Senior Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa received a massive 425,100 preferential votes from the Gampaha district, the highest by any candidate at Thursday’s general election.

Mr Wimal Weerawansa of Colombo District (UPFA) polled 280,672 votes. Meanwhile, Mr Namal Rajapaksa by obtaining 147,568 preferential votes recorded the highest majority percentage-wise at the election.

UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe led the party’s preferential votes’ list in the Colombo district by obtaining 230,957 votes while Mr Sarath Fonseka of the DNA received 98,456 votes.

Others who topped the lists include ;

John Seneviratne (UPFA) Ratnapura 125,816
Thalatha Athukorale (UNF) -do- 64,592

Maithripala Sirisena (UPFA) Polonnaruwa 90,118
Earl Gunasekera (UNF) -do- 26,925

Sanath Jayasuriya (UPFA) Matara 74,372
Buddhika Pathirana (UNF) -do- 62,492

Jagath Pushpakumara (UPFA) Moneragala 67,903
Ranjith Madduma Bandara (UNF) -do- 15,105

Nimal Siripala de Silva (UPFA) Badulla 141,990
Harin Fernando (UNF) -do- 49,073

S. Thondaman (UPFA) Nuwara Eliya 60,997
S. Digambaram (UNF) -do- 39,490

Ranjith Siyambalapitiya (UPFA) Kegalle 141,435
Kabir Hashim (UNF) -do- 48,344

Namal Rajapaksa (UPFA) Hambantota 147,568
Sajith Premadasa (UNF) -do- 74,467