The preferential voting results of the Nuwara Eliya Electoral District have been released. The National People's Power (NPP) won five seats while the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) won two seats. The United National Party (UNP) too won a seat from the district.
The following are the MPs elected to the tenth Parliament from Nuwara Eliya based on preferential vote results:
NPP
Manjula Suraweera Arachchi - 78, 832
Madhura Senevirathna - 52, 546
R.G. Wijerathne - 39, 006
Anushka Thilkarathne - 34, 035
Krishan Kaleichelvi - 33, 346
SJB
Palani Thigambaram - 48, 018
V. Radhakrishnan - 42, 273
UNP
Jeewan Thondaman - 46, 438
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