Former UPFA MP Dullas Alahapperuma received 105,404 preferential votes from Matara District, thereby leading the preference votes in the district.
Buddhika Pathirana leads the UNP list with 98,815 votes.
The UPFA won 5 seats in the district and the UNP won 3 seats.
UPFA
Dullas Alahapperuma 105,404
Niroshan Premaratne 99,762
Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena 97,918
Kanchana Wijesekara 83,278
Chandrasiri Gajadeera 54,252
UNP
Buddhika Pathirana 98,815
Mangala Samaraweera 96,092
Sagala Rathnayake 85,772
