Kurunegala District postal votes were won by the UNP which polled 30,917 votes (47.70%) while the UPFA managed to poll only 28,634 postal votes.

The JVP was able to obtain 4,731 postal votes (7.30%)

This is a serious defeat for former President Mahinda Rajapaksa who led the UPFA team in Kurunegala.

Kurunegala was the district with the largest number of postal voters.