Trincomalee Electoral District

Trincomalee Electoral District ( Tirukōṇamalai 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 Trincomalee in the Eastern province. The district currently elects 4 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 246,890 registered electors in 2010. The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 14.

Polling Divisions The Trincomalee Electoral District consists of the following polling divisions:

A: Seruwila

B: Trincomalee

C: Mutur

Election results 1982 presidential election Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982 for the district:

CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%MuturSeru-wilaTrinco-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%

1988 provincial council election Results of the 1st North Eastern provincial council election held on 19 November 1988:

PartyVotes per Polling DivisionTotal Votes%SeatsMuturSeru-wilaTrinco-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% 5Valid Votes 36,317 8,604 33,111 78,032 100.00% 10Rejected 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%

1988 presidential election Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988:

CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%MuturSeru-wilaTrinco-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%

1989 parliamentary general election Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989:

PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsMuturSeru-wilaTrinco-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% 0Valid Votes 37,309 28,568 34,376 1,325 101,578 100.00% 4Rejected 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: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.

1994 parliamentary general election Results of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994:

PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsMuturSeru-wilaTrinco-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% 0Valid Votes 41,312 36,154 38,812 3,664 119,942 100.00% 4Rejected 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: 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.

Mohamed Ehuttar Hadjiar Maharoof (UNP) was murdered on 20 July 1997.

1994 presidential election Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994:

CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%MuturSeru-wilaTrinco-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%

1999 presidential election Results of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999:

CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%MuturSeru-wilaTrinco-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%

2000 parliamentary general election Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000:

PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsMuturSeru-wilaTrinco-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% 0Valid Votes 43,110 37,084 48,087 4,756 133,130 100.00% 4Rejected 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: 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; and M. K. D. S. Gunawardena (PA), 15,392 pv.

2001 parliamentary general election Results of the 12th parliamentary election held on 5 December 2001:

PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesDisplacedVotesTotal Votes%SeatsMuturSeru-wilaTrinco-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% 0Valid Votes 55,801 40,578 58,495 6,131 133 161,138 100.00% 4Rejected 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: 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; and M. K. D. S. Gunawardena (PA), 14,938 pv.

2004 parliamentary general election Results of the 13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004:

PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsMuturSeru-wilaTrinco-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% 0Valid Votes 65,425 41,520 67,347 8,308 182,794 100.00% 4Rejected 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: R. Sampanthan (TNA-ITAK), 47,735 preference votes (pv); K. Thurairetnasingam (TNA-ITAK), 34,773 pv; M. N. Abdul Majeed (SLMC), 26,948 pv; and Jayantha Wijesekara (UPFA-SLFP), 19,983 pv.