Trincomalee Electoral District ( ta, திருகோணமலை தேர்தல் மாவட்டம் ''Tirukōṇamalai Tērtal Māvaṭṭam'') is one of the 22

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

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Trincomalee Trincomalee (; ta, திருகோணமலை, translit=Tirukōṇamalai; si, ත්‍රිකුණාමළය, translit= Trikuṇāmaḷaya), also known as Gokanna and Gokarna, is the administrative headquarters of the Trincomalee Dis ...

in the Eastern province. The district currently elects 4 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 246,890 registered electors in 2010.

Election results

1982 presidential election

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

1988 provincial council election

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

1988 presidential election

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

1989 parliamentary general election

Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989: The following candidates were elected:

M. K. D. S. Gunawardena Munasinghe Kariyawasam Appuhamilage Don Somadasa Gunawardana (6 March 1947 – 19 January 2016) was a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of Parliament and government minister. Early life Gunawardana was born 6 March 1947. He was educated ...

(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: 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:

1999 presidential election

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

2000 parliamentary general election

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

(PA), 15,392 pv.

2001 parliamentary general election

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

R. Sampanthan Rajavarothiam Sampanthan ( ta, இராஜவரோதயம் சம்பந்தன்; si, රාජවරෝදියම් සම්බන්දන්; born 5 February 1933) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and lawyer who has led the Ta ...

(TNA-TULF), 40,110 preference votes (pv); M. A. M. Maharoof (UNF), 25,264 pv; K. M. Thowfeek (UNF-SLMC), 24,847 pv; and

(PA), 14,938 pv.

2004 parliamentary general election

Results of the 13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004: The following candidates were elected:

(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. M. N. Abdul Majeed (SLMC) was expelled from the

Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress ( ta, சிறீலங்கா முஸ்லீம் காங்கிரஸ், translit=Srīlaṅkā Muslīm Kāṅkiras; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා මුස්ලිම් කොංග්‍රස� ...

on 30 May 2004. He subsequently joined the

United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance (abbreviated UPFA; si, එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් සන්ධානය ''Eksath Janathā Nidahas Sandānaya''; ta, ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சுதந்திரக� ...

2005 presidential election

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

2008 provincial council election

Results of the 1st Eastern provincial council election held on 10 May 2008: The following candidates were elected: Ajju Mohamed Mohamed Faiz (UPFA); Ariyawathi W. G. M. Galappaththi (UPFA);

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(UNP-SLMC);

(UPFA); M. A. M. Maharoof (UNP); Sathak Lebbe Muhammadu Hasan Moulavi (UPFA); Arunasalam Parasuraman (UNP); K. G. Wimal Piyathissa (JVP); M. S. Thowfeek (UNP-SLMC); and Rathna Sabapathi Nawarathnarajah Varathan (UNP).

2010 presidential election

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

2010 parliamentary general election

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

(TNA-ITAK), 24,488 preference votes (pv); M. S. Thowfeek (UNF-SLMC), 23,588 pv;

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(UPFA), 22,820 pv; and

(UPFA), 19,734 pv.

2012 provincial council election

Results of the 2nd Eastern provincial council election held on 8 September 2012: The following candidates were elected: S. Thandayuthapani (TNA-ITAK), 20,854 preference votes (pv); Ariyawathy Galappaththy (UPFA), 14,224 pv; Kekunawela Pathiranage Priyantha Prema Kumara (UPFA), 12,393 pv; M. N. Abdul Majeed (UPFA-SLFP), 11,726 pv; Kumaraswamy Nageswaran (TNA-ITAK), 10,911 pv; Anver Ramlan Mohamed (SLMC), 10,904 pv; Asan Sathak Lebbe Mohamed Moulavi (SLMC), 10,732 pv; Jegatheesan Janarthanan (TNA-ITAK), 8,949 pv; and Naketh Gedara Wijesekara Mudiyanselage Jayantha Wijesekara (NFF), 7,303 pv.

References

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