# Puttalam Electoral District

Puttalam electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Puttalam in the North Western province. The district currently elects 8 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 495,575 registered electors in 2010. The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 16.

## Polling Divisions

The Puttalam Electoral District consists of the following polling divisions:
A: Puttalam
B: Anamaduwa
C: Chilaw
D: Nattandiya
E: Wennappuwa

## 1982 Presidential Election

Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982 for the district:
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % |
| Candidate | Party | Anama -duwa | Chilaw | Nattan -diya | Putta -lam | Wennap -puwa | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % |
| Junius Jayewardene | UNP | 20,789 | 30,142 | 23,324 | 24,089 | 28,801 | 1,732 | 128,877 | 59.12% |
| Hector Kobbekaduwa | SLFP | 19,757 | 17,553 | 16,299 | 8,448 | 17,293 | 656 | 80,006 | 36.70% |
| Rohana Wijeweera | JVP | 2,370 | 1,525 | 1,016 | 706 | 1,318 | 66 | 7,001 | 3.21% |
| Colvin R. de Silva | LSSP | 182 | 243 | 119 | 290 | 171 | 35 | 1,040 | 0.48% |
| Kumar Ponnambalam | ACTC | 48 | 109 | 23 | 592 | 31 | 14 | 817 | 0.37% |
| Vasudeva Nanayakkara | NSSP | 72 | 45 | 37 | 46 | 33 | 6 | 239 | 0.11% |
| Valid Votes | Valid Votes | 43,218 | 49,617 | 40,818 | 34,171 | 47,647 | 2,509 | 217,980 | 100.00% |
| Rejected Votes | Rejected Votes | 458 | 479 | 357 | 389 | 289 | 23 | 1,995 | |
| Total Polled | Total Polled | 43,676 | 50,096 | 41,175 | 34,560 | 47,936 | 2,532 | 219,975 | |
| Registered Electors | Registered Electors | 54,207 | 61,128 | 49,638 | 45,817 | 56,885 | | 267,675 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | 80.57% | 81.95% | 82.95% | 75.43% | 84.27% | | 82.18% | |
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## 1988 Presidential Election

Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988 for the district:
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % |
| Candidate | Party | Anama -duwa | Chilaw | Nattan -diya | Putta -lam | Wennap -puwa | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % |
| Ranasinghe Premadasa | UNP | 21,252 | 27,932 | 22,194 | 24,362 | 28,407 | 1,192 | 125,339 | 55.89% |
| Sirimavo Bandaranaike | SLFP | 18,875 | 23,485 | 18,585 | 12,613 | 20,234 | 1,031 | 94,823 | 42.28% |
| Oswin Abeygunasekara | SLMP | 662 | 748 | 851 | 815 | 941 | 76 | 4,093 | 1.83% |
| Valid Votes | Valid Votes | 40,789 | 52,165 | 41,630 | 37,790 | 49,582 | 2,299 | 224,255 | 100.00% |
| Rejected Votes | Rejected Votes | 393 | 731 | 388 | 632 | 736 | 85 | 2,965 | |
| Total Polled | Total Polled | 41,182 | 52,896 | 42,018 | 38,422 | 50,318 | 2,384 | 227,220 | |
| Registered Electors | Registered Electors | 67,553 | 70,574 | 57,526 | 57,106 | 66,244 | | 319,003 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | 60.96% | 74.95% | 73.04% | 67.28% | 75.96% | | 71.23% | |
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## 1989 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989 for the district:
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | Seats |
| Party | Anama -duwa | Chilaw | Nattan -diya | Putta -lam | Wennap -puwa | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | Seats |
| United National Party | 29,291 | 30,573 | 22,957 | 22,541 | 31,912 | 2,035 | 139,309 | 62.62% | 5 |
| Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 15,208 | 17,456 | 13,763 | 10,331 | 14,006 | 923 | 71,687 | 32.22% | 2 |
| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 450 | 699 | 1,276 | 3,661 | 120 | 47 | 6,253 | 2.81% | 0 |
| United Socialist Alliance (CPSL, LSSP, NSSP, SLMP) | 505 | 430 | 1,136 | 150 | 1,090 | 87 | 3,398 | 1.53% | 0 |
| United Lanka People's Party | 329 | 333 | 176 | 147 | 128 | 24 | 1,137 | 0.51% | 0 |
| Independent 2 | 116 | 162 | 121 | 74 | 111 | 0 | 584 | 0.26% | 0 |
| Independent 1 | 24 | 32 | 11 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 107 | 0.05% | 0 |
| Valid Votes | 45,923 | 49,685 | 39,440 | 36,926 | 47,384 | 3,117 | 222,475 | 100.00% | 7 |
| Rejected Votes | 2,799 | 2,832 | 2,236 | 2,552 | 2,712 | 74 | 13,205 | | |
| Total Polled | 48,722 | 52,517 | 41,676 | 39,478 | 50,096 | 3,191 | 235,680 | | |
| Registered Electors | 66,912 | 69,743 | 56,794 | 56,582 | 65,347 | 3,377 | 318,755 | | |
| Turnout | 72.82% | 75.30% | 73.38% | 69.77% | 76.66% | 94.49% | 73.94% | | |
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The following candidates were elected: Michael Festus Wenseslous Perera (UNP), 76,390 preference votes (pv); Ashoka Wadigamangawa (UNP), 56,696 pv; Harindra Jayanthi Corea (UNP), 32,899 pv; Silva Dedinuni Robert Jayaratne (SLFP), 32,567 pv; Harold Herath (UNP), 27,763 pv; Wendakoon Mudiyanselage Sujatha Kanthimathie Dharmawardana (UNP), 26,830 pv; and Milroy Fernando (SLFP), 18,375 pv.

## 1993 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 2nd North Western provincial council election held on 17 May 1993 for the district:
| Party | Votes |
| United National Party | 122,830 |
| People's Alliance (SLFP et al.) | 89,355 |
| Democratic United National Front | 26,203 |
| Nava Sama Samaja Party | 3,425 |
| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 3,017 |
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## 1994 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994 for the district:
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | Seats |
| Party | Anama -duwa | Chilaw | Nattan -diya | Putta -lam | Wennap -puwa | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | Seats |
| People's Alliance (SLFP et al.) | 32,697 | 31,999 | 26,286 | 26,645 | 29,944 | 3,034 | 150,605 | 53.65% | 4 |
| United National Party | 25,367 | 29,076 | 21,120 | 23,166 | 26,925 | 2,017 | 127,671 | 45.48% | 3 |
| Sri Lanka Progressive Front (JVP) | 439 | 356 | 282 | 150 | 338 | 50 | 1,615 | 0.58% | 0 |
| Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | 128 | 211 | 164 | 87 | 203 | 45 | 838 | 0.30% | 0 |
| Valid Votes | 58,631 | 61,642 | 47,852 | 50,048 | 57,410 | 5,146 | 280,729 | 100.00% | 7 |
| Rejected Votes | 2,949 | 2,723 | 1,804 | 2,944 | 2,613 | 111 | 13,144 | | |
| Total Polled | 61,580 | 64,365 | 49,656 | 52,992 | 60,023 | 5,257 | 293,873 | | |
| Registered Electors | 80,010 | 83,057 | 64,449 | 73,757 | 78,919 | | 380,192 | | |
| Turnout | 76.97% | 77.49% | 77.05% | 71.85% | 76.06% | | 77.30% | | |
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The following candidates were elected: Festus Perera (UNP), 75,417 preference votes (pv); Kachchakaduge Godfrey Joseph Fernando (PA), 55,373 pv; Jayaratne Silva Dedimuni Robert (PA), 49,116 pv; Ashoka Wadigamangawa (UNP), 47,003 pv; Milroy Fernando (PA), 43,366 pv; D. M. Dassanayake (PA), 39,793 pv; and Harold Herath (UNP), 37,538 pv.

## 1994 Presidential Election

Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994 for the district:
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % |
| Candidate | Party | Anama -duwa | Chilaw | Nattan -diya | Putta -lam | Wennap -puwa | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % |
| Chandrika Kumaratunga | PA | 35,977 | 35,415 | 27,856 | 29,040 | 33,874 | 3,633 | 165,795 | 62.65% |
| Srimathi Dissanayake | UNP | 17,821 | 22,240 | 16,721 | 15,542 | 21,004 | 1,883 | 95,211 | 35.98% |
| Hudson Samarasinghe | Ind 2 | 475 | 382 | 180 | 531 | 228 | 0 | 1,796 | 0.68% |
| Nihal Galappaththi | SLPF | 191 | 130 | 70 | 118 | 102 | 14 | 625 | 0.24% |
| Harischandra Wijayatunga | SMBP | 176 | 133 | 81 | 75 | 134 | 18 | 617 | 0.23% |
| A.J. Ranashinge | Ind 1 | 122 | 121 | 86 | 122 | 121 | 19 | 591 | 0.22% |
| Valid Votes | Valid Votes | 54,762 | 58,421 | 44,994 | 45,428 | 55,463 | 5,567 | 264,635 | 100.00% |
| Rejected Votes | Rejected Votes | 1,045 | 936 | 576 | 1,043 | 994 | 95 | 4,689 | |
| Total Polled | Total Polled | 55,807 | 59,357 | 45,570 | 46,471 | 56,457 | 5,662 | 269,324 | |
| Registered Electors | Registered Electors | 80,010 | 83,057 | 64,449 | 73,757 | 78,919 | | 380,192 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | 69.75% | 71.47% | 70.71% | 63.01% | 71.54% | | 70.84% | |
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## 1999 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 3rd North Western provincial council election held on 25 January 1999 for the district:
| Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| People's Alliance (SLFP, SLMC et al.) | 160,722 | 56.97% | 8 |
| United National Party | 105,876 | 37.53% | 6 |
| Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 10,759 | 3.81% | 1 |
| New Left Front (NSSP et al.) | 3,361 | 1.19% | 0 |
| Muslim United Liberation Front | 542 | 0.19% | 0 |
| Independent 2 | 270 | 0.10% | 0 |
| Liberal Party | 202 | 0.07% | 0 |
| Independent 3 | 198 | 0.07% | 0 |
| Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 126 | 0.04% | 0 |
| Independent 1 | 72 | 0.03% | 0 |
| Valid Votes | 282,128 | 100.00% | 15 |
| Rejected Votes | | | |
| Total Polled | | | |
| Registered Electors | 398,055 | | |
| Turnout | | | |
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## 1999 Presidential Election

Results of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999 for the district:
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % |
| Candidate | Party | Anama -duwa | Chilaw | Nattan -diya | Putta -lam | Wennap -puwa | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % |
| Chandrika Kumaratunga | PA | 30,542 | 31,998 | 26,152 | 20,842 | 30,149 | 2,042 | 141,725 | 51.47% |
| Ranil Wickremasinghe | UNP | 22,733 | 26,708 | 19,079 | 26,894 | 24,449 | 1,752 | 121,615 | 44.17% |
| Nandana Gunathilake | JVP | 2,216 | 1,813 | 1,285 | 701 | 1,583 | 278 | 7,876 | 2.86% |
| W.V.M. Ranjith | Ind 2 | 176 | 187 | 66 | 203 | 108 | 1 | 741 | 0.27% |
| Harischandra Wijayatunga | SMBP | 131 | 116 | 111 | 71 | 166 | 19 | 614 | 0.22% |
| Rajiva Wijesinha | Liberal | 195 | 100 | 69 | 155 | 80 | 0 | 599 | 0.22% |
| T. Edirisuriya | Ind 1 | 154 | 137 | 63 | 144 | 89 | 2 | 589 | 0.21% |
| Abdul Rasool | SLMP | 58 | 90 | 96 | 182 | 48 | 7 | 481 | 0.17% |
| Vasudeva Nanayakkara | LDA | 49 | 90 | 68 | 106 | 100 | 32 | 445 | 0.16% |
| Kamal Karunadasa | PLSF | 87 | 58 | 48 | 66 | 48 | 1 | 308 | 0.11% |
| Hudson Samarasinghe | Ind 3 | 38 | 37 | 24 | 38 | 27 | 0 | 164 | 0.06% |
| A.W. Premawardhana | PFF | 15 | 28 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 94 | 0.03% |
| A. Dissanayaka | DUNF | 22 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 88 | 0.03% |
| Valid Votes | Valid Votes | 56,416 | 61,383 | 47,092 | 49,432 | 56,881 | 4,135 | 275,339 | 100.00% |
| Rejected Votes | Rejected Votes | 1,199 | 1,309 | 846 | 1,202 | 1,076 | 146 | 5,778 | |
| Total Polled | Total Polled | 57,615 | 62,692 | 47,938 | 50,634 | 57,957 | 4,281 | 281,117 | |
| Registered Electors | Registered Electors | 83,322 | 87,891 | 68,620 | 80,531 | 83,686 | | 404,050 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | 69.15% | 71.33% | 69.86% | 62.88% | 69.26% | | 69.57% | |
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## 2000 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000 for the district:
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | Seats |
| Party | Anama -duwa | Chilaw | Nattan -diya | Putta -lam | Wennap -puwa | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | Seats |
| People's Alliance (SLFP et al.) | 30,909 | 30,124 | 25,646 | 20,044 | 29,146 | 2,878 | 138,747 | 48.40% | 5 |
| United National Party | 21,233 | 28,110 | 20,078 | 21,579 | 25,218 | 2,348 | 118,566 | 41.36% | 3 |
| National Unity Alliance (SLMC) | 222 | 833 | 1,308 | 9,811 | 33 | 110 | 12,317 | 4.30% | 0 |
| Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 2,843 | 2,558 | 1,909 | 858 | 2,596 | 492 | 11,256 | 3.93% | 0 |
| New Left Front (NSSP et al.) | 587 | 429 | 220 | 396 | 317 | 10 | 1,959 | 0.68% | 0 |
| Sinhala Heritage | 166 | 557 | 339 | 140 | 618 | 95 | 1,915 | 0.67% | 0 |
| Citizen's Front | 80 | 32 | 89 | 618 | 42 | 4 | 865 | 0.30% | 0 |
| United Sinhala Great Council | 96 | 91 | 40 | 66 | 46 | 2 | 341 | 0.12% | 0 |
| Independent 2 | 56 | 30 | 32 | 66 | 39 | 1 | 224 | 0.08% | 0 |
| Peoples Freedom Front | 32 | 28 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 1 | 114 | 0.04% | 0 |
| Independent 1 | 31 | 21 | 11 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 103 | 0.04% | 0 |
| Independent 3 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 86 | 0.03% | 0 |
| Sri Lanka Muslim Party | 10 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 60 | 0.02% | 0 |
| Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 10 | 12 | 6 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 58 | 0.02% | 0 |
| National Development Front | 14 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 42 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Ruhuna People's Party | 3 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Valid Votes | 56,310 | 62,881 | 49,719 | 53,704 | 58,135 | 5,946 | 286,695 | 100.00% | 8 |
| Rejected Votes | 3,515 | 3,136 | 1,893 | 3,779 | 2,543 | 178 | 15,044 | | |
| Total Polled | 59,825 | 66,017 | 51,612 | 57,483 | 60,678 | 6,124 | 301,739 | | |
| Registered Electors | 85,002 | 89,650 | 70,028 | 82,077 | 85,717 | | 412,474 | | |
| Turnout | 70.38% | 73.64% | 73.70% | 70.04% | 70.79% | | 73.15% | | |
| Source: ||||||||||
The following candidates were elected: Neomal Perera (UNP), 49,207 preference votes (pv); D. M. Dassanayake (PA), 45,700 pv; Festus Perera (UNP), 45,513 pv; Palitha Range Bandara (UNP), 40,296 pv; Milroy Fernando (PA), 39,943 pv; Dayasritha Thissera (PA), 38,885 pv; Piyankara Jayaratne (PA), 32,741 pv; and Ivon Sriyani Fernando (PA), 28,636 pv.

## 2001 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 12th parliamentary election held on 5 December 2001 for the district:
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | Seats |
| Party | Anama -duwa | Chilaw | Nattan -diya | Putta -lam | Wennap -puwa | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | Seats |
| United National Front (UNP, SLMC, CWC, WPF) | 26,507 | 32,254 | 22,915 | 34,353 | 28,368 | | 146,873 | 50.61% | 4 |
| People's Alliance (SLFP et al.) | 25,709 | 27,821 | 22,323 | 17,163 | 25,738 | | 120,981 | 41.69% | 3 |
| Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 4,754 | 3,888 | 3,345 | 1,335 | 4,023 | | 18,095 | 6.24% | 0 |
| New Left Front (NSSP et al.) | 507 | 403 | 246 | 335 | 369 | | 1,870 | 0.64% | 0 |
| Sinhala Heritage | 90 | 419 | 363 | 95 | 532 | | 1,545 | 0.53% | 0 |
| United Sinhala Great Council | 49 | 47 | 23 | 62 | | | 230 | 0.08% | 0 |
| Muslim United Liberation Front | 30 | 47 | 33 | 29 | | | 197 | 0.07% | 0 |
| Democratic United National Front | 35 | 25 | 18 | 17 | | | 109 | 0.04% | 0 |
| National Development Front | 16 | 17 | 10 | 7 | | | 58 | 0.02% | 0 |
| Independent 1 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 11 | | | 55 | 0.02% | 0 |
| Independent 3 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 10 | | | 53 | 0.02% | 0 |
| Independent 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 16 | | | 49 | 0.02% | 0 |
| Ruhuna People's Party | 6 | 25 | 1 | 7 | | | 44 | 0.02% | 0 |
| Sri Lanka National Front | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | | | 30 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | | | 20 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Valid Votes | 57,753 | 64,986 | 49,307 | 53,454 | 59,196* | | 290,209 | 100.00% | 7 |
| Rejected Votes | 3,030 | 3,142 | 1,848 | 4,017 | 2,471 | | 14,638 | | |
| Total Polled | 60,783 | 68,128 | 51,155 | 57,471 | 61,667 | | 304,847 | | |
| Registered Electors | 87,938 | 93,040 | 72,155 | 84,866 | 88,194 | | 426,193 | | |
| Turnout | 69.12% | 73.22% | 70.90% | 67.72% | 69.92% | | 71.53% | | |
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The following candidates were elected: Palitha Range Bandara (UNF), 69,167 preference votes (pv); Neomal Perera (UNF), 59,895 pv; D. M. Dassanayake (PA), 47,100 pv; Larine Perera (UNF), 46,043 pv; Sugath Tissera (UNF), 36,218 pv; Milroy Fernando (PA), 35,121 pv; and Dayasritha Thissera (PA), 32,457 pv.

## 2004 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004 for the district:
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | Seats |
| Party | Anama -duwa | Chilaw | Nattan -diya | Putta -lam | Wennap -puwa | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | Seats |
| United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, JVP et al.) | 33,715 | 31,124 | 25,270 | 20,069 | 29,042 | 3,564 | 142,784 | 49.28% | 5 |
| United National Front (UNP, SLMC, CWC, WPF) | 22,547 | 29,934 | 20,461 | 34,273 | 25,378 | 2,559 | 135,152 | 46.64% | 3 |
| Jathika Hela Urumaya | 1,231 | 2,352 | 2,466 | 303 | 3,208 | 440 | 10,000 | 3.45% | 0 |
| National Development Front | 98 | 205 | 179 | 147 | 151 | 5 | 785 | 0.27% | 0 |
| United Muslim People's Party | 47 | 61 | 18 | 69 | 31 | 3 | 229 | 0.08% | 0 |
| New Left Front (NSSP et al.) | 24 | 42 | 33 | 26 | 40 | 4 | 169 | 0.06% | 0 |
| United Socialist Party | 31 | 26 | 22 | 37 | 16 | 0 | 132 | 0.05% | 0 |
| Independent 12 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 43 | 13 | 0 | 116 | 0.04% | 0 |
| United Lalith Front | 18 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 24 | 2 | 92 | 0.03% | 0 |
| Swarajya | 3 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Independent 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Independent 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Independent 6 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Independent 10 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Independent 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Independent 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Sri Lanka Muslim Party | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Ruhuna People\'s Party | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Sri Lanka National Front | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Independent 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Independent 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Independent 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Independent 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Independent 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Valid Votes | 57,789 | 63,849 | 48,524 | 55,067 | 57,953 | 6,581 | 289,763 | 100.00% | 8 |
| Rejected Votes | 5,761 | 4,169 | 2,953 | 4,867 | 3,542 | 139 | 21,431 | | |
| Total Polled | 63,550 | 68,018 | 51,477 | 59,934 | 61,495 | 6,720 | 311,194 | | |
| Registered Electors | 92,596 | 98,394 | 76,097 | 90,004 | 92,966 | | 450,057 | | |
| Turnout | 68.63% | 69.13% | 67.65% | 66.59% | 66.15% | | 69.15% | | |
| Source: ||||||||||
The following candidates were elected: D. M. Dassanayake (UPFA-SLFP), 55,775 preference votes (pv); P. Weerakumara Dissanayake (UPFA-JVP), 50,194 pv; Neomal Perera (UNF-UNP), 45,150 pv; Dayasritha Thissera (UPFA-SLFP), 41,190 pv; Palitha Range Bandara (UNF-UNP), 40,284 pv; Samansiri Herath (UPFA-JVP), 38,113 pv; Larine Perera (UNF-UNP), 36,846 pv; and Milroy Fernando (UPFA-SLFP), 36,545 pv.
D. M. Dassanayake (UPFA-SLFP) was murdered on 8 January 2008. His replacement Piyankara Jayaratne (UPFA-SLFP) was sworn in on 5 February 2008.

## 2004 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 4th North Western provincial council election held on 24 April 2004 for the district:
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | Seats |
| Party | Anama -duwa | Chilaw | Nattan -diya | Putta -lam | Wennap -puwa | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | Seats |
| United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, JVP et al.) | 29,340 | 29,996 | 22,577 | 20,918 | 23,483 | 2,602 | 128,916 | 57.10% | 9 |
| United National Party | 19,352 | 20,803 | 13,280 | 24,073 | 16,685 | 1,675 | 95,868 | 42.46% | 7 |
| National Development Front | 59 | 100 | 86 | 113 | 88 | 4 | 450 | 0.20% | 0 |
| United Muslim People's Alliance | 29 | 25 | 25 | 59 | 13 | 1 | 152 | 0.07% | 0 |
| New Left Front (NSSP et al.) | 14 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 33 | 3 | 89 | 0.04% | 0 |
| Independent 6 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 79 | 0.03% | 0 |
| Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya | 6 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 48 | 0.02% | 0 |
| Independent 5 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 0.02% | 0 |
| Independent 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Independent 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 20 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Independent 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Ruhuna People's Party | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Independent 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Sri Lanka Muslim Party | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Valid Votes | 48,851 | 51,021 | 36,023 | 45,223 | 40,356 | 4,291 | 225,765 | 100.00% | 16 |
| Rejected Votes | 2,533 | 2,148 | 1,283 | 2,009 | 1,563 | 64 | 9,600 | | |
| Total Polled | 51,384 | 53,169 | 37,306 | 47,232 | 41,919 | 4,355 | 235,365 | | |
| Registered Electors | 92,596 | 98,394 | 76,097 | 90,004 | 92,966 | | 450,057 | | |
| Turnout | 55.49% | 54.04% | 49.02% | 52.48% | 45.09% | | 52.30% | | |
| Source: ||||||||||
The following candidates were elected: Ashoka Wadigamangawa (UNP), 40,792 preference votes (pv); Abeyrathna Mudiyanselage Indrani Dasanayake (UPFA), 32,508 pv; Antony Victor Perera Biyanwilage (UPFA), 30,525 pv; Kurugamage Sanath Nishantha Perera (UPFA), 26,283 pv; A. S. Sisira Kumara alias W.M.P.Hemantha Sisira Kumara (UNP), 24,478 pv; Anton Prabhath Sithara (UPFA), 23,720 pv; Appuhamilage Vincent (UPFA), 23,120 pv; Piyasiri Ramanayake (UPFA), 21,805 pv; Welikumburage Saman Pushpakumara (UPFA), 19,726 pv; Jude Sumal Thissera (UPFA), 19,653 pv; Arundika Fernando (UPFA), 17,997 pv; Abdeen Ehiya Seinool (UNP), 16,438 pv; Ayoob Khan Mohomed (UNP), 14,105 pv; Gunaherath Chandrasekara Sudath Chandrasekara (UNP), 12,436 pv; Mohomed Ibrahim Bisrool Hafi (UNP), 12,273 pv; and Shahul Hameed Mohomed Niyas (UNP), 12,198 pv.

## 2005 Presidential Election

Results of the 5th presidential election held on 17 November 2005 for the district:
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % |
| Candidate | Party | Anama -duwa | Chilaw | Nattan -diya | Putta -lam | Wennap -puwa | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % |
| Ranil Wickremasinghe | UNP | 30,358 | 37,372 | 26,367 | 40,060 | 32,191 | 2,916 | 169,264 | 50.71% |
| Mahinda Rajapaksa | UPFA | 38,002 | 36,115 | 29,227 | 19,939 | 33,040 | 4,363 | 160,686 | 48.14% |
| Siritunga Jayasuriya | USP | 202 | 234 | 131 | 324 | 169 | 3 | 1,063 | 0.32% |
| A.A. Suraweera | NDF | 202 | 189 | 96 | 182 | 137 | 5 | 811 | 0.24% |
| Victor Hettigoda | ULPP | 73 | 119 | 96 | 65 | 123 | 26 | 502 | 0.15% |
| Aruna de Soyza | RPP | 91 | 59 | 41 | 55 | 45 | 1 | 292 | 0.09% |
| Chamil Jayaneththi | NLF | 46 | 68 | 50 | 77 | 43 | 3 | 287 | 0.09% |
| Anura De Silva | ULF | 47 | 49 | 33 | 38 | 47 | 0 | 214 | 0.06% |
| Wimal Geeganage | SLNF | 43 | 50 | 30 | 36 | 42 | 2 | 203 | 0.06% |
| A.K.J. Arachchige | DUA | 39 | 49 | 13 | 52 | 30 | 0 | 183 | 0.05% |
| Wije Dias | SEP | 24 | 44 | 48 | 42 | 17 | 0 | 175 | 0.05% |
| P. Nelson Perera | SLPF | 9 | 22 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 72 | 0.02% |
| H.S. Dharmadwaja | UNAF | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 31 | 0.01% |
| Valid Votes | Valid Votes | 69,139 | 74,378 | 56,150 | 60,891 | 65,906 | 7,319 | 333,783 | 100.00% |
| Rejected Votes | Rejected Votes | 632 | 685 | 445 | 1,028 | 637 | 109 | 3,536 | |
| Total Polled | Total Polled | 69,771 | 75,063 | 56,595 | 61,919 | 66,543 | 7,428 | 337,319 | |
| Registered Electors | Registered Electors | 96,744 | 102,987 | 79,631 | 95,350 | 95,892 | | 470,604 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | 72.12% | 72.89% | 71.07% | 64.94% | 69.39% | | 71.68% | |
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## 2009 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 5th North Western provincial council election held on 14 February 2009 for the district:
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | Seats |
| Party | Anama -duwa | Chilaw | Nattan -diya | Putta -lam | Wennap -puwa | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | Seats |
| United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP et al.) | 39,996 | 39,789 | 29,367 | 26,753 | 32,186 | 3,286 | 171,377 | 67.48% | 11 |
| United National Party | 9,236 | 15,647 | 12,315 | 22,667 | 16,092 | 842 | 76,799 | 30.24% | 5 |
| Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 1,117 | 965 | 923 | 337 | 908 | 94 | 4,344 | 1.71% | 0 |
| United Socialist Party | 51 | 77 | 49 | 146 | 58 | 1 | 382 | 0.15% | 0 |
| United National Alliance | 32 | 62 | 45 | 77 | 48 | 3 | 267 | 0.11% | 0 |
| National Development Front | 28 | 66 | 21 | 22 | 30 | 0 | 167 | 0.07% | 0 |
| Independent 12 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 15 | 66 | 1 | 134 | 0.05% | 0 |
| Socialist Equality Party | 6 | 18 | 90 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 129 | 0.05% | 0 |
| Independent 6 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 48 | 0.02% | 0 |
| Independent 9 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 46 | 0.02% | 0 |
| Independent 1 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 30 | 0.01% | 0 |
| National People's Party | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Independent 11 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Independent 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Independent 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Patriotic National Front | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 19 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Independent 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Independent 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Independent 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Independent 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Independent 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Ruhuna People's Party | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Valid Votes | 50,552 | 56,739 | 42,853 | 50,103 | 49,481 | 4,232 | 253,960 | 100.00% | 16 |
| Rejected Votes | 5,830 | 4,074 | 2,338 | 4,449 | 3,259 | 104 | 20,054 | | |
| Total Polled | 56,382 | 60,813 | 45,191 | 54,552 | 52,740 | 4,336 | 274,014 | | |
| Registered Electors | 100,470 | 107,331 | 82,284 | 100,637 | 99,130 | | 489,852 | | |
| Turnout | 56.12% | 56.66% | 54.92% | 54.21% | 53.20% | | 55.94% | | |
| Source: ||||||||||
The following candidates were elected: Arundika Fernando (UPFA), 45,837 preference votes (pv); Antony Victor Perera Biyanwilage (UPFA), 42,944 pv; Abeyrathna Mudiyanselage Indrani Dasanayake (UPFA), 33,487 pv; Ashoka Wadigamangawa (UPFA), 32,277 pv; Piyasiri Ramanayake (UPFA), 30,637 pv; Kurugamage Sanath Nishantha Perera (UPFA), 29,416 pv; Jude Sumal Thissera (UPFA), 26,739 pv; Janaka Soysa (UPFA), 24,153 pv; K. R. M. Sandya Kumara Rajapaksha (UPFA), 18,812 pv; A. S. Sisira Kumara alias W.M.P.Hemantha Sisira Kumara (UNP), 17,876 pv; Malraj Pieris (UPFA), 17,756 pv; Naina Thamby Marikkar Mohammadu Thahir (UPFA), 14,733 pv; Gunaherath Chandrasekara Sudath Chandrasekara (UNP), 14,117 pv; Mihindukulasooriya Kingslylal Fernando (UNP), 14,085 pv; Appuhamy Makawita Arachchige Don Hector (UNP), 13,435 pv; and Abdeen Ehiya Seinool (UNP), 12,724 pv.

## 2010 Presidential Election

Results of the 6th presidential election held on 26 January 2010 for the district:
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % |
| Candidate | Party | Anama -duwa | Chilaw | Nattan -diya | Putta -lam | Wennap -puwa | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % |
| Mahinda Rajapaksa | UPFA | 49,895 | 45,617 | 34,799 | 25,751 | 40,931 | 4,988 | 201,981 | 58.70% |
| Sarath Fonseka | NDF | 19,622 | 29,541 | 21,612 | 36,971 | 26,023 | 2,464 | 136,233 | 39.59% |
| M.C.M. Ismail | DUNF | 354 | 328 | 143 | 412 | 174 | 4 | 1,415 | 0.41% |
| A.A. Suraweera | NDF | 264 | 154 | 88 | 141 | 119 | 1 | 767 | 0.22% |
| W.V. Mahiman Ranjith | Ind 1 | 209 | 144 | 86 | 125 | 101 | 5 | 670 | 0.19% |
| C.J. Sugathsiri Gamage | UDF | 84 | 124 | 65 | 219 | 93 | 2 | 587 | 0.17% |
| A.S.P Liyanage | SLLP | 91 | 96 | 55 | 73 | 63 | 2 | 380 | 0.11% |
| Ukkubanda Wijekoon | Ind 3 | 88 | 66 | 36 | 39 | 54 | 2 | 285 | 0.08% |
| Sarath Manamendra | NSH | 45 | 63 | 38 | 86 | 30 | 1 | 263 | 0.08% |
| Lal Perera | ONF | 49 | 50 | 31 | 68 | 48 | 0 | 246 | 0.07% |
| Siritunga Jayasuriya | USP | 36 | 49 | 30 | 88 | 41 | 0 | 244 | 0.07% |
| Aithurus M. Illias | Ind 2 | 40 | 53 | 22 | 78 | 34 | 1 | 228 | 0.07% |
| Vikramabahu Karunaratne | LF | 28 | 25 | 30 | 43 | 25 | 2 | 153 | 0.04% |
| M. K. Shivajilingam | Ind 5 | 27 | 32 | 12 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 132 | 0.04% |
| Wije Dias | SEP | 9 | 30 | 26 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 102 | 0.03% |
| Sanath Pinnaduwa | NA | 14 | 26 | 8 | 25 | 14 | 0 | 87 | 0.03% |
| M. Mohamed Musthaffa | Ind 4 | 9 | 21 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 67 | 0.02% |
| Senaratna de Silva | PNF | 11 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 65 | 0.02% |
| Battaramulla Seelarathana | JP | 8 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 21 | 1 | 62 | 0.02% |
| Sarath Kongahage | UNAF | 8 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 52 | 0.02% |
| M.B. Thaminimulla | ACAKO | 8 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 0.01% |
| Aruna de Soyza | RPP | 7 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 44 | 0.01% |
| Valid Votes | Valid Votes | 70,906 | 76,470 | 57,124 | 64,302 | 67,833 | 7,478 | 344,113 | 100.00% |
| Rejected Votes | Rejected Votes | 508 | 558 | 355 | 941 | 471 | 53 | 2,886 | |
| Total Polled | Total Polled | 71,414 | 77,028 | 57,479 | 65,243 | 68,304 | 7,531 | 346,999 | |
| Registered Electors | Registered Electors | 101,696 | 108,244 | 83,218 | 102,643 | 99,774 | | 495,575 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | 70.22% | 71.16% | 69.07% | 63.56% | 68.46% | | 70.02% | |
| Source: ||||||||||

## 2010 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010 for the district:
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | Seats |
| Party | Anama -duwa | Chilaw | Nattan -diya | Putta -lam | Wennap -puwa | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | Seats |
| United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP et al.) | 38,413 | 38,073 | 27,518 | 28,191 | 30,075 | 5,499 | 167,769 | 64.83% | 6 |
| United National Front (UNP, SLMC, DPF, SLFP(P)) | 11,109 | 17,555 | 12,864 | 20,961 | 17,105 | 1,558 | 81,152 | 31.36% | 2 |
| Democratic National Alliance (JVP et al.) | 1,269 | 1,759 | 2,246 | 654 | 2,457 | 407 | 8,792 | 3.40% | 0 |
| Sri Lanka National Front | 103 | 62 | 62 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 266 | 0.10% | 0 |
| Independent 1 | 6 | 3 | 58 | 40 | 47 | 2 | 156 | 0.06% | 0 |
| United Lanka People's Party | 25 | 16 | 28 | 13 | 28 | 1 | 111 | 0.04% | 0 |
| United National Alternative Front | 13 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 68 | 0.03% | 0 |
| Independent 5 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 50 | 0.02% | 0 |
| United Democratic Front | 8 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 41 | 0.02% | 0 |
| Independent 12 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 39 | 0.02% | 0 |
| Independent 9 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Left Liberation Front | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 33 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Independent 8 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Independent 6 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Independent 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 29 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Independent 7 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Independent 2 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 0.01% | 0 |
| New Sinhala Heritage | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Independent 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.01% | 0 |
| United Lanka Great Council | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Independent 10 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Independent 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Patriotic National Front | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0.01% | 0 |
| All Are Citizens, All Are Kings Organisation | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Sri Lanka Labour Party | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Janasetha Peramuna | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Valid Votes | 51,043 | 57,596 | 42,864 | 49,981 | 49,820 | 7,488 | 258,792 | 100.00% | 8 |
| Rejected Votes | 5,232 | 4,288 | 3,159 | 4,918 | 3,675 | 290 | 21,562 | | |
| Total Polled | 56,275 | 61,884 | 46,023 | 54,899 | 53,495 | 7,778 | 280,354 | | |
| Registered Electors | 101,696 | 108,244 | 83,218 | 102,643 | 99,774 | | 495,575 | | |
| Turnout | 55.34% | 57.17% | 55.30% | 53.49% | 53.62% | | 56.57% | | |
| Source: ||||||||||
The following candidates were elected: Piyankara Jayaratne (UPFA-SLFP), 56,098 preference votes (pv); Arundika Fernando (UPFA), 55,889 pv; Dayasritha Thissera (UPFA-SLFP), 38,704 pv; Palitha Range Bandara (UNF-UNP), 36,861 pv; Victor Anthony Perera (UPFA), 35,259 pv; Neomal Perera (UPFA), 32,781 pv; Milroy Fernando (UPFA-SLFP), 31,509 pv; and Niroshan Perera (UNF), 28,077 pv.