Name of the Party/Independent Group 
 | 
No. of Votes Received 
 | 
Percentage  % 
 |  
| United People's Freedom Alliance | 
35,813 
 | 
46.50 % 
 |  
| United National Party | 
22,072 
 | 
28.66 % 
 |  
| People's Liberation Front | 
6,112 
 | 
7.94 % 
 |  
| Democratic Party | 
5,637 
 | 
7.32 % 
 |  
| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 
2,403 
 | 
3.12 % 
 |  
| Democratic Peoples Front | 
2,371 
 | 
3.08 % 
 |  
| All Ceylon Makkal Congress | 
1,037 
 | 
1.35 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 1 | 
396 
 | 
0.51 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 3 | 
186 
 | 
0.24 % 
 |  
| Jana Setha Peramuna | 
184 
 | 
0.24 % 
 |  
| Ceylon Worker's Congress (P.Wing) | 
124 
 | 
0.16 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 10 | 
92 
 | 
0.12 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 6 | 
88 
 | 
0.11 % 
 |  
| Eksath Lanka Podujana Pakshaya | 
74 
 | 
0.10 % 
 |  
| New Democratic Front | 
70 
 | 
0.09 % 
 |  
| Nawa Sama Samaja Party | 
70 
 | 
0.09 % 
 |  
| Patriotic National Front | 
55 
 | 
0.07 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 2 | 
38 
 | 
0.05 % 
 |  
| United Peace Front | 
35 
 | 
0.05 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 11 | 
35 
 | 
0.05 % 
 |  
| Our National Front | 
31 
 | 
0.04 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 9 | 
30 
 | 
0.04 % 
 |  
| Eksath Lanka Maha Sabha | 
21 
 | 
0.03 % 
 |  
| Socialist Equality Party | 
16 
 | 
0.02 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 7 | 
7 
 | 
0.01 % 
 |  
| Sri Lanka Labour Party | 
5 
 | 
0.01 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 5 | 
5 
 | 
0.01 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 8 | 
5 
 | 
0.01 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 4 | 
3 
 | 
0.00 % 
 |  
Total Valid Votes 
 | 
77,015 
 | 
95.62 % 
 |  
Rejected Votes 
 | 
3,526 
 | 
4.38 % 
 |  
Total Votes Polled 
 | 
80,541 
 | 
68.20 % 
 |  
Registered Electors 
 | 
1,18,098* 
 | 
  |  
 
* Number of registered electors including postal voters 
  
 
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