Name of the Party/Independent Group 
 | 
No. of Votes Received 
 | 
Percentage  % 
 |  
| United National Party | 
40,170 
 | 
45.94 % 
 |  
| United People's Freedom Alliance | 
17,472 
 | 
19.98 % 
 |  
| Democratic Peoples Front | 
8,854 
 | 
10.13 % 
 |  
| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 
8,629 
 | 
9.87 % 
 |  
| All Ceylon Makkal Congress | 
4,480 
 | 
5.12 % 
 |  
| Democratic Party | 
2,166 
 | 
2.48 % 
 |  
| People's Liberation Front | 
2,126 
 | 
2.43 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 1 | 
1,244 
 | 
1.42 % 
 |  
| Ceylon Worker's Congress (P.Wing) | 
883 
 | 
1.01 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 10 | 
367 
 | 
0.42 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 3 | 
219 
 | 
0.25 % 
 |  
| Nawa Sama Samaja Party | 
170 
 | 
0.19 % 
 |  
| Eksath Lanka Podujana Pakshaya | 
116 
 | 
0.13 % 
 |  
| Patriotic National Front | 
80 
 | 
0.09 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 6 | 
68 
 | 
0.08 % 
 |  
| United Peace Front | 
64 
 | 
0.07 % 
 |  
| New Democratic Front | 
61 
 | 
0.07 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 11 | 
60 
 | 
0.07 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 9 | 
44 
 | 
0.05 % 
 |  
| Jana Setha Peramuna | 
33 
 | 
0.04 % 
 |  
| Eksath Lanka Maha Sabha | 
31 
 | 
0.04 % 
 |  
| Our National Front | 
19 
 | 
0.02 % 
 |  
| Sri Lanka Labour Party | 
16 
 | 
0.02 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 2 | 
16 
 | 
0.02 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 8 | 
14 
 | 
0.02 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 4 | 
12 
 | 
0.01 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 5 | 
12 
 | 
0.01 % 
 |  
| Socialist Equality Party | 
10 
 | 
0.01 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 7 | 
8 
 | 
0.01 % 
 |  
Total Valid Votes 
 | 
87,444 
 | 
95.56 % 
 |  
Rejected Votes 
 | 
4,066 
 | 
4.44 % 
 |  
Total Votes Polled 
 | 
91,510 
 | 
70.29 % 
 |  
Registered Electors 
 | 
130,186* 
 | 
  |  
 
* Number of registered electors including postal voters 
 
 |