Ratnapura 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 10 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 734,651 registered electors in 2010.
[4] The Ratnapura Electoral District consists of the following polling divisions:[4] A: Eheliyagoda B: Ratnapura C: Pelmadulla D: Balangoda E: Rakwana F: Nivithigala G: Kalawana H: Kolonna 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] Nanda Sydney Ellawala (SLFP), 75,645 preference votes (pv); Gamini Atukorale (UNP), 53,420 pv; Wimal Wickramasinghe (UNP), 45,680 pv; Kaluwa Devagey Nanda Mathew (UNP), 43,307 pv; Athula Kularatne Attygale (UNP), 39,809 pv; Chandrasekara Gankande (UNP), 37,875 pv; M.L.M.
[9] Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994 for the district: Results of the 3rd Sabaragamuwa 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:[14] Gamini Atukorale (UNP), 109,102 preference votes (pv); Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi (PA), 108,324 pv; W. D. J. Senewiratne (PA), 86,744 pv; Susantha Punchinilame (UNP), 77,197 pv; Surangani Ellawala (PA), 54,517; Mahinda Ratnatilaka (UNP), 49,808 pv; Abeynayaka Piyadasa (UNP), 41,365 pv; Arachchige Dharmadasa Wanniarachchi (PA), 39,972 pv; Udagama Liyanage Heenmahatmaya (PA), 39,285 pv; and Jayatissa Ranaweera (PA), 38,631 pv.
Results of the 4th Sabaragamuwa provincial council election held on 10 July 2004 for the district: The following candidates were elected:[20] Ariyadasa Gamaethige (UPFA), 33,621 preference votes (pv); Thirimadura Ranjith de Soysa (UPFA), 32,182 pv; Ellawala Mohan Saliya (UPFA), 31,182 pv; Ambagahaarawe Prabhath Bhanu Munipriya (UPFA), 28,548 pv; Janaka Wakkumbura (UPFA), 27,998 pv; A.