Batticaloa Electoral District (Tamil: மட்டக்களப்பு தேர்தல் மாவட்டம் Maṭṭakkaḷappu Tērtal Māvaṭṭam) is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Batticaloa in the Eastern province. The district currently elects 5 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 449,686 registered electors in 2024. The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 12.[3]
| Batticaloa Electoral District மட்டக்களப்பு தேர்தல் மாவட்டம் | |
|---|---|
| Electoral District for the Parliament of Sri Lanka | |
| Administrative District | Batticaloa |
| Province | Eastern |
| Polling divisions | 3 |
| Population | 537,000[1] (2009) |
| Electorate | 449,686"Member Calculation under Article 98(8)" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 15, 2011.</ref> (2010) |
| Area | 2,854 km2 (1,102 sq mi)[2] |
| Current Electoral District | |
| Number of members | 5 |
| MPs | NPP (1) |
Polling Divisions
editThe Batticaloa Electoral District consists of the following polling divisions:[3]
A: Kalkudah
B: Batticaloa
C: Paddiruppu
Election results
edit1982 presidential election
editResults of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982:[4]
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batti- caloa |
Kal- kudah |
Paddi- ruppu | ||||||
| J. R. Jayewardene | UNP | 24,220 | 15,950 | 7,129 | 795 | 48,094 | 40.05% | |
| Kumar Ponnambalam | ACTC | 19,338 | 5,250 | 21,918 | 589 | 47,095 | 39.22% | |
| Hector Kobbekaduwa | SLFP | 9.922 | 7,994 | 3,485 | 287 | 21,688 | 18.06% | |
| Colvin de Silva | LSSP | 438 | 304 | 531 | 21 | 1,294 | 1.08% | |
| Rohana Wijeweera | JVP | 580 | 258 | 415 | 34 | 1,287 | 1.07% | |
| Vasudeva Nanayakkara | NSSP | 229 | 155 | 230 | 4 | 618 | 0.51% | |
| Valid Votes | 54,727 | 29,911 | 33,708 | 1,730 | 120,076 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Votes | 1,120 | 880 | 813 | 66 | 2,869 | |||
| Total Polled | 55,847 | 30,791 | 34,521 | 1,796 | 122,955 | |||
| Registered Electors | 80,394 | 46,195 | 45,891 | 172,480 | ||||
| Turnout (%) | 69.47% | 66.65% | 75.22% | 71.29% | ||||
1988 provincial council election
editResults of the 1st North Eastern provincial council election held on 19 November 1988:[5]
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batti- caloa |
Kal- kudah |
Paddi- ruppu | |||||
| Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front | 46,006 | 32,546 | 48,394 | 126,946 | 74.76% | 8 | |
| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 29,594 | 12,331 | 175 | 42,100 | 24.79% | 3 | |
| United National Party | 476 | 194 | 86 | 756 | 0.45% | 0 | |
| Valid Votes | 76,076 | 45,071 | 48,655 | 169,802 | 100.00% | 11 | |
| Rejected Votes | 1,495 | 629 | 610 | 2,734 | |||
| Total Polled | 77,571 | 45,700 | 49,265 | 172,536 | |||
| Registered Electors | 100,536 | 60,288 | 56,452 | 217,276 | |||
| Turnout (%) | 77.16% | 75.80% | 87.27% | 79.41% | |||
1988 presidential election
editResults of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988:[6]
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batti- caloa |
Kal- kudah |
Paddi- ruppu | ||||||
| Ranasinghe Premadasa | UNP | 29,976 | 15,289 | 16,227 | 165 | 61,657 | 50.99% | |
| Sirimavo Bandaranaike | SLFP | 8,547 | 8,375 | 4,031 | 65 | 21,018 | 17.38% | |
| Oswin Abeygunasekara | SLPP | 14,972 | 9,135 | 13,977 | 159 | 38,243 | 31.63% | |
| Valid Votes | 53,495 | 32,799 | 34,235 | 389 | 120,918 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Votes | 1,702 | 1,079 | 2,373 | 9 | 5,163 | |||
| Total Polled | 55,197 | 33,878 | 36,608 | 398 | 126,081 | |||
| Registered Electors | 99,717 | 59,421 | 56,447 | 215,585 | ||||
| Turnout (%) | 55.35% | 57.01% | 64.85% | 58.48% | ||||
1989 parliamentary general election
editResults of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989:[7]
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batti- caloa |
Kal- kudah |
Paddi- ruppu | ||||||
| Tamil United Liberation Front (ENDLF, EPRLF, TELO, TULF) | 17,194 | 13,383 | 24,064 | 490 | 55,131 | 35.49% | 3 | |
| Independent 1 (EROS) | 21,445 | 11,589 | 13,007 | 378 | 46,419 | 29.88% | 1 | |
| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 21,172 | 15,522 | 134 | 39 | 36,867 | 23.73% | 1 | |
| United National Party (CWC, UNP) | 7,186 | 1,916 | 1,943 | 272 | 11,317 | 7.28% | 0 | |
| Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 3,162 | 445 | 505 | 18 | 4,130 | 2.66% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 2 | 899 | 404 | 192 | 2 | 1,497 | 0.96% | 0 | |
| Valid Votes | 71,058 | 43,259 | 39,845 | 1,199 | 155,361 | 100.00% | 5 | |
| Rejected Votes | 4,487 | 4,401 | 5,003 | 32 | 13,923 | |||
| Total Polled | 75,545 | 47,660 | 44,848 | 1,231 | 169,284 | |||
| Registered Electors | 99,096 | 60,149 | 56,079 | 1,250 | 216,574 | |||
| Turnout | 76.23% | 79.24% | 79.97% | 98.48% | 78.16% | |||
The following candidates were elected:[7] G. Karunakaran (TELO), 25,651 preference votes (pv); Alathipody Gunaseelan (EROS), 22,889 pv; Prince Casinader (EPRLF), 21,959 pv; Sam Tambimuttu (EPRLF), 19,431 pv; and M. L. A. M. Hizbullah (SLMC), 15,832 pv.
Sam Tambimuttu (EPRLF) was killed on 7 May 1990. His replacement was Joseph Pararajasingham (TULF).
1994 parliamentary general election
editResults of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994:[8]
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batti- caloa |
Kal- kudah |
Paddi- ruppu | ||||||
| Tamil United Liberation Front | 28,020 | 23,261 | 23,688 | 1,547 | 76,516 | 43.95% | 3 | |
| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 19,368 | 11,179 | 79 | 446 | 31,072 | 17.85% | 1 | |
| United National Party (CWC, UNP) | 13,622 | 6,891 | 2,269 | 462 | 23,244 | 13.35% | 1 | |
| People's Alliance (SLFP et al.) | 7,413 | 2,944 | 8,672 | 249 | 19,278 | 11.07% | 0 | |
| Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (EROS, PLOTE, TELO) | 6,804 | 3,557 | 6,493 | 219 | 17,073 | 9.81% | 0 | |
| Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front | 2,069 | 687 | 1,976 | 70 | 4,802 | 2.76% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 1 | 514 | 91 | 926 | 16 | 1,547 | 0.89% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 2 | 347 | 100 | 98 | 11 | 556 | 0.32% | 0 | |
| Valid Votes | 78,157 | 48,710 | 44,201 | 3,020 | 174,088 | 100.00% | 5 | |
| Rejected Votes | 5,805 | 4,705 | 4,940 | 81 | 15,531 | |||
| Total Polled | 83,962 | 53,415 | 49,141 | 3,101 | 189,619 | |||
| Registered Electors | 123,893 | 73,640 | 64,365 | 261,898 | ||||
| Turnout | 67.77% | 72.54% | 76.35% | 72.40% | ||||
The following candidates were elected:[8] Joseph Pararajasingham (TULF), 43,350 preference votes (pv); P. Selvarasa (TULF), 17,450 pv; K. Thurairajasingam (TULF),15,974 pv; M. L. A. M. Hizbullah (SLMC), 12,583 pv; and Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana (UNP), 11,508 pv.
1994 presidential election
editResults of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994:[9]
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batti- caloa |
Kal- kudah |
Paddi- ruppu | ||||||
| Chandrika Kumaratunga | PA | 59,814 | 41,821 | 40,489 | 2,601 | 144,725 | 87.30% | |
| Srimathi Dissanayake | UNP | 9,812 | 3,930 | 631 | 439 | 14,812 | 8.93% | |
| Hudson Samarasinghe | Ind 2 | 1,685 | 1,731 | 1,611 | 3 | 5,028 | 3.03% | |
| G. A. Nihal | SLPF | 194 | 183 | 107 | 0 | 484 | 0.29% | |
| A. J. Ranashinge | Ind 1 | 239 | 77 | 59 | 6 | 381 | 0.23% | |
| Harischandra Wijayatunga | SMBP | 145 | 99 | 102 | 3 | 349 | 0.21% | |
| Valid Votes | 71,887 | 47,841 | 42,999 | 3,052 | 165,779 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Votes | 1,061 | 730 | 848 | 25 | 2,664 | |||
| Total Polled | 72,948 | 48,571 | 43,847 | 3,077 | 168,443 | |||
| Registered Electors | 123,893 | 73,640 | 64,365 | 3,204 | 261,898 | |||
| Turnout (%) | 58.88% | 65.96% | 68.12% | 96.04% | 64.32% | |||
1999 presidential election
editResults of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999:[10]
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batti- caloa |
Kal- kudah |
Paddi- ruppu | ||||||
| Ranil Wickremasinghe | UNP | 48,700 | 22,614 | 31,295 | 1,491 | 104,100 | 61.19% | |
| Chandrika Kumaratunga | PA | 29,523 | 21,939 | 6,962 | 551 | 58,975 | 34.66% | |
| Rajiva Wijesinha | Liberal | 687 | 665 | 484 | 2 | 1,838 | 1.08% | |
| W. V. M. Ranjith | Ind 2 | 550 | 623 | 354 | 1 | 1,528 | 0.90% | |
| Vasudeva Nanayakkara | LDA | 406 | 183 | 200 | 95 | 884 | 0.52% | |
| T. Edirisuriya | Ind 1 | 269 | 381 | 132 | 2 | 784 | 0.46% | |
| Abdul Rasool | SLMP | 394 | 288 | 37 | 31 | 750 | 0.44% | |
| Kamal Karunadasa | PLSF | 148 | 130 | 53 | 0 | 331 | 0.19% | |
| Nandana Gunathilake | JVP | 159 | 70 | 53 | 8 | 290 | 0.17% | |
| Harischandra Wijayatunga | SMBP | 100 | 95 | 54 | 1 | 250 | 0.15% | |
| Hudson Samarasinghe | Ind 3 | 89 | 86 | 59 | 0 | 234 | 0.14% | |
| A. W. Premawardhana | PFF | 41 | 26 | 22 | 0 | 89 | 0.05% | |
| A. Dissanayaka | DUNF | 32 | 27 | 18 | 1 | 78 | 0.05% | |
| Valid Votes | 81,098 | 47,127 | 39,723 | 2,183 | 170,131 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Votes | 1,750 | 1,043 | 869 | 85 | 3,747 | |||
| Total Polled | 82,848 | 48,170 | 40,592 | 2,268 | 173,878 | |||
| Registered Electors | 124,480 | 76,988 | 68,729 | 270,197 | ||||
| Turnout (%) | 66.56% | 62.57% | 59.06% | 64.35% | ||||
2000 parliamentary general election
editResults of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000:[11]
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batti- caloa |
Kal- kudah |
Paddi- ruppu | ||||||
| Tamil United Liberation Front | 16,621 | 21,425 | 15,207 | 1,195 | 54,448 | 29.20% | 2 | |
| National Unity Alliance (SLMC et al.) | 27,079 | 23,140 | 2,796 | 631 | 53,646 | 28.77% | 1 | |
| United National Party (DWC, NWC, UCPF, UNP) | 21,267 | 4,092 | 3,128 | 676 | 29,165 | 15.64% | 1 | |
| People's Alliance (SLFP et al.) | 6,436 | 1,532 | 8,088 | 454 | 16,510 | 8.86% | 1 | |
| Democratic People's Liberation Front (PLOTE) | 5,539 | 602 | 2,847 | 42 | 9,030 | 4.84% | 0 | |
| All Ceylon Tamil Congress | 1,839 | 333 | 4,635 | 161 | 6,968 | 3.74% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 1 | 2,801 | 1,416 | 1,243 | 96 | 5,556 | 2.98% | 0 | |
| Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization | 3,282 | 276 | 333 | 18 | 3,909 | 2.10% | 0 | |
| Eelam People's Democratic Party | 1,950 | 454 | 870 | 51 | 3,325 | 1.78% | 0 | |
| Citizen's Front | 1,279 | 228 | 421 | 10 | 1,938 | 1.04% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 3 | 383 | 164 | 41 | 1 | 589 | 0.32% | 0 | |
| Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 175 | 90 | 27 | 3 | 295 | 0.16% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 2 | 174 | 27 | 33 | 6 | 240 | 0.13% | 0 | |
| Liberal Party | 72 | 14 | 91 | 0 | 177 | 0.09% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 5 | 53 | 41 | 49 | 0 | 143 | 0.08% | 0 | |
| Sinhala Heritage | 54 | 17 | 64 | 0 | 135 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| Left & Democratic Alliance | 68 | 18 | 22 | 5 | 113 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya | 49 | 17 | 26 | 0 | 92 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Democratic United National Front | 39 | 17 | 28 | 0 | 84 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 4 | 18 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 43 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Ruhuna People's Party | 18 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 35 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Valid Votes | 89,196 | 53,918 | 39,976 | 186,441 | 100.00% | 5 | ||
| Rejected Votes | 5,047 | 2,918 | 3,159 | 11,205 | ||||
| Total Polled | 94,243 | 56,836 | 43,135 | 197,646 | ||||
| Registered Electors | 127,532 | 78,516 | 69,437 | 275,485 | ||||
| Turnout (%) | 73.90% | 72.39% | 62.12% | 71.74% | ||||
The following candidates were elected:[12] Abdul Cader (NUA), 22,975 preference votes (pv); Nimalan Soundaranayagam (TULF), 16,542 pv; Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana (UNP), 14,284 pv; Joseph Pararajasingham (TULF), 12,605 pv; and S. Ganeshamoorthy (PA), 9,132 pv.
Nimalan Soundaranayagam (TULF) was killed on 7 November 2000.[13]
2001 parliamentary general election
editResults of the 12th parliamentary election held on 5 December 2001:[14][15]
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batti- caloa |
Kal- kudah |
Paddi- ruppu | ||||||
| Tamil National Alliance (ACTC, EPRLF(S), TELO, TULF) | 32,805 | 20,767 | 30,725 | 1,987 | 86,284 | 48.17% | 3 | |
| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 7,512 | 18,689 | 180 | 344 | 26,725 | 14.92% | 1 | |
| People's Alliance (NUA, SLFP et al.) | 21,076 | 2,079 | 2,159 | 391 | 25,705 | 14.35% | 1 | |
| United National Front (CWC, UNP, WPF) | 14,903 | 3,103 | 3,967 | 665 | 22,638 | 12.64% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 4 | 1,046 | 4,714 | 579 | 67 | 6,406 | 3.58% | 0 | |
| Democratic People's Liberation Front (PLOTE) | 3,074 | 1,040 | 1,449 | 38 | 5,601 | 3.13% | 0 | |
| Eelam People's Democratic Party | 2,054 | 784 | 1,265 | 50 | 4,153 | 2.32% | 0 | |
| New Left Front (NSSP et al.) | 290 | 134 | 195 | 0 | 619 | 0.35% | 0 | |
| National Development Front | 51 | 48 | 49 | 0 | 148 | 0.08% | 0 | |
| Sri Lanka Muslim Party | 62 | 52 | 9 | 2 | 125 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 63 | 22 | 31 | 3 | 119 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| Sinhala Heritage | 40 | 49 | 14 | 0 | 103 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 3 | 15 | 43 | 19 | 0 | 77 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 1 | 18 | 51 | 4 | 3 | 76 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 8 | 59 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 75 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 10 | 25 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 64 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 16 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 46 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 9 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 40 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 2 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 35 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 5 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 34 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Valid Votes | 83,162 | 51,675 | 40,716 | 3,555 | 179,108 | 100.00% | 5 | |
| Rejected Votes | 5,657 | 4,272 | 3,241 | 105 | 13,275 | |||
| Total Polled | 88,819 | 55,947 | 43,957 | 3,660 | 192,383 | |||
| Registered Electors | 130,846 | 80,685 | 70,548 | 282,079 | ||||
| Turnout (%) | 67.88% | 69.34% | 62.31% | 68.20% | ||||
The following candidates were elected:[16] T. Thangavadivel (TNA-TELO), 24,475 preference votes (pv); G. Krishnapillai (TNA-ACTC), 20,675 pv; Joseph Pararajasingham (TNA-TULF), 20,279 pv; M. L. A. M. Hizbullah (PA), 19,787 pv; and M. B. Mohideen Abdul Cader (SLMC), 17,497 pv.
2004 parliamentary general election
editResults of the 13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004:[17]
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batti- caloa |
Kal- kudah |
Paddi- ruppu | ||||||
| Tamil National Alliance (ACTC, EPRLF(S), ITAK, TELO) | 57,144 | 43,503 | 57,052 | 3,312 | 161,011 | 66.71% | 4 | |
| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 19,612 | 22,244 | 652 | 623 | 43,131 | 17.87% | 1 | |
| United People's Freedom Alliance (JVP, NUA, SLFP et al.) | 22,716 | 2,706 | 299 | 547 | 26,268 | 10.88% | 0 | |
| United National Front (CWC, DPF, UNP) | 3,819 | 1,364 | 877 | 91 | 6,151 | 2.55% | 0 | |
| Eelam People's Democratic Party | 1,099 | 568 | 821 | 68 | 2,556 | 1.06% | 0 | |
| Democratic People's Liberation Front (PLOTE) | 711 | 44 | 248 | 7 | 1,010 | 0.42% | 0 | |
| United Muslim People's Alliance | 307 | 38 | 12 | 9 | 366 | 0.15% | 0 | |
| Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 72 | 75 | 7 | 1 | 155 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| New Left Front (NSSP et al.) | 57 | 41 | 20 | 1 | 119 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 1 | 37 | 52 | 13 | 0 | 102 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 8 | 31 | 30 | 22 | 1 | 84 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| United Socialist Party | 36 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 71 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Independent 2 | 36 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 65 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 4 | 18 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 53 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Sri Lanka National Front | 12 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 49 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 6 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| National Development Front | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 7 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 3 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Ruhuna People's Party | 6 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 24 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 5 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Jathika Hela Urumaya | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Valid Votes | 105,811 | 70,783 | 60,118 | 4,663 | 241,375 | 100.00% | 5 | |
| Rejected Votes | 5,592 | 3,862 | 3,125 | 69 | 12,648 | |||
| Total Polled | 111,403 | 74,645 | 63,243 | 4,732 | 254,023 | |||
| Registered Electors | 141,190 | 86,626 | 76,112 | 303,928 | ||||
| Turnout (%) | 78.90% | 86.17% | 83.09% | 83.58% | ||||
The following candidates were elected:[18] Thanmanpillai Kanagasabai (TNA), 57,843 preference votes (pv); Thangeswary Kathiraman (TNA), 50,545 pv; Senathirajah Jeyanandamoorthy (TNA), 44,457 pv; Kingsley Rasanayagam (TNA), 38,633 pv; and Ali Ameer Shihabdeen (SLMC), 21,232 pv.
Kingsley Rasanayagam (TNA) resigned shortly after being elected.[19] His replacement P. Ariyanethiran (TNA) was sworn in on 18 May 2004.[20]
2005 presidential election
editResults of the 5th presidential election held on 17 November 2005:[21]
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batti- caloa |
Kal- kudah |
Paddi- ruppu | ||||||
| Ranil Wickremasinghe | UNP | 65,401 | 28,482 | 24,142 | 3,489 | 121,514 | 79.51% | |
| Mahinda Rajapaksa | UPFA | 15,798 | 11,105 | 905 | 1,028 | 28,836 | 18.87% | |
| Siritunga Jayasuriya | USP | 474 | 214 | 201 | 3 | 892 | 0.58% | |
| A. A. Suraweera | NDF | 265 | 253 | 58 | 2 | 578 | 0.38% | |
| Victor Hettigoda | ULPP | 136 | 43 | 28 | 18 | 225 | 0.15% | |
| A .K. J. Arachchige | DUA | 93 | 44 | 16 | 0 | 153 | 0.10% | |
| Chamil Jayaneththi | NLF | 51 | 52 | 42 | 4 | 149 | 0.10% | |
| Anura De Silva | ULF | 73 | 37 | 29 | 3 | 142 | 0.09% | |
| Aruna de Soyza | RPP | 51 | 52 | 19 | 2 | 124 | 0.08% | |
| Wije Dias | SEP | 41 | 43 | 19 | 1 | 104 | 0.07% | |
| P. Nelson Perera | SLPF | 18 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 59 | 0.04% | |
| Wimal Geeganage | SLNF | 20 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 43 | 0.03% | |
| H. S. Dharmadwaja | UNAF | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 0.01% | |
| Valid Votes | 82,428 | 40,369 | 25,489 | 4,551 | 152,837 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Votes | 970 | 503 | 247 | 58 | 1,778 | |||
| Total Polled | 83,398 | 40,872 | 25,736 | 4,609 | 154,615 | |||
| Registered Electors | 147,979 | 91,410 | 79,339 | 318,728 | ||||
| Turnout (%) | 56.36% | 44.71% | 32.44% | 48.51% | ||||
2008 provincial council election
editResults of the 1st Eastern provincial council election held on 10 May 2008:[22]
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Displaced Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batti- caloa |
Kal- kudah |
Paddi- ruppu | |||||||
| United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, TMVP et al.) | 52,053 | 36,731 | 14,379 | 2,159 | 19 | 105,341 | 58.09% | 6 | |
| United National Party (SLMC, UNP) | 29,770 | 15,673 | 11,829 | 1,282 | 48 | 58,602 | 32.31% | 4 | |
| Tamil Democratic National Alliance (EPRLF(P), PLOTE, TULF et al.) | 3,222 | 443 | 3,594 | 454 | 1 | 7,714 | 4.25% | 1 | |
| Eelam People's Democratic Party | 1,199 | 1,421 | 2,612 | 135 | 51 | 5,418 | 2.99% | 0 | |
| Eelavar Democratic Front (EROS) | 1,118 | 111 | 509 | 78 | 0 | 1,816 | 1.00% | 0 | |
| United Socialist Party | 386 | 284 | 268 | 5 | 0 | 943 | 0.52% | 0 | |
| Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 218 | 97 | 37 | 26 | 1 | 379 | 0.21% | 0 | |
| People's Front of Liberation Tigers | 73 | 17 | 57 | 10 | 0 | 157 | 0.09% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 15 | 77 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 129 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 12 | 75 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 118 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 9 | 81 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 91 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 10 | 51 | 16 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 89 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya | 32 | 3 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 85 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 3 | 28 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 13 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 14 | 18 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 2 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 1 | 24 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Muslim Liberation Front | 23 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 11 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 6 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 5 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 8 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 4 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Sri Lanka National Front | 8 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 7 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Valid Votes | 88,552 | 54,980 | 33,529 | 4,174 | 120 | 181,355 | 100.00% | 11 | |
| Rejected Votes | 9,011 | 6,576 | 5,293 | 180 | 28 | 21,088 | |||
| Total Polled | 97,563 | 61,556 | 38,822 | 4,354 | 148 | 202,443 | |||
| Registered Electors | 154,761 | 94,359 | 81,830 | 330,950 | |||||
| Turnout | 63.04% | 65.24% | 47.44% | 61.17% | |||||
The following candidates were elected:[23] S. Chandrakanthan (UPFA-TMVP); Basheer Segu Dawood (UNP-SLMC); Edwin Silva Krishnanandaharajah (UPFA); M. L. A. M. Hizbullah (UPFA); Thambimuththu Alosiyas Masilamany (UNP); Aliyar Salih Javahir Salih (UPFA); Arasaretnam Sasitharan (UNP); Muhamed Sharief Subair (UPFA); Nagalingam Thiraviyam (UPFA); R. Thurairatnam (TDNA-EPRLF); and Ameertheen Vellathamby (UNP).
2010 presidential election
editResults of the 6th presidential election held on 26 January 2010:[24]
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Displaced Votes |
Total Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batti- caloa |
Kal- kudah |
Paddi- ruppu | |||||||
| Sarath Fonseka | NDF | 69,975 | 35,608 | 36,776 | 3,637 | 61 | 146,057 | 68.93% | |
| Mahinda Rajapaksa | UPFA | 28,090 | 20,112 | 5,968 | 1,491 | 2 | 55,663 | 26.27% | |
| M. C. M. Ismail | DUNF | 927 | 1,065 | 1,016 | 8 | 0 | 3,016 | 1.42% | |
| C. J. Sugathsiri Gamage | UDF | 679 | 405 | 578 | 4 | 0 | 1,666 | 0.79% | |
| Sarath Manamendra | NSH | 253 | 185 | 206 | 1 | 0 | 645 | 0.30% | |
| M. K. Shivajilingam | Ind 5 | 254 | 176 | 154 | 49 | 0 | 633 | 0.30% | |
| A. A. Suraweera | NDF | 239 | 222 | 150 | 1 | 0 | 612 | 0.29% | |
| Lal Perera | ONF | 231 | 146 | 161 | 3 | 0 | 541 | 0.26% | |
| W. V. Mahiman Ranjith | Ind 1 | 188 | 208 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 484 | 0.23% | |
| A. S. P Liyanage | SLLP | 179 | 148 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 468 | 0.22% | |
| Vikramabahu Karunaratne | LF | 153 | 87 | 111 | 15 | 0 | 366 | 0.17% | |
| Siritunga Jayasuriya | USP | 107 | 75 | 100 | 2 | 0 | 284 | 0.13% | |
| Ukkubanda Wijekoon | Ind 3 | 81 | 96 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 232 | 0.11% | |
| Sanath Pinnaduwa | NA | 72 | 59 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 201 | 0.09% | |
| Wije Dias | SEP | 74 | 57 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 185 | 0.09% | |
| M. Mohamed Musthaffa | Ind 4 | 61 | 50 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 172 | 0.08% | |
| Aithurus M. Illias | Ind 2 | 39 | 60 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 0.06% | |
| Senaratna de Silva | PNF | 32 | 33 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 124 | 0.06% | |
| Aruna de Soyza | RPP | 53 | 31 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 121 | 0.06% | |
| Sarath Kongahage | UNAF | 36 | 36 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 0.05% | |
| Battaramulla Seelarathana | JP | 39 | 27 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 0.05% | |
| M. B. Thaminimulla | ACAKO | 38 | 19 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 0.04% | |
| Valid Votes | 101,800 | 58,905 | 45,904 | 5,219 | 63 | 211,891 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Votes | 1,885 | 1,281 | 1,161 | 67 | 2 | 4,396 | |||
| Total Polled | 103,685 | 60,186 | 47,065 | 5,286 | 65 | 216,287 | |||
| Registered Electors | 155,537 | 97,135 | 80,972 | 333,644 | |||||
| Turnout | 66.66% | 61.96% | 58.13% | 64.83% | |||||
2010 parliamentary general election
editResults of the 14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010:[25]
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Displaced Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batti- caloa |
Kal- kudah |
Paddi- ruppu | |||||||
| Tamil National Alliance (EPRLF(S), ITAK, TELO) | 32,758 | 13,709 | 17,171 | 2,576 | 21 | 66,235 | 36.67% | 3 | |
| United People's Freedom Alliance (ACMC, NC, SLFP et al.) | 35,089 | 16,786 | 7,878 | 2,254 | 2 | 62,009 | 34.33% | 1 | |
| United National Front (DPF, SLFP(P), SLMC, UNP) | 12,284 | 9,090 | 890 | 671 | 0 | 22,935 | 12.70% | 1 | |
| Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal | 3,756 | 6,739 | 6,072 | 318 | 1 | 16,886 | 9.35% | 0 | |
| Tamil United Liberation Front | 1,578 | 303 | 2,402 | 141 | 0 | 4,424 | 2.45% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 6 | 300 | 608 | 437 | 17 | 0 | 1,362 | 0.75% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 8 | 470 | 632 | 251 | 2 | 0 | 1,355 | 0.75% | 0 | |
| Eelavar Democratic Front (EROS) | 568 | 238 | 230 | 30 | 0 | 1,066 | 0.59% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 10 | 235 | 157 | 197 | 7 | 0 | 596 | 0.33% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 4 | 95 | 155 | 179 | 1 | 0 | 430 | 0.24% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 17 | 97 | 97 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 326 | 0.18% | 0 | |
| Democratic National Alliance (JVP et al.) | 218 | 61 | 28 | 17 | 0 | 324 | 0.18% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 27 | 127 | 82 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 312 | 0.17% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 16 | 191 | 22 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 266 | 0.15% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 18 | 102 | 48 | 99 | 1 | 0 | 250 | 0.14% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 11 | 117 | 82 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 237 | 0.13% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 26 | 153 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 174 | 0.10% | 0 | |
| Democratic People's Liberation Front (PLOTE) | 92 | 13 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 136 | 0.08% | 0 | |
| Left Liberation Front (LLF, TNLA) | 89 | 33 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 136 | 0.08% | 0 | |
| United National Alternative Front | 49 | 44 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 19 | 36 | 34 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| National Development Front | 28 | 48 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 22 | 13 | 67 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 97 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 28 | 39 | 18 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 9 | 22 | 29 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 15 | 16 | 14 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Our National Front | 26 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 5 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Janasetha Peramuna | 26 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| All Are Citizens, All Are Kings Organisation | 13 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 3 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 7 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| United Lanka Great Council | 10 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 12 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 1 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 25 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 2 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 20 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 14 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 21 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Muslim Liberation Front | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 24 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 13 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 23 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Valid Votes | 88,754 | 49,246 | 36,524 | 6,070 | 24 | 180,618 | 100.00% | 5 | |
| Rejected Votes | 5,783 | 4,714 | 4,116 | 136 | 0 | 14,749 | |||
| Total Polled | 94,537 | 53,960 | 40,640 | 6,206 | 24 | 195,367 | |||
| Registered Electors | 155,537 | 97,135 | 80,972 | 333,644 | |||||
| Turnout | 60.78% | 55.55% | 50.19% | 58.56% | |||||
The following candidates were elected:[26] M. L. A. M. Hizbullah (UPFA-ACMC), 22,256 preference votes (pv); S. Yogeswaran (TNA), 20,569 pv; P. Selvarasa (TNA), 18,485 pv; P. Ariyanethiran (TNA), 16,504 pv; and Basheer Segu Dawood (UNF), 11,678 pv.
2012 provincial council election
editResults of the 2nd Eastern provincial council election held on 8 September 2012:[27]
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batti- caloa |
Kal- kudah |
Paddi- ruppu | ||||||
| Tamil National Alliance (EPRLF (S), ITAK, PLOTE, TELO, TULF) | 44,863 | 21,876 | 34,705 | 3,238 | 104,682 | 50.83% | 6 | |
| United People's Freedom Alliance (ACMC, NC, SLFP, TMVP et al.) | 31,194 | 22,965 | 8,603 | 1,428 | 64,190 | 31.17% | 4 | |
| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 13,964 | 8,604 | 72 | 443 | 23,083 | 11.21% | 1 | |
| Independent Group 8 | 5,355 | 180 | 7 | 170 | 5,712 | 2.77% | 0 | |
| United National Party | 1,026 | 1,014 | 331 | 63 | 2,434 | 1.18% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 21 | 1,205 | 607 | 62 | 31 | 1,905 | 0.93% | 0 | |
| Eelavar Democratic Front (EROS) | 625 | 434 | 710 | 8 | 1,777 | 0.86% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 11 | 568 | 124 | 151 | 20 | 863 | 0.42% | 0 | |
| Socialist Alliance (CPSL, DLF, LSSP) | 274 | 71 | 27 | 7 | 379 | 0.18% | 0 | |
| Our National Front | 72 | 42 | 47 | 2 | 163 | 0.08% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 19 | 121 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 146 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 51 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 72 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 20 | 31 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 61 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Sri Lanka Labour Party | 28 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 2 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 47 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 16 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 40 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| United Socialist Party | 13 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 18 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 5 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 1 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 9 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 4 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 12 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Jana Setha Peramuna | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 6 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| United Lanka People's Party | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| United Lanka Great Council | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 14 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 15 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 17 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Valid Votes | 99,608 | 56,094 | 44,818 | 5,416 | 205,936 | 100.00% | 11 | |
| Rejected Votes | 7,464 | 5,263 | 4,374 | 122 | 17,223 | |||
| Total Polled | 107,072 | 61,357 | 49,192 | 5,538 | 223,159 | |||
| Registered Electors | 162,451 | 100,616 | 84,032 | 0 | 347,099 | |||
| Turnout | 65.91% | 60.98% | 58.54% | 64.29% | ||||
The following candidates were elected:[28] R. Thurairatnam (TNA-EPRLF), 29,141 preference votes (pv); K. Thurairajasingam (TNA-ITAK), 27,717 pv; S. Chandrakanthan (UPFA-TMVP), 22,338 pv; Ali Ameer Shihabdeen (UPFA-ACMC), 21,271 pv; Abdul Farook Mohamed Shibly (UPFA-ACMC), 20,407 pv; G. Krishnapillai (TNA-TULF), 20,200 pv; Abtul Shareef Subair (UPFA-ACMC), 17,903 pv; N. Indirakumar (TNA-TELO), 17,304 pv; M. Nadarajah (TNA-ITAK), 16,681 pv; G. Karunakaran (TNA-TELO), 16,536 pv; and Agamed Nazeer Zainulabdeen (SLMC), 11,401 pv.
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