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Table 62 (Gov., Local )
Local Election (Political Party) (2002)
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Political Party/ Independent Group Votes               Obtained Percentage      (%)
UNP    : United National Party  3,691,547 57.81
PA      : People's Alliance 2,075,475 32.50
JVP    : Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna1)  424,760 6.65
INDP   : Independent Groups 87,915 1.38
UCPF  : Up-Country People's Front  30,845 0.48
SU      : Sinhala Urumaya2) 20,549 0.32
CDUA : Ceylon Democratic Unity Alliance  13,683 0.21
NLF    : New Left Front  12,308 0.19
DLF    : Democratic Left Front  8,012 0.13
RJP    : Ruhunu Janatha Party3) 5,447 0.09
JSP    : Jathika Sanwardhana Peramuna4)  4,363 0.07
SLMC : Sri Lanka Muslim Cogress  2,779 0.04
USP   : United Socialist Party  2,623 0.04
LP      : Liberal Party  2,277 0.04
SMBP : Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Boomiputra Pakshaya5) 1,513 0.02
ELPP  : Eksath Lanka Podujana Pakshaya6)  783 0.01
SLMK : Sri Lanka Muslim Kachchi 92 0.00
ESMS : Eksath Sinhala Maha Sabha7)  73 0.00
SLPF  : Sri Lanka Progressive Front  53 0.00
     
Total Valid Votes  6,385,120 94.79
Total Rejected Votes 350,713 5.21
Total Polled Votes 6,735,833 66.98
Total Number of Registered Electors 10,056,091  
© 2009, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) 
Source:
Elections Commissioner's Department, Sri Lanka.
Key:
1)People's Liberation Front
2)Sinhalese Heritage
3)Southern People's Party
4)National Development Front
5)Sinhalese Great Tradiion Party
6)United Lanka People's Party
7)United Sinhalese Great Council
Revised:  2009(y)/02(m)/10(d)
Chief Editor:   
   Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D)  
   The Head, Department of Management Studies
   University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.