Nuwara Eliya Electoral District

Nuwara Eliya 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 Nuwara Eliya in the Central province. The district currently elects 7 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 457,137 registered electors in 2010. The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 06.

Polling Divisions The Nuwara Eliya Electoral District consists of the following polling divisions:

A: Nuwara Eliya-Maskeliya

B: Kotmale

C: Hanguranketha

D: Walapane

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 Jayewardene UNP20,67218,68449,41418,9571,290109,01763.10% Hector Kobbekaduwa SLFP12,41412,03618,54313,39170957,09333.05% Rohana Wijeweera JVP9836161,8921,023554,5692.64% Colvin R. de Silva LSSP202146632208131,2010.70% Kumar PonnambalamACTC50513807435580.32% Vasudeva Nanayakkara NSSP77321457073310.19%Valid Votes34,39831,56571,00633,7232,077172,769100.00%Rejected Votes368320950397132,048Total Polled34,76631,88571,95634,1202,090174,817Registered Electors39,85337,12486,48738,414201,878Turnout87.24%85.89%83.20%88.82%86.60%

1988 Presidential Election Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988 for the district:

CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%   Ranasinghe PremadasaUNP22,74817,82252,65318,099813112,13562.15%  Sirimavo BandaranaikeSLFP 14,01113,54922,20914,51961964,90735.98%  Ossie AbeygunasekeraSLMP3702722,290404353,3711.87%Valid Votes37,12931,64377,15233,0221,467180,413100.00%Rejected Votes5764011,771530423,320Total Polled37,70532,04478,92333,5521,509183,733Registered Electors44,59639,194101,76544,214229,769Turnout84.55%81.76%77.55%75.89%79.96%

1994 Presidential Election Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994 for the district:

CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%   Chandrika KumaratungaPA22,91722,03494,26226,0203,696168,92957.14%  Srima DissanayakeUNP19,60919,70853,94920,9552,707116,92839.55%  Hudson SamarasingheInd 23505554,89750936,3142.14%  Harischandra WijayatungaSMBP162137775226321,3320.45%  A. J. RanasingheInd 1153140590190101,0830.37%  Nihal GalappaththiSLPF96142618178101,0440.35%Valid Votes43,28742,716155,09148,0786,458295,630100.00%Rejected Votes1,2021,6517,4121,4809511,840Total Polled44,48944,367162,50349,5586,553307,470Registered Electors54,00156,977212,69063,000386,668Turnout82.39%77.87%76.40%78.66%79.52%

1999 Presidential Election Results of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999 for the district:

CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%   Ranil WickramasingheUNP18,42620,98487,65323,6852,088152,83648.68%  Chandrika KumaratungaPA29,00022,06870,49723,3122,333147,21046.88%  Nandana Gunathilake JVP1,5728261,8971,2992855,8791.87%  W. V. M. RanjithInd 21582111,12819831,6980.54%  Rajiva WijesinhaLPSL1431641,07418601,5670.50%  Tennyson EdirisuriyaInd 114013367216831,1160.36%  Harischandra WijayatungaSMBP131136591142211,0210.33%  Vasudeva NanayakkaraLDA5167489158478120.26%  Kamal KarunadasaPLSF71763268025550.18%  Abdul RasoolSLMP68713226735310.17%  Hudson SamarasingheInd 354522446304130.13%  Ariyawansha Dissanayaka DUNF21221023011760.06%  A. W. PremawardhanaPFF28131023301760.06%Valid Votes49,86344,823165,09749,4214,786313,990100.00%Rejected Votes1,4611,1934,8851,366928,997Total Polled51,32446,016169,98250,7874,878322,987Registered Electors58,21359,333216,03864,127397,711Turnout88.17%77.56%78.68%79.20%81.21%

2005 Presidential Election Results of the 5th presidential election held on 17 November 2005 for the district:

CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%   Ranil WickramasingheUNP27,06133,073156,34330,8523,099250,42870.37%  Mahinda RajapaksaUPFA20,72517,64533,45323,6884,03999,55027.97%  Siritunga JayasuriyaUSP2773781,63133332,6220.74%  A. A. SuraweeraNDF28520468928521,4650.41%  Victor HettigodaULPP585118274113760.11%  Chamil JayaneththiNLF57351157822870.08%  Anura De SilvaULF33271253002150.06%  Aruna de SoyzaRPP4627795002020.06%  Wimal GeeganageSLNF 5829674501990.06%  A. K. J. ArachchigeDUA 4016733501640.05%  Wije DiasSEP1823901501460.04%  P. Nelson PereraSLPF 1824742101370.04%  H. S. DharmadwajaUNAF151640130840.02%Valid Votes48,69151,548192,96155,5197,156355,875100.00%Rejected Votes8435762,8411,0031475,410Total Polled49,53452,124195,80256,5227,303361,285Registered Electors63,42165,998246,06271,744447,225Turnout78.10%78.98%79.57%78.78%80.78%

2010 Presidential Election Results of the 6th presidential election held on 26 January 2010 for the district:

CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%   Sarath FonsekaNDF16,47026,727112,86621,4743,067180,60452.14%  Mahinda RajapaksaUPFA29,16424,12062,60429,6186,098151,60443.77%  M. C. M. IsmailDUNF5185312,693381114,1341.19%  C. J. Sugathsiri GamageUDF1652101,15819601,7290.50%  A. A. SuraweeraNDF31219074731541,5680.45%  A. S. P. LiyanageSLLP12710752916909320.27%  M. K. ShivajilingamInd 5696844710596980.20%  W. V. M. RanjithInd 11129434013566870.20%  Sarath ManamendraNSH74804416116570.19%  Lal PereraONF53914048416330.18%  Siritunga JayasuriyaUSP57733206935220.15%  Ukkubanda WijekoonInd 353442797604520.13%  Vikramabahu KarunaratneLF46282045833390.10%  Wije DiasSEP21302194003100.09%  Sanath PinnaduwaNA31351992902940.08%  Aithurus M. IlliasInd 270351134822680.08%  Aruna de SoyzaRPP23351082601920.06%  Ven.BattaramullaSeelarathana Thero JP2717993531810.05%  M. Mohamed MusthaffaInd 422241141801780.05%  Senaratna de SilvaPNF17161092621700.05%  M. B. ThaminimullaACAKO267731731260.04%  Sarath KongahageUNAF198621411040.03%Valid Votes47,47652,570184,12852,9949,214346,382100.00%Rejected Votes7481,0573,693875896,462Total Polled48,22453,627187,82153,8699,303352,844Registered Electors65,96970,730247,06973,369457,137Turnout73.10%75.82%76.02%73.42%77.19%

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2024 Presidential Election CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%   Akmeemana Dayarathna theroIND10000000%  Abubakar Mohamed InfasDUA0000000%  Siripala AmarasingheIND20000000%  K.K. PiyadasaIND20000000%  Sarath KeerthirathnaIND20000000%  K.K. KularatnaIND20000000%Valid Votes59,165 67,115260,27368,40718,975473,935100%Rejected Votes1,6701,8098,3112,31753614,643Total Polled60,83568,924268,58470,72419,511488,578Registered Electors73,42685,188340,07786,874605,292Turnout82.85%80.9%78.98%81.41%80.72%

Parliamentary General Elections

1989 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989 for the district:

PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Seats   United National Party 24,14018,71244,25220,6992,050109,85363.34%4  Sri Lanka Freedom Party9,8909,17515,92811,23689947,12827.18%2  Democratic People's Liberation Front 1017108,7189611910,5096.06%0  United Socialist Alliance 2622603,488155494,2142.43%0  Sri Lanka Muslim Congress494921,0789741,7200.99%0Valid Votes34,44229,34973,46433,1483,021173,424100.00%6Rejected Votes2,4572,4395,9372,6878013,600Total Polled36,89931,78879,40135,8353,101187,024Registered Electors43,84438,688100,13943,6243,224229,519Turnout84.16%82.17%79.29%82.15%96.18%81.49%

The following candidates were elected:

Preferential votes AllianceParty Candidate votes  UNP  UNP Gamini Dissanayake 73,790  UNP  UNP Tissa Abeyagoonasekera 35,375  UNP  UNP Renuka Herath 31,271  UNP  UNP Wijesundara Bandara Ranatunga 29,067  SLFP  SLFP Ananda Dassanayake 23,418  SLFP  SLFP S. B. Dissanayake 18,986

1994 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994 for the district:

PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Seats   United National Party 24,78326,54294,89326,5342,726175,47858.12%5  People's Alliance 17,90416,11239,47621,4532,71397,65832.35%2  Independent Group 681,61024,2481,18925927,3749.07%1  Sri Lanka Progressive Front 130194453107449280.31%0  Mahajana Eksath Peramuna569022180334800.16%0Valid Votes42,94144,548159,29149,3635,775301,918100.00%8Rejected Votes2,5262,60713,3682,9979421,592Total Polled45,46747,155172,65952,3605,869323,510Registered Electors54,00156,977212,69063,000386,668Turnout84.20%82.76%81.18%83.11%83.67%

The following candidates were elected:

Preferential votes AllianceParty Candidate votes  UNP  CWC Muthu Sivalingam 85,490  UNP  CWC Suppaiah Sathasivam 83,368  UNP  CWC Arumugam Thondaman 75,297  UNP  UNP Renuka Herath 49,473  UNP  UNP Tissa Abeyagoonasekera 40,513  PA  SLFP S. B. Dissanayake 38,372  PA  SLFP C. B. Rathnayake 38,092  IG  UCPF Periyasamy Chandrasekaran 23,453

2000 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000 for the district:

PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Seats   People's Alliance32,85921,62375,78824,3903,358158,01852.53%4  United National Party 10,47020,28371,85421,1442,735126,48642.05%3  Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna1,3869502,3111,2903626,2992.09%0  National Union of Workers42634,5065554,6711.55%0  Citizen's Front721232,049161402,4450.81%0  Sinhala Heritage1049682384541,1610.39%0  Left & Democratic Alliance49162107122940.10%0  Liberal Party15322103342940.10%0  Democratic United National Front24351293512240.07%0  Independent Group 91015962101420.05%0  Independent Group 44396611100.04%0  Sinhalaye MahasammathaBhoomiputra Pakshaya1210678111080.04%0  Independent Group 310742340930.03%0  National Development Front22627110660.02%0  Sri Lanka Muslim Party5114550660.02%0  Independent Group 12634160580.02%0  Independent Group 71033770570.02%0  Independent Group 87626110500.02%0  Independent Group 5452780440.01%0  Independent Group 6132970400.01%0  People's Freedom Front212640330.01%0  Ruhunu People's Party311470250.01%0  Independent Group 2031180220.01%0Valid Votes45,06843,294158,40947,4526,583300,806100.00%7Rejected Votes4,1804,92419,7856,11414635,149Total Polled49,24848,218178,19453,5666,729335,955Registered Electors58,85460,202220,93465,424405,414Turnout83.68%80.09%80.65%81.88%82.87%

The following candidates were elected:

Preferential votes AllianceParty Candidate votes  PA  SLFP S. B. Dissanayake 78,903  PA  CWC Arumugan Thondaman 61,779  PA  CWC Muthu Sivalingam 55,673  UNP  UNP Navin Dissanayake 55,587  PA  CWC S. Jegadhiswaran 50,375  UNP  UCPF Periyasamy Chandrasekaran 54,681  UNP  UNP Suppaiah Sathasivam 47,472

2001 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 12th parliamentary election held on 5 December 2001 for the district: