Gampaha 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 Gampaha in the Western province. The district currently elects 19 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 1,785,964 registered electors in 2020. The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 02.
Polling Divisions The Gampaha Electoral District consists of the following polling divisions:
A: Wattala
B: Negombo
C: Katana
D: Divulapitiya
E: Mirigama
F: Minuwangoda
G: Attanagalla
H. Gampaha
I. Ja-Ela
J. Mahara
K. Dompe
L. Biyagama
M. Kelaniya
Presidential Elections
1982 presidential election Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982 for the district:
CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes% Junius JayewardeneUNP22,53125,39825,97426,57327,84532,42026,50424,73225,85329,67230,28930,34629,3878,323365,84752.50% Hector Kobbekaduwa SLFP31,49518,53923,44727,50828,53221,07422,02719,05025,58025,84924,14313,34515,7175,502301,80843.31% Rohana WijeweeraJVP1,9261,3891,5471,6701,9421,6831,3562,1791,9521,9923,1861,0491,40242823,7013.40% Colvin R. de SilvaLSSP2722372312473363463343123072603162362321693,8350.55% Vasudeva Nanayakkara NSSP654779571011571047469706712759461,1220.16% Kumar PonnambalamACTC321328333329362517272997119165340.08%Valid Votes56,32145,62351,30656,08858,78955,70950,36146,37253,77857,87058,03045,20046,91614,484696,847100.00%Rejected Votes4304104325195174884374804183994784124251475,992Total Polled56,75146,03351,73856,60759,30656,19750,79846,85254,19658,26958,50845,61247,34114,631702,839Registered Electors67,06155,45761,49466,20772,37169,62460,56058,67165,66069,56670,69559,88458,015835,265Turnout84.63%83.01%84.14%85.50%81.95%80.71%83.88%79.86%82.54%83.76%82.76%76.17%81.60% 84.15%
1988 presidential election Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988 for the district:
CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes% Sirimavo BandaranaikeSLFP 35,75823,63325,85730,82934,34025,35725,37922,87730,30529,75127,71216,60119,3617,793355,55348.83% Ranasinghe PremadasaUNP22,24223,93025,79226,15525,94830,02128,76021,39526,02429,42426,83529,01627,9456,605350,09248.08% Ossie AbeygunasekeraSLMP1,4751,5181,0559761,8391,7662,0362,7002,4071,4041,0741,7201,90159622,4673.09%Valid Votes59,47549,08152,70457,96062,12757,14456,17546,97258,73660,57955,62147,33749,20714,994728,112100.00%Rejected Votes7356857425117211,05282269073582586058766647710,108Total Polled60,21049,76653,44658,47162,84858,19656,99747,66259,47161,40456,48147,92449,87315,471738,220Registered Electors79,17266,16668,37772,94585,42481,56676,45265,96179,93678,05678,95368,25068,477969,735Turnout76.05%75.21%78.16%80.16%73.57%71.35%74.55%72.26%74.40%78.67%71.54%70.22%72.83% 76.13%
1994 presidential election Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994 for the district:
CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes% Chandrika KumaratungaPA51,92336,45935,22039,15151,19744,16642,91635,60146,49442,04140,28831,64837,37316,177550,65464.74% Srima Dissanayake UNP17,43719,67823,74919,92020,09424,26024,63718,82521,93522,83922,58522,13123,6716,847288,60833.93% Harischandra WijayatungaSMBP3743401692284032661843443112992701331831903,6940.43% Hudson SamarasingheInd 2396201235283215152251151251252248184180203,0190.35% A. J. RanasingheInd 1206235149152246236187187235233208172214512,7110.32% Nihal Galappaththi SLPF 1751271151161471501281071881212228099571,8320.22%Valid Votes70,51157,04059,63759,85072,30269,23068,30355,21569,41465,78563,82154,34861,72023,342850,518100.00%Rejected Votes1,0659308328679581,1418649201,0648921,44676192247513,137Total Polled71,57657,97060,46960,71773,26070,37169,16756,13570,47866,67765,26755,10962,64223,817863,655Registered Electors91,90780,60077,10480,415100,41697,30592,02778,19198,09189,19289,45580,58985,5161,140,808Turnout77.88%71.92%78.43%75.50%72.96%72.32%75.16%71.79%71.85%74.76%72.96%68.38%73.25% 75.71%
1999 presidential election Results of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999 for the district:
CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes% Chandrika KumaratungaPA51,20436,55035,24539,21451,60644,09845,60730,94746,70342,31438,07528,51532,9549,764532,79656.58% Ranil WickramasingheUNP21,70926,06127,00723,85726,25729,72627,38922,21527,77128,32828,45628,15630,5666,471353,96937.59% Nandana GunathilakeJVP3,6082,8252,0462,7944,4333,0892,2242,9403,9413,6584,2131,3602,1271,21440,4724.30% Harischandra WijayatungaSMBP4113692152816262362615124024504151061842854,7530.50% Vasudeva NanayakkaraLDA 12511897971982241711241711061121562791242,1020.22% Tennyson EdirisuriyaInd 114311010714213011214810811312511611174101,5490.16% W. V. M.RanjithInd 21331141271371148212576122134150928361,4950.16% Abdul RasoolSLMP21294548163828210399981981266021,3540.14% RajivaWijesinhaLPSL957810012190729252103102106747281,1650.12% KamalKarunadasaPLSF77546271775771596294825547108780.09% Hudson SamarasingheInd 34524363539272519302950362234200.04% AriyawanshaDissanayakaDUNF52272148262119193033312027123860.04% A. W.PremawardhanaPFF 1418302923262116272021151732800.03%Valid Votes77,82866,44265,14766,90783,68277,85276,23557,19079,57475,49172,02558,82266,51217,912941,619100.00%Rejected Votes1,9331,4439411,0811,7801,7591,5451,5821,8091,5141,6191,1811,5411,04020,768Total Polled79,76167,88566,08867,98885,46279,61177,78058,77281,38377,00573,64460,00368,05318,952962,387Registered Electors101,47088,03483,07787,240111,814104,076100,35277,425107,70198,92796,90783,50888,3771,228,908Turnout78.61%77.11%79.55%77.93%76.43%76.49%77.51%75.91%75.56%77.84%75.99%71.85%77.00% 78.31%
2005 presidential election Results of the 5th presidential election held on 17 November 2005 for the district:
CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes% Mahinda RajapaksaUPFA52,39343,24939,34745,84962,01846,95049,09533,17956,75949,50945,53724,23631,44617,131596,69854.78% Ranil WickramasingheUNP33,17134,68534,94530,30634,37642,60640,47328,67637,77237,80136,34540,80540,9848,819481,76444.23% Siritunga JayasuriyaUSP25215521722719719625813021125922725220092,7900.26% A. A.SuraweeraNDF21418317923819116719514219817919614114172,3710.22% Victor HettigodaULPP20811811512916817517710115516214592151871,9830.18% ChamilJayaneththiNLF83477961705479375574857547108560.08% Arunade SoyzaRPP6342465155518423604238373726310.06% AnuraDe SilvaULF4028515246565226425970463926090.06% Wimal GeeganageSLNF 4841485642454320503862343765700.05% A. K. J.ArachchigeDUA3723363931193123353642422224180.04% WijeDiasSEP3521152829291820292928253163430.03% P. NelsonPereraSLPF 167151191113510221316811570.01% H. S.DharmadwajaUNAF82789310541013152870.01%Valid Votes86,56878,60175,10077,05597,24190,36290,52862,38795,38088,22082,80165,80273,14826,0841,089,277100.00%Rejected Votes1,09075468066994497397770890194798279987342711,724Total Polled87,65879,35575,78077,72498,18591,33591,50563,09596,28189,16783,78366,60174,02126,5111,101,001Registered Electors112,89899,19393,67797,143124,714117,040114,59580,301122,039111,211107,55389,36194,4551,364,180Turnout77.64%80.00%80.89%80.01%78.73%78.04%79.85%78.57%78.89%80.18%77.90%74.53%78.37% 80.71%
2010 presidential election Results of the 6th presidential election held on 26 January 2010 for the district:
CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes% MahindaRajapaksaUPFA61,33752,06648,14956,75871,81156,72659,55836,24269,08560,31854,69732,12539,31620,528718,71661.66% SarathFonsekaNDF30,11031,76228,51823,61932,26239,70138,60526,74034,80733,05730,16936,66938,7899,698434,50637.28% M. C. M.IsmailDUNF136102197124122149150124136235160187215222,0590.18% A. A. SuraweeraNDF2021181452081291401178421618416812214061,9790.17% W. V. M.RanjithInd 11219110813711473142671231111316982101,3790.12% C. J. SugathsiriGamageUDF9168908178731058598101101138110111,2300.11% A. S. P.LiyanageSLLP77100615965777290765489679789920.09% Ukkubanda WijekoonInd 35754557455458224494974355077100.06% Aithurus M. IlliasInd 26028443843313431423965343525260.05% Lal PereraONF4740383135354827364343504835240.04% Vikramabahu KarunaratneLF46252425403254184049304860195100.04% Sarath ManamendraNSH4935433740344628283838325025000.04% Siritunga JayasuriyaUSP4134412935404028364558273784990.04% M. K. ShivajilingamInd 52620151711153713171922484213030.03% WijeDiasSEP268142015232516241810142232380.02% M. Mohamed MusthaffaInd 419141213181712101514714801730.01% Ven.BattaramullaSeelarathana TheroJSP1510161261014723141671171680.01% Sanath PinnaduwaNA117912811169111316111201460.01% Sarath KongahageUNAF108176624107691071231350.01% Arunade SoyzaRPP147111021108886117541300.01% Senaratna de SilvaPNF9109697137121010101011230.01% M. B. ThaminimullaACAKO11488469617982911020.01%Valid Votes92,51584,61177,62481,324104,92797,27999,19763,671104,90594,43585,93369,72379,16030,3441,165,648100.00%Rejected Votes6456294764846826927675846296187196508305558,960Total Polled93,16085,24078,10081,808105,60997,97199,96464,255105,53495,05386,65270,37379,99030,8991,174,608Registered Electors120,900107,78699,742104,155133,606127,821127,42183,105134,581120,860114,56696,028103,8931,474,464Turnout77.06%79.08%78.30%78.54%79.05%76.65%78.45%77.32%78.42%78.65%75.64%73.28%76.99%79.66%
2015 presidential election Results of the 7th presidential election held on 8 January 2015:
CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes% MaithripalaSirisena NDF 50,308 48,667 40,112 38,491 53,922 58,669 58,507 37,884 55,334 51,581 45,202 53,331 56,541 20,386 669,007 49.83% MahindaRajapaksa UPFA 54,777 50,173 45,813 54,714 63,962 53,481 54,355 32,856 63,314 54,929 51,244 25,432 38,001 20,296 664,347 49.49% R. A.Sirisena PNF 86 89 95 109 102 89 119 79 94 125 104 64 82 12 1,249 0.09% NamalRajapaksa ONF 100 62 75 104 61 73 77 63 112 73 81 62 69 21 1,033 0.08% AithurusM. Illias Ind 1 98 49 83 72 70 70 84 35 68 88 82 65 59 7 930 0.07% A. S. P.Liyanage SLLP 57 56 67 38 57 62 84 46 51 61 69 110 108 6 872 0.06% M. I. MohamedMishlar UPF 91 56 64 62 54 53 64 69 61 66 53 83 84 5 859 0.06% DumindaNagamuwa FSP 50 75 57 52 85 52 47 34 87 55 51 50 60 25 780 0.06% R. PeduruArachchi ULPP 48 46 45 51 40 49 57 45 63 53 48 62 57 4 668 0.05% SiritungaJayasuriya USP 44 27 30 26 44 41 48 35 33 54 55 48 65 16 566 0.04% Ven.BattaramullaSeelarathana Thero JSP 40 34 23 32 42 28 35 30 25 30 27 16 26 21 409 0.03% Sarath Manamendra NSH 35 22 26 36 28 27 35 19 32 39 28 42 25 5 399 0.03% VajirapaniWijesiriwardene SEP 26 13 19 19 23 24 22 19 30 25 18 17 21 5 281 0.02% AnurudhaPolgampola Ind 2 17 18 11 14 21 24 30 8 20 21 14 22 32 5 257 0.02% M. B.Theminimulla ACAKO 19 13 20 11 13 14 19 14 17 21 17 19 17 2 216 0.02% PrasannaPriyankara DNM 16 4 14 16 13 10 19 9 12 11 20 22 20 6 192 0.01% SundaramMahendran NSSP 22 8 11 11 7 4 12 6 8 21 17 17 23 2 169 0.01% WimalGeeganage SLNF 9 8 8 6 14 16 7 10 11 10 11 13 14 3 140 0.01% JayanthaKulathunga ULGC 16 13 10 7 6 11 14 5 9 7 6 7 7 4 122 0.01%Valid Votes 105,931 99,433 86,583 93,871 118,564 112,797 113,635 71,260 120,381 107,270 97,147 79,482 95,311 40,831 1,342,496 100.00%Rejected Votes 1,024 997 701 878 1,222 1,584 1,505 859 1,154 986 880 871 1,332 654 14,647 1.08%Total Polled 106,955 100,430 87,284 94,749 119,786 114,381 115,140 72,119 121,535 108,256 98,027 80,353 96,643 41,485 1,357,143 82.08%Registered Electors 133,023 121,702 108,529 115,536 147,280 143,843 143,885 90,122 149,453 132,981 124,679 106,213 120,471 42,726 1,637,537
2019 presidential election Results of the 8th presidential election held on 16 November 2019: