind 3 | 41 | 35 | 51 | 1 | 128 | 0.10% | |
| A. Dissanayaka | DUNF | 18 | 21 | 30 | 3 | 72 | 0.06% | |
| A. W. Premawardhana | PFF | 20 | 21 | 27 | 1 | 69 | 0.05% | |
| Valid Votes | 41,324 | 37,808 | 43,754 | 3,195 | 126,081 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Votes | 716 | 586 | 1,227 | 113 | 2,642 | |||
| Total Polled | 42,040 | 38,394 | 44,981 | 3,308 | 128,723 | |||
| Registered Electors | 66,690 | 57,634 | 77,484 | 201,808 | ||||
| Turnout (%) | 63.04% | 66.62% | 58.05% | 63.78% | ||||
2000 parliamentary general election
Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000:
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mutur | Seru- wila |
Trinco -malee | ||||||
| People's Alliance (SLFP, SLMC et al.) | 21,393 | 18,517 | 11,928 | 1,964 | 53,860 | 40.46% | 3 | |
| United National Party (DWC, NWC, UCPF, UNP) | 17,688 | 14,489 | 12,861 | 1,638 | 46,700 | 35.08% | 1 | |
| Tamil United Liberation Front | 1,615 | 944 | 11,070 | 459 | 14,090 | 10.58% | 0 | |
| Eelam People's Democratic Party | 746 | 316 | 3,382 | 80 | 4,524 | 3.40% | 0 | |
| All Ceylon Tamil Congress | 192 | 105 | 3,269 | 182 | 3,748 | 2.82% | 0 | |
| Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 156 | 2,056 | 901 | 180 | 3,301 | 2.48% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 2 | 156 | 37 | 2,268 | 160 | 2,621 | 1.97% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 3 | 609 | 119 | 674 | 32 | 1,434 | 1.08% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 6 | 236 | 90 | 526 | 20 | 872 | 0.65% | 0 | |
| Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization | 36 | 36 | 420 | 6 | 498 | 0.37% | 0 | |
| Citizen's Front | 82 | 46 | 269 | 7 | 404 | 0.30% | 0 | |
| Sinhala Heritage | 10 | 172 | 172 | 18 | 372 | 0.28% | 0 | |
| Liberal Party | 68 | 33 | 52 | 1 | 154 | 0.12% | 0 | |
| Sri Lanka Muslim Party | 19 | 12 | 120 | 2 | 153 | 0.11% | 0 | |
| Muslim United Liberation Front | 34 | 26 | 77 | 0 | 137 | 0.10% | 0 | |
| Democratic United National Front | 34 | 28 | 22 | 1 | 85 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya | 1 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 32 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 4 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 31 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 1 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 30 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 5 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 26 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| National Development Front | 4 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Ruhuna People's Party | 4 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| People's Freedom Front | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Valid Votes | 43,110 | 37,084 | 48,087 | 4,756 | 133,130 | 100.00% | 4 | |
| Rejected Votes | 2,581 | 2,468 | 3,385 | 8,642 | ||||
| Total Polled | 45,691 | 39,552 | 51,472 | 141,772 | ||||
| Registered Electors | 68,329 | 59,233 | 79,322 | 206,884 | ||||
| Turnout (%) | 66.87% | 66.77% | 64.89% | 68.52% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: M. A. M. Maharoof (UNP), 21,438 preference votes (pv); M. N. Abdul Majeed (PA), 18,173 pv; M. S. Thowfeek (PA-SLMC), 15,588 pv; and M. K. D. S. Gunawardena (PA), 15,392 pv.
2001 parliamentary general election
Results of the 12th parliamentary election held on 5 December 2001:
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Displaced Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mutur | Seru- wila |
Trinco -malee | |||||||
| United National Front (CWC, SLMC, UNP, WPF) | 29,473 | 16,266 | 14,560 | 2,570 | 61 | 62,930 | 39.05% | 2 | |
| Tamil National Alliance (ACTC, EPRLF(S), TELO, TULF) | 14,393 | 4,796 | 35,639 | 1,289 | 4 | 56,121 | 34.83% | 1 | |
| People's Alliance (NUA, SLFP et al.) | 11,199 | 14,965 | 5,027 | 1,745 | 61 | 32,997 | 20.48% | 1 | |
| Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 168 | 3,818 | 1,664 | 443 | 2 | 6,095 | 3.78% | 0 | |
| Eelam People's Democratic Party | 124 | 85 | 1,209 | 52 | 0 | 1,470 | 0.91% | 0 | |
| New Left Front (NSSP et al.) | 184 | 280 | 136 | 15 | 4 | 619 | 0.38% | 0 | |
| Sinhala Heritage | 20 | 139 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 202 | 0.13% | 0 | |
| National Development Front | 41 | 51 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 165 | 0.10% | 0 | |
| Muslim United Liberation Front | 32 | 28 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 113 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| United Sinhala Great Council | 44 | 38 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| Liberal Party | 35 | 37 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 99 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| Democratic United National Front | 28 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 6 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 1 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Sri Lanka Muslim Party | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Sri Lanka National Front | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Valid Votes | 55,801 | 40,578 | 58,495 | 6,131 | 133 | 161,138 | 100.00% | 4 | |
| Rejected Votes | 2,844 | 2,142 | 3,251 | 185 | 7 | 8,429 | |||
| Total Polled | 58,645 | 42,720 | 61,746 | 6,316 | 140 | 169,567 | |||
| Registered Electors | 70,168 | 60,690 | 81,422 | 212,280 | |||||
| Turnout (%) | 83.58% | 70.39% | 75.83% | 79.88% | |||||
The following candidates were elected: R. Sampanthan (TNA-TULF), 40,110 preference votes (pv); M. A. M. Maharoof (UNF), 25,264 pv; K. M. Thowfeek (UNF-SLMC), 24,847 pv; and M. K. D. S. Gunawardena (PA), 14,938 pv.
2004 parliamentary general election
Results of the 13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004:
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mutur | Seru- wila |
Trinco -malee | ||||||
| Tamil National Alliance (ACTC, EPRLF(S), ITAK, TELO) | 17,005 | 6,178 | 43,880 | 1,892 | 68,955 | 37.72% | 2 | |
| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 45,523 | 4,647 | 13,378 | 1,450 | 65,187 | 35.66% | 1 | |
| United People's Freedom Alliance (JVP, NUA, SLFP et al.) | 1,854 | 19,607 | 6,229 | 3,362 | 31,053 | 16.99% | 1 | |
| United National Front (CWC, DPF, UNP) | 689 | 10,346 | 3,193 | 1,463 | 15,693 | 8.59% | 0 | |
| Jathika Hela Urumaya | 21 | 563 | 119 | 88 | 791 | 0.43% | 0 | |
| Eelam People's Democratic Party | 49 | 61 | 393 | 37 | 540 | 0.30% | 0 | |
| United Muslim People's Alliance | 50 | 32 | 33 | 2 | 117 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| New Left Front (NSSP et al.) | 32 | 12 | 35 | 8 | 87 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Ruhuna People's Party | 53 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 82 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya | 42 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 65 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 1 | 31 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 61 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 6 | 30 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 58 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 5 | 26 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 53 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 3 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 2 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Valid Votes | 65,425 | 41,520 | 67,347 | 8,308 | 182,794 | 100.00% | 4 | |
| Rejected Votes | 3,080 | 2,424 | 3,073 | 273 | 8,863 | |||
| Total Polled | 68,505 | 43,944 | 70,420 | 8,581 | 191,657 | |||
| Registered Electors | 74,869 | 63,161 | 86,277 | 224,307 | ||||
| Turnout (%) | 91.50% | 69.57% | 81.62% | 85.44% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: R. Sampanthan (TNA-ITAK), 47,735 preference votes (pv); K. Thurairetnasingam (TNA-ITAK), 34,773 pv; M. N. Abdul Majeed (SLMC), 26,948 pv; and Jayantha Wijesekara (UPFA-SLFP), 19,983 pv.
M. N. Abdul Majeed (SLMC) was expelled from the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress on 30 May 2004. He subsequently joined the United People's Freedom Alliance.
2005 presidential election
Results of the 5th presidential election held on 17 November 2005:
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Displaced Votes |
Total Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mutur | Seru- wila |
Trinco -malee | |||||||
| Ranil Wickremasinghe | UNP | 29,061 | 17,835 | 41,369 | 3,913 | 19 | 92,197 | 61.33% | |
| Mahinda Rajapaksa | UPFA | 18,817 | 21,353 | 10,878 | 4,621 | 11 | 55,680 | 37.04% | |
| Siritunga Jayasuriya | USP | 338 | 142 | 299 | 13 | 0 | 792 | 0.53% | |
| A. A. Suraweera | NDF | 257 | 153 | 138 | 10 | 0 | 558 | 0.37% | |
| Victor Hettigoda | ULPP | 45 | 56 | 133 | 42 | 0 | 276 | 0.18% | |
| A. K. J. Arachchige | DUA | 82 | 35 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 165 | 0.11% | |
| Chamil Jayaneththi | NLF | 32 | 50 | 65 | 10 | 0 | 157 | 0.10% | |
| Aruna de Soyza | RPP | 65 | 50 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 157 | 0.10% | |
| Anura De Silva | ULF | 45 | 29 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 132 | 0.09% | |
| Wimal Geeganage | SLNF | 16 | 26 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 0.05% | |
| Wije Dias | SEP | 18 | 14 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 0.04% | |
| P. Nelson Perera | SLPF | 22 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 0.04% | |
| H.S. Dharmadwaja | UNAF | 10 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0.02% | |
| Valid Votes | 48,808 | 39,759 | 53,106 | 8,631 | 30 | 150,334 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Votes | 542 | 406 | 956 | 190 | 0 | 2,094 | |||
| Total Polled | 49,350 | 40,165 | 54,062 | 8,821 | 30 | 152,428 | |||
| Registered Electors | 81,534 | 66,126 | 91,095 | 238,755 | |||||
| Turnout (%) | 60.53% | 60.74% | 59.35% | 63.84% | |||||
2008 provincial council election
Results of the 1st Eastern provincial council election held on 10 May 2008:
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Displaced Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mutur | Seru- wila |
Trinco -malee | |||||||
| United National Party (SLMC, UNP) | 28,233 | 10,855 | 28,146 | 2,481 | 70,858 | 51.37% | 5 | ||
| United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, TMVP et al.) | 18,451 | 21,915 | 13,828 | 4,938 | 59,298 | 42.99% | 4 | ||
| Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 160 | 2,286 | 1,408 | 411 | 4,266 | 3.09% | 1 | ||
| United Socialist Party | 495 | 249 | 537 | 18 | 1,309 | 0.95% | 0 | ||
| Independent Group 18 | 88 | 43 | 323 | 8 | 468 | 0.34% | 0 | ||
| Eelavar Democratic Front (EROS) | 124 | 125 | 195 | 13 | 459 | 0.33% | 0 | ||
| Akila Ilankai Tamil United Front | 25 | 9 | 311 | 33 | 378 | 0.27% | 0 | ||
| Independent Group 4 | 94 | 10 | 101 | 3 | 209 | 0.15% | 0 | ||
| People's Front of Liberation Tigers | 25 | 7 | 117 | 10 | 163 | 0.12% | 0 | ||
| Independent Group 12 | 8 | 13 | 91 | 6 | 118 | 0.09% | 0 | ||
| National Development Front | 16 | 41 | 22 | 9 | 89 | 0.06% | 0 | ||
| Independent Group 5 | 20 | 8 | 28 | 2 | 58 | 0.04% | 0 | ||
| Independent Group 19 | 8 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 43 | 0.03% | 0 | ||
| Independent Group 17 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 0.02% | 0 | ||
| Independent Group 11 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 0.01% | 0 | ||
| Independent Group 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 0.01% | 0 | ||
| Independent Group 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 0.01% | 0 | ||
| Independent Group 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 0.01% | 0 | ||
| Independent Group 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 0.01% | 0 | ||
| Independent Group 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0.01% | 0 | ||
| Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0.01% | 0 | ||
| Independent Group 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0.01% | 0 | ||
| Independent Group 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0.01% | 0 | ||
| Independent Group 15 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0.01% | 0 | ||
| Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0.01% | 0 | ||
| Sri Lanka National Front | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0.01% | 0 | ||
| Independent Group 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0.01% | 0 | ||
| Independent Group 9 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0.01% | 0 | ||
| Independent Group 16 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
| Ruhuna People's Party | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
| Independent Group 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
| Valid Votes | 47,788 | 35,650 | 45,208 | 7,943 | 137,929 | 100.00% | 10 | ||
| Rejected Votes | 3,779 | 3,185 | 5,020 | 411 | 12,695 | ||||
| Total Polled | 51,567 | 38,835 | 50,228 | 8,354 | 150,624 | ||||
| Registered Electors | 84,175 | 66,690 | 91,598 | 242,463 | |||||
| Turnout | 61.26% | 58.23% | 54.84% | 62.12% | |||||
The following candidates were elected: Ajju Mohamed Mohamed Faiz (UPFA); Ariyawathi W. G. M. Galappaththi (UPFA); Rauff Hakeem (UNP-SLMC); M. K. D. S. Gunawardena (UPFA); M. A. M. Maharoof (UNP); Sathak Lebbe Muhammadu Hasan Moulavi (UPFA); Arunasalam Parasuraman (UNP); K. G. Wimal Piyathissa (JVP); M. S. Thowfeek (UNP-SLMC); and Rathna Sabapathi Nawarathnarajah Varathan (UNP).
2010 presidential election
Results of the 6th presidential election held on 26 January 2010:
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Displaced Votes |
Total Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mutur | Seru- wila |
Trinco -malee | |||||||
| Sarath Fonseka | NDF | 32,631 | 15,260 | 35,887 | 3,798 | 85 | 87,661 | 54.09% | |
| Mahinda Rajapaksa | UPFA | 21,002 | 27,932 | 13,935 | 6,882 | 1 | 69,752 | 43.04% | |
| M. C. M. Ismail | DUNF | 384 | 262 | 445 | 23 | 1 | 1,115 | 0.69% | |
| C. J. Sugathsiri Gamage | UDF | 252 | 121 | 384 | 8 | 0 | 765 | 0.47% | |
| W. V. Mahiman Ranjith | Ind 1 | 131 | 133 | 74 | 8 | 0 | 346 | 0.21% | |
| A. A. Suraweera | NDF | 110 | 100 | 83 | 18 | 0 | 311 | 0.19% | |
| M. K. Shivajilingam | Ind 5 | 52 | 32 | 193 | 25 | 0 | 302 | 0.19% | |
| Sarath Manamendra | NSH | 117 | 63 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 252 | 0.16% | |
| Siritunga Jayasuriya | USP | 94 | 54 | 95 | 4 | 0 | 247 | 0.15% | |
| Lal Perera | ONF | 98 | 42 | 98 | 2 | 0 | 240 | 0.15% | |
| A. S. P Liyanage | SLLP | 65 | 66 | 83 | 4 | 0 | 218 | 0.13% | |
| Ukkubanda Wijekoon | Ind 3 | 58 | 51 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 147 | 0.09% | |
| Vikramabahu Karunaratne | LF | 32 | 29 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 125 | 0.08% | |
| Aithurus M. Illias | Ind 2 | 43 | 14 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 105 | 0.06% | |
| Sanath Pinnaduwa | NA | 33 | 21 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 0.05% | |
| Wije Dias | SEP | 30 | 19 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 0.05% | |
| M. Mohamed Musthaffa | Ind 4 | 31 | 13 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 76 | 0.05% | |
| Aruna de Soyza | RPP | 15 | 19 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 0.04% | |
| Sarath Kongahage | UNAF | 11 | 9 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 0.03% | |
| Senaratna de Silva | PNF | 11 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0.03% | |
| M. B. Thaminimulla | ACAKO | 11 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 0.03% | |
| Battaramulla Seelarathana | JP | 8 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 0.03% | |
| Valid Votes | 55,219 | 44,269 | 51,698 | 10,799 | 87 | 162,072 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Votes | 696 | 563 | 1,050 | 120 | 3 | 2,432 | |||
| Total Polled | 55,915 | 44,832 | 52,748 | 10,919 | 90 | 164,504 | |||
| Registered Electors | 85,401 | 69,047 | 86,685 | 241,133 | |||||
| Turnout | 65.47% | 64.93% | 60.85% | 68.22% | |||||
2010 parliamentary general election
Results of the 14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010:
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Displaced Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mutur | Seru- wila |
Trinco -malee | |||||||
| United People's Freedom Alliance (ACMC, NC, SLFP et al.) | 18,576 | 22,756 | 10,961 | 7,487 | 4 | 59,784 | 42.78% | 2 | |
| United National Front (DPF, SLFP(P), SLMC, UNP) | 21,963 | 6,936 | 8,718 | 2,074 | 0 | 39,691 | 28.40% | 1 | |
| Tamil National Alliance (EPRLF(S), ITAK, TELO) | 8,068 | 3,297 | 20,578 | 1,306 | 19 | 33,268 | 23.81% | 1 | |
| Democratic National Alliance (JVP et al.) | 180 | 1,460 | 522 | 357 | 0 | 2,519 | 1.80% | 0 | |
| Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal | 302 | 262 | 1,106 | 42 | 0 | 1,712 | 1.23% | 0 | |
| Tamil National People's Front (ACTC et al.) | 161 | 39 | 956 | 26 | 0 | 1,182 | 0.85% | 0 | |
| Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (Padmanaba) | 9 | 51 | 205 | 14 | 0 | 279 | 0.20% | 0 | |
| Sri Lanka National Front | 12 | 140 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 170 | 0.12% | 0 | |
| United Socialist Party | 96 | 20 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 150 | 0.11% | 0 | |
| National Development Front | 22 | 48 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 109 | 0.08% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 11 | 82 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 101 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 7 | 21 | 30 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 98 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| All Lanka Tamil United Front | 10 | 16 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 85 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| United National Alternative Front | 31 | 14 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 76 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 14 | 16 | 28 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 3 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 6 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 13 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 12 | 20 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 1 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 10 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Left Liberation Front (LLF, TNLA) | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Muslim Liberation Front | 21 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| United Democratic Front | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Janasetha Peramuna | 5 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 4 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 9 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Valid Votes | 49,681 | 35,213 | 43,454 | 11,371 | 23 | 139,742 | 100.00% | 4 | |
| Rejected Votes | 3,246 | 2,854 | 3,483 | 653 | 4 | 10,240 | |||
| Total Polled | 52,927 | 38,067 | 46,937 | 12,024 | 27 | 149,982 | |||
| Registered Electors | 85,401 | 69,047 | 86,685 | 241,133 | |||||
| Turnout | 61.97% | 55.13% | 54.15% | 62.20% | |||||
The following candidates were elected: R. Sampanthan (TNA-ITAK), 24,488 preference votes (pv); M. S. Thowfeek (UNF-SLMC), 23,588 pv; Susantha Punchinilame (UPFA), 22,820 pv; and M. K. D. S. Gunawardena (UPFA), 19,734 pv.
2012 provincial council election
Results of the 2nd Eastern provincial council election held on 8 September 2012:
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mutur | Seru- wila |
Trinco -malee | ||||||
| Tamil National Alliance (EPRLF (S), ITAK, PLOTE, TELO, TULF) | 10,213 | 5,014 | 28,067 | 1,102 | 44,396 | 29.08% | 3 | |
| United People's Freedom Alliance (ACMC, NC, SLFP, TMVP et al.) | 13,011 | 17,785 | 7,949 | 4,579 | 43,324 | 28.38% | 3 | |
| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 14,617 | 2,390 | 8,642 | 527 | 26,176 | 17.15% | 2 | |
| United National Party | 12,318 | 7,148 | 2,979 | 1,994 | 24,439 | 16.01% | 1 | |
| National Freedom Front | 490 | 6,450 | 1,527 | 1,055 | 9,522 | 6.24% | 1 | |
| Independent Group 10 | 1,350 | 55 | 155 | 82 | 1,642 | 1.08% | 0 | |
| Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 21 | 518 | 141 | 97 | 777 | 0.51% | 0 | |
| Socialist Alliance (CPSL, DLF, LSSP) | 400 | 38 | 162 | 12 | 612 | 0.40% | 0 | |
| Eelavar Democratic Front (EROS) | 168 | 117 | 93 | 7 | 385 | 0.25% | 0 | |
| Akila Ilankai Tamil United Front | 38 | 79 | 259 | 8 | 384 | 0.25% | 0 | |
| United Socialist Party | 75 | 37 | 32 | 5 | 149 | 0.10% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 8 | 75 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 121 | 0.08% | 0 | |
| Sri Lanka Labour Party | 14 | 6 | 86 | 1 | 107 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| United Lanka Great Council | 22 | 13 | 58 | 4 | 97 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 16 | 23 | 36 | 22 | 8 | 89 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 6 | 9 | 56 | 12 | 4 | 81 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Patriotic National Front | 48 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 78 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 3 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 1 | 36 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Jana Setha Peramuna | 2 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 35 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 12 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 30 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 9 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 29 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 4 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 7 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Muslim Liberation Front | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 14 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Ruhuna People's Party | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Valid Votes | 52,967 | 39,875 | 50,292 | 9,529 | 152,663 | 100.00% | 10 | |
| Rejected Votes | 3,032 | 2,979 | 4,563 | 750 | 11,324 | |||
| Total Polled | 55,999 | 42,854 | 54,855 | 10,279 | 163,987 | |||
| Registered Electors | 89,370 | 70,141 | 85,852 | 245,363 | ||||
| Turnout | 62.66% | 61.10% | 63.89% | 66.83% | ||||
The following candidates were elected: S. Thandayuthapani (TNA-ITAK), 20,854 preference votes (pv); Ariyawathy Galappaththy (UPFA), 14,224 pv; Kekunawela Pathiranage Priyantha Prema Kumara (UPFA), 12,393 pv; M. N. Abdul Majeed (UPFA-SLFP), 11,726 pv; Kumaraswamy Nageswaran (TNA-ITAK), 10,911 pv; Anver Ramlan Mohamed (SLMC), 10,904 pv; Asan Sathak Lebbe Mohamed Moulavi (SLMC), 10,732 pv; Jegatheesan Janarthanan (TNA-ITAK), 8,949 pv; and Naketh Gedara Wijesekara Mudiyanselage Jayantha Wijesekara (NFF), 7,303 pv.
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| Central Province | |
| Eastern Province | |
| Northern Province | |
| North Central Province | |
| North Western Province | |
| Sabaragamuwa | |
| Southern Province | |
| Uva | |
| Western Province | |
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