Name of the Party/Independent Group 
 | 
No. of Votes Received 
 | 
Percentage  % 
 |  
| United National Party | 
13,092 
 | 
32.74 % 
 |  
| United People's Freedom Alliance | 
12,806 
 | 
32.02 % 
 |  
| Democratic Peoples Front | 
5,643 
 | 
14.11 % 
 |  
| People's Liberation Front | 
3,088 
 | 
7.72 % 
 |  
| Democratic Party | 
2,496 
 | 
6.24 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 3 | 
703 
 | 
1.76 % 
 |  
| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 
538 
 | 
1.35 % 
 |  
| All Ceylon Makkal Congress | 
404 
 | 
1.01 % 
 |  
| Ceylon Worker's Congress (P.Wing) | 
289 
 | 
0.72 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 10 | 
243 
 | 
0.61 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 1 | 
191 
 | 
0.48 % 
 |  
| Nawa Sama Samaja Party | 
106 
 | 
0.27 % 
 |  
| Eksath Lanka Podujana Pakshaya | 
63 
 | 
0.16 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 2 | 
60 
 | 
0.15 % 
 |  
| New Democratic Front | 
55 
 | 
0.14 % 
 |  
| Jana Setha Peramuna | 
36 
 | 
0.09 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 6 | 
35 
 | 
0.09 % 
 |  
| Eksath Lanka Maha Sabha | 
30 
 | 
0.08 % 
 |  
| Patriotic National Front | 
30 
 | 
0.08 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 11 | 
20 
 | 
0.05 % 
 |  
| Our National Front | 
11 
 | 
0.03 % 
 |  
| Socialist Equality Party | 
10 
 | 
0.03 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 9 | 
10 
 | 
0.03 % 
 |  
| United Peace Front | 
8 
 | 
0.02 % 
 |  
| Sri Lanka Labour Party | 
8 
 | 
0.02 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 4 | 
6 
 | 
0.02 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 8 | 
5 
 | 
0.01 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 5 | 
4 
 | 
0.01 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 7 | 
1 
 | 
0.00 % 
 |  
Total Valid Votes 
 | 
39,991 
 | 
95.24 % 
 |  
Rejected Votes 
 | 
1,998 
 | 
4.76 % 
 |  
Total Votes Polled 
 | 
41,989 
 | 
63.07 % 
 |  
Registered Electors 
 | 
66,572* 
 | 
  |  
 
* Number of registered electors including postal voters 
 
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