1989 Parliamentary General Election Results of the
9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989 for the district: The following candidates were elected:
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 Results of the
12th parliamentary election held on 5 December 2001 for the district: The following candidates were elected:
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 Results of the
13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004 for the district: The following candidates were elected:
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 Results of the
14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010 for the district: The following candidates were elected:
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. ==Provincial Council Elections==