Name of the Party/Independent Group 
 | 
No. of Votes Received 
 | 
Percentage  % 
 |  
| United People's Freedom Alliance | 
12,361 
 | 
36.09 % 
 |  
| United National Party | 
11,629 
 | 
33.95 % 
 |  
| Democratic Party | 
3,301 
 | 
9.64 % 
 |  
| Democratic Peoples Front | 
2,639 
 | 
7.70 % 
 |  
| People's Liberation Front | 
2,196 
 | 
6.41 % 
 |  
| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 
710 
 | 
2.07 % 
 |  
| All Ceylon Makkal Congress | 
700 
 | 
2.04 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 2 | 
254 
 | 
0.74 % 
 |  
| Ceylon Worker's Congress (P.Wing) | 
91 
 | 
0.27 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 3 | 
74 
 | 
0.22 % 
 |  
| Nawa Sama Samaja Party | 
54 
 | 
0.16 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 6 | 
52 
 | 
0.15 % 
 |  
| New Democratic Front | 
43 
 | 
0.13 % 
 |  
| Eksath Lanka Podujana Pakshaya | 
24 
 | 
0.07 % 
 |  
| Jana Setha Peramuna | 
21 
 | 
0.06 % 
 |  
| Patriotic National Front | 
18 
 | 
0.05 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 1 | 
15 
 | 
0.04 % 
 |  
| Eksath Lanka Maha Sabha | 
10 
 | 
0.03 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 11 | 
10 
 | 
0.03 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 4 | 
9 
 | 
0.03 % 
 |  
| Our National Front | 
8 
 | 
0.02 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 10 | 
8 
 | 
0.02 % 
 |  
| Socialist Equality Party | 
7 
 | 
0.02 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 9 | 
7 
 | 
0.02 % 
 |  
| United Peace Front | 
4 
 | 
0.01 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 8 | 
3 
 | 
0.01 % 
 |  
| Sri Lanka Labour Party | 
2 
 | 
0.01 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 7 | 
2 
 | 
0.01 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 5 | 
1 
 | 
0.00 % 
 |  
Total Valid Votes 
 | 
34,253 
 | 
95.84 % 
 |  
Rejected Votes 
 | 
1,487 
 | 
4.16 % 
 |  
Total Votes Polled 
 | 
35,740 
 | 
59.03 % 
 |  
Registered Electors 
 | 
60,543* 
 | 
  |  
 
* Number of registered electors including postal voters 
  
 
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