Mahinda magic works
* MR gets huge majority of 1.8 million
* SF a distant 2nd, loses home base
* MR takes 16 districts, SF only six
* A’galle defies CBK, gives MR majority
* SF wins North and East
* JVP-UNP marriage fails to deliver
President Mahinda Rajapaksa scored a historic victory
over Opposition presidential candidate, General (retd) Sarath Fonseka at
the first national poll since the collapse of the LTTE last May. The
incumbent President polled a staggering 6,015,934 (57.88%) to set the
stage for parliamentary elections before end of April. Fonseka polled
4,173,185 (40.15%) while the rest polled a total of 204,494 (1.9%)...
