Harin sets new record-beats Dayasiri’s existing record
At the concluded Uva provincial council election the UNP’s Chief Minister nominee Harin Fernando has created a new record in the history of provincial council elections by obtaining the highest percentage of preferential votes in comparison to the total number of votes the party received.
Accordingly from the total number of votes received by UNP in Badulla district Harin Fernando had obtained 88% which is the highest percentage ever in the history by a single candidate. Incidentally Harin Fernando had received 173,993 preferential votes.
Harin Fernando had beaten the existing record held by Dayasiri Jayasekara in the North Western provincial council who obtained 62.22% preferential votes.