The preferential voting system to be elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka has been drafted under 05 interesting facts based on the outcome of the General Elections 2020.
The 05 interesting facts are as follows.
Maximum preferential Votes to win a seat
Mahinda Rajapaksha (SLPP, Kurunegala) – 527,364
Minimum preferential votes to win a seat
Kulasingham Dileepan (EPDP, Vavuniya) – 3,203
Highest % of Preferential Votes compared to votes obtained for the district (Main 2 parties)
Mahinda Rajapaksha (SLPP, Kurunegala) – 81.1%
Sajith Premadasa (SJB, Colombo) – 78.9%
Biggest loss (Candidate with highest preferential votes not to win a seat)
Lakshman Yapa Abeywardane (SLPP, Matara) – 71,106
Dilshan Widanagamage (SLPP, Galle) – 56,484
Ifthikar Jameel (SJB, Kalutara) – 54,305
Lowest difference of preferential votes to win a seat
416 Votes, SJB – Matale
In – Rohini Kumari Wijeratne – 27,587
Out- Ranjith Aluvihara – 27,171
455 Votes, SLPP – Vanni
In-Kadhar Masthan – 13,454
Out- Janak Nandakumar– 12,999
742 Votes, ITAK- Jaffna
In-Dharmalingam Siddanthan – 23,840
Out- Sasikala Raviraj 23,098
715 Votes, SLPP – Kegalle
In-Sudath Manjula – 45,970
Out- Shantha Gunasena – 45,255
(Newswire)