Jailed Premalal Jayasekara Tops UPFA Preferential Votes in Ratnapura
Former United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) Parliamentarian Premalal Jayasekara, who is in remand prison accused of murder, led the preferential votes in Ratnapura with 154,980 preferences.
Former Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi came at a distant second among the UPFA candidates.
The United National Party (UNP) list was led by Thalatha Athukarala with 145,828 preferences.