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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. | |||||