Puttalam 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 Puttalam in the North Western province. The district currently elects 8 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 495,575 registered electors in 2010. The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 16.

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

A: Puttalam

B: Anamaduwa

C: Chilaw

D: Nattandiya

E: Wennappuwa

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

CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Anama-duwaChilawNattan-diyaPutta-lamWennap-puwaJunius JayewardeneUNP20,78930,14223,32424,08928,8011,732128,87759.12%Hector KobbekaduwaSLFP19,75717,55316,2998,44817,29365680,00636.70%Rohana WijeweeraJVP2,3701,5251,0167061,318667,0013.21%Colvin R. de SilvaLSSP182243119290171351,0400.48%Kumar PonnambalamACTC481092359231148170.37%Vasudeva NanayakkaraNSSP724537463362390.11%Valid Votes43,21849,61740,81834,17147,6472,509217,980100.00%Rejected Votes458479357389289231,995Total Polled43,67650,09641,17534,56047,9362,532219,975Registered Electors54,20761,12849,63845,81756,885267,675Turnout80.57%81.95%82.95%75.43%84.27%82.18%Source:

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

CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Anama-duwaChilawNattan-diyaPutta-lamWennap-puwaRanasinghe PremadasaUNP21,25227,93222,19424,36228,4071,192125,33955.89%Sirimavo BandaranaikeSLFP18,87523,48518,58512,61320,2341,03194,82342.28%Oswin AbeygunasekaraSLMP662748851815941764,0931.83%Valid Votes40,78952,16541,63037,79049,5822,299224,255100.00%Rejected Votes393731388632736852,965Total Polled41,18252,89642,01838,42250,3182,384227,220Registered Electors67,55370,57457,52657,10666,244319,003Turnout60.96%74.95%73.04%67.28%75.96%71.23%Source:

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

PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsAnama-duwaChilawNattan-diyaPutta-lamWennap-puwaUnited National Party29,29130,57322,95722,54131,9122,035139,30962.62%5Sri Lanka Freedom Party15,20817,45613,76310,33114,00692371,68732.22%2Sri Lanka Muslim Congress4506991,2763,661120476,2532.81%0United Socialist Alliance(CPSL, LSSP, NSSP, SLMP)5054301,1361501,090873,3981.53%0United Lanka People's Party329333176147128241,1370.51%0Independent 21161621217411105840.26%0Independent 1243211221711070.05%0Valid Votes45,92349,68539,44036,92647,3843,117222,475100.00%7Rejected Votes2,7992,8322,2362,5522,7127413,205Total Polled48,72252,51741,67639,47850,0963,191235,680Registered Electors66,91269,74356,79456,58265,3473,377318,755Turnout72.82%75.30%73.38%69.77%76.66%94.49%73.94%Source:

The following candidates were elected: Michael Festus Wenseslous Perera (UNP), 76,390 preference votes (pv); Ashoka Wadigamangawa (UNP), 56,696 pv; Harindra Jayanthi Corea (UNP), 32,899 pv; Silva Dedinuni Robert Jayaratne (SLFP), 32,567 pv; Harold Herath (UNP), 27,763 pv; Wendakoon Mudiyanselage Sujatha Kanthimathie Dharmawardana (UNP), 26,830 pv; and Milroy Fernando (SLFP), 18,375 pv.

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

Party Votes % SeatsUnited National Party122,830 People's Alliance (SLFP et al.)89,355 Democratic United National Front26,203 Nava Sama Samaja Party3,425 Sri Lanka Muslim Congress3,017 Valid Votes Rejected Votes Total Polled Registered Electors Turnout Source:

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

PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsAnama-duwaChilawNattan-diyaPutta-lamWennap-puwaPeople's Alliance (SLFP et al.)32,69731,99926,28626,64529,9443,034150,60553.65%4United National Party25,36729,07621,12023,16626,9252,017127,67145.48%3Sri Lanka Progressive Front (JVP)439356282150338501,6150.58%0Mahajana Eksath Peramuna12821116487203458380.30%0Valid Votes58,63161,64247,85250,04857,4105,146280,729100.00%7Rejected Votes2,9492,7231,8042,9442,61311113,144Total Polled61,58064,36549,65652,99260,0235,257293,873Registered Electors80,01083,05764,44973,75778,919380,192Turnout76.97%77.49%77.05%71.85%76.06%77.30%Source:

The following candidates were elected: Festus Perera (UNP), 75,417 preference votes (pv); Kachchakaduge Godfrey Joseph Fernando (PA), 55,373 pv; Jayaratne Silva Dedimuni Robert (PA), 49,116 pv; Ashoka Wadigamangawa (UNP), 47,003 pv; Milroy Fernando (PA), 43,366 pv; D. M. Dassanayake (PA), 39,793 pv; and Harold Herath (UNP), 37,538 pv.

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

CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Anama-duwaChilawNattan-diyaPutta-lamWennap-puwaChandrika KumaratungaPA35,97735,41527,85629,04033,8743,633165,79562.65%Srimathi DissanayakeUNP17,82122,24016,72115,54221,0041,88395,21135.98%Hudson SamarasingheInd 247538218053122801,7960.68%Nihal GalappaththiSLPF19113070118102146250.24%Harischandra WijayatungaSMBP1761338175134186170.23%A.J. RanashingeInd 112212186122121195910.22%Valid Votes54,76258,42144,99445,42855,4635,567264,635100.00%Rejected Votes1,0459365761,043994954,689Total Polled55,80759,35745,57046,47156,4575,662269,324Registered Electors80,01083,05764,44973,75778,919380,192Turnout69.75%71.47%70.71%63.01%71.54%70.84%Source:

1999 Provincial Council Election Results of the 3rd North Western provincial council election held on 25 January 1999 for the district:

Party Votes % SeatsPeople's Alliance (SLFP, SLMC et al.)160,72256.97%8United National Party105,87637.53%6Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna10,7593.81%1New Left Front (NSSP et al.)3,3611.19%0Muslim United Liberation Front5420.19%0Independent 22700.10%0Liberal Party2020.07%0Independent 31980.07%0Sri Lanka Progressive Front1260.04%0Independent 1720.03%0Valid Votes282,128100.00%15Rejected VotesTotal PolledRegistered Electors398,055TurnoutSource:

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

CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Anama-duwaChilawNattan-diyaPutta-lamWennap-puwaChandrika KumaratungaPA30,54231,99826,15220,84230,1492,042141,72551.47%Ranil WickremasingheUNP22,73326,70819,07926,89424,4491,752121,61544.17%Nandana GunathilakeJVP2,2161,8131,2857011,5832787,8762.86%W.V.M. RanjithInd 21761876620310817410.27%Harischandra WijayatungaSMBP13111611171166196140.22%Rajiva WijesinhaLiberal195100691558005990.22%T. EdirisuriyaInd 1154137631448925890.21%Abdul RasoolSLMP5890961824874810.17%Vasudeva NanayakkaraLDA499068106100324450.16%Kamal KarunadasaPLSF875848664813080.11%Hudson SamarasingheInd 3383724382701640.06%A.W. PremawardhanaPFF15281618170940.03%A. DissanayakaDUNF22211512171880.03%Valid Votes56,41661,38347,09249,43256,8814,135275,339100.00%Rejected Votes1,1991,3098461,2021,0761465,778Total Polled57,61562,69247,93850,63457,9574,281281,117Registered Electors83,32287,89168,62080,53183,686404,050Turnout69.15%71.33%69.86%62.88%69.26%69.57%Source:

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

PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsAnama-duwaChilawNattan-diyaPutta-lamWennap-puwaPeople's Alliance(SLFP et al.)30,90930,12425,64620,04429,1462,878138,74748.40%5United National Party21,23328,11020,07821,57925,2182,348118,56641.36%3National Unity Alliance (SLMC)2228331,3089,8113311012,3174.30%0Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna2,8432,5581,9098582,59649211,2563.93%0New Left Front (NSSP et al.)587429220396317101,9590.68%0Sinhala Heritage166557339140618951,9150.67%0Citizen's Front8032896184248650.30%0United Sinhala Great Council969140664623410.12%0Independent 2563032663912240.08%0Peoples Freedom Front322817171911140.04%0Independent 1312111211901030.04%0Independent 318151026134860.03%0Sri Lanka Muslim Party1012716150600.02%0Sri Lanka Progressive Front101262730580.02%0National Development Front143311101420.01%0Ruhuna People's Party3264810420.01%0Valid Votes56,31062,88149,71953,70458,1355,946286,695100.00%8Rejected Votes3,5153,1361,8933,7792,54317815,044Total Polled59,82566,01751,61257,48360,6786,124301,739Registered Electors85,00289,65070,02882,07785,717412,474Turnout70.38%73.64%73.70%70.04%70.79%73.15%Source:

The following candidates were elected: Neomal Perera (UNP), 49,207 preference votes (pv); D. M. Dassanayake (PA), 45,700 pv; Festus Perera (UNP), 45,513 pv; Palitha Range Bandara (UNP), 40,296 pv; Milroy Fernando (PA), 39,943 pv; Dayasritha Thissera (PA), 38,885 pv; Piyankara Jayaratne (PA), 32,741 pv; and Ivon Sriyani Fernando (PA), 28,636 pv.

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

PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsAnama-duwaChilawNattan-diyaPutta-lamWennap-puwaUnited National Front(UNP, SLMC, CWC, WPF)26,50732,25422,91534,35328,368 146,87350.61%4People's Alliance(SLFP et al.)25,70927,82122,32317,16325,738 120,98141.69%3Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna4,7543,8883,3451,3354,023 18,0956.24%0New Left Front (NSSP et al.)507403246335369 1,8700.64%0Sinhala Heritage9041936395532 1,5450.53%0United Sinhala Great Council49472362 2300.08%0Muslim United Liberation Front30473329 1970.07%0Democratic United National Front35251817 1090.04%0National Development Front1617107 580.02%0Independent 11571211 550.02%0Independent 31216410 530.02%0Independent 21110616 490.02%0Ruhuna People's Party62517 440.02%0Sri Lanka National Front7557 300.01%0Sri Lanka Progressive Front5237 200.01%0Valid Votes57,75364,98649,30753,45459,196* 290,209100.00%7Rejected Votes3,0303,1421,8484,0172,471 14,638Total Polled60,78368,12851,15557,47161,667 304,847Registered Electors87,93893,04072,15584,86688,194426,193Turnout69.12%73.22%70.90%67.72%69.92%71.53%Sources:

The following candidates were elected: Palitha Range Bandara (UNF), 69,167 preference votes (pv); Neomal Perera (UNF), 59,895 pv; D. M. Dassanayake (PA), 47,100 pv; Larine Perera (UNF), 46,043 pv; Sugath Tissera (UNF), 36,218 pv; Milroy Fernando (PA), 35,121 pv; and Dayasritha Thissera (PA), 32,457 pv.

2004 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004 for the district:

PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsAnama-duwaChilawNattan-diyaPutta-lamWennap-puwaUnited People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, JVP et al.)33,71531,12425,27020,06929,0423,564142,78449.28%5United National Front(UNP, SLMC, CWC, WPF)22,54729,93420,46134,27325,3782,559135,15246.64%3Jathika Hela Urumaya1,2312,3522,4663033,20844010,0003.45%0National Development Front9820517914715157850.27%0United Muslim People's Party476118693132290.08%0New Left Front (NSSP et al.)244233264041690.06%0United Socialist Party312622371601320.05%0Independent 12212118431301160.04%0United Lalith Front18191613242920.03%0Swarajya31011760370.01%0Independent 2667461300.01%0Independent 11463941270.01%0Independent 61133450260.01%0Independent 10780820250.01%0Independent 1444650230.01%0Independent 7344810200.01%0Sri Lanka Progressive Front534600180.01%0Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya133370170.01%0Sri Lanka Muslim Party072420150.01%0Ruhuna People\'s Party323220120.00%0Sri Lanka National Front231131110.00%0Independent 9110801110.00%0Independent 8411310100.00%0Independent 3111250100.00%0Independent 401221060.00%0Independent 522200060.00%0Valid Votes57,78963,84948,52455,06757,9536,581289,763100.00%8Rejected Votes5,7614,1692,9534,8673,54213921,431Total Polled63,55068,01851,47759,93461,4956,720311,194Registered Electors92,59698,39476,09790,00492,966450,057Turnout68.63%69.13%67.65%66.59%66.15%69.15%Source: