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
Anuradhapura District
NPP
Wasantha Samarasinghe – 251,639
Sena Nanayakkara – 86,150
Susil Ranasinghe – 72,508
Susantha Kumara – 71,695
Bhagya Sri Herath – 63,551
P D N K Palihena – 52,507
Thilina Samarakoon – 49,730
SJB
Rohana Bandara – 46,399
Suranga Rathnayaka – 24,348
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
Batticaloa District
ITAK
Shanakiyan Rasamanickam – 65,458
G Srinesan – 22,773
Srinath – 21,202
NPP
K Prabhu – 14,856
SLMC
A M Hizbullah – 32,410
Colombo District
Harini Amarasuriya – 655,289
Chathuranga Abeysinghe – 127,166
Sunil Watagala – 125,700
Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi – 96,273
Aruna Panagoda – 91,081
Eranga Gunasekara – 85,180
Harshana Nanayakkara – 82,275
Kaushalya Ariyarathne – 80,814
Asitha Niroshana – 78,990
Dr Rizvi Salih – 73,018
Susantha Dodawatte – 65,391
Chandana Sooriyaarachchi – 63,387
Samanmali Gunasinghe – 59,657
Dewananda Suraweera – 54,680
SJB
Sajith Premadasa – 145,611
Harsha de Silva – 81,473
Mujibur Rahuman – 43,737
S M Marikkar – 41,482
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
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
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
Kalutara District
NPP
Nalinda Jayatissa – 371,640
Nilanthi Kottahachchi – 131,375
Nihal Abeyasinghe – 96,721
Sanjeewa Ranasinghe – 78,832
Dhanushka Ranganath – 74,502
Oshani Umanga – 69,232
Chandima Hettiaratchi – 50,509
Nandana Padmakumara – 50,452
SJB
Ajith Perera – 43,975
Jagath Vithana – 43,867
NDF
Rohitha Abeygunawardhana – 10,204
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
Kegalle District
NPP
Dammika Patabendi – 186,409
Kosala Jayaweera – 61,713
Sagarika Athauda – 59,019
Manoj Rajapaksha – 54,173
Nandana Millagala – 49,635
Kanchana Welipitiya – 45,723
Nanda Bandara – 45,115
SJB
Kabeer Hashim – 36,034
Sujith Sanjaya Perera – 26,164
Kurunegala District
NPP
Namal Karunaratne – 356,969
Ananda Wijeyapala – 133,142
Sujeeva Dissanayake – 109,979
Wijesiri Basnayake – 86,218
Geetha Herath – 84,414
Namal Sudarshana – 83,418
Jagath Gunawardena – 81,864
Ashoka Gunasena – 72,216
D Suriyabandara – 72,198
Chandana Tennakoon – 70,038
Dharmapriya Dissanayake – 68,580
Mahammadu Aslam – 67,436
SJB
Nalin Bandara – 58,971
Dayasiri Jayasekara – 51,402
J C Alawathuwala – 46,915
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
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
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
Nuwara Eliya District
NPP
Manjula Suraweera Arachchi – 78,832
Madhura Senevirathna – 52,546
R G Wijerathna – 39,006
Anushka Thilakarathne – 34,035
Krishnan Kaleichelvi – 33,346
SJB
Palani Thigambaram – 48,018 votes
Velusamy Radhakrishnan – 42,273 votes
UNP
Jeewan Thondaman – 46,438
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
Puttalam District
NPP
Chandana Abayarathna – 113,334
Ajith Gihan – 58,183
Gayan Janaka – 51,233
Hiruni Wijesinghe – 44,057
Anton Jayakody – 43,907
Mohamed Faisal – 42,939
SJB
Hector Appuhami – 25,755
Janath Chithral Fernando – 18,916
Ratnapura District
NPP
Shantha Padmakumara – 137,965
S Pradeep – 112,711
Sunil Senevi – 76,505
Janaka Senarathna – 74,068
Sunil Rajapaksha – 58,138
Upul Kithsiri – 55,726
Wasantha Pushpakumara – 52,841
Nilusha Gamage – 48,791
SJB
Heshan Withanage – 54,850
Priyantha Liyanage – 44,705
Ariyawansa Basooriya – 26,760
Trincomalee District
NPP
Arun Hemachandra – 38,368
Roshan Akmeemana – 25,814
SJB
Imran Maharoof – 22,779
ITAK
Shanmugam Kugathasan – 18,470
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
Compiled based on Rupavahini, Times Online, Ada Derana, and Newswire reports. (Colombo/Nov15/2024)