Matara Electoral District

Matara 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 Matara in the Southern province. The district currently elects 7 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 578,858 registered electors in 2010. The district is the country's Electorate Number 08.

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

A: Deniyaya

B: Hakmana

C: Akuressa

D: Kamburupitiya

E: Devinuwara

F: Matara

G: Weligama

1982 Presidential Election Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982 for the district:

CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Akur-essaDeni-yayaDevi-nuwaraHak-manaKambur-upitiyaMataraWeli-gamaJunius JayewardeneUNP24,66722,45722,60522,14620,54923,22125,0514,029164,72549.32%Hector KobbekaduwaSLFP20,38918,14717,75722,98421,40819,33322,2822,287144,58743.29%Rohana WijeweeraJVP4,7811,8864,8742,7113,2672,0672,27625522,1176.62%Colvin R. de SilvaLSSP246220246228229156198481,5710.47%Vasudeva NanayakkaraNSSP70635271786790185090.15%Kumar PonnambalamACTC10872496183227814740.14%Valid Votes50,26142,84545,58348,20145,61444,86649,9756,638333,983100.00%Rejected Votes421428457420437408451693,091Total Polled50,68243,27346,04048,62146,05145,27450,4266,707337,074Registered Electors59,79849,81756,69357,20357,40056,25262,725399,888Turnout84.76%86.86%81.21%85.00%80.23%80.48%80.39%84.29%Source:

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

CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Akur-essaDeni-yayaDevi-nuwaraHak-manaKambur-upitiyaMataraWeli-gamaSirimavo BandaranaikeSLFP3,50510,9494,4031,4943,22817,71815,80232557,42454.30%Ranasinghe PremadasaUNP5,34610,1575,0761,3271,25611,60610,35128045,39942.93%Oswin AbeygunasekaraSLMP312554188411661,098532312,9222.76%Valid Votes9,16321,6609,6672,8624,65030,42226,685636105,745100.00%Rejected Votes2773781045189497540672,003Total Polled9,44022,0389,7712,9134,73930,91927,225703107,748Registered Electors67,07658,34262,49065,40763,59064,43870,591451,934Turnout14.07%37.77%15.64%4.45%7.45%47.98%38.57%23.84%Source:

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

PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsAkur-essaDeni-yayaDevi-nuwaraHak-manaKambur-upitiyaMataraWeli-gamaUnited National Party5,4543,5566,6222181,23116,5059,1413,00745,73456.11%6Sri Lanka Freedom Party2,9022,3011,3691491,13611,0947,5082,29328,75235.28%3United Socialist Alliance(CPSL, LSSP, NSSP, SLMP)4811041821032,8792623764,2255.18%0United Lanka People's Party16291297178705151951,4811.82%0Mahajana Eksath Peramuna8210523242407541031,3131.61%0Valid Votes9,0816,1578,0134692,67231,42317,8165,87481,505100.00%9Rejected Votes836567149432351,8351,2372265,128Total Polled9,9176,7248,1625122,90733,25819,0536,10086,633Registered Electors66,31058,00861,45264,83362,57762,61269,5156,619451,926Turnout14.96%11.59%13.28%0.79%4.65%53.12%27.41%92.16%19.17%Source:

The following candidates were elected: Gamini Fonseka (UNP), 19,618 preference votes (pv); Mahinda Wijesekara (SLFP), 18,517 pv; Mangala Samaraweera (SLFP), 11,971 pv; Ranjan Wijayawardhana (UNP), 9,925 pv; Abeywardhana Dayananda Wickremasinghe (UNP), 9,579 pv; Madurapala Ediriweera (UNP), 8,562 pv; H. R Piyasiri (UNP), 8,446 pv; Hewagampolage Sirisena (SLFP), 8,212 pv; and Peter Silva Loku Galappaththy (UNP), 7,094 pv.

1993 Provincial Council Election Results of the 2nd Southern provincial council election held on 17 May 1993 for the district:

Party Votes % SeatsUnited National Party145,09344.99%People's Alliance (SLFP et al.)129,69340.22%Democratic United National Front44,87313.91%Others2,8260.88%Valid Votes322,485100.00%Rejected Votes22,979Total Polled345,464Registered Electors493,503Turnout70.00%Source:

1994 Provincial Council Election Results of the 3rd Southern provincial council election held on 24 March 1994 for the district:

Party Votes % SeatsPeople's Alliance (SLFP et al.)192,85356.43%United National Party147,30143.10%Nava Sama Samaja Party1,5860.46%Valid Votes341,740100.00%Rejected Votes17,397Total Polled359,137Registered Electors493,503Turnout72.77%Source:

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

PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsAkur-essaDeni-yayaDevi-nuwaraHak-manaKambur-upitiyaMataraWeli-gamaPeople's Alliance (SLFP et al.)32,83730,74328,19130,83432,31832,62934,7604,973227,28559.90%5United National Party21,99923,93019,33520,60816,06918,91519,0132,155142,02437.43%3Sri Lanka Progressive Front (JVP)1,5547561,3049911,0981,2641,6001698,7362.30%0Mahajana Eksath Peramuna247178105181232246182511,4220.37%0Valid Votes56,63755,60748,93552,61449,71753,05455,5557,348379,467100.00%8Rejected Votes2,6743,3301,8412,9652,3181,6322,3258217,167Total Polled59,31158,93750,77655,57952,03554,68657,8807,430396,634Registered Electors74,56271,10666,92370,88969,05073,46177,479503,470Turnout79.55%82.89%75.87%78.40%75.36%74.44%74.70%78.78%Source:

The following candidates were elected: Dullas Alahapperuma (PA), 76,678 preference votes (pv); Ronnie de Mel (UNP), 66,563 pv; Mahinda Wijesekara (PA), 65,769 pv; Chandrasiri Gajadeera (PA), 62,852 pv; Mangala Samaraweera (PA), 61,574 pv; Eugin Alwis Samarasinghe (PA), 57,455 pv; Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena (UNP), 52,294 pv; and Handunneththi Rannulu Wimalasiri (UNP), 33,078 pv.

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

CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Akur-essaDeni-yayaDevi-nuwaraHak-manaKambur-upitiyaMataraWeli-gamaChandrika KumaratungaPA32,63230,66230,81729,75631,03832,50334,5835,874227,86564.69%Srimathi DissanayakeUNP18,16518,81914,82417,47314,13315,75116,7082,351118,22433.56%Hudson SamarasingheInd 2327465185407305152201132,0550.58%Harischandra WijayatungaSMBP175316185240213205173571,5640.44%Nihal GalappaththiSLPF211290197207167123172301,3970.40%A.J. RanashingeInd 1145213169163128138145331,1340.32%Valid Votes51,65550,76546,37748,24645,98448,87251,9828,358352,239100.00%Rejected Votes9031,2936248286556486751055,731Total Polled52,55852,05847,00149,07446,63949,52052,6578,463357,970Registered Electors74,56271,10666,92370,88969,05073,46177,479503,470Turnout70.49%73.21%70.23%69.23%67.54%67.41%67.96%71.10%Source:

1999 Provincial Council Election Results of the 4th Southern provincial council election held on 10 June 1999 for the district:

Party Votes % SeatsPeople's Alliance (SLFP, SLMC et al.)157,76246.36%8United National Party130,84338.45%7Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna40,27611.84%2Independent 15,7491.69%0New Left Front (NSSP et al.)2,9060.85%0Mahajana Eksath Peramuna1,1600.34%0People's Liberation Solidarity Front4480.13%0Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya3990.12%0Liberal Party2980.09%0Independent 22920.09%0People's Freedom Front1430.04%0Valid Votes340,276100.00%17Rejected VotesTotal PolledRegistered Electors510,310TurnoutSource:

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

CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Akur-essaDeni-yayaDevi-nuwaraHak-manaKambur-upitiyaMataraWeli-gamaChandrika KumaratungaPA30,04029,22925,36329,11528,51528,86530,9393,619205,68554.32%Ranil WickremasingheUNP21,33021,40018,84419,46417,68918,74319,1833,024139,67736.89%Nandana GunathilakeJVP4,2313,1084,5393,4712,9973,2733,67493626,2296.93%Harischandra WijayatungaSMBP195207155194201276219921,5390.41%W.V.M. RanjithInd 2154251991991268612341,0420.28%Rajiva WijesinhaLiberal182223107170147728799970.26%T. EdirisuriyaInd 11451571001921067211458910.24%Vasudeva NanayakkaraLDA729584546815667746700.18%Abdul RasoolSLMP991165685689411656390.17%Kamal KarunadasaPLSF100111629250547135430.14%Hudson SamarasingheInd 35875475741193503320.09%A.W. PremawardhanaPFF4045153224182622020.05%A. DissanayakaDUNF3438243622152031920.05%Valid Votes56,68055,05549,49553,16150,05451,74354,6747,776378,638100.00%Rejected Votes1,0901,4649639838871,7901,0273798,583Total Polled57,77056,51950,45854,14450,94153,53355,7018,155387,221Registered Electors76,91674,40968,29675,15670,15772,59378,320515,847Turnout75.11%75.96%73.88%72.04%72.61%73.74%71.12%75.07%Source:

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

PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsAkur-essaDeni-yayaDevi-nuwaraHak-manaKambur-upitiyaMataraWeli-gamaPeople's Alliance(SLFP et al.)30,69929,42724,26328,63628,02228,73629,6084,299203,69051.47%5United National Party21,68823,80717,82621,72818,82319,70620,2763,001146,85537.11%2Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna5,8793,9867,4894,5224,1795,2006,2621,24038,7579.79%1Sinhala Heritage4761663952153881,0245591523,3750.85%0Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya1143850611148283265680.14%0United Sinhala Great Council851365910169485005480.14%0People's Liberation Solidarity Front59323052257256103360.08%0Liberal Party4672304532284212960.07%0Citizen's Front4247403943263812760.07%0Independent 53058202829272202140.05%0Democratic United National Front2648214129242312130.05%0Independent 33030261720112121570.04%0Left & Democratic Alliance172012127281541150.03%0Independent 4201682169110910.02%0Independent 21965161514111870.02%0Independent 113197813580730.02%0Sri Lanka Progressive Front811798950570.01%0Peoples Freedom Front1011995552560.01%0Valid Votes59,26157,93050,29755,56051,82755,05457,0958,740395,764100.00%8Rejected Votes3,2073,8691,9463,6012,5372,0222,75219720,131Total Polled62,46861,79952,24359,16154,36457,07659,8478,937415,895Registered Electors78,40876,10169,00376,56271,21173,73779,629524,651Turnout79.67%81.21%75.71%77.27%76.34%77.40%75.16%79.27%Source:

The following candidates were elected: Mangala Samaraweera (PA), 93,110 preference votes (pv); Mahinda Wijesekara (PA), 83,625 pv; Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena (UNP), 81,053 pv; Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena (PA), 70,091 pv; Sagala Ratnayaka (UNP), 58,634 pv; Dullas Alahapperuma (PA), 48,721 pv; Chandrasiri Gajadeera (PA), 43,913 pv; and Jinadasa Kitulagoda (JVP), 4,012 pv.

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

PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsAkur-essaDeni-yayaDevi-nuwaraHak-manaKambur-upitiyaMataraWeli-gamaUnited National Front(UNP, SLMC, CWC, WPF)25,37226,11422,49023,45721,99224,37624,241171,66142.49%4People's Alliance(SLFP et al.)25,29424,39920,02124,57723,19424,48025,703171,14142.37%3Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna9,1206,7768,3787,0946,4796,7638,05854,47613.49%1New Left Front (NSSP et al.)4375712845113842533302,7800.69%0Sinhala Heritage1851352231772235362981,8540.46%0United Socialist Party1381789116291741108560.21%0Independent 5294323273518332080.05%0People's Freedom Front245317282717291960.05%0United Sinhala Great Council17332321207211430.04%0Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya281811112520131290.03%0National Development Front222011261316201280.03%0Independent 3183016261413101280.03%0Independent 11814614111314910.02%0Independent 26125111349600.01%0Sri Lanka Progressive Front810878116580.01%0Independent 4111766558580.01%0Valid Votes60,72758,42351,61356,15552,53456,60658,903403,967100.00%8Rejected Votes3,1724,0302,1203,8782,7951,9832,60820,820Total Polled63,89962,45353,73360,03355,32958,58961,511424,787Registered Electors79,85077,54070,41277,92972,59075,30181,072534,694Turnout80.02%80.54%76.31%77.04%76.22%77.81%75.87%79.44%Sources:

The following candidates were elected: