Polonnaruwa Electoral District

Polling divisionsPolonnaruwa, Minneriya, Medirigiriya

Population400,000^[1] (2008)

Polonnaruwa
Electoral District for the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Administrative District	Polonnaruwa
Province	North Central
Polling divisions	Polonnaruwa, Minneriya, Medirigiriya
Population	400,000^[1] (2008)
Electorate	280,337^[2] (2010)
Area	3,293 km² (1,271 sq mi)^[3]
Current Electoral District
Number of members	5
MPs	NPP (4) T. B. Sarath Jagath Wickramaratne Sunil Rathnasiri Padmasiri Bandara SJB (1) Kins Nelson

Polonnaruwa 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 Polonnaruwa in the North Central province. The district currently elects 5 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 280,337 registered electors in 2010.^[2] The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 18.^[4]

The Polonnaruwa Electoral District consists of the following polling divisions:^[4]

A: Minneriya

B: Medirigiriya

C: Polonnaruwa

Presidential Elections

1982 Presidential Election

Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982 for the district:^[5]

Candidate		Party	Votes per Polling Division			Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
Candidate		Party	Medirigiriya	Minneriya	Polonnaruwa	Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
	Junius Jayewardene	UNP	20,324	17,728	20,616	746	59,414	56.26%
	Hector Kobbekaduwa	SLFP	11,777	12,818	12,286	362	37,243	35.26%
	Rohana Wijeweera	JVP	2,736	3,181	2,161	60	8,138	7.71%
	Colvin R. de Silva	LSSP	140	169	133	9	451	0.43%
	Kumar Ponnambalam	ACTC	24	35	166	3	228	0.22%
	Vasudeva Nanayakkara	NSSP	22	58	54	7	141	0.13%
Valid Votes			35,023	33,989	35,416	1,187	105,615	100.00%
Rejected Votes			312	315	426	11	1,064
Total Polled			35,335	34,304	35,842	1,198	106,679
Registered Electors			43,240	40,329	44,055		127,624
Turnout			81.72%	85.06%	81.36%		83.59%

1988 Presidential Election

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

Candidate		Party	Votes per Polling Division			Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
Candidate		Party	Medirigiriya	Minneriya	Polonnaruwa	Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
	Ranasinghe Premadasa	UNP	6,592	2,433	17,179	188	26,392	55.54%
	Sirimavo Bandaranaike	SLFP	3,497	2,123	14,320	233	20,173	42.45%
	Ossie Abeygunasekara	SLMP	161	125	651	20	957	2.01%
Valid Votes			10,250	4,681	32,150	441	47,522	100.00%
Rejected Votes			448	44	634	31	1,157
Total Polled			10,698	4,725	32,784	472	48,679
Registered Electors			48,728	50,128	64,885		163,741
Turnout			21.95%	9.43%	50.53%		29.73%
Source:^[6]

1994 Presidential Election

Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994 for the district:^[7]

Candidate		Party	Votes per Polling Division			Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
Candidate		Party	Medirigiriya	Minneriya	Polonnaruwa	Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
	Chandrika Kumaratunga	PA	23,977	25,779	36,865	2,286	88,907	59.08%
	Srima Dissanayake	UNP	17,588	15,079	25,284	1,336	59,287	39.40%
	Hudson Samarasinghe	Ind 2	313	279	527	7	1,126	0.75%
	Nihal Galappaththi	SLPF	111	169	173	16	469	0.31%
	Harischandra Wijayatunga	SMBP	112	134	169	13	428	0.28%
	A. J. Ranasinghe	Ind 1	67	64	118	9	258	0.17%
Valid Votes			42,168	41,504	63,136	3,667	150,475	100.00%
Rejected Votes			965	1,204	1,716	81	3,966
Total Polled			43,133	42,708	64,852	3,748	154,441
Registered Electors			55,264	57,393	87,535		200,192
Turnout			78.05%	74.41%	74.09%		77.15%

1999 Presidential Election

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

Candidate	Party	Votes per Polling Division			Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
Candidate	Party	Medirigiriya	Minneriya	Polonnaruwa	Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
Chandrika Kumaratunga	PA	23,395	24,141	39,372	1,755	88,663	51.55%
Ranil Wickremasinghe	UNP	20,345	18,627	32,472	1,154	72,598	42.21%
Nandana Gunathilake	JVP	1,709	2,849	3,165	297	8,020	4.66%
Rajiva Wijesinha	Liberal	132	140	269	1	542	0.32%
W.V.M. Ranjith	Ind 2	135	149	257	0	541	0.31%
T. Edirisuriya	Ind 1	94	107	189	2	392	0.23%
Harischandra Wijayatunga	SMBP	95	119	146	21	381	0.22%
Kamal Karunadasa	PLSF	86	66	92	3	247	0.14%
Abdul Rasool	SLMP	55	60	125	0	240	0.14%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara	LDA	33	51	65	16	165	0.10%
Hudson Samarasinghe	Ind 3	32	28	55	1	116	0.07%
A. Dissanayaka	DUNF	10	26	26	3	65	0.04%
A.W. Premawardhana	PFF	8	13	16	0	37	0.02%
Valid Votes		46,129	46,376	76,249	3,253	172,007	100.00%
Rejected Votes		736	859	1,473	83	3,151
Total Polled		46,865	47,235	77,722	3,336	175,158
Registered Electors		60,171	61,803	98,929		220,903
Turnout		77.89%	76.43%	78.56%		79.29%
Source:^[8]

2005 Presidential Election

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

Candidate	Party	Votes per Polling Division			Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
Candidate	Party	Medirigiriya	Minneriya	Polonnaruwa	Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
Mahinda Rajapaksa	UPFA	27,230	31,081	47,188	5,000	110,499	52.61%
Ranil Wickremasinghe	UNP	25,533	23,819	44,951	2,839	97,142	46.25%
A.A. Suraweera	NDF	172	199	308	4	683	0.33%
Siritunga Jayasuriya	USP	181	176	231	1	589	0.28%
Victor Hettigoda	ULPP	42	65	112	7	226	0.11%
Chamil Jayaneththi	NLF	61	52	106	7	226	0.11%
Aruna de Soyza	RPP	50	61	108	2	221	0.11%
Anura De Silva	ULF	48	39	51	3	141	0.07%
Wimal Geeganage	SLNF	25	43	47	4	119	0.06%
A.K.J. Arachchige	DUA	18	28	32	3	81	0.04%
P. Nelson Perera	SLPF	15	12	20	1	48	0.02%
Wije Dias	SEP	5	6	19	1	31	0.01%
H.S. Dharmadwaja	UNAF	8	6	10	0	24	0.01%
Valid Votes		53,388	55,587	93,183	7,872	210,030	100.00%
Rejected Votes		402	536	936	128	2,002
Total Polled		53,790	56,123	94,119	8,000	212,032
Registered Electors		69,230	72,430	121,949		263,609
Turnout		77.70%	77.49%	77.18%		80.43%
Source:^[9]

2010 Presidential Election

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

Candidate	Party	Votes per Polling Division			Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
Candidate	Party	Medirigiriya	Minneriya	Polonnaruwa	Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
Mahinda Rajapaksa	UPFA	34,613	39,587	60,718	9,971	144,889	64.92%
Sarath Fonseka	NDF	18,979	16,517	35,473	4,057	75,026	33.62%
M.C.M. Ismail	DUNF	93	167	320	39	619	0.28%
W.V. Mahiman Ranjith	Ind 1	130	139	228	10	507	0.23%
A.A. Suraweera	NDF	89	163	219	6	477	0.21%
C.J. Sugathsiri Gamage	UDF	57	55	118	6	236	0.11%
A.S.P Liyanage	SLLP	49	70	99	1	219	0.10%
Sarath Manamendra	NSH	61	40	98	2	201	0.09%
Ukkubanda Wijekoon	Ind 3	57	49	88	1	195	0.09%
Lal Perera	ONF	45	39	85	3	172	0.08%
Siritunga Jayasuriya	USP	24	30	61	0	115	0.05%
Aithurus M. Illias	Ind 2	16	23	29	5	73	0.03%
Vikramabahu Karunaratne	LF	9	21	39	2	71	0.03%
Sanath Pinnaduwa	NA	18	14	30	0	62	0.03%
Wije Dias	SEP	8	16	29	1	54	0.02%
M. K. Shivajilingam	Ind 5	9	13	29	3	54	0.02%
M. Mohamed Musthaffa	Ind 4	12	11	22	0	45	0.02%
Senaratna de Silva	PNF	7	8	21	2	38	0.02%
Rev. Battaramulla Seelarathana Thero	JP	3	10	17	2	32	0.01%
M.B. Thaminimulla	ACAKO	7	8	15	1	31	0.01%
Sarath Kongahage	UNAF	8	6	13	3	30	0.01%
Aruna de Soyza	RPP	8	4	17	0	29	0.01%
Valid Votes		54,302	56,990	97,768	14,115	223,175	100.00%
Rejected Votes		281	350	710	131	1,472
Total Polled		54,583	57,340	98,478	14,246	224,647
Registered Electors		72,402	77,084	130,851		280,337
Turnout		75.39%	74.39%	75.26%		80.13%
Source:^[10]

Parliamentary General Elections

1989 Parliamentary General Election

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

Party	Votes per Polling Division			Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
Party	Mediri- giriya	Minne -riya	Polon- naruwa	Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
United National Party	8,631	10,576	23,469	797	43,473	62.33%	4
Sri Lanka Freedom Party	3,384	7,431	11,973	433	23,221	33.29%	1
United Lanka People's Party	148	711	1,052	22	1,933	2.77%	0
United Socialist Alliance (CPSL, LSSP, NSSP, SLMP)	67	765	250	35	1,117	1.60%	0
Valid Votes	12,230	19,483	36,744	1,287	69,744	100.00%	5
Rejected Votes	959	1,866	2,376	65	5,266
Total Polled	13,189	21,349	39,120	1,352	75,010
Registered Electors	48,477	49,700	64,163	1,405	163,745
Turnout	27.21%	42.96%	60.97%	96.23%	45.81%
Source:^[11]

The following candidates were elected:^[11] Hewa Gajaman Paththinige Nelson (UNP), 18,093 preference votes (pv); Maithripala Sirisena (SLFP), 13,652 pv; Seid Ahamed Abdul Majeed (UNP), 12,299 pv; C. A. Suriyaarachchi (UNP), 11,318 pv; and Samarasinghe Arachchilage Muthubanda (UNP), 10,336 pv.

1994 Parliamentary General Election

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

Party	Votes per Polling Division			Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
Party	Mediri- giriya	Minne -riya	Polon- naruwa	Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
People's Alliance (SLFP et al.)	22,287	24,660	33,381	2,110	82,438	51.18%	3
United National Party	22,261	20,379	32,562	1,504	76,706	47.62%	2
Sri Lanka Progressive Front (JVP)	308	811	750	65	1,934	1.20%	0
Valid Votes	44,856	45,850	66,693	3,679	161,078	100.00%	5
Rejected Votes	1,626	1,758	2,984	66	6,434
Total Polled	46,482	47,608	69,677	3,745	167,512
Registered Electors	55,264	57,393	87,535		200,192
Turnout	84.11%	82.95%	79.60%		83.68%
Source:^[12]

The following candidates were elected:^[12] Maithripala Sirisena (PA), 62,925 preference votes (pv); Rukman Senanayake (UNP), 45,648 pv; Hewa Gajaman Paththinige Nelson (UNP), 39,439 pv; Thilakarathne Bandara Mahalekam (PA), 26,465 pv; and Herath Mudiyanselage Nandasena Herath (PA), 26,213 pv.

2000 Parliamentary General Election

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

Party	Votes per Polling Division			Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
Party	Mediri- giriya	Minne -riya	Polon- naruwa	Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
United National Party	22,213	22,693	35,197	2,296	82,399	46.33%	3
People's Alliance (SLFP et al.)	21,075	21,014	34,979	2,955	80,023	44.99%	2
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	2,135	3,811	4,691	524	11,161	6.27%	0
National Unity Alliance (SLMC)	1,048	28	886	15	1,977	1.11%	0
New Left Front (NSSP et al.)	249	329	569	18	1,165	0.65%	0
Sinhala Heritage	123	142	317	33	615	0.35%	0
Citizen's Front	24	28	103	4	159	0.09%	0
Liberal Party	20	30	42	1	93	0.05%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	21	26	25	5	77	0.04%	0
Independent 2	20	15	34	1	70	0.04%	0
Democratic United National Front	16	16	33	1	66	0.04%	0
Independent 1	8	18	16	1	43	0.02%	0
People's Freedom Front	5	4	13	1	23	0.01%	0
Valid Votes	46,957	48,154	76,905	5,855	177,871	100.00%	5
Rejected Votes	2,395	2,770	4,710	194	10,069
Total Polled	49,352	50,924	81,615	6,049	187,940
Registered Electors	61,872	63,895	103,667		229,434
Turnout	79.76%	79.70%	78.73%		81.91%
Source:^[13]

The following candidates were elected:^[14] Maithripala Sirisena (PA), 57,072 preference votes (pv); Earl Gunasekara (UNP), 56,213 pv; Hewa Gajaman Paththinige Nelson (UNP), 31,241 pv; Rukman Senanayake (UNP), 27,200 pv; and Herath Mudiyanselage Nandasena Herath (PA), 22,872 pv.

2001 Parliamentary General Election

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

Party	Votes per Polling Division			Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
Party	Mediri- giriya	Minne -riya	Polon- naruwa	Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
United National Front (UNP, SLMC, CWC, DPF)	24,450	21,436	39,349		86,786	47.82%	3
People's Alliance (SLFP et al.)	19,149	19,423	33,531		73,679	40.60%	2
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	4,355	6,749	7,280		18,956	10.44%	0
New Left Front (NSSP et al.)	416	435	662		1,517	0.84%	0
Sinhala Heritage	37	57	99		199	0.11%	0
Democratic United National Front	20	34	55		109	0.06%	0
Independent 4	12	26	32		70	0.04%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	9	18	18		45	0.02%	0
Independent 1	8	15	12		36	0.02%	0
Independent 2	7	15	11		34	0.02%	0
Independent 3	4	9	16		29	0.02%	0
Ruhuna People's Party	7	7	6		21	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	4	7	5		16	0.01%	0
Valid Votes	48,478	48,231	81,076		181,497	100.00%	5
Rejected Votes	2,401	3,393	5,995		11,854
Total Polled	50,879	51,624	87,071		193,351
Registered Electors	63,518	66,645	110,281		240,444
Turnout	80.10%	77.46%	78.95%		80.41%
Sources:^[15]^[16]

The following candidates were elected:^[17] Earl Gunasekara (UNF), 57,957 preference votes (pv); Maithripala Sirisena (PA), 52,421 pv; Hewa Gajaman Paththinige Nelson (UNF), 41,822 pv; Ananda Sarath Kumara Rathnayake (PA), 40,384 pv; and Kapugamage Palle Mulle Sidney Jayaratne (UNF), 28,109 pv.

2004 Parliamentary General Election

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

Party	Votes per Polling Division			Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
Party	Mediri- giriya	Minne -riya	Polon- naruwa	Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, JVP et al.)	26,114	30,342	45,936	3,851	106,243	57.35%	3
United National Front (UNP, SLMC, CWC, DPF)	20,522	17,522	35,420	2,200	75,664	40.84%	2
Jathika Hela Urumaya	388	850	1,067	108	2,413	1.30%	0
United Socialist Party	182	152	290	3	627	0.34%	0
National Development Front	23	32	59	2	116	0.06%	0
Independent 10	16	21	14	0	51	0.03%	0
New Left Front (NSSP et al.)	8	12	20	1	41	0.02%	0
Sri Lanka National Front	1	4	8	2	15	0.01%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	2	7	3	1	13	0.01%	0
Independent 1	2	3	8	0	13	0.01%	0
Independent 9	4	4	5	0	13	0.01%	0
Independent 2	3	4	3	1	11	0.01%	0
Independent 3	4	3	2	0	9	0.00%	0
Independent 4	1	4	3	0	8	0.00%	0
Ruhuna People's Party	0	1	4	1	6	0.00%	0
Independent 6	2	0	3	0	5	0.00%	0
Independent 8	1	2	2	0	5	0.00%	0
Independent 5	1	2	1	0	4	0.00%	0
Independent 7	2	0	2	0	4	0.00%	0
Valid Votes	47,276	48,965	82,850	6,170	185,261	100.00%	5
Rejected Votes	3,035	3,746	5,683	209	12,673
Total Polled	50,311	52,711	88,533	6,379	197,934
Registered Electors	66,605	70,308	117,148		254,061
Turnout	75.54%	74.97%	75.57%		77.91%
Source:^[18]

The following candidates were elected:^[19] Maithripala Sirisena (UPFA-SLFP), 72,451 preference votes (pv); S. K. Subasinghe (UPFA-JVP), 61,580 pv; Siripala Gamalath (UPFA-SLFP), 47,085 pv; Earl Gunasekara (UNF-UNP), 38,681 pv; and C. A. Suriyaarachchi (UNF-UNP), 37,983 pv.

2010 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010 for the district:

Party	Votes per Polling Division			Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
Party	Mediri- giriya	Minne -riya	Polon- naruwa	Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP et al.)	26,794	29,597	51,998	10,305	118,694	69.22%	4
United National Front (UNP, SLMC, DPF, SLFP(P))	12,572	8,890	21,579	2,691	45,732	26.67%	1
Democratic National Alliance (JVP et al.)	1,199	2,166	2,453	639	6,457	3.77%	0
Our National Front	34	34	55	7	130	0.08%	0
United National Alternative Front	14	10	30	1	55	0.03%	0
Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal	2	0	50	1	53	0.03%	0
Sri Lanka National Front	24	6	11	6	47	0.03%	0
National Development Front	4	12	21	6	43	0.03%	0
Janasetha Peramuna	3	2	18	3	26	0.02%	0
Independent 1	3	5	10	2	20	0.01%	0
Independent 11	7	5	5	1	18	0.01%	0
Independent 13	6	6	6	0	18	0.01%	0
United Democratic Front	3	3	9	2	17	0.01%	0
United Lanka Great Council	3	5	8	1	17	0.01%	0
Independent 7	2	2	11	2	17	0.01%	0
Patriotic National Front	3	9	4	0	16	0.01%	0
Independent 10	2	1	10	0	13	0.01%	0
Ruhuna People's Party	3	5	4	0	12	0.01%	0
Independent 4	1	6	4	1	12	0.01%	0
Independent 5	3	6	3	0	12	0.01%	0
Independent 12	3	3	6	0	12	0.01%	0
Independent 2	3	5	1	1	10	0.01%	0
Independent 8	3	0	6	1	10	0.01%	0
Independent 3	3	4	0	1	8	0.00%	0
National People's Party	1	2	3	1	7	0.00%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	2	0	2	2	6	0.00%	0
Independent 6	3	0	3	0	6	0.00%	0
Independent 9	0	1	1	0	2	0.00%	0
Left Liberation Front	0	0	1	0	1	0.00%	0
Valid Votes	40,700	40,785	76,312	13,674	171,471	100.00%	5
Rejected Votes	3,613	3,643	6,804	738	14,798
Total Polled	44,313	44,428	83,116	14,412	186,269
Registered Electors	72,402	77,084	130,851		280,337
Turnout	61.20%	57.64%	63.52%		66.44%
Source:^[20]

The following candidates were elected:^[21] Maithripala Sirisena (UPFA-SLFP), 90,118 preference votes (pv); Ranasinghe Roshan (UPFA), 56,223 pv; Siripala Gamalath (UPFA-SLFP), 53,973 pv; C. A. Suriyaarachchi (UPFA), 44,356 pv; and Earl Gunasekara (UNF-UNP), 26,925 pv.

Provincial Council Elections

1993 Provincial Council Election

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

Party	Votes	%
United National Party	69,606	52.26%
People's Alliance (SLFP et al.)	44,528	33.43%
Democratic United National Front	16,608	12.47%
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress	1,818	1.37%
Nava Sama Samaja Party	622	0.47%
Valid Votes	133,182
Rejected Votes	12,630
Total Polled	145,812
Registered Electors	196,031
Turnout	74.38%
Source:

1999 Provincial Council Election

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

Party	Votes	%
People's Alliance (SLFP, SLMC et al.)	75,466	52.01%
United National Party	60,022	41.37%
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	8,498	5.86%
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	394	0.27%
Liberal Party	388	0.27%
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	334	0.23%
Valid Votes	145,102	100.00%
Rejected Votes	10,255
Total Polled	155,357
Registered Electors	217,318
Turnout	71.49%
Source:^[22]

2004 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 4th North Central provincial council election held on 10 July 2004 for the district:

Party	Votes per Polling Division			Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
Party	Mediri- giriya	Minne -riya	Polon- naruwa	Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, JVP et al.)	22,700	25,789	40,340	2,238	91,067	62.19%	6
United National Party	15,647	11,040	26,886	961	54,534	37.24%	4
United Socialist Party	203	141	270	6	620	0.42%	0
Independent 3	16	27	37	0	80	0.05%	0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	10	12	28	4	54	0.04%	0
United Sinhala Great Council	2	11	14	1	28	0.02%	0
Independent 2	5	7	11	3	26	0.02%	0
Independent 1	7	5	10	2	24	0.02%	0
Valid Votes	38,590	37,032	67,596	3,215	146,433	100.00%	10
Rejected Votes	2,340	2,563	4,762	166	9,831
Total Polled	40,930	39,595	72,358	3,381	156,264
Registered Electors	66,605	70,308	117,148		254,061
Turnout	61.45%	56.32%	61.77%		61.51%
Source:^[23]

The following candidates were elected:^[23] Ananda Sarath Kumara Rathnayake (UPFA), 41,004 preference votes (pv); R. K. Indrananda (UPFA), 28,009 pv; M. G. Palitha Upul Kumara (UPFA), 24,242 pv; T. B. Sarath (UPFA), 21,774 pv; Kins Nelson (UNP), 21,100 pv; R. M. Punchi Banda Rathnayake (UPFA), 20,959 pv; Deniyegedara Saranelis Dayawansha (UPFA), 16,638 pv; Donald Mahamadakalapuwage (UNP), 14,591 pv; Ansar Shahul Hameed Mohamadu (UNP), 11,788 pv; and Arachchilage Janaka Priyantha Samarasinghe (UNP), 11,459 pv.

2008 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 5th North Central provincial council election held on 23 August 2008 for the district:

Party	Votes per Polling Division			Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
Party	Mediri- giriya	Minne -riya	Polon- naruwa	Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP et al.)	25,729	27,582	49,828	4,771	107,910	59.73%	6
United National Party	17,682	14,067	29,731	1,785	63,265	35.02%	4
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	1,662	2,573	2,835	311	7,381	4.09%	0
National Congress	796	20	519	36	1,371	0.76%	0
United National Alliance	67	48	83	6	204	0.11%	0
United Socialist Party	45	47	76	5	173	0.10%	0
Independent 8	12	23	39	2	76	0.04%	0
National Development Front	18	30	22	4	74	0.04%	0
Independent 4	13	16	6	0	35	0.02%	0
Independent 6	8	17	9	1	35	0.02%	0
Left Front (NSSP et al.)	5	5	11	4	25	0.01%	0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front	0	7	14	4	25	0.01%	0
Independent 1	8	2	9	2	21	0.01%	0
Independent 7	3	6	7	2	18	0.01%	0
Independent 5	1	9	3	1	14	0.01%	0
Independent 2	5	5	3	0	13	0.01%	0
Independent 3	4	0	8	1	13	0.01%	0
Muslim Liberation Front	2	4	4	0	10	0.01%	0
Valid Votes	46,060	44,461	83,207	6,935	180,663	100.00%	10
Rejected Votes	2,508	2,968	4,413	293	10,182
Total Polled	48,568	47,429	87,620	7,228	190,845
Registered Electors	72,128	76,120	128,808		277,056
Turnout	67.34%	62.31%	68.02%		68.88%
Source:^[24]

v t e Electoral Districts of Sri Lanka
Central Province	Kandy (Mahanuwara) Matale Nuwara Eliya
Eastern Province	Ampara (Digamadulla) Batticaloa Trincomalee
Northern Province	Jaffna Vanni
North Central Province	Anuradhapura Polonnaruwa
North Western Province	Kurunegala Puttalam
Sabaragamuwa	Kegalle Ratnapura
Southern Province	Galle Hambantota Matara
Uva	Badulla Monaragala
Western Province	Colombo Gampaha Kalutara
Appointed	National List
Electoral districts of Sri Lanka (1931–1947) Electoral districts of Sri Lanka (1947–1989)