Ampara (Digamadulla) Electoral District (; ) is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of 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. The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 13.
Polling Divisions The Ampara Electoral District consists of the following polling divisions:
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:
CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%AmparaKal-munaiPottu-vilSaman-thurai J. R. Jayewardene UNP 29,049 18,347 23,286 19,079 1,011 90,772 56.39% Hector KobbekaduwaSLFP 20,552 8,197 17,265 6,710 372 53,096 32.99% Kumar Ponnambalam ACTC 96 926 5,748 1,214 95 8,079 5.02% Rohana Wijeweera JVP 3,039 861 2,518 1,197 64 7,679 4.77% Colvin de Silva LSSP 278 153 304 221 11 967 0.60% 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 1,570 163,071Registered 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:
PartyVotes per Polling DivisionTotal Votes%SeatsAmparaKal-munaiPottu-vilSaman-thurai Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 40 26,441 34,972 28,983 90,436 63.03% 9 Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front 20 12,626 25,140 7,968 45,754 31.89% 4 United National Party 5,338 111 1,704 147 7,300 5.09% 1Valid Votes 5,398 39,178 61,816 37,098 143,490 100.00% 14Rejected 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:
CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%AmparaKal-munaiPottu-vilSaman-thurai Ranasinghe Premadasa UNP 34,251 18,746 25,262 17,866 295 96,420 50.77% 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:
PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsAmparaKal-munaiPottu-vilSaman-thurai United National Party (CWC, UNP) 37,611 6,513 11,475 6,163 838 62,600 29.29% 3 Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 190 15,144 21,631 23,820 540 61,325 28.69% 1 Sri Lanka Freedom Party 28,602 2,241 13,012 971 574 45,400 21.24% 1 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% 0Valid Votes 67,137 35,312 69,627 39,393 2,245 213,714 100.00% 6Rejected 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: 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:
PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsAmparaKal-munaiPottu-vilSaman-thurai United National Party (CWC, UNP) 42,100 7,631 16,717 9,874 2,445 78,767 32.72% 3 Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 72 22,653 28,851 21,997 1,519 75,092 31.19% 2 People's Alliance (SLFP et al.) 42,819 584 7,959 889 1,899 54,150 22.49% 1 Tamil United Liberation Front 65 6,294 13,532 4,355 280 24,526 10.19% 0 Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (EROS, PLOTE, TELO) 151 789 2,235 969 48 4,192 1.74% 0 Independent Group 88 358 2,420 344 156 3,366 1.40% 0 Sri Lanka Progressive Front (JVP) 465 26 108 44 30 673 0.28% 0Valid Votes 85,760 38,335 71,822 38,472 6,377 240,766 100.00% 6Rejected 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: 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:
CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%AmparaKal-munaiPottu-vilSaman-thurai Chandrika Kumaratunga PA 44,423 31,511 56,780 30,890 4,685 168,289 72.36% Srimathi Dissanayake UNP 34,832 4,092 11,774 6,056 2,320 59,074 25.40% Hudson Samarasinghe Ind 2 640 701 1,407 918 11 3,677 1.58% G. A. Nihal SLPF 246 78 147 79 24 574 0.25% A. J. Ranashinge Ind 1 231 70 88 89 18 496 0.21% 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:
CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%AmparaKal-munaiPottu-vilSaman-thurai Chandrika Kumaratunga PA 48,385 23,773 46,341 28,822 2,272 149,593 55.59% Ranil Wickremasinghe UNP 39,712 18,390 34,407 15,225 2,071 109,805 40.80% Nandana Gunathilake JVP 3,275 34 427 86 0 4,068 1.51% 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% 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% Harischandra Wijayatunga SMBP 206 18 76 34 10 344 0.13% 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:
PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsAmparaKal-munaiPottu-vilSaman-thurai People's Alliance (SLFP, SLMC et al.) 44,391 22,459 39,753 25,501 4,319 136,423 51.13% 4 United National Party (DWC, NWC, UCPF, UNP) 40,526 12,300 30,750 14,625 3,427 101,628 38.09% 2 Independent 2 (Eelam People's Democratic Party) 12 5,480 10,729 3,144 447 19,812 7.43% 1 Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 4,627 31 444 79 515 5,696 2.13% 0 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 Independent Group 3 12 148 120 79 16 375 0.14% 0 Liberal Party 119 62 72 56 4 313 0.12% 0 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 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 Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya 32 6 3 5 2 48 0.02% 0 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% 0Valid Votes 90,380 40,923 82,613 44,079 8,805 266,800 100.00% 7Rejected 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: 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:
PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesDisplacedVotesTotal Votes%SeatsAmparaKal-munaiPottu-vilSaman-thurai Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 222 22,765 29,047 21,705 1,518 0 75,257 26.86% 3 People's Alliance (NUA, SLFP et al.) 40,243 2,700 13,861 5,981 2,461 0 65,246 23.28% 2 United National Front (CWC, UNP, WPF) 41,149 4,411 9,515 1,280 2,113 0 58,468 20.87% 1 Tamil National Alliance (ACTC, EPRLF(S), TELO, TULF) 13 11,558 28,882 7,801 534 1 48,789 17.41% 1 Independent Group 9 40 1,051 5,062 8,275 380 0 14,808 5.28% 0 Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 7,994 13 802 56 637 0 9,502 3.39% 0 Eelam People's Democratic Party 156 1,346 3,377 973 49 0 5,901 2.11% 0 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 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 Independent Group 8 5 2 22 31 0 0 60 0.02% 0 Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya 22 4 8 4 1 0 39 0.01% 0 Independent Group 10 3 1 18 13 0 0 35 0.01% 0 Independent Group 15 16 3 9 7 0 0 35 0.01% 0 Independent Group 1 9 3 6 12 0 0 30 0.01% 0 Independent Group 4 4 4 13 4 0 0 25 0.01% 0 Independent Group 7 6 1 8 5 0 0 20 0.01% 0 Independent Group 3 5 5 6 3 0 0 19 0.01% 0 Independent Group 5 9 2 5 2 1 0 19 0.01% 0 Independent Group 2 3 5 4 4 0 0 16 0.01% 0 Independent Group 12 3 2 5 3 0 0 13 0.00% 0 Independent Group 11 2 3 4 1 0 0 10 0.00% 0 Independent Group 13 3 2 2 0 0 0 7 0.00% 0 Independent Group 6 2 0 3 1 0 0 6 0.00% 0Valid Votes 90,780 40,048 91,219 46,420 7,709 1 280,215 100.00% 7Rejected 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: 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: