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For the administrative district, see <a href="/wiki/Hambantota_District" title="Hambantota District">Hambantota District</a>.</div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Electoral district in Sri Lanka</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org">Hambantota</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader category" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_districts_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Electoral districts of Sri Lanka">Electoral District</a><br />for the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Parliament of Sri Lanka">Parliament of Sri Lanka</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Districts of Sri Lanka">Administrative<br />District</a></th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Hambantota_District" title="Hambantota District">Hambantota</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Provinces of Sri Lanka">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Southern Province, Sri Lanka">Southern</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Polling divisions</th><td class="infobox-data">4</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">558,000<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2008)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Electorate</th><td class="infobox-data">421,186<sup id="cite_ref-2010pe_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010pe-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2010)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">2,609 km<sup>2</sup> (1,007 sq mi)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #efefef;">Current <a href="/wiki/Electoral_districts_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Electoral districts of Sri Lanka">Electoral District</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number of members</th><td class="infobox-data">7</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">MPs</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#C4094A; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Power" title="National People's Power">NPP</a> (5)</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <a href="/wiki/Nihal_Galappaththi" title="Nihal Galappaththi">Nihal Galappaththi</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Athula_Hewage" title="Athula Hewage">Athula Hewage</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Saliya_Madarasinghe" title="Saliya Madarasinghe">Saliya Madarasinghe</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Aravinda_Vitharana" title="Aravinda Vitharana">Aravinda Vitharana</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Prabha_Senarath" title="Prabha Senarath">Prabha Senarath</a></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0B9444; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Samagi_Jana_Balawegaya" title="Samagi Jana Balawegaya">SJB</a> (1)</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <a href="/wiki/Dilip_Wedaarachchi" title="Dilip Wedaarachchi">Dilip Wedaarachchi</a></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#87171A; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Podujana_Peramuna" title="Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna">SLPP</a> (1)</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <a href="/wiki/D._V._Chanaka" title="D. V. Chanaka">D. V. Chanaka</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Hambantota electoral district</b> is one of the 22 <a href="/wiki/Multi-member" class="mw-redirect" title="Multi-member">multi-member</a> <a href="/wiki/Electoral_districts_in_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Electoral districts in Sri Lanka">electoral districts</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a> created by the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Constitution of Sri Lanka">1978 Constitution</a> of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Districts of Sri Lanka">administrative district</a> of <a href="/wiki/Hambantota_District" title="Hambantota District">Hambantota</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Southern Province, Sri Lanka">Southern province</a>. The district currently elects 7 of the 225 members of the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan Parliament">Sri Lankan Parliament</a> and had 421,186 registered electors in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-2010pe_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010pe-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 09.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Polling_Divisions">Polling Divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hambantota_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Polling Divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Hambantota Electoral District consists of the following polling divisions:<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A: <a href="/wiki/Mulkirigala_Polling_Division" title="Mulkirigala Polling Division">Mulkirigala</a> </p><p>B: <a href="/wiki/Beliatta_Polling_Division" title="Beliatta Polling Division">Beliatta</a> </p><p>C: <a href="/wiki/Tangalle_Polling_Division" title="Tangalle Polling Division">Tangalle</a> </p><p>D: <a href="/wiki/Thissamaharama_Polling_Division" title="Thissamaharama Polling Division">Tissamaharama</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1982_Presidential_Election">1982 Presidential Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hambantota_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1982 Presidential Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/1982_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="1982 Sri Lankan presidential election">1st presidential election</a> held on 20 October 1982 for the district: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="180">Candidate</th> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="40">Party</th> <th colspan="4">Votes per Polling Division</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">Postal<br />Votes</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">Total Votes</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">% </th></tr> <tr> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Beli-<br />atta</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Mulkiri<br />-gala</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Tan-<br />galla</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Tissama<br />-harama </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Junius_Jayewardene" class="mw-redirect" title="Junius Jayewardene">Junius Jayewardene</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a></td> <td>21,056</td> <td>18,964</td> <td>23,196</td> <td>25,656</td> <td>1,673</td> <td><b>90,545</b></td> <td>45.90% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Hector Kobbekaduwa</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a></td> <td>18,150</td> <td>19,605</td> <td>17,253</td> <td>20,624</td> <td>770</td> <td><b>76,402</b></td> <td>38.73% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Rohana_Wijeweera" title="Rohana Wijeweera">Rohana Wijeweera</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a></td> <td>5,957</td> <td>5,966</td> <td>8,966</td> <td>7,724</td> <td>222</td> <td><b>28,835</b></td> <td>14.62% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Colvin_R._de_Silva" title="Colvin R. de Silva">Colvin R. de Silva</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Lanka_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Lanka Sama Samaja Party">LSSP</a></td> <td>227</td> <td>247</td> <td>183</td> <td>212</td> <td>8</td> <td><b>877</b></td> <td>0.44% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Vasudeva Nanayakkara</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Nava_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Nava Sama Samaja Party">NSSP</a></td> <td>78</td> <td>114</td> <td>78</td> <td>65</td> <td>9</td> <td><b>344</b></td> <td>0.17% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Kumar_Ponnambalam" title="Kumar Ponnambalam">Kumar Ponnambalam</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/All_Ceylon_Tamil_Congress" title="All Ceylon Tamil Congress">ACTC</a></td> <td>63</td> <td>97</td> <td>57</td> <td>58</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>275</b></td> <td>0.14% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>45,531</b></td> <td><b>44,993</b></td> <td><b>49,733</b></td> <td><b>54,339</b></td> <td><b>2,682</b></td> <td><b>197,278</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Rejected Votes</td> <td>378</td> <td>484</td> <td>397</td> <td>523</td> <td>22</td> <td>1,804</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Total Polled</td> <td>45,909</td> <td>45,477</td> <td>50,130</td> <td>54,862</td> <td>2,704</td> <td>199,082</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Registered Electors</td> <td>56,254</td> <td>57,491</td> <td>58,690</td> <td>69,521</td> <td></td> <td>241,956</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Turnout</td> <td>81.61%</td> <td>79.10%</td> <td>85.41%</td> <td>78.91%</td> <td></td> <td>82.28%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="9">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1988_Presidential_Election">1988 Presidential Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hambantota_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1988 Presidential Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/1988_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="1988 Sri Lankan presidential election">2nd presidential election</a> held on 19 December 1988 for the district: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="180">Candidate</th> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="40">Party</th> <th colspan="4">Votes per Polling Division</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">Postal<br />Votes</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">Total Votes</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">% </th></tr> <tr> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Beli-<br />atta</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Mulkiri<br />-gala</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Tan-<br />galla</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Tissama<br />-harama </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ranasinghe_Premadasa" title="Ranasinghe Premadasa">Ranasinghe Premadasa</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a></td> <td>6,793</td> <td>5,952</td> <td>8,292</td> <td>20,020</td> <td>141</td> <td><b>41,198</b></td> <td>49.62% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sirimavo_Bandaranaike" title="Sirimavo Bandaranaike">Sirimavo Bandaranaike</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a></td> <td>5,733</td> <td>5,740</td> <td>8,026</td> <td>19,665</td> <td>179</td> <td><b>39,343</b></td> <td>47.39% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Oswin Abeygunasekara</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Mahajana_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lanka Mahajana Party">SLMP</a></td> <td>326</td> <td>382</td> <td>569</td> <td>1,192</td> <td>9</td> <td><b>2,478</b></td> <td>2.98% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>12,852</b></td> <td><b>12,074</b></td> <td><b>16,887</b></td> <td><b>40,877</b></td> <td><b>329</b></td> <td><b>83,019</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Rejected Votes</td> <td>491</td> <td>663</td> <td>1,007</td> <td>1,667</td> <td>27</td> <td>3,855</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Total Polled</td> <td>13,343</td> <td>12,737</td> <td>17,894</td> <td>42,544</td> <td>356</td> <td>86,874</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Registered Electors</td> <td>62,773</td> <td>66,740</td> <td>70,422</td> <td>95,245</td> <td></td> <td>295,180</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Turnout</td> <td>21.26%</td> <td>19.08%</td> <td>25.41%</td> <td>44.67%</td> <td></td> <td>29.43%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="9">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1989_Parliamentary_General_Election">1989 Parliamentary General Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hambantota_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1989 Parliamentary General Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/1989_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">9th parliamentary election</a> held on 15 February 1989 for the district: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="180">Party</th> <th colspan="4">Votes per Polling Division</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">Postal<br />Votes</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">Total Votes</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">%</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="40">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Beli-<br />atta</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Mulkiri<br />-gala</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Tan-<br />galla</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Tissama<br />-harama </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>6,235</td> <td>8,653</td> <td>1,640</td> <td>13,406</td> <td>1,705</td> <td><b>31,639</b></td> <td>55.92%</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a></td> <td>4,418</td> <td>5,581</td> <td>1,948</td> <td>9,273</td> <td>1,239</td> <td><b>22,459</b></td> <td>39.70%</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">United Socialist Alliance<br />(<a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Communist Party of Sri Lanka">CPSL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lanka_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Lanka Sama Samaja Party">LSSP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nava_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Nava Sama Samaja Party">NSSP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Mahajana_Pakshaya" title="Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya">SLMP</a>)</td> <td>18</td> <td>111</td> <td>25</td> <td>1,492</td> <td>40</td> <td><b>1,686</b></td> <td>2.98%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna">Mahajana Eksath Peramuna</a></td> <td>242</td> <td>85</td> <td>29</td> <td>224</td> <td>68</td> <td><b>648</b></td> <td>1.15%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">Sri Lanka Muslim Congress</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>24</td> <td>5</td> <td>105</td> <td>6</td> <td><b>143</b></td> <td>0.25%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>10,916</b></td> <td><b>14,454</b></td> <td><b>3,647</b></td> <td><b>24,500</b></td> <td><b>3,058</b></td> <td><b>56,575</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b></td> <td><b>7</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Rejected Votes</td> <td>204</td> <td>404</td> <td>961</td> <td>2,589</td> <td>181</td> <td>4,339</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Total Polled</td> <td>11,120</td> <td>14,858</td> <td>4,608</td> <td>27,089</td> <td>3,239</td> <td>60,914</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Registered Electors</td> <td>61,466</td> <td>66,111</td> <td>69,327</td> <td>94,234</td> <td>3,982</td> <td>295,120</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Turnout</td> <td>18.09%</td> <td>22.47%</td> <td>6.65%</td> <td>28.75%</td> <td>81.34%</td> <td>20.64%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="10">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-1989ge_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1989ge-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following candidates were elected:<sup id="cite_ref-1989ge_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1989ge-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a> (SLFP), 13,073 preference votes (pv); <a href="/wiki/Ranjit_Atapattu" title="Ranjit Atapattu">Ranjit Atapattu</a> (UNP), 10,381 pv; <a href="/wiki/Chamal_Rajapaksa" title="Chamal Rajapaksa">Chamal Rajapaksa</a> (SLFP), 10,342 pv; <a href="/wiki/Ananda_Kularatne" title="Ananda Kularatne">Kadukannage Ananda Kularatne</a> (UNP), 9,470 pv; Patabandi Madduma Baduge Cyril (UNP), 5,911 pv; Abeydheera Hary (UNP), 5,699 pv; and <a href="/wiki/Gunapala_Tissakuttiarachchi" title="Gunapala Tissakuttiarachchi">Gunapala Tissakuttiarachchi</a> (UNP), 3,600 pv. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1993_Provincial_Council_Election">1993 Provincial Council Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hambantota_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1993 Provincial Council Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=1993_Sri_Lankan_provincial_council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1993 Sri Lankan provincial council election (page does not exist)">2nd Southern provincial council election</a> held on 17 May 1993 for the district: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" width="180">Party</th> <th align="center" width="50">Votes</th> <th align="center" width="50">%</th> <th align="center" width="40">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>102,841</td> <td>49.85%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">People's Alliance</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> et al.)</td> <td>63,919</td> <td>30.98%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_United_National_Front" title="Democratic United National Front">Democratic United National Front</a></td> <td>32,882</td> <td>15.94%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 1</a></td> <td>4,266</td> <td>2.07%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Nava_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Nava Sama Samaja Party">Nava Sama Samaja Party</a></td> <td>1,859</td> <td>0.90%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Others</td> <td>533</td> <td>0.26%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>206,300</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Rejected Votes</td> <td>17,789</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Total Polled</td> <td>224,089</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Registered Electors</td> <td>323,653</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Turnout</td> <td>69.24%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="4">Source: </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1994_Provincial_Council_Election">1994 Provincial Council Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hambantota_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1994 Provincial Council Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=1994_Sri_Lankan_provincial_council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1994 Sri Lankan provincial council election (page does not exist)">3rd Southern provincial council election</a> held on 24 March 1994 for the district: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" width="180">Party</th> <th align="center" width="50">Votes</th> <th align="center" width="50">%</th> <th align="center" width="40">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">People's Alliance</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> et al.)</td> <td>118,889</td> <td>53.95%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>96,118</td> <td>43.62%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Nava_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Nava Sama Samaja Party">Nava Sama Samaja Party</a></td> <td>2,703</td> <td>1.23%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a></td> <td>2,650</td> <td>1.20%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>220,360</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Rejected Votes</td> <td>14,828</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Total Polled</td> <td>235,188</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Registered Electors</td> <td>323,653</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Turnout</td> <td>72.67%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="4">Source: </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1994_Parliamentary_General_Election">1994 Parliamentary General Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hambantota_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1994 Parliamentary General Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/1994_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">10th parliamentary election</a> held on 16 August 1994 for the district: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="180">Party</th> <th colspan="4">Votes per Polling Division</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">Postal<br />Votes</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">Total Votes</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">%</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="40">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Beli-<br />atta</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Mulkiri<br />-gala</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Tan-<br />galla</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Tissama<br />-harama </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">People's Alliance</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> et al.)</td> <td>25,501</td> <td>28,181</td> <td>33,090</td> <td>41,739</td> <td>3,497</td> <td><b>132,008</b></td> <td>53.51%</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>18,643</td> <td>22,078</td> <td>22,882</td> <td>30,056</td> <td>1,723</td> <td><b>95,382</b></td> <td>38.67%</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Sri Lanka Progressive Front (<a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a>)</td> <td>3,169</td> <td>2,679</td> <td>4,054</td> <td>5,151</td> <td>256</td> <td><b>15,309</b></td> <td>6.21%</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna">Mahajana Eksath Peramuna</a></td> <td>680</td> <td>288</td> <td>443</td> <td>554</td> <td>115</td> <td><b>2,080</b></td> <td>0.84%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 1</a></td> <td>154</td> <td>298</td> <td>230</td> <td>315</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>997</b></td> <td>0.40%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 2</a></td> <td>112</td> <td>117</td> <td>113</td> <td>126</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>468</b></td> <td>0.19%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sinhalaye_Mahasammatha_Bhoomiputra_Pakshaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya">Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya</a></td> <td>49</td> <td>32</td> <td>32</td> <td>149</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>267</b></td> <td>0.11%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">People's Freedom Front</td> <td>23</td> <td>47</td> <td>51</td> <td>46</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>168</b></td> <td>0.07%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>48,331</b></td> <td><b>53,720</b></td> <td><b>60,895</b></td> <td><b>78,136</b></td> <td><b>5,597</b></td> <td><b>246,679</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b></td> <td><b>7</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Rejected Votes</td> <td>2,333</td> <td>3,763</td> <td>3,239</td> <td>4,116</td> <td>88</td> <td>13,539</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Total Polled</td> <td>50,664</td> <td>57,483</td> <td>64,134</td> <td>82,252</td> <td>5,685</td> <td>260,218</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Registered Electors</td> <td>66,091</td> <td>73,236</td> <td>80,917</td> <td>106,669</td> <td></td> <td>326,913</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Turnout</td> <td>76.66%</td> <td>78.49%</td> <td>79.26%</td> <td>77.11%</td> <td></td> <td>79.60%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="10">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-1994ge_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1994ge-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following candidates were elected:<sup id="cite_ref-1994ge_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1994ge-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a> (PA), 78,977 preference votes (pv); <a href="/wiki/Chamal_Rajapaksa" title="Chamal Rajapaksa">Chamal Rajapaksa</a> (PA), 63,698 pv; <a href="/wiki/Nirupama_Rajapaksa" title="Nirupama Rajapaksa">Nirupama Rajapaksa</a> (PA), 46,034 pv; <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Amaraweera" title="Mahinda Amaraweera">Mahinda Amaraweera</a> (PA), 39,376 pv; <a href="/wiki/Ananda_Kularatne" title="Ananda Kularatne">Ananda Kularatne K.</a> (UNP), 36,965 pv; <a href="/wiki/Mervyn_Silva" title="Mervyn Silva">Mervyn Silva</a> (UNP), 36,338 pv; and Janith Priyantha Vidyathilaka Vipulaguna (SLPF-JVP), 1,791 pv. </p><p>Janith Vipulaguna (SLPF-JVP) resigned and was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Nihal_Galappaththi" title="Nihal Galappaththi">Nihal Galappaththi</a> (SLPF-JVP).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1994_Presidential_Election">1994 Presidential Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hambantota_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1994 Presidential Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/1994_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="1994 Sri Lankan presidential election">3rd presidential election</a> held on 9 November 1994 for the district: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="180">Candidate</th> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="40">Party</th> <th colspan="4">Votes per Polling Division</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">Postal<br />Votes</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">Total Votes</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">% </th></tr> <tr> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Beli-<br />atta</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Mulkiri<br />-gala</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Tan-<br />galla</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Tissama<br />-harama </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Chandrika_Kumaratunga" title="Chandrika Kumaratunga">Chandrika Kumaratunga</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a></td> <td>26,335</td> <td>26,535</td> <td>33,442</td> <td>42,523</td> <td>4,038</td> <td><b>132,873</b></td> <td>61.52% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Srimathi Dissanayake</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a></td> <td>16,150</td> <td>17,983</td> <td>18,680</td> <td>23,102</td> <td>1,820</td> <td><b>77,735</b></td> <td>35.99% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Nihal_Galappaththi" title="Nihal Galappaththi">Nihal Galappaththi</a></td> <td align="left">SLPF</td> <td>285</td> <td>389</td> <td>462</td> <td>478</td> <td>71</td> <td><b>1,685</b></td> <td>0.78% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Harischandra_Wijayatunga" title="Harischandra Wijayatunga">Harischandra Wijayatunga</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sinhalaye_Mahasammatha_Bhoomiputra_Pakshaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya">SMBP</a></td> <td>294</td> <td>389</td> <td>332</td> <td>478</td> <td>45</td> <td><b>1,538</b></td> <td>0.71% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Hudson Samarasinghe</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 2</a></td> <td>273</td> <td>419</td> <td>319</td> <td>390</td> <td>13</td> <td><b>1,414</b></td> <td>0.65% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">A.J. Ranashinge</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 1</a></td> <td>165</td> <td>194</td> <td>170</td> <td>197</td> <td>24</td> <td><b>750</b></td> <td>0.35% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>43,502</b></td> <td><b>45,909</b></td> <td><b>53,405</b></td> <td><b>67,168</b></td> <td><b>6,011</b></td> <td><b>215,995</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Rejected Votes</td> <td>652</td> <td>1,010</td> <td>789</td> <td>1,432</td> <td>130</td> <td>4,013</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Total Polled</td> <td>44,154</td> <td>46,919</td> <td>54,194</td> <td>68,600</td> <td>6,141</td> <td>220,008</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Registered Electors</td> <td>66,091</td> <td>73,236</td> <td>80,917</td> <td>106,669</td> <td></td> <td>326,913</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Turnout</td> <td>66.81%</td> <td>64.07%</td> <td>66.97%</td> <td>64.31%</td> <td></td> <td>67.30%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="9">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1999_Provincial_Council_Election">1999 Provincial Council Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hambantota_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 1999 Provincial Council Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/1999_Sri_Lankan_provincial_council_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1999 Sri Lankan provincial council election">4th Southern provincial council election</a> held on 10 June 1999 for the district: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" width="180">Party</th> <th align="center" width="50">Votes</th> <th align="center" width="50">%</th> <th align="center" width="40">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">People's Alliance</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">SLMC</a> et al.)</td> <td>89,483</td> <td>39.11%</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>82,786</td> <td>36.19%</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna</a></td> <td>47,296</td> <td>20.67%</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_Left_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="New Left Front">New Left Front</a> (<a href="/wiki/Nava_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Nava Sama Samaja Party">NSSP</a> et al.)</td> <td>4,869</td> <td>2.13%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 1</a></td> <td>2,603</td> <td>1.14%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna">Mahajana Eksath Peramuna</a></td> <td>1,044</td> <td>0.46%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">People's Liberation Solidarity Front</td> <td>324</td> <td>0.14%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Sri Lanka">Liberal Party</a></td> <td>150</td> <td>0.07%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 2</a></td> <td>134</td> <td>0.06%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 3</a></td> <td>87</td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>228,776</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b></td> <td><b>14</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Rejected Votes</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Total Polled</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Registered Electors</td> <td>342,498</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Turnout</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="4">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1999_Presidential_Election">1999 Presidential Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hambantota_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 1999 Presidential Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/1999_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="1999 Sri Lankan presidential election">4th presidential election</a> held on 21 December 1999 for the district: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="180">Candidate</th> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="40">Party</th> <th colspan="4">Votes per Polling Division</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">Postal<br />Votes</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">Total Votes</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">% </th></tr> <tr> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Beli-<br />atta</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Mulkiri<br />-gala</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Tan-<br />galla</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Tissama<br />-harama </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Chandrika_Kumaratunga" title="Chandrika Kumaratunga">Chandrika Kumaratunga</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a></td> <td>24,492</td> <td>24,728</td> <td>29,828</td> <td>39,021</td> <td>2,206</td> <td><b>120,275</b></td> <td>47.41% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremasinghe" class="mw-redirect" title="Ranil Wickremasinghe">Ranil Wickremasinghe</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a></td> <td>18,140</td> <td>21,426</td> <td>22,431</td> <td>30,983</td> <td>2,108</td> <td><b>95,088</b></td> <td>37.48% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Nandana_Gunathilake" title="Nandana Gunathilake">Nandana Gunathilake</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a></td> <td>5,691</td> <td>6,298</td> <td>9,887</td> <td>10,865</td> <td>998</td> <td><b>33,739</b></td> <td>13.30% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Harischandra_Wijayatunga" title="Harischandra Wijayatunga">Harischandra Wijayatunga</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sinhalaye_Mahasammatha_Bhoomiputra_Pakshaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya">SMBP</a></td> <td>136</td> <td>187</td> <td>171</td> <td>202</td> <td>37</td> <td><b>733</b></td> <td>0.29% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Rajiva_Wijesinha" title="Rajiva Wijesinha">Rajiva Wijesinha</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Sri Lanka">Liberal</a></td> <td>116</td> <td>198</td> <td>181</td> <td>229</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>729</b></td> <td>0.29% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">W.V.M. Ranjith</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 2</a></td> <td>118</td> <td>227</td> <td>174</td> <td>180</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>700</b></td> <td>0.28% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">T. Edirisuriya</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 1</a></td> <td>101</td> <td>180</td> <td>149</td> <td>249</td> <td>12</td> <td><b>691</b></td> <td>0.27% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Vasudeva Nanayakkara</td> <td align="left">LDA</td> <td>81</td> <td>125</td> <td>119</td> <td>121</td> <td>37</td> <td><b>483</b></td> <td>0.19% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Kamal Karunadasa</td> <td align="left">PLSF</td> <td>80</td> <td>108</td> <td>98</td> <td>130</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>421</b></td> <td>0.17% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Abdul Rasool</td> <td align="left">SLMP</td> <td>69</td> <td>68</td> <td>72</td> <td>134</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>346</b></td> <td>0.14% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Hudson Samarasinghe</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 3</a></td> <td>40</td> <td>47</td> <td>43</td> <td>61</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>192</b></td> <td>0.08% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">A. Dissanayaka</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_United_National_Front" title="Democratic United National Front">DUNF</a></td> <td>37</td> <td>38</td> <td>39</td> <td>45</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>160</b></td> <td>0.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">A.W. Premawardhana</td> <td align="left">PFF</td> <td>29</td> <td>34</td> <td>22</td> <td>35</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>121</b></td> <td>0.05% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>49,130</b></td> <td><b>53,664</b></td> <td><b>63,214</b></td> <td><b>82,255</b></td> <td><b>5,415</b></td> <td><b>253,678</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Rejected Votes</td> <td>919</td> <td>1,389</td> <td>1,222</td> <td>1,675</td> <td>170</td> <td>5,375</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Total Polled</td> <td>50,049</td> <td>55,053</td> <td>64,436</td> <td>83,930</td> <td>5,585</td> <td>259,053</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Registered Electors</td> <td>68,349</td> <td>78,596</td> <td>89,147</td> <td>114,717</td> <td></td> <td>350,809</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Turnout</td> <td>73.23%</td> <td>70.05%</td> <td>72.28%</td> <td>73.16%</td> <td></td> <td>73.84%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="9">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2000_Parliamentary_General_Election">2000 Parliamentary General Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hambantota_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2000 Parliamentary General Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/2000_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">11th parliamentary election</a> held on 10 October 2000 for the district: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="180">Party</th> <th colspan="4">Votes per Polling Division</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">Postal<br />Votes</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">Total Votes</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">%</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="40">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Beli-<br />atta</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Mulkiri<br />-gala</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Tan-<br />galla</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Tissama<br />-harama </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>20,221</td> <td>26,409</td> <td>28,755</td> <td>41,169</td> <td>2,520</td> <td><b>119,074</b></td> <td>43.12%</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">People's Alliance</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> et al.)</td> <td>22,406</td> <td>24,401</td> <td>27,595</td> <td>33,181</td> <td>2,725</td> <td><b>110,308</b></td> <td>39.95%</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna</a></td> <td>7,192</td> <td>7,191</td> <td>12,298</td> <td>13,958</td> <td>1,403</td> <td><b>42,042</b></td> <td>15.23%</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_Left_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="New Left Front">New Left Front</a> (<a href="/wiki/Nava_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Nava Sama Samaja Party">NSSP</a> et al.)</td> <td>306</td> <td>427</td> <td>432</td> <td>458</td> <td>6</td> <td><b>1,629</b></td> <td>0.59%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Sinhala Heritage</td> <td>157</td> <td>432</td> <td>230</td> <td>208</td> <td>52</td> <td><b>1,079</b></td> <td>0.39%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Citizen's Front</td> <td>105</td> <td>106</td> <td>94</td> <td>166</td> <td>7</td> <td><b>478</b></td> <td>0.17%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">United Sinhala Great Council</td> <td>48</td> <td>100</td> <td>101</td> <td>142</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>392</b></td> <td>0.14%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 5</a></td> <td>49</td> <td>62</td> <td>64</td> <td>69</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>245</b></td> <td>0.09%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sinhalaye_Mahasammatha_Bhoomiputra_Pakshaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya">Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya</a></td> <td>37</td> <td>33</td> <td>37</td> <td>64</td> <td>13</td> <td><b>184</b></td> <td>0.07%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Sri Lanka">Liberal Party</a></td> <td>26</td> <td>21</td> <td>62</td> <td>44</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>154</b></td> <td>0.06%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_United_National_Front" title="Democratic United National Front">Democratic United National Front</a></td> <td>29</td> <td>33</td> <td>38</td> <td>39</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>139</b></td> <td>0.05%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 4</a></td> <td>30</td> <td>35</td> <td>23</td> <td>28</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>116</b></td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 2</a></td> <td>20</td> <td>20</td> <td>25</td> <td>26</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>93</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 3</a></td> <td>10</td> <td>22</td> <td>12</td> <td>32</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>77</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 1</a></td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>9</td> <td>15</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>45</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Sri Lanka Progressive Front</td> <td>8</td> <td>14</td> <td>7</td> <td>11</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>42</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">People's Freedom Front</td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>8</td> <td>9</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>30</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>50,660</b></td> <td><b>59,323</b></td> <td><b>69,790</b></td> <td><b>89,619</b></td> <td><b>6,735</b></td> <td><b>276,127</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b></td> <td><b>7</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Rejected Votes</td> <td>2,462</td> <td>3,561</td> <td>3,227</td> <td>4,441</td> <td>124</td> <td>13,815</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Total Polled</td> <td>53,122</td> <td>62,884</td> <td>73,017</td> <td>94,060</td> <td>6,859</td> <td>289,942</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Registered Electors</td> <td>69,413</td> <td>80,283</td> <td>91,814</td> <td>118,516</td> <td></td> <td>360,026</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Turnout</td> <td>76.53%</td> <td>78.33%</td> <td>79.53%</td> <td>79.36%</td> <td></td> <td>80.53%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="10">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following candidates were elected:<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Sajith_Premadasa" title="Sajith Premadasa">Sajith Premadasa</a> (UNP), 98,968 preference votes (pv); <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a> (PA), 88,726 pv; <a href="/wiki/Chamal_Rajapaksa" title="Chamal Rajapaksa">Chamal Rajapaksa</a> (PA), 66,737 pv; <a href="/wiki/Dilip_Wedaarachchi" title="Dilip Wedaarachchi">Dilip Wedaarachchi</a> (UNP), 43,949 pv; <a href="/wiki/Siri_Andrahannadi" class="mw-redirect" title="Siri Andrahannadi">Siri Alexander Andrahennady</a> (UNP), 39,674 pv; <a href="/wiki/Ananda_Kularatne" title="Ananda Kularatne">Kadukannage Ananda Kularatne</a> (UNP), 27,618 pv; and <a href="/wiki/Nihal_Galappaththi" title="Nihal Galappaththi">Nihal Galappaththi</a> (JVP), 4,654 pv. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2001_Parliamentary_General_Election">2001 Parliamentary General Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hambantota_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 2001 Parliamentary General Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/2001_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">12th parliamentary election</a> held on 5 December 2001 for the district: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="180">Party</th> <th colspan="4">Votes per Polling Division</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">Postal<br />Votes</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">Total Votes</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">%</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="40">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Beli-<br />atta</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Mulkiri<br />-gala</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Tan-<br />galla</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Tissama<br />-harama </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">United National Front</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">SLMC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Workers%27_Congress" title="Ceylon Workers' Congress">CWC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Western_People%27s_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="Western People's Front">WPF</a>)</td> <td>20,457</td> <td>25,854</td> <td>25,539</td> <td>37,939</td> <td></td> <td><b>112,520</b></td> <td>40.02%</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">People's Alliance</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> et al.)</td> <td>21,272</td> <td>22,625</td> <td>26,745</td> <td>32,159</td> <td></td> <td><b>105,175</b></td> <td>37.41%</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna</a></td> <td>9,385</td> <td>10,600</td> <td>17,744</td> <td>20,179</td> <td></td> <td><b>59,693</b></td> <td>21.23%</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_Left_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="New Left Front">New Left Front</a> (<a href="/wiki/Nava_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Nava Sama Samaja Party">NSSP</a> et al.)</td> <td>399</td> <td>514</td> <td>505</td> <td>671</td> <td></td> <td><b>2,101</b></td> <td>0.75%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Sinhala Heritage</td> <td>111</td> <td>159</td> <td>219</td> <td>157</td> <td></td> <td><b>679</b></td> <td>0.24%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">United Lalith Front</td> <td>60</td> <td>88</td> <td>86</td> <td>101</td> <td></td> <td><b>336</b></td> <td>0.12%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 1</a></td> <td>23</td> <td>41</td> <td>41</td> <td>38</td> <td></td> <td><b>143</b></td> <td>0.05%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">United Sinhala Great Council</td> <td>20</td> <td>34</td> <td>29</td> <td>43</td> <td></td> <td><b>126</b></td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Peoples Freedom Front</td> <td>24</td> <td>19</td> <td>45</td> <td>32</td> <td></td> <td><b>121</b></td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 3</a></td> <td>20</td> <td>29</td> <td>17</td> <td>26</td> <td></td> <td><b>93</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Sri Lanka National Front</td> <td>11</td> <td>15</td> <td>19</td> <td>17</td> <td></td> <td><b>62</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Sri Lanka Progressive Front</td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>10</td> <td>21</td> <td></td> <td><b>60</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 2</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>15</td> <td>13</td> <td>18</td> <td></td> <td><b>53</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>51,802</b></td> <td><b>60,007</b></td> <td><b>71,012</b></td> <td><b>91,401</b></td> <td></td> <td><b>281,162</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b></td> <td><b>7</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Rejected Votes</td> <td>2,484</td> <td>3,302</td> <td>3,028</td> <td>4,451</td> <td></td> <td>13,378</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Total Polled</td> <td>54,286</td> <td>63,309</td> <td>74,040</td> <td>95,852</td> <td></td> <td>294,540</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Registered Electors</td> <td>70,560</td> <td>82,382</td> <td>94,126</td> <td>122,005</td> <td></td> <td>369,073</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Turnout</td> <td>76.94%</td> <td>76.85%</td> <td>78.66%</td> <td>78.56%</td> <td></td> <td>79.81%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="10">Sources:<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following candidates were elected:<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Sajith_Premadasa" title="Sajith Premadasa">Sajith Premadasa</a> (UNF), 92,536 preference votes (pv); <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a> (PA), 81,855 pv; <a href="/wiki/Chamal_Rajapaksa" title="Chamal Rajapaksa">Chamal Rajapaksa</a> (PA), 48,473 pv; <a href="/wiki/Dilip_Wedaarachchi" title="Dilip Wedaarachchi">Dilip Wedaarachchi</a> (UNF), 38,972 pv; <a href="/wiki/Siri_Andrahannadi" class="mw-redirect" title="Siri Andrahannadi">Siri Alexander Andrahennady</a> (UNF), 26,644 pv; <a href="/wiki/Ananda_Kularatne" title="Ananda Kularatne">Kadukannage Ananda Kularatne</a> (UNF), 24,811 pv; and <a href="/wiki/Nihal_Galappaththi" title="Nihal Galappaththi">Nihal Galappaththi</a> (JVP), 4,514 pv. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2004_Parliamentary_General_Election">2004 Parliamentary General Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hambantota_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 2004 Parliamentary General Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/2004_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">13th parliamentary election</a> held on 2 April 2004 for the district: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="180">Party</th> <th colspan="4">Votes per Polling Division</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">Postal<br />Votes</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">Total Votes</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">%</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="40">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Beli-<br />atta</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Mulkiri<br />-gala</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Tan-<br />galla</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Tissama<br />-harama </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">United People's Freedom Alliance</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a> et al.)</td> <td>32,017</td> <td>34,604</td> <td>48,744</td> <td>57,861</td> <td>5,669</td> <td><b>178,895</b></td> <td>64.05%</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">United National Front</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">SLMC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Workers%27_Congress" title="Ceylon Workers' Congress">CWC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Western_People%27s_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="Western People's Front">WPF</a>)</td> <td>17,631</td> <td>22,582</td> <td>22,472</td> <td>33,449</td> <td>2,743</td> <td><b>98,877</b></td> <td>35.40%</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">National Development Front</td> <td>68</td> <td>70</td> <td>68</td> <td>121</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>328</b></td> <td>0.12%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">United Lalith Front</td> <td>49</td> <td>61</td> <td>54</td> <td>82</td> <td>6</td> <td><b>252</b></td> <td>0.09%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_Socialist_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)">United Socialist Party</a></td> <td>44</td> <td>51</td> <td>60</td> <td>83</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>239</b></td> <td>0.09%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_Left_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="New Left Front">New Left Front</a> (<a href="/wiki/Nava_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Nava Sama Samaja Party">NSSP</a> et al.)</td> <td>39</td> <td>86</td> <td>27</td> <td>36</td> <td>7</td> <td><b>195</b></td> <td>0.07%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 8</a></td> <td>35</td> <td>38</td> <td>37</td> <td>28</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>139</b></td> <td>0.05%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sinhalaye_Mahasammatha_Bhoomiputra_Pakshaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya">Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya</a></td> <td>29</td> <td>15</td> <td>14</td> <td>31</td> <td>16</td> <td><b>105</b></td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 5</a></td> <td>9</td> <td>19</td> <td>8</td> <td>26</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>62</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 1</a></td> <td>20</td> <td>3</td> <td>8</td> <td>9</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>41</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 2</a></td> <td>10</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>32</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Swarajya</td> <td>5</td> <td>8</td> <td>7</td> <td>11</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>31</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 7</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>12</td> <td>4</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>26</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Sri Lanka National Front</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>9</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>26</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 3</a></td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>11</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>23</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 6</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>11</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>21</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Sri Lanka Progressive Front</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>12</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 4</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>6</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>49,976</b></td> <td><b>57,568</b></td> <td><b>71,528</b></td> <td><b>91,787</b></td> <td><b>8,451</b></td> <td><b>279,310</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b></td> <td><b>7</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Rejected Votes</td> <td>2,717</td> <td>4,438</td> <td>4,121</td> <td>6,311</td> <td>137</td> <td>17,724</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Total Polled</td> <td>52,693</td> <td>62,006</td> <td>75,649</td> <td>98,098</td> <td>8,588</td> <td>297,034</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Registered Electors</td> <td>72,045</td> <td>85,563</td> <td>98,376</td> <td>128,377</td> <td></td> <td>384,361</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Turnout</td> <td>73.14%</td> <td>72.47%</td> <td>76.90%</td> <td>76.41%</td> <td></td> <td>77.28%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="10">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following candidates were elected:<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a> (UPFA-SLFP), 107,603 preference votes (pv); <a href="/wiki/Nihal_Galappaththi" title="Nihal Galappaththi">Nihal Galappaththi</a> (UPFA-JVP), 96,039 pv; <a href="/wiki/Vijitha_Ranaweera" title="Vijitha Ranaweera">Vijitha Ranaweera</a> (UPFA-JVP), 86,184 pv; <a href="/wiki/Sajith_Premadasa" title="Sajith Premadasa">Sajith Premadasa</a> (UNF-UNP), 82,968 pv; <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Amaraweera" title="Mahinda Amaraweera">Mahinda Amaraweera</a> (UPFA-SLFP), 63,118 pv; <a href="/wiki/Chamal_Rajapaksa" title="Chamal Rajapaksa">Chamal Rajapaksa</a> (UPFA-SLFP), 56,416 pv; and <a href="/wiki/Dilip_Wedaarachchi" title="Dilip Wedaarachchi">Dilip Wedaarachchi</a> (UNF-UNP), 40,738 pv. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a> (UPFA-SLFP) resigned on 19 November 2005 to take up <a href="/wiki/President_of_Sri_Lanka" title="President of Sri Lanka">presidency</a>. His replacement <a href="/wiki/Nirupama_Rajapaksa" title="Nirupama Rajapaksa">Nirupama Rajapaksa</a> (UPFA-SLFP) was sworn in on 25 November 2005. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2004_Provincial_Council_Election">2004 Provincial Council Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hambantota_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 2004 Provincial Council Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/2004_Sri_Lankan_provincial_council_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 Sri Lankan provincial council election">5th Southern provincial council election</a> held on 10 July 2004 for the district: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="180">Party</th> <th colspan="4">Votes per Polling Division</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">Postal<br />Votes</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">Total Votes</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">%</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="40">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Beli-<br />atta</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Mulkiri<br />-gala</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Tan-<br />galla</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Tissama<br />-harama </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">United People's Freedom Alliance</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a> et al.)</td> <td>26,938</td> <td>25,531</td> <td>38,212</td> <td>47,251</td> <td>3,351</td> <td><b>141,283</b></td> <td>70.12%</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>10,647</td> <td>12,270</td> <td>13,153</td> <td>21,028</td> <td>1,229</td> <td><b>58,327</b></td> <td>28.95%</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_Socialist_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)">United Socialist Party</a></td> <td>177</td> <td>199</td> <td>225</td> <td>394</td> <td>9</td> <td><b>1,004</b></td> <td>0.50%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 3</a></td> <td>72</td> <td>71</td> <td>83</td> <td>86</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>313</b></td> <td>0.16%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">National Development Front</td> <td>52</td> <td>69</td> <td>55</td> <td>88</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>267</b></td> <td>0.13%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sinhalaye_Mahasammatha_Bhoomiputra_Pakshaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya">Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya</a></td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>20</td> <td>17</td> <td>11</td> <td><b>78</b></td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">United Sinhala Great Council</td> <td>10</td> <td>7</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>56</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 1</a></td> <td>11</td> <td>12</td> <td>10</td> <td>15</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>50</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 2</a></td> <td>7</td> <td>14</td> <td>8</td> <td>17</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>46</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Sri Lanka Progressive Front</td> <td>7</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>11</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>43</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Sri Lanka National Front</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>10</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>29</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>37,943</b></td> <td><b>38,204</b></td> <td><b>51,800</b></td> <td><b>68,936</b></td> <td><b>4,613</b></td> <td><b>201,496</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b></td> <td><b>12</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Rejected Votes</td> <td>2,379</td> <td>2,574</td> <td>3,550</td> <td>5,025</td> <td>197</td> <td>13,725</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Total Polled</td> <td>40,322</td> <td>40,778</td> <td>55,350</td> <td>73,961</td> <td>4,810</td> <td>215,221</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Registered Electors</td> <td>72,045</td> <td>85,563</td> <td>98,376</td> <td>128,377</td> <td></td> <td>384,361</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Turnout</td> <td>55.97%</td> <td>47.66%</td> <td>56.26%</td> <td>57.61%</td> <td></td> <td>55.99%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="10">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-2004pc_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2004pc-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following candidates were elected:<sup id="cite_ref-2004pc_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2004pc-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Piyasena Ramanayake (UPFA), 55,780 preference votes (pv); Wahalathanthrige Sisisra Kumara (UPFA), 47,697 pv; <a href="/wiki/Ajith_Rajapakse" title="Ajith Rajapakse">Ajith Rajapakse</a> (UPFA), 36,546 pv; Athula Welandagoda Hewage (UPFA), 35,153 pv; Wehella Kankanamge Indika (UPFA), 30,198 pv; Hewa Wellalage Gunasena (UPFA), 25,730 pv; Jayantha Wanniarachchi (UPFA), 25,215 pv; D.V.R. Priya Upul (UPFA), 22,738 pv; Thennakoon Gamage Senarathne (UNP), 21,202 pv; Ekanayake Somapala (UNP), 18,775 pv; Dewaka Weerasinghe Puwakdandawa Muneendradasa (UNP), 13,228 pv; and Nimal Lalchandra Punchihewage (UNP), 12,166 pv. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2005_Presidential_Election">2005 Presidential Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hambantota_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 2005 Presidential Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/2005_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2005 Sri Lankan presidential election">5th presidential election</a> held on 17 November 2005 for the district: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="180">Candidate</th> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="40">Party</th> <th colspan="4">Votes per Polling Division</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">Postal<br />Votes</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">Total Votes</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">% </th></tr> <tr> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Beli-<br />atta</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Mulkiri<br />-gala</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Tan-<br />galla</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Tissama<br />-harama </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a></td> <td>36,615</td> <td>42,897</td> <td>53,291</td> <td>63,197</td> <td>6,918</td> <td><b>202,918</b></td> <td>63.43% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremasinghe" class="mw-redirect" title="Ranil Wickremasinghe">Ranil Wickremasinghe</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a></td> <td>19,290</td> <td>24,784</td> <td>25,992</td> <td>40,006</td> <td>2,640</td> <td><b>112,712</b></td> <td>35.23% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">A.A. Suraweera</td> <td align="left">NDF</td> <td>247</td> <td>298</td> <td>307</td> <td>364</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>1,217</b></td> <td>0.38% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Siritunga_Jayasuriya" title="Siritunga Jayasuriya">Siritunga Jayasuriya</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_Socialist_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)">USP</a></td> <td>211</td> <td>292</td> <td>232</td> <td>330</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>1,066</b></td> <td>0.33% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Victor_Hettigoda" title="Victor Hettigoda">Victor Hettigoda</a></td> <td align="left">ULPP</td> <td>81</td> <td>100</td> <td>107</td> <td>117</td> <td>25</td> <td><b>430</b></td> <td>0.13% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Chamil Jayaneththi</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_Left_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="New Left Front">NLF</a></td> <td>57</td> <td>84</td> <td>93</td> <td>133</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>370</b></td> <td>0.12% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Aruna de Soyza</td> <td align="left">RPP</td> <td>47</td> <td>110</td> <td>103</td> <td>91</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>352</b></td> <td>0.11% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Wimal Geeganage</td> <td align="left">SLNF</td> <td>56</td> <td>81</td> <td>66</td> <td>86</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>290</b></td> <td>0.09% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">A.K.J. Arachchige</td> <td align="left">DUA</td> <td>38</td> <td>52</td> <td>41</td> <td>65</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>196</b></td> <td>0.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Anura De Silva</td> <td align="left">ULF</td> <td>30</td> <td>43</td> <td>38</td> <td>50</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>162</b></td> <td>0.05% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">P. Nelson Perera</td> <td align="left">SLPF</td> <td>19</td> <td>21</td> <td>24</td> <td>36</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>100</b></td> <td>0.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Wije Dias</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Equality_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)">SEP</a></td> <td>16</td> <td>19</td> <td>24</td> <td>25</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>84</b></td> <td>0.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">H.S. Dharmadwaja</td> <td align="left">UNAF</td> <td>6</td> <td>8</td> <td>1</td> <td>13</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>28</b></td> <td>0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>56,713</b></td> <td><b>68,789</b></td> <td><b>80,319</b></td> <td><b>104,513</b></td> <td><b>9,591</b></td> <td><b>319,925</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Rejected Votes</td> <td>492</td> <td>645</td> <td>695</td> <td>1,012</td> <td>84</td> <td>2,928</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Total Polled</td> <td>57,205</td> <td>69,434</td> <td>81,014</td> <td>105,525</td> <td>9,675</td> <td>322,853</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Registered Electors</td> <td>72,862</td> <td>88,528</td> <td>102,009</td> <td>133,196</td> <td></td> <td>396,595</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Turnout</td> <td>78.51%</td> <td>78.43%</td> <td>79.42%</td> <td>79.23%</td> <td></td> <td>81.41%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="9">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2009_Provincial_Council_Election">2009 Provincial Council Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hambantota_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: 2009 Provincial Council Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Provincial_Council_elections,_2008%E2%80%932009" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lanka Provincial Council elections, 2008–2009">6th Southern provincial council election</a> held on 10 October 2009 for the district: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="180">Party</th> <th colspan="4">Votes per Polling Division</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">Postal<br />Votes</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">Total Votes</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">%</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="40">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Beli-<br />atta</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Mulkiri<br />-gala</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Tan-<br />galla</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Tissama<br />-harama </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">United People's Freedom Alliance</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> et al.)</td> <td>32,851</td> <td>38,420</td> <td>51,969</td> <td>64,074</td> <td>5,647</td> <td><b>192,961</b></td> <td>66.95%</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>10,335</td> <td>14,833</td> <td>13,053</td> <td>23,233</td> <td>937</td> <td><b>62,391</b></td> <td>21.65%</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna</a></td> <td>5,424</td> <td>6,245</td> <td>8,811</td> <td>10,364</td> <td>890</td> <td><b>31,734</b></td> <td>11.01%</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_Socialist_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)">United Socialist Party</a></td> <td>45</td> <td>62</td> <td>53</td> <td>61</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>221</b></td> <td>0.08%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">United Lanka People's Party</td> <td>31</td> <td>103</td> <td>36</td> <td>42</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>217</b></td> <td>0.08%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">National Development Front</td> <td>27</td> <td>46</td> <td>53</td> <td>48</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>174</b></td> <td>0.06%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 1</a></td> <td>19</td> <td>36</td> <td>25</td> <td>39</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>120</b></td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 6</a></td> <td>16</td> <td>25</td> <td>33</td> <td>29</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>105</b></td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 3</a></td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>16</td> <td>15</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>62</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">United Lanka Great Council</td> <td>10</td> <td>18</td> <td>6</td> <td>20</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>55</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Janasetha Peramuna</td> <td>7</td> <td>13</td> <td>17</td> <td>14</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>52</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 2</a></td> <td>11</td> <td>13</td> <td>12</td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>45</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 5</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>14</td> <td>10</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>34</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sinhalaye_Mahasammatha_Bhoomiputra_Pakshaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya">Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya</a></td> <td>5</td> <td>8</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>23</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 4</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>8</td> <td>5</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>23</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Sri Lanka Progressive Front</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>14</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>48,804</b></td> <td><b>59,863</b></td> <td><b>74,108</b></td> <td><b>97,965</b></td> <td><b>7,491</b></td> <td><b>288,231</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b></td> <td><b>12</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Rejected Votes</td> <td>2,181</td> <td>3,126</td> <td>3,420</td> <td>4,536</td> <td>140</td> <td>13,403</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Total Polled</td> <td>50,985</td> <td>62,989</td> <td>77,528</td> <td>102,501</td> <td>7,631</td> <td>301,634</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Registered Electors</td> <td>74,470</td> <td>93,685</td> <td>109,409</td> <td>143,622</td> <td></td> <td>421,186</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Turnout</td> <td>68.46%</td> <td>67.23%</td> <td>70.86%</td> <td>71.37%</td> <td></td> <td>71.62%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="10">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-2009pc_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2009pc-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following candidates were elected:<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wehella Kankanamge Indika (UPFA), 56,855 preference votes (pv); D.V.R. Priya Upul (UPFA), 50,944 pv; Kapila Gamini Samarasingha Dissanayaka (UPFA), 48,832 pv; <a href="/wiki/Ajith_Rajapakse" title="Ajith Rajapakse">Ajith Rajapakse</a> (UPFA), 47,854 pv; Hewa Wellalage Gunasena (UPFA), 45,910 pv; Kodagoda Arachchige Somawansa (UPFA), 38,838 pv; Ananda Senarath Widanapathiranage (UPFA), 33,323 pv; Arjuna Nishantha de Silva Pussewelage (UPFA), 25,282 pv; Thennakoon Gamage Senarathne (UNP), 23,894 pv; Nimal Lalchandra Punchihewage (UNP), 17,614 pv; Ekanayake Somapala (UNP), 15,760 pv; and Kumudu Sujeewa Priyantha Lokuhennadige (JVP), 2,345 pv. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2010_Presidential_Election">2010 Presidential Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hambantota_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: 2010 Presidential Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/2010_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2010 Sri Lankan presidential election">6th presidential election</a> held on 26 January 2010 for the district: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="180">Candidate</th> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="40">Party</th> <th colspan="4">Votes per Polling Division</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">Postal<br />Votes</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">Total Votes</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">% </th></tr> <tr> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Beli-<br />atta</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Mulkiri<br />-gala</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Tan-<br />galla</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Tissama<br />-harama </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a></td> <td>38,055</td> <td>48,187</td> <td>60,082</td> <td>71,581</td> <td>8,982</td> <td><b>226,887</b></td> <td>67.21% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sarath_Fonseka" title="Sarath Fonseka">Sarath Fonseka</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="New Democratic Front (Sri Lanka)">NDF</a></td> <td>17,965</td> <td>22,537</td> <td>23,729</td> <td>37,426</td> <td>3,679</td> <td><b>105,336</b></td> <td>31.20% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">A.A. Suraweera</td> <td align="left">NDF</td> <td>133</td> <td>215</td> <td>263</td> <td>339</td> <td>7</td> <td><b>957</b></td> <td>0.28% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">M.C.M. Ismail</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_United_National_Front" title="Democratic United National Front">DUNF</a></td> <td>131</td> <td>238</td> <td>238</td> <td>334</td> <td>6</td> <td><b>947</b></td> <td>0.28% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">W.V. Mahiman Ranjith</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 1</a></td> <td>93</td> <td>181</td> <td>215</td> <td>220</td> <td>7</td> <td><b>716</b></td> <td>0.21% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/A.S.P_Liyanage" class="mw-redirect" title="A.S.P Liyanage">A.S.P Liyanage</a></td> <td align="left">SLLP</td> <td>66</td> <td>110</td> <td>114</td> <td>149</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>444</b></td> <td>0.13% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">C.J. Sugathsiri Gamage</td> <td align="left">UDF</td> <td>87</td> <td>112</td> <td>64</td> <td>145</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>409</b></td> <td>0.12% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Ukkubanda Wijekoon</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 3</a></td> <td>56</td> <td>55</td> <td>55</td> <td>94</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>260</b></td> <td>0.08% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Lal Perera</td> <td align="left">ONF</td> <td>46</td> <td>60</td> <td>47</td> <td>83</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>236</b></td> <td>0.07% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Sarath Manamendra</td> <td align="left">NSH</td> <td>34</td> <td>72</td> <td>48</td> <td>60</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>217</b></td> <td>0.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Siritunga_Jayasuriya" title="Siritunga Jayasuriya">Siritunga Jayasuriya</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_Socialist_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)">USP</a></td> <td>46</td> <td>50</td> <td>47</td> <td>66</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>209</b></td> <td>0.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Aithurus M. Illias</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 2</a></td> <td>26</td> <td>30</td> <td>41</td> <td>62</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>160</b></td> <td>0.05% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/M._K._Shivajilingam" title="M. K. Shivajilingam">M. K. Shivajilingam</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 5</a></td> <td>25</td> <td>32</td> <td>32</td> <td>47</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>136</b></td> <td>0.04% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Vikramabahu_Karunaratne" title="Vikramabahu Karunaratne">Vikramabahu Karunaratne</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Left_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" class="mw-redirect" title="Left Front (Sri Lanka)">LF</a></td> <td>24</td> <td>31</td> <td>35</td> <td>37</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>130</b></td> <td>0.04% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Battaramulla Seelarathana</td> <td align="left">JP</td> <td>15</td> <td>22</td> <td>21</td> <td>42</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>102</b></td> <td>0.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/M._Mohamed_Musthaffa" class="mw-redirect" title="M. Mohamed Musthaffa">M. Mohamed Musthaffa</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 4</a></td> <td>8</td> <td>25</td> <td>26</td> <td>28</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>87</b></td> <td>0.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Sanath Pinnaduwa</td> <td align="left">NA</td> <td>14</td> <td>20</td> <td>10</td> <td>37</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>81</b></td> <td>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Wije Dias</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Equality_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)">SEP</a></td> <td>10</td> <td>21</td> <td>15</td> <td>20</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>67</b></td> <td>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Aruna de Soyza</td> <td align="left">RPP</td> <td>8</td> <td>15</td> <td>11</td> <td>24</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>59</b></td> <td>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Senaratna de Silva</td> <td align="left">PNF</td> <td>10</td> <td>19</td> <td>7</td> <td>20</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>56</b></td> <td>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Sarath Kongahage</td> <td align="left">UNAF</td> <td>3</td> <td>13</td> <td>9</td> <td>8</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>34</b></td> <td>0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">M.B. Thaminimulla</td> <td align="left">ACAKO</td> <td>7</td> <td>5</td> <td>10</td> <td>12</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>34</b></td> <td>0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>56,862</b></td> <td><b>72,050</b></td> <td><b>85,119</b></td> <td><b>110,834</b></td> <td><b>12,699</b></td> <td><b>337,564</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Rejected Votes</td> <td>324</td> <td>529</td> <td>511</td> <td>748</td> <td>106</td> <td>2,218</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Total Polled</td> <td>57,186</td> <td>72,579</td> <td>85,630</td> <td>111,582</td> <td>12,805</td> <td>339,782</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Registered Electors</td> <td>74,470</td> <td>93,685</td> <td>109,409</td> <td>143,622</td> <td></td> <td>421,186</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Turnout</td> <td>76.79%</td> <td>77.47%</td> <td>78.27%</td> <td>77.69%</td> <td></td> <td>80.67%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="9">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-2010pe_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010pe-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2010_Parliamentary_General_Election">2010 Parliamentary General Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hambantota_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: 2010 Parliamentary General Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/2010_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">14th parliamentary election</a> held on 8 April 2010 for the district: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="180">Party</th> <th colspan="4">Votes per Polling Division</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">Postal<br />Votes</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">Total Votes</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="50">%</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="40">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Beli-<br />atta</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Mulkiri<br />-gala</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Tan-<br />galla</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Tissama<br />-harama </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">United People's Freedom Alliance</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> et al.)</td> <td>31,330</td> <td>35,851</td> <td>46,289</td> <td>52,058</td> <td>9,280</td> <td><b>174,808</b></td> <td>62.87%</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">United National Front</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">SLMC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Democratic_People%27s_Front" title="Democratic People's Front">DPF</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP(P)</a>)</td> <td>12,192</td> <td>17,700</td> <td>17,174</td> <td>33,172</td> <td>2,789</td> <td><b>83,027</b></td> <td>29.86%</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_National_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Democratic National Alliance (Sri Lanka)">Democratic National Alliance</a> (<a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a> et al.)</td> <td>3,338</td> <td>3,364</td> <td>5,449</td> <td>5,751</td> <td>1,284</td> <td><b>19,186</b></td> <td>6.90%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Our National Front</td> <td>47</td> <td>51</td> <td>56</td> <td>66</td> <td>10</td> <td><b>230</b></td> <td>0.08%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_Socialist_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)">United Socialist Party</a></td> <td>26</td> <td>43</td> <td>29</td> <td>60</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>160</b></td> <td>0.06%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 4</a></td> <td>17</td> <td>26</td> <td>32</td> <td>37</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>113</b></td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">United National Alternative Front</td> <td>13</td> <td>30</td> <td>24</td> <td>29</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>96</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Sri Lanka National Front</td> <td>4</td> <td>22</td> <td>10</td> <td>44</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>81</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 1</a></td> <td>10</td> <td>8</td> <td>9</td> <td>28</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>58</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 3</a></td> <td>5</td> <td>11</td> <td>14</td> <td>21</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>51</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">United Democratic Front</td> <td>12</td> <td>11</td> <td>8</td> <td>9</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>41</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Patriotic National Front</td> <td>5</td> <td>7</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>32</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 2</a></td> <td>13</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>14</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>30</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Left_Liberation_Front" title="Left Liberation Front">Left Liberation Front</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>13</td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>30</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">National People's Party</td> <td>6</td> <td>4</td> <td>8</td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>27</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">All Are Citizens, All Are Kings Organisation</td> <td>7</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>26</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">United Lanka Great Council</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>7</td> <td>9</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>23</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Janasetha Peramuna</td> <td>3</td> <td>8</td> <td>2</td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>22</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Sri Lanka Labour Party</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>13</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>47,041</b></td> <td><b>57,151</b></td> <td><b>69,142</b></td> <td><b>91,341</b></td> <td><b>13,379</b></td> <td><b>278,054</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b></td> <td><b>7</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Rejected Votes</td> <td>1,917</td> <td>2,661</td> <td>2,547</td> <td>3,776</td> <td>339</td> <td>11,240</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Total Polled</td> <td>48,958</td> <td>59,812</td> <td>71,689</td> <td>95,117</td> <td>13,718</td> <td>289,294</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Registered Electors</td> <td>74,470</td> <td>93,685</td> <td>109,409</td> <td>143,622</td> <td></td> <td>421,186</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Turnout</td> <td>65.74%</td> <td>63.84%</td> <td>65.52%</td> <td>66.23%</td> <td></td> <td>68.69%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="10">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following candidates were elected:<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Namal_Rajapaksa" title="Namal Rajapaksa">Namal Rajapaksa</a> (UPFA-SLFP), 147,566 preference votes (pv); <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Amaraweera" title="Mahinda Amaraweera">Mahinda Amaraweera</a> (UPFA-SLFP), 105,414 pv; <a href="/wiki/Chamal_Rajapaksa" title="Chamal Rajapaksa">Chamal Rajapaksa</a> (UPFA-SLFP), 79,648 pv; <a href="/wiki/Sajith_Premadasa" title="Sajith Premadasa">Sajith Premadasa</a> (UNF-UNP), 74,467 pv; <a href="/wiki/Dilip_Wedaarachchi" title="Dilip Wedaarachchi">Dilip Wedaarachchi</a> (UNF-UNP), 47,160 pv; <a href="/wiki/Nirupama_Rajapaksa" title="Nirupama Rajapaksa">Nirupama Rajapaksa</a> (UPFA-SLFP), 39,025 pv; and P. K. 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