Galle Electoral District
| Galle | |
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Electoral District for the Parliament of Sri Lanka |
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| Administrative District |
Galle |
| Province | Southern |
| Polling divisions | 10 |
| Population | 1,063,000(2008) |
| Electorate | 761,815(2010) |
| Area | 1,652 km2 (638 sq mi) |
| Current Electoral District | |
| Number of members | 10 |
| MPs |
Piyasena Gamage, UPFA Sajin Vass Gunawardena, UPFA Gayantha Karunathilaka, UNF Ajith Kumara, DNA Nishantha Muthuhettigama, UPFA Manusha Nanayakkara, UNF Ramesh Pathirana, UPFA Mohan Priyadarshana Silva, UPFA Chandima Weerakkody, UPFA Gunaratna Weerakoon, UPFA |
Galle electoral district 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 Galle in the Southern province. The district currently elects 10 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 761,815 registered electors in 2010.
Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982 for the district:
Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988 for the district:
Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989 for the district:
The following candidates were elected:Amarasiri Dodangoda (SLFP), 66,431 preference votes (pv); Bentota Pathiranage Richard de Silva (SLFP), 64,268 pv; Matarage Upali Sarath Danston Amarasiri (UNP), 63,985 pv; Rupa Karunathilake (UNP), 51,147 pv; Don Ranjith Nanda Kumarage (UNP), 43,609 pv; Vincent Jayawardene (UNP), 42,085 pv; Hemakumara Nanayakkara (SLFP), 37,310 pv; Kariyawasam Haputhanthri Gamage Noel Padmasiri (SLFP), 35,772 pv; Piyasena Gamage (SLFP); 35,456 pv; Rannulu Nandimiththa G. de Soyza (UNP); 28,474 pv; and Buddhika Kurukularatne (UNP), 24,010 pv.
Results of the 2nd Southern provincial council election held on 17 May 1993 for the district:
Results of the 3rd Southern provincial council election held on 24 March 1994 for the district:
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