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Table 22 (Gov., Presid. )
Presidential Election (Electoral District) (1988)
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District Sri Lanka Sri Lanka United Total Registered Voters Total Valid Votes Total Rejected Votes Total Polled Votes  
 Mahajana Party Freedom Party  National Party
Colombo 34,020 339,958 361,337 1,088,780 735,315 11,295 746,610  
Gampaha 22,467 355,553 350,092 969,735 728,112 10,054 738,166  
Kalutara 13,375 179,761 169,510 570,118 362,646 6,537 369,183  
Kandy 6,266 186,187 234,124 628,240 426,577 6,167 432,744  
Matale 1,135 25,825 37,007 214,938 63,967 1,110 65,077  
Nuwara Eliya 3,371 64,907 112,135 229,769 180,413 3,320 183,733  
Galle 6,417 148,615 124,912 571,303 279,944 4,461 284,405  
Matara 2,922 57,424 45,399 451,934 105,745 2,003 107,748  
Hambantota 2,478 39,343 41,198 295,180 83,019 3,855 86,874  
Jaffna 42,198 44,197 33,650 591,782 120,045 8,517 128,562  
Vanni 3,500 4,889 10,580 142,723 18,969 708 19,677  
Batticaloa 38,243 21,018 61,657 215,585 120,918 5,163 126,081  
Digamadulla 10,352 83,137 96,420 265,768 189,909 3,802 193,711  
Trincomalee 14,103 29,679 36,841 152,289 80,623 1,326 81,949  
Kurunegala 7,717 182,223 198,662 784,989 388,602 4,281 392,883  
Putlam  4,093 94,823 125,339 319,003 224,255 2,965 227,220  
Anuradhapura 2,529 73,154 56,951 334,074 132,634 2,207 134,841  
Polonnaruwa 957 20,173 26,392 163,741 47,522 1,157 48,679  
Badulla 3,440 50,223 80,779 329,462 134,442 3,276 137,718  
Monaragala  697 9,123 16,872 161,927 26,692 851 27,543  
Ratnapura 8,516 159,879 180,622 457,224 349,017 4,113 353,130  
Kegalle 6,923 119,769 168,720 435,178 295,412 4,277 299,689  
Total  235,719 2,289,860 2,569,199 9,373,742 5,094,778 91,445 5,186,223  
Percentage(%) 4.63 44.95 50.43   98.24 1.76 55.33  
© 2009, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)       
Source:  
Statistical Abstract of Sri Lanka, 1993.  
Key:    
* Sri Lanka People's party  
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.