The district currently elects 5 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 300,642 registered electors in 2010.
[4] The Badulla Electoral District consists of the following polling divisions:[4] A: Bibile B: Monaragala C: Wellawaya 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:[7] Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Gunewathie Dissanayake (SLFP), 26,193 preference votes (pv); R. M. Dharmadasa Banda (UNP), 20,788 pv; R.M.
Results of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994 for the district: The following candidates were elected:[8] Sumedha G. Jayasena (PA), 55,369 preference votes (pv); R. M. Dharmadasa Banda (UNP), 44,956 pv; R.M.
Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994 for the district: Results of the 3rd Uva provincial council election held on 6 April 1999 for the district: Results of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999 for the district: Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000 for the district: The following candidates were elected:[13] Gamini Wijith Wijayamuni Soyza (PA), 37,312 preference votes (pv); Jayasundara Mudiyanselage Ananda Kumarasiri (UNP), 36,487 pv; Sumedha G. Jayasena (PA), 33,946 pv; Jayasundara Wijekoon (PA), 33,784 pv; and R.M.
Results of the 6th presidential election held on 26 January 2010 for the district: Results of the 14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010 for the district: The following candidates were elected:[24] A. P. Jagath Pushpakumara (UPFA-SLFP), 67,903 preference votes (pv); Gamini Vijith Vijayamuni Zoysa (UPFA), 54,516 pv; Sumedha G. Jayasena (UPFA-SLFP), 45,837 pv; Aarachchige Vijitha Berugoda (UPFA), 43,001 pv; and R.M.