Name of the Party/Independent Group 
 | 
No. of Votes Received 
 | 
Percentage  % 
 |  
| United People's Freedom Alliance | 
20,217 
 | 
47.56 % 
 |  
| United National Party | 
10,970 
 | 
25.81 % 
 |  
| Democratic Party | 
5,024 
 | 
11.82 % 
 |  
| People's Liberation Front | 
4,201 
 | 
9.88 % 
 |  
| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 
629 
 | 
1.48 % 
 |  
| Democratic Peoples Front | 
434 
 | 
1.02 % 
 |  
| All Ceylon Makkal Congress | 
180 
 | 
0.42 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 1 | 
149 
 | 
0.35 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 3 | 
115 
 | 
0.27 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 2 | 
82 
 | 
0.19 % 
 |  
| New Democratic Front | 
75 
 | 
0.18 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 10 | 
75 
 | 
0.18 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 6 | 
62 
 | 
0.15 % 
 |  
| Ceylon Worker's Congress (P.Wing) | 
52 
 | 
0.12 % 
 |  
| Jana Setha Peramuna | 
38 
 | 
0.09 % 
 |  
| Patriotic National Front | 
38 
 | 
0.09 % 
 |  
| Nawa Sama Samaja Party | 
29 
 | 
0.07 % 
 |  
| Eksath Lanka Podujana Pakshaya | 
25 
 | 
0.06 % 
 |  
| United Peace Front | 
20 
 | 
0.05 % 
 |  
| Our National Front | 
19 
 | 
0.04 % 
 |  
| Socialist Equality Party | 
12 
 | 
0.03 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 9 | 
12 
 | 
0.03 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 11 | 
12 
 | 
0.03 % 
 |  
| Eksath Lanka Maha Sabha | 
11 
 | 
0.03 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 4 | 
9 
 | 
0.02 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 7 | 
7 
 | 
0.02 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 8 | 
4 
 | 
0.01 % 
 |  
| Sri Lanka Labour Party | 
2 
 | 
0.00 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 5 | 
1 
 | 
0.00 % 
 |  
Total Valid Votes 
 | 
42,504 
 | 
96.09 % 
 |  
Rejected Votes 
 | 
1,729 
 | 
3.91 % 
 |  
Total Votes Polled 
 | 
44,233 
 | 
60.15 % 
 |  
Registered Electors 
 | 
73,539* 
 | 
  |  
 
* Number of registered electors including postal voters 
 
 |