Name of the Party/Independent Group 
 | 
No. of Votes Received 
 | 
Percentage  % 
 |  
| United People's Freedom Alliance | 
42,635 
 | 
60.86 % 
 |  
| United National Party | 
15,363 
 | 
21.93 % 
 |  
| Democratic Party | 
4,297 
 | 
6.13 % 
 |  
| People's Liberation Front | 
4,092 
 | 
5.84 % 
 |  
| Democratic Peoples Front | 
1,790 
 | 
2.56 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 1 | 
476 
 | 
0.68 % 
 |  
| Ceylon Worker's Congress (P.Wing) | 
473 
 | 
0.68 % 
 |  
| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 
199 
 | 
0.28 % 
 |  
| All Ceylon Makkal Congress | 
185 
 | 
0.26 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 6 | 
95 
 | 
0.14 % 
 |  
| Eksath Lanka Podujana Pakshaya | 
60 
 | 
0.09 % 
 |  
| Patriotic National Front | 
59 
 | 
0.08 % 
 |  
| New Democratic Front | 
41 
 | 
0.06 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 2 | 
37 
 | 
0.05 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 11 | 
31 
 | 
0.04 % 
 |  
| Sri Lanka Labour Party | 
30 
 | 
0.04 % 
 |  
| Nawa Sama Samaja Party | 
29 
 | 
0.04 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 3 | 
28 
 | 
0.04 % 
 |  
| Our National Front | 
21 
 | 
0.03 % 
 |  
| Eksath Lanka Maha Sabha | 
17 
 | 
0.02 % 
 |  
| Jana Setha Peramuna | 
17 
 | 
0.02 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 9 | 
16 
 | 
0.02 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 10 | 
13 
 | 
0.02 % 
 |  
| Socialist Equality Party | 
12 
 | 
0.02 % 
 |  
| United Peace Front | 
11 
 | 
0.02 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 5 | 
9 
 | 
0.01 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 4 | 
8 
 | 
0.01 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 7 | 
4 
 | 
0.01 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 8 | 
4 
 | 
0.01 % 
 |  
Total Valid Votes 
 | 
70,052 
 | 
94.81 % 
 |  
Rejected Votes 
 | 
3,837 
 | 
5.19 % 
 |  
Total Votes Polled 
 | 
73,889 
 | 
64.20 % 
 |  
Registered Electors 
 | 
115,098* 
 | 
  |  
 
* Number of registered electors including postal voters 
 
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