# Kandy Electoral District

Kandy (Mahanuwara) 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 Kandy in the Central province. The district currently elects 12 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 970,456 registered electors in 2010. It is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 04.

## Polling divisions

The Kandy Electoral District consists of the following polling divisions:
A: Galagedara
B: Harispattuwa
C: Pathadumbara
D: Ududumbara
E: Teldeniya
F: Kundasale
G: Hewaheta
H: Senkadagala
I: Mahanuwara (Kandy)
J: Yatinuwara
K: Udunuwara
L: Gampola
M: Nawalapitiya

## Presidential elections
### 1982 presidential election

Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982 for the district:
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | 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 | Candidate | Party | Galagedara | Gampola | Harispattuwa | Hewaheta | Kandy | Kundasale | Nawalapitiya | Pathadumbara | Senkadagala | Teldeniya | Ududumbara | Udunuwara | Yatinuwara | Postal votes | Total votes | % |
| | Junius Jayewardene | UNP | 17,778 | 26,380 | 43,186 | 20,296 | 15,729 | 20,421 | 24,586 | 22,158 | 20,105 | 13,258 | 15,284 | 23,440 | 20,848 | 6,152 | 289,621 | 59.80% |
| | Hector Kobbekaduwa | SLFP | 11,874 | 15,340 | 23,301 | 12,286 | 6,498 | 12,898 | 13,512 | 11,783 | 13,219 | 12,747 | 12,242 | 12,100 | 17,596 | 3,251 | 178,647 | 36.89% |
| | Rohana Wijeweera | JVP | 1,092 | 528 | 3,374 | 419 | 408 | 1,138 | 961 | 669 | 621 | 821 | 456 | 852 | 964 | 190 | 12,493 | 2.58% |
| | Colvin R. de Silva | LSSP | 98 | 188 | 230 | 165 | 149 | 180 | 264 | 161 | 199 | 100 | 157 | 150 | 131 | 84 | 2,256 | 0.47% |
| | Vasudeva Nanayakkara | NSSP | 28 | 45 | 91 | 31 | 82 | 46 | 66 | 54 | 93 | 30 | 51 | 47 | 36 | 18 | 718 | 0.15% |
| | Kumar Ponnambalam | ACTC | 18 | 60 | 42 | 43 | 64 | 60 | 64 | 37 | 32 | 56 | 38 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 562 | 0.12% |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 30,888 | 42,541 | 70,224 | 33,240 | 22,930 | 34,743 | 39,453 | 34,862 | 34,269 | 27,012 | 28,228 | 36,616 | 39,590 | 9,701 | 484,297 | 100.00% |
| Rejected votes | Rejected votes | Rejected votes | 214 | 394 | 605 | 414 | 203 | 355 | 411 | 382 | 277 | 267 | 358 | 246 | 325 | 97 | 4,548 | |
| Total polled | Total polled | Total polled | 31,102 | 42,935 | 70,829 | 33,654 | 23,133 | 35,098 | 39,864 | 35,244 | 34,546 | 27,279 | 28,586 | 36,862 | 39,915 | 9,798 | 488,845 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 35,940 | 50,563 | 82,590 | 38,947 | 29,751 | 41,314 | 47,445 | 41,888 | 43,442 | 3,145 | 31,788 | 43,223 | 46,731 | | 536,767 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 86.54% | 84.91% | 85.76% | 86.41% | 77.76% | 84.95% | 84.02% | 84.14% | 79.52% | 867.38% | 89.93% | 85.28% | 85.41% | | 91.07% | |

### 1988 presidential election

Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988 for the district:
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | 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 | Candidate | Party | Galagedara | Gampola | Harispattuwa | Hewaheta | Kandy | Kundasale | Nawalapitiya | Pathadumbara | Senkadagala | Teldeniya | Ududumbara | Udunuwara | Yatinuwara | Postal votes | Total votes | % |
| | Ranasinghe Premadasa | UNP | 15,071 | 24,800 | 30,708 | 19,688 | 11,301 | 15,231 | 24,203 | 20,902 | 16,825 | 9,912 | 12,032 | 16,582 | 14,478 | 2,391 | 234,124 | 54.88% |
| | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | SLFP | 12,549 | 18,976 | 25,594 | 14,015 | 6,959 | 12,118 | 16,082 | 15,087 | 14,690 | 9,417 | 12,466 | 10,420 | 15,699 | 2,115 | 186,187 | 43.65% |
| | Ossie Abeygunasekara | SLMP | 330 | 418 | 719 | 298 | 617 | 433 | 559 | 557 | 834 | 247 | 324 | 315 | 515 | 100 | 6,266 | 1.47% |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 27,950 | 44,194 | 57,021 | 34,001 | 18,877 | 27,782 | 40,844 | 36,546 | 32,349 | 19,576 | 24,822 | 27,317 | 30,692 | 4,606 | 426,577 | 100.00% |
| Rejected votes | Rejected votes | Rejected votes | 263 | 517 | 962 | 373 | 297 | 407 | 521 | 611 | 395 | 339 | 386 | 550 | 362 | 184 | 6,167 | |
| Total polled | Total polled | Total polled | 28,213 | 44,711 | 57,983 | 34,374 | 19,174 | 28,189 | 41,365 | 37,157 | 32,744 | 19,915 | 25,208 | 27,867 | 31,054 | 4,790 | 432,744 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 39,671 | 55,425 | 94,109 | 42,868 | 28,958 | 48,841 | 54,010 | 48,741 | 48,208 | 27,659 | 37,345 | 50,223 | 52,182 | | 628,240 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 71.12% | 80.67% | 61.61% | 80.19% | 66.21% | 57.72% | 76.59% | 76.23% | 67.92% | 72.00% | 67.50% | 55.49% | 59.51% | | 68.88% | |

### 1994 presidential election

Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994 for the district:
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | 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 | Candidate | Party | Galagedara | Gampola | Harispattuwa | Hewaheta | Kandy | Kundasale | Nawalapitiya | Pathadumbara | Senkadagala | Teldeniya | Ududumbara | Udunuwara | Yatinuwara | Postal votes | Total votes | % |
| | Chandrika Kumaratunga | PA | 17,288 | 29,558 | 48,134 | 19,303 | 12,339 | 24,150 | 26,785 | 23,082 | 22,323 | 14,309 | 22,944 | 24,199 | 25,099 | 10,597 | 320,110 | 56.64% |
| | Srima Dissanayake | UNP | 14,862 | 19,692 | 33,007 | 18,076 | 10,477 | 18,243 | 19,423 | 19,995 | 17,152 | 10,742 | 11,906 | 17,442 | 17,621 | 6,881 | 235,519 | 41.68% |
| | Hudson Samarasinghe | Ind 2 | 201 | 350 | 582 | 318 | 98 | 285 | 344 | 349 | 172 | 238 | 277 | 287 | 226 | 21 | 3,748 | 0.66% |
| | Harischandra Wijayatunga | SMBP | 118 | 193 | 303 | 107 | 258 | 238 | 176 | 175 | 335 | 92 | 86 | 215 | 220 | 102 | 2,618 | 0.46% |
| | A. J. Ranasinghe | Ind 1 | 95 | 169 | 228 | 119 | 78 | 122 | 169 | 167 | 123 | 90 | 96 | 155 | 103 | 38 | 1,752 | 0.31% |
| | Nihal Galappaththi | SLPF | 61 | 105 | 219 | 74 | 41 | 102 | 110 | 109 | 62 | 85 | 126 | 101 | 130 | 45 | 1,370 | 0.24% |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 32,625 | 50,067 | 82,473 | 37,997 | 23,291 | 43,140 | 47,007 | 43,877 | 40,167 | 25,556 | 35,435 | 42,399 | 43,399 | 17,684 | 565,117 | 100.00% |
| Rejected votes | Rejected votes | Rejected votes | 517 | 1,524 | 1,809 | 921 | 583 | 1,081 | 1,509 | 1,652 | 912 | 625 | 892 | 945 | 934 | 275 | 14,179 | |
| Total polled | Total polled | Total polled | 33,142 | 51,591 | 84,282 | 38,918 | 23,874 | 44,221 | 48,516 | 45,529 | 41,079 | 26,181 | 36,327 | 43,344 | 44,333 | 17,959 | 579,296 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 43,462 | 66,812 | 109,246 | 50,376 | 32,335 | 56,925 | 62,996 | 57,482 | 55,740 | 32,992 | 42,700 | 56,671 | 58,455 | | 726,192 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 76.26% | 77.22% | 77.15% | 77.26% | 73.83% | 77.68% | 77.01% | 79.21% | 73.70% | 79.36% | 85.07% | 76.48% | 75.84% | | 79.77% |

### 1999 presidential election

Results of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999 for the district:
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | 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 | Candidate | Party | Galagedara | Gampola | Harispattuwa | Hewaheta | Kandy | Kundasale | Nawalapitiya | Pathadumbara | Senkadagala | Teldeniya | Ududumbara | Udunuwara | Yatinuwara | Postal votes | Total votes | % |
| | Chandrika Kumaratunga | PA | 16,777 | 29,986 | 40,996 | 19,900 | 10,101 | 23,259 | 28,277 | 32,945 | 19,893 | 14,497 | 18,216 | 22,192 | 23,135 | 8,013 | 308,187 | 50.29% |
| | Ranil Wickramasinghe | UNP | 16,428 | 23,928 | 41,640 | 19,808 | 13,809 | 22,974 | 20,885 | 17,372 | 20,803 | 11,955 | 16,335 | 21,920 | 21,219 | 7,284 | 276,360 | 45.10% |
| | Nandana Gunathilake | JVP | 933 | 828 | 2,782 | 638 | 639 | 1,569 | 1,353 | 928 | 1,173 | 669 | 632 | 1,199 | 1,293 | 876 | 15,512 | 2.53% |
| | Harischandra Wijayatunga | SMBP | 134 | 244 | 384 | 108 | 349 | 267 | 184 | 168 | 431 | 107 | 113 | 251 | 301 | 239 | 3,280 | 0.54% |
| | W. V. M. Ranjith | Ind 2 | 115 | 141 | 244 | 153 | 40 | 131 | 195 | 134 | 83 | 139 | 135 | 139 | 125 | 1 | 1,775 | 0.29% |
| | Abdul Rasool | SLMP | 57 | 163 | 359 | 149 | 109 | 78 | 110 | 122 | 114 | 33 | 54 | 240 | 105 | 13 | 1,706 | 0.28% |
| | Rajiva Wijesinha | LPSL | 93 | 161 | 230 | 128 | 43 | 113 | 149 | 119 | 73 | 88 | 186 | 124 | 102 | 5 | 1,614 | 0.26% |
| | Tennyson Edirisuriya | Ind 1 | 70 | 159 | 165 | 116 | 34 | 74 | 165 | 125 | 66 | 109 | 133 | 83 | 61 | 9 | 1,369 | 0.22% |
| | Vasudeva Nanayakkara | LDA | 46 | 94 | 110 | 42 | 105 | 60 | 88 | 55 | 133 | 34 | 29 | 68 | 103 | 98 | 1,065 | 0.17% |
| | Kamal Karunadasa | PLSF | 41 | 90 | 91 | 51 | 29 | 45 | 86 | 56 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 58 | 49 | 5 | 749 | 0.12% |
| | Hudson Samarasinghe | Ind 3 | 49 | 51 | 114 | 46 | 14 | 43 | 77 | 35 | 29 | 34 | 48 | 45 | 54 | 0 | 639 | 0.10% |
| | A. W. Premawardhana | PFF | 15 | 22 | 43 | 16 | 9 | 25 | 31 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 30 | 31 | 21 | 0 | 290 | 0.05% |
| | Ariyawansha Dissanayaka | DUNF | 16 | 26 | 40 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 22 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 5 | 265 | 0.04% |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 34,774 | 55,893 | 87,198 | 41,174 | 25,292 | 48,654 | 51,622 | 52,091 | 42,865 | 27,743 | 35,993 | 46,372 | 46,592 | 16,548 | 612,811 | 100.00% |
| Rejected votes | Rejected votes | Rejected votes | 637 | 1,626 | 2,720 | 1,059 | 624 | 1,415 | 1,513 | 1,338 | 1,213 | 720 | 922 | 1,204 | 1,464 | 605 | 17,060 | |
| Total polled | Total polled | Total polled | 35,411 | 57,519 | 89,918 | 42,233 | 25,916 | 50,069 | 53,135 | 53,429 | 44,078 | 28,463 | 36,915 | 47,576 | 48,056 | 17,153 | 629,871 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 46,621 | 73,137 | 120,150 | 55,180 | 34,410 | 65,317 | 69,098 | 63,055 | 59,187 | 36,214 | 46,840 | 62,497 | 62,747 | | 794,453 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 75.96% | 78.65% | 74.84% | 76.54% | 75.32% | 76.66% | 76.90% | 84.73% | 74.47% | 78.60% | 78.81% | 76.13% | 76.59% | | 79.28% |

### 2005 presidential election

Results of the 5th presidential election held on 17 November 2005 for the district:
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | 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 | Candidate | Party | Galagedara | Gampola | Harispattuwa | Hewaheta | Kandy | Kundasale | Nawalapitiya | Pathadumbara | Senkadagala | Teldeniya | Ududumbara | Udunuwara | Yatinuwara | Postal votes | Total votes | % |
| | Ranil Wickramasinghe | UNP | 20,177 | 35,829 | 59,899 | 25,874 | 17,130 | 31,321 | 29,882 | 31,957 | 28,894 | 16,646 | 20,269 | 30,979 | 27,791 | 10,502 | 387,150 | 54.33% |
| | Mahinda Rajapaksa | UPFA | 17,453 | 25,790 | 43,540 | 19,058 | 9,435 | 27,385 | 28,544 | 20,610 | 22,670 | 15,367 | 19,973 | 22,733 | 27,428 | 15,686 | 315,672 | 44.30% |
| | Siritunga Jayasuriya | USP | 177 | 276 | 390 | 233 | 55 | 204 | 296 | 284 | 124 | 176 | 186 | 203 | 159 | 12 | 2,775 | 0.39% |
| | A. A. Suraweera | NDF | 200 | 258 | 322 | 231 | 55 | 169 | 277 | 206 | 120 | 138 | 207 | 181 | 210 | 15 | 2,589 | 0.36% |
| | Victor Hettigoda | ULPP | 48 | 86 | 147 | 55 | 57 | 83 | 85 | 100 | 83 | 45 | 55 | 90 | 100 | 57 | 1,091 | 0.15% |
| | Chamil Jayaneththi | NLF | 49 | 70 | 91 | 48 | 20 | 33 | 74 | 73 | 37 | 43 | 68 | 55 | 48 | 8 | 717 | 0.10% |
| | Wimal Geeganage | SLNF | 42 | 64 | 77 | 38 | 6 | 35 | 63 | 50 | 29 | 38 | 46 | 45 | 46 | 5 | 584 | 0.08% |
| | Anura de Silva | ULF | 43 | 65 | 84 | 38 | 14 | 26 | 44 | 39 | 25 | 35 | 33 | 45 | 34 | 4 | 529 | 0.07% |
| | Aruna de Soyza | RPP | 25 | 56 | 72 | 23 | 15 | 40 | 56 | 32 | 16 | 23 | 36 | 40 | 50 | 3 | 487 | 0.07% |
| | A. K. J. Arachchige | DUA | 20 | 41 | 62 | 28 | 7 | 24 | 40 | 27 | 16 | 22 | 28 | 29 | 26 | 2 | 372 | 0.05% |
| | Wije Dias | SEP | 15 | 27 | 33 | 14 | 10 | 28 | 48 | 29 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 24 | 19 | 12 | 307 | 0.04% |
| | P. Nelson Perera | SLPF | 12 | 19 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 219 | 0.03% |
| | H. S. Dharmadwaja | UNAF | 8 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 128 | 0.02% |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 38,269 | 62,603 | 104,777 | 45,664 | 26,811 | 59,372 | 59,453 | 53,433 | 52,052 | 32,567 | 40,934 | 54,445 | 55,934 | 26,306 | 712,620 | 100.00% |
| Rejected votes | Rejected votes | Rejected votes | 382 | 1,036 | 1,432 | 660 | 335 | 746 | 965 | 885 | 630 | 452 | 564 | 726 | 594 | 410 | 9,817 | |
| Total polled | Total polled | Total polled | 38,651 | 63,639 | 106,209 | 46,324 | 27,146 | 60,118 | 60,418 | 54,318 | 52,682 | 33,019 | 41,498 | 55,171 | 56,528 | 26,716 | 722,437 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 50,898 | 84,167 | 138,171 | 61,006 | 36,326 | 77,020 | 80,003 | 71,823 | 69,243 | 41,465 | 52,747 | 71,840 | 72,329 | | 907,038 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 75.94% | 75.61% | 76.87% | 75.93% | 74.73% | 78.06% | 75.52% | 75.63% | 76.08% | 79.63% | 78.67% | 76.80% | 78.15% | | 79.65% | |

### 2010 presidential election

Results of the 6th presidential election held on 26 January 2010 for the district:
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | 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 | Candidate | Party | Galagedara | Gampola | Harispattuwa | Hewaheta | Kandy | Kundasale | Nawalapitiya | Pathadumbara | Senkadagala | Teldeniya | Ududumbara | Udunuwara | Yatinuwara | Postal votes | Total votes | % |
| | Mahinda Rajapaksa | UPFA | 22,703 | 33,078 | 56,508 | 24,601 | 11,636 | 36,212 | 35,555 | 28,628 | 28,444 | 19,009 | 27,179 | 29,235 | 33,664 | 20,184 | 406,636 | 54.16% |
| | Sarath Fonseka | NDF | 15,338 | 32,090 | 51,406 | 21,791 | 15,358 | 27,852 | 25,107 | 27,692 | 25,243 | 13,957 | 13,220 | 27,123 | 23,290 | 10,025 | 329,492 | 43.89% |
| | M. C. M. Ismail | DUNF | 170 | 273 | 277 | 295 | 47 | 209 | 332 | 238 | 105 | 183 | 265 | 216 | 177 | 23 | 2,810 | 0.37% |
| | A. A. Suraweera | NDF | 120 | 184 | 249 | 202 | 24 | 119 | 209 | 167 | 83 | 119 | 183 | 146 | 135 | 10 | 1,950 | 0.26% |
| | C. J. Sugathsiri Gamage | UDF | 84 | 171 | 240 | 136 | 20 | 113 | 208 | 162 | 71 | 105 | 97 | 114 | 94 | 9 | 1,624 | 0.22% |
| | W. V. M. Ranjith | Ind 1 | 59 | 129 | 148 | 94 | 31 | 79 | 124 | 97 | 65 | 75 | 132 | 82 | 77 | 8 | 1,200 | 0.16% |
| | A. S. P. Liyanage | SLLP | 75 | 104 | 107 | 119 | 16 | 73 | 117 | 108 | 50 | 45 | 89 | 76 | 74 | 6 | 1,059 | 0.14% |
| | Sarath Manamendra | NSH | 36 | 99 | 124 | 56 | 20 | 62 | 103 | 84 | 41 | 62 | 58 | 57 | 43 | 3 | 848 | 0.11% |
| | Ukkubanda Wijekoon | Ind 3 | 42 | 60 | 112 | 62 | 11 | 50 | 73 | 66 | 28 | 45 | 68 | 54 | 37 | 3 | 711 | 0.09% |
| | Lal Perera | ONF | 30 | 83 | 91 | 71 | 14 | 49 | 84 | 68 | 27 | 47 | 51 | 56 | 26 | 6 | 703 | 0.09% |
| | Siritunga Jayasuriya | USP | 28 | 61 | 84 | 52 | 4 | 39 | 64 | 71 | 29 | 35 | 44 | 45 | 40 | 4 | 600 | 0.08% |
| | Aithurus M. Illias | Ind 2 | 30 | 57 | 63 | 35 | 9 | 26 | 51 | 52 | 27 | 37 | 51 | 44 | 38 | 3 | 523 | 0.07% |
| | Vikramabahu Karunaratne | LF | 17 | 38 | 59 | 38 | 28 | 40 | 28 | 33 | 35 | 27 | 30 | 36 | 41 | 12 | 462 | 0.06% |
| | M. K. Shivajilingam | Ind 5 | 19 | 49 | 34 | 41 | 16 | 29 | 51 | 50 | 28 | 21 | 30 | 39 | 31 | 4 | 442 | 0.06% |
| | Wije Dias | SEP | 10 | 30 | 47 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 40 | 36 | 17 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 305 | 0.04% |
| | Sanath Pinnaduwa | NA | 13 | 46 | 33 | 31 | 7 | 12 | 36 | 29 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 17 | 1 | 295 | 0.04% |
| | M. Mohamed Musthaffa | Ind 4 | 14 | 18 | 29 | 26 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 24 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 23 | 1 | 243 | 0.03% |
| | Ven.Battaramulla Seelarathana Thero | JP | 13 | 18 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 27 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 22 | 5 | 216 | 0.03% |
| | Aruna de Soyza | RPP | 13 | 25 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 192 | 0.03% |
| | Senaratna de Silva | PNF | 6 | 20 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 178 | 0.02% |
| | M. B. Thaminimulla | ACAKO | 13 | 14 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 158 | 0.02% |
| | Sarath Kongahage | UNAF | 3 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 139 | 0.02% |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 38,836 | 66,657 | 109,714 | 47,721 | 27,277 | 65,060 | 62,320 | 57,703 | 54,356 | 33,876 | 41,613 | 57,454 | 57,881 | 30,318 | 750,786 | 100.00% |
| Rejected votes | Rejected votes | Rejected votes | 300 | 857 | 1,161 | 674 | 268 | 656 | 1,069 | 838 | 534 | 509 | 397 | 631 | 506 | 300 | 8,700 | |
| Total polled | Total polled | Total polled | 39,136 | 67,514 | 110,875 | 48,395 | 27,545 | 65,716 | 63,389 | 58,541 | 54,890 | 34,385 | 42,010 | 58,085 | 58,387 | 30,618 | 759,486 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 52,553 | 91,146 | 147,475 | 65,176 | 36,938 | 85,857 | 85,136 | 78,688 | 72,906 | 45,144 | 55,629 | 76,812 | 76,996 | | 970,456 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 74.47% | 74.07% | 75.18% | 74.25% | 74.57% | 76.54% | 74.46% | 74.40% | 75.29% | 76.17% | 75.52% | 75.62% | 75.83% | | 78.26% | |

### 2015 presidential election

Results of the 7th presidential election held on 26 January 2010 for the district:
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | 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 | Candidate | Party | Galagedara | Gampola | Harispattuwa | Hewaheta | Kandy | Kundasale | Nawalapitiya | Pathadumbara | Senkadagala | Teldeniya | Ududumbara | Udunuwara | Yatinuwara | Postal votes | Total votes | % |
| | Maithripala Sirisena | NDF | 19,818 | 45,328 | 71,533 | 28,049 | 20,316 | 41,238 | 40,233 | 37,840 | 36,127 | 18,624 | 18,472 | 38,018 | 32,298 | 19,100 | 466,994 | 54.56% |
| | Mahinda Rajapaksa | UPFA | 21,466 | 33,293 | 51,156 | 24,167 | 10,200 | 32,930 | 32,619 | 26,762 | 26,062 | 18,150 | 27,722 | 25,984 | 30,194 | 17,880 | 378,585 | 44.23% |
| | R. A. Sirisena | PNF | 79 | 151 | 152 | 106 | 26 | 90 | 173 | 101 | 49 | 80 | 112 | 87 | 88 | 11 | 1,306 | 0.15% |
| | Namal Rajapaksa | ONF | 72 | 130 | 149 | 111 | 10 | 85 | 146 | 88 | 61 | 56 | 129 | 76 | 78 | 13 | 1,204 | 0.14% |
| | M. I. Mohanmed Mishlar | UPF | 44 | 161 | 117 | 112 | 19 | 65 | 128 | 90 | 57 | 65 | 80 | 87 | 74 | 4 | 1,103 | 0.13% |
| | A. S. P. Liyanage | SLLP | 46 | 132 | 148 | 91 | 19 | 75 | 127 | 85 | 45 | 68 | 58 | 82 | 45 | 7 | 1,028 | 0.12% |
| | R. Peduru Arachchi | ULPP | 42 | 131 | 119 | 95 | 23 | 73 | 144 | 90 | 49 | 49 | 66 | 61 | 58 | 3 | 1,003 | 0.12% |
| | Aithurus M. Illias | Ind 1 | 47 | 68 | 108 | 56 | 24 | 49 | 95 | 64 | 48 | 63 | 66 | 59 | 42 | 10 | 799 | 0.09% |
| | Duminda Nagamuwa | FSP | 26 | 65 | 121 | 44 | 18 | 59 | 70 | 65 | 53 | 37 | 25 | 61 | 47 | 32 | 723 | 0.08% |
| | Siritunga Jayasuriya | USP | 39 | 61 | 82 | 46 | 15 | 32 | 105 | 57 | 31 | 31 | 44 | 48 | 28 | 9 | 628 | 0.07% |
| | Sarath Manamendra | NSH | 30 | 50 | 77 | 48 | 8 | 41 | 74 | 52 | 31 | 30 | 36 | 37 | 35 | 5 | 554 | 0.06% |
| | Anurudha Polgampola | Ind 2 | 22 | 39 | 37 | 30 | 2 | 24 | 42 | 37 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 328 | 0.04% |
| | Vajirapani Wijesiriwardene | SEP | 16 | 43 | 35 | 17 | 7 | 23 | 42 | 23 | 25 | 29 | 13 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 318 | 0.04% |
| | M. B. Theminimulla | ACAKO | 15 | 37 | 46 | 33 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 31 | 15 | 11 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 312 | 0.04% |
| | Sundaram Mahendran | NSSP | 19 | 29 | 31 | 30 | 6 | 23 | 37 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 285 | 0.03% |
| | Ven.Battaramulla Seelarathana Thero | JSP | 10 | 22 | 37 | 17 | 7 | 20 | 44 | 27 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 277 | 0.03% |
| | Prasanna Priyankara | DNM | 11 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 182 | 0.02% |
| | Jayantha Kulathunga | ULGC | 5 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 26 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 163 | 0.02% |
| | Wimal Geeganage | SLNF | 8 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 116 | 0.01% |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 41,815 | 79,785 | 123,998 | 53,079 | 30,715 | 74,890 | 74,162 | 65,480 | 62,735 | 37,377 | 46,917 | 64,754 | 63,089 | 37,112 | 855,908 | 100.00% |
| Rejected votes | Rejected votes | Rejected votes | 390 | 1,020 | 1,356 | 673 | 401 | 794 | 1,393 | 1,023 | 834 | 517 | 479 | 763 | 748 | 602 | 10,993 | |
| Total polled | Total polled | Total polled | 42,205 | 80,805 | 125,354 | 53,752 | 31,116 | 75,684 | 75,555 | 66,503 | 63,569 | 37,894 | 47,396 | 65,517 | 63,837 | 37,714 | 866,901 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 54,214 | 102,219 | 157,463 | 69,243 | 40,020 | 94,870 | 95,567 | 85,375 | 81,149 | 47,685 | 58,637 | 82,298 | 80,420 | 38,382 | 1,049,106 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 77.85% | 79.05% | 79.61% | 77.63% | 77.75% | 79.78% | 79.06% | 77.90% | 78.34% | 79.47% | 80.83% | 79.61% | 79.38% | 98.26% | 82.63% | |

### 2019 presidential election

Results of the 8th presidential election held on 16 November 2019:
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | 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 | Candidate | Party | Galagedara | Gampola | Harispattuwa | Hewaheta | Kandy | Kundasale | Nawalapitiya | Pathadumbara | Senkadagala | Teldeniya | Ududumbara | Udunuwara | Yatinuwara | Postal votes | Total votes | % |
| | Gotabaya Rajapaksa | SLPP | 24,829 | 37,648 | 64,298 | 27,263 | 13,795 | 43,788 | 36,436 | 32,057 | 35,247 | 20,296 | 29,334 | 33,003 | 38,765 | 34,748 | 471,502 | 50.43% |
| | Sajith Premadasa | NDF | 16,839 | 46,531 | 62,044 | 28,166 | 16,334 | 33,293 | 39,887 | 35,848 | 27,399 | 18,238 | 19,098 | 33,131 | 24,244 | 16,303 | 417,355 | 44.64% |
| | Anura Kumara Dissanayake | NMPP | 959 | 1,469 | 3,401 | 791 | 966 | 2,539 | 1,740 | 1,439 | 2,189 | 681 | 748 | 1,913 | 2,021 | 2,683 | 25,539 | 2.52% |
| | Mahesh Senanayake | NPP | 135 | 181 | 383 | 116 | 282 | 344 | 179 | 208 | 509 | 107 | 105 | 261 | 302 | 507 | 3,619 | 0.39% |
| | Ariyawansa Dissanayake | DUNF | 105 | 244 | 245 | 190 | 37 | 143 | 284 | 213 | 122 | 109 | 135 | 146 | 112 | 24 | 2,109 | 0.23% |
| | Ajantha Perera | SPSL | 132 | 160 | 251 | 136 | 41 | 140 | 189 | 153 | 112 | 84 | 120 | 126 | 146 | 34 | 1,824 | 0.2% |
| | M. L. A. M. Hizbullah | Ind 11 | 78 | 192 | 227 | 125 | 33 | 137 | 224 | 157 | 86 | 96 | 142 | 122 | 92 | 22 | 1,733 | 0.19% |
| | Rohan Pallewatte | JSWP | 93 | 118 | 219 | 84 | 81 | 155 | 138 | 123 | 162 | 79 | 98 | 109 | 125 | 55 | 1,639 | 0.18% |
| | Siripala Amarasinghe | Ind 02 | 77 | 171 | 137 | 103 | 22 | 91 | 178 | 159 | 58 | 85 | 78 | 93 | 57 | 13 | 1,322 | 0.14% |
| | Milroy Fernando | Ind 09 | 48 | 93 | 121 | 82 | 38 | 84 | 127 | 94 | 50 | 57 | 68 | 72 | 51 | 6 | 991 | 0.11% |
| | Ven.Battaramulla Seelarathana Thero | JSP | 39 | 118 | 108 | 60 | 25 | 62 | 102 | 101 | 54 | 50 | 47 | 67 | 63 | 12 | 908 | 0.1% |
| | Ajantha de zoysa | RJP | 49 | 98 | 139 | 63 | 13 | 72 | 102 | 75 | 44 | 58 | 56 | 51 | 67 | 8 | 895 | 0.1% |
| | Anuruddha Polgampola | Ind 08 | 25 | 117 | 97 | 64 | 17 | 54 | 116 | 102 | 29 | 51 | 45 | 53 | 42 | 3 | 815 | 0.09% |
| | Jayantha Ketagoda | Ind 07 | 38 | 112 | 86 | 57 | 9 | 53 | 126 | 81 | 29 | 53 | 36 | 61 | 49 | 7 | 797 | 0.09% |
| | Namal Rajapaksa | NUA | 44 | 52 | 80 | 36 | 19 | 37 | 62 | 35 | 40 | 28 | 50 | 42 | 42 | 1 | 577 | 0.06% |
| | Subramanium Gunaratnam | ONF | 32 | 61 | 68 | 52 | 10 | 33 | 82 | 64 | 27 | 46 | 38 | 31 | 29 | 4 | 577 | 0.06% |
| | Ven.Aparekke Punnananda Thero | Ind 01 | 31 | 77 | 56 | 37 | 10 | 39 | 60 | 60 | 32 | 31 | 38 | 42 | 36 | 23 | 572 | 0.06% |
| | A. S. P. Liyanage | SLLP | 27 | 62 | 60 | 36 | 6 | 36 | 63 | 50 | 28 | 28 | 38 | 35 | 20 | 1 | 490 | 0.05% |
| | Duminda Nagamuwa | FSP | 9 | 48 | 85 | 17 | 8 | 35 | 36 | 39 | 28 | 23 | 16 | 40 | 32 | 40 | 456 | 0.05% |
| | Piyasiri Wijenayake | Ind 13 | 19 | 30 | 33 | 21 | 4 | 28 | 36 | 30 | 15 | 16 | 23 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 298 | 0.03% |
| | Aruna de soyza | DNM | 16 | 28 | 42 | 20 | 2 | 20 | 34 | 28 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 274 | 0.03% |
| | Rajiva Wijesinha | Ind 14 | 22 | 21 | 27 | 26 | 2 | 15 | 31 | 33 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 266 | 0.03% |
| | Sirithunga Jayasuriya | USP | 13 | 21 | 38 | 22 | 8 | 19 | 44 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 264 | 0.03% |
| | Aithurus M. Illiyas | Ind 03 | 9 | 25 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 45 | 39 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 260 | 0.03% |
| | Sarath Manamendra | NSU | 12 | 24 | 43 | 19 | 5 | 20 | 26 | 24 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 236 | 0.03% |
| | A. H. M. Alavi | Ind 04 | 10 | 27 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 26 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 205 | 0.02% |
| | M. K. Shivajilingam | Ind 10 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 19 | 36 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 204 | 0.02% |
| | Vajirapani Wijesiriwardene | SEP | 9 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 181 | 0.02% |
| | Ashoka Wadigamangawa | Ind 12 | 8 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 35 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 176 | 0.02% |
| | Saman Perera | OPPP | 7 | 17 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 165 | 0.02% |
| | Samaraweera Weeravanni | Ind 15 | 3 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 19 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 147 | 0.02% |
| | B.G. Nandimithra | NSSP | 8 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 146 | 0.02% |
| | Priyantha Edirisinghe | ACAKO | 7 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 139 | 0.01% |
| | Sarath Keerthirathna | Ind 05 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 120 | 0.01% |
| | Samansiri Herath | Ind 06 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 74 | 0.01% |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 43,745 | 87,881 | 132,497 | 57,716 | 31,804 | 81,370 | 80,567 | 71,414 | 66,405 | 40,368 | 50,478 | 69,607 | 66,464 | 55,559 | 934,875 | 100.00% |
| Rejected votes | Rejected votes | Rejected votes | 277 | 816 | 1,135 | 627 | 409 | 700 | 1,030 | 684 | 666 | 422 | 345 | 563 | 584 | 762 | 9,020 | 0.81% |
| Total polled | Total polled | Total polled | 44,022 | 88,697 | 133,632 | 58,343 | 32,213 | 82,070 | 81,597 | 72,098 | 67,071 | 40,790 | 50,823 | 70,170 | 67,048 | 55,321 | 943,895 | 84.89% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 51,632 | 105,054 | 158,903 | 69,251 | 40,507 | 97,309 | 96,659 | 86,342 | 82,680 | 47,510 | 57,764 | 82,842 | 79,471 | 55,936 | 1,111,860 | |

### 2024 presidential election

Results of the 9th presidential election held on 21 September 2024:
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Postal votes | votes | % |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Galagedara | Gampola | Harispattuwa | Hewaheta | Kandy | Kundasale | Nawalapitiya | Pathadumbara | Senkadagala | Teldeniya | Ududumbara | Udunuwara | Yatinuwara | Postal votes | votes | % |
| | Anura Kumara Dissanayake | NPP | 18,232 | 28,750 | 59,456 | 19,457 | 13,336 | 38,452 | 28,929 | 26,788 | 30,655 | 14,817 | 17,226 | 33,232 | 32,909 | 32,295 | 394,534 | 42.26% |
| | Sajith Premadasa | SJB | 15,568 | 31,503 | 50,539 | 23,658 | 9,083 | 27,999 | 28,535 | 29,760 | 17,851 | 15,332 | 22,336 | 23,326 | 19,374 | 9,134 | 323,998 | 34.71% |
| | Ranil Wickremesinghe | Ind16 | 5,982 | 21,991 | 17,182 | 10,729 | 6,361 | 11,628 | 19,470 | 10,539 | 13,139 | 7,192 | 6,280 | 10,383 | 11,196 | 10,635 | 162,707 | 17.43% |
| | Namal Rajapaksa | SLPP | 1,224 | 1,652 | 2,732 | 1,469 | 380 | 1,933 | 969 | 1,367 | 1,018 | 795 | 2,386 | 1,367 | 1,409 | 702 | 19,403 | 2.08% |
| | Dilith Jayaweera | SLCP | 386 | 859 | 1,167 | 406 | 416 | 914 | 687 | 589 | 849 | 427 | 200 | 845 | 927 | 426 | 9,098 | 0.97% |
| | K. K. Piyadasa | Ind04 | 125 | 389 | 467 | 292 | 46 | 224 | 373 | 396 | 97 | 251 | 269 | 199 | 120 | 30 | 3,278 | 0.35% |
| | D. M. Bandaranayake | Ind13 | 165 | 206 | 438 | 172 | 37 | 179 | 208 | 159 | 107 | 133 | 161 | 207 | 161 | 32 | 2,365 | 0.25% |
| | Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe | JPF | 101 | 163 | 246 | 128 | 30 | 133 | 161 | 201 | 81 | 88 | 114 | 122 | 74 | 26 | 1,668 | 0.18% |
| | Sarath Fonseka | Ind12 | 77 | 175 | 201 | 94 | 45 | 127 | 166 | 125 | 100 | 87 | 104 | 115 | 118 | 50 | 1,584 | 0.17% |
| | Suranjeewa Anoj de Silva | DUNF | 66 | 63 | 187 | 72 | 26 | 138 | 93 | 163 | 67 | 36 | 43 | 70 | 72 | 80 | 1,176 | 0.13% |
| | Anuruddha Polgampola | Ind11 | 50 | 99 | 181 | 86 | 32 | 87 | 111 | 103 | 40 | 58 | 73 | 79 | 63 | 12 | 1,074 | 0.12% |
| | Sarath Keerthirathne | Ind05 | 52 | 84 | 186 | 70 | 12 | 66 | 119 | 87 | 54 | 59 | 62 | 85 | 70 | 4 | 1,010 | 0.11% |
| | Priyantha Wickremesinghe | NSSP | 38 | 132 | 102 | 87 | 19 | 60 | 131 | 101 | 47 | 80 | 79 | 58 | 50 | 15 | 999 | 0.11% |
| | Ven.Akmeemana Dayarathana Thero | Ind01 | 39 | 91 | 106 | 68 | 14 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 41 | 55 | 79 | 47 | 57 | 17 | 837 | 0.09% |
| | Victor Anthony Perera | Ind10 | 35 | 76 | 99 | 72 | 6 | 45 | 127 | 82 | 31 | 50 | 62 | 42 | 30 | 7 | 764 | 0.08% |
| | K. R. Krishan | APP | 47 | 62 | 120 | 53 | 10 | 70 | 85 | 73 | 23 | 30 | 71 | 59 | 47 | 4 | 754 | 0.08% |
| | Siripala Amarasinghe | Ind02 | 35 | 89 | 115 | 67 | 11 | 44 | 84 | 62 | 22 | 48 | 36 | 61 | 49 | 8 | 731 | 0.08% |
| | Ajantha de Zoyza | RJA | 48 | 80 | 110 | 50 | 15 | 51 | 72 | 59 | 32 | 40 | 44 | 58 | 47 | 9 | 715 | 0.08% |
| | Namal Rajapaksa | SBP | 38 | 46 | 108 | 64 | 15 | 65 | 43 | 62 | 38 | 24 | 64 | 47 | 41 | 44 | 699 | 0.07% |
| | Sirithunga Jayasuriya | USP | 29 | 73 | 86 | 43 | 11 | 32 | 78 | 54 | 30 | 36 | 39 | 42 | 36 | 5 | 594 | 0.06% |
| | Nuwan Bopege | SPF | 11 | 85 | 106 | 18 | 18 | 47 | 31 | 33 | 18 | 8 | 24 | 65 | 34 | 48 | 546 | 0.06% |
| | Ven.Battaramulle Seelarathana Thero | JSP | 28 | 39 | 75 | 32 | 15 | 45 | 40 | 34 | 42 | 21 | 8 | 37 | 57 | 24 | 497 | 0.05% |
| | Abubakar Mohamed Infaz | DUA | 24 | 56 | 73 | 37 | 9 | 32 | 48 | 62 | 20 | 40 | 29 | 34 | 19 | 4 | 487 | 0.05% |
| | Pakkiyaselvam Ariyanethiran | Ind09 | 9 | 49 | 31 | 50 | 53 | 45 | 59 | 32 | 37 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 433 | 0.05% |
| | Keerthi Wickremeratne | AJP | 15 | 54 | 48 | 23 | 25 | 35 | 44 | 22 | 28 | 36 | 28 | 31 | 32 | 11 | 432 | 0.05% |
| | Premasiri Manage | Ind14 | 29 | 48 | 53 | 30 | 5 | 17 | 31 | 66 | 10 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 384 | 0.04% |
| | Vajirapani Wijesiriwardene | SEP | 13 | 50 | 41 | 21 | 11 | 27 | 64 | 38 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 354 | 0.04% |
| | Oshala Herath | NIF | 19 | 29 | 38 | 42 | 9 | 25 | 39 | 39 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 337 | 0.04% |
| | Mahinda Dewage | SLSP | 16 | 29 | 46 | 18 | 8 | 26 | 38 | 21 | 25 | 16 | 19 | 29 | 18 | 10 | 319 | 0.03% |
| | Ananda Kularatne | Ind06 | 19 | 31 | 47 | 20 | 3 | 15 | 30 | 24 | 9 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 275 | 0.03% |
| | Roshan Ranasinghe | Ind15 | 15 | 25 | 46 | 13 | 9 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 265 | 0.03% |
| | P. W. S. K. Bandaranayake | NDF | 13 | 32 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 233 | 0.02% |
| | Lalith De Silva | UNFP | 21 | 13 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 28 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 21 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 232 | 0.02% |
| | Sidney Jayarathna | Ind07 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 162 | 0.02% |
| | Mylvanagam Thilakarajah | Ind08 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 161 | 0.02% |
| | Janaka Ratnayake | ULPP | 8 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 160 | 0.02% |
| | Sarath Manamendra | NSU | 6 | 12 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 140 | 0.01% |
| | A. S. P. Liyanage | SLLP | 9 | 9 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 111 | 0.01% |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 42,603 | 87,198 | 134,611 | 57,514 | 30,109 | 82,768 | 81,070 | 71,337 | 64,635 | 39,930 | 50,022 | 70,827 | 67,192 | 53,700 | 933,516 | 100.00% |
| Rejected votes | Rejected votes | Rejected votes | 895 | 2,750 | 3,067 | 1,704 | 534 | 2,100 | 2,714 | 1,796 | 1,694 | 1,301 | 981 | 1,573 | 1,550 | 1,494 | 24,153 | 2.52% |
| Total polled | Total polled | Total polled | 43,498 | 89,948 | 137,678 | 59,218 | 30,643 | 84,868 | 83,784 | 73,133 | 66,329 | 41,231 | 51,003 | 72,400 | 68,742 | 55,194 | 957,669 | 80.38% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 54,236 | 113,385 | 173,626 | 74,173 | 41,303 | 106,339 | 103,976 | 93,042 | 87,760 | 50,662 | 61,289 | 89,918 | 85,893 | 55,797 | 1,191,399 | |
Preferential votes
| 8,020 | 9,188 |
| Anura Kumara Dissanayake | Sajith Premadasa |

## Parliamentary general elections
### 1989 parliamentary general election

Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989 for the district:
| Party | Party | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | 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 | Party | Galagedara | Gampola | Harispattuwa | Hewaheta | Kandy | Kundasale | Nawalapitiya | Pathadumbara | Senkadagala | Teldeniya | Ududumbara | Udunuwara | Yatinuwara | Postal votes | Total votes | % | Seats |
| | United National Party | 16,777 | 23,262 | 21,218 | 20,917 | 9,513 | 9,594 | 22,315 | 17,031 | 14,471 | 6,019 | 16,255 | 9,012 | 11,064 | 7,525 | 204,973 | 61.72% | 8 |
| | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 7,686 | 13,450 | 10,538 | 10,307 | 3,911 | 4,206 | 10,425 | 6,979 | 8,853 | 4,146 | 9,373 | 3,352 | 8,661 | 4,090 | 105,977 | 31.91% | 4 |
| | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 495 | 1,555 | 2,476 | 800 | 1,263 | 685 | 1,065 | 1,740 | 1,018 | 249 | 84 | 2,682 | 500 | 85 | 14,697 | 4.43% | 0 |
| | United Socialist Alliance | 288 | 288 | 157 | 192 | 556 | 295 | 921 | 476 | 774 | 113 | 263 | 106 | 334 | 384 | 5,147 | 1.55% | 0 |
| | United Lanka People's Party | 81 | 97 | 108 | 119 | 132 | 116 | 114 | 73 | 129 | 34 | 110 | 52 | 61 | 89 | 1,315 | 0.40% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 25,327 | 38,652 | 34,497 | 32,335 | 15,375 | 14,896 | 34,840 | 26,299 | 25,245 | 10,561 | 26,085 | 15,204 | 20,620 | 12,173 | 332,109 | 100.00% | 12 |
| Rejected votes | Rejected votes | 1,298 | 2,642 | 2,519 | 2,025 | 768 | 1,225 | 2,784 | 1,897 | 1,357 | 758 | 2,585 | 1,048 | 1,062 | 406 | 22,374 | | |
| Total polled | Total polled | 26,625 | 41,294 | 37,016 | 34,360 | 16,143 | 16,121 | 37,624 | 28,196 | 26,602 | 11,319 | 28,670 | 16,252 | 21,682 | 12,579 | 354,483 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | 38,747 | 54,611 | 92,300 | 42,178 | 28,267 | 47,758 | 53,327 | 47,713 | 46,746 | 27,254 | 36,923 | 48,915 | 50,598 | 12,980 | 628,317 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | 68.71% | 75.61% | 40.10% | 81.46% | 57.11% | 33.76% | 70.55% | 59.10% | 56.91% | 41.53% | 77.65% | 33.22% | 42.85% | 96.91% | 56.42% | | |
The following candidates were elected:
Preferential votes :
| Alliance | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| UNP | UNP | D. B. Wijethunga | 58,617 |
| SLFP | SLFP | D. M. Jayaratne | 54,290 |
| UNP | UNP | M. A. Daniel | 53,396 |
| UNP | UNP | A. C. S. Hameed | 36,375 |
| UNP | UNP | A. R. M. Abdul Cader | 33,757 |
| UNP | UNP | Chandraman de Silva | 29,726 |
| UNP | UNP | Harindra Dunuwille | 28,377 |
| UNP | UNP | Tissa Attanayake | 27,788 |
| UNP | UNP | Lakshman Wijesiri | 27,555 |
| SLFP | SLFP | Mahinda Abeykoon | 26,881 |
| SLFP | SLFP | Yasaratne Tennakoon | 22,736 |
| SLFP | SLFP | Lakshman Kiriella | 20,898 |

### 1994 parliamentary general election

Results of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994 for the district:
| Party | Party | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | 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 | Party | Galagedara | Gampola | Harispattuwa | Hewaheta | Kandy | Kundasale | Nawalapitiya | Pathadumbara | Senkadagala | Teldeniya | Ududumbara | Udunuwara | Yatinuwara | Postal votes | Total votes | % | Seats |
| | United National Party | 18,240 | 27,942 | 42,356 | 22,141 | 13,342 | 22,434 | 26,836 | 25,471 | 21,005 | 13,408 | 18,116 | 21,586 | 21,602 | 7,345 | 301,824 | 52.35% | 7 |
| | People's Alliance | 14,762 | 22,962 | 41,035 | 15,365 | 10,591 | 20,461 | 21,402 | 17,816 | 20,318 | 12,457 | 16,590 | 21,635 | 23,096 | 9,193 | 267,683 | 46.43% | 5 |
| | Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | 205 | 156 | 425 | 107 | 355 | 402 | 129 | 240 | 474 | 68 | 75 | 384 | 288 | 187 | 3,495 | 0.61% | 0 |
| | Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 144 | 174 | 546 | 92 | 140 | 318 | 211 | 186 | 286 | 99 | 93 | 311 | 350 | 122 | 3,072 | 0.53% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 1 | 14 | 30 | 46 | 16 | 8 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 25 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 270 | 0.05% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 2 | 10 | 16 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 208 | 0.04% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 33,375 | 51,280 | 84,443 | 37,734 | 24,443 | 43,651 | 48,612 | 43,754 | 42,114 | 26,064 | 34,916 | 43,946 | 45,366 | 16,854 | 576,552 | 100.00% | 12 |
| Rejected votes | Rejected votes | 1,648 | 3,117 | 4,352 | 2,611 | 843 | 2,434 | 3,148 | 2,731 | 1,610 | 1,766 | 2,149 | 2,238 | 2,122 | 250 | 31,019 | | |
| Total polled | Total polled | 35,023 | 54,397 | 88,795 | 40,345 | 25,286 | 46,085 | 51,760 | 46,485 | 43,724 | 27,830 | 37,065 | 46,184 | 47,488 | 17,104 | 607,571 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | 43,462 | 66,812 | 109,246 | 50,376 | 32,335 | 56,925 | 62,996 | 57,482 | 55,740 | 32,992 | 42,700 | 56,671 | 58,455 | | 726,192 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | 80.58% | 81.42% | 81.28% | 80.09% | 78.20% | 80.96% | 82.16% | 80.87% | 78.44% | 84.35% | 86.80% | 81.49% | 81.24% | | 83.67% | | |
The following candidates were elected:
Preferential votes :
| Alliance | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| UNP | UNP | Gamini Dissanayake | 198,207 |
| PA | SLFP | D. M. Jayaratne | 101,558 |
| PA | SLFP | Anuruddha Ratwatte | 92,644 |
| UNP | UNP | Lucky Jayawardena | 66,340 |
| UNP | UNP | A. R. M. Abdul Cader | 66,136 |
| PA | SLFP | Wilson Kuruppuarachchi | 63,969 |
| UNP | UNP | A. C. S. Hameed | 61,906 |
| UNP | UNP | Tissa Attanayake | 60,531 |
| PA | SLFP | Lakshman Kiriella | 59,463 |
| UNP | UNP | Sarath Amunugama | 53,997 |
| PA | SLFP | Ediriweera Weerawardena | 53,192 |
| UNP | CWC | Sivasamy Rajarathnan | 38,343 |

### 2000 parliamentary general election

Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000 for the district:
| Party | Party | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | 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 | Party | Galagedara | Gampola | Harispattuwa | Hewaheta | Kandy | Kundasale | Nawalapitiya | Pathadumbara | Senkadagala | Teldeniya | Ududumbara | Udunuwara | Yatinuwara | Postal votes | Total votes | % | Seats |
| | People's Alliance | 16,051 | 29,140 | 34,177 | 18,695 | 7,254 | 21,906 | 30,259 | 24,235 | 17,342 | 13,881 | 17,897 | 19,988 | 21,793 | 9,664 | 282,282 | 46.66% | 6 |
| | United National Party | 15,399 | 19,769 | 35,828 | 16,021 | 12,460 | 22,106 | 16,089 | 13,805 | 20,096 | 10,373 | 13,825 | 19,591 | 20,405 | 7,856 | 243,623 | 40.27% | 5 |
| | National Unity Alliance | 1,048 | 2,544 | 10,990 | 1,564 | 1,803 | 883 | 1,388 | 3,277 | 1,469 | 472 | 43 | 4,990 | 1,341 | 211 | 32,023 | 5.29% | 1 |
| | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 1,144 | 1,181 | 3,732 | 673 | 1,105 | 2,315 | 1,668 | 1,016 | 2,027 | 843 | 744 | 1,698 | 2,082 | 1,337 | 21,565 | 3.56% | 0 |
| | Sinhala Heritage | 331 | 491 | 1,592 | 291 | 1,722 | 898 | 311 | 521 | 2,093 | 156 | 48 | 731 | 1,208 | 606 | 10,999 | 1.82% | 0 |
| | Ceylon Workers' Congress | 9 | 490 | 108 | 1,053 | 401 | 967 | 1,372 | 454 | 337 | 772 | 46 | 43 | 16 | 40 | 6,108 | 1.01% | 0 |
| | New Left Front | 176 | 218 | 329 | 194 | 100 | 157 | 437 | 170 | 168 | 209 | 210 | 207 | 220 | 25 | 2,820 | 0.47% | 0 |
| | Citizen's Front | 23 | 97 | 99 | 43 | 89 | 176 | 44 | 203 | 74 | 208 | 95 | 43 | 61 | 49 | 1,304 | 0.22% | 0 |
| | National Union of Workers | 22 | 132 | 244 | 72 | 51 | 55 | 97 | 77 | 65 | 43 | 8 | 149 | 45 | 6 | 1,066 | 0.18% | 0 |
| | United Sinhala Great Council | 53 | 62 | 113 | 47 | 12 | 52 | 69 | 55 | 44 | 59 | 74 | 60 | 48 | 9 | 757 | 0.13% | 0 |
| | Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya | 20 | 73 | 80 | 12 | 66 | 71 | 41 | 31 | 114 | 11 | 7 | 47 | 80 | 55 | 708 | 0.12% | 0 |
| | Democratic United National Front | 18 | 34 | 41 | 18 | 7 | 27 | 32 | 17 | 27 | 17 | 25 | 18 | 41 | 1 | 323 | 0.05% | 0 |
| | Liberal Party | 14 | 15 | 31 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 28 | 19 | 56 | 23 | 32 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 301 | 0.05% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 2 | 12 | 24 | 40 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 32 | 12 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 264 | 0.04% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 4 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 16 | 9 | 29 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 179 | 0.03% | 0 |
| | Sri Lanka Muslim Party | 9 | 14 | 26 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 26 | 8 | 161 | 0.03% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 5 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 123 | 0.02% | 0 |
| | Independent Group | 2 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 103 | 0.02% | 0 |
| | Ruhunu People's Party | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 78 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | National Development Front | 5 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 76 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 65 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 34,357 | 54,322 | 87,512 | 38,742 | 25,157 | 49,732 | 51,936 | 43,938 | 43,993 | 27,136 | 33,116 | 47,672 | 47,427 | 19,888 | 604,928 | 100.00% | 12 |
| Rejected votes | Rejected votes | 2,099 | 4,055 | 6,340 | 3,268 | 1,136 | 3,289 | 4,060 | 2,334 | 2,373 | 2,578 | 3,473 | 3,171 | 2,972 | 600 | 41,748 | | |
| Total polled | Total polled | 36,456 | 58,377 | 93,852 | 42,010 | 26,293 | 53,021 | 55,996 | 46,272 | 46,366 | 29,714 | 36,589 | 50,843 | 50,399 | 20,488 | 646,676 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | 47,418 | 75,067 | 122,891 | 56,465 | 34,559 | 67,435 | 70,727 | 64,618 | 60,032 | 37,031 | 48,095 | 63,837 | 64,303 | | 812,478 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | 76.88% | 77.77% | 76.37% | 74.40% | 76.08% | 78.63% | 79.17% | 71.61% | 77.24% | 80.24% | 76.08% | 79.65% | 78.38% | | 79.59% | | |
The following candidates were elected:
Preferential votes :
| Alliance | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| UNP | UNP | Keheliya Rambukwella | 154,403 |
| PA | SLFP | Anuruddha Ratwatte | 152,511 |
| PA | SLFP | D. M. Jayaratne | 85,711 |
| UNP | UNP | Tissa Attanayake | 73,111 |
| PA | SLFP | Mahindananda Aluthgamage | 71,653 |
| PA | SLFP | Sarath Amunugama | 67,731 |
| UNP | UNP | A. R. M. Abdul Cader | 58,375 |
| PA | SLFP | Lakshman Kiriella | 57,424 |
| UNP | UNP | M. H. A. Haleem | 47,271 |
| UNP | UNP | Lucky Jayawardena | 42,085 |
| PA | SLFP | Ediriweera Weerawardena | 35,388 |
| NUA | SLMC | Rauff Hakeem | 28,033 |

### 2001 parliamentary general election

Results of the 12th parliamentary election held on 5 December 2001 for the district:
| Party | Party | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | 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 | Party | Galagedara | Gampola | Harispattuwa | Hewaheta | Kandy | Kundasale | Nawalapitiya | Pathadumbara | Senkadagala | Teldeniya | Ududumbara | Udunuwara | Yatinuwara | Postal votes | Total votes | % | Seats |
| | United National Front | 18,180 | 25,089 | 53,249 | 14,055 | 16,764 | 26,815 | 22,110 | 19,461 | 25,140 | 13,792 | 17,477 | 28,101 | 24,871 | 9,193 | 314,297 | 52.77% | 7 |
| | People's Alliance | 13,721 | 24,798 | 28,636 | 10,371 | 6,489 | 18,908 | 25,630 | 19,911 | 15,289 | 11,276 | 14,110 | 15,990 | 20,318 | 8,190 | 233,637 | 39.23% | 4 |
| | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 1,688 | 2,168 | 7,496 | 996 | 1,551 | 3,355 | 2,811 | 2,071 | 3,254 | 1,697 | 1,695 | 2,859 | 3,243 | 2,262 | 37,146 | 6.24% | 1 |
| | Sinhala Heritage | 119 | 228 | 595 | 72 | 551 | 331 | 195 | 187 | 653 | 59 | 55 | 292 | 508 | 195 | 4,040 | 0.68% | 0 |
| | New Left Front | 214 | 467 | 503 | 192 | 89 | 282 | 435 | 270 | 219 | 268 | 290 | 294 | 344 | 38 | 3,905 | 0.66% | 0 |
| | Muslim United Liberation Front | 50 | 75 | 128 | 30 | 13 | 42 | 63 | 40 | 35 | 42 | 33 | 37 | 50 | 3 | 641 | 0.11% | 0 |
| | United Sinhala Great Council | 32 | 41 | 83 | 30 | 12 | 38 | 64 | 50 | 24 | 46 | 62 | 45 | 36 | 5 | 568 | 0.10% | 0 |
| | National Development Front | 3 | 28 | 17 | 14 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 34 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 38 | 12 | 253 | 0.04% | 0 |
| | People's Freedom Front | 10 | 27 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 212 | 0.04% | 0 |
| | Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya | 8 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 190 | 0.03% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 141 | 0.02% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 105 | 0.02% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 6 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 98 | 0.02% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 77 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 64 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Ruhunu People's Party | 2 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Sri Lanka National Front | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 48 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 34,060 | 52,985 | 90,869 | 25,804 | 25,538 | 49,887 | 51,453 | 42,052 | 44,745 | 27,234 | 33,806 | 47,743 | 49,479 | 19,921 | 595,576 | 100.00% | 12 |
| Rejected votes | Rejected votes | 2,032 | 4,338 | 6,813 | 2,230 | 1,152 | 3,413 | 3,780 | 3,069 | 2,252 | 2,780 | 3,946 | 3,068 | 2,512 | 718 | 42,103 | 6.6% | |
| Total polled | Total polled | 36,092 | 57,323 | 97,682 | 28,034 | 26,690 | 53,300 | 55,233 | 45,121 | 46,997 | 30,014 | 37,752 | 50,811 | 51,991 | 20,639 | 637,679 | 76.03% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | 48,642 | 77,854 | 126,815 | 57,850 | 35,351 | 70,383 | 72,986 | 67,327 | 61,677 | 37,897 | 49,524 | 65,863 | 66,518 | | 838,687 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | 74.20% | 73.63% | 77.03% | 48.46% | 75.50% | 75.73% | 75.68% | 67.02% | 76.20% | 79.20% | 76.23% | 77.15% | 78.16% | | 76.03% | | |
The following candidates were elected:
Preferential votes :
| Alliance | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| UNF | UNP | Keheliya Rambukwella | 143,235 |
| PA | SLFP | Anuruddha Ratwatte | 102,906 |
| UNF | UNP | Tissa Attanayake | 99,381 |
| PA | SLFP | Sarath Amunugama | 78,110 |
| UNF | UNP | M. H. A. Haleem | 75,630 |
| UNF | SLMC | Rauff Hakeem | 71,094 |
| UNF | UNP | Lakshman Kiriella | 70,241 |
| UNF | UNP | Chithra Srimathi Manthilake | 51,768 |
| PA | SLFP | Thilina Bandara Tennakoon | 51,542 |
| PA | SLFP | Mahindananda Aluthgamage | 50,618 |
| UNF | UNP | Lucky Jayawardena | 45,693 |
| JVP | JVP | Dimuthu Bandara Abayakoon | 5,967 |

### 2004 parliamentary general election

Results of the 13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004 for the district:
| Party | Party | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | 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 | Party | Galagedara | Gampola | Harispattuwa | Hewaheta | Kandy | Kundasale | Nawalapitiya | Pathadumbara | Senkadagala | Teldeniya | Ududumbara | Udunuwara | Yatinuwara | Postal votes | Total votes | % | Seats |
| | United National Front | 16,645 | 30,109 | 46,572 | 22,724 | 14,367 | 24,807 | 25,823 | 26,230 | 22,435 | 13,380 | 15,285 | 23,413 | 22,647 | 9,422 | 313,859 | 49.99% | 6 |
| | United People's Freedom Alliance | 15,896 | 22,066 | 37,806 | 16,277 | 7,141 | 23,918 | 22,708 | 16,071 | 17,403 | 13,321 | 18,319 | 21,739 | 22,887 | 12,579 | 268,131 | 42.71% | 5 |
| | Jathika Hela Urumaya | 1,513 | 2,515 | 7,079 | 1,253 | 3,959 | 3,896 | 1,793 | 2,946 | 6,191 | 674 | 307 | 3,678 | 4,376 | 2,012 | 42,192 | 6.72% | 1 |
| | National Development Front | 43 | 63 | 183 | 77 | 70 | 112 | 61 | 75 | 127 | 27 | 20 | 134 | 96 | 21 | 1,109 | 0.18% | 0 |
| | United Muslim People's Party | 30 | 68 | 93 | 39 | 12 | 40 | 55 | 45 | 26 | 28 | 26 | 41 | 38 | 7 | 548 | 0.09% | 0 |
| | New Left Front | 11 | 34 | 84 | 22 | 59 | 28 | 44 | 31 | 61 | 9 | 12 | 34 | 51 | 21 | 501 | 0.08% | 0 |
| | United Socialist Party | 19 | 30 | 56 | 28 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 33 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 324 | 0.05% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 9 | 18 | 18 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 18 | 39 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 233 | 0.04% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 7 | 5 | 13 | 52 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 178 | 0.03% | 0 |
| | United Lalith Front | 3 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 147 | 0.02% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 8 | 9 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 129 | 0.02% | 0 |
| | Swarajya Party | 28 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 103 | 0.02% | 0 |
| | Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 81 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Sri Lanka Muslim Party | 4 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Sri Lanka National Front | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 29 | 0.00% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0.00% | 0 |
| | Ruhuna People's Party | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0.00% | 0 |
| | Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0.00% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 34,241 | 54,979 | 92,078 | 40,500 | 25,659 | 52,907 | 50,642 | 45,536 | 46,338 | 27,503 | 34,049 | 49,155 | 50,192 | 24,087 | 627,866 | 100.00% | 12 |
| Rejected votes | Rejected votes | 2,523 | 4,415 | 6,988 | 3,423 | 1,123 | 3,607 | 4,421 | 4,250 | 2,424 | 2,685 | 3,749 | 2,999 | 2,465 | 412 | 45,484 | | |
| Total polled | Total polled | 36,764 | 59,394 | 99,066 | 43,923 | 26,782 | 56,514 | 55,063 | 49,786 | 48,762 | 30,188 | 37,798 | 52,154 | 52,657 | 24,499 | 673,350 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | 49,964 | 81,694 | 133,404 | 59,853 | 36,760 | 74,784 | 76,700 | 69,554 | 66,995 | 39,730 | 51,360 | 69,844 | 69,992 | | 880,634 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | 73.58% | 72.70% | 74.26% | 73.38% | 72.86% | 75.57% | 71.79% | 71.58% | 72.78% | 75.98% | 73.59% | 74.67% | 75.23% | | 76.46% | | |
The following candidates were elected:
Preferential votes :
| Alliance | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| UPFA | JVP | Dimuthu Bandara Abayakoon | 111,923 |
| UNF | UNP | Keheliya Rambukwella | 110,720 |
| UNF | UNP | Tissa Attanayake | 93,971 |
| UNF | UNP | A. R. M. Abdul Cader | 89,829 |
| UPFA | SLFP | Mahindananda Aluthgamage | 82,036 |
| UNF | UNP | Lakshman Kiriella | 81,136 |
| UPFA | JVP | Y. M. Nawartna Banda | 81,036 |
| UPFA | SLFP | Sarath Amunugama | 78,817 |
| UNF | UNP | M. H. A. Haleem | 66,669 |
| UPFA | SLFP | D. M. Jayaratne | 64,317 |
| UNF | CWC | Faiszer Musthapha | 40,475 |
| JHU | JHU | Ven.Udawatte Nanda Thero | 10,846 |

### 2010 parliamentary general election

Results of the 14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010 for the district:
| Party | Party | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | 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 | Party | Galagedara | Gampola | Harispattuwa | Hewaheta | Kandy | Kundasale | Nawalapitiya | Pathadumbara | Senkadagala | Teldeniya | Ududumbara | Udunuwara | Yatinuwara | Postal votes | Total votes | % | Seats |
| | United People's Freedom Alliance | 18,198 | 27,843 | 46,026 | 20,848 | 9,187 | 26,070 | 38,153 | 23,956 | 21,431 | 14,275 | 20,851 | 26,154 | 26,419 | 20,408 | 339,819 | 60.77% | 8 |
| | United National Front | 8,836 | 19,144 | 30,124 | 13,145 | 10,226 | 16,282 | 11,648 | 16,214 | 15,411 | 7,732 | 7,544 | 15,590 | 14,621 | 6,281 | 192,798 | 34.48% | 4 |
| | Democratic National Alliance | 1,209 | 1,228 | 3,551 | 736 | 1,454 | 2,775 | 1,128 | 1,477 | 2,965 | 800 | 521 | 1,949 | 1,983 | 1,952 | 23,728 | 4.24% | 0 |
| | Sri Lanka National Front | 10 | 13 | 62 | 35 | 54 | 205 | 2 | 132 | 280 | 39 | 13 | 23 | 15 | 38 | 921 | 0.16% | 0 |
| | National Development Front | 27 | 75 | 87 | 34 | 13 | 56 | 19 | 48 | 21 | 17 | 22 | 27 | 50 | 9 | 505 | 0.09% | 0 |
| | United National Alternative Front | 15 | 31 | 38 | 23 | 5 | 22 | 11 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 245 | 0.04% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 17 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 108 | 0.02% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 11 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 95 | 0.02% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 72 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Left Liberation Front | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 66 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Patriotic National Front | 8 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 62 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 5 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 58 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | United Lanka Great Council | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 13 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 54 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Muslim Liberation Front | 3 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 1 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Ceylon Democratic Unity Alliance | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 48 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Janasetha Peramuna | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 12 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 14 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 16 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 15 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Sri Lanka Labour Party | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 0.00% | 0 |
| | Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 0.00% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0.00% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0.00% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 28,354 | 48,459 | 80,056 | 34,886 | 20,980 | 45,515 | 51,076 | 41,950 | 40,205 | 22,939 | 29,060 | 43,839 | 43,179 | 28,728 | 559,226 | 100.00% | 12 |
| Rejected votes | Rejected votes | 3,007 | 6,780 | 8,345 | 4,763 | 1,389 | 4,783 | 4,262 | 5,177 | 2,935 | 3,540 | 4,163 | 4,043 | 3,862 | 1,284 | 58,333 | | |
| Total polled | Total polled | 31,361 | 55,239 | 88,401 | 39,649 | 22,369 | 50,298 | 55,338 | 47,127 | 43,140 | 26,479 | 33,223 | 47,882 | 47,041 | 30,012 | 617,559 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | 52,553 | 91,146 | 147,475 | 65,176 | 36,938 | 85,857 | 85,136 | 78,688 | 72,906 | 45,144 | 55,629 | 76,812 | 76,996 | | 970,456 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | 59.67% | 60.60% | 59.94% | 60.83% | 60.56% | 58.58% | 65.00% | 59.89% | 59.17% | 58.65% | 59.72% | 62.34% | 61.10% | | 63.64% | | |
The following candidates were elected:
Preferential votes :
| Alliance | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| UPFA | SLFP | Mahindananda Aluthgamage | 146,765 |
| UPFA | UNP | Keheliya Rambukwella | 133,060 |
| UPFA | UNP | S. B. Dissanayake | 108,169 |
| UPFA | SLFP | Lohan Ratwatte | 81,812 |
| UPFA | UNP | A. R. M. Abdul Cader | 54,937 |
| UPFA | SLFP | Erik Weerawardena | 54,195 |
| UNF | SLMC | Rauff Hakeem | 54,047 |
| UNF | UNP | Lakshman Kiriella | 53,690 |
| UNF | UNP | M. H. A. Haleem | 48,588 |
| UPFA | SLFP | Dilum Amunugama | 45,909 |
| UPFA | SLFP | Faiszer Musthapha | 44,648 |
| UPFA | SLFP | Sarath Amunugama | 44,478 |

### 2015 parliamentary general election

Results of the 15th parliamentary election held on 17 August 2015:
| Party | Party | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | 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 | Party | Galagedara | Gampola | Harispattuwa | Hewaheta | Kandy | Kundasale | Nawalapitiya | Pathadumbara | Senkadagala | Teldeniya | Ududumbara | Udunuwara | Yatinuwara | Postal votes | Total votes | % | Seats |
| | United National Front for Good Governance | 19,522 | 42,657 | 63,853 | 28,115 | 18,346 | 37,355 | 37,611 | 35,619 | 32,354 | 17,501 | 19,674 | 35,580 | 29,310 | 23,264 | 440,761 | 55.57% | 7 |
| | United People's Freedom Alliance | 17,231 | 27,025 | 42,799 | 18,029 | 8,396 | 26,637 | 25,672 | 20,822 | 21,775 | 14,454 | 21,919 | 20,808 | 24,986 | 18,626 | 309,152 | 38.98% | 5 |
| | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 1,287 | 1,583 | 4,459 | 1,059 | 1,497 | 3,250 | 2,157 | 1,779 | 3,211 | 962 | 876 | 2,307 | 2,823 | 3,419 | 30,669 | 3.87% | 0 |
| | Ceylon Workers' Congress | 3 | 1,399 | 43 | 415 | 28 | 189 | 719 | 944 | 24 | 480 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 129 | 4,400 | 0.55% | 0 |
| | Democratic Party | 110 | 154 | 463 | 98 | 119 | 279 | 469 | 196 | 167 | 35 | 61 | 148 | 193 | 279 | 2771 | 0.35% | 0 |
| | Bodu Jana Peramuna | 80 | 189 | 455 | 138 | 120 | 197 | 120 | 168 | 194 | 35 | 25 | 265 | 183 | 136 | 2,305 | 0.29% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 07 | 51 | 72 | 127 | 42 | 9 | 41 | 65 | 65 | 26 | 45 | 62 | 48 | 51 | 2 | 706 | 0.09% | 0 |
| | United People's Party | 15 | 57 | 68 | 38 | 18 | 24 | 73 | 48 | 31 | 34 | 44 | 39 | 22 | 6 | 517 | 0.07% | 0 |
| | Frontline Socialist Party | 8 | 21 | 100 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 18 | 24 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 47 | 25 | 31 | 349 | 0.04% | 0 |
| | United Socialist Party | 14 | 54 | 50 | 13 | 11 | 31 | 58 | 29 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 24 | 21 | 6 | 345 | 0.04% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 05 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 21 | 36 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 16 | 0 | 203 | 0.03% | 0 |
| | Janasetha Peramuna | 9 | 4 | 61 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 155 | 0.02% | 0 |
| | All Citizens All Kings Organization | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 68 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 154 | 0.02% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 02 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 90 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 06 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 82 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | United Peace Front | 2 | 8 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 72 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | United Lanka People's Party | 7 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | New Sinhala Heritage | 3 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 60 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 01 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 04 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 47 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Sri Lanka National Force | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 46 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 03 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Muslim National Alliance | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0.00% | 0 |
| | Motherland People's Party | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 38,375 | 73,301 | 112,622 | 48,016 | 28,561 | 68,170 | 67,099 | 57,789 | 57,870 | 33,612 | 42,714 | 59,357 | 57,686 | 45,928 | 793,100 | 100.00% | 12 |
| Rejected votes | Rejected votes | 1,558 | 4,204 | 5,126 | 2,903 | 721 | 2,695 | 5,101 | 3,406 | 1,604 | 2,195 | 2,368 | 2,365 | 2,067 | 752 | 37,065 | 4.46% | |
| Total polled | Total polled | 39,933 | 77,505 | 117,748 | 50,919 | 29,282 | 70,865 | 72,200 | 63,195 | 59,474 | 35,807 | 45,082 | 61,722 | 59,753 | 46,680 | 830,165 | 79.13% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | 52,214 | 102,219 | 157,463 | 69,243 | 40,020 | 94,870 | 95,567 | 85,375 | 81,149 | 47,685 | 58,637 | 82,298 | 80,420 | | 1,049,160 | | |
Preferential votes :
| Alliance | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| UNFGG | UNP | Lakshman Kiriella | 199,046 |
| UPFA | SLFP | Lohan Ratwatte | 129,750 |
| UPFA | SLFP | Mahindananda Aluthgamage | 123,393 |
| UNFGG | UNP | Mayantha Dissanayake | 111,190 |
| UNFGG | UNP | M. H. A. Haleem | 111,011 |
| UPFA | SLFP | Dilum Amunugama | 104,469 |
| UNFGG | SLMC | Rauff Hakeem | 102,186 |
| UPFA | SLFP | Anuradha Jayaratne | 93,567 |
| UPFA | SLFP | Keheliya Rambukwella | 65,687 |
| UNFGG | UNP | Lucky Jayawardena | 65,461 |
| UNFGG | DPF | M. Velu Kumar | 62,556 |
| UNFGG | UNP | Ananda Aluthgamage | 56,625 |

### 2020 parliamentary general election

Results of the 16th parliamentary election held on 5 August 2020:
| Party | Party | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | 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 | Party | Galagedara | Gampola | Harispattuwa | Hewaheta | Kandy | Kundasale | Nawalapitiya | Pathadumbara | Senkadagala | Teldeniya | Ududumbara | Udunuwara | Yatinuwara | Postal votes | Total votes | % | Seats |
| | Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance | 24,888 | 41,759 | 61,159 | 27,733 | 13,337 | 40,939 | 43,629 | 32,456 | 32,433 | 20,486 | 28,630 | 35,786 | 38,839 | 35,372 | 477,446 | 58.76% | 8 |
| | Samagi Jana Balawegaya | 8,575 | 26,331 | 35,532 | 16,963 | 9,366 | 18,707 | 21,538 | 20,438 | 15,502 | 10,391 | 12,410 | 17,732 | 12,532 | 8,511 | 234,523 | 28.86% | 4 |
| | Independent Group 01 | 949 | 2,101 | 3,457 | 1,437 | 698 | 4,401 | 1,269 | 2,168 | 2,221 | 1,595 | 619 | 2,142 | 2,000 | 814 | 25,797 | 3.17% | 0 |
| | National People's Power | 948 | 1,276 | 2,712 | 594 | 1,339 | 2,528 | 1,431 | 1,222 | 2,890 | 601 | 937 | 1,753 | 1,831 | 2,935 | 22,997 | 2.83% | 0 |
| | United National Party | 645 | 1,937 | 2,290 | 1,437 | 1,234 | 1,555 | 1,327 | 1,604 | 1,665 | 635 | 450 | 1,567 | 1,257 | 1,409 | 19,012 | 2.34% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 11 | 198 | 1,382 | 8,199 | 378 | 318 | 189 | 315 | 1,218 | 323 | 127 | 110 | 580 | 226 | 201 | 13,672 | 1.68% | 0 |
| | Our Power of People's Party | 188 | 406 | 1,552 | 439 | 311 | 572 | 425 | 1,065 | 618 | 114 | 152 | 436 | 567 | 433 | 7,288 | 0.9% | 0 |
| | National Development Front | 189 | 208 | 288 | 140 | 74 | 174 | 252 | 169 | 142 | 101 | 138 | 122 | 128 | 47 | 2,012 | 0.25% | 0 |
| | Jana Setha Peramuna | 44 | 114 | 98 | 79 | 16 | 55 | 99 | 104 | 34 | 55 | 67 | 67 | 56 | 18 | 906 | 0.11% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 06 | 21 | 46 | 29 | 56 | 196 | 64 | 67 | 176 | 109 | 48 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 41 | 900 | 0.11% | 0 |
| | Socialist Party of Sri Lanka | 55 | 90 | 109 | 56 | 21 | 61 | 109 | 72 | 60 | 59 | 66 | 55 | 52 | 10 | 875 | 0.11% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 02 | 36 | 90 | 91 | 56 | 14 | 61 | 101 | 59 | 28 | 36 | 62 | 68 | 33 | 27 | 762 | 0.09% | 0 |
| | Frontline Socialist Party | 25 | 48 | 129 | 30 | 12 | 54 | 63 | 63 | 29 | 29 | 20 | 99 | 36 | 51 | 688 | 0.08% | 0 |
| | National People's Party | 26 | 48 | 64 | 42 | 20 | 47 | 69 | 48 | 31 | 30 | 50 | 74 | 39 | 24 | 612 | 0.08% | 0 |
| | National Democratic Front | 67 | 38 | 70 | 30 | 9 | 42 | 67 | 54 | 23 | 36 | 47 | 43 | 38 | 15 | 579 | 0.07% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 10 | 32 | 47 | 111 | 34 | 7 | 37 | 47 | 48 | 31 | 34 | 27 | 36 | 32 | 12 | 535 | 0.07% | 0 |
| | Sinhaladeepa National Front | 16 | 31 | 105 | 59 | 17 | 32 | 61 | 30 | 40 | 13 | 21 | 30 | 16 | 51 | 522 | 0.06% | 0 |
| | Sri Lanka Labour Party | 24 | 54 | 54 | 32 | 12 | 29 | 58 | 66 | 27 | 25 | 40 | 31 | 21 | 13 | 486 | 0.06% | 0 |
| | All Citizens are All Kings Organization | 20 | 43 | 79 | 20 | 12 | 32 | 41 | 35 | 32 | 22 | 22 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 426 | 0.05% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 12 | 16 | 48 | 79 | 17 | 13 | 24 | 52 | 62 | 18 | 26 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 424 | 0.05% | 0 |
| | New Sinhala Heritage | 20 | 29 | 46 | 18 | 20 | 27 | 26 | 51 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 28 | 42 | 399 | 0.05% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 07 | 19 | 46 | 39 | 30 | 10 | 21 | 29 | 33 | 12 | 30 | 23 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 336 | 0.04% | 0 |
| | Democratic United National Front | 20 | 40 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 39 | 26 | 29 | 16 | 22 | 26 | 18 | 13 | 28 | 319 | 0.04% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 03 | 10 | 24 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 36 | 31 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 253 | 0.03% | 0 |
| | Motherland People's Party | 6 | 16 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 203 | 0.02% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 09 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 171 | 0.02% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 05 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 168 | 0.02% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 08 | 7 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 29 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 139 | 0.02% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 04 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 126 | 0.02% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 36,915 | 76,308 | 116,357 | 49,693 | 27,096 | 69,774 | 71,207 | 61,389 | 56,369 | 34,626 | 44,040 | 60,819 | 57,863 | 50,122 | 812,578 | 100.00% | 12 |
| Rejected votes | Rejected votes | 2,365 | 6,885 | 7,908 | 4,438 | 1,167 | 4,743 | 6,053 | 5,063 | 3,061 | 3,262 | 3,423 | 3,724 | 2,779 | 2,220 | 57,091 | 5.06% | |
| Total polled | Total polled | 39,280 | 83,193 | 124,265 | 54,131 | 28,263 | 74,517 | 77,260 | 66,452 | 59,430 | 37,888 | 47,463 | 64,543 | 60,642 | 52,342 | 869,669 | 77.02% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | 52,073 | 107,217 | 162,717 | 70,373 | 40,471 | 99,506 | 98,425 | 87,639 | 83,715 | 48,329 | 58,588 | 84,711 | 81,284 | 54,054 | 1,129,100 | | |
Preferential votes :
| Alliance | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| SLPFA | SLPP | Dilum Amunugama | 171,758 |
| SLPFA | SLPP | Mahindananda Aluthgamage | 161,471 |
| SLPFA | SLPP | Lohan Ratwatte | 140,917 |
| SLPFA | SLPP | Anuradha Jayaratne | 140,798 |
| SLPFA | SLPP | Keheliya Rambukwella | 110,832 |
| SLPFA | SLPP | Wasantha Yapa Bandara | 108,940 |
| SJB | SLMC | Rauff Hakeem | 83,398 |
| SJB | SJB | M. H. A. Haleem | 71,063 |
| SJB | DPF | M. Velu Kumar | 57,445 |
| SJB | SJB | Lakshman Kiriella | 52,311 |
| SLPFA | SLPP | Gunathilaka Rajapaksha | 49,317 |
| SLPFA | SLPP | Udayana Kirindigoda | 39,904 |

## Provincial council elections
### 1988 provincial council election

Results of the 1st Central provincial council election held on 2 June 1988
| Party | Party | Total votes | % | Seats |
| | United National Party | 195,259 | 60.46% | 17 |
| | United Socialist Alliance | 98,493 | 30.5% | 9 |
| | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 29,198 | 9.04% | 2 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 322,950 | 100.00% | 28 |

### 1993 provincial council election

Results of the 2nd Central provincial council election held on 17 May 1993:
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | United National Party | 252,926 | 49.78% | 14 |
| | People's Alliance | 155,298 | 30.57% | 9 |
| | Democratic United National Front | 90,366 | 17.79% | 5 |
| | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 6,079 | 1.19% | 0 |
| | Nava Sama Samaja Party | 3,382 | 0.67% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 508,051 | 100.00% | 28 |

### 1999 provincial council election

Results of the 3rd Central provincial council election held on 6 April 1999 for the district:
| Party | Party | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | 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 | Party | Galagedara | Gampola | Harispattuwa | Hewaheta | Kandy | Kundasale | Nawalapitiya | Pathadumbara | Senkadagala | Teldeniya | Ududumbara | Udunuwara | Yatinuwara | Postal votes | Total votes | % | Seats |
| | People's Alliance | 14,412 | 23,298 | 34,377 | 18,390 | 7,988 | 17,053 | 26,220 | 21,166 | 15,840 | 11,368 | 16,095 | 17,760 | 18,732 | 4,551 | 247,250 | 47.51% | 13 |
| | United National Party | 13,736 | 20,227 | 35,903 | 15,266 | 11,040 | 20,053 | 14,947 | 13,419 | 17,760 | 10,024 | 13,419 | 19,480 | 18,643 | 4,410 | 232,934 | 46.04% | 13 |
| | National Union of Workers | 50 | 2,716 | 267 | 2,238 | 1,085 | 1,617 | 3,481 | 2,897 | 741 | 1,477 | 113 | 95 | 135 | 42 | 16,954 | 3.26% | 1 |
| | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 995 | 982 | 2,761 | 558 | 899 | 1,616 | 1,301 | 1,045 | 1,509 | 671 | 746 | 1,288 | 1,346 | 348 | 16,065 | 3.09% | 1 |
| | Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | 109 | 155 | 518 | 106 | 802 | 651 | 141 | 330 | 830 | 93 | 102 | 269 | 331 | 196 | 4,433 | 0.85% | 0 |
| | Liberal Party | 45 | 72 | 134 | 68 | 30 | 74 | 91 | 80 | 33 | 83 | 80 | 55 | 55 | 1 | 881 | 0.17% | 0 |
| | Independent Group | 27 | 69 | 174 | 57 | 38 | 59 | 70 | 64 | 49 | 37 | 41 | 56 | 96 | 16 | 853 | 0.16% | 0 |
| | Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 36 | 30 | 79 | 32 | 16 | 30 | 39 | 36 | 41 | 25 | 26 | 151 | 133 | 15 | 689 | 0.13% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 29,410 | 47,549 | 74,213 | 36,715 | 21,698 | 41,153 | 46,290 | 43,264 | 36,803 | 23,778 | 30,622 | 39,154 | 39,471 | 9,579 | 520,659 | 100.00% | 28 |
| Rejected votes | Rejected votes | 2,024 | 4,494 | 6,736 | 3,225 | 1,526 | 3,508 | 4,409 | 4,158 | 2,882 | 2,296 | 2,654 | 3,201 | 3,195 | 692 | 45,000 | 7.96% | |
| Total polled | Total polled | 31,434 | 52,043 | 80,949 | 39,940 | 23,224 | 44,661 | 50,699 | 47,782 | 39,485 | 26,074 | 33,476 | 42,355 | 42,666 | 10,271 | 565,059 | 72.42% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | 45,997 | 71,328 | 117,613 | 53,927 | 34,640 | 63,678 | 87,877 | 62,149 | 58,745 | 35,580 | 45,900 | 61,229 | 61,559 | | 780,232 | | |
The following candidates were elected:
Preferential votes :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| UNP | Keheliya Rambukwella | 141,552 |
| PA | Mahindananda Aluthgamage | 51,558 |
| UNP | Chithra Srimathi Manthilake | 43,519 |
| UNP | M. H. A. Haleem | 38,283 |
| PA | Thilina Bandara Thennakoon | 34,375 |
| PA | Mahinda Abeykoon | 30,073 |
| PA | Kamal Ajith Kumara | 25,831 |
| PA | Anura Fernando | 24,653 |
| PA | Chaminda Kuruppuarachchi | 24,210 |
| UNP | Mahinda Wijesiri | 22,440 |
| UNP | W. M. P. B. Dissanayake | 21,919 |
| PA | Sunil Kithsiri Amaratunga | 21,077 |
| UNP | H. L. M. Rafeek | 21,014 |
| PA | M. T. M. Ameen | 20,730 |
| UNP | A. M. S. M. Shafie | 20,359 |
| PA | R. B. Herath | 20,339 |
| PA | M. G. Jayaratne | 19,450 |
| UNP | Karunarathne Bandara | 19,185 |
| UNP | Rupa Sriyani Daniel | 19,098 |
| PA | H. A. Ranasinghe | 18,761 |
| PA | S. M. R. B. Samarakoon | 18,576 |
| PA | A. G. Sirisena | 18,488 |
| UNP | Kesera Senanayake | 16,790 |
| UNP | Sarath Piyadasa | 16,411 |
| UNP | Jayaweera Bandara | 16,347 |
| UNP | H. L. M. Jaufer | 13,478 |
| NUW | Thureysami Madiyugaraja | 10,277 |
| JVP | A. R. G. Dharmaratne | 1,794 |

### 2004 provincial council election

Results of the 4th Central provincial council election held on 10 July 2004 for the district:
| Party | Party | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | 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 | Party | Galagedara | Gampola | Harispattuwa | Hewaheta | Kandy | Kundasale | Nawalapitiya | Pathadumbara | Senkadagala | Teldeniya | Ududumbara | Udunuwara | Yatinuwara | Postal votes | Total votes | % | Seats |
| | United People's Freedom Alliance | 15,546 | 20,406 | 36,289 | 15,423 | 6,150 | 23,101 | 23,296 | 14,108 | 15,294 | 13,752 | 18,607 | 17,582 | 16,901 | 8,140 | 244,595 | 54.17% | 16 |
| | United National Party | 10,504 | 18,564 | 29,938 | 16,541 | 9,468 | 14,656 | 14,220 | 16,850 | 14,353 | 10,270 | 10,526 | 14,605 | 16,834 | 4,935 | 202,264 | 44.80% | 14 |
| | National Development Front | 54 | 69 | 100 | 49 | 20 | 106 | 62 | 144 | 100 | 45 | 38 | 390 | 132 | 51 | 1,360 | 0.30% | 0 |
| | United Socialist Party | 67 | 98 | 157 | 82 | 49 | 86 | 116 | 127 | 49 | 59 | 43 | 71 | 70 | 14 | 1,088 | 0.24% | 0 |
| | United Muslim People's Alliance | 27 | 73 | 372 | 38 | 68 | 32 | 53 | 96 | 36 | 22 | 22 | 72 | 71 | 5 | 987 | 0.22% | 0 |
| | Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya | 12 | 31 | 43 | 13 | 51 | 32 | 21 | 28 | 47 | 12 | 6 | 29 | 49 | 45 | 419 | 0.09% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 2 | 22 | 27 | 36 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 26 | 18 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 247 | 0.05% | 0 |
| | National Democratic Party | 6 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 23 | 8 | 25 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 178 | 0.04% | 0 |
| | Ruhunu People's Party | 5 | 8 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 35 | 16 | 161 | 0.04% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 1 | 10 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 143 | 0.03% | 0 |
| | Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 4 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 76 | 0.02% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 26,257 | 39,309 | 67,028 | 32,196 | 15,839 | 38,055 | 37,840 | 31,409 | 29,941 | 24,203 | 29,276 | 32,802 | 34,127 | 13,236 | 451,518 | 100.00% | 30 |
| Rejected votes | Rejected votes | 1,567 | 2,799 | 4,942 | 2,424 | 1,135 | 2,477 | 2,872 | 2,435 | 2,046 | 1,641 | 2,198 | 2,120 | 2,022 | 824 | 31,502 | | |
| Total polled | Total polled | 27,824 | 42,108 | 71,970 | 34,620 | 16,974 | 40,532 | 40,712 | 33,844 | 31,987 | 25,844 | 31,474 | 34,922 | 36,149 | 14,060 | 483,020 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | 49,964 | 81,695 | 133,404 | 59,853 | 36,760 | 74,784 | 76,700 | 69,554 | 66,995 | 39,730 | 51,360 | 69,844 | 69,992 | | 880,635 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | 55.69% | 51.54% | 53.95% | 57.84% | 46.18% | 54.20% | 53.08% | 48.66% | 47.75% | 65.05% | 61.28% | 50.00% | 51.65% | | 54.85% | | |
The following candidates were elected:
Preferential votes :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| UPFA | Dilum Amunugama | 48,491 |
| UPFA | Amaranath Samansiri Fernando | 39,476 |
| UPFA | Sarath Ekanayake | 36,387 |
| UNP | Lucky Jayawardena | 31,071 |
| UNP | M. R. M. Hamjad | 28,447 |
| UPFA | Ananda Aluthgamage | 28,034 |
| UPFA | Mahinda Abeykoon | 27,643 |
| UPFA | Ediriweera Weerawardena | 27,047 |
| UNP | A. G. M. Saheed | 24,991 |
| UPFA | R. G. Samaranayake | 24,181 |
| UNP | Thureysami Madiyugaraja | 23,519 |
| UNP | Chithra Srimathi Manthilake | 23,247 |
| UNP | Mahinda Wijesiri | 23,097 |
| UPFA | M. G. Jayaratne | 21,577 |
| UPFA | Manel Bandara | 21,067 |
| UPFA | Nishshanka Herath | 20,658 |
| UPFA | Sunil Wickramasinghe | 20,613 |
| UNP | Nihal Gunasekara | 20,454 |
| UPFA | A. G. Sirisena | 19,651 |
| UNP | Chanaka Ailapperuma | 18,185 |
| UPFA | Sunil Kithsiri Amarathunga | 18,116 |
| UPFA | H. A. Ranasinghe | 17,428 |
| UPFA | P. B. Dissanayake | 17,392 |
| UPFA | Chandana Dissanayake | 17,099 |
| UNP | Srima Shanthini Kongahage | 16,973 |
| UNP | Sivasamy Rajarathnam | 14,267 |
| UNP | Padmalal de Alwis | 14,071 |
| UNP | M. M. M. Alhaj | 13,719 |
| UNP | Rupa Sriyani Daniel | 13,203 |
| UNP | A. M. N. Alhaj | 13,147 |

### 2009 provincial council election

Results of the 5th Central provincial council election held on 14 February 2009 for the district:
| Party | Party | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | 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 | Party | Galagedara | Gampola | Harispattuwa | Hewaheta | Kandy | Kundasale | Nawalapitiya | Pathadumbara | Senkadagala | Teldeniya | Ududumbara | Udunuwara | Yatinuwara | Postal votes | Total votes | % | Seats |
| | United People's Freedom Alliance | 21,646 | 29,628 | 53,858 | 22,752 | 10,243 | 32,964 | 32,016 | 26,629 | 24,125 | 17,881 | 22,911 | 27,269 | 28,967 | 12,601 | 363,490 | 59.41% | 18 |
| | United National Party | 10,446 | 24,745 | 35,928 | 16,523 | 12,146 | 20,078 | 16,126 | 20,309 | 19,507 | 9,997 | 9,906 | 19,708 | 18,654 | 3,754 | 237,827 | 38.87% | 12 |
| | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 548 | 410 | 1,402 | 469 | 355 | 870 | 813 | 333 | 760 | 351 | 398 | 652 | 591 | 341 | 8,293 | 1.36% | 0 |
| | United Socialist Party | 24 | 60 | 90 | 34 | 22 | 31 | 83 | 45 | 40 | 21 | 12 | 42 | 35 | 7 | 546 | 0.09% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 3 | 15 | 4 | 39 | 27 | 55 | 24 | 9 | 12 | 145 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 376 | 0.06% | 0 |
| | United Lanka People's Party | 15 | 40 | 35 | 23 | 5 | 16 | 44 | 31 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 292 | 0.05% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 1 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 89 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 198 | 0.03% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 8 | 8 | 28 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 184 | 0.03% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 7 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | United Lanka Great Council | 1 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 75 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | National People's Party | 4 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 66 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 5 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Patriotic National Front | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 56 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 53 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 52 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Ruhunu People's Party | 3 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 51 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 32,731 | 54,963 | 91,483 | 39,903 | 22,866 | 54,047 | 49,202 | 47,437 | 44,643 | 28,394 | 33,295 | 47,764 | 48,319 | 16,741 | 611,788 | 100.00% | 30 |
| Rejected votes | Rejected votes | 1,399 | 3,174 | 4,587 | 2,674 | 711 | 2,476 | 3,818 | 3,057 | 1,696 | 1,881 | 1,947 | 2,048 | 2,020 | 341 | 31,829 | | |
| Total polled | Total polled | 34,130 | 58,137 | 96,070 | 42,577 | 23,577 | 56,523 | 53,020 | 50,494 | 46,339 | 30,275 | 35,242 | 49,812 | 50,339 | 17,082 | 643,617 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | 52,169 | 89,422 | 145,752 | 64,133 | 36,702 | 84,371 | 82,686 | 76,751 | 71,886 | 44,057 | 54,923 | 75,994 | 76,262 | | 955,108 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | 65.42% | 65.01% | 65.91% | 66.39% | 64.24% | 66.99% | 64.12% | 65.79% | 64.46% | 68.72% | 64.17% | 65.55% | 66.01% | | 67.39% | | |
The following candidates were elected:
Preferential votes :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| UNP | S. B. Dissanayake | 181,783 |
| UPFA | Sarath Ekanayake | 99,932 |
| UPFA | Dilum Amunugama | 77,179 |
| UPFA | Lohan Ratwatte | 70,372 |
| UPFA | Ediriweera Weerawardena | 46,903 |
| UPFA | Ananda Aluthgamage | 45,178 |
| UPFA | Thilina Bandara Thennakoon | 30,476 |
| UPFA | Mahinda Abeykoon | 30,170 |
| UPFA | S. M. R. B. Samarakoon | 29,686 |
| UPFA | Wilson Kuruppuarachchi | 29,637 |
| UPFA | R. G. Samaranayake | 28,479 |
| UNP | M. R. M. Hamjad | 27,421 |
| UPFA | A. G. Sirisena | 26,676 |
| UNP | Jamaldeen Jeilabdeen | 26,103 |
| UPFA | Gunathilaka Rajapaksha | 25,957 |
| UPFA | Sunil Kithsiri Amaratunga | 25,787 |
| UPFA | G. V. Jayawardhana | 23,963 |
| UPFA | Nishshanka Herath | 23,477 |
| UPFA | Linton Wijesinghe | 22,879 |
| UNP | Chanaka Ailapperuma | 22,477 |
| UNP | Chithra Srimathi Manthilake | 22,063 |
| UPFA | M. G. Jayaratne | 21,310 |
| UNP | Lucky Jayawardena | 21,028 |
| UPFA | H. A. Ranasinghe | 21,011 |
| UNP | Sivasami Rajarathnam | 20,228 |
| UNP | S. M. M. Marjan | 19,520 |
| UNP | Srima Shanthini Kongahage | 18,472 |
| UNP | A. M. S. M. Shafie | 18,367 |
| UNP | Nihal Gunasekara | 18,115 |
| UNP | Lakshman Wijesiri | 16,479 |

### 2013 provincial council election

Results of the 6th provincial council election held on 21 September 2013 for the district:
| Party | Party | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | Votes per polling division | 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 | Party | Galagedara | Gampola | Harispattuwa | Hewaheta | Kandy | Kundasale | Nawalapitiya | Pathadumbara | Senkadagala | Teldeniya | Ududumbara | Udunuwara | Yatinuwara | Postal votes | Total votes | % | Seats |
| | United People's Freedom Alliance | 19,072 | 34,310 | 52,924 | 24,103 | 9,156 | 31,606 | 34,824 | 24,514 | 23,270 | 15,945 | 22,225 | 23,613 | 25,667 | 14,583 | 355,812 | 55.76% | 16 |
| | United National Party | 8,931 | 21,578 | 32,401 | 11,559 | 10,047 | 13,136 | 13,358 | 16,432 | 16,762 | 7,938 | 10,782 | 19,071 | 13,973 | 4,219 | 200,187 | 31.37% | 9 |
| | Democratic Party | 1,548 | 1,545 | 5,216 | 1,408 | 1,741 | 6,369 | 2,606 | 2,788 | 3,388 | 1,632 | 321 | 2,422 | 4,173 | 2,274 | 37,431 | 5.87% | 2 |
| | Ceylon Workers' Congress | 97 | 3,221 | 242 | 2,296 | 498 | 1,832 | 3,490 | 3,905 | 838 | 1,764 | 41 | 302 | 94 | 167 | 18,787 | 2.94% | 1 |
| | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 632 | 535 | 2,386 | 1,303 | 293 | 511 | 287 | 1,391 | 215 | 181 | 28 | 2,448 | 842 | 85 | 11,137 | 1.75% | 1 |
| | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 463 | 389 | 1,308 | 144 | 221 | 1,104 | 701 | 512 | 635 | 425 | 505 | 347 | 484 | 402 | 7,640 | 1.20% | 0 |
| | Sri Lanka People's Party | 63 | 59 | 165 | 47 | 107 | 103 | 44 | 95 | 275 | 41 | 50 | 168 | 311 | 22 | 1,550 | 0.24% | 0 |
| | Up-Country People's Front | 12 | 341 | 65 | 162 | 234 | 53 | 360 | 70 | 63 | 48 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 1,458 | 0.23% | 0 |
| | Jana Setha Peramuna | 10 | 13 | 85 | 7 | 16 | 31 | 24 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 68 | 438 | 23 | 756 | 0.12% | 0 |
| | United Lanka Great Council | 22 | 47 | 82 | 33 | 15 | 75 | 54 | 39 | 30 | 30 | 24 | 43 | 40 | 10 | 544 | 0.09% | 0 |
| | New Democratic Front | 28 | 33 | 59 | 12 | 22 | 67 | 46 | 43 | 47 | 11 | 4 | 27 | 28 | 77 | 504 | 0.08% | 0 |
| | Our National Front | 17 | 55 | 54 | 30 | 8 | 38 | 54 | 38 | 24 | 28 | 33 | 43 | 27 | 17 | 466 | 0.07% | 0 |
| | Patriotic National Front | 19 | 16 | 43 | 12 | 20 | 59 | 23 | 26 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 26 | 38 | 20 | 342 | 0,05% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 8 | 17 | 20 | 32 | 27 | 7 | 14 | 41 | 14 | 8 | 21 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 257 | 0.04% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 4 | 3 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 23 | 39 | 40 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 228 | 0.04% | 0 |
| | Ruhunu People's Party | 0 | 41 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 167 | 0.03% | 0 |
| | New Sinhala Heritage | 7 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 154 | 0.02% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 7 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 112 | 0,02% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 6 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 110 | 0.02% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 1 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 106 | 0.02% | 0 |
| | Muslim Liberation Front | 5 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 89 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Sri Lanka Labour Party | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 77 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 66 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 65 | 0.01% | 0 |
| | Independent Group 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 30,974 | 62,298 | 95,201 | 41,213 | 22,426 | 55,101 | 56,088 | 50,013 | 45,685 | 28,139 | 34,073 | 48,695 | 46,234 | 21,957 | 638,097 | 100.00% | 29 |
| Rejected votes | Rejected votes | 1,471 | 4,331 | 4,993 | 3,003 | 941 | 2,961 | 4,990 | 3,610 | 2,111 | 2,116 | 2,264 | 2,835 | 2,385 | 1,137 | 39,148 | | |
| Total polled | Total polled | 32,445 | 66,629 | 100,194 | 44,216 | 23,367 | 58,062 | 61,078 | 53,623 | 47,796 | 30,255 | 36,337 | 51,530 | 48,619 | 23,094 | 677,245 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | 53,484 | 97,640 | 152,688 | 67,710 | 38,364 | 90,563 | 91,894 | 82,896 | 77,805 | 46,254 | 57,334 | 79,945 | 78,738 | 23,805 | 1,015,315 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | 60.66% | 68.24% | 65.62% | 65.30% | 60.91% | 64.11% | 66.47% | 64.69% | 61.43% | 65.41 | 63,38% | 64.46% | 61.75% | 97.01% | 66.7% | | |
The following candidates were elected:
Preferential votes :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| UPFA | Anuradha Jayaratne | 107,644 |
| UPFA | Sarath Ekanayake | 70,121 |
| UNP | Azath Salley | 55,395 |
| UNP | Jamaldeen Jeilabdeen | 45,792 |
| UPFA | Thilina Bandara Tennakoon | 45,027 |
| UPFA | Ediriweera Weerawardena | 44,206 |
| UPFA | Mahinda Abeykoon | 29,889 |
| UPFA | R. G. Samaranayake | 28,646 |
| UNP | Mayantha Dissanayake | 27,204 |
| UPFA | Nishshanka Herath | 25,877 |
| UPFA | Gunathilaka Rajapaksha | 24,560 |
| UNP | Lucky Jayawardena | 24,437 |
| UPFA | A. G. Sirisena | 24,429 |
| UPFA | Linton Wijesinghe | 24,266 |
| UPFA | Sunil Kithsiri Amaratunga | 23,946 |
| UPFA | Aluthgamage Weerasinghe | 23,652 |
| UPFA | Manel Bandara | 23,400 |
| UPFA | M. G. Jayaratne | 22,816 |
| UPFA | Jagath Wijenayake | 22,386 |
| UPFA | Gamini Wijaya Bandara | 21,639 |
| UNP | Padmalal de Alwis | 19,037 |
| UNP | Chanaka Ailapperuma | 18,603 |
| UNP | M. Velu Kumar | 18,159 |
| UNP | P. B. Warawewa | 16,990 |
| UNP | Chithra Srimathi Manthilake | 16,054 |
| CWC | Thureysami Madiyugaraja | 8,774 |
| DP | Channa Galappaththige | 7,628 |
| DP | Asanga Thilakaratne | 5,542 |
| SLMC | A. L. M. Uvais | 3,275 |