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Table 41 (Gov., Parlia. )
Parliament Election (Electoral District) (2000 )
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              Pary                     Electoral District EPDP UNP ULF ESMS1) NUW JVP2) PLSF NPP NUA JSP3) TELO4) TULF NLF PP5) PA DUNF DPLF LDA PFF MULF RJP6) CWC LP SLPF SLMK7) ACTC SEP SU8) SMBP9) IND IND 1 IND 2 IND 3 IND 4 IND 5 IND 6 IND 7 IND 8 IND 9   Total Polled Total Valid Voted Rejected Votes
Eeelam People's Demo-cratic Party United National Party United Lalith Front Eksath Sinhala Maha Sabha The National Unity of Workersr Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna People's Liberation Solidarity Front National People's Party National Unity Alliance Jathika Sangwar-dhena Peramuna Tamil Eeelam Liberation Organiza-tion Tamil United Libera-tion    Front New Left front Puravesi Pera-muna People's Alliance Demo-cratic United National Front Demo-cratic people's Liberation Front Left and Demo-cratic Alliance People's Freedom Front Muslim United Libera-tion Front Ruhunu Janatha Party Ceylon Worker's Congress The Libera-tion Party Sri Lanka Progres-sive Front Sri Lanka Muslim kachchi All Ceylon Tamil Congress Socialist Equality Party Sinhala Urumaya Sinhalaye Mahasam-matha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya  Independ-ent     Group  Independ-ent     Group 1 Digamadulla Independent     Group 2 Independ-ent     Group 3 Independ-ent     Group 4 Independ-ent     Group 5 Independ-ent     Group 6 Independ-ent     Group 7 Independ-ent     Group 8 Independ-ent     Group 9 Registered Voters
Colombo ­ 440,684 684 ­ ­ 78,133 ­ 1,400 27,067 ­ ­ ­ 3,877 2,879 394,146 355 ­ ­ 58 1,321 143 4,588 497 90 244 5,238 389 49,671 1,228 ­ 75 357 808 109 179 ­ ­ ­ ­ 1,385,547 1,053,644 1,014,220 39,424
Gampaha ­ 378,328 1,093 ­ ­ 73,110 ­ ­ 11,013 ­ ­ ­ 3,502 774 470,018 473 ­ ­ 99 ­ 76 ­ 232 149 ­ ­ ­ 20,297 1,463 ­ 270 137 265 177 233 ­ ­ ­ ­ 1,253,416 999,099 961,709 37,390
Kalutara ­ 217,215 ­ ­ ­ 38,373 ­ ­ 11,943 113 ­ ­ 2,934 642 255,175 292 ­ 255 41 ­ 38 ­ ­ 65 168 ­ ­ 15,619 637 ­ 171 118 123 400 196 ­ ­ ­ ­ 697,656 570,250 544,518 25,732
Kandy   ­ 243,623 ­ 757 1,066 21,565 ­ ­ 32,023 76 ­ ­ 2,820 1,304 282,282 323 ­ ­ ­ ­ 78 6,108 301 ­ 161 ­ ­ 10,999 708 ­ 103 264 65 179 123 ­ ­ ­ ­ 812,478 646,676 604,928 41,748
Matale ­ 91,836 ­ 369 ­ 10,673 ­ ­ ­ 86 ­ ­ 2,350 346 110,213 144 ­ ­ 49 ­ ­ ­ 179 65 96 ­ ­ 1,458 158 75 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ 292,652 233,816 218,097 15,719
Nuwara-Eliya ­ 126,486 ­ ­ 4,671 6,299 ­ ­ ­ 66 ­ ­ ­ 2,445 158,018 224 ­ 294 33 ­ 25 ­ 294 ­ 66 ­ ­ 1,161 108 ­ 58 22 93 110 44 40 57 50 142 405,414 335,955 300,806 35,149
Galle ­ 212,055 498 167 ­ 41,620 ­ ­ ­ 76 ­ ­ 2,317 572 264,601 240 ­ ­ 68 ­ ­ ­ 204 67 143 ­ ­ 4,535 308 ­ 173 704 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ 678,509 551,142 528,348 22,794
Matara ­ 146,855 ­ 548 ­ 38,757 336 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ 276 203,690 213 ­ 115 56 ­ ­ ­ 296 57 ­ ­ ­ 3,375 568 ­ 73 87 157 91 214 ­ ­ ­ ­ 524,651 415,895 395,764 20,131
Hambantota ­ 119,074 ­ 392 ­ 42,042 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ 1,629 478 110,308 139 ­ ­ 30 ­ ­ ­ 154 42 ­ ­ ­ 1,079 184 ­ 45 93 77 116 245 ­ ­ ­ ­ 360,026 289,942 276,127 13,815
Jaffna 41,671 11,431 ­ ­ ­ 172 ­ ­ 1,015 ­ ­ 32,852 ­ 327 ­ ­ 4,857 2,452 ­ 161 142 ­ 115 ­ ­ 10,648 ­ 267 135 ­ 1,657 4,907 1,649 187 2,234 2,190 ­ ­ ­ 622,331 132,733 119,069 13,664
Vanni 1,370 11,545 ­ ­ ­ 444 ­ ­ 15,837 ­ 21,705 4,643 ­ 1,233 7,837 75 6,961 ­ ­ ­ 34 225 42 ­ ­ 721 ­ 104 144 ­ 132 2,414 19 3,511 1,819 19 2,359 ­ ­ 213,111 89,797 83,193 6,604
Batticaloa 3,325 29,165 ­ ­ ­ 295 ­ ­ 53,646 ­ 3,909 54,448 ­ 1,938 16,510 84 9,030 113 ­ ­ 35 ­ 177 ­ ­ 6,968 ­ 135 92 ­ 5,556 240 589 43 143 ­ ­ ­ ­ 275,485 197,646 186,441 11,205
Digamadulla ­ 101,628 ­ ­ ­ 5,696 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ 527 136,423 ­ ­ ­ 150 ­ 26 ­ 313 33 63 ­ ­ 238 48 ­ 240 19,812 375 37 1,079 112 ­ ­ ­ 352,537 283,321 266,800 16,521
Trincomalee 4,524 46,700 ­ ­ ­ 3,301 ­ ­ ­ 22 498 14,090 ­ 404 53,860 85 ­ ­ 17 137 19 ­ 154 ­ 153 3,748 ­ 372 32 ­ 30 2,621 1,434 31 26 872 ­ ­ ­ 206,884 141,772 133,130 8,642
Kurunegala  ­ 332,623 891 267 ­ 40,780 ­ ­ 11,927 97 ­ ­ 3,692 1,817 358,794 386 ­ ­ 94 492 ­ ­ 564 137 133 ­ ­ 6,691 581 ­ 212 579 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ 1,007,410 796,378 760,757 35,621
Puttalam ­ 118,566 ­ 341 ­ 11,256 ­ ­ 12,317 42 ­ ­ 1,959 865 138,747 ­ ­ ­ 114 ­ 42 ­ ­ 58 60 ­ ­ 1,915 ­ ­ 103 224 86 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ 412,474 301,739 286,695 15,044
Anuradhapura ­ 144,662 ­ 494 ­ 21,274 ­ 142 9,369 ­ ­ ­ 2,461 854 169,424 194 ­ ­ 53 ­ ­ ­ 150 102 ­ ­ ­ 976 192 ­ 103 132 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ 472,661 371,143 350,582 20,561
Polonnaruwa ­ 82,399 ­ ­ ­ 11,161 ­ ­ 1,977 ­ ­ ­ 1,165 159 80,023 66 ­ ­ 23 ­ ­ ­ 93 ­ ­ ­ ­ 615 77 ­ 43 70 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ 229,434 187,940 177,871 10,069
Badulla ­ 167,351 ­ ­ ­ 16,414 ­ ­ 5,052 80 ­ ­ 2,022 597 154,172 279 ­ ­ 179 ­ ­ 12,092 325 77 ­ ­ ­ 1,777 ­ ­ 207 66 148 178 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ 475,558 389,203 361,016 28,187
Moneragala ­ 75,900 ­ 355 ­ 13,159 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ 1,547 431 91,404 165 ­ ­ 38 ­ ­ ­ 138 26 ­ ­ ­ 327 93 ­ 101 34 57 59 33 64 ­ ­ ­ 237,935 197,519 183,931 13,588
Ratnapura ­ 204,017 882 237 ­ 22,222 176 ­ ­ 50 ­ ­ ­ 716 244,142 395 ­ 6,158 95 ­ ­ ­ 579 95 ­ ­ ­ 1,703 248 ­ 54 93 116 276 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ 609,655 509,073 482,254 26,819
Kegalle ­ 175,627 ­ ­ ­ 22,028 300 ­ 4,797 61 ­ ­ ­ 422 201,114 273 ­ 344 45 464 ­ ­ 381 73 ­ ­ ­ 4,549 289 ­ 44 40 64 497 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ 545,238 434,140 411,412 22,728
Total 50,890 3,477,770 4,048 3,927 5,737 518,774 812 1,542 197,983 769 26,112 106,033 32,275 20,006 3,900,901 4,405 20,848 9,731 1,242 2,575 658 23,013 5,188 1,136 1,287 27,323 389 127,863 7,293 75 9,450 33,014 6,125 6,001 6,568 3,297 2,416 50 142 12,071,062 9,128,823 8,647,668 481,155
(%) 0.59 40.22 0.05 0.05 0.07 6.00 0.01 0.02 2.29 0.01 0.3 1.23 0.37 0.23 45.11 0.05 0.24 0.11 0.01 0.03 0.01 0.27 0.06 0.01 0.01 0.32 0.00 1.48 0.08 0.00 0.11 0.38 0.07 0.07 0.08 0.04 0.03 0.00 0.00 100.00 75.63 94.73 5.27
Allocation of seats                                                                               Total
Directly Elected Candidates 4 77 0 0 0 8 0 0 3 0 3 5 0 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 196
National List Allocation 0 12 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
Total Elected 4 89 0 0 0 10 0 0 4 0 3 5 0 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 225
© 2009, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) 
Source: Key:
Department of Election 1) ESMS;  United Sinhalese Great Council 6) RJP:  Southern People's Party
2) JVP:  People's Liberation Front  7) SLMK:  =SLMP(Sri Lanka Muslim Party)
Revised:  2009(y)/02(m)/10(d) 3) JSP:  National Development Front  8) Su:  Sinhalese Heritage
Chief Editor:    4) TELO: Tamil Elam Liberation Organization 9) SMBP:  Sinhalese Great Tradition Party
   Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D)   5) PP:       No English name
   The Head, Department of Management Studies
   University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.