Anuradhapura Electoral District

Anuradhapura 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 Anuradhapura in the North Central province. The district currently elects 9 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 579,261 registered electors in 2010. The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 17.

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

A: Medawachchiya

B: Horowpothana

C: Anuradhapura East

D: Anuradhapura West

E: Kalawewa

F: Mihintale

G: Kekirawa

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

CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Anura-dhapuraEastAnura-dhapuraWestHorow-patanaKala-wewaKeki-rawaMedawa-chchiyaMihin-taleJunius JayewardeneUNP15,85618,89415,25922,46715,45416,59011,3002,053117,87349.84%Hector KobbekaduwaSLFP14,94415,05413,02920,44212,28115,07910,9651,179102,97343.54%Rohana WijeweeraJVP1,8911,4862,7192,4107332,7491,81311013,9115.88%Colvin R. de SilvaLSSP18717216618098144180211,1480.49%Vasudeva NanayakkaraNSSP59402914731523083960.17%Kumar PonnambalamACTC4532323213313432220.09%Valid Votes32,98235,67831,23445,67828,61034,64524,3223,374236,523100.00%Rejected Votes366249347474209350249502,294Total Polled33,34835,92731,58146,15228,81934,99524,5713,424238,817Registered Electors41,61542,40936,65754,76232,92741,46328,761278,594Turnout80.13%84.72%86.15%84.28%87.52%84.40%85.43%85.72%Source:

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

CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Anura-dhapuraEastAnura-dhapuraWestHorow-patanaKala-wewaKeki-rawaMedawa-chchiyaMihin-taleSirimavo BandaranaikeSLFP11,51615,4927,03814,6377,20312,5424,01870873,15455.15%Ranasinghe PremadasaUNP10,31014,8574,0238,9475,6838,3674,02773756,95142.94%Oswin AbeygunasekaraSLMP617457112611191371138322,5291.91%Valid Votes22,44330,80611,17324,19513,07721,2808,1831,477132,634100.00%Rejected Votes37142824436512945921102,207Total Polled22,81431,23411,41724,56013,20621,7398,3941,477134,841Registered Electors50,34052,54742,77365,94541,01347,80533,651334,074Turnout45.32%59.44%26.69%37.24%32.20%45.47%24.94%40.36%Source:

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

PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsAnura-dhapuraEastAnura-dhapuraWestHorow-patanaKala-wewaKeki-rawaMedawa-chchiyaMihin-taleUnited National Party10,76319,46110,56314,94014,02015,3244,9612,69492,72656.39%5Sri Lanka Freedom Party6,55211,4377,27514,52211,6707,2283,7861,54064,01038.92%3Independent1404994644047655561,217124,0572.47%0United Socialist Alliance(CPSL, LSSP, NSSP, SLMP)376274134438150183112571,7241.05%0United Lanka People's Party201329673339722889531,3970.85%0Mahajana Eksath Peramuna5011037795711637455310.32%0Valid Votes18,08232,11018,54030,71626,75923,63510,2024,401164,445100.00%8Rejected Votes1,3093,0241,1213,5572,3161,5051,23817514,245Total Polled19,39135,13419,66134,27329,07525,14011,4404,576178,690Registered Electors49,05951,51042,19565,47240,60646,96833,2894,974334,073Turnout39.53%68.21%46.60%52.35%71.60%53.53%34.37%92.00%53.49%Source:

The following candidates were elected: Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Ariyadasa (UNP), 27,724 preference votes (pv); Adhikari Mudiyanselage Sompala Adhikari (UNP), 25,617 pv; Kulathunga Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Chandrasoma Bandara (UNP), 25,541 pv; Janak Mahendra Adhikari (SLFP), 22,568 pv; Themiya Loku Bandara Hurulle (UNP), 20,392 pv; Lal Dharmapriya Gamage (UNP), 20,189 pv; Kiri Banda Ratnayake (SLFP), 18,040 pv; and Berty Premalal Dissanayake (SLFP), 16,200 pv.

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

Party Votes % SeatsUnited National Party146,252 People's Alliance (SLFP et al.)98,901 Democratic United National Front29,772 Sri Lanka Muslim Congress5,006 Nava Sama Samaja Party1,982 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:

The following candidates were elected: Berty Premalal Dissanayake (PA), 78,792 preference votes (pv); Kulathunga Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Chandrasoma Bandara (UNP), 66,538 pv; Punchi Banda Dissanayake (PA), 46,756 pv; Appuhamige Herath Banda Semasinghe (PA), 45,256 pv; Tissa Karalliyadde (PA), 44,849 pv; Adhikari Mudiyanselage Sompala Adhikari (UNP), 44,650 pv; Don Siman Ralalage Shantha Premarathna (PA), 43,167 pv; and P. Harrison (UNP), 34,666 pv.

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

CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Anura-dhapuraEastAnura-dhapuraWestHorow-patanaKala-wewaKeki-rawaMedawa-chchiyaMihin-taleChandrika KumaratungaPA27,42127,14226,00042,66123,58325,93819,9357,466200,14663.99%Srimathi DissanayakeUNP15,49018,89213,28717,33114,51713,18510,5414,099107,34234.32%Hudson SamarasingheInd 2310365297547324401267232,5340.81%Nihal GalappaththiSLPF1341411362589518297401,0830.35%Harischandra WijayatungaSMBP2201418019111012686601,0140.32%A.J. RanashingeInd 1102113861127510666186780.22%Valid Votes43,67746,79439,88661,10038,70439,93830,99211,706312,797100.00%Rejected Votes9431,1155811,3047896675812256,205Total Polled44,62047,90940,46762,40439,49340,60531,57311,931319,002Registered Electors62,04865,36751,97579,68750,96955,79241,088406,926Turnout71.91%73.29%77.86%78.31%77.48%72.78%76.84%78.39%Source:

1999 Provincial Council Election Results of the 3rd North Central provincial council election held on 6 April 1999 for the district:

Party Votes % SeatsPeople's Alliance (SLFP, SLMC et al.)156,29154.09%United National Party111,28538.51%Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna14,1974.91%New Left Front (NSSP et al.)4,2591.47%Mahajana Eksath Peramuna1,1500.40%Independent8610.30%Muslim United Liberation Front7980.28%Sri Lanka Progressive Front1310.05%Valid Votes288,972100.00%Rejected Votes22,153Total Polled311,125Registered Electors448,098Turnout69.43%Source:

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

CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Anura-dhapuraEastAnura-dhapuraWestHorow-patanaKala-wewaKeki-rawaMedawa-chchiyaMihin-taleChandrika KumaratungaPA25,18725,85023,07542,15423,63124,87818,1316,167189,07354.14%Ranil WickremasingheUNP20,15323,49217,73223,38819,15116,74214,3934,129139,18039.86%Nandana GunathilakeJVP2,9962,0151,5792,8451,1441,8751,50865014,6124.18%W.V.M. RanjithInd 212717717024814118013121,1760.34%Rajiva WijesinhaLiberal10316613722714614213681,0650.30%T. EdirisuriyaInd 11051579424212113810249630.28%Harischandra WijayatungaSMBP17415069187879877609020.26%Abdul RasoolSLMP98166768997677256700.19%Kamal KarunadasaPLSF631296513864924366000.17%Vasudeva NanayakkaraLDA773329119443031313940.11%Hudson SamarasingheInd 32544256336413252710.08%A. DissanayakaDUNF1921213626152171660.05%A.W. PremawardhanaPFF720152916251611290.04%Valid Votes49,13452,42043,08769,76544,70444,32334,69311,075349,201100.00%Rejected Votes1,0159916901,5039647457432986,949Total Polled50,14953,41143,77771,26845,66845,06835,43611,373356,150Registered Electors69,00673,54958,77490,63158,68462,12046,770459,534Turnout72.67%72.62%74.48%78.64%77.82%72.55%75.77%77.50%Source:

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

PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsAnura-dhapuraEastAnura-dhapuraWestHorow-patanaKala-wewaKeki-rawaMedawa-chchiyaMihin-talePeople's Alliance(SLFP et al.)23,07822,82919,19635,02620,48023,10816,5779,130169,42448.33%5United National Party20,82524,33018,08424,75419,57816,89613,8506,345144,66241.26%3Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna4,5872,7152,2954,3031,7382,2552,2081,17321,2746.07%0National Unity Alliance (SLMC)5671,0932,8858341,6657011,3752499,3692.67%0New Left Front (NSSP et al.)323318256539332380252612,4610.70%0Sinhala Heritage30711073170986968819760.28%0Citizen's Front154152602087411572198540.24%0United Sinhala Great Council5791569868695054940.14%0Democratic United National Front2835163228291791940.06%0Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya38291533172512231920.05%0Liberal Party2718132720301321500.04%0National People's Party2219252015181761420.04%0Independent 21025252119201111320.04%0Independent 11218111713171321030.03%0Sri Lanka Progressive Front101720151561631020.03%0People's Freedom Front965139632530.02%0Valid Votes50,05451,80543,03566,11044,16943,74434,55417,111350,582100.00%8Rejected Votes2,5263,2242,387 2,5742,2652,192 20,561Total Polled52,58055,02945,422 46,74346,00936,746 371,143Registered Electors70,73575,49860,60593,42360,37963,65148,370472,661Turnout74.33%72.89%74.95% 77.42%72.28%75.97%78.52%Source:

The following candidates were elected: Duminda Dissanayake (PA), 83,949 preference votes (pv); Tissa Karalliyadde (PA), 48,360 pv; P. Harrison (UNP), 45,834 pv; Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe (UNP), 41,874 pv; W. B. Ekanayake (UNP), 41,461 pv; Don Simanralalage Shantha Premaratne (PA), 35,800 pv; Appuhamilage Herath Banda Semasinghe (PA), 35,090 pv; and Punchi Banda Dissanayake (PA), 33,738 pv.

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

PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsAnura-dhapuraEastAnura-dhapuraWestHorow-patanaKala-wewaKeki-rawaMedawa-chchiyaMihin-taleUnited National Front(UNP, SLMC, CWC, DPF)23,42127,30820,69928,28222,85319,76315,669165,05545.93%4People's Alliance(SLFP et al.)20,35920,76618,00731,04217,08820,39014,429149,39341.57%3Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna7,7395,0034,4547,9473,7544,6474,48840,00511.13%1New Left Front (NSSP et al.)3784664026864125433253,2790.91%0Sinhala Heritage20210439984357456250.17%0United Sinhala Great Council328232704252333360.09%0Independent 3183019333019111630.05%0People's Freedom Front151517371219131410.04%0National Development Front19177162012141070.03%0Independent 1179619345660.02%0Independent 265514776500.01%0Ruhuna People's Party36453179480.01%0Sri Lanka Progressive Front136410533450.01%0Sri Lanka National Front6728431310.01%0Valid Votes52,22853,82443,69768,26744,27645,53635,051359,344100.00%8Rejected Votes2,5602,9942,3404,3982,6212,2842,21119,796Total Polled54,78856,81846,03772,66546,89747,82037,262379,140Registered Electors73,62678,07662,39397,12062,50265,90350,126489,746Turnout74.41%72.77%73.79%74.82%75.03%72.56%74.34%77.42%Sources:

The following candidates were elected: Duminda Dissanayake (PA), 76,088 preference votes (pv); P. Harrison (UNF), 69,878 pv; Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe (UNF), 54,969 pv; W. B. Ekanayake (UNF), 51,373 pv; S. M. Chandrasena (PA), 38,090 pv; Lal Dharmapriya Gamage (UNF), 36,609 pv; Tissa Karalliyadde (PA), 35,608 pv; and K. D. Lalkantha (JVP), 4,304 pv.

2004 Parliamentary General Election

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