Gotabaya on top in Colombo District postal votes

Gotabaya on top in Colombo District postal votes

November 17, 2019   03:59 am

SLPP presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa has obtained the most number of postal votes in the Colombo District at the Presidential Election 2019, beating rival candidate Sajith Premadasa by a large margin.

Rajapaksa has obtained a total of 21,717 postal votes (65.88%) in the Colombo District while Premadasa is second with 8,294 postal votes (25.16%).

NMPP candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake comes in at third place with 2,229 (6.76%) postal votes.

Mahesh Senanayake and Rohan Pallewatte have obtained 552 and 37 postal votes respectively. 

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