Matara Electoral District
2009 Provincial Council Election
Results of the 6th Southern provincial council election held on 10 October 2009 for the district: The following candidates were elected: 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.

Matara Electoral District

Section Title: 2009 Provincial Council Election
Table Section Text: Results of the 6th Southern provincial council election held on 10 October 2009 for the district: The following candidates were elected: 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.

Party	Votes per Polling Division	Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats

Akur- essa	Deni- yaya	Devi- nuwara	Hak- mana	Kambur upitiya	Matara	Weli- gama

United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP et al.)	39,629	40,706	29,812	40,025	36,350	29,770	34,955	5,863	257,110	67.97%	12

United National Party	15,594	12,079	12,328	11,251	10,793	17,966	13,287	1,316	94,614	25.01%	5

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	3,340	2,099	3,127	2,644	2,672	3,647	2,449	709	20,687	5.47%	1

Sri Lanka Muslim Congress	240	43	662	184	146	274	2,713	18	4,280	1.13%	0

United National Alliance	55	67	43	52	57	46	48	3	371	0.10%	0

National Development Front	39	56	33	38	67	22	36	3	294	0.08%	0

Independent 1	10	10	96	83	29	15	6	3	252	0.07%	0

United Socialist Party	13	40	59	22	22	35	25	2	218	0.06%	0

Janasetha Peramuna	11	2	8	8	11	55	2	1	98	0.03%	0

Democratic Unity Alliance	4	15	8	14	8	4	7	1	61	0.02%	0

Independent 3	10	7	7	12	9	6	6	2	59	0.02%	0

Patriotic National Front	4	7	4	12	7	5	4	0	43	0.01%	0

United Lanka Great Council	10	4	3	14	3	2	0	0	36	0.01%	0

Sri Lanka Progressive Front	2	6	4	2	3	4	12	1	34	0.01%	0

Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	5	3	3	4	3	7	5	2	32	0.01%	0

Independent 2	3	5	3	9	6	4	2	0	32	0.01%	0

Ruhuna People's Party	2	6	4	7	3	3	6	0	31	0.01%	0

Valid Votes	58,971	55,155	46,204	54,381	50,189	51,865	53,563	7,924	378,252	100.00%	18

Rejected Votes	2,375	3,281	1,673	3,022	2,316	1,827	2,070	163	16,727

Total Polled	61,346	58,436	47,877	57,403	52,505	53,692	55,633	8,087	394,979

Registered Electors	87,510	86,311	74,601	85,686	77,705	80,334	86,711	578,858

Turnout	70.10%	67.70%	64.18%	66.99%	67.57%	66.84%	64.16%	68.23%

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Matara Electoral District had 578,858 registered electors.

final_sentence: Matara Electoral District had 578,858 registered electors.