1982 Sri Lankan presidential election
Nationwide

1982 Sri Lankan presidential election

Section Title: Nationwide
Table Section Text: None

Candidate	Party	Votes	%

J. R. Jayewardene	United National Party	3,450,811	52.91%

Hector Kobbekaduwa	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	2,548,438	39.07%

Rohana Wijeweera	Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	273,428	4.19%

Kumar Ponnambalam	All Ceylon Tamil Congress	173,934	2.67%

Colvin de Silva	Lanka Sama Samaja Party	58,531	0.90%

Vasudeva Nanayakkara	Nava Sama Samaja Party	17,005	0.26%

Valid Votes	6,522,147	100.00%

Rejected Votes	80,470

Total Polled	6,602,617

Registered Electors	8,145,015

Turnout	81.06%

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Electoral participation was 81.06%.

final_sentence: Electoral participation was 81.06%.