Hambantota Electoral District
Introduction '''Hambantota 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 Hambantota in the Southern province. The district currently elects 7 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 421,186 registered electors in 2010.
1982 Presidential Election Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982 for the district:CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Beli-attaMulkiri-galaTan-gallaTissama-haramaJunius JayewardeneUNP21,05618,96423,19625,6561,673'''90,545'''45.90%Hector KobbekaduwaSLFP18,15019,60517,25320,624770'''76,402'''38.73%Rohana WijeweeraJVP5,9575,9668,9667,724222'''28,835'''14.62%Colvin R. de SilvaLSSP2272471832128'''877'''0.44%Vasudeva NanayakkaraNSSP7811478659'''344'''0.17%Kumar PonnambalamACTC639757580'''275'''0.14%'''Valid Votes''''''45,531''''''44,993''''''49,733''''''54,339''''''2,682''''''197,278''''''100.00%'''Rejected Votes378484397523221,804Total Polled45,90945,47750,13054,8622,704199,082Registered Electors56,25457,49158,690241,956Turnout81.61%79.10%85.41%82.28%Source:
1988 Presidential Election Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988 for the district:CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Beli-attaMulkiri-galaTan-gallaTissama-haramaRanasinghe PremadasaUNP6,7935,9528,29220,020141'''41,198'''49.62%Sirimavo BandaranaikeSLFP5,7335,7408,02619,665179'''39,343'''47.39%Oswin AbeygunasekaraSLMP3263825691,1929'''2,478'''2.98%'''Valid Votes''''''12,852''''''12,074''''''16,887''''''40,877''''''329''''''83,019''''''100.00%'''Rejected Votes4916631,0071,667273,855Total Polled13,34312,73717,89442,54435686,874Registered Electors62,77366,74070,422295,180Turnout21.26%19.08%25.41%29.43%Source:
1989 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989 for the district:PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsBeli-attaMulkiri-galaTan-gallaTissama-haramaUnited National Party6,2358,6531,64013,4061,705'''31,639'''55.92%5Sri Lanka Freedom Party4,4185,5811,9489,2731,239'''22,459'''39.70%2United Socialist Alliance(CPSL, LSSP, NSSP, SLMP)18111251,49240'''1,686'''2.98%0Mahajana Eksath Peramuna242852922468'''648'''1.15%0Sri Lanka Muslim Congress32451056'''143'''0.25%0'''Valid Votes''''''10,916''''''14,454''''''3,647''''''24,500''''''3,058''''''56,575''''''100.00%''''''7'''Rejected Votes2044049612,589181Total Polled11,12014,8584,60827,0893,239Registered Electors61,46666,11169,32794,2343,982Turnout18.09%22.47%6.65%28.75%81.34%Source:The following candidates were elected:Mahinda Rajapaksa (SLFP), 13,073 preference votes (pv); Ranjit Atapattu (UNP), 10,381 pv; Chamal Rajapaksa (SLFP), 10,342 pv; Kadukannage Ananda Kularatne (UNP), 9,470 pv; Patabandi Madduma Baduge Cyril (UNP), 5,911 pv; Abeydheera Hary (UNP), 5,699 pv; and Gunapala Tissakuttiarachchi (UNP), 3,600 pv.
1993 Provincial Council Election Results of the 2nd Southern provincial council election held on 17 May 1993 for the district:Party Votes % SeatsUnited National Party102,84149.85%People's Alliance (SLFP et al. )63,91930.98%Democratic United National Front32,88215.94%Independent 14,2662.07%Nava Sama Samaja Party1,8590.90%Others5330.26%'''Valid Votes''''''206,300''''''100.00%'''Rejected VotesTotal PolledRegistered ElectorsTurnoutSource:
1994 Provincial Council Election Results of the 3rd Southern provincial council election held on 24 March 1994 for the district:Party Votes % SeatsPeople's Alliance (SLFP et al. )118,88953.95%United National Party96,11843.62%Nava Sama Samaja Party2,7031.23%Independent2,6501.20%'''Valid Votes''''''220,360''''''100.00%'''Rejected VotesTotal PolledRegistered ElectorsTurnoutSource:
1994 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994 for the district:PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsBeli-attaMulkiri-galaTan-gallaTissama-haramaPeople's Alliance (SLFP et al. )25,50128,18133,09041,7393,497'''132,008'''53.51%4United National Party18,64322,07822,88230,0561,723'''95,382'''38.67%2Sri Lanka Progressive Front (JVP)3,1692,6794,0545,151256'''15,309'''6.21%1Mahajana Eksath Peramuna680288443554115'''2,080'''0.84%0Independent 11542982303150'''997'''0.40%0Independent 21121171131260'''468'''0.19%0Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya4932321495'''267'''0.11%0People's Freedom Front234751461'''168'''0.07%0'''Valid Votes''''''48,331''''''53,720''''''60,895''''''78,136''''''5,597''''''246,679''''''100.00%''''''7'''Rejected Votes2,3333,7633,2394,11688Total Polled50,66457,48364,13482,2525,685Registered Electors66,09173,23680,917Turnout76.66%78.49%79.26%Source:The following candidates were elected:Mahinda Rajapaksa (PA), 78,977 preference votes (pv); Chamal Rajapaksa (PA), 63,698 pv; Nirupama Rajapaksa (PA), 46,034 pv; Mahinda Amaraweera (PA), 39,376 pv; Ananda Kularatne K. (UNP), 36,965 pv; Mervyn Silva (UNP), 36,338 pv; and Janith Priyantha Vidyathilaka Vipulaguna (SLPF-JVP), 1,791 pv.Janith Vipulaguna (SLPF-JVP) resigned and was replaced by Nihal Galappaththi (SLPF-JVP).
1994 Presidential Election Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994 for the district:CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Beli-attaMulkiri-galaTan-gallaTissama-haramaChandrika KumaratungaPA26,33526,53533,44242,5234,038'''132,873'''61.52%Srimathi DissanayakeUNP16,15017,98318,68023,1021,820'''77,735'''35.99%Nihal GalappaththiSLPF28538946247871'''1,685'''0.78%Harischandra WijayatungaSMBP29438933247845'''1,538'''0.71%Hudson SamarasingheInd 227341931939013'''1,414'''0.65%A.J. RanashingeInd 116519417019724'''750'''0.35%'''Valid Votes''''''43,502''''''45,909''''''53,405''''''67,168''''''6,011''''''215,995''''''100.00%'''Rejected Votes6521,0107891,4321304,013Total Polled44,15446,91954,19468,6006,141220,008Registered Electors66,09173,23680,917326,913Turnout66.81%64.07%66.97%67.30%Source:
1999 Provincial Council Election Results of the 4th Southern provincial council election held on 10 June 1999 for the district:Party Votes % SeatsPeople's Alliance (SLFP, SLMC et al. )89,48339.11%6United National Party82,78636.19%5Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna47,29620.67%3New Left Front (NSSP et al. )4,8692.13%0Independent 12,6031.14%0Mahajana Eksath Peramuna1,0440.46%0People's Liberation Solidarity Front3240.14%0Liberal Party1500.07%0Independent 21340.06%0Independent 3870.04%0'''Valid Votes''''''228,776''''''100.00%''''''14'''Registered ElectorsSource:
1999 Presidential Election Results of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999 for the district:CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Beli-attaMulkiri-galaTan-gallaTissama-haramaChandrika KumaratungaPA24,49224,72829,82839,0212,206'''120,275'''47.41%Ranil WickremasingheUNP18,14021,42622,43130,9832,108'''95,088'''37.48%Nandana GunathilakeJVP5,6916,2989,88710,865998'''33,739'''13.30%Harischandra WijayatungaSMBP13618717120237'''733'''0.29%Rajiva WijesinhaLiberal1161981812295'''729'''0.29%W.V.M. RanjithInd 21182271741801'''700'''0.28%T. EdirisuriyaInd 110118014924912'''691'''0.27%Vasudeva NanayakkaraLDA8112511912137'''483'''0.19%Kamal KarunadasaPLSF80108981305'''421'''0.17%Abdul RasoolSLMP6968721343'''346'''0.14%Hudson SamarasingheInd 3404743611'''192'''0.08%A. DissanayakaDUNF373839451'''160'''0.06%A.W. PremawardhanaPFF293422351'''121'''0.05%'''Valid Votes''''''49,130''''''53,664''''''63,214''''''82,255''''''5,415''''''253,678''''''100.00%'''Rejected Votes9191,3891,2221,6751705,375Total Polled50,04955,05364,43683,9305,585259,053Registered Electors68,34978,59689,147350,809Turnout73.23%70.05%72.28%73.84%Source:
2000 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000 for the district:PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsBeli-attaMulkiri-galaTan-gallaTissama-haramaUnited National Party20,22126,40928,75541,1692,520'''119,074'''43.12%4People's Alliance(SLFP et al. )22,40624,40127,59533,1812,725'''110,308'''39.95%2Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna7,1927,19112,29813,9581,403'''42,042'''15.23%1New Left Front (NSSP et al. )3064274324586'''1,629'''0.59%0Sinhala Heritage15743223020852'''1,079'''0.39%0Citizen's Front105106941667'''478'''0.17%0United Sinhala Great Council481001011421'''392'''0.14%0Independent 5496264691'''245'''0.09%0Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya3733376413'''184'''0.07%0Liberal Party262162441'''154'''0.06%0Democratic United National Front293338390'''139'''0.05%0Independent 4303523280'''116'''0.04%0Independent 2202025262'''93'''0.03%0Independent 3102212321'''77'''0.03%0Independent 110109151'''45'''0.02%0Sri Lanka Progressive Front8147112'''42'''0.02%0People's Freedom Front67890'''30'''0.01%0'''Valid Votes''''''50,660''''''59,323''''''69,790''''''89,619''''''6,735''''''276,127''''''100.00%''''''7'''Rejected Votes2,4623,5613,2274,441124Total Polled53,12262,88473,01794,0606,859Registered Electors69,41380,28391,814Turnout76.53%78.33%79.53%Source:The following candidates were elected:Sajith Premadasa (UNP), 98,968 preference votes (pv); Mahinda Rajapaksa (PA), 88,726 pv; Chamal Rajapaksa (PA), 66,737 pv; Dilip Wedaarachchi (UNP), 43,949 pv; Siri Alexander Andrahennady (UNP), 39,674 pv; Kadukannage Ananda Kularatne (UNP), 27,618 pv; and Nihal Galappaththi (JVP), 4,654 pv.
2001 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 12th parliamentary election held on 5 December 2001 for the district:PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsBeli-attaMulkiri-galaTan-gallaTissama-haramaUnited National Front(UNP, SLMC, CWC, WPF)20,45725,85425,539'''112,520'''40.02%4People's Alliance(SLFP et al. )21,27222,62526,745'''105,175'''37.41%2Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna9,38510,60017,744'''59,693'''21.23%1New Left Front (NSSP et al. )399514505'''2,101'''0.75%0Sinhala Heritage111159219'''679'''0.24%0United Lalith Front608886'''336'''0.12%0Independent 1234141'''143'''0.05%0United Sinhala Great Council203429'''126'''0.04%0Peoples Freedom Front241945'''121'''0.04%0Independent 3202917'''93'''0.03%0Sri Lanka National Front111519'''62'''0.02%0Sri Lanka Progressive Front141410'''60'''0.02%0Independent 261513'''53'''0.02%0'''Valid Votes''''''51,802''''''60,007''''''71,012''''''281,162''''''100.00%''''''7'''Rejected Votes2,4843,3023,028Total Polled54,28663,30974,040Registered Electors70,56082,38294,126Turnout76.94%76.85%78.66%Sources:The following candidates were elected:Sajith Premadasa (UNF), 92,536 preference votes (pv); Mahinda Rajapaksa (PA), 81,855 pv; Chamal Rajapaksa (PA), 48,473 pv; Dilip Wedaarachchi (UNF), 38,972 pv; Siri Alexander Andrahennady (UNF), 26,644 pv; Kadukannage Ananda Kularatne (UNF), 24,811 pv; and Nihal Galappaththi (JVP), 4,514 pv.
2004 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004 for the district:PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsBeli-attaMulkiri-galaTan-gallaTissama-haramaUnited People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, JVP et al. )32,01734,60448,74457,8615,669'''178,895'''64.05%5United National Front(UNP, SLMC, CWC, WPF)17,63122,58222,47233,4492,743'''98,877'''35.40%2National Development Front6870681211'''328'''0.12%0United Lalith Front496154826'''252'''0.09%0United Socialist Party445160831'''239'''0.09%0New Left Front (NSSP et al. )398627367'''195'''0.07%0Independent 8353837281'''139'''0.05%0Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya2915143116'''105'''0.04%0Independent 59198260'''62'''0.02%0Independent 1203891'''41'''0.01%0Independent 2107672'''32'''0.01%0Swarajya587110'''31'''0.01%0Independent 7312470'''26'''0.01%0Sri Lanka National Front36692'''26'''0.01%0Independent 3533111'''23'''0.01%0Independent 6604110'''21'''0.01%0Sri Lanka Progressive Front22611'''12'''0.00%0Independent 411040'''6'''0.00%0'''Valid Votes''''''49,976''''''57,568''''''71,528''''''91,787''''''8,451''''''279,310''''''100.00%''''''7'''Rejected Votes2,7174,4384,1216,311137Total Polled52,69362,00675,64998,0988,588Registered Electors72,04585,56398,376Turnout73.14%72.47%76.90%Source:The following candidates were elected:Mahinda Rajapaksa (UPFA-SLFP), 107,603 preference votes (pv); Nihal Galappaththi (UPFA-JVP), 96,039 pv; Vijitha Ranaweera (UPFA-JVP), 86,184 pv; Sajith Premadasa (UNF-UNP), 82,968 pv; Mahinda Amaraweera (UPFA-SLFP), 63,118 pv; Chamal Rajapaksa (UPFA-SLFP), 56,416 pv; and Dilip Wedaarachchi (UNF-UNP), 40,738 pv.Mahinda Rajapaksa (UPFA-SLFP) resigned on 19 November 2005 to take up presidency. His replacement Nirupama Rajapaksa (UPFA-SLFP) was sworn in on 25 November 2005.
2004 Provincial Council Election Results of the 5th Southern provincial council election held on 10 July 2004 for the district:PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsBeli-attaMulkiri-galaTan-gallaTissama-haramaUnited People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP, JVP et al. )26,93825,53138,21247,2513,351'''141,283'''70.12%8United National Party10,64712,27013,15321,0281,229'''58,327'''28.95%4United Socialist Party1771992253949'''1,004'''0.50%0Independent 3727183861'''313'''0.16%0National Development Front526955883'''267'''0.13%0Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya1515201711'''78'''0.04%0United Sinhala Great Council10719191'''56'''0.03%0Independent 1111210152'''50'''0.02%0Independent 27148170'''46'''0.02%0Sri Lanka Progressive Front71010115'''43'''0.02%0Sri Lanka National Front765101'''29'''0.01%0'''Valid Votes''''''37,943''''''38,204''''''51,800''''''68,936''''''4,613''''''201,496''''''100.00%''''''12'''Rejected Votes2,3792,5743,5505,025197Total Polled40,32240,77855,35073,9614,810Registered Electors72,04585,56398,376Turnout55.97%47.66%56.26%Source:The following candidates were elected:Piyasena Ramanayake (UPFA), 55,780 preference votes (pv); Wahalathanthrige Sisisra Kumara (UPFA), 47,697 pv; Ajith Rajapakse (UPFA), 36,546 pv; Athula Welandagoda Hewage (UPFA), 35,153 pv; Wehella Kankanamge Indika (UPFA), 30,198 pv; Hewa Wellalage Gunasena (UPFA), 25,730 pv; Jayantha Wanniarachchi (UPFA), 25,215 pv; D.V.R. Priya Upul (UPFA), 22,738 pv; Thennakoon Gamage Senarathne (UNP), 21,202 pv; Ekanayake Somapala (UNP), 18,775 pv; Dewaka Weerasinghe Puwakdandawa Muneendradasa (UNP), 13,228 pv; and Nimal Lalchandra Punchihewage (UNP), 12,166 pv.
2005 Presidential Election Results of the 5th presidential election held on 17 November 2005 for the district:CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Beli-attaMulkiri-galaTan-gallaTissama-haramaMahinda RajapaksaUPFA36,61542,89753,29163,1976,918'''202,918'''63.43%Ranil WickremasingheUNP19,29024,78425,99240,0062,640'''112,712'''35.23%A.A. SuraweeraNDF2472983073641'''1,217'''0.38%Siritunga JayasuriyaUSP2112922323301'''1,066'''0.33%Victor HettigodaULPP8110010711725'''430'''0.13%Chamil JayaneththiNLF5784931333'''370'''0.12%Aruna de SoyzaRPP47110103911'''352'''0.11%Wimal GeeganageSLNF568166861'''290'''0.09%A.K.J. ArachchigeDUA385241650'''196'''0.06%Anura De SilvaULF304338501'''162'''0.05%P. Nelson PereraSLPF192124360'''100'''0.03%Wije DiasSEP161924250'''84'''0.03%H.S. DharmadwajaUNAF681130'''28'''0.01%'''Valid Votes''''''56,713''''''68,789''''''80,319''''''104,513''''''9,591''''''319,925''''''100.00%'''Rejected Votes4926456951,012842,928Total Polled57,20569,43481,014105,5259,675322,853Registered Electors72,86288,528102,009396,595Turnout78.51%78.43%79.42%81.41%Source:
2009 Provincial Council Election Results of the 6th Southern provincial council election held on 10 October 2009 for the district:PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsBeli-attaMulkiri-galaTan-gallaTissama-haramaUnited People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP et al. )32,85138,42051,96964,0745,647'''192,961'''66.95%8United National Party10,33514,83313,05323,233937'''62,391'''21.65%3Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna5,4246,2458,81110,364890'''31,734'''11.01%1United Socialist Party456253610'''221'''0.08%0United Lanka People's Party3110336425'''217'''0.08%0National Development Front274653480'''174'''0.06%0Independent 1193625391'''120'''0.04%0Independent 6162533292'''105'''0.04%0Independent 3151516151'''62'''0.02%0United Lanka Great Council10186201'''55'''0.02%0Janasetha Peramuna71317141'''52'''0.02%0Independent 211131272'''45'''0.02%0Independent 54141060'''34'''0.01%0Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya58424'''23'''0.01%0Independent 438570'''23'''0.01%0Sri Lanka Progressive Front14540'''14'''0.00%0'''Valid Votes''''''48,804''''''59,863''''''74,108''''''97,965''''''7,491''''''288,231''''''100.00%''''''12'''Rejected Votes2,1813,1263,4204,536140Total Polled50,98562,98977,528102,5017,631Registered Electors74,47093,685109,409Turnout68.46%67.23%70.86%Source:The following candidates were elected:Wehella Kankanamge Indika (UPFA), 56,855 preference votes (pv); D.V.R. Priya Upul (UPFA), 50,944 pv; Kapila Gamini Samarasingha Dissanayaka (UPFA), 48,832 pv; Ajith Rajapakse (UPFA), 47,854 pv; Hewa Wellalage Gunasena (UPFA), 45,910 pv; Kodagoda Arachchige Somawansa (UPFA), 38,838 pv; Ananda Senarath Widanapathiranage (UPFA), 33,323 pv; Arjuna Nishantha de Silva Pussewelage (UPFA), 25,282 pv; Thennakoon Gamage Senarathne (UNP), 23,894 pv; Nimal Lalchandra Punchihewage (UNP), 17,614 pv; Ekanayake Somapala (UNP), 15,760 pv; and Kumudu Sujeewa Priyantha Lokuhennadige (JVP), 2,345 pv.
2010 Presidential Election Results of the 6th presidential election held on 26 January 2010 for the district:CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Beli-attaMulkiri-galaTan-gallaTissama-haramaMahinda RajapaksaUPFA38,05548,18760,08271,5818,982'''226,887'''67.21%Sarath FonsekaNDF17,96522,53723,72937,4263,679'''105,336'''31.20%A.A. SuraweeraNDF1332152633397'''957'''0.28%M.C.M. IsmailDUNF1312382383346'''947'''0.28%W.V. Mahiman RanjithInd 1931812152207'''716'''0.21%A.S.P LiyanageSLLP661101141495'''444'''0.13%C.J. Sugathsiri GamageUDF87112641451'''409'''0.12%Ukkubanda WijekoonInd 3565555940'''260'''0.08%Lal PereraONF466047830'''236'''0.07%Sarath ManamendraNSH347248603'''217'''0.06%Siritunga JayasuriyaUSP465047660'''209'''0.06%Aithurus M. IlliasInd 2263041621'''160'''0.05%M. K. ShivajilingamInd 5253232470'''136'''0.04%Vikramabahu KarunaratneLF243135373'''130'''0.04%Battaramulla SeelarathanaJP152221422'''102'''0.03%M. Mohamed MusthaffaInd 482526280'''87'''0.03%Sanath PinnaduwaNA142010370'''81'''0.02%Wije DiasSEP102115201'''67'''0.02%Aruna de SoyzaRPP81511241'''59'''0.02%Senaratna de SilvaPNF10197200'''56'''0.02%Sarath KongahageUNAF313981'''34'''0.01%M.B. ThaminimullaACAKO7510120'''34'''0.01%'''Valid Votes''''''56,862''''''72,050''''''85,119''''''110,834''''''12,699''''''337,564''''''100.00%'''Rejected Votes3245295117481062,218Total Polled57,18672,57985,630111,58212,805339,782Registered Electors74,47093,685109,409421,186Turnout76.79%77.47%78.27%80.67%Source:
2010 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010 for the district:PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsBeli-attaMulkiri-galaTan-gallaTissama-haramaUnited People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP et al. )31,33035,85146,28952,0589,280'''174,808'''62.87%5United National Front(UNP, SLMC, DPF, SLFP(P))12,19217,70017,17433,1722,789'''83,027'''29.86%2Democratic National Alliance (JVP et al. )3,3383,3645,4495,7511,284'''19,186'''6.90%0Our National Front4751566610'''230'''0.08%0United Socialist Party264329602'''160'''0.06%0Independent 4172632371'''113'''0.04%0United National Alternative Front133024290'''96'''0.03%0Sri Lanka National Front42210441'''81'''0.03%0Independent 11089283'''58'''0.02%0Independent 351114210'''51'''0.02%0United Democratic Front1211891'''41'''0.01%0Patriotic National Front5710100'''32'''0.01%0Independent 21321140'''30'''0.01%0Left Liberation Front451380'''30'''0.01%0National People's Party64863'''27'''0.01%0All Are Citizens, All Are Kings Organisation75572'''26'''0.01%0United Lanka Great Council43790'''23'''0.01%0Janasetha Peramuna38272'''22'''0.01%0Sri Lanka Labour Party50251'''13'''0.00%0'''Valid Votes''''''47,041''''''57,151''''''69,142''''''91,341''''''13,379''''''278,054''''''100.00%''''''7'''Rejected Votes1,9172,6612,5473,776339Total Polled48,95859,81271,68995,11713,718Registered Electors74,47093,685109,409Turnout65.74%63.84%65.52%Source:The following candidates were elected:Namal Rajapaksa (UPFA-SLFP), 147,566 preference votes (pv); Mahinda Amaraweera (UPFA-SLFP), 105,414 pv; Chamal Rajapaksa (UPFA-SLFP), 79,648 pv; Sajith Premadasa (UNF-UNP), 74,467 pv; Dilip Wedaarachchi (UNF-UNP), 47,160 pv; Nirupama Rajapaksa (UPFA-SLFP), 39,025 pv; and P. K. Indika (UPFA), 37,626 pv.
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