Name of the Party/Independent Group 
 | 
No. of Votes Received 
 | 
Percentage  % 
 |  
| United National Party | 
16,165 
 | 
28.03 % 
 |  
| Democratic Peoples Front | 
12,795 
 | 
22.19 % 
 |  
| United People's Freedom Alliance | 
10,873 
 | 
18.86 % 
 |  
| All Ceylon Makkal Congress | 
6,111 
 | 
10.60 % 
 |  
| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 
4,174 
 | 
7.24 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 1 | 
2,633 
 | 
4.57 % 
 |  
| Democratic Party | 
1,488 
 | 
2.58 % 
 |  
| Ceylon Worker's Congress (P.Wing) | 
1,295 
 | 
2.25 % 
 |  
| People's Liberation Front | 
1,214 
 | 
2.11 % 
 |  
| Patriotic National Front | 
169 
 | 
0.29 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 10 | 
159 
 | 
0.28 % 
 |  
| Nawa Sama Samaja Party | 
104 
 | 
0.18 % 
 |  
| Eksath Lanka Podujana Pakshaya | 
93 
 | 
0.16 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 3 | 
77 
 | 
0.13 % 
 |  
| New Democratic Front | 
70 
 | 
0.12 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 6 | 
47 
 | 
0.08 % 
 |  
| United Peace Front | 
39 
 | 
0.07 % 
 |  
| Socialist Equality Party | 
29 
 | 
0.05 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 11 | 
28 
 | 
0.05 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 9 | 
22 
 | 
0.04 % 
 |  
| Our National Front | 
16 
 | 
0.03 % 
 |  
| Jana Setha Peramuna | 
15 
 | 
0.03 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 2 | 
11 
 | 
0.02 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 7 | 
10 
 | 
0.02 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 4 | 
9 
 | 
0.02 % 
 |  
| Sri Lanka Labour Party | 
5 
 | 
0.01 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 8 | 
5 
 | 
0.01 % 
 |  
| Eksath Lanka Maha Sabha | 
4 
 | 
0.01 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 5 | 
4 
 | 
0.01 % 
 |  
Total Valid Votes 
 | 
57,664 
 | 
94.49 % 
 |  
Rejected Votes 
 | 
3,363 
 | 
5.51 % 
 |  
Total Votes Polled 
 | 
61,027 
 | 
69.71 % 
 |  
Registered Electors 
 | 
87542* 
 | 
  |  
 
* Number of registered electors including postal voters 
  
 
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