Former UPFA MP Namal Rajapaksa won the highest number of preferential votes from the Hambantota District in the 2015 General Election with 127,201 votes.
Minister Sajith Premadasa topped the preferences for UNP with 112,649 votes.
Preferential votes Hambantota
UPFA - Namal Rajapaksa (127,201), Mahinda Amaraweera (84,516), Chamal Rajapaksa (80,621)
UNP - Sajith Premadasa (112,649), D.Wedaarachchi (65,391)
JVP - NIhal Galappaththi (12,162)