Polonnaruwa electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka.
The district currently elects 5 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 280,337 registered electors in 2010.
[4] The Polonnaruwa Electoral District consists of the following polling divisions:[4] A: Minneriya B: Medirigiriya C: Polonnaruwa Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982 for the district:[5] Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988 for the district: Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994 for the district:[7] Results of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999 for the district: Results of the 5th presidential election held on 17 November 2005 for the district: Results of the 6th presidential election held on 26 January 2010 for the district: Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989 for the district: The following candidates were elected:[11] Hewa Gajaman Paththinige Nelson (UNP), 18,093 preference votes (pv); Maithripala Sirisena (SLFP), 13,652 pv; Seid Ahamed Abdul Majeed (UNP), 12,299 pv; C. A. Suriyaarachchi (UNP), 11,318 pv; and Samarasinghe Arachchilage Muthubanda (UNP), 10,336 pv.
Results of the 2nd North Central provincial council election held on 17 May 1993 for the district: Results of the 3rd North Central provincial council election held on 6 April 1999 for the district: Results of the 4th North Central provincial council election held on 10 July 2004 for the district: The following candidates were elected:[23] Ananda Sarath Kumara Rathnayake (UPFA), 41,004 preference votes (pv); R. K. Indrananda (UPFA), 28,009 pv; M. G. Palitha Upul Kumara (UPFA), 24,242 pv; T. B. Sarath (UPFA), 21,774 pv; Kins Nelson (UNP), 21,100 pv; R. M. Punchi Banda Rathnayake (UPFA), 20,959 pv; Deniyegedara Saranelis Dayawansha (UPFA), 16,638 pv; Donald Mahamadakalapuwage (UNP), 14,591 pv; Ansar Shahul Hameed Mohamadu (UNP), 11,788 pv; and Arachchilage Janaka Priyantha Samarasinghe (UNP), 11,459 pv.
Results of the 5th North Central provincial council election held on 23 August 2008 for the district: