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Table 21 (Gov., Presid. )
Referendum (1982)
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District Total Registered
 Voters
Favor 
The Proposal
Against
 The Proposal
Total Valid Votes                  Total Rejected Votes
                  Total Polled Votes
Colombo 972,196 335,179 295,631 630,810 2,192 633,002
Gampaha 835,265 330,265 243,643 573,908 1,841 575,749
Kalutara 499,215 170,495 174,413 344,908 1,035 345,943
Kandy 564,767 265,986 160,349 426,335 1,572 427,907
Matale 187,276 110,689 39,348 150,037 630 150,667
Nuwara Eliya 201,878 117,585 43,371 160,956 766 161,722
Galle 512,489 162,934 181,621 344,555 1,010 345,565
Matara 399,888 146,705 142,647 289,352 873 290,225
Hambantota 241,956 73,113 89,126 162,239 440 162,679
Jaffna 493,705 25,315 265,534 290,849 1,775 292,624
Vanni 119,093 25,986 48,968 74,954 447 75,401
Batticaloa 172,480 47,482 72,971 120,453 858 121,311
Digamadulla 204,268 91,129 62,836 153,965 668 154,633
Tricomalee 133,646 39,429 51,909 91,338 438 91,776
Kurunegala 717,505 340,935 208,349 549,284 1,673 550,957
Putlam 267,675 109,951 71,339 181,290 530 181,820
Anuradhapura 278,594 140,460 64,618 205,078 747 205,825
Polonnaruwa 127,624 51,709 36,422 88,131 355 88,486
Badulla 280,187 152,413 64,427 216,840 1,152 217,992
Monaragala 126,558 58,265 31,860 90,125 580 90,705
Ratnapura 402,202 177,079 128,367 305,446 840 306,286
Kegalle 406,548 168,119 128,234 296,353 1,034 297,387
Total 8,145,015 3,141,223 2,605,983 5,747,206 21,456 5,768,662
Percentage(%)     --- 54.66 45.34 99.63 0.37 70.82
© ‚Q‚O‚O‚XC KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) 
Source:
The Tenth Parliament of Sri Lanka, 
The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd.,  Lake House, Colombo.
Revised:  2009(y)/02(m)/10(d)
Chief Editor:   
   Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D)  
   The Head, Department of Management Studies
   University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.