March 2014 Sri Lankan provincial council elections
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159 seats across 2 provincial councils | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 66.35% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
The
The
On 14 July 2006, after a long campaign against the merger, the
The
The 6th Sri Lankan provincial council election was also held on a staggered basis during 2012-14 in eight provinces, including in the Northern Province for the first time in 25 years.
Results
Overall
The UPFA won control of both provincial councils (Southern and Western).
Alliances and parties | Votes | % | Seats | Councils | |
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United People's Freedom Alliance | 2,063,083 | 54.86% | 89 | 2 | |
United National Party | 990,113 | 26.33% | 42 | 0 | |
Democratic Party | 279,299 | 7.43% | 12 | 0 | |
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 265,240 | 7.05% | 11 | 0 | |
Democratic People's Front | 51,000 | 1.36% | 2 | 0 | |
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress[15] | 50,934 | 1.35% | 2 | 0 | |
All Ceylon Makkal Congress[13] | 15,491 | 0.41% | 1 | 0 | |
Independents |
18,283 | 0.49% | 0 | 0 | |
Ceylon Workers' Congress[14] | 8,216 | 0.22% | 0 | 0 | |
United Lanka People's Party | 3,696 | 0.10% | 0 | 0 | |
Jana Setha Peramuna | 3,176 | 0.08% | 0 | 0 | |
Patriotic National Front | 2,084 | 0.06% | 0 | 0 | |
United Lanka Great Council | 2,065 | 0.05% | 0 | 0 | |
New Democratic Front | 1,696 | 0.05% | 0 | 0 | |
Nava Sama Samaja Party | 1,387 | 0.04% | 0 | 0 | |
United Socialist Party | 1,343 | 0.04% | 0 | 0 | |
Sri Lanka People's Party |
854 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | |
Our National Front | 649 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | |
Sri Lanka Labour Party | 569 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | |
All Are Citizens, All Are Kings Organisation | 375 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 | |
United Peace Front | 292 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 | |
New Sinhala Heritage | 245 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 | |
Socialist Equality Party | 220 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 | |
Liberal Party |
155 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | |
Motherland | 136 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | |
Valid Votes | 3,760,601 | 100.00% | 159 | 2 | |
Rejected Votes | 161,011 | ||||
Total Polled | 3,921,612 | ||||
Registered Electors | 5,910,877 | ||||
Turnout | 66.35% |
Southern Province
Results of the 7th
Alliances and parties | Galle | Hambantota | Matara | Bonus Seats |
Total | |||||||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
United People's Freedom Alliance | 293,619 | 57.58% | 13 | 174,687 | 57.42% | 8 | 231,102 | 59.19% | 10 | 2 | 699,408 | 58.06% | 33 | |
United National Party | 134,305 | 26.34% | 6 | 79,829 | 26.24% | 4 | 96,297 | 24.66% | 4 | 0 | 310,431 | 25.77% | 14 | |
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 30,529 | 5.99% | 1 | 39,345 | 12.93% | 2 | 39,158 | 10.03% | 2 | 0 | 109,032 | 9.05% | 5 | |
Democratic Party | 45,484 | 8.92% | 2 | 9,547 | 3.14% | 0 | 20,501 | 5.25% | 1 | 0 | 75,532 | 6.27% | 3 | |
Independents |
1,277 | 0.25% | 0 | 277 | 0.09% | 0 | 616 | 0.16% | 0 | 0 | 2,170 | 0.18% | 0 | |
United Lanka People's Party | 1,241 | 0.24% | 0 | 175 | 0.06% | 0 | 207 | 0.05% | 0 | 0 | 1,623 | 0.13% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 1,419 | 0.36% | 0 | 0 | 1,419 | 0.12% | 0 | |||||||
United Lanka Great Council | 611 | 0.12% | 0 | 156 | 0.05% | 0 | 168 | 0.04% | 0 | 0 | 935 | 0.08% | 0 | |
Sri Lanka People's Party |
854 | 0.17% | 0 | 0 | 854 | 0.07% | 0 | |||||||
New Democratic Front | 425 | 0.08% | 0 | 225 | 0.06% | 0 | 0 | 650 | 0.05% | 0 | ||||
United Socialist Party | 604 | 0.12% | 0 | 0 | 604 | 0.05% | 0 | |||||||
Patriotic National Front | 366 | 0.07% | 0 | 95 | 0.03% | 0 | 139 | 0.04% | 0 | 0 | 600 | 0.05% | 0 | |
Jana Setha Peramuna | 172 | 0.03% | 0 | 100 | 0.03% | 0 | 95 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | 367 | 0.03% | 0 | |
Our National Front | 319 | 0.08% | 0 | 0 | 319 | 0.03% | 0 | |||||||
Sri Lanka Labour Party | 183 | 0.04% | 0 | 41 | 0.01% | 0 | 14 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 238 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Liberal Party |
84 | 0.02% | 0 | 71 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | 155 | 0.01% | 0 | ||||
Motherland | 136 | 0.03% | 0 | 0 | 136 | 0.01% | 0 | |||||||
Nava Sama Samaja Party | 97 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | 97 | 0.01% | 0 | |||||||
Valid Votes | 509,890 | 100.00% | 22 | 304,252 | 100.00% | 14 | 390,428 | 100.00% | 17 | 2 | 1,204,570 | 100.00% | 55 | |
Rejected Votes | 21,135 | 10,879 | 15,712 | 47,726 | ||||||||||
Total Polled | 531,025 | 315,131 | 406,140 | 1,252,296 | ||||||||||
Registered Electors | 809,882 | 467,847 | 608,524 | 1,886,253 | ||||||||||
Turnout | 65.57% | 67.36% | 66.74% | 66.39% |
Western Province
Results of the 6th
Alliances and parties | Colombo | Gampaha | Kalutara | Bonus Seats |
Total | |||||||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
United People's Freedom Alliance | 443,083 | 45.33% | 18 | 582,668 | 57.98% | 23 | 337,924 | 58.91% | 13 | 2 | 1,363,675 | 53.35% | 56 | |
United National Party | 285,538 | 29.21% | 12 | 249,220 | 24.80% | 10 | 144,924 | 25.26% | 6 | 0 | 679,682 | 26.59% | 28 | |
Democratic Party | 71,525 | 7.32% | 3 | 88,557 | 8.81% | 4 | 43,685 | 7.62% | 2 | 0 | 203,767 | 7.97% | 9 | |
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 74,437 | 7.62% | 3 | 56,405 | 5.61% | 2 | 25,366 | 4.42% | 1 | 0 | 156,208 | 6.11% | 6 | |
Democratic People's Front | 44,156 | 4.52% | 2 | 6,844 | 0.68% | 0 | 0 | 51,000 | 2.00% | 2 | ||||
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 20,163 | 2.06% | 1 | 17,296 | 1.72% | 1 | 12,056 | 2.10% | 0 | 0 | 49,515 | 1.94% | 2 | |
All Ceylon Makkal Congress | 15,491 | 1.58% | 1 | 0 | 15,491 | 0.61% | 1 | |||||||
Independents |
12,776 | 1.31% | 0 | 1,042 | 0.10% | 0 | 2,295 | 0.40% | 0 | 0 | 16,113 | 0.63% | 0 | |
Ceylon Workers' Congress | 3,885 | 0.40% | 0 | 4,331 | 0.75% | 0 | 0 | 8,216 | 0.32% | 0 | ||||
Jana Setha Peramuna | 967 | 0.10% | 0 | 831 | 0.08% | 0 | 1,011 | 0.18% | 0 | 0 | 2,809 | 0.11% | 0 | |
United Lanka People's Party | 1,283 | 0.13% | 0 | 535 | 0.05% | 0 | 255 | 0.04% | 0 | 0 | 2,073 | 0.08% | 0 | |
Patriotic National Front | 797 | 0.08% | 0 | 395 | 0.04% | 0 | 292 | 0.05% | 0 | 0 | 1,484 | 0.06% | 0 | |
Nava Sama Samaja Party | 1,061 | 0.11% | 0 | 229 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | 1,290 | 0.05% | 0 | ||||
United Lanka Great Council | 256 | 0.03% | 0 | 530 | 0.05% | 0 | 344 | 0.06% | 0 | 0 | 1,130 | 0.04% | 0 | |
New Democratic Front | 1,046 | 0.11% | 0 | 0 | 1,046 | 0.04% | 0 | |||||||
United Socialist Party | 739 | 0.13% | 0 | 0 | 739 | 0.03% | 0 | |||||||
All Are Citizens, All Are Kings Organisation | 375 | 0.07% | 0 | 0 | 375 | 0.01% | 0 | |||||||
Sri Lanka Labour Party | 120 | 0.01% | 0 | 155 | 0.02% | 0 | 56 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 | 331 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Our National Front | 330 | 0.03% | 0 | 0 | 330 | 0.01% | 0 | |||||||
United Peace Front | 292 | 0.03% | 0 | 0 | 292 | 0.01% | 0 | |||||||
New Sinhala Heritage | 245 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | 245 | 0.01% | 0 | |||||||
Socialist Equality Party | 220 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | 220 | 0.01% | 0 | |||||||
Valid Votes | 977,426 | 100.00% | 40 | 1,004,952 | 100.00% | 40 | 573,653 | 100.00% | 22 | 2 | 2,556,031 | 100.00% | 104 | |
Rejected Votes | 43,762 | 40,713 | 28,810 | 113,285 | ||||||||||
Total Polled | 1,021,188 | 1,045,665 | 602,463 | 2,669,316 | ||||||||||
Registered Electors | 1,552,734 | 1,590,076 | 881,814 | 4,024,624 | ||||||||||
Turnout | 65.77% | 65.76% | 68.32% | 66.32% |
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- ^ a b The All Ceylon Makkal Congress contested separately in one district and with the UPFA in other districts.
- ^ a b The Ceylon Workers' Congress contested separately in two districts and with the UPFA in other districts.
- ^ a b The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress contested separately in four districts and with the UPFA in other districts.
- ^ "Provincial Council Elections 2014 : Southern Province". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
- ^ "Provincial Council Elections 2014 : Western Province". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.