According to the official poll results , President Mahinda Rajapaksha has won Ambalangoda electorate of Galle district , home town of opposition common candidate Sarath Fonseka. President Rajapaksha has received 33,488 votes (62%) whereas Fonseka managed to win only 19191(31%). It is reported , both Ranil Wickramsinghe and Fonseka were wathichng the election telecast together and Mr. Wickramasinghe has left the place saying “Sarath , You could not win even your home town?” This confirms the earlier prediction made by Wimal Weerawansa that Wickrmasinghe used Fonseka to avoid unpreventable election defeat and later to say “If I contested I would get more than what Sarath Fonseka got”. Cheif incumbents of several temples in Ambalagoda area too predicted and publicly declared that Mr. Fonseka could not win at least home town.