{"id":149271,"date":"2015-08-19T01:49:36","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T20:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=149271"},"modified":"2015-08-19T11:25:35","modified_gmt":"2015-08-19T05:55:35","slug":"ranil-tops-all-island-with-556600-preferential-votes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ranil-tops-all-island-with-556600-preferential-votes\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranil Tops All Island With 500,566 Preferential Votes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UNP leader and Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Ranil+Wickremesinghe&amp;x=10&amp;y=3\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ranil Wickremesinghe<\/span><\/a> topped the UNP list in Colombo district with 5oo,566 preferential votes while Sujeewa Senasinghe and Harsha De Silva obtained preferential votes\u00a0117,049 and\u00a0114,147<span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>UNP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ranil Wickremesinghe \u2013 5oo,566<br \/>\nSujeewa Senasinghe \u2013 117,049<br \/>\nHarsha De Silva \u2013 114,147<br \/>\nRavi Karunanayake \u2013 111,394<br \/>\nPatali Champika Ranawaka \u2013 100,444<br \/>\nS.M. 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