Electoral history of Maithripala Sirisena
Maithripala Sirisena, 7th President of Sri Lanka (2015–2019); Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament from Polonnaruwa (1989–2015) (2020–Present).
Sri Lankan Parliarment
[edit]1989 Parliamentary General Election
[edit]Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989 for the district of Polonnaruwa:
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mediri- giriya |
Minne -riya |
Polon- naruwa | ||||||
| United National Party | 8,631 | 10,576 | 23,469 | 797 | 43,473 | 62.33% | 4 | |
| Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 3,384 | 7,431 | 11,973 | 433 | 23,221 | 33.29% | 1 | |
| United Lanka People's Party | 148 | 711 | 1,052 | 22 | 1,933 | 2.77% | 0 | |
| United Socialist Alliance (CPSL, LSSP, NSSP, SLMP) |
67 | 765 | 250 | 35 | 1,117 | 1.60% | 0 | |
| Valid Votes | 12,230 | 19,483 | 36,744 | 1,287 | 69,744 | 100.00% | 5 | |
| Rejected Votes | 959 | 1,866 | 2,376 | 65 | 5,266 | |||
| Total Polled | 13,189 | 21,349 | 39,120 | 1,352 | 75,010 | |||
| Registered Electors | 48,477 | 49,700 | 64,163 | 1,405 | 163,745 | |||
| Turnout | 27.21% | 42.96% | 60.97% | 96.23% | 45.81% | |||
| Source:[1] | ||||||||
The following candidates were elected:[1] Hewa Gajaman Paththinige Nelson (UNP), 18,093 preference votes (pv); Maithripala Sirisena (SLFP), 13,652 pv; Seid Ahamed Abdul Majeed (UNP), 12,299 pv; C. A. Suriyaarachchi (UNP), 11,318 pv; and Samarasinghe Arachchilage Muthubanda (UNP), 10,336 pv.
1994 Parliamentary General Election
[edit]Results of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994 for the district of Polonnaruwa:
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mediri- giriya |
Minne -riya |
Polon- naruwa | ||||||
| People's Alliance (SLFP et al.) | 22,287 | 24,660 | 33,381 | 2,110 | 82,438 | 51.18% | 3 | |
| United National Party | 22,261 | 20,379 | 32,562 | 1,504 | 76,706 | 47.62% | 2 | |
| Sri Lanka Progressive Front (JVP) | 308 | 811 | 750 | 65 | 1,934 | 1.20% | 0 | |
| Valid Votes | 44,856 | 45,850 | 66,693 | 3,679 | 161,078 | 100.00% | 5 | |
| Rejected Votes | 1,626 | 1,758 | 2,984 | 66 | 6,434 | |||
| Total Polled | 46,482 | 47,608 | 69,677 | 3,745 | 167,512 | |||
| Registered Electors | 55,264 | 57,393 | 87,535 | 200,192 | ||||
| Turnout | 84.11% | 82.95% | 79.60% | 83.68% | ||||
| Source:[2] | ||||||||
The following candidates were elected:[2] Maithripala Sirisena (PA), 62,925 preference votes (pv); Rukman Senanayake (UNP), 45,648 pv; Hewa Gajaman Paththinige Nelson (UNP), 39,439 pv; Thilakarathne Bandara Mahalekam (PA), 26,465 pv; and Herath Mudiyanselage Nandasena Herath (PA), 26,213 pv.
2000 Parliamentary General Election
[edit]Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000 for the district of Polonnaruwa:
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mediri- giriya |
Minne -riya |
Polon- naruwa | ||||||
| United National Party | 22,213 | 22,693 | 35,197 | 2,296 | 82,399 | 46.33% | 3 | |
| People's Alliance (SLFP et al.) |
21,075 | 21,014 | 34,979 | 2,955 | 80,023 | 44.99% | 2 | |
| Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 2,135 | 3,811 | 4,691 | 524 | 11,161 | 6.27% | 0 | |
| National Unity Alliance (SLMC) | 1,048 | 28 | 886 | 15 | 1,977 | 1.11% | 0 | |
| New Left Front (NSSP et al.) | 249 | 329 | 569 | 18 | 1,165 | 0.65% | 0 | |
| Sinhala Heritage | 123 | 142 | 317 | 33 | 615 | 0.35% | 0 | |
| Citizen's Front | 24 | 28 | 103 | 4 | 159 | 0.09% | 0 | |
| Liberal Party | 20 | 30 | 42 | 1 | 93 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya | 21 | 26 | 25 | 5 | 77 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Independent 2 | 20 | 15 | 34 | 1 | 70 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Democratic United National Front | 16 | 16 | 33 | 1 | 66 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Independent 1 | 8 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 43 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| People's Freedom Front | 5 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 23 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Valid Votes | 46,957 | 48,154 | 76,905 | 5,855 | 177,871 | 100.00% | 5 | |
| Rejected Votes | 2,395 | 2,770 | 4,710 | 194 | 10,069 | |||
| Total Polled | 49,352 | 50,924 | 81,615 | 6,049 | 187,940 | |||
| Registered Electors | 61,872 | 63,895 | 103,667 | 229,434 | ||||
| Turnout | 79.76% | 79.70% | 78.73% | 81.91% | ||||
| Source:[3] | ||||||||
The following candidates were elected:[4] Maithripala Sirisena (PA), 57,072 preference votes (pv); Earl Gunasekara (UNP), 56,213 pv; Hewa Gajaman Paththinige Nelson (UNP), 31,241 pv; Rukman Senanayake (UNP), 27,200 pv; and Herath Mudiyanselage Nandasena Herath (PA), 22,872 pv.
2001 Parliamentary General Election
[edit]Results of the 12th parliamentary election held on 5 December 2001 for the district of Polonnaruwa:
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mediri- giriya |
Minne -riya |
Polon- naruwa | ||||||
| United National Front (UNP, SLMC, CWC, DPF) |
24,450 | 21,436 | 39,349 | 86,786 | 47.82% | 3 | ||
| People's Alliance (SLFP et al.) |
19,149 | 19,423 | 33,531 | 73,679 | 40.60% | 2 | ||
| Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 4,355 | 6,749 | 7,280 | 18,956 | 10.44% | 0 | ||
| New Left Front (NSSP et al.) | 416 | 435 | 662 | 1,517 | 0.84% | 0 | ||
| Sinhala Heritage | 37 | 57 | 99 | 199 | 0.11% | 0 | ||
| Democratic United National Front | 20 | 34 | 55 | 109 | 0.06% | 0 | ||
| Independent 4 | 12 | 26 | 32 | 70 | 0.04% | 0 | ||
| Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya | 9 | 18 | 18 | 45 | 0.02% | 0 | ||
| Independent 1 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 36 | 0.02% | 0 | ||
| Independent 2 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 34 | 0.02% | 0 | ||
| Independent 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 0.02% | 0 | ||
| Ruhuna People's Party | 7 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 0.01% | 0 | ||
| Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 0.01% | 0 | ||
| Valid Votes | 48,478 | 48,231 | 81,076 | 181,497 | 100.00% | 5 | ||
| Rejected Votes | 2,401 | 3,393 | 5,995 | 11,854 | ||||
| Total Polled | 50,879 | 51,624 | 87,071 | 193,351 | ||||
| Registered Electors | 63,518 | 66,645 | 110,281 | 240,444 | ||||
| Turnout | 80.10% | 77.46% | 78.95% | 80.41% | ||||
| Sources:[5][6] | ||||||||
The following candidates were elected:[7] Earl Gunasekara (UNF), 57,957 preference votes (pv); Maithripala Sirisena (PA), 52,421 pv; Hewa Gajaman Paththinige Nelson (UNF), 41,822 pv; Ananda Sarath Kumara Rathnayake (PA), 40,384 pv; and Kapugamage Palle Mulle Sidney Jayaratne (UNF), 28,109 pv.
2004 Parliamentary General Election
[edit]Results of the 13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004 for the district of Polonnaruwa:
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mediri- giriya |
Minne -riya |
Polon- naruwa | ||||||
| United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, JVP et al.) | 26,114 | 30,342 | 45,936 | 3,851 | 106,243 | 57.35% | 3 | |
| United National Front (UNP, SLMC, CWC, DPF) |
20,522 | 17,522 | 35,420 | 2,200 | 75,664 | 40.84% | 2 | |
| Jathika Hela Urumaya | 388 | 850 | 1,067 | 108 | 2,413 | 1.30% | 0 | |
| United Socialist Party | 182 | 152 | 290 | 3 | 627 | 0.34% | 0 | |
| National Development Front | 23 | 32 | 59 | 2 | 116 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| Independent 10 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 51 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| New Left Front (NSSP et al.) | 8 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 41 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Sri Lanka National Front | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Independent 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Ruhuna People's Party | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Independent 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Independent 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Independent 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Independent 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Valid Votes | 47,276 | 48,965 | 82,850 | 6,170 | 185,261 | 100.00% | 5 | |
| Rejected Votes | 3,035 | 3,746 | 5,683 | 209 | 12,673 | |||
| Total Polled | 50,311 | 52,711 | 88,533 | 6,379 | 197,934 | |||
| Registered Electors | 66,605 | 70,308 | 117,148 | 254,061 | ||||
| Turnout | 75.54% | 74.97% | 75.57% | 77.91% | ||||
| Source:[8] | ||||||||
The following candidates were elected:[9] Maithripala Sirisena (UPFA-SLFP), 72,451 preference votes (pv); S. K. Subasinghe (UPFA-JVP), 61,580 pv; Siripala Gamalath (UPFA-SLFP), 47,085 pv; Earl Gunasekara (UNF-UNP), 38,681 pv; and C. A. Suriyaarachchi (UNF-UNP), 37,983 pv.
2010 Parliamentary General Election
[edit]Results of the 14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010 for the district of Polonnaruwa:
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mediri- giriya |
Minne -riya |
Polon- naruwa | ||||||
| United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP et al.) | 26,794 | 29,597 | 51,998 | 10,305 | 118,694 | 69.22% | 4 | |
| United National Front (UNP, SLMC, DPF, SLFP(P)) |
12,572 | 8,890 | 21,579 | 2,691 | 45,732 | 26.67% | 1 | |
| Democratic National Alliance (JVP et al.) | 1,199 | 2,166 | 2,453 | 639 | 6,457 | 3.77% | 0 | |
| Our National Front | 34 | 34 | 55 | 7 | 130 | 0.08% | 0 | |
| United National Alternative Front | 14 | 10 | 30 | 1 | 55 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal | 2 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 53 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Sri Lanka National Front | 24 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 47 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| National Development Front | 4 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 43 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Janasetha Peramuna | 3 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 26 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent 11 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent 13 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| United Democratic Front | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| United Lanka Great Council | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Patriotic National Front | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent 10 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Ruhuna People's Party | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent 8 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| National People's Party | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Independent 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Independent 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Left Liberation Front | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Valid Votes | 40,700 | 40,785 | 76,312 | 13,674 | 171,471 | 100.00% | 5 | |
| Rejected Votes | 3,613 | 3,643 | 6,804 | 738 | 14,798 | |||
| Total Polled | 44,313 | 44,428 | 83,116 | 14,412 | 186,269 | |||
| Registered Electors | 72,402 | 77,084 | 130,851 | 280,337 | ||||
| Turnout | 61.20% | 57.64% | 63.52% | 66.44% | ||||
| Source:[10] | ||||||||
The following candidates were elected:[11] Maithripala Sirisena (UPFA-SLFP), 90,118 preference votes (pv); Ranasinghe Roshan (UPFA), 56,223 pv; Siripala Gamalath (UPFA-SLFP), 53,973 pv; C. A. Suriyaarachchi (UPFA), 44,356 pv; and Earl Gunasekara (UNF-UNP), 26,925 pv.
President
[edit]| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maithripala Sirisena | New Democratic Front | 6,217,162 | 51.28 | |
| Mahinda Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 5,768,090 | 47.58 | |
| Ratnayake Arachchige Sirisena | Patriotic National Front | 18,174 | 0.15 | |
| Namal Ajith Rajapaksa | Our National Front | 15,726 | 0.13 | |
| Maulawi Ibrahim Mohanmed Mishlar | United Peace Front | 14,379 | 0.12 | |
| A. S. P. Liyanage | Sri Lanka Labour Party | 14,351 | 0.12 | |
| Ruwanthileke Peduru | United Lanka People's Party | 12,436 | 0.10 | |
| Aithurus M. Illias | Independent | 10,618 | 0.09 | |
| Duminda Nagamuwa | Frontline Socialist Party | 9,941 | 0.08 | |
| Siritunga Jayasuriya | United Socialist Party | 8,840 | 0.07 | |
| Sarath Manamendra | New Sinhala Heritage | 6,875 | 0.06 | |
| Pani Wijesiriwardene | Socialist Equality Party | 4,277 | 0.04 | |
| Anurudha Polgampola | Independent | 4,260 | 0.04 | |
| Sundaram Mahendran | Nava Sama Samaja Party | 4,047 | 0.03 | |
| Muthu Bandara Theminimulla | All Are Citizens, All Are Kings Organisation | 3,846 | 0.03 | |
| Battaramulle Seelarathana | Jana Setha Peramuna | 3,750 | 0.03 | |
| Prasanna Priyankara | Democratic National Movement | 2,793 | 0.02 | |
| Jayantha Kulathunga | United Lanka Great Council | 2,061 | 0.02 | |
| Wimal Geeganage | Sri Lanka National Front | 1,826 | 0.02 | |
| Total | 12,123,452 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 12,123,452 | 98.85 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 140,925 | 1.15 | ||
| Total votes | 12,264,377 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 15,044,490 | 81.52 | ||
| Source: Election Commission | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1989" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-04.
- ^ a b "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1994" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-10-06.
- ^ "Parliamentary General Election 10.10.2000 - Polonnaruwa District". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2012-08-05.
- ^ "General Election 2000 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-08-26.
- ^ "Parliamentary General Election 2001 Final District Results - Polonnaruwa District". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2012-08-05.
- ^ "General Election 2001 Final Polling Division Results" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-04.
- ^ "General Election 2001 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-09.
- ^ "Parliamentary General Election 2004 Final District Results - Polonnaruwa District". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2012-08-05.
- ^ "General Election 2004 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-03-04.
- ^ "Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Polonnuaruwa District". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2012-08-05.
- ^ "Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Polonnuaruwa Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-05-13.
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