Gampaha Electoral District

Gampaha
Electoral District for the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Administrative District	Gampaha
Province	Western
Polling divisions	13
Population	2,152,000(2008)
Electorate	1,474,464(2010)
Area	1,387 km² (536 sq mi)
Current Electoral District
Number of members	18
MPs	Lasantha Alagiyawanna, UPFA John Amaratunga, UNF Pandu Bandaranaike, UPFA Sudarshani Fernandopulle, UPFA Sarath Kumara Gunaratna, UPFA Sarana Gunawardena, UPFA Vijitha Herath, DNA Karu Jayasuriya, UNF Jayalath Jayawardena, UNF Felix Perera, UPFA Basil Rajapaksa, UPFA Ruwan Ranatunga, UPFA Athuraliye Rathana, UPFA Wasantha Senanayake, UPFA Mervyn Silva, UPFA Upeksha Swarnamali, UNF Ruwan Wijewardene, UNF Dulip Wijeysekara, UPFA

Gampaha 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 Gampaha in the Western province. The district currently elects 18 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 1,474,464 registered electors in 2010.

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

Results of the 1st Western provincial council election held on 2 June 1988 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:Sirimavo Bandaranaike (SLFP), 214,390 preference votes (pv); Anura Bandaranaike (SLFP), 107,177 pv; Joseph Michael Perera (UNP), 104,094 pv; John Amaratunga (UNP), 90,797 pv; Ranil Wickramasinghe (UNP), 86,477 pv; Sarath Chandra Rajakaruna (UNP), 80,154 pv; Illukpitiya Mudiyanselage Peter Paul Perera (UNP), 63,602 pv; Lakshman Jayakody (SLFP), 62,652 pv; Wijayapala Mendis (UNP), 59,235 pv; Jayasinghe Muhandiram Donald Dissanayake (UNP), 56,610 pv; Mahindra Suransinghe Wijerathna (UNP), 52,738 pv; Jeyaraj Fernandopulle (SLFP), 51,485 pv; Anura Pradeep (SLFP), 47,550 pv; Hapangama Mahen Gunasekera (UNP), 44,630 pv; Ariyarathna Jayathilaka (UNP), 39,893 pv; Reggie Padmasena Ranatunga (SLFP), 37,163 pv; and Sakalasooriya Appuhamilage Sardhatissa Sakalasooriya (SLFP), 36,363 pv.