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title: "Sunil Handunneththi tops preferential votes in Matara"
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date: 2024-11-15
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# Sunil Handunneththi tops preferential votes in Matara

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The National People's Power (NPP) secured six seats in the Matara District, with Sunil Handunneththi receiving the highest number of preferential votes in the district.

NPP Preferential Votes as follows: 

- Sunil Handunneththi: 249,251  
- Saroj Polraj: 148, 379  
- L.M. Abeywickrama: 68,144  
- Akram Ilias: 53,835
- G. Ajamtha: 48,820
- Lal Premanath: 48, 797

The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Chathura Galappaththi secured 31,196 preferential votes