Puttalam
Electoral District for the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Administrative District	Puttalam
Province	North Western
Polling divisions	5
Population	760,000[1] (2008)
Electorate	495,575[2] (2010)
Area	3,072 km2 (1,186 sq mi)[3]
Current Electoral District
Number of members	8
MPs	Palitha Range Bandara, UNF Arundika Fernando, UPFA Milroy Fernando, UPFA Piyankara Jayaratne, UPFA Niroshan Perera, UNF Neomal Perera, UPFA Victor Anthony Perera, UPFA Dayasritha Thissera, UPFA

Puttalam 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 Puttalam in the North Western province. The district currently elects 8 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 495,575 registered electors in 2010.^[2]

1982 Presidential Election

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

Candidate	Party	Votes per Polling Division					Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
		Anama -duwa	Chilaw	Nattan -diya	Putta -lam	Wennap -puwa
Junius Jayewardene	UNP	20,789	30,142	23,324	24,089	28,801	1,732	128,877	59.12%
Hector Kobbekaduwa	SLFP	19,757	17,553	16,299	8,448	17,293	656	80,006	36.70%
Rohana Wijeweera	JVP	2,370	1,525	1,016	706	1,318	66	7,001	3.21%
Colvin R. de Silva	LSSP	182	243	119	290	171	35	1,040	0.48%
Kumar Ponnambalam	ACTC	48	109	23	592	31	14	817	0.37%
Vasudeva Nanayakkara	NSSP	72	45	37	46	33	6	239	0.11%
Valid Votes		43,218	49,617	40,818	34,171	47,647	2,509	217,980	100.00%
Rejected Votes		458	479	357	389	289	23	1,995
Total Polled		43,676	50,096	41,175	34,560	47,936	2,532	219,975
Registered Electors		54,207	61,128	49,638	45,817	56,885		267,675
Turnout		80.57%	81.95%	82.95%	75.43%	84.27%		82.18%
Source:[4]

1988 Presidential Election

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

Candidate	Party	Votes per Polling Division					Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
		Anama -duwa	Chilaw	Nattan -diya	Putta -lam	Wennap -puwa
Ranasinghe Premadasa	UNP	21,252	27,932	22,194	24,362	28,407	1,192	125,339	55.89%
Sirimavo Bandaranaike	SLFP	18,875	23,485	18,585	12,613	20,234	1,031	94,823	42.28%
Oswin Abeygunasekara	SLMP	662	748	851	815	941	76	4,093	1.83%
Valid Votes		40,789	52,165	41,630	37,790	49,582	2,299	224,255	100.00%
Rejected Votes		393	731	388	632	736	85	2,965
Total Polled		41,182	52,896	42,018	38,422	50,318	2,384	227,220
Registered Electors		67,553	70,574	57,526	57,106	66,244		319,003
Turnout		60.96%	74.95%	73.04%	67.28%	75.96%		71.23%
Source:[5]

1989 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989 for the district:

Party	Votes per Polling Division					Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
	Anama -duwa	Chilaw	Nattan -diya	Putta -lam	Wennap -puwa
United National Party	29,291	30,573	22,957	22,541	31,912	2,035	139,309	62.62%	5
Sri Lanka Freedom Party	15,208	17,456	13,763	10,331	14,006	923	71,687	32.22%	2
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress	450	699	1,276	3,661	120	47	6,253	2.81%	0
United Socialist Alliance (CPSL, LSSP, NSSP, SLMP)	505	430	1,136	150	1,090	87	3,398	1.53%	0
United Lanka People's Party	329	333	176	147	128	24	1,137	0.51%	0
Independent 2	116	162	121	74	111	0	584	0.26%	0
Independent 1	24	32	11	22	17	1	107	0.05%	0
Valid Votes	45,923	49,685	39,440	36,926	47,384	3,117	222,475	100.00%	7
Rejected Votes	2,799	2,832	2,236	2,552	2,712	74	13,205
Total Polled	48,722	52,517	41,676	39,478	50,096	3,191	235,680
Registered Electors	66,912	69,743	56,794	56,582	65,347	3,377	318,755
Turnout	72.82%	75.30%	73.38%	69.77%	76.66%	94.49%	73.94%
Source:[6]

The following candidates were elected:^[6] Michael Festus Wenseslous Perera (UNP), 76,390 preference votes (pv); Ashoka Wadigamangawa (UNP), 56,696 pv; Harindra Jayanthi Corea (UNP), 32,899 pv; Silva Dedinuni Robert Jayaratne (SLFP), 32,567 pv; Harold Herath (UNP), 27,763 pv; Wendakoon Mudiyanselage Sujatha Kanthimathie Dharmawardana (UNP), 26,830 pv; and Milroy Fernando (SLFP), 18,375 pv.

1993 Provincial Council Election

Results of the 2nd North Western provincial council election held on 17 May 1993 for the district:

Party	Votes	%	Seats
United National Party	122,830
People's Alliance (SLFP et al.)	89,355
Democratic United National Front	26,203
Nava Sama Samaja Party	3,425
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress	3,017
Valid Votes
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout
Source:

1994 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994 for the district:

Party	Votes per Polling Division					Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
	Anama -duwa	Chilaw	Nattan -diya	Putta -lam	Wennap -puwa
People's Alliance (SLFP et al.)	32,697	31,999	26,286	26,645	29,944	3,034	150,605	53.65%	4
United National Party	25,367	29,076	21,120	23,166	26,925	2,017	127,671	45.48%	3
Sri Lanka Progressive Front (JVP)	439	356	282	150	338	50	1,615	0.58%	0
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	128	211	164	87	203	45	838	0.30%	0
Valid Votes	58,631	61,642	47,852	50,048	57,410	5,146	280,729	100.00%	7
Rejected Votes	2,949	2,723	1,804	2,944	2,613	111	13,144
Total Polled	61,580	64,365	49,656	52,992	60,023	5,257	293,873
Registered Electors	80,010	83,057	64,449	73,757	78,919		380,192
Turnout	76.97%	77.49%	77.05%	71.85%	76.06%		77.30%
Source:[7]

The following candidates were elected:^[7] Festus Perera (UNP), 75,417 preference votes (pv); Kachchakaduge Godfrey Joseph Fernando (PA), 55,373 pv; Jayaratne Silva Dedimuni Robert (PA), 49,116 pv; Ashoka Wadigamangawa (UNP), 47,003 pv; Milroy Fernando (PA), 43,366 pv; D. M. Dassanayake (PA), 39,793 pv; and Harold Herath (UNP), 37,538 pv.

1994 Presidential Election

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

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Candidate	Party	Votes per Polling Division					Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
		Anama -duwa	Chilaw	Nattan -diya	Putta -lam	Wennap -puwa
Chandrika Kumaratunga	PA	35,977	35,415	27,856	29,040	33,874	3,633	165,795	62.65%
Srimathi Dissanayake	UNP	17,821	22,240	16,721	15,542	21,004	1,883	95,211	35.98%
Hudson Samarasinghe	Ind 2	475	382	180	531	228	0	1,796	0.68%