Jaffna Electoral District - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Jaffna Electoral District is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts

Electoral districts in Sri Lanka

The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka provides for the election of members of Parliament from 22 multi-member electoral districts through the proportional representation electoral system....

of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

created by the 1978 Constitution

Constitution of Sri Lanka

The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka has been the constitution of the island nation of Sri Lanka since its original promulgation by the National State Assembly on 7 September 1978. It is Sri Lanka's second republican constitution, and its third constitution since the...

of Sri Lanka. The district covers the administrative districts

Districts of Sri Lanka

In Sri Lanka, districts are the second-level administrative divisions, and are included in a province. There are 25 districts organized into 9 provinces. Each district is administered under a District Secretary, who is appointed by the central government...

of Jaffna

Jaffna District

Jaffna district is one of the 25 administrative districts of Sri Lanka. The district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a District Secretary appointed by the central government of Sri Lanka. The headquarters is located in Jaffna city. Parts of the district were transferred to...

and Kilinochchi

Kilinochchi District

Kilinochchi district is one of the 25 administrative districts of Sri Lanka. The district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a District Secretary appointed by the central government of Sri Lanka. The headquarters is located in Kilinochchi town...

in the Northern province

Northern Province, Sri Lanka

The Northern Province is one of the 9 provinces of Sri Lanka. The provinces have existed since the 19th century but did not have any legal status until 1987 when the 13th Amendment to the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka established provincial councils. Between 1988 and 2006 the province was...

. The district currently elects 9 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 484,791 registered electors in 2010.

1982 presidential election

Results of the 1st presidential election

Sri Lankan presidential election, 1982

The Sri Lankan presidential election of 1982 was the first presidential election of Sri Lanka. Nominations were accepted on 17 September 1982, and the election was held on 20 October 1982. Electoral participation was 81.06%. Incumbent president J. R. Jayewardene of the governing United National...

held on 20 October 1982:

Candidate		\|Postal Votes	\|%
Candidate		\|Postal Votes	\|%	Chavaka -chcheri	\|Kankesan -thurai	\|Kilino -chchi	\|Manipay	\|Point Pedro	\|Vaddu -koddai
	Kumar Ponnambalam Kumar Ponnambalam Kumar Ponnambalam was a prominent defence lawyer and a controversial minority Tamil nationalist politician from Sri Lanka...	ACTC All Ceylon Tamil Congress All Ceylon Tamil Congress , is the oldest Tamil political party in Sri Lanka.-History:The ACTC was founded in 1944 by G.G. Ponnambalam. Ponnambalam asked for a 50-50 representation in parliament...	9,742	9,319	6,065	8,353	9,822	4,984	7,514	8,979	5,367	5,779	9,741	1,598	87,263	40.03%
	Hector Kobbekaduwa	SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...	6,128	3,258	9,523	3,393	4,188	13,678	9,008	4,330	6,348	8,155	7,770	1,431	77,300	35.46%
	J. R. Jayewardene Junius Richard Jayewardene Junius Richard Jayewardene , famously abbreviated in Sri Lanka as JR, was the first executive President of Sri Lanka, serving from 1978 till 1989. He was a leader of the nationalist movement in Ceylon who served in a variety of cabinet positions in the decades following independence...	UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	3,629	6,419	3,771	4,067	3,616	3,546	4,463	4,831	3,198	2,282	3,700	1,253	44,780	20.54%
	Colvin de Silva Colvin R. de Silva Colvin R. de Silva was a former Cabinet Minister of Plantation Industries and Constitutional Affairs, prominent member of parliament, Trotskyist leader and lawyer in Sri Lanka. He was one of the founders of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party – the first Marxist party in Sri Lanka.-Personal...	LSSP Lanka Sama Samaja Party The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka....	419	134	310	157	171	423	483	332	217	353	257	120	3,376	1.55%
	Rohana Wijeweera Rohana Wijeweera Patabendi Don Nandasiri Wijeweera or Rohana Wijeweera was a Sri Lankan Marxist politician and the founding leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna...	JVP Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...	204	176	341	119	188	379	559	244	189	208	380	111	3,098	1.42%
	Vasudeva Nanayakkara Vasudeva Nanayakkara Vasudeva Nanayakkara is a veteran left-wing Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament and a former presidential candidate.-Politics:Nanayakkara joined the Lanka Sama Samaja Party as student in 1958...	NSSP Nava Sama Samaja Party The Nava Sama Samaja Pakshaya is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was formed through the expulsion from the Lanka Sama Samaja Party of the Vama Samsamja tendency led by Dr Vickrambahu , Sumanasiri Liyanage and others. Siritunga Jayasuriya and Vasudeva Nanayakkara joined later...	125	186	184	98	102	182	298	243	150	224	255	129	2,186	1.00%
Valid Votes			20,247	19,502	20,194	16,187	18,087	23,282	22,330	18,959	15,469	17,001	22,103	4,642	218,003	100.00%
Rejected Votes			1,205	711	1.078	943	1,012	1,023	1,069	894	585	816	1,076	198	10,610
Total Polled			21,452	20,213	21,272	17,130	19,099	24,305	23,399	19,853	16,054	17,817	23,179	4,840	228,613
Registered Electors			44,597	42,296	51,681	42,563	39,773	49,577	48,930	49,233	34,859	43,990	46,206		493,705
Turnout (%)			48.10%	47.79%	41.16%	40.25%	48.02%	49.02%	47.82%	40.32%	46.05%	40.50%	50.16%		46.31%

1988 provincial council election

Results of the 1st North Eastern provincial council election

Sri Lankan Provincial Council elections, November 1988

Provincial Council elections were held on 19 November 1988 to elect members to Sri Lanka’s North Eastern Provincial Council.-Background:The Indo-Lanka Accord signed on 29 July 1987 required the Sri Lankan government to devolve powers to the provinces and, in the interim, to merge the Northern and...

held on 19 November 1988:

Jaffna District - The Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front

Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front

The Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front is a Sri Lankan political party and a former militant separatist group.-Militant separatists:The EPRLF was formed in 1980 by K...

won all 19 seats uncontested.

Kilinochchi District - The Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front

Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front

The Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front is a former Indian backed Tamil militant group in Sri Lanka. It was formed in 1987 as an amalgamation of splinter groups from other militant groups...

won all 3 seats uncontested.

1988 presidential election

Results of the 2nd presidential election

Sri Lankan presidential election, 1988

The Sri Lankan presidential election of 1988 was the second presidential election of Sri Lanka. Nominations were accepted on 10 November 1988, and the election was held on 19 December 1988. Electoral participation was 55.32%...

held on 19 December 1988:

Candidate		\|Total Votes	Chavaka -chcheri	\|Kankesan -thurai	\|Kilino -chchi	\|Manipay	\|Point Pedro	\|Vaddu -koddai
Candidate		\|Total Votes	Chavaka -chcheri		Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike was a Sri Lankan politician and the world's first female head of government...	SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...	3,704	3,546	3,117	3,264	4,064	5,833	3,491	3,362	3,921	3,400	6,495	44,197	36.82%
	Oswin Abeygunasekara	SLPP	4,023	3,616	3,840	4,503	2,596	4,325	5,089	2,924	2,910	3,120	5,252	42,198	35.15%
	Ranasinghe Premadasa Ranasinghe Premadasa Ranasinghe Premadasa was the 3rd President of Sri Lanka from January 2, 1989 to May 1, 1993. Before that, he served as the Prime Minister in the government headed by J. R. Jayewardene from February 6, 1978 to January 1, 1989...	UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	2,300	3,475	2,364	4,628	3,793	2,493	4,006	2,000	2,620	1,662	4,309	33,650	28.03%
Valid Votes			10,027	10,637	9,321	12,395	10,453	12,651	12,586	8,286	9,451	8,182	16,056	120,045	100.00%
Rejected Votes			1,035	479	451	596	378	733	891	482	772	303	2,397	8,517
Total Polled			11,062	11,116	9,772	12,991	10,831	13,384	13,477	8,768	10,223	8,485	18,453	128,562
Registered Electors			51,595	49,229	60,386	49,481	53,604	56,450	58,320	61,936	40,175	52,084	58,522	591,782
Turnout (%)			21.44%	22.58%	16.18%	26.25%	20.21%	23.71%	23.11%	14.16%	25.45%	16.29%	31.53%	21.72%

1989 parliamentary general election

Results of the 9th parliamentary election

Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 1989

Sri Lanka had not had a parliamentary election since 1977. The elections that should normally have been held by 1983 had been cancelled by the 1982 referendum.President Ranasinghe Premadasa called the election for February 15.-Electoral District:...

held on 15 February 1989:

Party		\|Votes per Polling Division	\|Total Votes	\|Seats
Party		Chavaka -chcheri	\|Total Votes	\|Seats	\|Kankesan -thurai	\|Kilino -chchi	\|Manipay	\|Point Pedro	\|Vaddu -koddai
	Independent (EROS Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students The Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students , also known as the Eelam Revolutionary Organisers, is a former Tamil militant group in Sri Lanka. Most of the EROS membership was absorbed into the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in 1990. The rump, which continues to use the EROS name, has... )	7,851	18,688	14,801	17,108	8,576	17,846	18,521	21,123	5,860	1,587	17,814	565	150,340	62.68%	8
	Tamil United Liberation Front Tamil United Liberation Front The Tamil United Liberation Front is a political party in Sri Lanka which seeks independence for the Tamil-populated areas of Sri Lanka.-Formation:... (ENDLF Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front The Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front is a former Indian backed Tamil militant group in Sri Lanka. It was formed in 1987 as an amalgamation of splinter groups from other militant groups... , EPRLF Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front The Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front is a Sri Lankan political party and a former militant separatist group.-Militant separatists:The EPRLF was formed in 1980 by K... , TELO Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization The Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization is an Eelam Tamil organisation campaigning for the establishment of an independent Tamil Eelam in the northeast of Sri Lanka. The TELO was originally created as a militant group, and functioned as such until 1986, when most of its membership was killed in a... , TULF Tamil United Liberation Front The Tamil United Liberation Front is a political party in Sri Lanka which seeks independence for the Tamil-populated areas of Sri Lanka.-Formation:... )	6,350	5,323	9,073	3,706	8,850	6,717	6,048	4,211	2,428	1,178	5,827	302	60,013	25.02%	3
	Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders....	553	3,387	500	466	669	815	592	410	275	84	682	6	8,439	3.52%	0
	Democratic People's Liberation Front Democratic People's Liberation Front Democratic People's Liberation Front , a registered political party in Sri Lanka and a front of the People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam . DPLF was founded in 1988. DPLF lost its parliamentary representation in the 2004 elections. 2001-2004 DPLF had one MP, elected from Vanni Electoral... (PLOTE People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam The People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam is a former Tamil militant group. It is currently a pro-government paramilitary group and political party. PLOTE's political wing is known as the Democratic People's Liberation Front.-Origins:... )	581	409	1,199	572	740	1,073	1,252	531	384	171	1,050	31	7,993	3.33%	0
	All Ceylon Tamil Congress All Ceylon Tamil Congress All Ceylon Tamil Congress , is the oldest Tamil political party in Sri Lanka.-History:The ACTC was founded in 1944 by G.G. Ponnambalam. Ponnambalam asked for a 50-50 representation in parliament...	985	1,410	532	391	565	852	535	1,137	342	127	541	193	7,610	3.17%	0
	United National Party United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe... (CWC Ceylon Workers' Congress The Ceylon Workers' Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka that has traditionally represented Tamils working in the plantation sector of the economy .- History :... , UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe... )	339	470	388	354	1,522	421	496	320	569	46	470	65	5,460	2.28%	0
Valid Votes		16,659	29,687	26,493	22,597	20,922	27,724	27,444	27,732	9,858	3,193	26,384	1,162	239,855	100.00%	11
Rejected Votes		3,254	1,649	2,817	2,577	3,603	2,954	2,453	1,375	894	380	3,217	30	25,203
Total Polled		19,913	31,336	29,310	25,174	24,525	30,678	29,897	29,107	10,752	3,573	29,601	1,192	265,058
Registered Electors		51,374	49,068	60,282	49,401	53,421	56,413	58,166	61,624	40,060	51,943	58,770	1,688	592,210
Turnout		38.76%	63.86%	48.62%	50.96%	45.91%	54.38%	51.40%	47.23%	26.84%	6.88%	50.37%	70.62%	44.76%

The following candidates were elected: Eliyathamby Ratnasabapathy

Eliyathamby Ratnasabapathy

Eliyathamby Ratnasabapathy was one of the founder member of the Eelam Revolutionary Organization of Students a Tamil militant group from Sri Lanka and a noted Marxist-Leninist political leader ....

(EROS), 40,947 preference votes (pv); Eliyathamby Pararasasingam (EROS), 36,340 pv; Sinnathamby Sivamaharasa (EROS), 22,622 pv; Kandiah Navaratnam (EPRLF), 22,255 pv; Arunasalam Ponniah Selliah (EROS), 20,747 pv; Suresh Premachandran (EPRLF), 20,738 pv; Ganeshankari Yogasangari (EPRLF), 20,223 pv; Thambu Loganathapillai (EROS), 17,616 pv; Sebastiyampillai Edward (EROS), 17,429 pv; Kanapathy Selvanayagam (EROS), 14,440 pv; and Joseph George Rajenthiram (EROS), 13,928 pv.

Ganeshankari Yogasangari (EPRLF) was murdered on 19 June 1990.

1994 parliamentary general election

Results of the 10th parliamentary election

Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 1994

The Sri Lankan parliamentary election of 1994 marked the decisive end of 17 years of UNP rule and a revival of Sri Lankan democracy.-Background:Democracy in Sri Lanka had seemed doomed as the presidencies of J.R...

held on 16 August 1994:

Party		\|Votes per Polling Division	\|Total Votes	\|Seats
Party		Chavaka -chcheri	\|Total Votes	\|Seats	\|Kankesan -thurai	\|Kilino -chchi	\|Manipay	\|Point Pedro	\|Vaddu -koddai
	Independent 2 (EPDP Eelam People's Democratic Party The Eelam People's Democratic Party is a political party and a pro-government paramilitary organization in Sri Lanka. It is led by its founder Douglas Devananda.-Background:... )	13	76	93	9,944	2	40	4	8	3	5	556	0	10,744	79.71%	9
	Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders....	62	1,914	4	56	56	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	2,098	15.56%	1
	Independent 1 (EROS Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students The Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students , also known as the Eelam Revolutionary Organisers, is a former Tamil militant group in Sri Lanka. Most of the EROS membership was absorbed into the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in 1990. The rump, which continues to use the EROS name, has... , PLOTE People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam The People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam is a former Tamil militant group. It is currently a pro-government paramilitary group and political party. PLOTE's political wing is known as the Democratic People's Liberation Front.-Origins:... , TELO Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization The Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization is an Eelam Tamil organisation campaigning for the establishment of an independent Tamil Eelam in the northeast of Sri Lanka. The TELO was originally created as a militant group, and functioned as such until 1986, when most of its membership was killed in a... )	2	26	15	214	6	17	8	9	31	1	43	2	374	2.77%	0
	Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front The Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front is a Sri Lankan political party and a former militant separatist group.-Militant separatists:The EPRLF was formed in 1980 by K...	2	6	9	232	2	0	0	2	0	1	8	1	263	1.95%	0
Valid Votes		79	2,022	121	10,446	66	57	12	19	34	8	612	3	13,479	100.00%	10
Rejected Votes		3	8	6	302	0	3	1	1	1	0	27	0	352
Total Polled		82	2,030	127	10,748	66	60	13	20	35	8	639	3	13,831
Registered Electors		51,717	50,045	60,417	49,504	55,995	56,496	58,382	62,372	40,336	52,153	58,949		596,366
Turnout		0.16%	4.06%	0.21%	21.71%	0.12%	0.11%	0.02%	0.03%	0.09%	0.02%	1.08%		2.32%

The following candidates were elected: Douglas Devananda

Douglas Devananda

Kathiravelu Nithyananda Douglas Devananda, commonly known as Douglas Devananda, is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician, Cabinet Minister and leader of the Eelam People's Democratic Party. Originally a Sri Lanka Tamil militant who fought against the Sri Lankan government for an independent Tamil Eelam, he...

(EPDP), 2,091 preference votes (pv); Aithurus M. Illias (SLMC), 1,575 pv; Alagaiah Rasamanickam (EPDP), 1,110 pv; Umapathisivam Baskaran (EPDP), 1,056 pv; Rajendran Ramamoorthy (EPDP), 1,050 pv; Nadarajah "Ramesh" Atputharajah (EPDP), 968 pv; Murugesu Chandrakumar (EPDP), 798 pv; Sangarapillai Sivathasan (EPDP), 456 pv; Sinniah Thangavel (EPDP) 398 pv; and M.A. Ghafoor Zafarullah (EPDP), 351 pv.

Nadarajah "Ramesh" Atputharajah (EPDP) was murdered on 2 November 1999.

1994 presidential election

Results of the 3rd presidential election

Sri Lankan presidential election, 1994

The Sri Lankan presidential election of 1994 was the third presidential election of Sri Lanka. Nominations were accepted on 7 October 1994, and the election was held on 9 November 1994. Electoral participation was 70.47%...

held on 9 November 1994:

Candidate		\|Postal Votes	\|%
Candidate		\|Postal Votes	\|%	Chavaka -chcheri	\|Kankesan -thurai	\|Kilino -chchi	\|Manipay	\|Point Pedro	\|Vaddu -koddai
	Chandrika Kumaratunga Chandrika Kumaratunga Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga born June 29, 1945) was the 4th Executive president of Sri Lanka, serving from November 12, 1994 to November 19, 2005. The daughter of two former Prime Ministers, she was also the leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party until end of 2005...	PA People's Alliance (Sri Lanka) The People's Alliance is a front of political parties in Sri Lanka, formed in 1994.It comprises the following parties:* Sri Lanka Freedom Party* Lanka Sama Samaja Party* Communist Party of Sri Lanka* Sri Lanka Mahajana Party...	63	1,143	116	14,761	174	11	18	21	8	24	539	56	16,934	96.35%
	Hudson Samarasinghe	Ind 2 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	1	15	3	291	0	0	0	0	0	00	31	0	341	1.94%
	Srimathi Dissanayake	UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	6	108	6	83	9	1	0	2	0	2	6	0	223	1.27%
	Harischandra Wijayatunga Harischandra Wijayatunga Wijayatunga Mudalige Harischandra Wijayatunga is a Sri Lankan author, translator, lexicographer, teacher, lawyer and politician. He held various offices in different institutions of the Government of Sri Lanka. At present he is the leader of Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Party...	SMBP Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputhra Pakshaya is a minor Sinhala Buddhist political party in Sri Lanka, led by Dr. Harischandra Wijayatunga....	0	1	1	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	36	0.20%
	G. A. Nihal	SLPF	0	4	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	25	0.14%
	A. J. Ranashinge	Ind 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	0	1	1	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0.09%
Valid Votes			70	1,272	127	15,193	186	12	18	23	8	26	584	56	17,575	100.00%
Rejected Votes			3	7	0	120	7	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	141
Total Polled			73	1,279	127	15,313	193	12	18	23	8	26	588	56	17,716
Registered Electors			51,717	50,045	60,417	49,504	55,995	56,496	58,382	62,372	40,336	52,153	58,949	62	596,366
Turnout (%)			0.14%	2.56%	0.21%	30.93%	0.34%	0.02%	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%	0.05%	1.00%	90.32%	2.97%

1999 presidential election

Results of the 4th presidential election

Sri Lankan presidential election, 1999

The Sri Lankan presidential election of 1999 was the fourth presidential election of Sri Lanka. Nominations were accepted on 16 November 1999, and the election was held on 21 December 1999 Electoral participation was 73.31%...

held on 21 December 1999:

Candidate		\|Postal Votes	\|%
Candidate		\|Postal Votes	\|%	Chavaka -chcheri	\|Kankesan -thurai	\|Kilino -chchi	\|Manipay	\|Point Pedro	\|Vaddu -koddai
	Chandrika Kumaratunga Chandrika Kumaratunga Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga born June 29, 1945) was the 4th Executive president of Sri Lanka, serving from November 12, 1994 to November 19, 2005. The daughter of two former Prime Ministers, she was also the leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party until end of 2005...	PA People's Alliance (Sri Lanka) The People's Alliance is a front of political parties in Sri Lanka, formed in 1994.It comprises the following parties:* Sri Lanka Freedom Party* Lanka Sama Samaja Party* Communist Party of Sri Lanka* Sri Lanka Mahajana Party...	3,430	3,471	5,324	3,377	593	6,607	9,194	5,125	3,062	4,664	6,854	342	52,043	46.65%
	Ranil Wickremasinghe Ranil Wickremasinghe Ranil Shriyan Wickremesinghe , MP, is a Sri Lankan politician and current Leader of the Opposition in the Sri Lankan parliament. He was Prime Minister of Sri Lanka twice, from May 7, 1993 to August 19, 1994 and from December 9, 2001 to April 6, 2004...	UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	7,494	3,263	2,271	3,580	1,262	5,941	5,003	4,834	4,270	5,685	4,232	170	48,005	43.03%
	Vasudeva Nanayakkara Vasudeva Nanayakkara Vasudeva Nanayakkara is a veteran left-wing Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament and a former presidential candidate.-Politics:Nanayakkara joined the Lanka Sama Samaja Party as student in 1958...	LDA	356	151	208	154	33	332	386	328	258	417	466	305	3,394	3.04%
	W. V. M. Ranjith	Ind 2 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	127	57	197	108	26	335	311	113	95	210	293	1	1,873	1.68%
	Rajiva Wijesinha Rajiva Wijesinha Rajiva Wijesinha, MA, DPhil is a Sri Lankan writer in English, distinguished for his political analysis as well as creative and critical work...	Liberal Liberal Party of Sri Lanka The Liberal Party of Sri Lanka began as a think-tank called the Council for Liberal Democracy, founded in 1981 by the late Dr. Chanaka Amaratunga, a longstanding member of the United National Party which was then in government....	109	28	158	62	22	265	191	95	72	138	228	0	1,368	1.23%
	Abdul Rasool	SLMP	158	46	90	84	31	161	126	47	80	88	125	5	1,041	0.93%
	T. Edirisuriya	Ind 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	84	25	81	45	11	122	104	49	65	118	127	0	831	0.74%
	Harischandra Wijayatunga Harischandra Wijayatunga Wijayatunga Mudalige Harischandra Wijayatunga is a Sri Lankan author, translator, lexicographer, teacher, lawyer and politician. He held various offices in different institutions of the Government of Sri Lanka. At present he is the leader of Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Party...	SMBP Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputhra Pakshaya is a minor Sinhala Buddhist political party in Sri Lanka, led by Dr. Harischandra Wijayatunga....	77	22	93	40	12	133	115	54	58	72	139	3	818	0.73%
	Hudson Samarasinghe	Ind 3 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	51	10	49	31	6	111	55	41	32	88	77	1	552	0.49%
	Kamal Karunadasa	PLSF	33	14	58	34	3	84	73	29	34	53	71	1	487	0.44%
	Nandana Gunathilake Nandana Gunathilake M. D. Nandana Gunathilake is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.-References:...	JVP Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...	68	11	24	50	6	49	57	18	33	44	53	0	413	0.37%
	A. W. Premawardhana	PFF	62	7	25	32	3	78	40	24	31	51	49	1	403	0.36%
	A. Dissanayaka	DUNF Democratic United National Front The Democratic United National Front is a political party in Sri Lanka.At the last legislative elections, held on 2 April 2004, the party was part of the United People's Freedom Alliance that won 45.6 % of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats....	49	8	28	20	8	55	36	21	28	41	49	0	340	0.30%
Valid Votes			12,098	7,113	8,606	7,617	2,016	14,273	15,691	10,778	8,118	11,669	12,760	829	111,568	100.00%
Rejected Votes			1,059	314	321	419	117	577	714	384	453	737	767	119	5,981
Total Polled			13,157	7,427	8,927	8,036	2,133	14,850	16,405	11,162	8,571	12,406	13,527	948	117,549
Registered Electors			53,247	51,581	61,514	50,885	56,792	58,751	62,002	63,799	42,304	53,545	58,350		612,770
Turnout (%)			24.71%	14.40%	14.51%	15.79%	3.76%	25.28%	26.46%	17.50%	20.26%	23.17%	23.18%		19.18%

2000 parliamentary general election

Results of the 11th parliamentary election

Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2000

The elections were called by President Chandrika Kumaratunga for October 24, 2000.The People's Alliance government Kumaratunga had led for six years was facing increasing criticism on two fronts: a series of military defeats at the hands of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in the...

held on 10 October 2000:

Party		\|Votes per Polling Division	\|Displaced Votes	\|%	Chavaka -chcheri	\|Kankesan -thurai	\|Kilino -chchi	\|Manipay	\|Point Pedro	\|Vaddu -koddai
Party			\|Displaced Votes	\|%	Chavaka -chcheri	Eelam People's Democratic Party Eelam People's Democratic Party The Eelam People's Democratic Party is a political party and a pro-government paramilitary organization in Sri Lanka. It is led by its founder Douglas Devananda.-Background:...	1,256	1,571	4,068	12,311	216	5,044	5,737	2,560	1,862	1,662	4,869	380	135	41,671	35.00%	4
	Tamil United Liberation Front Tamil United Liberation Front The Tamil United Liberation Front is a political party in Sri Lanka which seeks independence for the Tamil-populated areas of Sri Lanka.-Formation:...	1,284	1,277	4,943	1,327	119	4,248	5,703	3,587	1,540	4,180	4,035	518	91	32,852	27.59%	3
	United National Party United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe... (DWC, NWC, UCPF Up-Country People's Front The Up-Country People's Front is a political party in Sri Lanka.At the last legislative elections, held on 2 April 2004, the party won 0.5% of the popular vote and 2 out of 225 seats. One is an elected seat and the second member of parliament was appointed through the national list of the United... , UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe... )	913	581	524	820	278	1,051	955	1,523	978	1,046	2,153	74	535	11,431	9.60%	1
	All Ceylon Tamil Congress All Ceylon Tamil Congress All Ceylon Tamil Congress , is the oldest Tamil political party in Sri Lanka.-History:The ACTC was founded in 1944 by G.G. Ponnambalam. Ponnambalam asked for a 50-50 representation in parliament...	658	394	331	166	43	891	1,160	1,262	2,493	2,024	908	288	30	10,648	8.94%	1
	Independent 2 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	1,043	406	304	223	138	829	872	342	180	328	208	32	2	4,907	4.12%	0
	Democratic People's Liberation Front Democratic People's Liberation Front Democratic People's Liberation Front , a registered political party in Sri Lanka and a front of the People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam . DPLF was founded in 1988. DPLF lost its parliamentary representation in the 2004 elections. 2001-2004 DPLF had one MP, elected from Vanni Electoral... (EROS Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students The Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students , also known as the Eelam Revolutionary Organisers, is a former Tamil militant group in Sri Lanka. Most of the EROS membership was absorbed into the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in 1990. The rump, which continues to use the EROS name, has... , PLOTE People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam The People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam is a former Tamil militant group. It is currently a pro-government paramilitary group and political party. PLOTE's political wing is known as the Democratic People's Liberation Front.-Origins:... )	288	471	254	68	24	867	1,067	295	705	243	447	49	79	4,857	4.08%	0
	Left & Democratic Alliance	46	15	152	6	0	825	124	83	28	73	1,079	17	4	2,452	2.06%	0
	Independent 5 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	8	6	14	25	2	51	32	24	20	30	29	1	1,992	2,234	1.88%	0
	Independent 6 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	56	120	43	275	18	110	164	98	123	782	241	28	132	2,190	1.84%	0
	Independent 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	13	114	174	26	1	548	634	38	19	22	50	2	16	1,657	1.39%	0
	Independent 3 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	66	226	77	28	1	241	256	406	59	110	143	20	16	1,649	1.38%	0
	National Unity Alliance Muslim National Unity Alliance The Muslim National Unity Alliance was a left-wing political party in Sri Lanka.At the legislative elections, 2 April 2004, the party was part of the United People's Freedom Alliance that won 45.6% of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats. The party operated on a platform of Islamic socialism... (SLMC Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders.... et al.)	5	3	13	17	0	24	39	15	22	22	28	2	825	1,015	0.85%	0
	Citizen's Front	6	13	27	22	1	44	42	23	29	24	45	0	51	327	0.27%	0
	Sinhala Heritage	14	7	14	32	0	37	36	18	30	39	38	1	1	267	0.22%	0
	Independent 4 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	0	2	6	7	2	17	6	8	4	5	14	0	116	187	0.16%	0
	Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...	7	6	14	18	1	27	20	10	9	17	34	0	9	172	0.14%	0
	Muslim United Liberation Front	4	3	3	3	1	12	7	4	3	5	9	0	107	161	0.14%	0
	Ruhuna People's Party	2	3	18	8	1	24	24	8	10	16	27	1	0	142	0.12%	0
	Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputhra Pakshaya is a minor Sinhala Buddhist political party in Sri Lanka, led by Dr. Harischandra Wijayatunga....	9	7	13	10	2	21	16	6	12	24	14	0	1	135	0.11%	0
	Liberal Party Liberal Party of Sri Lanka The Liberal Party of Sri Lanka began as a think-tank called the Council for Liberal Democracy, founded in 1981 by the late Dr. Chanaka Amaratunga, a longstanding member of the United National Party which was then in government....	3	2	12	5	3	24	18	8	12	13	13	0	2	115	0.10%	0
Valid Votes		5,681	5,227	11,004	15,397	851	14,935	16,912	10,318	8,138	10,665	14,384	1,413	4,144	119,069	100.00%	9
Rejected Votes		1,003	485	1,291	935	163	1,787	2,115	920	1,055	1,600	2,017			13,664
Total Polled		6,684	5,712	12,295	16,332	1,014	16,722	19,027	11,238	9,193	12,265	16,401			132,733
Registered Electors		53,933	53,666	63,000	51,007	57,543	59,419	62,692	65,203	42,781	53,668	59,419			622,331
Turnout (%)		12.39%	10.64%	19.52%	32.02%	1.76%	28.14%	30.35%	17.24%	21.49%	22.85%	27.60%			21.33%

The following candidates were elected: V. Anandasangaree

V. Anandasangaree

Veerasingham Anandasangaree is a leading Sri Lankan Tamil politician, former Member of Parliament and leader of the Tamil United Liberation Front. He is commonly known as Sangaree...

(TULF), 12,888 pv; Mavai Senathirajah (TULF), 10,965 pv; Douglas Devananda

Douglas Devananda

(EPDP), 7,658 pv; Sinnathamby Sivamaharajah

Sinnathamby Sivamaharajah

Sinnathamby Sivamaharajah was the managing director of Namathu Eelanadu, a Tamil-language newspaper, in Jaffna ,he was also a former Member of Parliament for the Tamil United Liberation Front, and a member of the pro LTTE Tamil National Alliance in the Sri Lankan Parliament...

(TULF), 7,187 pv; T. Maheswaran

T. Maheswaran

T. Maheswaran was an ethnic Tamil Sri Lankan Member of Parliament from Colombo. He belonged to the main opposition United National Party and was critic of Rajapakse government's war against Tamil rebels...

(UNP), 4,807 pv; Nadarasah Mathanarajah (EPDP), 4,673 pv; Karthigesu Velummylum Kugendran (EPDP), 4,244 pv; A. Vinayagamoorthy (ACTC), 3,825 pv; and Kandiah Sangaran (EPDP), 2,902 pv.

2001 parliamentary general election

Results of the 12th parliamentary election

Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2001

Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on December 6, 2001, just a little over a year after the last elections in October 2000.-Background:The People's Alliance government faced a blow when most of the SLMC MPs left the coalition...

held on 5 December 2001:

Party		\|Votes per Polling Division	\|Displaced Votes	\|%	Chavaka -chcheri	\|Kankesan -thurai	\|Kilino -chchi	\|Manipay	\|Point Pedro	\|Vaddu -koddai
Party			\|Displaced Votes	\|%	Chavaka -chcheri	Tamil National Alliance Tamil National Alliance The Tamil National Alliance is a powerful minority Sri Lankan Tamil political alliance in Sri Lanka. It was formed as an amalgamation of moderate Tamil parties as well as number of former rebel groups... (ACTC All Ceylon Tamil Congress All Ceylon Tamil Congress , is the oldest Tamil political party in Sri Lanka.-History:The ACTC was founded in 1944 by G.G. Ponnambalam. Ponnambalam asked for a 50-50 representation in parliament... , EPRLF(S) Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front The Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front is a Sri Lankan political party and a former militant separatist group.-Militant separatists:The EPRLF was formed in 1980 by K... , TELO Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization The Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization is an Eelam Tamil organisation campaigning for the establishment of an independent Tamil Eelam in the northeast of Sri Lanka. The TELO was originally created as a militant group, and functioned as such until 1986, when most of its membership was killed in a... , TULF Tamil United Liberation Front The Tamil United Liberation Front is a political party in Sri Lanka which seeks independence for the Tamil-populated areas of Sri Lanka.-Formation:... )	9,865	7,368	8,898	4,304	1,100	12,539	13,539	11,787	8,525	12,493	9,800	1,496	610	102,324	54.84%	6
	Eelam People's Democratic Party Eelam People's Democratic Party The Eelam People's Democratic Party is a political party and a pro-government paramilitary organization in Sri Lanka. It is led by its founder Douglas Devananda.-Background:...	2,221	3,647	5,580	15,378	431	6,300	7,450	4,565	2,736	3,385	4,609	576	330	57,208	30.66%	2
	United National Front (CWC Ceylon Workers' Congress The Ceylon Workers' Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka that has traditionally represented Tamils working in the plantation sector of the economy .- History :... , UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe... , WPF Western People's Front The Western People's Front, currently named the Democratic People's Front , is a political party in Sri Lanka active in the Western Province.... )	1,218	974	1,231	764	191	1,753	1,999	1,970	1,273	1,022	3,445	172	233	16,245	8.71%	1
	Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders....	27	299	51	23	3	85	95	334	12	36	35	2	2,362	3,364	1.80%	0
	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	1,045	311	234	24	68	181	349	217	34	126	60	20	8	2,677	1.43%	0
	Democratic Left Front	28	20	75	4	0	689	127	82	429	121	461	16	2	2,054	1.10%	0
	Democratic People's Liberation Front Democratic People's Liberation Front Democratic People's Liberation Front , a registered political party in Sri Lanka and a front of the People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam . DPLF was founded in 1988. DPLF lost its parliamentary representation in the 2004 elections. 2001-2004 DPLF had one MP, elected from Vanni Electoral... (PLOTE People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam The People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam is a former Tamil militant group. It is currently a pro-government paramilitary group and political party. PLOTE's political wing is known as the Democratic People's Liberation Front.-Origins:... )	79	274	77	19	2	326	215	159	121	55	44	24	59	1,454	0.78%	0
	United Socialist Party United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka) The United Socialist Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It is a member of the Committee for a Workers' International. It is led by Siritunga Jayasuriya and publishes a monthly paper, Sentharakai .-History:...	27	15	29	23	9	46	68	44	30	39	73	0	7	410	0.22%	0
	New Left Front New Left Front The Left Liberation Front is a left wing electoral coalition in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1998 as the New Left Front by the Nava Sama Samaja Party, former members of the People's Alliance, and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna... (NSSP Nava Sama Samaja Party The Nava Sama Samaja Pakshaya is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was formed through the expulsion from the Lanka Sama Samaja Party of the Vama Samsamja tendency led by Dr Vickrambahu , Sumanasiri Liyanage and others. Siritunga Jayasuriya and Vasudeva Nanayakkara joined later... et al.)	31	21	34	9	4	70	72	29	26	47	55	0	9	407	0.22%	0
	Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...	15	12	30	14	1	40	27	21	14	17	48	2	1	242	0.13%	0
	Sinhala Heritage	20	13	21	22	2	32	28	21	8	23	20	0	3	213	0.11%	0
Valid Votes		14,576	12,954	16,260	20,584	1,811	22,061	23,969	19,229	13,208	17,364	18,650	2,308	3,624	186,598	100.00%	9
Rejected Votes		1,264	624	899	777	133	1,354	1,370	547	823	1,084	1,478	46	282	10,681
Total Polled		15,840	13,578	17,159	21,361	1,944	23,415	25,339	19,776	14,031	18,448	20,128	2,354	3,906	197,279
Registered Electors		54,779	55,244	64,119	51,072	57,595	61,334	64,262	67,057	43,087	53,941	60,967			633,457
Turnout (%)		28.92%	24.58%	26.76%	41.83%	3.38%	38.18%	39.43%	29.49%	32.56%	34.20%	33.01%			31.14%

The following candidates were elected: V. Anandasangaree

V. Anandasangaree

Veerasingham Anandasangaree is a leading Sri Lankan Tamil politician, former Member of Parliament and leader of the Tamil United Liberation Front. He is commonly known as Sangaree...

(TNA-TULF), 36,217 preference votes (pv); Mavai Senathirajah (TNA-TULF), 33,831 pv; Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam

Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam

Gajendrakumar Gangaser Ponnambalam, is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician, former Member of Parliament and lawyer. He is the current leader of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress, a member of the Tamil National People's Front ....

(TNA-ACTC), 29,641 pv; A. Vinayagamoorthy (TNA-ACTC), 19,472 pv; Nadarajah Raviraj

Nadarajah Raviraj

Nadarajah Raviraj was a prominent Sri Lankan Tamil politician and human rights lawyer. Born in the Jaffna district in the North of Sri Lanka, he served as a Member of Parliament for the Tamil National Alliance, which is backed by the LTTE, until he was shot dead by gunmen in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on...

(TNA-TULF), 19,263 pv; M. K. Shivajilingam

M. K. Shivajilingam

Mahalingam Kanagalingam Shivajilingam is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament.-Political career:At the December 2001 Shivajilingam was elected to represent the Jaffna District in Parliament...

(TNA-TELO), 17,859 pv; T. Maheswaran

T. Maheswaran

(UNF), 11,598 pv; Douglas Devananda

Douglas Devananda

(EPDP), 9,744 pv; and Nadarasah Mathanarajah (EPDP), 7,350 pv.

2004 parliamentary general election

Results of the 13th parliamentary election

Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2004

Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on 2 April 2004. The ruling United National Party of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was defeated, winning only eighty two seats in the 225-member Sri Lankan parliament. The opposition United People's Freedom Alliance won 105 seats...

held on 2 April 2004:

Party		\|Votes per Polling Division	\|Displaced Votes	\|%	Chavaka -chcheri	\|Kankesan -thurai	\|Kilino -chchi	\|Manipay	\|Point Pedro	\|Vaddu -koddai
Party			\|Displaced Votes	\|%	Chavaka -chcheri	Tamil National Alliance Tamil National Alliance The Tamil National Alliance is a powerful minority Sri Lankan Tamil political alliance in Sri Lanka. It was formed as an amalgamation of moderate Tamil parties as well as number of former rebel groups... (ACTC All Ceylon Tamil Congress All Ceylon Tamil Congress , is the oldest Tamil political party in Sri Lanka.-History:The ACTC was founded in 1944 by G.G. Ponnambalam. Ponnambalam asked for a 50-50 representation in parliament... , EPRLF(S) Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front The Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front is a Sri Lankan political party and a former militant separatist group.-Militant separatists:The EPRLF was formed in 1980 by K... , ITAK Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi is a Sri Lankan political party which represents the Sri Lankan Tamil ethnic minority in the country. It was originally formed in 1949 as breakaway faction of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress... , TELO Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization The Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization is an Eelam Tamil organisation campaigning for the establishment of an independent Tamil Eelam in the northeast of Sri Lanka. The TELO was originally created as a militant group, and functioned as such until 1986, when most of its membership was killed in a... )	30,882	16,353	18,499	13,911	29,574	26,805	23,779	22,321	22,400	24,172	24,240	3,175	1,209	257,320	90.60%	8
	Eelam People's Democratic Party Eelam People's Democratic Party The Eelam People's Democratic Party is a political party and a pro-government paramilitary organization in Sri Lanka. It is led by its founder Douglas Devananda.-Background:...	1,252	1,710	2,395	1,406	145	2,108	3,239	2,431	676	874	1,513	420	443	18,612	6.55%	1
	Independent 1 (TULF Tamil United Liberation Front The Tamil United Liberation Front is a political party in Sri Lanka which seeks independence for the Tamil-populated areas of Sri Lanka.-Formation:... )	492	360	405	51	171	453	980	800	248	362	485	340	9	5,156	1.82%	0
	Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders....	8	151	7	41	5	16	11	14	2	13	9	1	1,717	1,995	0.70%	0
	United Socialist Party United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka) The United Socialist Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It is a member of the Committee for a Workers' International. It is led by Siritunga Jayasuriya and publishes a monthly paper, Sentharakai .-History:...	24	6	27	14	18	32	36	32	22	25	42	1	12	291	0.10%	0
	New Left Front New Left Front The Left Liberation Front is a left wing electoral coalition in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1998 as the New Left Front by the Nava Sama Samaja Party, former members of the People's Alliance, and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna... (NSSP Nava Sama Samaja Party The Nava Sama Samaja Pakshaya is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was formed through the expulsion from the Lanka Sama Samaja Party of the Vama Samsamja tendency led by Dr Vickrambahu , Sumanasiri Liyanage and others. Siritunga Jayasuriya and Vasudeva Nanayakkara joined later... et al.)	19	13	25	11	6	36	54	30	9	23	32	7	1	266	0.09%	0
	Independent 2 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	24	17	8	8	6	15	22	14	6	15	15	0	1	151	0.05%	0
	Jathika Hela Urumaya Jathika Hela Urumaya The Jathika Hela Urumaya is a political party in Sri Lanka which is led by Buddhist monks. The JHU was launched in February, 2004 by the lay-based, secular Sinhala nationalist political party Sihala Urumaya. Founding members include Kolonnawe Sumangala Thero, Uduwe Dhammaloka Thero, Ellawela...	9	4	5	4	8	12	20	5	5	12	9	1	1	95	0.03%	0
	Swarajya	6	11	8	3	2	9	11	5	1	6	7	1	3	73	0.03%	0
	Ruhuna People's Party	8	5	7	5	4	9	6	7	3	5	6	0	2	67	0.02%	0
Valid Votes		32,724	18,630	21,386	15,454	29,939	29,495	28,158	25,659	23,372	25,507	26,358	3,946	3,398	284,026	100.00%	9
Rejected Votes		2,966	1,120	1,631	1,282	2,213	2,445	2,268	1,465	1,028	1,956	2,543	39	277	21,233
Total Polled		35,690	19,750	23,017	16,736	32,152	31,940	30,426	27,124	24,400	27,463	28,901	3,985	3,675	305,259
Registered Electors		57,379	57,460	64,434	51,911	57,975	61,403	65,218	67,672	45,457	54,087	61,283			644,279
Turnout (%)		62.20%	34.37%	35.72%	32.24%	55.46%	52.02%	46.65%	40.08%	53.68%	50.78%	47.16%			47.38%

The following candidates were elected: Selvarajah Kajendren

Selvarajah Kajendren

Selvarajah Kajendren is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament.In 2004 Kajendren was selected by the Tamil Tigers as a Tamil National Alliance parliamentary candidate...

(TNA), 112,077 preference votes (pv); Pathmini Sithamparanathan

Pathmini Sithamparanathan

Pathmini Sithamparanathan is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament.In 2004 Pathmini was selected by the Tamil Tigers as a Tamil National Alliance parliamentary candidate...

(TNA), 68,240 pv; Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam

Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam

(TNA-ACTC), 60,770 pv; Suresh Premachandran (TNA-EPRLF), 45,786 pv; K. Sivanesan

K. Sivanesan

Kiddinan Sivanesan was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament. He was killed by a roadside bomb placed by the Sri Lanka Army's Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol .-Early life:...

(TNA), 43,730 pv; Nadarajah Raviraj

Nadarajah Raviraj

(TNA-ITAK), 42,965 pv; M. K. Shivajilingam

M. K. Shivajilingam

(TNA-TELO), 42,193 pv; Mavai Senathirajah (TNA-ITAK), 38,783 pv; and Douglas Devananda

Douglas Devananda

(EPDP), 9,405 pv.

Nadarajah Raviraj

Nadarajah Raviraj

(TNA-ITAK) was murdered on 10 November 2006. His replacement Nallathamby Srikantha

Nallathamby Srikantha

-Political career:At the April 2004 parliamentary election Srikantha was a candidate in Jaffna District but failed to get elected. However, Srikantha entered Parliament in November 2006 following the murder of Nadarajah Raviraj....

(TNA-TELO) was sworn in on 30 November 2006.

K. Sivanesan

K. Sivanesan

Kiddinan Sivanesan was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament. He was killed by a roadside bomb placed by the Sri Lanka Army's Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol .-Early life:...

(TNA) was murdered on 6 March 2008. His replacement Solomon Cyril

Solomon Cyril

Solomon Soosaipillai Cyril is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament.-Political career:At the April 2004 parliamentary election Cyril was a candidate in Jaffna District but failed to get elected. However, Cyril entered Parliament in April 2008 following the murder of K...

(TNA) was sworn in on 9 April 2008.

2005 presidential election

Results of the 5th presidential election

Sri Lankan presidential election, 2005

The Sri Lankan presidential election of 2005 was the fifth presidential election of Sri Lanka. Nominations were accepted on 7 September 2005, and the election was held on 17 November 2005. Electoral participation was 73.73%...

held on 17 November 2005:

Candidate		\|Postal Votes	\|Total Votes	Chavaka -chcheri	\|Kankesan -thurai	\|Kilino -chchi	\|Manipay	\|Point Pedro	\|Vaddu -koddai
Candidate		\|Postal Votes	\|Total Votes	Chavaka -chcheri		Ranil Wickremasinghe Ranil Wickremasinghe Ranil Shriyan Wickremesinghe , MP, is a Sri Lankan politician and current Leader of the Opposition in the Sri Lankan parliament. He was Prime Minister of Sri Lanka twice, from May 7, 1993 to August 19, 1994 and from December 9, 2001 to April 6, 2004...	UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	33	301	148	98	1	267	256	198	25	52	191	1,405	2,548	5,523	70.20%
	Mahinda Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa Percy Mahendra "Mahinda" Rajapaksa ; ; born November 18, 1945) is the 6th and current President of Sri Lanka and Commander in Chief of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces. A lawyer by profession, Rajapaksa was first elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in 1970, and served as prime minister from April 6,...	UPFA United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance is a political alliance in Sri Lanka. The current leader of the United People's Freedom Alliance is Mahinda Rajapaksa and Susil Premajayantha is the general secretary of UPFA.The alliance was formed by:...	10	124	97	139	0	54	64	100	9	11	53	327	979	1,967	25.00%
	Victor Hettigoda Victor Hettigoda Victor Hettigoda is a Sri Lankan entrepreneur and also was a candidate for the November 17, 2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Elections.-Early life:...	ULPP	0	3	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	109	1	120	1.53%
	Siritunga Jayasuriya Siritunga Jayasuriya Siritunga Jayasuriya was a contestant in the Sri Lanka presidential election in 2005. He received 35,405 votes, 0.36 % of the votes cast and came third. He is a trade unionist and leader of the United Socialist Party...	USP United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka) The United Socialist Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It is a member of the Committee for a Workers' International. It is led by Siritunga Jayasuriya and publishes a monthly paper, Sentharakai .-History:...	2	4	2	3	0	14	11	2	0	0	3	5	26	72	0.92%
	A. A. Suraweera	NDF	0	2	3	3	0	5	1	1	0	0	3	4	12	34	0.43%
	A. K. J. Arachchige	DUA	1	1	3	4	0	2	3	4	0	0	0	3	10	31	0.39%
	Wije Dias	SEP Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka) The Socialist Equality Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1968 as the Revolutionary Communist League by former student members of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party who joined the International Committee of the Fourth International. They remained loyal to Gerry Healy...	1	1	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	10	4	29	0.37%
	Chamil Jayaneththi	NLF New Left Front The Left Liberation Front is a left wing electoral coalition in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1998 as the New Left Front by the Nava Sama Samaja Party, former members of the People's Alliance, and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna...	2	1	2	2	0	5	1	0	1	0	2	7	1	24	0.31%
	Anura De Silva	ULF	0	0	2	1	0	4	3	1	0	0	1	3	6	21	0.27%
	P. Nelson Perera	SLPF	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	3	4	4	16	0.20%
	Wimal Geeganage	SLNF	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	15	0.19%
	Aruna de Soyza	RPP	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	12	0.15%
	H. S. Dharmadwaja	UNAF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	0.05%
Valid Votes			50	438	260	263	1	362	340	308	35	64	263	1,885	3,599	7,868	100.00%
Rejected Votes			3	17	7	13	0	26	17	5	4	1	15	441	107	656
Total Polled			53	455	267	276	1	388	357	313	39	65	278	2,326	3,706	8,524
Registered Electors			62,022	62,089	67,133	52,986	89,454	63,752	68,783	70,251	47,188	55,499	62,781			701,938
Turnout (%)			0.08%	0.73%	0.40%	0.52%	0.00%	0.61%	0.52%	0.45%	0.08%	0.12%	0.44%			1.21%

2010 presidential election

Results of the 6th presidential election

Sri Lankan presidential election, 2010

The Sri Lankan presidential election of 2010 was the sixth presidential election of Sri Lanka. The election was announced on 23 November 2009 when incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa decided to seek a fresh mandate prior to the expiration of his term in 2011...

held on 26 January 2010:

Candidate		\|Postal Votes	\|Total Votes	Chavaka -chcheri	\|Kankesan -thurai	\|Kilino -chchi	\|Manipay	\|Point Pedro	\|Vaddu -koddai
Candidate		\|Postal Votes	\|Total Votes	Chavaka -chcheri		Sarath Fonseka Sarath Fonseka Gardihewa Sarath Chandralal Fonseka, known as Sarath Fonseka is a former commander and General of the Sri Lanka Army and a former candidate for President of Sri Lanka. As Commander of the Army, he played an instrumental role in ending the 26 year Sri Lankan Civil War in 2009, defeating the...	NDF New Democratic Front (Sri Lanka) The New Democratic Front is a newly formed political party in Sri Lanka. An offshoot of the Democratic United National Front and a constituent partner of the United National Front, the party is led by Ariyawansa Dissanayake. The symbol of the party is a swan...	11,599	7,914	8,216	3,976	4,717	13,151	13,390	11,543	8,585	8,974	11,712	3,173	6,927	113,877	63.84%
	Mahinda Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa Percy Mahendra "Mahinda" Rajapaksa ; ; born November 18, 1945) is the 6th and current President of Sri Lanka and Commander in Chief of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces. A lawyer by profession, Rajapaksa was first elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in 1970, and served as prime minister from April 6,...	UPFA United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance is a political alliance in Sri Lanka. The current leader of the United People's Freedom Alliance is Mahinda Rajapaksa and Susil Premajayantha is the general secretary of UPFA.The alliance was formed by:...	4,567	3,296	4,559	4,611	991	4,538	5,749	3,554	2,361	2,545	4,247	892	2,244	44,154	24.75%
	M. C. M. Ismail	DUNF Democratic United National Front The Democratic United National Front is a political party in Sri Lanka.At the last legislative elections, held on 2 April 2004, the party was part of the United People's Freedom Alliance that won 45.6 % of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats....	323	107	254	283	199	528	391	196	223	301	326	6	233	3,370	1.89%
	C. J. Sugathsiri Gamage	UDF	493	139	283	144	45	471	447	231	227	314	486	4	41	3,325	1.86%
	M. K. Shivajilingam M. K. Shivajilingam Mahalingam Kanagalingam Shivajilingam is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament.-Political career:At the December 2001 Shivajilingam was elected to represent the Jaffna District in Parliament...	Ind 5 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	348	126	207	284	42	306	231	173	326	334	500	263	65	3,205	1.80%
	A. A. Suraweera	NDF	141	50	169	136	28	160	189	73	73	97	164	2	28	1,310	0.73%
	Vikramabahu Karunaratne Vikramabahu Karunaratne Vikramabahu Karunaratne is a Sri Lankan politician and he contested for the Sri Lankan presidential election.-Early life:...	LF	121	41	88	56	23	151	173	89	100	78	139	49	20	1,128	0.63%
	Siritunga Jayasuriya Siritunga Jayasuriya Siritunga Jayasuriya was a contestant in the Sri Lanka presidential election in 2005. He received 35,405 votes, 0.36 % of the votes cast and came third. He is a trade unionist and leader of the United Socialist Party...	USP United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka) The United Socialist Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It is a member of the Committee for a Workers' International. It is led by Siritunga Jayasuriya and publishes a monthly paper, Sentharakai .-History:...	113	18	68	42	19	146	122	68	47	68	110	1	18	840	0.47%
	Sarath Manamendra	NSH	94	29	59	32	26	112	106	50	44	68	71	6	35	732	0.41%
	Lal Perera	ONF	55	30	56	30	32	98	101	52	43	61	106	0	32	696	0.39%
	Ukkubanda Wijekoon	Ind 3 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	82	31	70	38	10	93	105	52	34	71	85	1	11	683	0.38%
	Wije Dias	SEP Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka) The Socialist Equality Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1968 as the Revolutionary Communist League by former student members of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party who joined the International Committee of the Fourth International. They remained loyal to Gerry Healy...	92	20	32	94	19	68	62	25	43	58	127	1	16	657	0.37%
	A.S.P Liyanage A.S.P Liyanage Panagoda Don Prince Solomon Anura Liyanage is a Sri Lankan business magnate, the chairman and managing director of the ASP Group, a private real estate group established in 1989...	SLLP	80	31	59	43	23	100	85	54	24	50	75	0	21	645	0.36%
	W. V. Mahiman Ranjith	Ind 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	59	27	51	60	27	83	66	31	39	47	63	2	16	571	0.32%
	Sarath Kongahage	UNAF	67	23	35	33	12	64	63	37	41	57	71	3	12	518	0.29%
	Aithurus M. Illias	Ind 2 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	85	19	43	36	8	72	48	31	27	41	62	1	12	485	0.27%
	M. Mohamed Musthaffa M. Mohamed Musthaffa Meera Mohideen Mohamed Musthaffa is a Sri Lankan politician, a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government minister.Musthaffa stood as an independent candidate in the 2010 presidential election and came 17th out of 22 candidates after receiving 3,134 votes .-References:...	Ind 4 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	71	10	49	15	10	84	56	27	35	43	75	0	10	485	0.27%
	Sanath Pinnaduwa	NA	47	8	35	18	13	67	45	36	24	38	63	0	18	412	0.23%
	Senaratna de Silva	PNF	45	11	37	15	8	65	51	13	20	31	51	1	10	358	0.20%
	Aruna de Soyza	RPP	41	12	19	12	8	64	35	16	30	38	70	2	4	351	0.20%
	Battaramulla Seelarathana	JP	36	7	28	16	11	53	41	20	20	21	46	2	6	307	0.17%
	M. B. Thaminimulla	ACAKO	31	11	23	9	9	34	38	20	22	20	35	1	7	260	0.15%
Valid Votes			18,590	11,960	14,440	9,983	6,280	20,508	21,594	16,391	12,388	13,355	18,684	4,410	9,786	178,369	100.00%
Rejected Votes			860	454	493	338	286	625	881	557	440	600	752	116	361	6,763
Total Polled			19,450	12,414	14,933	10,321	6,566	21,133	22,475	16,948	12,828	13,955	19,436	4,526	10,147	185,132
Registered Electors			65,141	64,714	69,082	53,111	90,811	65,798	71,114	72,558	48,613	56,426	63,991			721,359
Turnout			29.86%	19.18%	21.62%	19.43%	7.23%	32.12%	31.60%	23.36%	26.39%	24.73%	30.37%			25.66%

2010 parliamentary general election

Results of the 14th parliamentary election

Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2010

The 2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election was held on April 8 and April 20, 2010, to elect 225 members to Sri Lanka's 14th Parliament. 14,088,500 Sri Lankans were eligible to vote in the election at 11,102 polling stations...

held on 8 April 2010:

Party		\|Votes per Polling Division	\|Displaced Votes	\|%	Chavaka -chcheri	\|Kankesan -thurai	\|Kilino -chchi	\|Manipay	\|Point Pedro	\|Vaddu -koddai
Party			\|Displaced Votes	\|%	Chavaka -chcheri	Tamil National Alliance Tamil National Alliance The Tamil National Alliance is a powerful minority Sri Lankan Tamil political alliance in Sri Lanka. It was formed as an amalgamation of moderate Tamil parties as well as number of former rebel groups... (EPRLF(S) Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front The Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front is a Sri Lankan political party and a former militant separatist group.-Militant separatists:The EPRLF was formed in 1980 by K... , ITAK Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi is a Sri Lankan political party which represents the Sri Lankan Tamil ethnic minority in the country. It was originally formed in 1949 as breakaway faction of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress... , TELO Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization The Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization is an Eelam Tamil organisation campaigning for the establishment of an independent Tamil Eelam in the northeast of Sri Lanka. The TELO was originally created as a militant group, and functioned as such until 1986, when most of its membership was killed in a... )	7,664	4,713	5,018	1,671	4,192	7,467	7,194	7,490	3,783	4,630	5,341	3,813	2,143	65,119	43.85%	5
	United People's Freedom Alliance United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance is a political alliance in Sri Lanka. The current leader of the United People's Freedom Alliance is Mahinda Rajapaksa and Susil Premajayantha is the general secretary of UPFA.The alliance was formed by:... (ACMC All Ceylon Muslim Congress The All Ceylon Muslim Congress is a Sri Lankan political party representing the Muslim community of Sri Lanka. It was formed in 2008 by four MPs elected to parliament from the opposition Sri Lanka Muslim Congress who had left their party and joined the ruling United People's Freedom Alliance in... , EPDP Eelam People's Democratic Party The Eelam People's Democratic Party is a political party and a pro-government paramilitary organization in Sri Lanka. It is led by its founder Douglas Devananda.-Background:... , SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in... et al.)	2,777	3,479	4,518	6,441	3,367	4,377	5,643	3,467	3,402	2,533	3,286	1,529	2,803	47,622	32.07%	3
	United National Front (DPF, SLFP(P) Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in... , SLMC Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders.... , UNP United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe... )	1,248	616	584	392	386	1,122	1,424	896	697	717	3,438	461	643	12,624	8.50%	1
	Tamil National People's Front Tamil National People's Front The Tamil National People's Front is a Sri Lankan political alliance which represents the Sri Lankan Tamil ethnic minority in the country. It was launched on 28 February 2010 as breakaway faction of the Tamil National Alliance... (ACTC All Ceylon Tamil Congress All Ceylon Tamil Congress , is the oldest Tamil political party in Sri Lanka.-History:The ACTC was founded in 1944 by G.G. Ponnambalam. Ponnambalam asked for a 50-50 representation in parliament... et al.)	445	688	337	104	85	370	397	730	1,123	760	831	474	18	6,362	4.28%	0
	Tamil United Liberation Front Tamil United Liberation Front The Tamil United Liberation Front is a political party in Sri Lanka which seeks independence for the Tamil-populated areas of Sri Lanka.-Formation:...	298	130	169	33	497	165	473	188	98	228	388	176	49	2,892	1.95%	0
	Independent 11 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	315	41	206	72	25	410	296	141	264	261	505	26	0	2,562	1.73%	0
	Independent 4 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	574	39	144	9	11	215	332	194	79	257	252	41	4	2,151	1.45%	0
	Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (Padmanaba) Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front The Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front is a Sri Lankan political party and a former militant separatist group.-Militant separatists:The EPRLF was formed in 1980 by K...	563	92	112	25	201	311	268	62	9	34	115	27	2	1,821	1.23%	0
	Independent 3 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	112	22	57	12	9	223	115	98	214	171	57	69	2	1,161	0.78%	0
	Independent 6 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	15	4	168	2	7	451	59	46	19	75	171	21	0	1,038	0.70%	0
	Left Liberation Front (LLF, TNLA Tamil National Liberation Alliance The Tamil National Liberation Alliance was a Sri Lankan political alliance representing the Sri Lankan Tamil ethnic minority in the country. It was launched on 22 February 2010 as breakaway faction of the Tamil National Alliance . In June 2011 the party was dissolved and its leaders rejoined Tamil... )	30	56	42	45	3	37	79	47	49	314	125	39	2	868	0.58%	0
	Eelavar Democratic Front (EROS Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students The Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students , also known as the Eelam Revolutionary Organisers, is a former Tamil militant group in Sri Lanka. Most of the EROS membership was absorbed into the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in 1990. The rump, which continues to use the EROS name, has... )	79	92	54	27	57	104	96	67	37	43	161	7	34	858	0.58%	0
	Democratic Unity Alliance	19	28	20	22	255	81	50	70	21	29	91	9	69	764	0.51%	0
	Independent 5 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	17	36	30	18	6	64	66	73	16	53	46	11	1	437	0.29%	0
	Independent 10 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	20	19	14	11	60	33	37	52	6	9	82	36	20	399	0.27%	0
	United Socialist Party United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka) The United Socialist Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It is a member of the Committee for a Workers' International. It is led by Siritunga Jayasuriya and publishes a monthly paper, Sentharakai .-History:...	100	15	9	7	8	28	21	23	9	10	40	7	3	280	0.19%	0
	Independent 7 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	6	1	11	0	7	75	15	6	15	109	6	10	0	261	0.18%	0
	Democratic National Alliance Democratic National Alliance (Sri Lanka) The Democratic National Alliance is a political alliance in Sri Lanka, formed by retired General Sarath Fonseka and his allies to contest in the 2010 general elections... (JVP Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89... et al.)	10	12	13	1	9	28	17	17	3	22	19	4	46	201	0.14%	0
	Independent 1 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	17	29	4	2	4	18	9	30	18	34	11	4	3	183	0.12%	0
	Independent 2 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	72	8	4	2	2	13	11	8	12	19	20	4	4	179	0.12%	0
	Independent 9 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	37	5	10	1	10	31	17	11	2	5	29	3	10	171	0.12%	0
	Janasetha Peramuna	11	16	8	5	0	12	12	16	21	7	24	2	0	134	0.09%	0
	Independent 12 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	12	7	3	5	2	16	9	7	3	9	12	2	22	109	0.07%	0
	Socialist Equality Party Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka) The Socialist Equality Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1968 as the Revolutionary Communist League by former student members of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party who joined the International Committee of the Fourth International. They remained loyal to Gerry Healy...	5	8	5	27	3	8	11	2	0	6	22	4	0	101	0.07%	0
	Independent 8 Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	11	2	2	8	1	15	12	7	9	5	19	2	0	93	0.06%	0
	Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal	9	5	6	5	4	6	6	4	7	3	10	0	4	69	0.05%	0
	All Are Citizens, All Are Kings Organisation	10	0	1	0	1	4	10	5	2	4	7	0	0	44	0.03%	0
Valid Votes		14,476	10,163	11,549	8,947	9,212	15,684	16,679	13,757	9,918	10,347	15,108	6,781	5,882	148,503	100.00%	9
Rejected Votes		2,180	1,037	1,621	1,326	1,807	2,021	2,239	1,334	1,194	1,485	2,128	314	1,088	19,774
Total Polled		16,656	11,200	13,170	10,273	11,019	17,705	18,918	15,091	11,112	11,832	17,236	7,095	6,970	168,277
Registered Electors		65,141	64,714	69,082	53,111	90,811	65,798	71,114	72,558	48,613	56,426	63,991			721,359
Turnout		25.57%	17.31%	19.06%	19.34%	12.13%	26.91%	26.60%	20.80%	22.86%	20.97%	26.94%			23.33%

The following candidates were elected: Douglas Devananda

Douglas Devananda

(UPFA-EPDP), 28,585 preference votes (pv); Mavai Senathirajah (TNA-ITAK), 20,501 pv; Suresh Premachandran (TNA-EPRLF), 16,425 pv; A. Vinayagamoorthy (TNA), 15,311 pv; E. Saravanapavan (TNA), 14,961 pv; Silvestri "Uthayan" Alantine (UPFA-EPDP), 13,128 pv; S. Sritharan (TNA), 10,057; Murugesu "Aosk" Chandrakumar (UPFA-EPDP), 8,105 pv; and Vijayakala Maheswaran

Vijayakala Maheswaran

Vijayakala Maheswaran is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.Vijayakala has represented the Jaffna multi-member electoral district for the United National Front in the Sri Lankan Parliament since April 2010....

(UNF-UNP), 7,160 pv;

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