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| 2 | 2009 provincial council election |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | party | votes per polling division |  |  |  |  |  |  | postal votes | total votes | % | seats |
| 4 |  | akur- essa | deni- yaya | devi- nuwara | hak- mana | kambur upitiya | matara | weli- gama |  |  |  |  |
| 5 | united people's freedom alliance | 39,629 | 40,706 | 29,812 | 40,025 | 36,350 | 29,770 | 34,955 | 5,863 | 257,110 | 67.97% | 12 |
| 6 | united national party | 15,594 | 12,079 | 12,328 | 11,251 | 10,793 | 17,966 | 13,287 | 1,316 | 94,614 | 25.01% | 5 |
| 7 | janatha vimukthi peramuna | 3,340 | 2,099 | 3,127 | 2,644 | 2,672 | 3,647 | 2,449 | 709 | 20,687 | 5.47% | 1 |
| 8 | sri lanka muslim congress | 240 | 43 | 662 | 184 | 146 | 274 | 2,713 | 18 | 4,280 | 1.13% | 0 |
| 9 | united national alliance | 55 | 67 | 43 | 52 | 57 | 46 | 48 | 3 | 371 | 0.10% | 0 |
| 10 | national development front | 39 | 56 | 33 | 38 | 67 | 22 | 36 | 3 | 294 | 0.08% | 0 |
| 11 | independent 1 | 10 | 10 | 96 | 83 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 252 | 0.07% | 0 |
| 12 | united socialist party | 13 | 40 | 59 | 22 | 22 | 35 | 25 | 2 | 218 | 0.06% | 0 |
| 13 | janasetha peramuna | 11 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 55 | 2 | 1 | 98 | 0.03% | 0 |
| 14 | democratic unity alliance | 4 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 61 | 0.02% | 0 |
| 15 | independent 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 59 | 0.02% | 0 |
| 16 | patriotic national front | 4 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 0.01% | 0 |
| 17 | united lanka great council | 10 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0.01% | 0 |
| 18 | sri lanka progressive front | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 34 | 0.01% | 0 |
| 19 | sinhalaye mahasammatha bhoomiputra pakshaya | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 0.01% | 0 |
| 20 | independent 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0.01% | 0 |
| 21 | ruhuna people's party | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 0.01% | 0 |
| 22 | valid votes | 58,971 | 55,155 | 46,204 | 54,381 | 50,189 | 51,865 | 53,563 | 7,924 | 378,252 | 100.00% | 18 |
| 23 | rejected votes | 2,375 | 3,281 | 1,673 | 3,022 | 2,316 | 1,827 | 2,070 | 163 | 16,727 | none | none |
| 24 | total polled | 61,346 | 58,436 | 47,877 | 57,403 | 52,505 | 53,692 | 55,633 | 8,087 | 394,979 | none | none |
| 25 | registered electors | 87,510 | 86,311 | 74,601 | 85,686 | 77,705 | 80,334 | 86,711 | none | 578858 | none | none |
| 26 | turnout | 70.10% | 67.70% | 64.18% | 66.99% | 67.57% | 66.84% | 64.16% | none | 68.23% | none | none |
| 27 | source: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

Question: how many registered electors did matara electoral district have?
Answer: 578858