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Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the

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Kegalle Kegalle ( si, කෑගල්ල; ta, கேகாலை) is a large town in Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka. It is located on the Colombo–Kandy road, approximately from Colombo and from Kandy. It is the main town in the Kegalle District ...

in the

Sabaragamuwa province The Sabaragamuwa Province ( si, සබරගමුව පළාත ''Sabaragamuwa Paḷāta'', ta, சபரகமுவ மாகாணம் ''Sabaragamuwa Mākāṇam'') is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrati ...

. The district currently elects 9 of the 225 members of the

Sri Lankan Parliament The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව ''Shri Lanka Parlimenthuwa'', Tamil: இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்றம் ''Ila� ...

and had 613,938 registered electors in 2010.

1982 Presidential Election

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

1988 Presidential Election

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

1989 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989 for the district: The following candidates were elected: Maha Maya Samanthadevi Karunaratne (UNP), 50,779 preference votes (pv); Kasedoruge Vincent Perera (UNP), 42,237 pv; Dharmadeva Jayasinghe (UNP), 42,170 pv; Yunoos Lebbe Mohamed Farook (UNP), 38,857 pv; Chandradasa Ranatunga (UNP), 29,051 pv;

Mano Wijeyeratne Nissanka Manodha Wijeyeratne ( Sinhala: නිශ්ශංක මනෝද විජයරත්න) (28 July 1957 – 29 October 2011) (known as ''Mano Wijeyeratne'') was a former Politician, Government Minister, Coordinating Secretary to th ...

(UNP), 28,065 pv; Dharmasiri Senanayake (SLFP), 24,715 pv; Balasooriya Arachchilage Balasooriya Jagath (SLFP), 23,088 pv; and

Athauda Seneviratne Athauda Seneviratne (19 September 1931 – 31 March 2022) was a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was also a Cabinet Minister of Sri Lanka. Political career In 1957 Athauda was elected to the Village Counci ...

(USA), 10,792 pv.

1994 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994 for the district: The following candidates were elected: P.B.G. Kalugalla (PA), 73,369 preference votes (pv); Herath Ralalage Jayathileke Podinilame (UNP), 67,190 pv; Balasooriya Arachchilage Balasooriya Jagath (PA), 59,017 pv; Mahipala Herath (PA), 52,221 pv;

(UNP), 51,531 pv;

(PA), 50,775 pv; R.A.D. Sirisena (UNP), 50,690 pv; Yunoos Lebbe Mohamed Farook (UNP), 47,765 pv; and Kasedoruge Vincent Perera (UNP), 45,884 pv.

1994 Presidential Election

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

1999 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 3rd Sabaragamuwa provincial council election held on 6 April 1999 for the district:

1999 Presidential Election

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

2000 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000 for the district: The following candidates were elected:

(PA), 76,510 preference votes (pv); Mahipala Herath (PA), 61,625 pv;

Ranjith Siyambalapitiya Basnayaka Ralalage Ranjith Siyambalapitiya (born 1 May 1961) (known as ''Ranjith Siyambalapitiya'') is a Sri Lankan politician. He is currently serving as Minister of State for Finance, serving with Shehan Semasinghe since 8 September 2022. He ...

(PA), 49,582 pv; Herath Ralalage Jayathileke Podinilame (UNP), 48,504 pv; A. D. Champika Premadasa (UNP), 47,342 pv; Balasooriya Arachchilage Balasooriya Jagath (PA), 45,862 pv; Rupasinghe Arachchige Don Sirisena (UNP), 43,002 pv;

(UNP), 41,069 pv; and

Lalith Dissanayake Lalith Chandra Buddhisiri Dissanayake (born 19 November 1955) is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister. He is an alumnus of Dharmaraja College Dharmaraja College ( si, ධර්මරාජ ...

(PA), 40,624 pv.

2001 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 12th parliamentary election held on 5 December 2001 for the district: The following candidates were elected:

Rukman Senanayake Rukman Senanayake (born 21 June 1948), is a Sri Lankan politician. A former Cabinet Minister of Environment and Natural Resources from 2002 to 2004 and Member of Parliament for Kegalle District, he was a Vice Leader of the United National Party. ...

(UNF), 73,594 preference votes (pv); Mahipala Herath (PA), 70,934 pv; A. D. Champika Premadasa (UNF), 57,249 pv;

(PA), 56,299 pv;

Kabir Hashim Mohamed Hashim Mohamed Kabir ( Sinhala: කබීර් හෂීම්, Tamil: கபீர் ஹாசிம்; born 19 May 1959) popularly known as ''Kabir Hashim'' is a Sri Lankan politician and economist. He is a member of the Parliament ...

(UNF), 53,406 pv;

(PA), 49,298 pv; Herath Ralalage Jayathileke Podinilame (UNF), 46,769 pv; Rupasinghe Arachchige Don Sirisena (UNF), 44,627 pv; and R. M. Gamini Rathnayake (JVP), 3,691 pv.

2004 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004 for the district: The following candidates were elected: R. M. Gamini Rathnayake (UPFA-JVP), 90,070 preference votes (pv); Anuruddha Polgampola (UPFA-JVP), 84,981 pv;

(UPFA-SLFP), 80,485 pv; Mahipala Herath (UPFA-SLFP), 71,682 pv;

(UNF-UNP), 69,372 pv;

(UPFA-SLFP), 53,892 pv; A. D. Champika Premadasa (UNF-UNP), 44,391 pv;

(UNF-UNP), 44,272 pv; and

(UNF-UNP), 43,630 pv. Mahipala Herath (UPFA-SLFP) resigned on 27 May 2004 to contest the Sabaragamuwa provincial council elections. His replacement H. R. Mithrapala (UPFA-SLFP) was sworn in on 20 July 2004. Anuruddha Polgampola (UPFA-JVP) resigned on 3 September 2008. His replacement

(UPFA-SLFP) was sworn in on 12 September 2008.

2004 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 4th Sabaragamuwa provincial council election held on 10 July 2004 for the district: The following candidates were elected: Mahipala Herath (UPFA-SLFP), 85,365 preference votes (pv); M. A. Kamal Nandasena Pemasiri (UPFA), 35,546 pv; Lalith Dissanayake (UPFA), 30,287 pv; Y. G. Padmasiri (UPFA), 29,243 pv; Herath Ralalage Jayathilleke Podinilame (UNP), 25,946 pv; Sri Lal Wickramasinghe (UPFA), 23,004 pv; N. G. Priyantha Ranjith Kumar (UPFA), 22,479 pv; Ananda Millangoda (UPFA), 22,030 pv; Kasadoruge Sujitha Sanjaya Perera (UNP), 20,641 pv; Udayakantha Gunathilaka (UPFA), 20,419 pv; Thusitha Wijemanne (UNP), 20,359 pv; R. A. Darmapala Rajapaksha (UPFA), 19,942 pv; D. P. Sisira Kumara Sarathchandra (UPFA), 19,595 pv; D. A. Buddhisena (UPFA), 19,542 pv; Wedikkarayalage Somadasa (UNP), 17,096 pv; Nihal Farook (UNP), 15,736 pv; Lakshman Kodikara (UNP), 15,169 pv; and M. D. Siril Gunarathne Pallepola (UNP), 14,817 pv.

2005 Presidential Election

Results of the 5th presidential election held on 17 November 2005 for the district:

2008 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 5th Sabaragamuwa provincial council election held on 23 August 2008 for the district:

2010 Presidential Election

Results of the 6th presidential election held on 26 January 2010 for the district:

2010 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010 for the district: The following candidates were elected:

(UPFA-SLFP), 145,623 preference votes (pv);

(UPFA-SLFP), 68,528 pv; Kanaka Herath (UPFA), 66,912 pv; Y. G. Padmasiri (UPFA), 61,685 pv;

(UPFA-SLFP), 52,673 pv;

(UNF-UNP), 48,822 pv; A. D. Champika Premadasa (UNF-UNP), 41,271 pv; Arachchilage Jagath Balasuriya (UPFA), 47,121 pv; and H. R. Mithrapala (UPFA-SLFP), 37,831 pv.

References

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