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UNP gets most number of votes in Matale

The United National Party (UNP) got the most number of votes in the Matale District and secured 3 seats while the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) was second with 2 seats. The UNP got?138,241 votes (49.84%) and the UPFA got?126,315 votes (45.54%).   PARTY/GROUP NAME VOTES OBTAINED PERCENTAGE NO OF MEMBERS United National Party 138,241 49.84% 3* United People’s Freedom Alliance 126,315 45.54% 2 People’s Liberation Front 10,947 3.95% 0 Bodu Jana Peramuna 402 0.14% 0 Democr

18 Aug, 2015

Mahinda gets over 400,000 votes in Kurunegala

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa had got more than 400,000 votes in the Kurunegala District at the 2015 Parliamentary election. Rajapaksa, who contested from Kurunegala under the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA), which lost the election, secured 423,529 votes. His rival in the Kurunegala District from the United National Party (UNP), Akila Viraj Kariyawasam, got 286,165 votes. (Colombo Gazette)

18 Aug, 2015

UNP claims victory at Parliamentary polls

The United National Party (UNP) has claimed victory at the 2015 Parliamentary election. The UNP said that party leader Ranil Wickremesinghe will take oaths soon?as the new Prime Minister before President Maithripala Sirisena. UNP member John Amaratunga said that while the final results in the 2015 Parliamentary election have not yet been announced, it has already been?confirmed that the UNP?will end with the number of seats it requires to form the next Government. He said that after the Prime

18 Aug, 2015