48 contestants who secured .... more than a lakh!

48 contestants who secured ..

    more than a lakh!

48 candidates who secured over one lakh Preferential Votes from various districts at this General Election could be identified.

Among them is one who was successful in securing over 5 lakhs, one who secured more than 4 lakhs, two who got over 3 lakhs, four who got over 2 lakhs and 40 of those who secured over 40 lakhs. The first 10 are Ranil, Mahinda, Prasanna, Wimal, Akila, Welgama, Ranjan, Harin, Kiriella and Gammanpila.

They are listed below in sequence according to the position they have secured.

 1. Ranil Wickremasingha (Colombo) -- 500,566
 2. Mahinda Rajapaksa (Kurunegala) -- 423,529
 3. Prasanna Ranatunga (Gampaha) -- 384,448
 4. Wimal Weeravansha (Colombo) -- 313,801
 5. Akila Viraj Kariyawasam (Kurunegala) -- 286,155
 6. Kumara Welgama (Kalutara) -- 218,614
 7. Ranjan Ramanayaka (Gampaha) -- 216,463
 8. Harin Fernando (Badulla) -- 200,806
 9. Lakshman Kiriella (Kandy) -- 199,046
10. Udaya Gammanpila (Colombo) -- 198,818
11. Susil Premajayanthha (Colombo) -- 174,075
12. Arjuna Ranatunga (Gampaha) -- 165,890
13. Ruwan Wijayawardena (Gampaha) -- 157,932
14. Premalal Jayasekera (Ratnapura) -- 154,980
15. Gayantha Karunatilleka (Galle) -- 149,573
16. Thalatha Athukorala (Ratnapura) -- 145,828
17. Vajira Abeywardena (Galle) -- 142,8743
18. Rajitha Senaratna (Kalutara) -- 142,186
19. Nimal Siripala de Silva (Badulla) -- 134,406
20. Dayasiri Jayasekera (Kurunegala) -- 133,832
21. Ajith Perera (Kalutara) -- 131,383
22. Lohan Ratwatta (Kandy) -- 129,750
23. Namal Rajapaksa (Hambanthota) -- 127,201
24. Rohitha Abeygunawardena (Kalutara) -- 127,040
25. Dinesh Goonawardena (Colombo) -- 124,451
26. Mahindananda Aluthgamage (Kandy) -- 123,393
27. Harshana Rajakaruna (Gampaha) -- 122,455
28. S.M. Chandrasena (Anuradhapura) -- 118,234
29. Palitha Thevarapperma (Kalutara) -- 118,128
30. Sujeeva Senasingha (Colombo) -- 117,049
31. Chandima Weerakkody (Galle) -- 114,851
32. Harsha de Silva (Colombo) -- 114,148
33. Ajith Mannapperuma (Gampaha) -- 113,889
34. P. Harrison (Anuradhapura) -- 113,346
35. Sajith Premadasa (Hambanthota) -- 112,645
36. Prasanna Ranaweera (Gampaha) -- 112,395
37. Ravi Karunanayaka (Colombo) -- 111,394
38. Mayantha Dissanayaka (Kandy) -- 111,190
39. M.H. Haleem (Kandy) -- 111,011
40. J.C. Alawathuwala (Kurunegala) -- 106,061
41. Palani Thigambaram (Nuwara Eliya) -- 105,528
42. Ramesh Pathirana (Galle) -- 195,434
43. Dallas Alahapperuma (Matara) -- 105,406
44. Dilum Amunugama (Kandy) -- 104,469
45. Rauf Hakeem (Kandy) -- 102,186
46. Jayantha Samaraweera (Kalutara) -- 101,139
47. Kabir Hasheem (Kegalle) -- 100,930
48. Patali Champika Ranawaka (Colombo) -- 100,444