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DN page 6 SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2020 GENERAL ELECTION PREFERENTIAL VOTES Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Duminda Dissanayake 75,535 COLOMBO DISTRICT H. Nandasena 53,618 Rohini Kumari Kavirathna 27,587 K.P.S Kumarasiri 49,030 Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Rajitha Aluvihare 27,171 Wasantha Aluwihare 25,989 Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Dhaya Nandasiri 17,216 Ibrahim Mohammed Shifnas 13,518 Ishaq Rahman 49,290 Sarath Weerasekara Thissa Bandara Herath 9,224 Rohana Bandara Wijesundara 39,520 328,092 Maithiri Dosan 5,856 Suppaiya Yogaraj 4,900 Wimal Weerawansa 267, 084 DIGAMADULLA DISTRICT Udaya Gammanpila 136, 331 Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe 120, 626 PUTTALAM DISTRICT Bandula Gunawardena 101, 644 Pradeep Undugoda 91, 958 Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Wimalaweera Dissanayake 63,594 Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Sanath Nishantha Perera Sajith Premadasa 305, 744 80,082 S.M. Marikkar 96,916 D. Weerasinghe 56,006 Mujibur Rahman 87, 589 Thilak Rajapaksha 54,203 Harsha de Silva 82, 845 Piyankara Jayaratne 74,425 Patali Champika Ranawaka 65, 574 Arundika Fernando 70,892 Mano Ganesan 62, 091 Chinthaka Amal Mayadunne 46,058 Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Ashoka Priyantha 41,612 Mohomed Haris 36,850 Mohomed Faizal 29,423 BADULLA DISTRICT Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Hector Appuhamy 34,127 National Congress (NC) Niroshan Perera 31,636 Athaulla Ahamed 35,697 Nimal Siripala de Silva Muslim National Alliance (MNA) All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) 141, 901 Abdul Ali Sabry 33,509 Mohomed Mushraf 18,389 Sudarshana Denipitiya 71, 766 Thenuka Vidanagamage 68, 338 KURUNEGALA DISTRICT Chamara Sampath Dassanayake 66,393 Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) GAMPAHA DISTRICT Dilan Perera 53,081 Janaka Tissakuttiarachchi 50, 151 Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Uditha Sanjaya Lokubandara 48, 120 Senthil Thondaman 39, 240 Mahinda Rajapaksa Chamika Buddhadasa 37, 322 527,364 Indika Sampath Jayasundara 36, 339 Nalaka Godahewa Rohitha Tillakaratne 32, 689 325,479 Oshadi Hewamadduma 10, 957 Johnston Fernando 199,203 Gunapala Rathnasekara 141,991 Dayasiri Jayasekara 112,452 Prasanna Ranatunga 316,544 Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Asanka Nawaratne 82,779 Indika Anuruddha 136,297 Vadivel Suresh 49,762 Samanpriya Herath 66,814 Sisira Jayakody 113,130 Aravind Kumar 45,497 D.B. Herath 61,954 Chaminda Wijesiri 36,291 Anura Priyadarshana Yapa 59,696 Nimal Lanza 108,945 Nayana Priyankara Wasalatillake 31,307 Jayaratne Herath 54,351 Sahan Pradeep Withana 97,494 Maithri Gunaratne 26,115 Shantha Bandara 52,086 Sudarshini Fernandopulle 89,329 Ravindra Samaraweera 25,994 Sumith Udukumbura 51,134 Prasanna Ranaweera 83,203 Lakshman Seneviratne 20,229 Harshani Gunawardhana 77,922 Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Alagiyawanna Lasantha 73,061 Nalin Bandara 75,631 Kachchakaduge Nalin Ruwanjiwa Fernando 69,800 MATALE DISTRICT J.C. Alawathuwala 65,956 Milan Sajith Jayathilaka 68,449 Upul Mahendra Rajapaksa 67,756 Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Ashok Abeysinghe 54,512 Thushara Indunil 49,364 Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Janaka Bandara ANURADHAPURA DISTRICT Sarath Fonseka 110,555 Tennakoon Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Ranjan Ramanayake 103,992 73,296 Harshana Rajakaruna 73,612 Kavinda Jayawardana 52,026 Nalaka Kottegoda 71,404 S.M Chandrasena Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon 67,776 139,365 Rohana Kumara Dissanayake 50,368 Jathika Jana Balawegaya (JJB) Lakshman Wasantha Perera 44,194 Samantha Dharmasena Perera 34,947 Prof. Channa Jayasumana 133,980 Vijitha Herath 37,008 Thilak Bandara 31,191 Uddika Premarathna 133,550 Saman Kapila Wijayarathna 4,678 Shehan Semasinghe 119,878 To Page 11 SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2020 page 11 DN GENERAL ELECTION PREFERENTIAL VOTES Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) BATTICALOA DISTRICT MATARA DISTRICT Dileep Wedaarachchi 25,376 Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) RATNAPURA DISTRICT Sivanesathurai Nipuna Ranawaka Chandrakanthan 131,010 Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) 54,198 Pavithra Wanniarachchi Karunadasa Kodithuwakku 114,319 200,977 Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) Dullas Alahapperuma 103,534 Saanakkiya Rahul Rajapuththiran 33,332 Kanchana Wijesekara 96,033 Kovinthan Karunakaram 26, 382 Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana 80,595 Weerasumana Weerasinghe 77,968 Premalal Jayasekara 104,237 Janaka Wakkumbura 101,225 Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) Gamini Walleboda 85,840 Ahamed Zenulabdeen Naseer 17,599 Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Akila Ellawala 71,179 Buddhika Pathirana 44,889 Wasudewa Nanayakkara 66,991 Muditha Prishanthi 65,923 Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) W.D.J. Senevirathne 61,612 Sathasivam Viyalendiran 22,218 POLONNARUWA DISTRICT Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Heshan Withanage 60,426 Waruna Priyantha Liyanage 47,494 VANNI DISTRICT Thalatha Athukorala 45,105 Maithripala Sirisena Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) 111,137 JAFFNA DISTRICT Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Rishad Bathiudeen Roshan Ranasinghe 90,615 28,203 Siripala Gamlath 67,917 Amarakeerthi Athukorala 45,939 Angajan Ramanadan 36,365 Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Charles Nirmalanathan 25,668 Kins Nelson 22,392 Selvam Adaikalanathan 18,563 S. Yoharajalingam 15,180 Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) TRINCOMALEE DISTRICT S. Shritharan 35,884 M. A. Sumanthiran 27,834 Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Dharmalingam Siddarthan 23,840 Kader Mastan 13,454 Eelam People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) M. S. Thowfeek Ahila Ilankai Thamil Congress (AITC) 43,759 Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam 31, 658 Kulasinham Dileepan 3,203 Eelam People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) Imran Mahroof 39,029 Douglas Devananda 32,146 GALLE DISTRICT Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Thamil Makkal Thesiya Kuttani (TMTK) Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Kapila Nuwan Athukorala 30,056 C. V. Vigneswaran 21,554 Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) Ramesh Pathirana NUWARA ELIYA DISTRICT 205,814 R. Sampanthan 21,422 Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Sampath Athukorala 128,331 HAMBANTOTA DISTRICT Mohan Priyadarshana Silva 111,626 Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Jeevan Thondaman Chandima Weerakkody 84,984 109,155 Isuru Dodangoda 71,266 Shan Wijelal De Silva 67,793 Geetha Kumarasinghe 63,357 Namal Rajapaksa C.B. Ratnayake 70,781 166,660 S.B. Dissanayake 66,045 M. Rameshwaran 57,167 Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Nimal Piyathissa 51,225 Gayantha Karunathilake 50,097 Manusha Nanayakkara 47,399 D.V. Chanaka 128,805 Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Mahinda Amaraweera 123,730 Palani Digambaram 83,392 Chamal Rajapaksa 85,330 V. Radhakrishnan 72,167 Dr. Upul Galappaththi 63,369 M. Udayakumar 68,119 Ajith Rajapaksha 47,375 To Page 13 SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2020 page 13 DN GENERAL ELECTION PREFERENTIAL VOTES Ranjith Siyambalapitiya 103,300 KALUTARA DISTRICT KANDY DISTRICT Tharaka Balasooriya 96,763 Rajika Wickramasinghe 68,802 Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) H. R. Mitrapala 58,306 Sudath Manjula 45,970 Udayakantha Goonathilake 46,628 Vidura Wickramanayake Dilum Amunugama 147,958 171,758 Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Rohitha Abeygunawardena 147,472 Mahindananda Aluthgamage 161,471 Kabir Hashim 58,716 Sanjeewa Edirimanne 105,973 Lohan Ratwatte 140,917 Sujith Sanjaya 28,082 Piyal Nishantha 103,904 Anuradha Jayaratne 140,798 Jayantha Samaraweera 100,386 Keheliya Rambukwella 110,832 Anupa Pasqual 97,777 Wasantha Yapa Bandara 108,940 MONERAGALA DISTRICT Lalith Ellawala 76,705 Gunathilaka Rajapakshe 49,317 Mahinda Samarasinghe 58,514 Udayana Chaminda Kiringoda 39,904 Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Rajitha Senaratne 77,476 Rauff Hakeem 83,398 Shasheendra Rajapaksa Kumara Welgama 77,083 Abdul Haleem 71,063 104,729 M. Velukumar 57,445 Lakshman Kiriella 52,311 KEGALLE DISTRICT Kumarasiri Rathnayake 91,530 Vijitha Berugoda 68,984 Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Jagath Pushpakumara 66,176 Gayashan Nawananda 45,384 Kanaka Herath 128,592 Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Dharmasena Wijesinghe 20,662 BOARD OF INVESTMENT OF SRI LANKA Invitation for Bids (IFB) Lockdown emissions drop to 1) CONSTRUCTION OF GABION WALLS TO PROTECT THE RETENTION POND AT HORANA EXPORT PRO- CESSING ZONE CONTRACT NO: BOI/TS/HEPZ/2020/08.01.035. have ‘no effect’ on climate 2) PURCHASING OF 02 NOS. FILTER FEED PUMPS WITH MOTORS & CHEMICAL DOSING PUMPS FOR WATER TREATMENT PLANT AT HORANA EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE FRANCE: The unprece- team calculated how levels of fast, but it also showed the CONTRACT NO: BOI/TS/HEPZ/2020/08/02.031. dented fall in greenhouse gas 10 different greenhouse gases limits of behaviour change,” The Chairman, Department Procurement Committee, on behalf of the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka invites sealed bids from emissions from lockdowns and air pollutants changed in Piers Forster, study co-author eligible and qualifi ed bidders for the above contracts. during the pandemic will do more than 120 countries and director of the Priestley “nothing” to slow climate between February and June International Centre for Cli- Details of the works are as follows: change without a lasting this year. mate at Britain’s University of Construction Submission Pre-Bid Bid switch from fossil fuels, an They found that pollution Leeds. Item Contract No./Description Period of Bid Qualification/Requirement Meeting Date/ Security international team of such as carbon dioxide and “Without underlying struc- (Days) Document Time/Place (Rs.) researchers said Friday. nitrogen oxides fell in the tural change we won’t make Global emissions from the period by between 10 and 30 it,” he told AFP. 01 BOI/TS/HEPZ/2020/08.01.035 90 On or CIDA Registration 20.08.2020 100,000.00 burning of coal, oil and gas percent. The 2015 Paris climate The work consists of before Specialty: Irrigation and at 10.00 hrs. could fall up to eight percent However, given that the deal saw nations commit to construction of Gabion walls, 03.09.2020 Land Drainage Works/ BOI Zone in 2020 after governments “massive behavioural shifts” limit temperature rises to rubble pitch paving, transport at 14.00 Highway Construction Office moved to confine billions of during lockdown were only “well below” two degrees Cel- and pack rock boulders in hrs.
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