Matale Electoral District
2010 Presidential Election
Results of the 6th presidential election held on 26 January 2010 for the district:

Matale Electoral District

Section Title: 2010 Presidential Election
Table Section Text: Results of the 6th presidential election held on 26 January 2010 for the district:

Candidate	Party	Votes per Polling Division	Postal Votes	Total Votes	%

Dam- bulla	Lag- gala	Matale	Rat- tota

Mahinda Rajapaksa	UPFA	58,016	31,277	26,996	32,818	8,846	157,953	59.74%

Sarath Fonseka	NDF	28,171	16,300	26,013	25,991	4,038	100,513	38.01%

M.C.M. Ismail	DUNF	360	213	289	232	11	1,105	0.42%

A.A. Suraweera	NDF	267	188	174	210	2	841	0.32%

W.V. Mahiman Ranjith	Ind 1	250	136	100	139	10	635	0.24%

C.J. Sugathsiri Gamage	UDF	158	100	159	203	3	623	0.24%

A.S.P Liyanage	SLLP	96	90	83	97	6	372	0.14%

Ukkubanda Wijekoon	Ind 3	107	70	75	87	1	340	0.13%

Siritunga Jayasuriya	USP	85	59	57	97	2	300	0.11%

Sarath Manamendra	NSH	75	72	61	88	3	299	0.11%

Lal Perera	ONF	51	46	60	91	1	249	0.09%

M. K. Shivajilingam	Ind 5	41	44	48	57	2	192	0.07%

Aithurus M. Illias	Ind 2	62	32	39	40	1	174	0.07%

Vikramabahu Karunaratne	LF	43	31	34	43	6	157	0.06%

Sanath Pinnaduwa	NA	27	28	29	32	1	117	0.04%

Wije Dias	SEP	29	21	25	27	1	103	0.04%

M. Mohamed Musthaffa	Ind 4	23	20	25	24	0	92	0.03%

Battaramulla Seelarathana	JP	27	20	17	25	0	89	0.03%

Aruna de Soyza	RPP	20	15	16	34	1	86	0.03%

Senaratna de Silva	PNF	20	15	23	16	0	74	0.03%

M.B. Thaminimulla	ACAKO	10	15	16	15	1	57	0.02%

Sarath Kongahage	UNAF	11	6	8	22	1	48	0.02%

Valid Votes	87,949	48,798	54,347	60,388	12,937	264,419	100.00%

Rejected Votes	778	361	650	760	117	2,666

Total Polled	88,727	49,159	54,997	61,148	13,054	267,085

Registered Electors	119,453	64,696	75,154	83,381	342,684

Turnout	74.28%	75.98%	73.18%	73.34%	77.94%

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The Matale Electoral District had 342,684 registered electors in 2010.

final_sentence: The Matale Electoral District had 342,684 registered electors in 2010.