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| Trincomalee Electoral District திருகோணமலை தேர்தல் மாவட்டம் | |
|---|---|
| Electoral District for theParliament of Sri Lanka | |
| Administrative District | Trincomalee |
| Province | Eastern |
| Polling divisions | 3 |
| Population | 368,000[1](2009) |
| Electorate | 246,890[2](2010) |
| Area | 2,727 km2 (1,053 sq mi)[3] |
| CurrentElectoral District | |
| Number of members | 4 |
| MPs | |
Trincomalee Electoral District (Tamil:திருகோணமலை தேர்தல் மாவட்டம்Tirukōṇamalai Tērtal Māvaṭṭam) is one of the 22multi-memberelectoral districts ofSri Lanka created by the1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with theadministrative district ofTrincomalee in theEastern province. The district currently elects 4 of the 225 members of theSri Lankan Parliament and had 246,890 registered electors in 2010.[2] The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 14.[4]
The Trincomalee Electoral District consists of the following polling divisions:[4]
A:Seruwila
C:Mutur
Results of the1st 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% | ||||
Results of the1st 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% | |||
Results of the2nd 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% | ||||
Results of the9th 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.
Results of the10th 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]
Results of the3rd 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% | |||
Results of the4th 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% | ||||
Results of the11th 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; andM. K. D. S. Gunawardena (PA), 15,392 pv.
Results of the12th 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; andM. K. D. S. Gunawardena (PA), 14,938 pv.
Results of the13th 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; andJayantha Wijesekara (UPFA-SLFP), 19,983 pv.
M. N. Abdul Majeed (SLMC) was expelled from theSri Lanka Muslim Congress on 30 May 2004.[21] He subsequently joined theUnited People's Freedom Alliance.
Results of the5th 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% | |||||
Results of the1st 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).
Results of the6th 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% | |||||
Results of the14th 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; andM. K. D. S. Gunawardena (UPFA), 19,734 pv.
Results of the2nd 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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