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<div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Electoral district in Sri Lanka</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the electoral district in Sri Lanka. For the administrative district, see <a href="/wiki/Matara_District" title="Matara District">Matara District</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org">Matara</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader category" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_districts_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Electoral districts of Sri Lanka">Electoral District</a><br />for the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Parliament of Sri Lanka">Parliament of Sri Lanka</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Districts of Sri Lanka">Administrative<br />District</a></th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Matara_District" title="Matara District">Matara</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Provinces of Sri Lanka">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Southern Province, Sri Lanka">Southern</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Polling divisions</th><td class="infobox-data">7</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">873,000 <small>(2021)</small><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></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Electorate</th><td class="infobox-data">686,175 <span style="font-size:85%;">(2024)</span><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">1,283 km<sup>2</sup> (495 sq mi)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #efefef;">Current <a href="/wiki/Electoral_districts_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Electoral districts of Sri Lanka">Electoral District</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number of members</th><td class="infobox-data">7</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">MPs</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#C4094A; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Power" title="National People's Power">NPP</a> (6)</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <a href="/wiki/Sunil_Handunnetti" title="Sunil Handunnetti">Sunil Handunnetti</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Saroja_Savithri_Paulraj" title="Saroja Savithri Paulraj">Saroja Polraj</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=L.M_Abeywickrama&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="L.M Abeywickrama (page does not exist)">L.M Abeywickrama</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arkam_Ilyas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arkam Ilyas (page does not exist)">Arkam Ilyas</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Gammaddage_Ajantha" title="Gammaddage Ajantha">Gammaddage Ajantha</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Lal_Premanath" title="Lal Premanath">Lal Premanath</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/Chathura_Galappaththi" title="Chathura Galappaththi">Chathura Galappaththi</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Matara electoral district</b> is one of the 22 <a href="/wiki/Multi-member" class="mw-redirect" title="Multi-member">multi-member</a> <a href="/wiki/Electoral_districts_in_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Electoral districts in Sri Lanka">electoral districts</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a> created by the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Constitution of Sri Lanka">1978 Constitution</a> of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Districts of Sri Lanka">administrative district</a> of <a href="/wiki/Matara_District" title="Matara District">Matara</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Southern Province, Sri Lanka">Southern province</a>. The district currently elects 7 of the 225 members of the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan Parliament">Sri Lankan Parliament</a> and had 578,858 registered electors in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-2010pe_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010pe-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The district is the country's Electorate Number 08.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<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=Matara_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 Matara Electoral District consists of the following polling divisions:<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A: <a href="/wiki/Deniyaya_Polling_Division" title="Deniyaya Polling Division">Deniyaya</a> </p><p>B: <a href="/wiki/Hakmana_Polling_Division" title="Hakmana Polling Division">Hakmana</a> </p><p>C: <a href="/wiki/Akuressa_Polling_Division" title="Akuressa Polling Division">Akuressa</a> </p><p>D: <a href="/wiki/Kamburupitiya_Polling_Division" title="Kamburupitiya Polling Division">Kamburupitiya</a> </p><p>E: <a href="/wiki/Devinuwara_Polling_Division" title="Devinuwara Polling Division">Devinuwara</a> </p><p>F: <a href="/wiki/Matara_Polling_Division" title="Matara Polling Division">Matara</a> </p><p>G: <a href="/wiki/Weligama_Polling_Division" title="Weligama Polling Division">Weligama</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1982_Presidential_Election">1982 Presidential Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matara_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1982 Presidential Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/1982_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="1982 Sri Lankan presidential election">1st presidential election</a> held on 20 October 1982 for the district: </p> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="180">Candidate</th> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="40">Party</th> <th colspan="7">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">Akur-<br />essa</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Deni-<br />yaya</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Devi-<br />nuwara</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Hak-<br />mana</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Kambur<br />-upitiya</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Matara</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Weli-<br />gama </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Junius_Jayewardene" class="mw-redirect" title="Junius Jayewardene">Junius Jayewardene</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a></td> <td>24,667</td> <td>22,457</td> <td>22,605</td> <td>22,146</td> <td>20,549</td> <td>23,221</td> <td>25,051</td> <td>4,029</td> <td><b>164,725</b></td> <td>49.32% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Hector Kobbekaduwa</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a></td> <td>20,389</td> <td>18,147</td> <td>17,757</td> <td>22,984</td> <td>21,408</td> <td>19,333</td> <td>22,282</td> <td>2,287</td> <td><b>144,587</b></td> <td>43.29% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Rohana_Wijeweera" title="Rohana Wijeweera">Rohana Wijeweera</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a></td> <td>4,781</td> <td>1,886</td> <td>4,874</td> <td>2,711</td> <td>3,267</td> <td>2,067</td> <td>2,276</td> <td>255</td> <td><b>22,117</b></td> <td>6.62% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Colvin_R._de_Silva" title="Colvin R. de Silva">Colvin R. de Silva</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Lanka_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Lanka Sama Samaja Party">LSSP</a></td> <td>246</td> <td>220</td> <td>246</td> <td>228</td> <td>229</td> <td>156</td> <td>198</td> <td>48</td> <td><b>1,571</b></td> <td>0.47% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Vasudeva Nanayakkara</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Nava_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Nava Sama Samaja Party">NSSP</a></td> <td>70</td> <td>63</td> <td>52</td> <td>71</td> <td>78</td> <td>67</td> <td>90</td> <td>18</td> <td><b>509</b></td> <td>0.15% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Kumar_Ponnambalam" title="Kumar Ponnambalam">Kumar Ponnambalam</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/All_Ceylon_Tamil_Congress" title="All Ceylon Tamil Congress">ACTC</a></td> <td>108</td> <td>72</td> <td>49</td> <td>61</td> <td>83</td> <td>22</td> <td>78</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>474</b></td> <td>0.14% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>50,261</b></td> <td><b>42,845</b></td> <td><b>45,583</b></td> <td><b>48,201</b></td> <td><b>45,614</b></td> <td><b>44,866</b></td> <td><b>49,975</b></td> <td><b>6,638</b></td> <td><b>333,983</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Rejected Votes</td> <td>421</td> <td>428</td> <td>457</td> <td>420</td> <td>437</td> <td>408</td> <td>451</td> <td>69</td> <td>3,091</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Total Polled</td> <td>50,682</td> <td>43,273</td> <td>46,040</td> <td>48,621</td> <td>46,051</td> <td>45,274</td> <td>50,426</td> <td>6,707</td> <td>337,074</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Registered Electors</td> <td>59,798</td> <td>49,817</td> <td>56,693</td> <td>57,203</td> <td>57,400</td> <td>56,252</td> <td>62,725</td> <td></td> <td>399,888</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Turnout</td> <td>84.76%</td> <td>86.86%</td> <td>81.21%</td> <td>85.00%</td> <td>80.23%</td> <td>80.48%</td> <td>80.39%</td> <td></td> <td>84.29%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="12">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1988_Presidential_Election">1988 Presidential Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matara_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1988 Presidential Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/1988_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="1988 Sri Lankan presidential election">2nd presidential election</a> held on 19 December 1988 for the district: </p> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="180">Candidate</th> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="40">Party</th> <th colspan="7">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">Akur-<br />essa</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Deni-<br />yaya</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Devi-<br />nuwara</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Hak-<br />mana</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Kambur<br />-upitiya</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Matara</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Weli-<br />gama </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sirimavo_Bandaranaike" title="Sirimavo Bandaranaike">Sirimavo Bandaranaike</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a></td> <td>3,505</td> <td>10,949</td> <td>4,403</td> <td>1,494</td> <td>3,228</td> <td>17,718</td> <td>15,802</td> <td>325</td> <td><b>57,424</b></td> <td>54.30% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ranasinghe_Premadasa" title="Ranasinghe Premadasa">Ranasinghe Premadasa</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a></td> <td>5,346</td> <td>10,157</td> <td>5,076</td> <td>1,327</td> <td>1,256</td> <td>11,606</td> <td>10,351</td> <td>280</td> <td><b>45,399</b></td> <td>42.93% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Oswin Abeygunasekara</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Mahajana_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lanka Mahajana Party">SLMP</a></td> <td>312</td> <td>554</td> <td>188</td> <td>41</td> <td>166</td> <td>1,098</td> <td>532</td> <td>31</td> <td><b>2,922</b></td> <td>2.76% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>9,163</b></td> <td><b>21,660</b></td> <td><b>9,667</b></td> <td><b>2,862</b></td> <td><b>4,650</b></td> <td><b>30,422</b></td> <td><b>26,685</b></td> <td><b>636</b></td> <td><b>105,745</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Rejected Votes</td> <td>277</td> <td>378</td> <td>104</td> <td>51</td> <td>89</td> <td>497</td> <td>540</td> <td>67</td> <td>2,003</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Total Polled</td> <td>9,440</td> <td>22,038</td> <td>9,771</td> <td>2,913</td> <td>4,739</td> <td>30,919</td> <td>27,225</td> <td>703</td> <td>107,748</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Registered Electors</td> <td>67,076</td> <td>58,342</td> <td>62,490</td> <td>65,407</td> <td>63,590</td> <td>64,438</td> <td>70,591</td> <td></td> <td>451,934</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Turnout</td> <td>14.07%</td> <td>37.77%</td> <td>15.64%</td> <td>4.45%</td> <td>7.45%</td> <td>47.98%</td> <td>38.57%</td> <td></td> <td>23.84%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="12">Source:<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> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1989_Parliamentary_General_Election">1989 Parliamentary General Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matara_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1989 Parliamentary General Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/1989_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">9th parliamentary election</a> held on 15 February 1989 for the district: </p> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="180">Party</th> <th colspan="7">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">Akur-<br />essa</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Deni-<br />yaya</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Devi-<br />nuwara</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Hak-<br />mana</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Kambur<br />-upitiya</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Matara</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Weli-<br />gama </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>5,454</td> <td>3,556</td> <td>6,622</td> <td>218</td> <td>1,231</td> <td>16,505</td> <td>9,141</td> <td>3,007</td> <td><b>45,734</b></td> <td>56.11%</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a></td> <td>2,902</td> <td>2,301</td> <td>1,369</td> <td>149</td> <td>1,136</td> <td>11,094</td> <td>7,508</td> <td>2,293</td> <td><b>28,752</b></td> <td>35.28%</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">United Socialist Alliance<br />(<a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Communist Party of Sri Lanka">CPSL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lanka_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Lanka Sama Samaja Party">LSSP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nava_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Nava Sama Samaja Party">NSSP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Mahajana_Pakshaya" title="Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya">SLMP</a>)</td> <td>481</td> <td>104</td> <td>18</td> <td>2</td> <td>103</td> <td>2,879</td> <td>262</td> <td>376</td> <td><b>4,225</b></td> <td>5.18%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">United Lanka People's Party</td> <td>162</td> <td>91</td> <td>2</td> <td>97</td> <td>178</td> <td>705</td> <td>151</td> <td>95</td> <td><b>1,481</b></td> <td>1.82%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna">Mahajana Eksath Peramuna</a></td> <td>82</td> <td>105</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>24</td> <td>240</td> <td>754</td> <td>103</td> <td><b>1,313</b></td> <td>1.61%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>9,081</b></td> <td><b>6,157</b></td> <td><b>8,013</b></td> <td><b>469</b></td> <td><b>2,672</b></td> <td><b>31,423</b></td> <td><b>17,816</b></td> <td><b>5,874</b></td> <td><b>81,505</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b></td> <td><b>9</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Rejected Votes</td> <td>836</td> <td>567</td> <td>149</td> <td>43</td> <td>235</td> <td>1,835</td> <td>1,237</td> <td>226</td> <td>5,128</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Total Polled</td> <td>9,917</td> <td>6,724</td> <td>8,162</td> <td>512</td> <td>2,907</td> <td>33,258</td> <td>19,053</td> <td>6,100</td> <td>86,633</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Registered Electors</td> <td>66,310</td> <td>58,008</td> <td>61,452</td> <td>64,833</td> <td>62,577</td> <td>62,612</td> <td>69,515</td> <td>6,619</td> <td>451,926</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Turnout</td> <td>14.96%</td> <td>11.59%</td> <td>13.28%</td> <td>0.79%</td> <td>4.65%</td> <td>53.12%</td> <td>27.41%</td> <td>92.16%</td> <td>19.17%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="13">Source:<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> </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/Gamini_Fonseka" title="Gamini Fonseka">Gamini Fonseka</a> (UNP), 19,618 preference votes (pv); <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Wijesekara" title="Mahinda Wijesekara">Mahinda Wijesekara</a> (SLFP), 18,517 pv; <a href="/wiki/Mangala_Samaraweera" title="Mangala Samaraweera">Mangala Samaraweera</a> (SLFP), 11,971 pv; Ranjan Wijayawardhana (UNP), 9,925 pv; Abeywardhana Dayananda Wickremasinghe (UNP), 9,579 pv; Madurapala Ediriweera (UNP), 8,562 pv; <a href="/wiki/H._R_Piyasiri" class="mw-redirect" title="H. R Piyasiri">H. R Piyasiri</a> (UNP), 8,446 pv; Hewagampolage Sirisena (SLFP), 8,212 pv; and Peter Silva Loku Galappaththy (UNP), 7,094 pv. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1993_Provincial_Council_Election">1993 Provincial Council Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matara_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1993 Provincial Council Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=1993_Sri_Lankan_provincial_council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1993 Sri Lankan provincial council election (page does not exist)">2nd Southern provincial council election</a> held on 17 May 1993 for the district: </p> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" width="180">Party</th> <th align="center" width="50">Votes</th> <th align="center" width="50">%</th> <th align="center" width="40">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>145,093</td> <td>44.99%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">People's Alliance</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> et al.)</td> <td>129,693</td> <td>40.22%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_United_National_Front" title="Democratic United National Front">Democratic United National Front</a></td> <td>44,873</td> <td>13.91%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Others</td> <td>2,826</td> <td>0.88%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>322,485</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Rejected Votes</td> <td>22,979</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Total Polled</td> <td>345,464</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Registered Electors</td> <td>493,503</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Turnout</td> <td>70.00%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="4">Source: </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1994_Provincial_Council_Election">1994 Provincial Council Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matara_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1994 Provincial Council Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=1994_Sri_Lankan_provincial_council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1994 Sri Lankan provincial council election (page does not exist)">3rd Southern provincial council election</a> held on 24 March 1994 for the district: </p> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" width="180">Party</th> <th align="center" width="50">Votes</th> <th align="center" width="50">%</th> <th align="center" width="40">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">People's Alliance</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> et al.)</td> <td>192,853</td> <td>56.43%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>147,301</td> <td>43.10%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Nava_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Nava Sama Samaja Party">Nava Sama Samaja Party</a></td> <td>1,586</td> <td>0.46%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>341,740</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Rejected Votes</td> <td>17,397</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Total Polled</td> <td>359,137</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Registered Electors</td> <td>493,503</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Turnout</td> <td>72.77%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="4">Source: </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1994_Parliamentary_General_Election">1994 Parliamentary General Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matara_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1994 Parliamentary General Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/1994_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">10th parliamentary election</a> held on 16 August 1994 for the district: </p> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="180">Party</th> <th colspan="7">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">Akur-<br />essa</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Deni-<br />yaya</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Devi-<br />nuwara</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Hak-<br />mana</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Kambur<br />-upitiya</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Matara</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Weli-<br />gama </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">People's Alliance</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> et al.)</td> <td>32,837</td> <td>30,743</td> <td>28,191</td> <td>30,834</td> <td>32,318</td> <td>32,629</td> <td>34,760</td> <td>4,973</td> <td><b>227,285</b></td> <td>59.90%</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>21,999</td> <td>23,930</td> <td>19,335</td> <td>20,608</td> <td>16,069</td> <td>18,915</td> <td>19,013</td> <td>2,155</td> <td><b>142,024</b></td> <td>37.43%</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Sri Lanka Progressive Front (<a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a>)</td> <td>1,554</td> <td>756</td> <td>1,304</td> <td>991</td> <td>1,098</td> <td>1,264</td> <td>1,600</td> <td>169</td> <td><b>8,736</b></td> <td>2.30%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna">Mahajana Eksath Peramuna</a></td> <td>247</td> <td>178</td> <td>105</td> <td>181</td> <td>232</td> <td>246</td> <td>182</td> <td>51</td> <td><b>1,422</b></td> <td>0.37%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>56,637</b></td> <td><b>55,607</b></td> <td><b>48,935</b></td> <td><b>52,614</b></td> <td><b>49,717</b></td> <td><b>53,054</b></td> <td><b>55,555</b></td> <td><b>7,348</b></td> <td><b>379,467</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b></td> <td><b>8</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Rejected Votes</td> <td>2,674</td> <td>3,330</td> <td>1,841</td> <td>2,965</td> <td>2,318</td> <td>1,632</td> <td>2,325</td> <td>82</td> <td>17,167</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Total Polled</td> <td>59,311</td> <td>58,937</td> <td>50,776</td> <td>55,579</td> <td>52,035</td> <td>54,686</td> <td>57,880</td> <td>7,430</td> <td>396,634</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Registered Electors</td> <td>74,562</td> <td>71,106</td> <td>66,923</td> <td>70,889</td> <td>69,050</td> <td>73,461</td> <td>77,479</td> <td></td> <td>503,470</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Turnout</td> <td>79.55%</td> <td>82.89%</td> <td>75.87%</td> <td>78.40%</td> <td>75.36%</td> <td>74.44%</td> <td>74.70%</td> <td></td> <td>78.78%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="13">Source:<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> </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/Dullas_Alahapperuma" title="Dullas Alahapperuma">Dullas Alahapperuma</a> (PA), 76,678 preference votes (pv); <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_de_Mel" title="Ronnie de Mel">Ronnie de Mel</a> (UNP), 66,563 pv; <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Wijesekara" title="Mahinda Wijesekara">Mahinda Wijesekara</a> (PA), 65,769 pv; <a href="/wiki/Chandrasiri_Gajadeera" title="Chandrasiri Gajadeera">Chandrasiri Gajadeera</a> (PA), 62,852 pv; <a href="/wiki/Mangala_Samaraweera" title="Mangala Samaraweera">Mangala Samaraweera</a> (PA), 61,574 pv; Eugin Alwis Samarasinghe (PA), 57,455 pv; <a href="/wiki/Lakshman_Yapa_Abeywardena" title="Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena">Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena</a> (UNP), 52,294 pv; and Handunneththi Rannulu Wimalasiri (UNP), 33,078 pv. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1994_Presidential_Election">1994 Presidential Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matara_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1994 Presidential Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/1994_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="1994 Sri Lankan presidential election">3rd presidential election</a> held on 9 November 1994 for the district: </p> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="180">Candidate</th> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="40">Party</th> <th colspan="7">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">Akur-<br />essa</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Deni-<br />yaya</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Devi-<br />nuwara</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Hak-<br />mana</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Kambur<br />-upitiya</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Matara</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Weli-<br />gama </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Chandrika_Kumaratunga" title="Chandrika Kumaratunga">Chandrika Kumaratunga</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a></td> <td>32,632</td> <td>30,662</td> <td>30,817</td> <td>29,756</td> <td>31,038</td> <td>32,503</td> <td>34,583</td> <td>5,874</td> <td><b>227,865</b></td> <td>64.69% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Srimathi Dissanayake</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a></td> <td>18,165</td> <td>18,819</td> <td>14,824</td> <td>17,473</td> <td>14,133</td> <td>15,751</td> <td>16,708</td> <td>2,351</td> <td><b>118,224</b></td> <td>33.56% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Hudson Samarasinghe</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 2</a></td> <td>327</td> <td>465</td> <td>185</td> <td>407</td> <td>305</td> <td>152</td> <td>201</td> <td>13</td> <td><b>2,055</b></td> <td>0.58% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Harischandra_Wijayatunga" title="Harischandra Wijayatunga">Harischandra Wijayatunga</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sinhalaye_Mahasammatha_Bhoomiputra_Pakshaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya">SMBP</a></td> <td>175</td> <td>316</td> <td>185</td> <td>240</td> <td>213</td> <td>205</td> <td>173</td> <td>57</td> <td><b>1,564</b></td> <td>0.44% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Nihal_Galappaththi" title="Nihal Galappaththi">Nihal Galappaththi</a></td> <td align="left">SLPF</td> <td>211</td> <td>290</td> <td>197</td> <td>207</td> <td>167</td> <td>123</td> <td>172</td> <td>30</td> <td><b>1,397</b></td> <td>0.40% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">A.J. Ranashinge</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 1</a></td> <td>145</td> <td>213</td> <td>169</td> <td>163</td> <td>128</td> <td>138</td> <td>145</td> <td>33</td> <td><b>1,134</b></td> <td>0.32% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>51,655</b></td> <td><b>50,765</b></td> <td><b>46,377</b></td> <td><b>48,246</b></td> <td><b>45,984</b></td> <td><b>48,872</b></td> <td><b>51,982</b></td> <td><b>8,358</b></td> <td><b>352,239</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Rejected Votes</td> <td>903</td> <td>1,293</td> <td>624</td> <td>828</td> <td>655</td> <td>648</td> <td>675</td> <td>105</td> <td>5,731</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Total Polled</td> <td>52,558</td> <td>52,058</td> <td>47,001</td> <td>49,074</td> <td>46,639</td> <td>49,520</td> <td>52,657</td> <td>8,463</td> <td>357,970</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Registered Electors</td> <td>74,562</td> <td>71,106</td> <td>66,923</td> <td>70,889</td> <td>69,050</td> <td>73,461</td> <td>77,479</td> <td></td> <td>503,470</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Turnout</td> <td>70.49%</td> <td>73.21%</td> <td>70.23%</td> <td>69.23%</td> <td>67.54%</td> <td>67.41%</td> <td>67.96%</td> <td></td> <td>71.10%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="12">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1999_Provincial_Council_Election">1999 Provincial Council Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matara_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 1999 Provincial Council Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/1999_Sri_Lankan_provincial_council_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1999 Sri Lankan provincial council election">4th Southern provincial council election</a> held on 10 June 1999 for the district: </p> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" width="180">Party</th> <th align="center" width="50">Votes</th> <th align="center" width="50">%</th> <th align="center" width="40">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">People's Alliance</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">SLMC</a> et al.)</td> <td>157,762</td> <td>46.36%</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>130,843</td> <td>38.45%</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna</a></td> <td>40,276</td> <td>11.84%</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 1</a></td> <td>5,749</td> <td>1.69%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_Left_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="New Left Front">New Left Front</a> (<a href="/wiki/Nava_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Nava Sama Samaja Party">NSSP</a> et al.)</td> <td>2,906</td> <td>0.85%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna">Mahajana Eksath Peramuna</a></td> <td>1,160</td> <td>0.34%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">People's Liberation Solidarity Front</td> <td>448</td> <td>0.13%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sinhalaye_Mahasammatha_Bhoomiputra_Pakshaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya">Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya</a></td> <td>399</td> <td>0.12%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Sri Lanka">Liberal Party</a></td> <td>298</td> <td>0.09%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 2</a></td> <td>292</td> <td>0.09%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">People's Freedom Front</td> <td>143</td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>340,276</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b></td> <td><b>17</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Rejected Votes</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Total Polled</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Registered Electors</td> <td>510,310</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Turnout</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="4">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1999_Presidential_Election">1999 Presidential Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matara_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 1999 Presidential Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/1999_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="1999 Sri Lankan presidential election">4th presidential election</a> held on 21 December 1999 for the district: </p> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="180">Candidate</th> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="40">Party</th> <th colspan="7">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">Akur-<br />essa</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Deni-<br />yaya</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Devi-<br />nuwara</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Hak-<br />mana</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Kambur<br />-upitiya</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Matara</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Weli-<br />gama </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Chandrika_Kumaratunga" title="Chandrika Kumaratunga">Chandrika Kumaratunga</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a></td> <td>30,040</td> <td>29,229</td> <td>25,363</td> <td>29,115</td> <td>28,515</td> <td>28,865</td> <td>30,939</td> <td>3,619</td> <td><b>205,685</b></td> <td>54.32% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremasinghe" class="mw-redirect" title="Ranil Wickremasinghe">Ranil Wickremasinghe</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a></td> <td>21,330</td> <td>21,400</td> <td>18,844</td> <td>19,464</td> <td>17,689</td> <td>18,743</td> <td>19,183</td> <td>3,024</td> <td><b>139,677</b></td> <td>36.89% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Nandana_Gunathilake" title="Nandana Gunathilake">Nandana Gunathilake</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a></td> <td>4,231</td> <td>3,108</td> <td>4,539</td> <td>3,471</td> <td>2,997</td> <td>3,273</td> <td>3,674</td> <td>936</td> <td><b>26,229</b></td> <td>6.93% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Harischandra_Wijayatunga" title="Harischandra Wijayatunga">Harischandra Wijayatunga</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sinhalaye_Mahasammatha_Bhoomiputra_Pakshaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya">SMBP</a></td> <td>195</td> <td>207</td> <td>155</td> <td>194</td> <td>201</td> <td>276</td> <td>219</td> <td>92</td> <td><b>1,539</b></td> <td>0.41% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">W.V.M. Ranjith</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 2</a></td> <td>154</td> <td>251</td> <td>99</td> <td>199</td> <td>126</td> <td>86</td> <td>123</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>1,042</b></td> <td>0.28% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Rajiva_Wijesinha" title="Rajiva Wijesinha">Rajiva Wijesinha</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Sri Lanka">Liberal</a></td> <td>182</td> <td>223</td> <td>107</td> <td>170</td> <td>147</td> <td>72</td> <td>87</td> <td>9</td> <td><b>997</b></td> <td>0.26% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">T. Edirisuriya</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 1</a></td> <td>145</td> <td>157</td> <td>100</td> <td>192</td> <td>106</td> <td>72</td> <td>114</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>891</b></td> <td>0.24% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Vasudeva Nanayakkara</td> <td align="left">LDA</td> <td>72</td> <td>95</td> <td>84</td> <td>54</td> <td>68</td> <td>156</td> <td>67</td> <td>74</td> <td><b>670</b></td> <td>0.18% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Abdul Rasool</td> <td align="left">SLMP</td> <td>99</td> <td>116</td> <td>56</td> <td>85</td> <td>68</td> <td>94</td> <td>116</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>639</b></td> <td>0.17% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Kamal Karunadasa</td> <td align="left">PLSF</td> <td>100</td> <td>111</td> <td>62</td> <td>92</td> <td>50</td> <td>54</td> <td>71</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>543</b></td> <td>0.14% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Hudson Samarasinghe</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 3</a></td> <td>58</td> <td>75</td> <td>47</td> <td>57</td> <td>41</td> <td>19</td> <td>35</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>332</b></td> <td>0.09% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">A.W. Premawardhana</td> <td align="left">PFF</td> <td>40</td> <td>45</td> <td>15</td> <td>32</td> <td>24</td> <td>18</td> <td>26</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>202</b></td> <td>0.05% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">A. Dissanayaka</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_United_National_Front" title="Democratic United National Front">DUNF</a></td> <td>34</td> <td>38</td> <td>24</td> <td>36</td> <td>22</td> <td>15</td> <td>20</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>192</b></td> <td>0.05% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>56,680</b></td> <td><b>55,055</b></td> <td><b>49,495</b></td> <td><b>53,161</b></td> <td><b>50,054</b></td> <td><b>51,743</b></td> <td><b>54,674</b></td> <td><b>7,776</b></td> <td><b>378,638</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Rejected Votes</td> <td>1,090</td> <td>1,464</td> <td>963</td> <td>983</td> <td>887</td> <td>1,790</td> <td>1,027</td> <td>379</td> <td>8,583</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Total Polled</td> <td>57,770</td> <td>56,519</td> <td>50,458</td> <td>54,144</td> <td>50,941</td> <td>53,533</td> <td>55,701</td> <td>8,155</td> <td>387,221</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Registered Electors</td> <td>76,916</td> <td>74,409</td> <td>68,296</td> <td>75,156</td> <td>70,157</td> <td>72,593</td> <td>78,320</td> <td></td> <td>515,847</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Turnout</td> <td>75.11%</td> <td>75.96%</td> <td>73.88%</td> <td>72.04%</td> <td>72.61%</td> <td>73.74%</td> <td>71.12%</td> <td></td> <td>75.07%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="12">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2000_Parliamentary_General_Election">2000 Parliamentary General Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matara_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2000 Parliamentary General Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/2000_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">11th parliamentary election</a> held on 10 October 2000 for the district: </p> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="180">Party</th> <th colspan="7">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">Akur-<br />essa</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Deni-<br />yaya</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Devi-<br />nuwara</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Hak-<br />mana</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Kambur<br />-upitiya</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Matara</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Weli-<br />gama </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">People's Alliance</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> et al.)</td> <td>30,699</td> <td>29,427</td> <td>24,263</td> <td>28,636</td> <td>28,022</td> <td>28,736</td> <td>29,608</td> <td>4,299</td> <td><b>203,690</b></td> <td>51.47%</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>21,688</td> <td>23,807</td> <td>17,826</td> <td>21,728</td> <td>18,823</td> <td>19,706</td> <td>20,276</td> <td>3,001</td> <td><b>146,855</b></td> <td>37.11%</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna</a></td> <td>5,879</td> <td>3,986</td> <td>7,489</td> <td>4,522</td> <td>4,179</td> <td>5,200</td> <td>6,262</td> <td>1,240</td> <td><b>38,757</b></td> <td>9.79%</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Sinhala Heritage</td> <td>476</td> <td>166</td> <td>395</td> <td>215</td> <td>388</td> <td>1,024</td> <td>559</td> <td>152</td> <td><b>3,375</b></td> <td>0.85%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sinhalaye_Mahasammatha_Bhoomiputra_Pakshaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya">Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya</a></td> <td>114</td> <td>38</td> <td>50</td> <td>61</td> <td>114</td> <td>82</td> <td>83</td> <td>26</td> <td><b>568</b></td> <td>0.14%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">United Sinhala Great Council</td> <td>85</td> <td>136</td> <td>59</td> <td>101</td> <td>69</td> <td>48</td> <td>50</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>548</b></td> <td>0.14%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">People's Liberation Solidarity Front</td> <td>59</td> <td>32</td> <td>30</td> <td>52</td> <td>25</td> <td>72</td> <td>56</td> <td>10</td> <td><b>336</b></td> <td>0.08%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Sri Lanka">Liberal Party</a></td> <td>46</td> <td>72</td> <td>30</td> <td>45</td> <td>32</td> <td>28</td> <td>42</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>296</b></td> <td>0.07%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Citizen's Front</td> <td>42</td> <td>47</td> <td>40</td> <td>39</td> <td>43</td> <td>26</td> <td>38</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>276</b></td> <td>0.07%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 5</a></td> <td>30</td> <td>58</td> <td>20</td> <td>28</td> <td>29</td> <td>27</td> <td>22</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>214</b></td> <td>0.05%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_United_National_Front" title="Democratic United National Front">Democratic United National Front</a></td> <td>26</td> <td>48</td> <td>21</td> <td>41</td> <td>29</td> <td>24</td> <td>23</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>213</b></td> <td>0.05%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 3</a></td> <td>30</td> <td>30</td> <td>26</td> <td>17</td> <td>20</td> <td>11</td> <td>21</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>157</b></td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Left & Democratic Alliance</td> <td>17</td> <td>20</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>7</td> <td>28</td> <td>15</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>115</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 4</a></td> <td>20</td> <td>16</td> <td>8</td> <td>21</td> <td>6</td> <td>9</td> <td>11</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>91</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 2</a></td> <td>19</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>16</td> <td>15</td> <td>14</td> <td>11</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>87</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 1</a></td> <td>13</td> <td>19</td> <td>7</td> <td>8</td> <td>13</td> <td>5</td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>73</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Sri Lanka Progressive Front</td> <td>8</td> <td>11</td> <td>7</td> <td>9</td> <td>8</td> <td>9</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>57</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Peoples Freedom Front</td> <td>10</td> <td>11</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>56</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>59,261</b></td> <td><b>57,930</b></td> <td><b>50,297</b></td> <td><b>55,560</b></td> <td><b>51,827</b></td> <td><b>55,054</b></td> <td><b>57,095</b></td> <td><b>8,740</b></td> <td><b>395,764</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b></td> <td><b>8</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Rejected Votes</td> <td>3,207</td> <td>3,869</td> <td>1,946</td> <td>3,601</td> <td>2,537</td> <td>2,022</td> <td>2,752</td> <td>197</td> <td>20,131</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Total Polled</td> <td>62,468</td> <td>61,799</td> <td>52,243</td> <td>59,161</td> <td>54,364</td> <td>57,076</td> <td>59,847</td> <td>8,937</td> <td>415,895</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Registered Electors</td> <td>78,408</td> <td>76,101</td> <td>69,003</td> <td>76,562</td> <td>71,211</td> <td>73,737</td> <td>79,629</td> <td></td> <td>524,651</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Turnout</td> <td>79.67%</td> <td>81.21%</td> <td>75.71%</td> <td>77.27%</td> <td>76.34%</td> <td>77.40%</td> <td>75.16%</td> <td></td> <td>79.27%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="13">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following candidates were elected:<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mangala_Samaraweera" title="Mangala Samaraweera">Mangala Samaraweera</a> (PA), 93,110 preference votes (pv); <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Wijesekara" title="Mahinda Wijesekara">Mahinda Wijesekara</a> (PA), 83,625 pv; <a href="/wiki/Lakshman_Yapa_Abeywardena" title="Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena">Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena</a> (UNP), 81,053 pv; <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Yapa_Abeywardena" title="Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena">Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena</a> (PA), 70,091 pv; <a href="/wiki/Sagala_Ratnayaka" title="Sagala Ratnayaka">Sagala Ratnayaka</a> (UNP), 58,634 pv; <a href="/wiki/Dullas_Alahapperuma" title="Dullas Alahapperuma">Dullas Alahapperuma</a> (PA), 48,721 pv; <a href="/wiki/Chandrasiri_Gajadeera" title="Chandrasiri Gajadeera">Chandrasiri Gajadeera</a> (PA), 43,913 pv; and <a href="/wiki/Jinadasa_Kitulagoda" title="Jinadasa Kitulagoda">Jinadasa Kitulagoda</a> (JVP), 4,012 pv. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2001_Parliamentary_General_Election">2001 Parliamentary General Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matara_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 2001 Parliamentary General Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/2001_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">12th parliamentary election</a> held on 5 December 2001 for the district: </p> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="180">Party</th> <th colspan="7">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">Akur-<br />essa</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Deni-<br />yaya</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Devi-<br />nuwara</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Hak-<br />mana</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Kambur<br />-upitiya</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Matara</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Weli-<br />gama </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">United National Front</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">SLMC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Workers%27_Congress" title="Ceylon Workers' Congress">CWC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Western_People%27s_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="Western People's Front">WPF</a>)</td> <td>25,372</td> <td>26,114</td> <td>22,490</td> <td>23,457</td> <td>21,992</td> <td>24,376</td> <td>24,241</td> <td></td> <td><b>171,661</b></td> <td>42.49%</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">People's Alliance</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> et al.)</td> <td>25,294</td> <td>24,399</td> <td>20,021</td> <td>24,577</td> <td>23,194</td> <td>24,480</td> <td>25,703</td> <td></td> <td><b>171,141</b></td> <td>42.37%</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna</a></td> <td>9,120</td> <td>6,776</td> <td>8,378</td> <td>7,094</td> <td>6,479</td> <td>6,763</td> <td>8,058</td> <td></td> <td><b>54,476</b></td> <td>13.49%</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_Left_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="New Left Front">New Left Front</a> (<a href="/wiki/Nava_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Nava Sama Samaja Party">NSSP</a> et al.)</td> <td>437</td> <td>571</td> <td>284</td> <td>511</td> <td>384</td> <td>253</td> <td>330</td> <td></td> <td><b>2,780</b></td> <td>0.69%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Sinhala Heritage</td> <td>185</td> <td>135</td> <td>223</td> <td>177</td> <td>223</td> <td>536</td> <td>298</td> <td></td> <td><b>1,854</b></td> <td>0.46%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_Socialist_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)">United Socialist Party</a></td> <td>138</td> <td>178</td> <td>91</td> <td>162</td> <td>91</td> <td>74</td> <td>110</td> <td></td> <td><b>856</b></td> <td>0.21%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 5</a></td> <td>29</td> <td>43</td> <td>23</td> <td>27</td> <td>35</td> <td>18</td> <td>33</td> <td></td> <td><b>208</b></td> <td>0.05%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">People's Freedom Front</td> <td>24</td> <td>53</td> <td>17</td> <td>28</td> <td>27</td> <td>17</td> <td>29</td> <td></td> <td><b>196</b></td> <td>0.05%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">United Sinhala Great Council</td> <td>17</td> <td>33</td> <td>23</td> <td>21</td> <td>20</td> <td>7</td> <td>21</td> <td></td> <td><b>143</b></td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sinhalaye_Mahasammatha_Bhoomiputra_Pakshaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya">Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya</a></td> <td>28</td> <td>18</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>25</td> <td>20</td> <td>13</td> <td></td> <td><b>129</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">National Development Front</td> <td>22</td> <td>20</td> <td>11</td> <td>26</td> <td>13</td> <td>16</td> <td>20</td> <td></td> <td><b>128</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 3</a></td> <td>18</td> <td>30</td> <td>16</td> <td>26</td> <td>14</td> <td>13</td> <td>10</td> <td></td> <td><b>128</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 1</a></td> <td>18</td> <td>14</td> <td>6</td> <td>14</td> <td>11</td> <td>13</td> <td>14</td> <td></td> <td><b>91</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 2</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>12</td> <td>5</td> <td>11</td> <td>13</td> <td>4</td> <td>9</td> <td></td> <td><b>60</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Sri Lanka Progressive Front</td> <td>8</td> <td>10</td> <td>8</td> <td>7</td> <td>8</td> <td>11</td> <td>6</td> <td></td> <td><b>58</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 4</a></td> <td>11</td> <td>17</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>8</td> <td></td> <td><b>58</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>60,727</b></td> <td><b>58,423</b></td> <td><b>51,613</b></td> <td><b>56,155</b></td> <td><b>52,534</b></td> <td><b>56,606</b></td> <td><b>58,903</b></td> <td></td> <td><b>403,967</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b></td> <td><b>8</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Rejected Votes</td> <td>3,172</td> <td>4,030</td> <td>2,120</td> <td>3,878</td> <td>2,795</td> <td>1,983</td> <td>2,608</td> <td></td> <td>20,820</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Total Polled</td> <td>63,899</td> <td>62,453</td> <td>53,733</td> <td>60,033</td> <td>55,329</td> <td>58,589</td> <td>61,511</td> <td></td> <td>424,787</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Registered Electors</td> <td>79,850</td> <td>77,540</td> <td>70,412</td> <td>77,929</td> <td>72,590</td> <td>75,301</td> <td>81,072</td> <td></td> <td>534,694</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Turnout</td> <td>80.02%</td> <td>80.54%</td> <td>76.31%</td> <td>77.04%</td> <td>76.22%</td> <td>77.81%</td> <td>75.87%</td> <td></td> <td>79.44%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="13">Sources:<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following candidates were elected:<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mangala_Samaraweera" title="Mangala Samaraweera">Mangala Samaraweera</a> (PA), 105,992 preference votes (pv); <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Wijesekara" title="Mahinda Wijesekara">Mahinda Wijesekara</a> (UNF), 95,378 pv; <a href="/wiki/Lakshman_Yapa_Abeywardena" title="Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena">Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena</a> (UNF), 81,617 pv; <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Yapa_Abeywardena" title="Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena">Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena</a> (PA), 64,756 pv; Justin Galappathi (UNF), 60,548 pv; <a href="/wiki/Mallika_de_Mel" title="Mallika de Mel">Mallika de Mel</a> (PA), 60,531 pv; <a href="/wiki/Sagala_Ratnayaka" title="Sagala Ratnayaka">Sagala Ratnayaka</a> (UNF), 55,423 pv; and <a href="/wiki/Jinadasa_Kitulagoda" title="Jinadasa Kitulagoda">Jinadasa Kitulagoda</a> (JVP), 4,799 pv. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2004_Parliamentary_General_Election">2004 Parliamentary General Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matara_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 2004 Parliamentary General Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/2004_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">13th parliamentary election</a> held on 2 April 2004 for the district: </p> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="180">Party</th> <th colspan="7">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">Akur-<br />essa</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Deni-<br />yaya</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Devi-<br />nuwara</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Hak-<br />mana</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Kambur<br />-upitiya</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Matara</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Weli-<br />gama </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">United People's Freedom Alliance</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a> et al.)</td> <td>35,747</td> <td>33,051</td> <td>30,360</td> <td>34,158</td> <td>31,927</td> <td>32,967</td> <td>34,824</td> <td>8,201</td> <td><b>241,235</b></td> <td>60.27%</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">United National Front</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">SLMC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Workers%27_Congress" title="Ceylon Workers' Congress">CWC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Western_People%27s_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="Western People's Front">WPF</a>)</td> <td>21,318</td> <td>23,262</td> <td>16,473</td> <td>18,582</td> <td>16,879</td> <td>19,458</td> <td>19,996</td> <td>3,665</td> <td><b>139,633</b></td> <td>34.89%</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jathika_Hela_Urumaya" title="Jathika Hela Urumaya">Jathika Hela Urumaya</a></td> <td>1,733</td> <td>1,197</td> <td>2,331</td> <td>1,421</td> <td>1,988</td> <td>4,309</td> <td>2,462</td> <td>788</td> <td><b>16,229</b></td> <td>4.05%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_Socialist_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)">United Socialist Party</a></td> <td>253</td> <td>376</td> <td>148</td> <td>226</td> <td>167</td> <td>146</td> <td>204</td> <td>6</td> <td><b>1,526</b></td> <td>0.38%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">National Development Front</td> <td>91</td> <td>123</td> <td>99</td> <td>118</td> <td>102</td> <td>84</td> <td>92</td> <td>9</td> <td><b>718</b></td> <td>0.18%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 7</a></td> <td>49</td> <td>63</td> <td>15</td> <td>34</td> <td>21</td> <td>25</td> <td>37</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>245</b></td> <td>0.06%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_Left_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="New Left Front">New Left Front</a> (<a href="/wiki/Nava_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Nava Sama Samaja Party">NSSP</a> et al.)</td> <td>20</td> <td>29</td> <td>16</td> <td>18</td> <td>17</td> <td>52</td> <td>36</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>192</b></td> <td>0.05%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 6</a></td> <td>25</td> <td>36</td> <td>4</td> <td>15</td> <td>7</td> <td>10</td> <td>20</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>117</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 1</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>11</td> <td>6</td> <td>10</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>52</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Sri Lanka">Liberal Party</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>8</td> <td>7</td> <td>14</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>50</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 3</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>8</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>36</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 2</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>12</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>34</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 5</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>12</td> <td>5</td> <td>7</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>34</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sinhalaye_Mahasammatha_Bhoomiputra_Pakshaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya">Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya</a></td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>33</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Sri Lanka National Front</td> <td>7</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>29</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Swarajya</td> <td>6</td> <td>2</td> <td>7</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>26</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 4</a></td> <td>8</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>23</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Sri Lanka Progressive Front</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>8</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>21</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>59,282</b></td> <td><b>58,202</b></td> <td><b>49,491</b></td> <td><b>54,633</b></td> <td><b>51,140</b></td> <td><b>57,091</b></td> <td><b>57,717</b></td> <td><b>12,677</b></td> <td><b>400,233</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b></td> <td><b>8</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Rejected Votes</td> <td>3,427</td> <td>4,545</td> <td>2,365</td> <td>3,846</td> <td>2,958</td> <td>1,999</td> <td>3,422</td> <td>207</td> <td>22,769</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Total Polled</td> <td>62,709</td> <td>62,747</td> <td>51,856</td> <td>58,479</td> <td>54,098</td> <td>59,090</td> <td>61,139</td> <td>12,884</td> <td>423,002</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Registered Electors</td> <td>82,330</td> <td>80,259</td> <td>71,812</td> <td>79,918</td> <td>74,434</td> <td>78,465</td> <td>83,288</td> <td></td> <td>550,506</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Turnout</td> <td>76.17%</td> <td>78.18%</td> <td>72.21%</td> <td>73.17%</td> <td>72.68%</td> <td>75.31%</td> <td>73.41%</td> <td></td> <td>76.84%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="13">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following candidates were elected:<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mangala_Samaraweera" title="Mangala Samaraweera">Mangala Samaraweera</a> (UPFA-SLFP), 118,848 preference votes (pv); <a href="/wiki/Jinadasa_Kitulagoda" title="Jinadasa Kitulagoda">Jinadasa Kitulagoda</a> (UPFA-JVP), 109,417 pv; <a href="/wiki/Pemasiri_Manage" title="Pemasiri Manage">Pemasiri Manage</a> (UPFA-JVP), 101,558 pv; <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Wijesekara" title="Mahinda Wijesekara">Mahinda Wijesekara</a> (UNF-UNP), 72,563 pv; <a href="/wiki/Lakshman_Yapa_Abeywardena" title="Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena">Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena</a> (UNF-UNP), 66,498 pv; <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Yapa_Abeywardena" title="Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena">Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena</a> (UPFA-SLFP), 60,453 pv; <a href="/wiki/Sagala_Ratnayaka" title="Sagala Ratnayaka">Sagala Ratnayaka</a> (UNF-UNP), 59,888 pv; and <a href="/wiki/Chandrasiri_Gajadeera" title="Chandrasiri Gajadeera">Chandrasiri Gajadeera</a> (UPFA-CPSL), 46,138 pv. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2004_Provincial_Council_Election">2004 Provincial Council Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matara_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 2004 Provincial Council Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/2004_Sri_Lankan_provincial_council_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 Sri Lankan provincial council election">5th Southern provincial council election</a> held on 10 July 2004 for the district: </p> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="180">Party</th> <th colspan="7">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">Akur-<br />essa</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Deni-<br />yaya</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Devi-<br />nuwara</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Hak-<br />mana</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Kambur<br />-upitiya</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Matara</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Weli-<br />gama </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">United People's Freedom Alliance</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a> et al.)</td> <td>25,586</td> <td>24,440</td> <td>24,085</td> <td>23,922</td> <td>25,655</td> <td>25,993</td> <td>27,418</td> <td>4,977</td> <td><b>182,076</b></td> <td>64.30%</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>14,639</td> <td>17,285</td> <td>10,944</td> <td>11,692</td> <td>10,513</td> <td>13,467</td> <td>13,942</td> <td>1,966</td> <td><b>94,448</b></td> <td>33.35%</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a></td> <td>221</td> <td>123</td> <td>51</td> <td>3,168</td> <td>901</td> <td>66</td> <td>41</td> <td>44</td> <td><b>4,615</b></td> <td>1.63%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">People's Liberation Solidarity Front</td> <td>120</td> <td>121</td> <td>59</td> <td>74</td> <td>107</td> <td>83</td> <td>36</td> <td>17</td> <td><b>617</b></td> <td>0.22%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_Socialist_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)">United Socialist Party</a></td> <td>70</td> <td>118</td> <td>66</td> <td>65</td> <td>66</td> <td>48</td> <td>95</td> <td>6</td> <td><b>534</b></td> <td>0.19%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">United Lalith Front</td> <td>61</td> <td>72</td> <td>38</td> <td>33</td> <td>41</td> <td>39</td> <td>60</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>348</b></td> <td>0.12%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Sri Lanka">Liberal Party</a></td> <td>106</td> <td>19</td> <td>13</td> <td>15</td> <td>12</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>186</b></td> <td>0.07%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sinhalaye_Mahasammatha_Bhoomiputra_Pakshaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya">Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya</a></td> <td>19</td> <td>18</td> <td>25</td> <td>27</td> <td>26</td> <td>33</td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td><b>182</b></td> <td>0.06%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">United Sinhala Great Council</td> <td>10</td> <td>21</td> <td>7</td> <td>90</td> <td>15</td> <td>9</td> <td>12</td> <td>8</td> <td><b>172</b></td> <td>0.06%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>40,832</b></td> <td><b>42,217</b></td> <td><b>35,288</b></td> <td><b>39,086</b></td> <td><b>37,336</b></td> <td><b>39,748</b></td> <td><b>41,631</b></td> <td><b>7,040</b></td> <td><b>283,178</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b></td> <td><b>18</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Rejected Votes</td> <td>2,363</td> <td>2,993</td> <td>2,091</td> <td>2,411</td> <td>2,307</td> <td>2,092</td> <td>2,367</td> <td>368</td> <td>16,992</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Total Polled</td> <td>43,195</td> <td>45,210</td> <td>37,379</td> <td>41,497</td> <td>39,643</td> <td>41,840</td> <td>43,998</td> <td>7,408</td> <td>300,170</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Registered Electors</td> <td>82,330</td> <td>80,259</td> <td>71,812</td> <td>79,918</td> <td>75,434</td> <td>78,465</td> <td>83,288</td> <td></td> <td>551,506</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Turnout</td> <td>52.47%</td> <td>56.33%</td> <td>52.05%</td> <td>51.92%</td> <td>52.55%</td> <td>53.32%</td> <td>52.83%</td> <td></td> <td>54.43%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="13">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-2004pc_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2004pc-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following candidates were elected:<sup id="cite_ref-2004pc_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2004pc-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Akalanka Buddika Pathirana (UNP), 44,165 preference votes (pv); S. Rathanayake (UPFA), 42,771 pv; Justin Galappaththi (UNP), 31,953 pv; Arachchige Saman Kumara Suraweera (UPFA), 29,813 pv; L. B. Lal Premanath (UPFA), 29,790 pv; N. K. Sisira Kumara (UPFA), 29,064 pv; Gunasekara Wickramarathna Hemal (UPFA), 29,021 pv; S. Vijaya Bindu Weerasinghe (UPFA), 26,270 pv; Dhamvijaya Wijesekara Dahanayake (UPFA), 25,174 pv; Abewickrama Danvas Stanly (UPFA), 25,057 pv; Handunneththi Rannulu Piyasiri (UPFA), 24,841 pv; <a href="/wiki/Weerasumana_Weerasinghe" title="Weerasumana Weerasinghe">Weerasumana Weerasinghe</a> (UPFA), 22,095 pv; Suduweli Kondage Lakmal Nilantha (UPFA), 19,192 pv; Handunge Sosindra Nandana (UPFA), 18,422 pv; Sirisena Wijewickrama Kankanamge (UNP), 17,878 pv; Kapila Jayantha Wellappili (UNP), 14,620 pv; Amaraweera Wickrama Gunawardhana Jinadasa (UNP), 11,122 pv; and Madduma Patabandige Praneeth Padmathilaka (UNP), 9,312 pv. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2005_Presidential_Election">2005 Presidential Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matara_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 2005 Presidential Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/2005_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2005 Sri Lankan presidential election">5th presidential election</a> held on 17 November 2005 for the district: </p> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="180">Candidate</th> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="40">Party</th> <th colspan="7">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">Akur-<br />essa</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Deni-<br />yaya</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Devi-<br />nuwara</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Hak-<br />mana</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Kambur<br />-upitiya</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Matara</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Weli-<br />gama </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a></td> <td>41,091</td> <td>36,916</td> <td>35,319</td> <td>40,567</td> <td>37,641</td> <td>37,829</td> <td>40,027</td> <td>10,021</td> <td><b>279,411</b></td> <td>61.85% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremasinghe" class="mw-redirect" title="Ranil Wickremasinghe">Ranil Wickremasinghe</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a></td> <td>25,103</td> <td>28,015</td> <td>19,288</td> <td>22,366</td> <td>19,771</td> <td>22,941</td> <td>24,225</td> <td>4,128</td> <td><b>165,837</b></td> <td>36.71% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">A.A. Suraweera</td> <td align="left">NDF</td> <td>326</td> <td>330</td> <td>216</td> <td>368</td> <td>229</td> <td>162</td> <td>242</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>1,877</b></td> <td>0.42% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Siritunga_Jayasuriya" title="Siritunga Jayasuriya">Siritunga Jayasuriya</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_Socialist_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)">USP</a></td> <td>279</td> <td>370</td> <td>191</td> <td>294</td> <td>197</td> <td>127</td> <td>226</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>1,687</b></td> <td>0.37% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Victor_Hettigoda" title="Victor Hettigoda">Victor Hettigoda</a></td> <td align="left">ULPP</td> <td>68</td> <td>87</td> <td>96</td> <td>75</td> <td>58</td> <td>77</td> <td>66</td> <td>27</td> <td><b>554</b></td> <td>0.12% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Chamil Jayaneththi</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_Left_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="New Left Front">NLF</a></td> <td>98</td> <td>109</td> <td>51</td> <td>90</td> <td>84</td> <td>36</td> <td>52</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>524</b></td> <td>0.12% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Wimal Geeganage</td> <td align="left">SLNF</td> <td>79</td> <td>83</td> <td>42</td> <td>88</td> <td>78</td> <td>26</td> <td>53</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>451</b></td> <td>0.10% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Aruna de Soyza</td> <td align="left">RPP</td> <td>63</td> <td>73</td> <td>68</td> <td>98</td> <td>55</td> <td>37</td> <td>50</td> <td>7</td> <td><b>451</b></td> <td>0.10% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">A.K.J. Arachchige</td> <td align="left">DUA</td> <td>51</td> <td>54</td> <td>30</td> <td>71</td> <td>37</td> <td>28</td> <td>48</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>320</b></td> <td>0.07% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Anura De Silva</td> <td align="left">ULF</td> <td>43</td> <td>52</td> <td>29</td> <td>45</td> <td>47</td> <td>23</td> <td>36</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>277</b></td> <td>0.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Wije Dias</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Equality_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)">SEP</a></td> <td>20</td> <td>32</td> <td>11</td> <td>19</td> <td>17</td> <td>19</td> <td>15</td> <td>7</td> <td><b>140</b></td> <td>0.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">P. Nelson Perera</td> <td align="left">SLPF</td> <td>18</td> <td>33</td> <td>5</td> <td>27</td> <td>14</td> <td>10</td> <td>12</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>119</b></td> <td>0.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">H.S. Dharmadwaja</td> <td align="left">UNAF</td> <td>7</td> <td>19</td> <td>8</td> <td>10</td> <td>9</td> <td>7</td> <td>13</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>74</b></td> <td>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>67,246</b></td> <td><b>66,173</b></td> <td><b>55,354</b></td> <td><b>64,118</b></td> <td><b>58,237</b></td> <td><b>61,322</b></td> <td><b>65,065</b></td> <td><b>14,207</b></td> <td><b>451,722</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Rejected Votes</td> <td>570</td> <td>879</td> <td>415</td> <td>571</td> <td>458</td> <td>483</td> <td>568</td> <td>133</td> <td>4,077</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Total Polled</td> <td>67,816</td> <td>67,052</td> <td>55,769</td> <td>64,689</td> <td>58,695</td> <td>61,805</td> <td>65,633</td> <td>14,340</td> <td>455,799</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Registered Electors</td> <td>84,867</td> <td>82,636</td> <td>73,005</td> <td>82,128</td> <td>75,953</td> <td>79,784</td> <td>84,614</td> <td></td> <td>562,987</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Turnout</td> <td>79.91%</td> <td>81.14%</td> <td>76.39%</td> <td>78.77%</td> <td>77.28%</td> <td>77.47%</td> <td>77.57%</td> <td></td> <td>80.96%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="12">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2009_Provincial_Council_Election">2009 Provincial Council Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matara_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: 2009 Provincial Council Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Provincial_Council_elections,_2008%E2%80%932009" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lanka Provincial Council elections, 2008–2009">6th Southern provincial council election</a> held on 10 October 2009 for the district: </p> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="180">Party</th> <th colspan="7">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">Akur-<br />essa</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Deni-<br />yaya</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Devi-<br />nuwara</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Hak-<br />mana</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Kambur<br />-upitiya</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Matara</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Weli-<br />gama </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">United People's Freedom Alliance</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> et al.)</td> <td>39,629</td> <td>40,706</td> <td>29,812</td> <td>40,025</td> <td>36,350</td> <td>29,770</td> <td>34,955</td> <td>5,863</td> <td><b>257,110</b></td> <td>67.97%</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td> <td>15,594</td> <td>12,079</td> <td>12,328</td> <td>11,251</td> <td>10,793</td> <td>17,966</td> <td>13,287</td> <td>1,316</td> <td><b>94,614</b></td> <td>25.01%</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna</a></td> <td>3,340</td> <td>2,099</td> <td>3,127</td> <td>2,644</td> <td>2,672</td> <td>3,647</td> <td>2,449</td> <td>709</td> <td><b>20,687</b></td> <td>5.47%</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">Sri Lanka Muslim Congress</a></td> <td>240</td> <td>43</td> <td>662</td> <td>184</td> <td>146</td> <td>274</td> <td>2,713</td> <td>18</td> <td><b>4,280</b></td> <td>1.13%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">United National Alliance</td> <td>55</td> <td>67</td> <td>43</td> <td>52</td> <td>57</td> <td>46</td> <td>48</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>371</b></td> <td>0.10%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">National Development Front</td> <td>39</td> <td>56</td> <td>33</td> <td>38</td> <td>67</td> <td>22</td> <td>36</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>294</b></td> <td>0.08%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 1</a></td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>96</td> <td>83</td> <td>29</td> <td>15</td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>252</b></td> <td>0.07%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_Socialist_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)">United Socialist Party</a></td> <td>13</td> <td>40</td> <td>59</td> <td>22</td> <td>22</td> <td>35</td> <td>25</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>218</b></td> <td>0.06%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Janasetha Peramuna</td> <td>11</td> <td>2</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>11</td> <td>55</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>98</b></td> <td>0.03%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unity_Alliance" title="Democratic Unity Alliance">Democratic Unity Alliance</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>15</td> <td>8</td> <td>14</td> <td>8</td> <td>4</td> <td>7</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>61</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 3</a></td> <td>10</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>12</td> <td>9</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>59</b></td> <td>0.02%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Patriotic National Front</td> <td>4</td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td>12</td> <td>7</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>43</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">United Lanka Great Council</td> <td>10</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>14</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>36</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Sri Lanka Progressive Front</td> <td>2</td> <td>6</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>12</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>34</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sinhalaye_Mahasammatha_Bhoomiputra_Pakshaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya">Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya</a></td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>7</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>32</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 2</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>9</td> <td>6</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>32</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Ruhuna People's Party</td> <td>2</td> <td>6</td> <td>4</td> <td>7</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>31</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>58,971</b></td> <td><b>55,155</b></td> <td><b>46,204</b></td> <td><b>54,381</b></td> <td><b>50,189</b></td> <td><b>51,865</b></td> <td><b>53,563</b></td> <td><b>7,924</b></td> <td><b>378,252</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b></td> <td><b>18</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Rejected Votes</td> <td>2,375</td> <td>3,281</td> <td>1,673</td> <td>3,022</td> <td>2,316</td> <td>1,827</td> <td>2,070</td> <td>163</td> <td>16,727</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Total Polled</td> <td>61,346</td> <td>58,436</td> <td>47,877</td> <td>57,403</td> <td>52,505</td> <td>53,692</td> <td>55,633</td> <td>8,087</td> <td>394,979</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Registered Electors</td> <td>87,510</td> <td>86,311</td> <td>74,601</td> <td>85,686</td> <td>77,705</td> <td>80,334</td> <td>86,711</td> <td></td> <td>578,858</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Turnout</td> <td>70.10%</td> <td>67.70%</td> <td>64.18%</td> <td>66.99%</td> <td>67.57%</td> <td>66.84%</td> <td>64.16%</td> <td></td> <td>68.23%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="13">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-2009pc_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2009pc-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following candidates were elected:<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gunasekara Wickramarathna Hemal (UPFA), 63,323 preference votes (pv); Akalanka Buddika Pathirana (UNP), 57,802 pv; Abeywardhana Sarath Yapa (UPFA), 45,882 pv; Chandima Rasaputhra (UPFA), 40,066 pv; Dhamvijaya Wijesekara Dahanayake (UPFA), 32,972 pv; S. Vijaya Bindu Weerasinghe (UPFA), 32,041 pv; <a href="/wiki/Weerasumana_Weerasinghe" title="Weerasumana Weerasinghe">Weerasumana Weerasinghe</a> (UPFA), 31,945 pv; Anthonige Hewa Piyasena (UPFA), 31,423 pv; Manoj Sirisena Hewagampalage (UPFA), 31,033 pv; Kanchana Wodatha Wijesekara (UPFA), 30,870 pv; Jayantha Kodithuwakku Hewa Kodithuwakku Manamalarachchige (UPFA), 29,282 pv; Justin Galappaththi (UPFA), 28,371 pv; Aruna Gunarathna (UPFA), 28,239 pv; Gayan Sanjeewa Hewa Wellalage (UNP), 17,654 pv; Kapila Jayantha Wellappili (UNP), 15,041 pv; Sirisena Wijewickrama Kankanamge (UNP), 14,274 pv; A. A. Haputhanthrige Windana Nishantha (UNP), 13,758 pv; and N. K. Sisira Kumara (JVP), 3,189 pv. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2010_Presidential_Election">2010 Presidential Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matara_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: 2010 Presidential Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/2010_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2010 Sri Lankan presidential election">6th presidential election</a> held on 26 January 2010 for the district: </p> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="180">Candidate</th> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="40">Party</th> <th colspan="7">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">Akur-<br />essa</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Deni-<br />yaya</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Devi-<br />nuwara</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Hak-<br />mana</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Kambur<br />-upitiya</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Matara</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Weli-<br />gama </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a></td> <td>44,527</td> <td>42,999</td> <td>36,428</td> <td>45,590</td> <td>40,879</td> <td>33,948</td> <td>41,359</td> <td>10,425</td> <td><b>296,155</b></td> <td>65.53% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sarath_Fonseka" title="Sarath Fonseka">Sarath Fonseka</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="New Democratic Front (Sri Lanka)">NDF</a></td> <td>21,926</td> <td>20,939</td> <td>17,219</td> <td>17,626</td> <td>16,561</td> <td>27,102</td> <td>21,978</td> <td>5,159</td> <td><b>148,510</b></td> <td>32.86% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">A.A. Suraweera</td> <td align="left">NDF</td> <td>185</td> <td>332</td> <td>145</td> <td>300</td> <td>149</td> <td>95</td> <td>172</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>1,381</b></td> <td>0.31% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">M.C.M. Ismail</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_United_National_Front" title="Democratic United National Front">DUNF</a></td> <td>144</td> <td>250</td> <td>116</td> <td>220</td> <td>170</td> <td>87</td> <td>91</td> <td>10</td> <td><b>1,088</b></td> <td>0.24% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">W.V. Mahiman Ranjith</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 1</a></td> <td>130</td> <td>205</td> <td>74</td> <td>154</td> <td>108</td> <td>59</td> <td>95</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>829</b></td> <td>0.18% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">C.J. Sugathsiri Gamage</td> <td align="left">UDF</td> <td>112</td> <td>142</td> <td>84</td> <td>97</td> <td>85</td> <td>61</td> <td>150</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>736</b></td> <td>0.16% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/A.S.P_Liyanage" class="mw-redirect" title="A.S.P Liyanage">A.S.P Liyanage</a></td> <td align="left">SLLP</td> <td>95</td> <td>139</td> <td>62</td> <td>99</td> <td>93</td> <td>43</td> <td>64</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>597</b></td> <td>0.13% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Siritunga_Jayasuriya" title="Siritunga Jayasuriya">Siritunga Jayasuriya</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_Socialist_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)">USP</a></td> <td>54</td> <td>95</td> <td>23</td> <td>49</td> <td>42</td> <td>26</td> <td>50</td> <td>6</td> <td><b>345</b></td> <td>0.08% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Ukkubanda Wijekoon</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 3</a></td> <td>54</td> <td>60</td> <td>35</td> <td>53</td> <td>52</td> <td>23</td> <td>51</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>329</b></td> <td>0.07% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Sarath Manamendra</td> <td align="left">NSH</td> <td>45</td> <td>81</td> <td>33</td> <td>45</td> <td>31</td> <td>38</td> <td>39</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>313</b></td> <td>0.07% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Aithurus M. Illias</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 2</a></td> <td>33</td> <td>47</td> <td>35</td> <td>58</td> <td>38</td> <td>25</td> <td>47</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>284</b></td> <td>0.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Lal Perera</td> <td align="left">ONF</td> <td>39</td> <td>69</td> <td>33</td> <td>43</td> <td>21</td> <td>38</td> <td>37</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>283</b></td> <td>0.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Vikramabahu_Karunaratne" title="Vikramabahu Karunaratne">Vikramabahu Karunaratne</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Left_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" class="mw-redirect" title="Left Front (Sri Lanka)">LF</a></td> <td>25</td> <td>46</td> <td>14</td> <td>33</td> <td>33</td> <td>15</td> <td>25</td> <td>8</td> <td><b>199</b></td> <td>0.04% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/M._K._Shivajilingam" title="M. K. Shivajilingam">M. K. Shivajilingam</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 5</a></td> <td>28</td> <td>38</td> <td>12</td> <td>26</td> <td>17</td> <td>11</td> <td>20</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>154</b></td> <td>0.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Battaramulla Seelarathana</td> <td align="left">JP</td> <td>20</td> <td>28</td> <td>11</td> <td>30</td> <td>15</td> <td>4</td> <td>11</td> <td>6</td> <td><b>125</b></td> <td>0.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Wije Dias</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Equality_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)">SEP</a></td> <td>15</td> <td>20</td> <td>8</td> <td>21</td> <td>17</td> <td>18</td> <td>12</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>112</b></td> <td>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Aruna de Soyza</td> <td align="left">RPP</td> <td>19</td> <td>38</td> <td>7</td> <td>15</td> <td>12</td> <td>10</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>107</b></td> <td>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Senaratna de Silva</td> <td align="left">PNF</td> <td>15</td> <td>21</td> <td>9</td> <td>16</td> <td>10</td> <td>11</td> <td>13</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>97</b></td> <td>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Sanath Pinnaduwa</td> <td align="left">NA</td> <td>14</td> <td>21</td> <td>5</td> <td>14</td> <td>8</td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>82</b></td> <td>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/M._Mohamed_Musthaffa" class="mw-redirect" title="M. Mohamed Musthaffa">M. Mohamed Musthaffa</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind 4</a></td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>6</td> <td>13</td> <td>12</td> <td>8</td> <td>11</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>81</b></td> <td>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">M.B. Thaminimulla</td> <td align="left">ACAKO</td> <td>13</td> <td>15</td> <td>5</td> <td>12</td> <td>4</td> <td>7</td> <td>9</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>66</b></td> <td>0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Sarath Kongahage</td> <td align="left">UNAF</td> <td>11</td> <td>13</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>56</b></td> <td>0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>67,519</b></td> <td><b>65,613</b></td> <td><b>54,372</b></td> <td><b>64,522</b></td> <td><b>58,365</b></td> <td><b>61,642</b></td> <td><b>64,254</b></td> <td><b>15,642</b></td> <td><b>451,929</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Rejected Votes</td> <td>449</td> <td>624</td> <td>308</td> <td>452</td> <td>364</td> <td>367</td> <td>333</td> <td>128</td> <td>3,025</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Total Polled</td> <td>67,968</td> <td>66,237</td> <td>54,680</td> <td>64,974</td> <td>58,729</td> <td>62,009</td> <td>64,587</td> <td>15,770</td> <td>454,954</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Registered Electors</td> <td>87,510</td> <td>86,311</td> <td>74,601</td> <td>85,686</td> <td>77,705</td> <td>80,334</td> <td>86,711</td> <td></td> <td>578,858</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2">Turnout</td> <td>77.67%</td> <td>76.74%</td> <td>73.30%</td> <td>75.83%</td> <td>75.58%</td> <td>77.19%</td> <td>74.49%</td> <td></td> <td>78.60%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="12">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-2010pe_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010pe-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2010_Parliamentary_General_Election">2010 Parliamentary General Election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matara_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: 2010 Parliamentary General Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Results of the <a href="/wiki/2010_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">14th parliamentary election</a> held on 8 April 2010 for the district: </p> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="180">Party</th> <th colspan="7">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">Akur-<br />essa</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Deni-<br />yaya</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Devi-<br />nuwara</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Hak-<br />mana</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Kambur<br />-upitiya</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Matara</th> <th align="center" valign="bottom" width="50">Weli-<br />gama </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">United People's Freedom Alliance</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> et al.)</td> <td>30,816</td> <td>30,270</td> <td>26,177</td> <td>33,113</td> <td>28,834</td> <td>24,353</td> <td>29,814</td> <td>10,560</td> <td><b>213,937</b></td> <td>65.31%</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">United National Front</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">SLMC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Democratic_People%27s_Front" title="Democratic People's Front">DPF</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP(P)</a>)</td> <td>13,196</td> <td>12,737</td> <td>9,535</td> <td>9,971</td> <td>10,277</td> <td>19,875</td> <td>12,482</td> <td>3,041</td> <td><b>91,114</b></td> <td>27.81%</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_National_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Democratic National Alliance (Sri Lanka)">Democratic National Alliance</a> (<a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a> et al.)</td> <td>3,075</td> <td>1,960</td> <td>3,086</td> <td>2,212</td> <td>2,257</td> <td>3,624</td> <td>2,812</td> <td>1,439</td> <td><b>20,465</b></td> <td>6.25%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Sri Lanka National Front</td> <td>86</td> <td>40</td> <td>51</td> <td>17</td> <td>142</td> <td>57</td> <td>62</td> <td>23</td> <td><b>478</b></td> <td>0.15%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 5</a></td> <td>51</td> <td>54</td> <td>25</td> <td>48</td> <td>34</td> <td>32</td> <td>33</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>278</b></td> <td>0.08%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Our National Front</td> <td>39</td> <td>51</td> <td>21</td> <td>48</td> <td>50</td> <td>19</td> <td>30</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>261</b></td> <td>0.08%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_Socialist_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)">United Socialist Party</a></td> <td>37</td> <td>50</td> <td>45</td> <td>25</td> <td>28</td> <td>28</td> <td>23</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>240</b></td> <td>0.07%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">National Development Front</td> <td>17</td> <td>32</td> <td>30</td> <td>33</td> <td>25</td> <td>21</td> <td>18</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>180</b></td> <td>0.05%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">United Democratic Front</td> <td>26</td> <td>33</td> <td>14</td> <td>24</td> <td>17</td> <td>16</td> <td>15</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>150</b></td> <td>0.05%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Left_Liberation_Front" title="Left Liberation Front">Left Liberation Front</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>101</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>126</b></td> <td>0.04%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Makkal_Viduthalai_Pulikal" title="Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal">Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal</a></td> <td>22</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>49</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 4</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>16</td> <td>4</td> <td>8</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>42</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Patriotic National Front</td> <td>2</td> <td>13</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>37</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 1</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>35</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Janasetha Peramuna</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>6</td> <td>9</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>33</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 3</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>30</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Sri Lanka">Liberal Party</a></td> <td>7</td> <td>5</td> <td>6</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>30</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">National People's Party</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>10</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>30</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent 2</a></td> <td>5</td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>25</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Sri Lanka Labour Party</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>10</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>23</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sinhalaye_Mahasammatha_Bhoomiputra_Pakshaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya">Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>19</b></td> <td>0.01%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><b>Valid Votes</b></td> <td><b>47,407</b></td> <td><b>45,300</b></td> <td><b>39,019</b></td> <td><b>45,535</b></td> <td><b>41,718</b></td> <td><b>48,074</b></td> <td><i>45,436</i></td> <td><b>15,093</b></td> <td><b>327,582</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b></td> <td><b>8</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Rejected Votes</td> <td>2,170</td> <td>2,718</td> <td>1,473</td> <td>2,572</td> <td>1,906</td> <td>1,299</td> <td>1,812</td> <td>339</td> <td>14,289</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Total Polled</td> <td>49,577</td> <td>48,018</td> <td>40,492</td> <td>48,107</td> <td>43,624</td> <td>49,373</td> <td>47,248</td> <td>15,432</td> <td>341,871</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Registered Electors</td> <td>87,510</td> <td>86,311</td> <td>74,601</td> <td>85,686</td> <td>77,705</td> <td>80,334</td> <td>86,711</td> <td></td> <td>578,858</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Turnout</td> <td>56.65%</td> <td>55.63%</td> <td>54.28%</td> <td>56.14%</td> <td>56.14%</td> <td>61.46%</td> <td>54.49%</td> <td></td> <td>59.06%</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="13">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following candidates were elected:<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Sanath_Jayasuriya" title="Sanath Jayasuriya">Sanath Jayasuriya</a> (UPFA), 74,352 preference votes (pv); <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Yapa_Abeywardena" title="Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena">Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena</a> (UPFA-SLFP), 70,439 pv; <a href="/wiki/Lakshman_Yapa_Abeywardena" title="Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena">Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena</a> (UPFA), 67,510 pv; <a href="/wiki/Buddhika_Pathirana" title="Buddhika Pathirana">Buddhika Pathirana</a> (UNF), 62,499 pv; <a href="/wiki/Mangala_Samaraweera" title="Mangala Samaraweera">Mangala Samaraweera</a> (UNF-SLFP(P)), 59,836 pv; <a href="/wiki/Chandrasiri_Gajadeera" title="Chandrasiri Gajadeera">Chandrasiri Gajadeera</a> (UPFA-CPSL), 51,742 pv; Hemal Gunasekara (UPFA), 51,013 pv; and Wijaya Dahanayaka (UPFA), 44,463 pv. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matara_Electoral_District&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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