, ▁Raj ap ak sa ▁dissol ved ▁parliament ▁on ▁February ▁ 9 , ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁p aving ▁the ▁way ▁for ▁fresh ▁elections . ▁N omin ations ▁took ▁place ▁between ▁February ▁ 1 9 ▁and ▁February ▁ 2 6 , ▁and ▁the ▁date ▁of ▁the ▁election ▁was ▁set ▁for ▁April ▁ 8 , ▁ 2 0 1 0 . ▁ 1 4 , 0 8 8 , 5 0 0 ▁Sri ▁L ank ans ▁were ▁el ig ible ▁to ▁vote ▁in ▁the ▁election , ▁for ▁which ▁ 1 1 , 1 0 2 ▁pol ling ▁stations ▁were ▁set ▁up . ▁Of ▁this , ▁ 4 1 5 , 4 3 2 ▁people ▁were ▁el ig ible ▁to ▁cast ▁their ▁vote ▁via ▁postal ▁voting . ▁Final ▁votes ▁were ▁counted ▁at ▁ 1 , 3 8 7 ▁counting ▁cent ers ▁around ▁the ▁country . ▁ ▁Since ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁election , ▁there ▁were ▁four ▁changes ▁to ▁number ▁of ▁seats ▁allocated ▁to ▁each ▁elect oral ▁district . ▁An ur ad h ap ura ▁and ▁G amp aha ▁gained ▁one ▁seat ▁each ▁while ▁Col om bo ▁and ▁Kur un eg ala ▁lost ▁a ▁seat ▁each . ▁ ▁Cont est ing ▁parties ▁All ▁the ▁constitu ent ▁parties ▁of ▁the ▁r uling ▁UP FA ▁cont ested ▁under ▁its ▁b anner . ▁The ▁parliament ary ▁opposition ▁parties ▁( UN F , ▁Jan ath a ▁V im uk th i ▁Per am una ▁( J VP ) ▁and ▁( T NA ), ▁who ▁had ▁come