ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s 2024 general elections has returned an overwhelming majority of candidates from the National People’s Power of President Anura Dissanayake followed by the Samagi Jana Balwegaya.
The following is a list of reported candidates and preferential votes in the 2024 general election
Matale District
NPP
Gamagedra Dissanayake – 100,618
Sunil Biyanwila – 56,932
Deepthi Wasalage – 47,482
Dinesh Hemantha Perera – 43,455
SJB
Rohini Kumari Kawiratne – 27.845
Jaffna District
ITAK
Sivagnanam Shritharan – 32,833
NPP
Ilankumaran Karunanathan – 32,102
Dr Sribavanadarajah Shanmuganathan – 20,430
Rajeevan Jeyachandramoorthy – 17,000
Ind. 17
Ramanathan Arcuna – 20,487
AITC
Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam – 15,135
Hambantota District
NPP
Nihal Galappaththi – 125,983
Athula Welandagoda – 73,198
Saliya Madarasinghe – 65,969
Aravinda Vitharana – 48,807
Prabha Senarath – 42,249
SJB
Dilip Wedaarachchi – 23,514
SLPP
D V Chanaka – 16,546
Badulla District
NPP
Samantha Vidyarathna – 208,247
Kitnan Selvaraj – 60,041
Ambika Samuel – 58,201
Raveendra Bandara – 50,822
Sudath Balagalla – 47,980
Dinindu Saman Kumara – 45,902
SJB
Nayana Wasalathilake – 35,518
Chaminda Wijesiri – 29,791
NDF
Chamara Sampath Dassanayake – 19,359
Vanni District
NPP
Selvathambi Thilakanathan – 10,652
Arumugam Jegadishwaran – 9,280
ITAK
Thurairasa Ravikumar – 11,215
SJB
Rishad Bathiudeen – 21,018
DTNA
A Adaikkalanathan – 5,695
SLPP
Cader Masthan – 13,511
Matara District
NPP
Sunil Hadunneththi – 249,251
Saroja Polraj – 148,379
L M Abeywickrama – 68,144
Arkam Ilyas – 53,835
Gammaddage Ajantha – 48,820
Lal Premanath – 48,797
SJB
Chathura Galappaththi – 32,196
Galle District
NPP
Nalin Hewage – 274,707
Rathna Gamage – 113,719
Nayanathara Premathilake – 82,058
Nishantha Samaraweera – 76,677
Thilanka Rukmal – 74,143
Nishantha Perera – 71,549
T K Jayasundara – 58,761
SJB
Gayantha Karunathilake – 36,093
SLPP
Chanaka Sampath – 8,447
Polonnaruwa District
NPP
T B Sarath – 105,137
Jagath Wickremaratne – 51,391
Sunil Rathnasiri – 51,077
Pathmasiri Bandara – 45,096
SJB
Kins Nelson – 28,682
Monaragala District
NPP
R M Jayawardena – 105,107
Ajith Priyadarshana – 54,044
Chathuri Gangani – 42,930
Ruwan Wijeweera – 40,505
Sarath Kumara – 39,657
SJB
H M Dharmasena – 20,171
Kandy District
NPP
K D Lal Kantha – 316,951
Jagath Manuwarna – 128,678
Prasanna Gunasena – 94,242
Hansaka Wijemuni – 82,926
Thanura Dissanayake – 78,526
E M Basnayake – 72,929
Riyaz Faruk – 64,043
Thushari Jayasinghe – 58,223
Mohomed Pasmin – 57,716
SJB
Rauf Hakeem – 30,883
Chamindranee Kiriella – 30,780
NDF
Anuradha Jayarathne – 20,749