2013 Sri Lankan provincial council elections
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148 seats across 3 provincial councils | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 65.85% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winners of polling divisions. UPFA in blue, TNA in yellow and UNP in green. |
The
Background
In an attempt to end the
The Indo-Lanka Accord also required the merger of the
On 1 March 1990, just as the
The 2nd Sri Lankan provincial council election was held in 1993 in seven provinces. The UNP retained control of six provincial councils but lost control of the largest provincial council, Western, to the opposition People's Alliance. A special election was held in Southern Province in 1994 after some UNP provincial councillors defected to the opposition. The PA won the election and took control of the Southern Provincial Council.[citation needed]
The
The
On 14 July 2006, after a long campaign against the merger, the
The
Soon after the civil war ended in May 2009 there were calls for election to be held for the
The 6th Sri Lankan provincial council election was also held on a staggered basis.
Details
Nominations took place between 25 July 2013 and 1 August 2013.[18][19] 210 nominations (131 form registered political parties, 79 from independent groups) were received by the returning officers of which 201 nominations (126 form registered political parties, 75 from independent groups) were accepted and nine nominations (five form registered political parties, four from independent groups) were rejected.[20] The UPFA, UNP and Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna are contesting in all ten districts, the Tamil National Alliance is contesting in the five districts in Northern Province whilst the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress, a constituent party of the UPFA, is contesting separately in seven districts.[21]
After the nomination period had ended Election Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya announced that the elections would be held on 21 September 2013.[22][23]
Results
Overall
The UPFA won control of two provincial councils (Central and North Western) whilst the TNA won control of Northern Provincial Council.
Alliances and parties | Votes | % | Seats | Councils | |
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United People's Freedom Alliance
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1,504,273 | 55.66% | 77 | 2 | |
Tamil National Alliance[29] | 353,595 | 13.08% | 30 | 1 | |
United National Party | 590,888 | 21.86% | 28 | 0 | |
Democratic Party | 91,523 | 3.39% | 5 | 0 | |
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress[28] | 52,409 | 1.94% | 4 | 0 | |
Ceylon Workers' Congress[24] | 29,285 | 1.08% | 2 | 0 | |
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 33,799 | 1.25% | 1 | 0 | |
Up-Country People's Front | 24,913 | 0.92% | 1 | 0 | |
Independent lists |
7,450 | 0.28% | 0 | 0 | |
Jana Setha Peramuna | 2,783 | 0.10% | 0 | 0 | |
Sri Lanka People's Party |
1,842 | 0.07% | 0 | 0 | |
Our National Front | 1,495 | 0.06% | 0 | 0 | |
Eelavar Democratic Front |
1,396 | 0.05% | 0 | 0 | |
United Lanka Great Council | 1,023 | 0.04% | 0 | 0 | |
Patriotic National Front | 912 | 0.03% | 0 | 0 | |
Democratic Unity Alliance | 826 | 0.03% | 0 | 0 | |
Nationalities Unity Organisation | 762 | 0.03% | 0 | 0 | |
Socialist Alliance | 726 | 0.03% | 0 | 0 | |
United Socialist Party | 711 | 0.03% | 0 | 0 | |
United Lanka People's Party | 554 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | |
New Democratic Front | 504 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | |
Ruhuna People's Party | 300 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 | |
Sri Lanka Labour Party | 253 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 | |
New Sinhala Heritage | 154 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 | |
Socialist Equality Party | 101 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | |
Muslim Liberation Front | 92 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | |
Valid Votes | 2,702,569 | 100.00% | 148 | 3 | |
Rejected Votes | 170,615 | ||||
Total Polled | 2,873,184 | ||||
Registered Electors | 4,363,252 | ||||
Turnout | 65.85% |
Central Province
Results of the 6th
Alliances and parties | Kandy | Matale | Nuwara Eliya | Bonus Seats |
Total | |||||||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
United People's Freedom Alliance | 355,812 | 55.76% | 16 | 135,128 | 59.99% | 7 | 225,307 | 68.87% | 11 | 2 | 716,247 | 60.16% | 36 | |
United National Party | 200,187 | 31.37% | 9 | 63,365 | 28.13% | 3 | 67,263 | 20.56% | 4 | 0 | 330,815 | 27.79% | 16 | |
Democratic Party | 37,431 | 5.87% | 2 | 4,423 | 1.96% | 0 | 3,385 | 1.03% | 0 | 0 | 45,239 | 3.80% | 2 | |
Ceylon Workers' Congress | 18,787 | 2.94% | 1 | 10,498 | 4.66% | 1 | 0 | 29,285 | 2.46% | 2 | ||||
Up-Country People's Front | 1,458 | 0.23% | 0 | 23,455 | 7.17% | 1 | 0 | 24,913 | 2.09% | 1 | ||||
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 11,137 | 1.75% | 1 | 6,651 | 2.95% | 0 | 0 | 17,788 | 1.49% | 1 | ||||
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 7,640 | 1.20% | 0 | 3,937 | 1.75% | 0 | 2,310 | 0.71% | 0 | 0 | 13,887 | 1.17% | 0 | |
Independent lists |
996 | 0.16% | 0 | 578 | 0.26% | 0 | 2,674 | 0.82% | 0 | 0 | 4,248 | 0.36% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka People's Party |
1,550 | 0.24% | 0 | 0 | 1,550 | 0.13% | 0 | |||||||
Eelavar Democratic Front |
1,096 | 0.34% | 0 | 0 | 1,096 | 0.09% | 0 | |||||||
Jana Setha Peramuna | 756 | 0.12% | 0 | 161 | 0.07% | 0 | 37 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 | 954 | 0.08% | 0 | |
Socialist Alliance | 726 | 0.22% | 0 | 0 | 726 | 0.06% | 0 | |||||||
Our National Front | 466 | 0.07% | 0 | 199 | 0.09% | 0 | 0 | 665 | 0.06% | 0 | ||||
United Lanka Great Council | 544 | 0.09% | 0 | 49 | 0.02% | 0 | 63 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | 656 | 0.06% | 0 | |
Patriotic National Front | 342 | 0.05% | 0 | 66 | 0.03% | 0 | 129 | 0.04% | 0 | 0 | 537 | 0.05% | 0 | |
United Socialist Party | 523 | 0.16% | 0 | 0 | 523 | 0.04% | 0 | |||||||
New Democratic Front | 504 | 0.08% | 0 | 0 | 504 | 0.04% | 0 | |||||||
United Lanka People's Party | 117 | 0.05% | 0 | 138 | 0.04% | 0 | 0 | 255 | 0.02% | 0 | ||||
Ruhuna People's Party | 167 | 0.03% | 0 | 47 | 0.02% | 0 | 16 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 230 | 0.02% | 0 | |
New Sinhala Heritage | 154 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | 154 | 0.01% | 0 | |||||||
Sri Lanka Labour Party | 77 | 0.01% | 0 | 49 | 0.02% | 0 | 21 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 | 147 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Muslim Liberation Front | 89 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 | 89 | 0.01% | 0 | |||||||
Valid Votes | 638,097 | 100.00% | 29 | 225,268 | 100.00% | 11 | 327,143 | 100.00% | 16 | 2 | 1,190,508 | 100.00% | 58 | |
Rejected Votes | 39,148 | 15,336 | 27,677 | 82,161 | ||||||||||
Total Polled | 677,245 | 240,604 | 354,820 | 1,272,669 | ||||||||||
Registered Electors | 1,015,315 | 366,549 | 507,693 | 1,889,557 | ||||||||||
Turnout | 66.70% | 65.64% | 69.89% | 67.35% |
Northern Province
Results of the 1st Northern Provincial Council election held on 21 September 2013:[31]
Alliances and parties | Jaffna | Kilinochchi | Mannar | Mullaitivu | Vavuniya | Bonus Seats |
Total | |||||||||||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
Tamil National Alliance | 213,907 | 84.37% | 14 | 37,079 | 81.57% | 3 | 33,118 | 62.22% | 3 | 28,266 | 78.56% | 4 | 41,225 | 66.10% | 4 | 2 | 353,595 | 78.48% | 30 | |
United People's Freedom Alliance | 35,995 | 14.20% | 2 | 7,897 | 17.37% | 1 | 15,104 | 28.38% | 1 | 7,209 | 20.04% | 1 | 16,633 | 26.67% | 2 | 0 | 82,838 | 18.38% | 7 | |
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 4,571 | 8.59% | 1 | 199 | 0.55% | 0 | 1,991 | 3.19% | 0 | 0 | 6,761 | 1.50% | 1 | |||||||
United National Party | 855 | 0.34% | 0 | 54 | 0.12% | 0 | 187 | 0.35% | 0 | 197 | 0.55% | 0 | 1,769 | 2.84% | 0 | 0 | 3,062 | 0.68% | 0 | |
Independent lists |
1,445 | 0.57% | 0 | 29 | 0.06% | 0 | 49 | 0.09% | 0 | 54 | 0.15% | 0 | 327 | 0.52% | 0 | 0 | 1,904 | 0.42% | 0 | |
Democratic Unity Alliance | 525 | 0.21% | 0 | 61 | 0.13% | 0 | 70 | 0.13% | 0 | 170 | 0.27% | 0 | 0 | 826 | 0.18% | 0 | ||||
Eelavar Democratic Front |
300 | 0.66% | 0 | 0 | 300 | 0.07% | 0 | |||||||||||||
Sri Lanka People's Party |
292 | 0.12% | 0 | 0 | 292 | 0.06% | 0 | |||||||||||||
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 56 | 0.02% | 0 | 18 | 0.04% | 0 | 11 | 0.02% | 0 | 30 | 0.08% | 0 | 173 | 0.28% | 0 | 0 | 288 | 0.06% | 0 | |
United Socialist Party | 165 | 0.07% | 0 | 23 | 0.04% | 0 | 0 | 188 | 0.04% | 0 | ||||||||||
Democratic Party | 111 | 0.04% | 0 | 5 | 0.01% | 0 | 11 | 0.02% | 0 | 2 | 0.01% | 0 | 41 | 0.07% | 0 | 0 | 170 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Socialist Equality Party | 101 | 0.04% | 0 | 0 | 101 | 0.02% | 0 | |||||||||||||
Jana Setha Peramuna | 74 | 0.03% | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 0 | 7 | 0.01% | 0 | 5 | 0.01% | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 90 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Our National Front | 87 | 0.16% | 0 | 0 | 87 | 0.02% | 0 | |||||||||||||
Sri Lanka Labour Party | 16 | 0.01% | 0 | 4 | 0.01% | 0 | 7 | 0.01% | 0 | 2 | 0.01% | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0.01% | 0 | |
United Lanka Great Council | 6 | 0.01% | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | 6 | 0.02% | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.00% | 0 | ||||
Nationalities Unity Organisation | 4 | 0.01% | 0 | 10 | 0.03% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.00% | 0 | ||||||||||
United Lanka People's Party | 2 | 0.01% | 0 | 6 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.00% | 0 | ||||||||||
Muslim Liberation Front | 3 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 0 | |||||||||||||
Valid Votes | 253,542 | 100.00% | 16 | 45,459 | 100.00% | 4 | 53,226 | 100.00% | 5 | 35,982 | 100.00% | 5 | 62,365 | 100.00% | 6 | 2 | 450,574 | 100.00% | 38 | |
Rejected Votes | 20,279 | 4,735 | 2,989 | 2,820 | 4,416 | 35,239 | ||||||||||||||
Total Polled | 273,821 | 50,194 | 56,215 | 38,802 | 66,781 | 485,813 | ||||||||||||||
Registered Electors | 426,813 | 68,600 | 75,737 | 53,683 | 94,644 | 719,477 | ||||||||||||||
Turnout | 64.15% | 73.17% | 74.22% | 72.28% | 70.56% | 67.52% |
North Western Province
Results of the 6th
Alliances and parties | Kurunegala | Puttalam | Bonus Seats |
Total | |||||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
United People's Freedom Alliance | 540,513 | 69.05% | 23 | 164,675 | 59.10% | 9 | 2 | 705,188 | 66.43% | 34 | |
United National Party | 169,668 | 21.67% | 7 | 87,343 | 31.34% | 5 | 0 | 257,011 | 24.21% | 12 | |
Democratic Party | 36,096 | 4.61% | 2 | 10,018 | 3.60% | 1 | 0 | 46,114 | 4.34% | 3 | |
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 17,130 | 2.19% | 1 | 10,730 | 3.85% | 1 | 0 | 27,860 | 2.62% | 2 | |
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 16,311 | 2.08% | 1 | 3,313 | 1.19% | 0 | 0 | 19,624 | 1.85% | 1 | |
Jana Setha Peramuna | 627 | 0.08% | 0 | 1,112 | 0.40% | 0 | 0 | 1,739 | 0.16% | 0 | |
Independent lists |
850 | 0.11% | 0 | 448 | 0.16% | 0 | 0 | 1,298 | 0.12% | 0 | |
Nationalities Unity Organisation | 232 | 0.03% | 0 | 516 | 0.19% | 0 | 0 | 748 | 0.07% | 0 | |
Our National Front | 541 | 0.07% | 0 | 202 | 0.07% | 0 | 0 | 743 | 0.07% | 0 | |
Patriotic National Front | 277 | 0.04% | 0 | 98 | 0.04% | 0 | 0 | 375 | 0.04% | 0 | |
United Lanka Great Council | 192 | 0.02% | 0 | 160 | 0.06% | 0 | 0 | 352 | 0.03% | 0 | |
United Lanka People's Party | 291 | 0.04% | 0 | 0 | 291 | 0.03% | 0 | ||||
Sri Lanka Labour Party | 51 | 0.01% | 0 | 23 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 | 74 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Ruhuna People's Party | 53 | 0.01% | 0 | 17 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 | 70 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Valid Votes | 782,832 | 100.00% | 34 | 278,655 | 100.00% | 16 | 2 | 1,061,487 | 100.00% | 52 | |
Rejected Votes | 36,562 | 16,653 | 53,215 | ||||||||
Total Polled | 819,394 | 295,308 | 1,114,702 | ||||||||
Registered Electors | 1,227,810 | 526,408 | 1,754,218 | ||||||||
Turnout | 66.74% | 56.10% | 63.54% |
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- ^ a b The Ceylon Workers' Congress contested separately in two districts and with the UPFA in other districts.
- ^ a b The Communist Party of Sri Lanka contested with the Socialist Alliance in one district and with the UPFA in other districts.
- ^ a b The Democratic Left Front contested with the Socialist Alliance in one district and with the UPFA in other districts.
- ^ a b The Lanka Sama Samaja Party contested with the Socialist Alliance in one district and with the UPFA in other districts.
- ^ a b The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress contested separately in seven districts and with the UPFA in other districts.
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