Harini leads in Colombo preferential votes, setting new record r
Preferential vote results of the Colombo District in the 2024 General Election have been released with NPP candidate Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya leading the preferential votes in the district.
She has secured a total of 655,289 preferential votes, setting a new record for the most preference votes received by a candidate in Sri Lanka’s parliamentary election history.
The record was previously held by former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, who polled 527,364 votes in the 2020 General Election contesting from the Kurunegala District.
National People’s Power (NPP)
1. Harini Amarasuriya – 655,289
2. Chathuranga Abeysinghe – 127,166
3. Sunil Watagala – 125,700
4. Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi – 96,273
5. Aruna Panagoda – 91,081
6. Eranga Gunasekara – 85,180
7. Harshana Nanayakkara – 82,275
8. Kaushalya Ariyarathne – 80,814
9. Asitha Niroshana – 78,990
10. Rizvie Salih – 73,018
11. Susantha Dodawatta – 65,391
12. Chandana Sooriyaarachchi – 63,387
13. Samanmalee Gunasinghe – 59,657
14. Dewananda Suraweera – 54,680
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB)
1. Sajith Premadasa – 145,611
2. Harsha De Silva – 81,473
3. Mujibur Rahuman – 43,737
4. S.M. Marikkar – 41,482
