DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS OF 17 NOVEMBER 2005 ==================================================================== Source: Sri Lanka Government elections website Parties -------------------------------------------------------------------- * DUA - Democratic Unity Alliance * ELPP - Eksath Lanka Podujana Pakshaya * JSP - Jathika Sangwardhena Peramuna * NLF - New Left Front * RJP - Ruhunu Janatha Party * SEP - Socialist Equality Party * SLNF - Sri Lanka National Front * SLPF - Sri Lanka Progressive Front * ULF - United Lalith Front * UNAF - United National Alternative Front * UNP - United National Party * UPFA - United Peoples Freedom Alliance * USP - United Socialist Party VOTING BY DISTRICT ==================================================================== ANURADHAPURA ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 536,808 Total votes cast: 423,997 79.9 Invalid votes: 4,563 01.1 Valid votes: 419,434 98.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ajith Kumara J Arachchige DUA 207 00.1 Anura de Silva ULF 261 00.1 Aruna de Soyza RJP 428 00.1 Hewaheenipallage S Dharmadwaja UNAF 72 00.0 Wije Dias SEP 115 00.0 Wimal Geeganage SLNF 367 00.1 Victor Hettigoda ELPP 478 00.1 Chamil Jayaneththi NLF 569 00.1 Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 1,378 00.3 Nelson Perera SLPF 115 00.0 Mahinda Rajapaksa UPFA 231,040 55.1 Achala Ashoka Suraweera JSP 1,448 00.4 Ranil Wickramasinghe UNP 182,956 43.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 419,434 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BADULLA ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 533,163 Total votes cast: 433,424 81.3 Invalid votes: 6,825 01.6 Valid votes: 426,599 98.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ajith Kumara J Arachchige DUA 239 00.1 Anura de Silva ULF 363 00.1 Aruna de Soyza RJP 401 00.1 Hewaheenipallage S Dharmadwaja UNAF 118 00.0 Wije Dias SEP 224 00.1 Wimal Geeganage SLNF 322 00.1 Victor Hettigoda ELPP 614 00.1 Chamil Jayaneththi NLF 468 00.1 Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 2,327 00.6 Nelson Perera SLPF 217 00.1 Mahinda Rajapaksa UPFA 192,734 45.2 Achala Ashoka Suraweera JSP 1,990 00.5 Ranil Wickramasinghe UNP 226,582 53.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 426,599 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BATTICALOA ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 318,728 Total votes cast: 154,615 48.5 Invalid votes: 1,778 01.1 Valid votes: 152,837 98.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ajith Kumara J Arachchige DUA 153 00.1 Anura de Silva ULF 142 00.1 Aruna de Soyza RJP 124 00.1 Hewaheenipallage S Dharmadwaja UNAF 18 00.0 Wije Dias SEP 104 00.1 Wimal Geeganage SLNF 43 00.0 Victor Hettigoda ELPP 225 00.2 Chamil Jayaneththi NLF 149 00.1 Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 892 00.6 Nelson Perera SLPF 59 00.0 Mahinda Rajapaksa UPFA 28,836 18.9 Achala Ashoka Suraweera JSP 578 00.4 Ranil Wickramasinghe UNP 121,514 79.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 152,837 -------------------------------------------------------------------- COLOMBO ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 1,468,537 Total votes cast: 1,127,129 76.7 Invalid votes: 12,879 01.1 Valid votes: 1,114,250 98.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ajith Kumara J Arachchige DUA 398 00.0 Anura de Silva ULF 601 00.1 Aruna de Soyza RJP 519 00.1 Hewaheenipallage S Dharmadwaja UNAF 74 00.0 Wije Dias SEP 410 00.0 Wimal Geeganage SLNF 422 00.0 Victor Hettigoda ELPP 2,174 00.2 Chamil Jayaneththi NLF 775 00.1 Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 2,628 00.2 Nelson Perera SLPF 134 00.0 Mahinda Rajapaksa UPFA 534,431 48.0 Achala Ashoka Suraweera JSP 2,057 00.9 Ranil Wickramasinghe UNP 569,627 51.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,114,250 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DIGAMADULLA ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 396,453 Total votes cast: 288,208 72.7 Invalid votes: 2,941 01.0 Valid votes: 285,267 99.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ajith Kumara J Arachchige DUA 215 00.1 Anura de Silva ULF 203 00.1 Aruna de Soyza RJP 297 00.1 Hewaheenipallage S Dharmadwaja UNAF 38 00.0 Wije Dias SEP 82 00.0 Wimal Geeganage SLNF 134 00.1 Victor Hettigoda ELPP 331 00.1 Chamil Jayaneththi NLF 188 00.1 Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 1,091 00.4 Nelson Perera SLPF 89 00.0 Mahinda Rajapaksa UPFA 122,329 42.9 Achala Ashoka Suraweera JSP 1,072 00.4 Ranil Wickramasinghe UNP 159,198 55.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 285,267 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GALLE ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 732,289 Total votes cast: 600,008 81.9 Invalid votes: 5,540 00.9 Valid votes: 594,468 99.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ajith Kumara J Arachchige DUA 305 00.1 Anura de Silva ULF 388 00.1 Aruna de Soyza RJP 517 00.1 Hewaheenipallage S Dharmadwaja UNAF 65 00.0 Wije Dias SEP 221 00.0 Wimal Geeganage SLNF 469 00.1 Victor Hettigoda ELPP 873 00.2 Chamil Jayaneththi NLF 524 00.1 Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 2,244 00.4 Nelson Perera SLPF 136 00.0 Mahinda Rajapaksa UPFA 347,233 58.4 Achala Ashoka Suraweera JSP 2,173 00.4 Ranil Wickramasinghe UNP 239,320 40.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 594,468 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GAMPAHA ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 1,364,180 Total votes cast: 1,101,001 80.7 Invalid votes: 11,724 01.1 Valid votes: 1,089,277 98.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ajith Kumara J Arachchige DUA 418 00.0 Anura de Silva ULF 609 00.1 Aruna de Soyza RJP 631 00.1 Hewaheenipallage S Dharmadwaja UNAF 87 00.0 Wije Dias SEP 343 00.0 Wimal Geeganage SLNF 570 00.1 Victor Hettigoda ELPP 1,983 00.2 Chamil Jayaneththi NLF 856 00.1 Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 2,790 00.3 Nelson Perera SLPF 157 00.0 Mahinda Rajapaksa UPFA 596,698 54.8 Achala Ashoka Suraweera JSP 2,371 00.2 Ranil Wickramasinghe UNP 481,764 44.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,089,277 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HAMBANTOTA ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 396,595 Total votes cast: 322,723 81.4 Invalid votes: 2,798 00.9 Valid votes: 319,925 99.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ajith Kumara J Arachchige DUA 196 00.1 Anura de Silva ULF 162 00.1 Aruna de Soyza RJP 352 00.1 Hewaheenipallage S Dharmadwaja UNAF 28 00.0 Wije Dias SEP 84 00.0 Wimal Geeganage SLNF 290 00.1 Victor Hettigoda ELPP 430 00.1 Chamil Jayaneththi NLF 370 00.1 Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 1,066 00.3 Nelson Perera SLPF 100 00.0 Mahinda Rajapaksa UPFA 202,918 63.4 Achala Ashoka Suraweera JSP 1,217 00.4 Ranil Wickramasinghe UNP 112,712 35.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 319,925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- JAFFNA ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 701,938 Total votes cast: 8,524 01.2 Invalid votes: 656 07.7 Valid votes: 7,868 92.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ajith Kumara J Arachchige DUA 31 00.4 Anura de Silva ULF 21 00.3 Aruna de Soyza RJP 12 00.1 Hewaheenipallage S Dharmadwaja UNAF 4 00.1 Wije Dias SEP 29 00.4 Wimal Geeganage SLNF 15 00.2 Victor Hettigoda ELPP 120 01.5 Chamil Jayaneththi NLF 24 00.3 Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 72 00.9 Nelson Perera SLPF 16 00.2 Mahinda Rajapaksa UPFA 1,967 25.0 Achala Ashoka Suraweera JSP 34 00.4 Ranil Wickramasinghe UNP 5,523 70.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,868 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KALUTARA ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 764,305 Total votes cast: 622,377 81.4 Invalid votes: 6,517 01.1 Valid votes: 615,860 98.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ajith Kumara J Arachchige DUA 339 00.1 Anura de Silva ULF 424 00.1 Aruna de Soyza RJP 468 00.1 Hewaheenipallage S Dharmadwaja UNAF 68 00.0 Wije Dias SEP 215 00.0 Wimal Geeganage SLNF 422 00.1 Victor Hettigoda ELPP 865 00.1 Chamil Jayaneththi NLF 614 00.1 Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 2,623 00.4 Nelson Perera SLPF 165 00.0 Mahinda Rajapaksa UPFA 341,693 55.5 Achala Ashoka Suraweera JSP 1,921 00.3 Ranil Wickramasinghe UNP 266,043 43.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 615,860 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KANDY ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 907,038 Total votes cast: 722,437 79.7 Invalid votes: 9,817 01.4 Valid votes: 712,620 98.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ajith Kumara J Arachchige DUA 372 00.1 Anura de Silva ULF 529 00.1 Aruna de Soyza RJP 487 00.1 Hewaheenipallage S Dharmadwaja UNAF 128 00.0 Wije Dias SEP 307 00.0 Wimal Geeganage SLNF 584 00.1 Victor Hettigoda ELPP 1,091 00.2 Chamil Jayaneththi NLF 717 00.1 Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 2,775 00.4 Nelson Perera SLPF 219 00.0 Mahinda Rajapaksa UPFA 315,672 44.3 Achala Ashoka Suraweera JSP 2,589 00.4 Ranil Wickramasinghe UNP 387,150 54.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 712,620 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KEGALLE ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 583,282 Total votes cast: 473,568 81.2 Invalid votes: 4,795 01.0 Valid votes: 468,773 99.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ajith Kumara J Arachchige DUA 231 00.1 Anura de Silva ULF 355 00.1 Aruna de Soyza RJP 375 00.1 Hewaheenipallage S Dharmadwaja UNAF 71 00.0 Wije Dias SEP 152 00.0 Wimal Geeganage SLNF 400 00.1 Victor Hettigoda ELPP 707 00.2 Chamil Jayaneththi NLF 437 00.1 Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 1,804 00.4 Nelson Perera SLPF 117 00.0 Mahinda Rajapaksa UPFA 239,184 51.0 Achala Ashoka Suraweera JSP 1,457 00.3 Ranil Wickramasinghe UNP 223,483 47.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 468,773 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KURUNEGALA ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 1,124,076 Total votes cast: 904,955 80.5 Invalid votes: 8,458 00.9 Valid votes: 896,497 99.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ajith Kumara J Arachchige DUA 363 00.0 Anura de Silva ULF 524 00.1 Aruna de Soyza RJP 613 00.1 Hewaheenipallage S Dharmadwaja UNAF 110 00.0 Wije Dias SEP 255 00.0 Wimal Geeganage SLNF 566 00.1 Victor Hettigoda ELPP 1,142 00.1 Chamil Jayaneththi NLF 695 00.1 Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 2,357 00.3 Nelson Perera SLPF 187 00.0 Mahinda Rajapaksa UPFA 468,507 52.3 Achala Ashoka Suraweera JSP 2,369 00.3 Ranil Wickramasinghe UNP 418,809 46.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 896,497 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MATALE ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 321,876 Total votes cast: 254,405 79.0 Invalid votes: 3,785 01.5 Valid votes: 250,620 98.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ajith Kumara J Arachchige DUA 141 00.1 Anura de Silva ULF 208 00.1 Aruna de Soyza RJP 224 00.1 Wije Dias SEP 95 00.0 Hewaheenipallage S Dharmadwaja UNAF 51 00.0 Wimal Geeganage SLNF 228 00.1 Victor Hettigoda ELPP 342 00.1 Chamil Jayaneththi NLF 356 00.1 Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 1,212 00.5 Nelson Perera SLPF 76 00.0 Mahinda Rajapaksa UPFA 120,533 48.1 Achala Ashoka Suraweera JSP 1,217 00.5 Ranil Wickramasinghe UNP 125,937 50.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 250,620 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MATARA ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 562,987 Total votes cast: 455,799 81.0 Invalid votes: 4,077 00.9 Valid votes: 451,722 99.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ajith Kumara J Arachchige DUA 320 00.1 Anura de Silva ULF 277 00.1 Aruna de Soyza RJP 451 00.1 Hewaheenipallage S Dharmadwaja UNAF 74 00.0 Wije Dias SEP 140 00.0 Wimal Geeganage SLNF 451 00.1 Victor Hettigoda ELPP 554 00.1 Chamil Jayaneththi NLF 524 00.1 Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 1,687 00.4 Nelson Perera SLPF 119 00.0 Mahinda Rajapaksa UPFA 279,411 61.9 Achala Ashoka Suraweera JSP 1,877 00.4 Ranil Wickramasinghe UNP 165,837 36.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 451,722 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MONARAGALA ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 276,109 Total votes cast: 224,086 81.2 Invalid votes: 2,636 01.2 Valid votes: 221,450 98.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ajith Kumara J Arachchige DUA 124 00.1 Anura de Silva ULF 133 00.1 Aruna de Soyza RJP 286 00.1 Hewaheenipallage S Dharmadwaja UNAF 44 00.0 Wije Dias SEP 102 00.1 Wimal Geeganage SLNF 200 00.1 Victor Hettigoda ELPP 239 00.1 Chamil Jayaneththi NLF 295 00.1 Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 673 00.3 Nelson Perera SLPF 73 00.0 Mahinda Rajapaksa UPFA 126,094 56.9 Achala Ashoka Suraweera JSP 943 00.4 Ranil Wickramasinghe UNP 92,244 41.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 221,450 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NUWARA-ELIYA ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 447,225 Total votes cast: 361,285 80.8 Invalid votes: 5,410 01.5 Valid votes: 355,875 98.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ajith Kumara J Arachchige DUA 164 00.1 Anura de Silva ULF 215 00.1 Aruna de Soyza RJP 202 00.1 Hewaheenipallage S Dharmadwaja UNAF 84 00.0 Wije Dias SEP 146 00.0 Wimal Geeganage SLNF 199 00.1 Victor Hettigoda ELPP 376 00.1 Chamil Jayaneththi NLF 287 00.1 Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 2,622 00.7 Nelson Perera SLPF 137 00.0 Mahinda Rajapaksa UPFA 99,550 28.0 Achala Ashoka Suraweera JSP 1,465 00.4 Ranil Wickramasinghe UNP 250,428 70.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 355,875 -------------------------------------------------------------------- POLONNARUWA ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 263,609 Total votes cast: 212,032 80.4 Invalid votes: 2,002 00.9 Valid votes: 210,030 99.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ajith Kumara J Arachchige DUA 81 00.0 Anura de Silva ULF 141 00.1 Aruna de Soyza RJP 221 00.1 Hewaheenipallage S Dharmadwaja UNAF 24 00.0 Wije Dias SEP 31 00.0 Wimal Geeganage SLNF 119 00.1 Victor Hettigoda ELPP 226 00.1 Chamil Jayaneththi NLF 226 00.1 Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 589 00.3 Nelson Perera SLPF 48 00.0 Mahinda Rajapaksa UPFA 110,499 52.6 Achala Ashoka Suraweera JSP 683 00.3 Ranil Wickramasinghe UNP 97,142 46.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 210,030 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PUTTALAM ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 470,604 Total votes cast: 337,319 71.7 Invalid votes: 3,536 01.0 Valid votes: 333,783 99.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ajith Kumara J Arachchige DUA 183 00.1 Anura de Silva ULF 214 00.1 Aruna de Soyza RJP 292 00.1 Hewaheenipallage S Dharmadwaja UNAF 31 00.0 Wije Dias SEP 175 00.1 Wimal Geeganage SLNF 203 00.1 Victor Hettigoda ELPP 502 00.2 Chamil Jayaneththi NLF 287 00.1 Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 1,063 00.3 Nelson Perera SLPF 72 00.0 Mahinda Rajapaksa UPFA 160,686 48.1 Achala Ashoka Suraweera JSP 811 00.2 Ranil Wickramasinghe UNP 169,264 50.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 333,783 -------------------------------------------------------------------- RATNAPURA ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 668,217 Total votes cast: 560,584 83.9 Invalid votes: 5,510 01.0 Valid votes: 555,074 99.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ajith Kumara J Arachchige DUA 330 00.1 Anura de Silva ULF 393 00.1 Aruna de Soyza RJP 557 00.1 Hewaheenipallage S Dharmadwaja UNAF 78 00.0 Wije Dias SEP 134 00.0 Wimal Geeganage SLNF 496 00.1 Victor Hettigoda ELPP 795 00.1 Chamil Jayaneththi NLF 645 00.1 Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 2,220 00.4 Nelson Perera SLPF 206 00.0 Mahinda Rajapaksa UPFA 294,260 53.0 Achala Ashoka Suraweera JSP 2,122 00.4 Ranil Wickramasinghe UNP 252,838 45.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 555,074 -------------------------------------------------------------------- TRINCOMALEE ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 238,755 Total votes cast: 152,428 63.8 Invalid votes: 2,094 01.4 Valid votes: 150,334 98.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ajith Kumara J Arachchige DUA 165 00.1 Anura de Silva ULF 132 00.1 Aruna de Soyza RJP 157 00.1 Hewaheenipallage S Dharmadwaja UNAF 26 00.0 Wije Dias SEP 67 00.0 Wimal Geeganage SLNF 71 00.1 Victor Hettigoda ELPP 276 00.2 Chamil Jayaneththi NLF 157 00.1 Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 792 00.5 Nelson Perera SLPF 56 00.0 Mahinda Rajapaksa UPFA 55,680 37.0 Achala Ashoka Suraweera JSP 558 00.4 Ranil Wickramasinghe UNP 92,197 61.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 150,334 -------------------------------------------------------------------- VANNI ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 250,386 Total votes cast: 85,874 34.3 Invalid votes: 1,398 01.6 Valid votes: 84,476 98.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ajith Kumara J Arachchige DUA 107 00.1 Anura de Silva ULF 62 00.1 Aruna de Soyza RJP 71 00.1 Hewaheenipallage S Dharmadwaja UNAF 23 00.0 Wije Dias SEP 69 00.1 Wimal Geeganage SLNF 68 00.1 Victor Hettigoda ELPP 115 00.1 Chamil Jayaneththi NLF 133 00.2 Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 520 00.6 Nelson Perera SLPF 27 00.0 Mahinda Rajapaksa UPFA 17,197 20.4 Achala Ashoka Suraweera JSP 286 00.3 Ranil Wickramasinghe UNP 65,798 77.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 84,476 --------------------------------------------------------------------