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title="Districts of Sri Lanka">Administrative<br />District</a></th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Trincomalee_District" title="Trincomalee District">Trincomalee</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/Eastern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Eastern Province, Sri Lanka">Eastern</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Polling divisions</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">368,000<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%;">(2009)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Electorate</th><td class="infobox-data">246,890<sup id="cite_ref-electors_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electors-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">2,727 km<sup>2</sup> (1,053 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;color:inherit;">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">4</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> (2)</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <a href="/wiki/Arun_Hemachandra" title="Arun Hemachandra">Arun Hemachandra</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Roshan_Akmeemana" title="Roshan Akmeemana">Roshan Akmeemana</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/Imran_Maharoof" title="Imran Maharoof">Imran Maharoof</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:#F5EF1D; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Ilankai_Tamil_Arasu_Kachchi" title="Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi">ITAK</a> (1)</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <a href="/wiki/Shanmugam_Kugathasan" class="mw-redirect" title="Shanmugam Kugathasan">Shanmugam Kugathasan</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Trincomalee Electoral District</b> (<a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a>: <span lang="ta">திருகோணமலை தேர்தல் மாவட்டம்</span> <i>Tirukōṇamalai Tērtal Māvaṭṭam</i>) 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/Trincomalee_District" title="Trincomalee District">Trincomalee</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Eastern Province, Sri Lanka">Eastern province</a>. The district currently elects 4 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 246,890 registered electors in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-electors_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electors-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 14.<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=Trincomalee_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 Trincomalee 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/Seruvila_Polling_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Seruvila Polling Division">Seruwila</a> </p><p>B: <a href="/wiki/Trincomalee_Polling_Division" title="Trincomalee Polling Division">Trincomalee</a> </p><p>C: <a href="/wiki/Muttur_Polling_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Muttur Polling Division">Mutur</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election_results">Election results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trincomalee_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Election results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1982_presidential_election">1982 presidential election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trincomalee_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=3" 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:<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> </p> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Candidate</th> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="40">Party</th> <th colspan="3">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">Mutur</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Seru-<br />wila</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Trinco<br />-malee </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Junius_Richard_Jayewardene" class="mw-redirect" title="Junius Richard Jayewardene">J. R. Jayewardene</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a></td> <td>14,529</td> <td>15,823</td> <td>14,503</td> <td>667</td> <td><b>45,522</b></td> <td>48.64% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <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>12,900</td> <td>13,097</td> <td>5,424</td> <td>279</td> <td><b>31,700</b></td> <td>33.87% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFF00"> </td> <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>2,760</td> <td>1,708</td> <td>5,366</td> <td>234</td> <td><b>10,068</b></td> <td>10.76% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <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>509</td> <td>3,536</td> <td>1,305</td> <td>45</td> <td><b>5,395</b></td> <td>5.76% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Colvin_R._de_Silva" title="Colvin R. de Silva">Colvin de Silva</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Lanka_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Lanka Sama Samaja Party">LSSP</a></td> <td>228</td> <td>211</td> <td>174</td> <td>22</td> <td><b>635</b></td> <td>0.68% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Vasudeva_Nanayakkara" title="Vasudeva Nanayakkara">Vasudeva Nanayakkara</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Nava_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Nava Sama Samaja Party">NSSP</a></td> <td>83</td> <td>80</td> <td>100</td> <td>13</td> <td><b>276</b></td> <td>0.29% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="3"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>31,009</b></td> <td><b>34,455</b></td> <td><b>26,872</b></td> <td><b>1,260</b></td> <td><b>93,596</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="3">Rejected Votes</td> <td>536</td> <td>440</td> <td>777</td> <td>42</td> <td>1,795</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="3">Total Polled</td> <td>31,545</td> <td>34,895</td> <td>27,649</td> <td>1,302</td> <td>95,391</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="3">Registered Electors</td> <td>40,422</td> <td>43,980</td> <td>49,244</td> <td></td> <td>133,646</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="3">Turnout (%)</td> <td>78.04%</td> <td>79.34%</td> <td>56.15%</td> <td></td> <td>71.38%</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1988_provincial_council_election">1988 provincial council election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trincomalee_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1988 provincial council election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/November_1988_Sri_Lankan_Provincial_Council_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="November 1988 Sri Lankan Provincial Council elections">1st North Eastern provincial council election</a> held on 19 November 1988:<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> </p> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Party</th> <th colspan="3">Votes per Polling Division</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">Mutur</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Seru-<br />wila</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Trinco<br />-malee </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Revolutionary_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front">Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front</a></td> <td>12,311</td> <td>4,840</td> <td>25,379</td> <td><b>42,530</b></td> <td>54.50%</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#007B48"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">Sri Lanka Muslim Congress</a></td> <td>24,006</td> <td>3,764</td> <td>7,732</td> <td><b>35,502</b></td> <td>45.50%</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>36,317</b></td> <td><b>8,604</b></td> <td><b>33,111</b></td> <td><b>78,032</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b></td> <td><b>10</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Rejected Votes</td> <td>810</td> <td>295</td> <td>1,272</td> <td>2,377</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Total Polled</td> <td>37,127</td> <td>8,899</td> <td>34,383</td> <td>80,409</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Registered Electors</td> <td>48,570</td> <td>47,693</td> <td>56,026</td> <td>152,289</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Turnout (%)</td> <td>76.44%</td> <td>18.66%</td> <td>61.37%</td> <td>52.80%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1988_presidential_election">1988 presidential election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trincomalee_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=5" 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:<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Candidate</th> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="40">Party</th> <th colspan="3">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">Mutur</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Seru-<br />wila</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Trinco<br />-malee </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <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>16,283</td> <td>12,319</td> <td>8,112</td> <td>127</td> <td><b>36,841</b></td> <td>45.70% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <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>11,087</td> <td>12,733</td> <td>5,767</td> <td>92</td> <td><b>29,679</b></td> <td>36.81% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Oswin Abeygunasekara</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_People%27s_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lanka People's Party">SLPP</a></td> <td>4,909</td> <td>789</td> <td>8,378</td> <td>27</td> <td><b>14,103</b></td> <td>17.49% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="3"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>32,276</b></td> <td><b>25,841</b></td> <td><b>22,257</b></td> <td><b>246</b></td> <td><b>80,620</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="3">Rejected Votes</td> <td>352</td> <td>404</td> <td>565</td> <td>5</td> <td>1,326</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="3">Total Polled</td> <td>32,631</td> <td>26,245</td> <td>22,822</td> <td>251</td> <td>81,949</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="3">Registered Electors</td> <td>48,570</td> <td>47,693</td> <td>56,026</td> <td></td> <td>152,289</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="3">Turnout (%)</td> <td>67.18%</td> <td>55.03%</td> <td>40.73%</td> <td></td> <td>53.81%</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1989_parliamentary_general_election">1989 parliamentary general election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trincomalee_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=6" 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:<sup id="cite_ref-1989ge_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1989ge-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Party</th> <th colspan="3">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">Mutur</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Seru-<br />wila</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Trinco<br />-malee </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left">Independent (<a href="/wiki/Eelam_Revolutionary_Organisation_of_Students" title="Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students">EROS</a>)</td> <td>7,565</td> <td>1,456</td> <td>15,915</td> <td>303</td> <td><b>25,239</b></td> <td>24.85%</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0D3B90"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a></td> <td>8,036</td> <td>11,695</td> <td>2,950</td> <td>285</td> <td><b>22,966</b></td> <td>22.61%</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Workers%27_Congress" title="Ceylon Workers' Congress">CWC</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a>)</td> <td>7,681</td> <td>11,481</td> <td>2,881</td> <td>407</td> <td><b>22,450</b></td> <td>22.10%</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#007B48"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">Sri Lanka Muslim Congress</a></td> <td>10,804</td> <td>1,848</td> <td>5,164</td> <td>68</td> <td><b>17,884</b></td> <td>17.61%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFF00"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tamil_United_Liberation_Front" title="Tamil United Liberation Front">Tamil United Liberation Front</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eelam_National_Democratic_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front">ENDLF</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Revolutionary_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front">EPRLF</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization" title="Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization">TELO</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_United_Liberation_Front" title="Tamil United Liberation Front">TULF</a>)</td> <td>3,160</td> <td>2,011</td> <td>7,325</td> <td>259</td> <td><b>12,755</b></td> <td>12.56%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna">Mahajana Eksath Peramuna</a></td> <td>63</td> <td>77</td> <td>141</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>284</b></td> <td>0.28%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>37,309</b></td> <td><b>28,568</b></td> <td><b>34,376</b></td> <td><b>1,325</b></td> <td><b>101,578</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b></td> <td><b>4</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Rejected Votes</td> <td>1,547</td> <td>1,993</td> <td>1,299</td> <td>39</td> <td>4,878</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Total Polled</td> <td>38,856</td> <td>30,561</td> <td>35,675</td> <td>1,364</td> <td>106,456</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Registered Electors</td> <td>48,260</td> <td>47,331</td> <td>55,236</td> <td>1,462</td> <td>152,289</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Turnout</td> <td>80.51%</td> <td>64.57%</td> <td>64.59%</td> <td>93.30%</td> <td>69.90%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following candidates were elected:<sup id="cite_ref-1989ge_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1989ge-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><a href="/wiki/M._K._D._S._Gunawardena" class="mw-redirect" title="M. K. D. S. Gunawardena">M. K. D. S. Gunawardena</a> (SLFP), 11,260 preference votes (pv); <a href="/wiki/M._E._H._Maharoof" title="M. E. H. Maharoof">M. E. H. Maharoof</a> (UNP), 10,000 pv; <a href="/wiki/Sivapragasam_Ratnarajah" title="Sivapragasam Ratnarajah">Sivapragasam Ratnarajah</a> (EROS), 784 pv; and Konamalai Mathavarajah (EROS), 575 pv. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1994_parliamentary_general_election">1994 parliamentary general election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trincomalee_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:<sup id="cite_ref-1994ge_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1994ge-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Party</th> <th colspan="3">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">Mutur</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Seru-<br />wila</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Trinco<br />-malee </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Workers%27_Congress" title="Ceylon Workers' Congress">CWC</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a>)</td> <td>13,773</td> <td>14,556</td> <td>5,703</td> <td>954</td> <td><b>34,986</b></td> <td>29.17%</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFF00"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tamil_United_Liberation_Front" title="Tamil United Liberation Front">Tamil United Liberation Front</a></td> <td>6,817</td> <td>1,765</td> <td>18,548</td> <td>1,250</td> <td><b>28,380</b></td> <td>23.66%</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#007B48"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">Sri Lanka Muslim Congress</a></td> <td>18,677</td> <td>1,870</td> <td>5,710</td> <td>646</td> <td><b>26,903</b></td> <td>22.43%</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <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>856</td> <td>17,183</td> <td>5,156</td> <td>691</td> <td><b>23,886</b></td> <td>19.91%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#BE0028"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization" title="Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization">Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eelam_Revolutionary_Organisation_of_Students" title="Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students">EROS</a>, <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Organisation_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam">PLOTE</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization" title="Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization">TELO</a>)</td> <td>651</td> <td>271</td> <td>2,736</td> <td>51</td> <td><b>3,709</b></td> <td>3.09%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Revolutionary_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front">Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front</a></td> <td>252</td> <td>188</td> <td>408</td> <td>33</td> <td><b>881</b></td> <td>0.73%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group</a></td> <td>200</td> <td>35</td> <td>352</td> <td>21</td> <td><b>608</b></td> <td>0.51%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left">Sri Lanka Progressive Front (<a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a>)</td> <td>86</td> <td>286</td> <td>199</td> <td>18</td> <td><b>589</b></td> <td>0.49%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>41,312</b></td> <td><b>36,154</b></td> <td><b>38,812</b></td> <td><b>3,664</b></td> <td><b>119,942</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b></td> <td><b>4</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Rejected Votes</td> <td>2,210</td> <td>2,311</td> <td>2,110</td> <td>51</td> <td>6,682</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Total Polled</td> <td>43,522</td> <td>38,465</td> <td>40,922</td> <td>3,715</td> <td>126,624</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Registered Electors</td> <td>61,949</td> <td>54,632</td> <td>67,509</td> <td></td> <td>184,090</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Turnout</td> <td>70.25%</td> <td>70.41%</td> <td>60.62%</td> <td></td> <td>68.78%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following candidates were elected:<sup id="cite_ref-1994ge_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1994ge-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/A._Thangathurai" title="A. Thangathurai">A. Thangathurai</a> (TULF), 22,409 preference votes (pv); <a href="/wiki/M._N._Abdul_Majeed" title="M. N. Abdul Majeed">M. N. Abdul Majeed</a> (SLMC), 21,590 pv; <a href="/wiki/M._E._H._Maharoof" title="M. E. H. Maharoof">M. E. H. Maharoof</a> (UNP), 17,043 pv; and Vithanage Sunil Shantha Ranaweera (UNP), 15,084 pv. </p><p><a href="/wiki/A._Thangathurai" title="A. Thangathurai">A. Thangathurai</a> (TULF) was murdered on 5 July 1997.<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> </p><p>Mohamed Ehuttar Hadjiar Maharoof (UNP) was murdered on 20 July 1997.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1994_presidential_election">1994 presidential election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trincomalee_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:<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> </p> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Candidate</th> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="40">Party</th> <th colspan="3">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">Mutur</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Seru-<br />wila</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Trinco<br />-malee </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <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>25,721</td> <td>20,621</td> <td>28,900</td> <td>2,701</td> <td><b>77,943</b></td> <td>71.62% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left">Srimathi Dissanayake</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a></td> <td>11,209</td> <td>11,726</td> <td>3,925</td> <td>1,146</td> <td><b>28,006</b></td> <td>25.74% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <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>946</td> <td>415</td> <td>697</td> <td>16</td> <td><b>2,074</b></td> <td>1.91% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left">G. A. Nihal</td> <td align="left">SLPF</td> <td>120</td> <td>111</td> <td>85</td> <td>8</td> <td><b>324</b></td> <td>0.30% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#00008B"> </td> <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>74</td> <td>85</td> <td>112</td> <td>8</td> <td><b>279</b></td> <td>0.26% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <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>82</td> <td>60</td> <td>51</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>195</b></td> <td>0.18% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="3"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>38,152</b></td> <td><b>33,018</b></td> <td><b>33,770</b></td> <td><b>3,881</b></td> <td><b>108,821</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="3">Rejected Votes</td> <td>495</td> <td>640</td> <td>545</td> <td>46</td> <td>1,726</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="3">Total Polled</td> <td>38,647</td> <td>33,658</td> <td>34,315</td> <td>3,927</td> <td>110,547</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="3">Registered Electors</td> <td>61,949</td> <td>54,632</td> <td>67,509</td> <td>4,135</td> <td>184,090</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="3">Turnout (%)</td> <td>62.39%</td> <td>61.61%</td> <td>50.83%</td> <td>94.97%</td> <td>60.05%</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1999_presidential_election">1999 presidential election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trincomalee_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=9" 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:<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> </p> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Candidate</th> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="40">Party</th> <th colspan="3">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">Mutur</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Seru-<br />wila</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Trinco<br />-malee </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <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>18,987</td> <td>14,551</td> <td>28,061</td> <td>1,752</td> <td><b>63,351</b></td> <td>50.25% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <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>20,908</td> <td>20,781</td> <td>13,807</td> <td>1,195</td> <td><b>56,691</b></td> <td>44.96% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <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>120</td> <td>1,515</td> <td>573</td> <td>99</td> <td><b>2,307</b></td> <td>1.83% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <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>274</td> <td>236</td> <td>224</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>735</b></td> <td>0.58% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <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>307</td> <td>202</td> <td>201</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>713</b></td> <td><b>0.57%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Abdul Rasool</td> <td align="left">SLMP</td> <td>298</td> <td>73</td> <td>201</td> <td>27</td> <td><b>599</b></td> <td>0.48% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <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>165</td> <td>181</td> <td>130</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>477</b></td> <td>0.38% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Vasudeva_Nanayakkara" title="Vasudeva Nanayakkara">Vasudeva Nanayakkara</a></td> <td align="left">LDA</td> <td>34</td> <td>37</td> <td>304</td> <td>101</td> <td><b>476</b></td> <td>0.38% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Kamal Karunadasa</td> <td align="left">PLSF</td> <td>108</td> <td>65</td> <td>71</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>245</b></td> <td>0.19% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#00008B"> </td> <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>44</td> <td>90</td> <td>74</td> <td>10</td> <td><b>218</b></td> <td>0.17% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <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>41</td> <td>35</td> <td>51</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>128</b></td> <td>0.10% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <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>18</td> <td>21</td> <td>30</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>72</b></td> <td>0.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">A. W. Premawardhana</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Freedom_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Freedom Front">PFF</a></td> <td>20</td> <td>21</td> <td>27</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>69</b></td> <td>0.05% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="3"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>41,324</b></td> <td><b>37,808</b></td> <td><b>43,754</b></td> <td><b>3,195</b></td> <td><b>126,081</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="3">Rejected Votes</td> <td>716</td> <td>586</td> <td>1,227</td> <td>113</td> <td>2,642</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="3">Total Polled</td> <td>42,040</td> <td>38,394</td> <td>44,981</td> <td>3,308</td> <td>128,723</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="3">Registered Electors</td> <td>66,690</td> <td>57,634</td> <td>77,484</td> <td></td> <td>201,808</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="3">Turnout (%)</td> <td>63.04%</td> <td>66.62%</td> <td>58.05%</td> <td></td> <td>63.78%</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000_parliamentary_general_election">2000 parliamentary general election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trincomalee_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=10" 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:<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> </p> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Party</th> <th colspan="3">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">Mutur</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Seru-<br />wila</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Trinco<br />-malee </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <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>21,393</td> <td>18,517</td> <td>11,928</td> <td>1,964</td> <td><b>53,860</b></td> <td>40.46%</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Workers%27_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Workers' Congress">DWC</a>, NWC, <a href="/wiki/Up-Country_People%27s_Front" title="Up-Country People's Front">UCPF</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a>)</td> <td>17,688</td> <td>14,489</td> <td>12,861</td> <td>1,638</td> <td><b>46,700</b></td> <td>35.08%</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFF00"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tamil_United_Liberation_Front" title="Tamil United Liberation Front">Tamil United Liberation Front</a></td> <td>1,615</td> <td>944</td> <td>11,070</td> <td>459</td> <td><b>14,090</b></td> <td>10.58%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Democratic_Party" title="Eelam People's Democratic Party">Eelam People's Democratic Party</a></td> <td>746</td> <td>316</td> <td>3,382</td> <td>80</td> <td><b>4,524</b></td> <td>3.40%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFF00"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/All_Ceylon_Tamil_Congress" title="All Ceylon Tamil Congress">All Ceylon Tamil Congress</a></td> <td>192</td> <td>105</td> <td>3,269</td> <td>182</td> <td><b>3,748</b></td> <td>2.82%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna</a></td> <td>156</td> <td>2,056</td> <td>901</td> <td>180</td> <td><b>3,301</b></td> <td>2.48%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 2</a></td> <td>156</td> <td>37</td> <td>2,268</td> <td>160</td> <td><b>2,621</b></td> <td>1.97%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 3</a></td> <td>609</td> <td>119</td> <td>674</td> <td>32</td> <td><b>1,434</b></td> <td>1.08%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 6</a></td> <td>236</td> <td>90</td> <td>526</td> <td>20</td> <td><b>872</b></td> <td>0.65%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#BE0028"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization" title="Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization">Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization</a></td> <td>36</td> <td>36</td> <td>420</td> <td>6</td> <td><b>498</b></td> <td>0.37%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Citizen's Front</td> <td>82</td> <td>46</td> <td>269</td> <td>7</td> <td><b>404</b></td> <td>0.30%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Sinhala Heritage</td> <td>10</td> <td>172</td> <td>172</td> <td>18</td> <td><b>372</b></td> <td>0.28%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <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>68</td> <td>33</td> <td>52</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>154</b></td> <td>0.12%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Sri Lanka Muslim Party</td> <td>19</td> <td>12</td> <td>120</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>153</b></td> <td>0.11%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Muslim United Liberation Front</td> <td>34</td> <td>26</td> <td>77</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>137</b></td> <td>0.10%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_United_National_Front" title="Democratic United National Front">Democratic United National Front</a></td> <td>34</td> <td>28</td> <td>22</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>85</b></td> <td>0.06%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#00008B"> </td> <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>1</td> <td>16</td> <td>13</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>32</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 4</a></td> <td>14</td> <td>7</td> <td>8</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>31</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 1</a></td> <td>8</td> <td>3</td> <td>16</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>30</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 5</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>10</td> <td>15</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>26</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">National Development Front</td> <td>4</td> <td>12</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>22</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Ruhuna People's Party</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>11</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>19</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Freedom_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Freedom Front">People's Freedom Front</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>17</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>43,110</b></td> <td><b>37,084</b></td> <td><b>48,087</b></td> <td><b>4,756</b></td> <td><b>133,130</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b></td> <td><b>4</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Rejected Votes</td> <td>2,581</td> <td>2,468</td> <td>3,385</td> <td></td> <td>8,642</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Total Polled</td> <td>45,691</td> <td>39,552</td> <td>51,472</td> <td></td> <td>141,772</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Registered Electors</td> <td>68,329</td> <td>59,233</td> <td>79,322</td> <td></td> <td>206,884</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Turnout (%)</td> <td>66.87%</td> <td>66.77%</td> <td>64.89%</td> <td></td> <td>68.52%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following candidates were elected:<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> <a href="/wiki/M._A._M._Maharoof" title="M. A. M. Maharoof">M. A. M. Maharoof</a> (UNP), 21,438 preference votes (pv); <a href="/wiki/M._N._Abdul_Majeed" title="M. N. Abdul Majeed">M. N. Abdul Majeed</a> (PA), 18,173 pv; <a href="/wiki/M._S._Thowfeek" title="M. S. Thowfeek">M. S. Thowfeek</a> (PA-SLMC), 15,588 pv; and <a href="/wiki/M._K._D._S._Gunawardena" class="mw-redirect" title="M. K. D. S. Gunawardena">M. K. D. S. Gunawardena</a> (PA), 15,392 pv. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2001_parliamentary_general_election">2001 parliamentary general election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trincomalee_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=11" 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:<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><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> </p> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Party</th> <th colspan="3">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">Displaced<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">Mutur</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Seru-<br />wila</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Trinco<br />-malee </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#008000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">United National Front</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Workers%27_Congress" title="Ceylon Workers' Congress">CWC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">SLMC</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Western_People%27s_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="Western People's Front">WPF</a>)</td> <td>29,473</td> <td>16,266</td> <td>14,560</td> <td>2,570</td> <td>61</td> <td><b>62,930</b></td> <td>39.05%</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F7E20F"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tamil_National_Alliance" title="Tamil National Alliance">Tamil National Alliance</a> (<a href="/wiki/All_Ceylon_Tamil_Congress" title="All Ceylon Tamil Congress">ACTC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Revolutionary_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front">EPRLF(S)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization" title="Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization">TELO</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_United_Liberation_Front" title="Tamil United Liberation Front">TULF</a>)</td> <td>14,393</td> <td>4,796</td> <td>35,639</td> <td>1,289</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>56,121</b></td> <td>34.83%</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">People's Alliance</a> (<a href="/wiki/Muslim_National_Unity_Alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim National Unity Alliance">NUA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> et al.)</td> <td>11,199</td> <td>14,965</td> <td>5,027</td> <td>1,745</td> <td>61</td> <td><b>32,997</b></td> <td>20.48%</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna</a></td> <td>168</td> <td>3,818</td> <td>1,664</td> <td>443</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>6,095</b></td> <td>3.78%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Democratic_Party" title="Eelam People's Democratic Party">Eelam People's Democratic Party</a></td> <td>124</td> <td>85</td> <td>1,209</td> <td>52</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>1,470</b></td> <td>0.91%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <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>184</td> <td>280</td> <td>136</td> <td>15</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>619</b></td> <td>0.38%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Sinhala Heritage</td> <td>20</td> <td>139</td> <td>35</td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>202</b></td> <td>0.13%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">National Development Front</td> <td>41</td> <td>51</td> <td>71</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>165</b></td> <td>0.10%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Muslim United Liberation Front</td> <td>32</td> <td>28</td> <td>51</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>113</b></td> <td>0.07%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">United Sinhala Great Council</td> <td>44</td> <td>38</td> <td>18</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>100</b></td> <td>0.06%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <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>35</td> <td>37</td> <td>23</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>99</b></td> <td>0.06%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_United_National_Front" title="Democratic United National Front">Democratic United National Front</a></td> <td>28</td> <td>22</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>56</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 6</a></td> <td>15</td> <td>12</td> <td>19</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>47</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 1</a></td> <td>16</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>24</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 5</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>22</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 3</a></td> <td>7</td> <td>10</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>20</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 4</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>13</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 2</a></td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>12</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Sri Lanka Muslim Party</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>11</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Sri Lanka National Front</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>11</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Sri Lanka Progressive Front</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>11</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>55,801</b></td> <td><b>40,578</b></td> <td><b>58,495</b></td> <td>6,131</td> <td>133</td> <td><b>161,138</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b></td> <td><b>4</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Rejected Votes</td> <td>2,844</td> <td>2,142</td> <td>3,251</td> <td>185</td> <td>7</td> <td>8,429</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Total Polled</td> <td>58,645</td> <td>42,720</td> <td>61,746</td> <td>6,316</td> <td>140</td> <td>169,567</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Registered Electors</td> <td>70,168</td> <td>60,690</td> <td>81,422</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>212,280</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Turnout (%)</td> <td>83.58%</td> <td>70.39%</td> <td>75.83%</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>79.88%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following candidates were elected:<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> <a href="/wiki/R._Sampanthan" title="R. Sampanthan">R. Sampanthan</a> (TNA-TULF), 40,110 preference votes (pv); <a href="/wiki/M._A._M._Maharoof" title="M. A. M. Maharoof">M. A. M. Maharoof</a> (UNF), 25,264 pv; <a href="/wiki/K._M._Thowfeek" title="K. M. Thowfeek">K. M. Thowfeek</a> (UNF-SLMC), 24,847 pv; and <a href="/wiki/M._K._D._S._Gunawardena" class="mw-redirect" title="M. K. D. S. Gunawardena">M. K. D. S. Gunawardena</a> (PA), 14,938 pv. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2004_parliamentary_general_election">2004 parliamentary general election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trincomalee_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=12" 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:<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> </p> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Party</th> <th colspan="3">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">Mutur</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Seru-<br />wila</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Trinco<br />-malee </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F7E20F"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tamil_National_Alliance" title="Tamil National Alliance">Tamil National Alliance</a> (<a href="/wiki/All_Ceylon_Tamil_Congress" title="All Ceylon Tamil Congress">ACTC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Revolutionary_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front">EPRLF(S)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illankai_Tamil_Arasu_Kachchi" class="mw-redirect" title="Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi">ITAK</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization" title="Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization">TELO</a>)</td> <td>17,005</td> <td>6,178</td> <td>43,880</td> <td>1,892</td> <td><b>68,955</b></td> <td>37.72%</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#007B48"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">Sri Lanka Muslim Congress</a></td> <td>45,523</td> <td>4,647</td> <td>13,378</td> <td>1,450</td> <td><b>65,187</b></td> <td>35.66%</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <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/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Muslim_National_Unity_Alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim National Unity Alliance">NUA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> et al.)</td> <td>1,854</td> <td>19,607</td> <td>6,229</td> <td>3,362</td> <td><b>31,053</b></td> <td>16.99%</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#008000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">United National Front</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Workers%27_Congress" title="Ceylon Workers' Congress">CWC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Democratic_People%27s_Front" title="Democratic People's Front">DPF</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a>)</td> <td>689</td> <td>10,346</td> <td>3,193</td> <td>1,463</td> <td><b>15,693</b></td> <td>8.59%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFA500"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jathika_Hela_Urumaya" title="Jathika Hela Urumaya">Jathika Hela Urumaya</a></td> <td>21</td> <td>563</td> <td>119</td> <td>88</td> <td><b>791</b></td> <td>0.43%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Democratic_Party" title="Eelam People's Democratic Party">Eelam People's Democratic Party</a></td> <td>49</td> <td>61</td> <td>393</td> <td>37</td> <td><b>540</b></td> <td>0.30%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">United Muslim People's Alliance</td> <td>50</td> <td>32</td> <td>33</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>117</b></td> <td>0.06%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <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>32</td> <td>12</td> <td>35</td> <td>8</td> <td><b>87</b></td> <td>0.05%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Ruhuna People's Party</td> <td>53</td> <td>11</td> <td>17</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>82</b></td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#00008B"> </td> <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>42</td> <td>12</td> <td>10</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>65</b></td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 1</a></td> <td>31</td> <td>11</td> <td>16</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>61</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 6</a></td> <td>30</td> <td>9</td> <td>17</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>58</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 5</a></td> <td>26</td> <td>14</td> <td>13</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>53</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 3</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>14</td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>23</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 2</a></td> <td>14</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>19</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 4</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>10</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>65,425</b></td> <td><b>41,520</b></td> <td><b>67,347</b></td> <td><b>8,308</b></td> <td><b>182,794</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b></td> <td><b>4</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Rejected Votes</td> <td>3,080</td> <td>2,424</td> <td>3,073</td> <td>273</td> <td>8,863</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Total Polled</td> <td>68,505</td> <td>43,944</td> <td>70,420</td> <td>8,581</td> <td>191,657</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Registered Electors</td> <td>74,869</td> <td>63,161</td> <td>86,277</td> <td></td> <td>224,307</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Turnout (%)</td> <td>91.50%</td> <td>69.57%</td> <td>81.62%</td> <td></td> <td>85.44%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following candidates were elected:<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/R._Sampanthan" title="R. Sampanthan">R. Sampanthan</a> (TNA-ITAK), 47,735 preference votes (pv); <a href="/wiki/K._Thurairetnasingam" title="K. Thurairetnasingam">K. Thurairetnasingam</a> (TNA-ITAK), 34,773 pv; <a href="/wiki/M._N._Abdul_Majeed" title="M. N. Abdul Majeed">M. N. Abdul Majeed</a> (SLMC), 26,948 pv; and <a href="/wiki/Jayantha_Wijesekara" title="Jayantha Wijesekara">Jayantha Wijesekara</a> (UPFA-SLFP), 19,983 pv. </p><p><a href="/wiki/M._N._Abdul_Majeed" title="M. N. Abdul Majeed">M. N. Abdul Majeed</a> (SLMC) was expelled from the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">Sri Lanka Muslim Congress</a> on 30 May 2004.<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> He subsequently joined the <a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">United People's Freedom Alliance</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2005_presidential_election">2005 presidential election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trincomalee_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=13" 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:<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Candidate</th> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="40">Party</th> <th colspan="3">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">Displaced<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">Mutur</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Seru-<br />wila</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Trinco<br />-malee </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <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>29,061</td> <td>17,835</td> <td>41,369</td> <td>3,913</td> <td>19</td> <td><b>92,197</b></td> <td>61.33% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <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>18,817</td> <td>21,353</td> <td>10,878</td> <td>4,621</td> <td>11</td> <td><b>55,680</b></td> <td>37.04% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <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>338</td> <td>142</td> <td>299</td> <td>13</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>792</b></td> <td>0.53% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">A. A. Suraweera</td> <td align="left">NDF</td> <td>257</td> <td>153</td> <td>138</td> <td>10</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>558</b></td> <td>0.37% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Victor_Hettigoda" title="Victor Hettigoda">Victor Hettigoda</a></td> <td align="left">ULPP</td> <td>45</td> <td>56</td> <td>133</td> <td>42</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>276</b></td> <td>0.18% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8A718"> </td> <td align="left">A. K. J. Arachchige</td> <td align="left">DUA</td> <td>82</td> <td>35</td> <td>38</td> <td>10</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>165</b></td> <td>0.11% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <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>32</td> <td>50</td> <td>65</td> <td>10</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>157</b></td> <td>0.10% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Aruna de Soyza</td> <td align="left">RPP</td> <td>65</td> <td>50</td> <td>37</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>157</b></td> <td>0.10% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Anura De Silva</td> <td align="left">ULF</td> <td>45</td> <td>29</td> <td>56</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>132</b></td> <td>0.09% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Wimal Geeganage</td> <td align="left">SLNF</td> <td>16</td> <td>26</td> <td>27</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>71</b></td> <td>0.05% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <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>18</td> <td>14</td> <td>33</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>67</b></td> <td>0.04% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">P. Nelson Perera</td> <td align="left">SLPF</td> <td>22</td> <td>9</td> <td>24</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>56</b></td> <td>0.04% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">H.S. Dharmadwaja</td> <td align="left">UNAF</td> <td>10</td> <td>7</td> <td>9</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>26</b></td> <td>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="3"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>48,808</b></td> <td><b>39,759</b></td> <td><b>53,106</b></td> <td><b>8,631</b></td> <td><b>30</b></td> <td><b>150,334</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="3">Rejected Votes</td> <td>542</td> <td>406</td> <td>956</td> <td>190</td> <td>0</td> <td>2,094</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="3">Total Polled</td> <td>49,350</td> <td>40,165</td> <td>54,062</td> <td>8,821</td> <td>30</td> <td>152,428</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="3">Registered Electors</td> <td>81,534</td> <td>66,126</td> <td>91,095</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>238,755</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="3">Turnout (%)</td> <td>60.53%</td> <td>60.74%</td> <td>59.35%</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>63.84%</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2008_provincial_council_election">2008 provincial council election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trincomalee_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 2008 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">1st Eastern provincial council election</a> held on 10 May 2008:<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> </p> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Party</th> <th colspan="3">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">Displaced<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">Mutur</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Seru-<br />wila</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Trinco<br />-malee </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">SLMC</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a>)</td> <td>28,233</td> <td>10,855</td> <td>28,146</td> <td>2,481</td> <td></td> <td><b>70,858</b></td> <td>51.37%</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <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/Tamil_Makkal_Viduthalai_Pulikal" title="Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal">TMVP</a> et al.)</td> <td>18,451</td> <td>21,915</td> <td>13,828</td> <td>4,938</td> <td></td> <td><b>59,298</b></td> <td>42.99%</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna</a></td> <td>160</td> <td>2,286</td> <td>1,408</td> <td>411</td> <td></td> <td><b>4,266</b></td> <td>3.09%</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_Socialist_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)">United Socialist Party</a></td> <td>495</td> <td>249</td> <td>537</td> <td>18</td> <td></td> <td><b>1,309</b></td> <td>0.95%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 18</a></td> <td>88</td> <td>43</td> <td>323</td> <td>8</td> <td></td> <td><b>468</b></td> <td>0.34%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Eelavar_Democratic_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="Eelavar Democratic Front">Eelavar Democratic Front</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eelam_Revolutionary_Organisation_of_Students" title="Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students">EROS</a>)</td> <td>124</td> <td>125</td> <td>195</td> <td>13</td> <td></td> <td><b>459</b></td> <td>0.33%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Akila Ilankai Tamil United Front</td> <td>25</td> <td>9</td> <td>311</td> <td>33</td> <td></td> <td><b>378</b></td> <td>0.27%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 4</a></td> <td>94</td> <td>10</td> <td>101</td> <td>3</td> <td></td> <td><b>209</b></td> <td>0.15%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Front_of_Liberation_Tigers" title="People's Front of Liberation Tigers">People's Front of Liberation Tigers</a></td> <td>25</td> <td>7</td> <td>117</td> <td>10</td> <td></td> <td><b>163</b></td> <td>0.12%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 12</a></td> <td>8</td> <td>13</td> <td>91</td> <td>6</td> <td></td> <td><b>118</b></td> <td>0.09%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">National Development Front</td> <td>16</td> <td>41</td> <td>22</td> <td>9</td> <td></td> <td><b>89</b></td> <td>0.06%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 5</a></td> <td>20</td> <td>8</td> <td>28</td> <td>2</td> <td></td> <td><b>58</b></td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 19</a></td> <td>8</td> <td>19</td> <td>14</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> <td><b>43</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 17</a></td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>7</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td><b>24</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 11</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>6</td> <td>8</td> <td>2</td> <td></td> <td><b>20</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 1</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td></td> <td><b>18</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 6</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>7</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td><b>15</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 2</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>8</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td></td> <td><b>14</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 8</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>11</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> <td><b>14</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 3</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> <td><b>13</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#00008B"> </td> <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>1</td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td></td> <td><b>13</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 7</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> <td><b>12</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 10</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> <td><b>11</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 15</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> <td><b>10</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Sri Lanka Progressive Front</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> <td><b>9</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Sri Lanka National Front</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> <td><b>9</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 13</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> <td><b>8</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 9</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> <td><b>7</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 16</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> <td><b>6</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Ruhuna People's Party</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> <td><b>5</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 14</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> <td><b>5</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>47,788</b></td> <td><b>35,650</b></td> <td><b>45,208</b></td> <td><b>7,943</b></td> <td></td> <td><b>137,929</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b></td> <td><b>10</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Rejected Votes</td> <td>3,779</td> <td>3,185</td> <td>5,020</td> <td>411</td> <td></td> <td>12,695</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Total Polled</td> <td>51,567</td> <td>38,835</td> <td>50,228</td> <td>8,354</td> <td></td> <td>150,624</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Registered Electors</td> <td>84,175</td> <td>66,690</td> <td>91,598</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>242,463</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Turnout</td> <td>61.26%</td> <td>58.23%</td> <td>54.84%</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>62.12%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following candidates were elected:<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> Ajju Mohamed Mohamed Faiz (UPFA); Ariyawathi W. G. M. Galappaththi (UPFA); <a href="/wiki/Rauff_Hakeem" title="Rauff Hakeem">Rauff Hakeem</a> (UNP-SLMC); <a href="/wiki/M._K._D._S._Gunawardena" class="mw-redirect" title="M. K. D. S. Gunawardena">M. K. D. S. Gunawardena</a> (UPFA); <a href="/wiki/M._A._M._Maharoof" title="M. A. M. Maharoof">M. A. M. Maharoof</a> (UNP); Sathak Lebbe Muhammadu Hasan Moulavi (UPFA); Arunasalam Parasuraman (UNP); K. G. Wimal Piyathissa (JVP); <a href="/wiki/M._S._Thowfeek" title="M. S. Thowfeek">M. S. Thowfeek</a> (UNP-SLMC); and Rathna Sabapathi Nawarathnarajah Varathan (UNP). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_presidential_election">2010 presidential election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trincomalee_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=15" 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:<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> </p> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Candidate</th> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="40">Party</th> <th colspan="3">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">Displaced<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">Mutur</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Seru-<br />wila</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Trinco<br />-malee </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#2C5A45"> </td> <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>32,631</td> <td>15,260</td> <td>35,887</td> <td>3,798</td> <td>85</td> <td><b>87,661</b></td> <td>54.09% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <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>21,002</td> <td>27,932</td> <td>13,935</td> <td>6,882</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>69,752</b></td> <td>43.04% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <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>384</td> <td>262</td> <td>445</td> <td>23</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>1,115</b></td> <td>0.69% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">C. J. Sugathsiri Gamage</td> <td align="left">UDF</td> <td>252</td> <td>121</td> <td>384</td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>765</b></td> <td>0.47% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <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>131</td> <td>133</td> <td>74</td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>346</b></td> <td>0.21% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">A. A. Suraweera</td> <td align="left">NDF</td> <td>110</td> <td>100</td> <td>83</td> <td>18</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>311</b></td> <td>0.19% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <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>52</td> <td>32</td> <td>193</td> <td>25</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>302</b></td> <td>0.19% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Sarath Manamendra</td> <td align="left">NSH</td> <td>117</td> <td>63</td> <td>69</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>252</b></td> <td>0.16% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <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>94</td> <td>54</td> <td>95</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>247</b></td> <td>0.15% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Lal Perera</td> <td align="left">ONF</td> <td>98</td> <td>42</td> <td>98</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>240</b></td> <td>0.15% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <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>65</td> <td>66</td> <td>83</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>218</b></td> <td>0.13% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <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>58</td> <td>51</td> <td>35</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>147</b></td> <td>0.09% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <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>32</td> <td>29</td> <td>60</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>125</b></td> <td>0.08% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <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>43</td> <td>14</td> <td>44</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>105</b></td> <td>0.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Sanath Pinnaduwa</td> <td align="left">NA</td> <td>33</td> <td>21</td> <td>28</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>82</b></td> <td>0.05% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <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>30</td> <td>19</td> <td>30</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>80</b></td> <td>0.05% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <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>31</td> <td>13</td> <td>27</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>76</b></td> <td>0.05% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Aruna de Soyza</td> <td align="left">RPP</td> <td>15</td> <td>19</td> <td>24</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>58</b></td> <td>0.04% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Sarath Kongahage</td> <td align="left">UNAF</td> <td>11</td> <td>9</td> <td>31</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>55</b></td> <td>0.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Senaratna de Silva</td> <td align="left">PNF</td> <td>11</td> <td>13</td> <td>24</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>48</b></td> <td>0.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">M. B. Thaminimulla</td> <td align="left">ACAKO</td> <td>11</td> <td>6</td> <td>27</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>45</b></td> <td>0.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Battaramulla Seelarathana</td> <td align="left">JP</td> <td>8</td> <td>10</td> <td>22</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>42</b></td> <td>0.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="3"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>55,219</b></td> <td><b>44,269</b></td> <td><b>51,698</b></td> <td><b>10,799</b></td> <td><b>87</b></td> <td><b>162,072</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="3">Rejected Votes</td> <td>696</td> <td>563</td> <td>1,050</td> <td>120</td> <td>3</td> <td>2,432</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="3">Total Polled</td> <td>55,915</td> <td>44,832</td> <td>52,748</td> <td>10,919</td> <td>90</td> <td>164,504</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="3">Registered Electors</td> <td>85,401</td> <td>69,047</td> <td>86,685</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>241,133</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="3">Turnout</td> <td>65.47%</td> <td>64.93%</td> <td>60.85%</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>68.22%</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_parliamentary_general_election">2010 parliamentary general election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trincomalee_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=16" 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:<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Party</th> <th colspan="3">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">Displaced<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">Mutur</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Seru-<br />wila</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Trinco<br />-malee </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <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/All_Ceylon_Muslim_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All Ceylon Muslim Congress">ACMC</a>, NC, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> et al.)</td> <td>18,576</td> <td>22,756</td> <td>10,961</td> <td>7,487</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>59,784</b></td> <td>42.78%</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#008000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">United National Front</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>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">SLMC</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a>)</td> <td>21,963</td> <td>6,936</td> <td>8,718</td> <td>2,074</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>39,691</b></td> <td>28.40%</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F7E20F"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tamil_National_Alliance" title="Tamil National Alliance">Tamil National Alliance</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Revolutionary_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front">EPRLF(S)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illankai_Tamil_Arasu_Kachchi" class="mw-redirect" title="Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi">ITAK</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization" title="Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization">TELO</a>)</td> <td>8,068</td> <td>3,297</td> <td>20,578</td> <td>1,306</td> <td>19</td> <td><b>33,268</b></td> <td>23.81%</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCC33"> </td> <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>180</td> <td>1,460</td> <td>522</td> <td>357</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>2,519</b></td> <td>1.80%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Makkal_Viduthalai_Pulikal" title="Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal">Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal</a></td> <td>302</td> <td>262</td> <td>1,106</td> <td>42</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>1,712</b></td> <td>1.23%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tamil_National_People%27s_Front" title="Tamil National People's Front">Tamil National People's Front</a> (<a href="/wiki/All_Ceylon_Tamil_Congress" title="All Ceylon Tamil Congress">ACTC</a> et al.)</td> <td>161</td> <td>39</td> <td>956</td> <td>26</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>1,182</b></td> <td>0.85%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Revolutionary_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front">Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (Padmanaba)</a></td> <td>9</td> <td>51</td> <td>205</td> <td>14</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>279</b></td> <td>0.20%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Sri Lanka National Front</td> <td>12</td> <td>140</td> <td>6</td> <td>12</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>170</b></td> <td>0.12%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_Socialist_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)">United Socialist Party</a></td> <td>96</td> <td>20</td> <td>32</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>150</b></td> <td>0.11%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">National Development Front</td> <td>22</td> <td>48</td> <td>29</td> <td>10</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>109</b></td> <td>0.08%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 11</a></td> <td>82</td> <td>9</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>101</b></td> <td>0.07%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 7</a></td> <td>21</td> <td>30</td> <td>41</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>98</b></td> <td>0.07%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">All Lanka Tamil United Front</td> <td>10</td> <td>16</td> <td>54</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>85</b></td> <td>0.06%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">United National Alternative Front</td> <td>31</td> <td>14</td> <td>27</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>76</b></td> <td>0.05%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 14</a></td> <td>16</td> <td>28</td> <td>17</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>62</b></td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 3</a></td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>40</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>55</b></td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 6</a></td> <td>12</td> <td>20</td> <td>8</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>41</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 13</a></td> <td>10</td> <td>21</td> <td>7</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>39</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 12</a></td> <td>20</td> <td>1</td> <td>17</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>38</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 5</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>8</td> <td>23</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>35</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 1</a></td> <td>10</td> <td>9</td> <td>8</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>33</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 10</a></td> <td>9</td> <td>4</td> <td>20</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>33</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Left_Liberation_Front" title="Left Liberation Front">Left Liberation Front</a> (<a href="/wiki/Left_Liberation_Front" title="Left Liberation Front">LLF</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_National_Liberation_Alliance" title="Tamil National Liberation Alliance">TNLA</a>)</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>29</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>31</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Muslim Liberation Front</td> <td>21</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>28</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">United Democratic Front</td> <td>13</td> <td>8</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>27</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Janasetha Peramuna</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>16</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>23</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 4</a></td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td>8</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>19</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 9</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>8</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>16</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 2</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>8</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>15</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#00008B"> </td> <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>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>14</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 8</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>9</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>49,681</b></td> <td><b>35,213</b></td> <td><b>43,454</b></td> <td><b>11,371</b></td> <td><b>23</b></td> <td><b>139,742</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b></td> <td><b>4</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Rejected Votes</td> <td>3,246</td> <td>2,854</td> <td>3,483</td> <td>653</td> <td>4</td> <td>10,240</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Total Polled</td> <td>52,927</td> <td>38,067</td> <td>46,937</td> <td>12,024</td> <td>27</td> <td>149,982</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Registered Electors</td> <td>85,401</td> <td>69,047</td> <td>86,685</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>241,133</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Turnout</td> <td>61.97%</td> <td>55.13%</td> <td>54.15%</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>62.20%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following candidates were elected:<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/R._Sampanthan" title="R. Sampanthan">R. Sampanthan</a> (TNA-ITAK), 24,488 preference votes (pv); <a href="/wiki/M._S._Thowfeek" title="M. S. Thowfeek">M. S. Thowfeek</a> (UNF-SLMC), 23,588 pv; <a href="/wiki/Susantha_Punchinilame" title="Susantha Punchinilame">Susantha Punchinilame</a> (UPFA), 22,820 pv; and <a href="/wiki/M._K._D._S._Gunawardena" class="mw-redirect" title="M. K. D. S. Gunawardena">M. K. D. S. Gunawardena</a> (UPFA), 19,734 pv. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2012_provincial_council_election">2012 provincial council election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trincomalee_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: 2012 provincial council election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/2012_Sri_Lankan_provincial_council_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Sri Lankan provincial council election">2nd Eastern provincial council election</a> held on 8 September 2012:<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Party</th> <th colspan="3">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">Mutur</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Seru-<br />wila</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Trinco<br />-malee </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F7E20F"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tamil_National_Alliance" title="Tamil National Alliance">Tamil National Alliance</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Revolutionary_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front">EPRLF (S)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illankai_Tamil_Arasu_Kachchi" class="mw-redirect" title="Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi">ITAK</a>, <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Organisation_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam">PLOTE</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization" title="Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization">TELO</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_United_Liberation_Front" title="Tamil United Liberation Front">TULF</a>)</td> <td>10,213</td> <td>5,014</td> <td>28,067</td> <td>1,102</td> <td><b>44,396</b></td> <td>29.08%</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <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/All_Ceylon_Muslim_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All Ceylon Muslim Congress">ACMC</a>, NC, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Makkal_Viduthalai_Pulikal" title="Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal">TMVP</a> et al.)</td> <td>13,011</td> <td>17,785</td> <td>7,949</td> <td>4,579</td> <td><b>43,324</b></td> <td>28.38%</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#007B48"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">Sri Lanka Muslim Congress</a></td> <td>14,617</td> <td>2,390</td> <td>8,642</td> <td>527</td> <td><b>26,176</b></td> <td>17.15%</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#07AF14"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>12,318</td> <td>7,148</td> <td>2,979</td> <td>1,994</td> <td><b>24,439</b></td> <td>16.01%</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">National Freedom Front</td> <td>490</td> <td>6,450</td> <td>1,527</td> <td>1,055</td> <td><b>9,522</b></td> <td>6.24%</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 10</a></td> <td>1,350</td> <td>55</td> <td>155</td> <td>82</td> <td><b>1,642</b></td> <td>1.08%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna</a></td> <td>21</td> <td>518</td> <td>141</td> <td>97</td> <td><b>777</b></td> <td>0.51%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Socialist Alliance (<a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Communist Party of Sri Lanka">CPSL</a>, DLF, <a href="/wiki/Lanka_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Lanka Sama Samaja Party">LSSP</a>)</td> <td>400</td> <td>38</td> <td>162</td> <td>12</td> <td><b>612</b></td> <td>0.40%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Eelavar_Democratic_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="Eelavar Democratic Front">Eelavar Democratic Front</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eelam_Revolutionary_Organisation_of_Students" title="Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students">EROS</a>)</td> <td>168</td> <td>117</td> <td>93</td> <td>7</td> <td><b>385</b></td> <td>0.25%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Akila Ilankai Tamil United Front</td> <td>38</td> <td>79</td> <td>259</td> <td>8</td> <td><b>384</b></td> <td>0.25%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_Socialist_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)">United Socialist Party</a></td> <td>75</td> <td>37</td> <td>32</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>149</b></td> <td>0.10%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 8</a></td> <td>75</td> <td>26</td> <td>11</td> <td>9</td> <td><b>121</b></td> <td>0.08%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Sri Lanka Labour Party</td> <td>14</td> <td>6</td> <td>86</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>107</b></td> <td>0.07%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">United Lanka Great Council</td> <td>22</td> <td>13</td> <td>58</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>97</b></td> <td>0.06%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 16</a></td> <td>23</td> <td>36</td> <td>22</td> <td>8</td> <td><b>89</b></td> <td>0.06%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 6</a></td> <td>9</td> <td>56</td> <td>12</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>81</b></td> <td>0.05%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Patriotic National Front</td> <td>48</td> <td>15</td> <td>11</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>78</b></td> <td>0.05%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 3</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>9</td> <td>22</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>36</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Jana Setha Peramuna</td> <td>2</td> <td>18</td> <td>1</td> <td>14</td> <td><b>35</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 12</a></td> <td>18</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>33</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 1</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>9</td> <td>13</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>30</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 9</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>4</td> <td>17</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>29</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 4</a></td> <td>11</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>20</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 7</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>11</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>20</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 5</a></td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>16</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Muslim Liberation Front</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>15</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 14</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>14</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 11</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>12</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 2</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>8</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>12</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 13</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>5</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent Group 15</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>4</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Ruhuna People's Party</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>3</b></td> <td>0.00%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>52,967</b></td> <td><b>39,875</b></td> <td><b>50,292</b></td> <td><b>9,529</b></td> <td><b>152,663</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b></td> <td><b>10</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Rejected Votes</td> <td>3,032</td> <td>2,979</td> <td>4,563</td> <td>750</td> <td>11,324</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Total Polled</td> <td>55,999</td> <td>42,854</td> <td>54,855</td> <td>10,279</td> <td>163,987</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Registered Electors</td> <td>89,370</td> <td>70,141</td> <td>85,852</td> <td></td> <td>245,363</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Turnout</td> <td>62.66%</td> <td>61.10%</td> <td>63.89%</td> <td></td> <td>66.83%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following candidates were elected:<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/S._Thandayuthapani" title="S. Thandayuthapani">S. Thandayuthapani</a> (TNA-ITAK), 20,854 preference votes (pv); Ariyawathy Galappaththy (UPFA), 14,224 pv; Kekunawela Pathiranage Priyantha Prema Kumara (UPFA), 12,393 pv; <a href="/wiki/M._N._Abdul_Majeed" title="M. N. Abdul Majeed">M. N. 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