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title: "Dr. Harini Amarasuriya gets the highest ever preferential vote for a single parliamentary candidate in Sri Lanka"
url: https://www.lankaxpress.com/dr-harini-amarasuriya-gets-the-highest-ever-preferential-vote-for-a-single-parliamentary-candidate-in-sri-lanka/
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date: 2024-11-15
modified: 2024-11-15
markdown_url: https://www.lankaxpress.com/dr-harini-amarasuriya-gets-the-highest-ever-preferential-vote-for-a-single-parliamentary-candidate-in-sri-lanka.md
author: "LankaXpress Reporter"
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# Dr. Harini Amarasuriya gets the highest ever preferential vote for a single parliamentary candidate in Sri Lanka

![Dr. Harini Amarasuriya](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GcbKP7PbgAA3aRX?format=jpg&name=large)

PM Dr. Harini Amarasuriya of NPP sets a historic record with 655,289 preferential votes, the highest ever for a single candidate in election history, surpassing Mahinda Rajapaksa's record of 527,364 and Ranil Wickremesinghe's 500,566

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