Trincomalee Electoral District
Electoral district in Sri Lanka
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Trincomalee Electoral District (Tamil : திருகோணமலை தேர்தல் மாவட்டம் Tirukōṇamalai Tērtal Māvaṭṭam ) 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 Trincomalee in the Eastern province . The district currently elects 4 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 246,890 registered electors in 2010.[ 2] The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 14.[ 4]
Polling Divisions
The Trincomalee Electoral District consists of the following polling divisions[ 4] :
A: Seruwila
B: Trincomalee
C: Mutur
Election results
1982 presidential election
Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982 for the district:[ 5]
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Mutur
Seru- wila
Trinco -malee
J. R. Jayewardene
UNP
14,529
15,823
14,503
667
45,522
48.64%
Hector Kobbekaduwa
SLFP
12,900
13,097
5,424
279
31,700
33.87%
Kumar Ponnambalam
ACTC
2,760
1,708
5,366
234
10,068
10.76%
Rohana Wijeweera
JVP
509
3,536
1,305
45
5,395
5.76%
Colvin de Silva
LSSP
228
211
174
22
635
0.68%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara
NSSP
83
80
100
13
276
0.29%
Valid Votes
31,009
34,455
26,872
1,260
93,596
100.00%
Rejected Votes
536
440
777
42
1,795
Total Polled
31,545
34,895
27,649
1,302
95,391
Registered Electors
40,422
43,980
49,244
133,646
Turnout (%)
78.04%
79.34%
56.15%
71.38%
1988 provincial council election
Results of the 1st North Eastern provincial council election held on 19 November 1988:[ 6]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Total Votes
%
Seats
Mutur
Seru- wila
Trinco -malee
Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front
12,311
4,840
25,379
42,530
54.50%
5
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
24,006
3,764
7,732
35,502
45.50%
5
Valid Votes
36,317
8,604
33,111
78,032
100.00%
10
Rejected Votes
810
295
1,272
2,377
Total Polled
37,127
8,899
34,383
80,409
Registered Electors
48,570
47,693
56,026
152,289
Turnout (%)
76.44%
18.66%
61.37%
52.80%
1988 presidential election
Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988:[ 7]
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Mutur
Seru- wila
Trinco -malee
Ranasinghe Premadasa
UNP
16,283
12,319
8,112
127
36,841
45.70%
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
SLFP
11,087
12,733
5,767
92
29,679
36.81%
Oswin Abeygunasekara
SLPP
4,909
789
8,378
27
14,103
17.49%
Valid Votes
32,276
25,841
22,257
246
80,620
100.00%
Rejected Votes
352
404
565
5
1,326
Total Polled
32,631
26,245
22,822
251
81,949
Registered Electors
48,570
47,693
56,026
152,289
Turnout (%)
67.18%
55.03%
40.73%
53.81%
1989 parliamentary general election
Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989:[ 8]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
Mutur
Seru- wila
Trinco -malee
Independent (EROS )
7,565
1,456
15,915
303
25,239
24.85%
2
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
8,036
11,695
2,950
285
22,966
22.61%
1
United National Party (CWC , UNP )
7,681
11,481
2,881
407
22,450
22.10%
1
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
10,804
1,848
5,164
68
17,884
17.61%
0
Tamil United Liberation Front (ENDLF , EPRLF , TELO , TULF )
3,160
2,011
7,325
259
12,755
12.56%
0
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
63
77
141
3
284
0.28%
0
Valid Votes
37,309
28,568
34,376
1,325
101,578
100.00%
4
Rejected Votes
1,547
1,993
1,299
39
4,878
Total Polled
38,856
30,561
35,675
1,364
106,456
Registered Electors
48,260
47,331
55,236
1,462
152,289
Turnout
80.51%
64.57%
64.59%
93.30%
69.90%
The following candidates were elected:[ 8] M. K. D. S. Gunawardena (SLFP), 11,260 preference votes (pv); M. E. H. Maharoof (UNP), 10,000 pv; Sivapragasam Ratnarajah (EROS), 784 pv; and Konamalai Mathavarajah (EROS), 575 pv.
1994 parliamentary general election
Results of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994:[ 9]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
Mutur
Seru- wila
Trinco -malee
United National Party (CWC , UNP )
13,773
14,556
5,703
954
34,986
29.17%
2
Tamil United Liberation Front
6,817
1,765
18,548
1,250
28,380
23.66%
1
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
18,677
1,870
5,710
646
26,903
22.43%
1
People's Alliance (SLFP et al.)
856
17,183
5,156
691
23,886
19.91%
0
Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (EROS , PLOTE , TELO )
651
271
2,736
51
3,709
3.09%
0
Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front
252
188
408
33
881
0.73%
0
Independent Group
200
35
352
21
608
0.51%
0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front (JVP )
86
286
199
18
589
0.49%
0
Valid Votes
41,312
36,154
38,812
3,664
119,942
100.00%
4
Rejected Votes
2,210
2,311
2,110
51
6,682
Total Polled
43,522
38,465
40,922
3,715
126,624
Registered Electors
61,949
54,632
67,509
184,090
Turnout
70.25%
70.41%
60.62%
68.78%
The following candidates were elected:[ 9] A. Thangathurai (TULF), 22,409 preference votes (pv); M. N. Abdul Majeed (SLMC), 21,590 pv; M. E. H. Maharoof (UNP), 17,043 pv; and Vithanage Sunil Shantha Ranaweera (UNP), 15,084 pv.
A. Thangathurai (TULF) was murdered on 5 July 1997.[ 10]
Mohamed Ehuttar Hadjiar Maharoof (UNP) was murdered on 20 July 1997.[ 11]
1994 presidential election
Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994:[ 12]
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Mutur
Seru- wila
Trinco -malee
Chandrika Kumaratunga
PA
25,721
20,621
28,900
2,701
77,943
71.62%
Srimathi Dissanayake
UNP
11,209
11,726
3,925
1,146
28,006
25.74%
Hudson Samarasinghe
Ind 2
946
415
697
16
2,074
1.91%
G. A. Nihal
SLPF
120
111
85
8
324
0.30%
Harischandra Wijayatunga
SMBP
74
85
112
8
279
0.26%
A. J. Ranashinge
Ind 1
82
60
51
2
195
0.18%
Valid Votes
38,152
33,018
33,770
3,881
108,821
100.00%
Rejected Votes
495
640
545
46
1,726
Total Polled
38,647
33,658
34,315
3,927
110,547
Registered Electors
61,949
54,632
67,509
4,135
184,090
Turnout (%)
62.39%
61.61%
50.83%
94.97%
60.05%
1999 presidential election
Results of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999:[ 13]
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Mutur
Seru- wila
Trinco -malee
Ranil Wickremasinghe
UNP
18,987
14,551
28,061
1,752
63,351
50.25%
Chandrika Kumaratunga
PA
20,908
20,781
13,807
1,195
56,691
44.96%
Nandana Gunathilake
JVP
120
1,515
573
99
2,307
1.83%
W. V. M. Ranjith
Ind 2
274
236
224
1
735
0.58%
Rajiva Wijesinha
Liberal
307
202
201
3
713
0.57%
Abdul Rasool
SLMP
298
73
201
27
599
0.48%
T. Edirisuriya
Ind 1
165
181
130
1
477
0.38%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara
LDA
34
37
304
101
476
0.38%
Kamal Karunadasa
PLSF
108
65
71
1
245
0.19%
Harischandra Wijayatunga
SMBP
44
90
74
10
218
0.17%
Hudson Samarasinghe
Ind 3
41
35
51
1
128
0.10%
A. Dissanayaka
DUNF
18
21
30
3
72
0.06%
A. W. Premawardhana
PFF
20
21
27
1
69
0.05%
Valid Votes
41,324
37,808
43,754
3,195
126,081
100.00%
Rejected Votes
716
586
1,227
113
2,642
Total Polled
42,040
38,394
44,981
3,308
128,723
Registered Electors
66,690
57,634
77,484
201,808
Turnout (%)
63.04%
66.62%
58.05%
63.78%
2000 parliamentary general election
Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000:[ 14]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
Mutur
Seru- wila
Trinco -malee
People's Alliance (SLFP , SLMC et al.)
21,393
18,517
11,928
1,964
53,860
40.46%
3
United National Party (DWC , NWC, UCPF , UNP )
17,688
14,489
12,861
1,638
46,700
35.08%
1
Tamil United Liberation Front
1,615
944
11,070
459
14,090
10.58%
0
Eelam People's Democratic Party
746
316
3,382
80
4,524
3.40%
0
All Ceylon Tamil Congress
192
105
3,269
182
3,748
2.82%
0
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
156
2,056
901
180
3,301
2.48%
0
Independent Group 2
156
37
2,268
160
2,621
1.97%
0
Independent Group 3
609
119
674
32
1,434
1.08%
0
Independent Group 6
236
90
526
20
872
0.65%
0
Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization
36
36
420
6
498
0.37%
0
Citizen's Front
82
46
269
7
404
0.30%
0
Sinhala Heritage
10
172
172
18
372
0.28%
0
Liberal Party
68
33
52
1
154
0.12%
0
Sri Lanka Muslim Party
19
12
120
2
153
0.11%
0
Muslim United Liberation Front
34
26
77
0
137
0.10%
0
Democratic United National Front
34
28
22
1
85
0.06%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
1
16
13
2
32
0.02%
0
Independent Group 4
14
7
8
1
31
0.02%
0
Independent Group 1
8
3
16
3
30
0.02%
0
Independent Group 5
1
10
15
0
26
0.02%
0
National Development Front
4
12
6
0
22
0.02%
0
Ruhuna People's Party
4
4
11
0
19
0.01%
0
People's Freedom Front
4
6
7
0
17
0.01%
0
Valid Votes
43,110
37,084
48,087
4,756
133,130
100.00%
4
Rejected Votes
2,581
2,468
3,385
8,642
Total Polled
45,691
39,552
51,472
141,772
Registered Electors
68,329
59,233
79,322
206,884
Turnout (%)
66.87%
66.77%
64.89%
68.52%
The following candidates were elected:[ 15] M. A. M. Maharoof (UNP), 21,438 preference votes (pv); M. N. Abdul Majeed (PA), 18,173 pv; M. S. Thowfeek (PA-SLMC), 15,588 pv; and M. K. D. S. Gunawardena (PA), 15,392 pv.
2001 parliamentary general election
Results of the 12th parliamentary election held on 5 December 2001:[ 16] [ 17]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Displaced Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
Mutur
Seru- wila
Trinco -malee
United National Front (CWC , SLMC , UNP , WPF )
29,473
16,266
14,560
2,570
61
62,930
39.05%
2
Tamil National Alliance (ACTC , EPRLF(S) , TELO , TULF )
14,393
4,796
35,639
1,289
4
56,121
34.83%
1
People's Alliance (NUA , SLFP et al.)
11,199
14,965
5,027
1,745
61
32,997
20.48%
1
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
168
3,818
1,664
443
2
6,095
3.78%
0
Eelam People's Democratic Party
124
85
1,209
52
0
1,470
0.91%
0
New Left Front (NSSP et al.)
184
280
136
15
4
619
0.38%
0
Sinhala Heritage
20
139
35
8
0
202
0.13%
0
National Development Front
41
51
71
2
0
165
0.10%
0
Muslim United Liberation Front
32
28
51
2
0
113
0.07%
0
United Sinhala Great Council
44
38
18
0
0
100
0.06%
0
Liberal Party
35
37
23
3
1
99
0.06%
0
Democratic United National Front
28
22
5
1
0
56
0.03%
0
Independent Group 6
15
12
19
1
0
47
0.03%
0
Independent Group 1
16
3
5
0
0
24
0.01%
0
Independent Group 5
6
8
8
0
0
22
0.01%
0
Independent Group 3
7
10
3
0
0
20
0.01%
0
Independent Group 4
3
6
4
0
0
13
0.01%
0
Independent Group 2
5
4
3
0
0
12
0.01%
0
Sri Lanka Muslim Party
2
3
6
0
0
11
0.01%
0
Sri Lanka National Front
1
3
7
0
0
11
0.01%
0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front
5
4
2
0
0
11
0.01%
0
Valid Votes
55,801
40,578
58,495
6,131
133
161,138
100.00%
4
Rejected Votes
2,844
2,142
3,251
185
7
8,429
Total Polled
58,645
42,720
61,746
6,316
140
169,567
Registered Electors
70,168
60,690
81,422
212,280
Turnout (%)
83.58%
70.39%
75.83%
79.88%
The following candidates were elected:[ 18] R. Sampanthan (TNA-TULF), 40,110 preference votes (pv); M. A. M. Maharoof (UNF), 25,264 pv; K. M. Thowfeek (UNF-SLMC), 24,847 pv; and M. K. D. S. Gunawardena (PA), 14,938 pv.
2004 parliamentary general election
Results of the 13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004:[ 19]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
Mutur
Seru- wila
Trinco -malee
Tamil National Alliance (ACTC , EPRLF(S) , ITAK , TELO )
17,005
6,178
43,880
1,892
68,955
37.72%
2
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
45,523
4,647
13,378
1,450
65,187
35.66%
1
United People's Freedom Alliance (JVP , NUA , SLFP et al.)
1,854
19,607
6,229
3,362
31,053
16.99%
1
United National Front (CWC , DPF , UNP )
689
10,346
3,193
1,463
15,693
8.59%
0
Jathika Hela Urumaya
21
563
119
88
791
0.43%
0
Eelam People's Democratic Party
49
61
393
37
540
0.30%
0
United Muslim People's Alliance
50
32
33
2
117
0.06%
0
New Left Front (NSSP et al.)
32
12
35
8
87
0.05%
0
Ruhuna People's Party
53
11
17
0
82
0.04%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
42
12
10
1
65
0.04%
0
Independent Group 1
31
11
16
2
61
0.03%
0
Independent Group 6
30
9
17
2
58
0.03%
0
Independent Group 5
26
14
13
0
53
0.03%
0
Independent Group 3
2
14
6
1
23
0.01%
0
Independent Group 2
14
1
4
0
19
0.01%
0
Independent Group 4
4
2
4
0
10
0.01%
0
Valid Votes
65,425
41,520
67,347
8,308
182,794
100.00%
4
Rejected Votes
3,080
2,424
3,073
273
8,863
Total Polled
68,505
43,944
70,420
8,581
191,657
Registered Electors
74,869
63,161
86,277
224,307
Turnout (%)
91.50%
69.57%
81.62%
85.44%
The following candidates were elected:[ 20] R. Sampanthan (TNA-ITAK), 47,735 preference votes (pv); K. Thurairetnasingam (TNA-ITAK), 34,773 pv; M. N. Abdul Majeed (SLMC), 26,948 pv; and Jayantha Wijesekara (UPFA-SLFP), 19,983 pv.
M. N. Abdul Majeed (SLMC) was expelled from the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress on 30 May 2004.[ 21] He subsequently joined the United People's Freedom Alliance .
2005 presidential election
Results of the 5th presidential election held on 17 November 2005:[ 22]
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Displaced Votes
Total Votes
%
Mutur
Seru- wila
Trinco -malee
Ranil Wickremasinghe
UNP
29,061
17,835
41,369
3,913
19
92,197
61.33%
Mahinda Rajapaksa
UPFA
18,817
21,353
10,878
4,621
11
55,680
37.04%
Siritunga Jayasuriya
USP
338
142
299
13
0
792
0.53%
A. A. Suraweera
NDF
257
153
138
10
0
558
0.37%
Victor Hettigoda
ULPP
45
56
133
42
0
276
0.18%
A. K. J. Arachchige
DUA
82
35
38
10
0
165
0.11%
Chamil Jayaneththi
NLF
32
50
65
10
0
157
0.10%
Aruna de Soyza
RPP
65
50
37
5
0
157
0.10%
Anura De Silva
ULF
45
29
56
2
0
132
0.09%
Wimal Geeganage
SLNF
16
26
27
2
0
71
0.05%
Wije Dias
SEP
18
14
33
2
0
67
0.04%
P. Nelson Perera
SLPF
22
9
24
1
0
56
0.04%
H.S. Dharmadwaja
UNAF
10
7
9
0
0
26
0.02%
Valid Votes
48,808
39,759
53,106
8,631
30
150,334
100.00%
Rejected Votes
542
406
956
190
0
2,094
Total Polled
49,350
40,165
54,062
8,821
30
152,428
Registered Electors
81,534
66,126
91,095
238,755
Turnout (%)
60.53%
60.74%
59.35%
63.84%
2008 provincial council election
Results of the 1st Eastern provincial council election held on 10 May 2008:[ 23]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Displaced Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
Mutur
Seru- wila
Trinco -malee
United National Party (SLMC , UNP )
28,233
10,855
28,146
2,481
70,858
51.37%
5
United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP , TMVP et al.)
18,451
21,915
13,828
4,938
59,298
42.99%
4
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
160
2,286
1,408
411
4,266
3.09%
1
United Socialist Party
495
249
537
18
1,309
0.95%
0
Independent Group 18
88
43
323
8
468
0.34%
0
Eelavar Democratic Front (EROS )
124
125
195
13
459
0.33%
0
Akila Ilankai Tamil United Front
25
9
311
33
378
0.27%
0
Independent Group 4
94
10
101
3
209
0.15%
0
People's Front of Liberation Tigers
25
7
117
10
163
0.12%
0
Independent Group 12
8
13
91
6
118
0.09%
0
National Development Front
16
41
22
9
89
0.06%
0
Independent Group 5
20
8
28
2
58
0.04%
0
Independent Group 19
8
19
14
0
43
0.03%
0
Independent Group 17
8
8
7
1
24
0.02%
0
Independent Group 11
4
6
8
2
20
0.01%
0
Independent Group 1
6
5
5
2
18
0.01%
0
Independent Group 6
3
4
7
1
15
0.01%
0
Independent Group 2
1
8
2
3
14
0.01%
0
Independent Group 8
2
1
11
0
14
0.01%
0
Independent Group 3
4
3
6
0
13
0.01%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
1
7
2
2
13
0.01%
0
Independent Group 7
2
5
5
0
12
0.01%
0
Independent Group 10
2
2
5
0
11
0.01%
0
Independent Group 15
3
3
4
0
10
0.01%
0
Sri Lanka Progressive Front
1
4
4
0
9
0.01%
0
Sri Lanka National Front
0
5
4
0
9
0.01%
0
Independent Group 13
2
3
3
0
8
0.01%
0
Independent Group 9
0
2
5
0
7
0.01%
0
Independent Group 16
1
1
4
0
6
0.00%
0
Ruhuna People's Party
0
2
3
0
5
0.00%
0
Independent Group 14
1
1
2
0
5
0.00%
0
Valid Votes
47,788
35,650
45,208
7,943
137,929
100.00%
10
Rejected Votes
3,779
3,185
5,020
411
12,695
Total Polled
51,567
38,835
50,228
8,354
150,624
Registered Electors
84,175
66,690
91,598
242,463
Turnout
61.26%
58.23%
54.84%
62.12%
The following candidates were elected:[ 24] Ajju Mohamed Mohamed Faiz (UPFA); Ariyawathi W. G. M. Galappaththi (UPFA); Rauff Hakeem (UNP-SLMC); M. K. D. S. Gunawardena (UPFA); M. A. M. Maharoof (UNP); Sathak Lebbe Muhammadu Hasan Moulavi (UPFA); Arunasalam Parasuraman (UNP); K. G. Wimal Piyathissa (JVP); M. S. Thowfeek (UNP-SLMC); and Rathna Sabapathi Nawarathnarajah Varathan (UNP).
2010 presidential election
Results of the 6th presidential election held on 26 January 2010:[ 25]
Candidate
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Displaced Votes
Total Votes
%
Mutur
Seru- wila
Trinco -malee
Sarath Fonseka
NDF
32,631
15,260
35,887
3,798
85
87,661
54.09%
Mahinda Rajapaksa
UPFA
21,002
27,932
13,935
6,882
1
69,752
43.04%
M. C. M. Ismail
DUNF
384
262
445
23
1
1,115
0.69%
C. J. Sugathsiri Gamage
UDF
252
121
384
8
0
765
0.47%
W. V. Mahiman Ranjith
Ind 1
131
133
74
8
0
346
0.21%
A. A. Suraweera
NDF
110
100
83
18
0
311
0.19%
M. K. Shivajilingam
Ind 5
52
32
193
25
0
302
0.19%
Sarath Manamendra
NSH
117
63
69
3
0
252
0.16%
Siritunga Jayasuriya
USP
94
54
95
4
0
247
0.15%
Lal Perera
ONF
98
42
98
2
0
240
0.15%
A. S. P Liyanage
SLLP
65
66
83
4
0
218
0.13%
Ukkubanda Wijekoon
Ind 3
58
51
35
3
0
147
0.09%
Vikramabahu Karunaratne
LF
32
29
60
4
0
125
0.08%
Aithurus M. Illias
Ind 2
43
14
44
4
0
105
0.06%
Sanath Pinnaduwa
NA
33
21
28
0
0
82
0.05%
Wije Dias
SEP
30
19
30
1
0
80
0.05%
M. Mohamed Musthaffa
Ind 4
31
13
27
5
0
76
0.05%
Aruna de Soyza
RPP
15
19
24
0
0
58
0.04%
Sarath Kongahage
UNAF
11
9
31
4
0
55
0.03%
Senaratna de Silva
PNF
11
13
24
0
0
48
0.03%
M. B. Thaminimulla
ACAKO
11
6
27
1
0
45
0.03%
Battaramulla Seelarathana
JP
8
10
22
2
0
42
0.03%
Valid Votes
55,219
44,269
51,698
10,799
87
162,072
100.00%
Rejected Votes
696
563
1,050
120
3
2,432
Total Polled
55,915
44,832
52,748
10,919
90
164,504
Registered Electors
85,401
69,047
86,685
241,133
Turnout
65.47%
64.93%
60.85%
68.22%
2010 parliamentary general election
Results of the 14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010:[ 26]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Displaced Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
Mutur
Seru- wila
Trinco -malee
United People's Freedom Alliance (ACMC , NC, SLFP et al.)
18,576
22,756
10,961
7,487
4
59,784
42.78%
2
United National Front (DPF , SLFP(P) , SLMC , UNP )
21,963
6,936
8,718
2,074
0
39,691
28.40%
1
Tamil National Alliance (EPRLF(S) , ITAK , TELO )
8,068
3,297
20,578
1,306
19
33,268
23.81%
1
Democratic National Alliance (JVP et al.)
180
1,460
522
357
0
2,519
1.80%
0
Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal
302
262
1,106
42
0
1,712
1.23%
0
Tamil National People's Front (ACTC et al.)
161
39
956
26
0
1,182
0.85%
0
Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (Padmanaba)
9
51
205
14
0
279
0.20%
0
Sri Lanka National Front
12
140
6
12
0
170
0.12%
0
United Socialist Party
96
20
32
2
0
150
0.11%
0
National Development Front
22
48
29
10
0
109
0.08%
0
Independent Group 11
82
9
5
5
0
101
0.07%
0
Independent Group 7
21
30
41
6
0
98
0.07%
0
All Lanka Tamil United Front
10
16
54
5
0
85
0.06%
0
United National Alternative Front
31
14
27
4
0
76
0.05%
0
Independent Group 14
16
28
17
1
0
62
0.04%
0
Independent Group 3
7
7
40
1
0
55
0.04%
0
Independent Group 6
12
20
8
1
0
41
0.03%
0
Independent Group 13
10
21
7
1
0
39
0.03%
0
Independent Group 12
20
1
17
0
0
38
0.03%
0
Independent Group 5
4
8
23
0
0
35
0.03%
0
Independent Group 1
10
9
8
6
0
33
0.02%
0
Independent Group 10
9
4
20
0
0
33
0.02%
0
Left Liberation Front (LLF , TNLA )
0
0
29
2
0
31
0.02%
0
Muslim Liberation Front
21
2
4
1
0
28
0.02%
0
United Democratic Front
13
8
5
1
0
27
0.02%
0
Janasetha Peramuna
5
1
16
1
0
23
0.02%
0
Independent Group 4
7
2
8
2
0
19
0.01%
0
Independent Group 9
3
8
5
0
0
16
0.01%
0
Independent Group 2
2
8
4
1
0
15
0.01%
0
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
5
5
2
2
0
14
0.01%
0
Independent Group 8
4
3
1
1
0
9
0.01%
0
Valid Votes
49,681
35,213
43,454
11,371
23
139,742
100.00%
4
Rejected Votes
3,246
2,854
3,483
653
4
10,240
Total Polled
52,927
38,067
46,937
12,024
27
149,982
Registered Electors
85,401
69,047
86,685
241,133
Turnout
61.97%
55.13%
54.15%
62.20%
The following candidates were elected:[ 27] R. Sampanthan (TNA-ITAK), 24,488 preference votes (pv); M. S. Thowfeek (UNF-SLMC), 23,588 pv; Susantha Punchinilame (UPFA), 22,820 pv; and M. K. D. S. Gunawardena (UPFA), 19,734 pv.
2012 provincial council election
Results of the 2nd Eastern provincial council election held on 8 September 2012:[ 28]
Party
Votes per Polling Division
Postal Votes
Total Votes
%
Seats
Mutur
Seru- wila
Trinco -malee
Tamil National Alliance (EPRLF (S) , ITAK , PLOTE , TELO , TULF )
10,213
5,014
28,067
1,102
44,396
29.08%
3
United People's Freedom Alliance (ACMC , NC, SLFP , TMVP et al.)
13,011
17,785
7,949
4,579
43,324
28.38%
3
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
14,617
2,390
8,642
527
26,176
17.15%
2
United National Party
12,318
7,148
2,979
1,994
24,439
16.01%
1
National Freedom Front
490
6,450
1,527
1,055
9,522
6.24%
1
Independent Group 10
1,350
55
155
82
1,642
1.08%
0
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
21
518
141
97
777
0.51%
0
Socialist Alliance (CPSL , DLF, LSSP )
400
38
162
12
612
0.40%
0
Eelavar Democratic Front (EROS )
168
117
93
7
385
0.25%
0
Akila Ilankai Tamil United Front
38
79
259
8
384
0.25%
0
United Socialist Party
75
37
32
5
149
0.10%
0
Independent Group 8
75
26
11
9
121
0.08%
0
Sri Lanka Labour Party
14
6
86
1
107
0.07%
0
United Lanka Great Council
22
13
58
4
97
0.06%
0
Independent Group 16
23
36
22
8
89
0.06%
0
Independent Group 6
9
56
12
4
81
0.05%
0
Patriotic National Front
48
15
11
4
78
0.05%
0
Independent Group 3
4
9
22
1
36
0.02%
0
Jana Setha Peramuna
2
18
1
14
35
0.02%
0
Independent Group 12
18
6
6
3
33
0.02%
0
Independent Group 1
6
9
13
2
30
0.02%
0
Independent Group 9
6
4
17
2
29
0.02%
0
Independent Group 4
11
3
5
1
20
0.01%
0
Independent Group 7
2
11
5
2
20
0.01%
0
Independent Group 5
7
6
3
0
16
0.01%
0
Muslim Liberation Front
6
5
3
1
15
0.01%
0
Independent Group 14
6
2
5
1
14
0.01%
0
Independent Group 11
3
6
2
1
12
0.01%
0
Independent Group 2
1
8
1
2
12
0.01%
0
Independent Group 13
2
1
2
0
5
0.00%
0
Independent Group 15
1
3
0
0
4
0.00%
0
Ruhuna People's Party
0
1
1
1
3
0.00%
0
Valid Votes
52,967
39,875
50,292
9,529
152,663
100.00%
10
Rejected Votes
3,032
2,979
4,563
750
11,324
Total Polled
55,999
42,854
54,855
10,279
163,987
Registered Electors
89,370
70,141
85,852
245,363
Turnout
62.66%
61.10%
63.89%
66.83%
The following candidates were elected:[ 29]
S. Thandayuthapani (TNA-ITAK), 20,854 preference votes (pv); Ariyawathy Galappaththy (UPFA), 14,224 pv; Kekunawela Pathiranage Priyantha Prema Kumara (UPFA), 12,393 pv; M. N. Abdul Majeed (UPFA-SLFP), 11,726 pv; Kumaraswamy Nageswaran (TNA-ITAK), 10,911 pv; Anver Ramlan Mohamed (SLMC), 10,904 pv; Asan Sathak Lebbe Mohamed Moulavi (SLMC), 10,732 pv; Jegatheesan Janarthanan (TNA-ITAK), 8,949 pv; and Naketh Gedara Wijesekara Mudiyanselage Jayantha Wijesekara (NFF), 7,303 pv.
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