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UNP general election electoral numbers, 1947 - 2015
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Election Leader Valid Votes Votes Won % Votes Total Seats Seats Won % Seats W/L Diff
1947 D. S. Senanayake 1887364 751432 39.81 95 42 44.21 W 4.40
1952 Dudley Senanayake 2327626 1026005 44.08 95 54 56.84 W 12.76
1956 John Kotelawala 2647247 738810 27.91 95 8 8.42 L 19.49
March 1960 Dudley Senanayake 3041420 909043 29.89 151 50 33.11 W 3.22
July 1960 Dudley Senanayake 3076869 1144166 37.19 151 30 19.87 L 17.32
1965 Dudley Senanayake 4046720 1590929 39.31 151 66 43.71 W 4.39
1970 Dudley Senanayake 4991798 1892525 37.91 151 17 11.26 L 26.65
1977 J. R. Jayewardene 6243573 3179221 50.92 168 140 83.33 W 32.41
1989 R. Premadasa 5596468 2838005 50.71 225 125 55.56 W 4.84
1994 D. B. Wijetunga 7943706 3498370 44.04 225 94 41.78 L 2.26
2000 Ranil Wickremesinghe 8647668 3477770 40.22 225 89 39.56 L 0.66
2001 Ranil Wickremesinghe 8955869 4086026 45.62 225 109 48.44 W 2.82
2004 Ranil Wickremesinghe 9262732 3504200 37.83 225 82 36.44 L 1.39
2010 Ranil Wickremesinghe 8033717 2357057 29.34 225 60 26.67 L 2.67
2015 Ranil Wickremesinghe 11166975 5098916 45.66 225 106 47.11 W 1.45
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janithl commented Sep 11, 2016

  • W/L is won or lost.
  • Diff is the difference between percentage votes won, and percentage seats won.

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