Name of the Party/Independent Group 
 | 
No. of Votes Received 
 | 
Percentage  % 
 |  
| United People's Freedom Alliance | 
53,983 
 | 
52.28 % 
 |  
| United National Party | 
32,890 
 | 
31.85 % 
 |  
| People's Liberation Front | 
9,127 
 | 
8.84 % 
 |  
| Democratic Party | 
6,194 
 | 
6.00 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 2 | 
223 
 | 
0.22 % 
 |  
| Eksath Lanka Podujana Pakshaya | 
123 
 | 
0.12 % 
 |  
| Jana Setha Peramuna | 
98 
 | 
0.09 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 6 | 
81 
 | 
0.08 % 
 |  
| New Democratic Front | 
74 
 | 
0.07 % 
 |  
| All Ceylon Makkal Congress | 
62 
 | 
0.06 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 3 | 
56 
 | 
0.05 % 
 |  
| Patriotic National Front | 
40 
 | 
0.04 % 
 |  
| Nawa Sama Samaja Party | 
38 
 | 
0.04 % 
 |  
| Democratic Peoples Front | 
37 
 | 
0.04 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 11 | 
35 
 | 
0.03 % 
 |  
| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 
26 
 | 
0.03 % 
 |  
| Eksath Lanka Maha Sabha | 
25 
 | 
0.02 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 9 | 
22 
 | 
0.02 % 
 |  
| Ceylon Worker's Congress (P.Wing) | 
21 
 | 
0.02 % 
 |  
| United Peace Front | 
19 
 | 
0.02 % 
 |  
| Our National Front | 
18 
 | 
0.02 % 
 |  
| Socialist Equality Party | 
18 
 | 
0.02 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 1 | 
13 
 | 
0.01 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 8 | 
12 
 | 
0.01 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 4 | 
8 
 | 
0.01 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 7 | 
7 
 | 
0.01 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 10 | 
7 
 | 
0.01 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 5 | 
4 
 | 
0.00 % 
 |  
| Sri Lanka Labour Party | 
2 
 | 
0.00 % 
 |  
Total Valid Votes 
 | 
103,263 
 | 
96.20 % 
 |  
Rejected Votes 
 | 
4,078 
 | 
3.80 % 
 |  
Total Votes Polled 
 | 
107,341 
 | 
63.26 % 
 |  
Registered Electors 
 | 
169,679* 
 | 
  |  
 
* Number of registered electors including postal voters 
  
 
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