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Mangala Samaraweera was yesterday elected to Parliament from the Matara District for the seventh time since 1989.
His seat, the Matara polling division, was one of two polling divisions the United National Party secured in the Southern Province. It was also the sole polling division where the UNP prevailed in the Matara District. Samaraweera also nearly doubled his preference vote count from 59, 836 in the 2010 election to 96, 092.
