Gotabaya comes up top in Hambantota postal vote results

Gotabaya comes up top in Hambantota postal vote results

November 17, 2019   04:58 am

The Elections Commission has released the final result of the postal votes of the Hambantota district.

Accordingly, SLPP candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa has received 12,983 postal votes (68.94%), securing the first place.

Coming up second, NDF candidate Sajith Premadasa has obtained 3,947 votes (20.96%).

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, NMPP Presidential Candidate, has received 1,731 postal votes (9.19%) from the District.

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