Name of the Party/Independent Group 
 | 
No. of Votes Received 
 | 
Percentage  % 
 |  
| United People's Freedom Alliance | 
17,396 
 | 
44.65 % 
 |  
| United National Party | 
11,347 
 | 
29.12 % 
 |  
| Democratic Party | 
3,887 
 | 
9.98 % 
 |  
| People's Liberation Front | 
3,621 
 | 
9.29 % 
 |  
| Democratic Peoples Front | 
1,096 
 | 
2.81 % 
 |  
| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 
505 
 | 
1.30 % 
 |  
| All Ceylon Makkal Congress | 
418 
 | 
1.07 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 2 | 
148 
 | 
0.38 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 3 | 
88 
 | 
0.23 % 
 |  
| Nawa Sama Samaja Party | 
82 
 | 
0.21 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 6 | 
73 
 | 
0.19 % 
 |  
| Ceylon Worker's Congress (P.Wing) | 
52 
 | 
0.13 % 
 |  
| New Democratic Front | 
45 
 | 
0.12 % 
 |  
| Patriotic National Front | 
31 
 | 
0.08 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 10 | 
31 
 | 
0.08 % 
 |  
| Jana Setha Peramuna | 
23 
 | 
0.06 % 
 |  
| Eksath Lanka Podujana Pakshaya | 
19 
 | 
0.05 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 11 | 
16 
 | 
0.04 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 1 | 
12 
 | 
0.03 % 
 |  
| Eksath Lanka Maha Sabha | 
10 
 | 
0.03 % 
 |  
| United Peace Front | 
10 
 | 
0.03 % 
 |  
| Our National Front | 
9 
 | 
0.02 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 4 | 
9 
 | 
0.02 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 9 | 
8 
 | 
0.02 % 
 |  
| Socialist Equality Party | 
6 
 | 
0.02 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 7 | 
6 
 | 
0.02 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 8 | 
6 
 | 
0.02 % 
 |  
| Sri Lanka Labour Party | 
4 
 | 
0.01 % 
 |  
| Independent Group 5 | 
4 
 | 
0.01 % 
 |  
Total Valid Votes 
 | 
38,962 
 | 
95.61 % 
 |  
Rejected Votes 
 | 
1,787 
 | 
4.39 % 
 |  
Total Votes Polled 
 | 
40,749 
 | 
62.09 % 
 |  
Registered Electors 
 | 
65626* 
 | 
  |  
 
* Number of registered electors including postal voters 
  
 
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