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2014 Uva Provincial Council election

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6th Sri Lankan provincial council election in Uva Province
← 2014 (Mar) 20 September 2014
34 seats across one provincial council
Turnout76.15%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa Ranil Wickremasinghe Anura Kumara Dissanayake
Party UPFA UNP JVP
Last election 72.39%, 25 seats 22.32%, 7 seats 2.53%, 1 seat
Seat change Decrease6 Increase6 Increase1
Popular vote 349,906 274,773 36,580
Percentage 51.25% 40.24% 5.36%
Swing Decrease 21.14% Increase 17.92% Increase 2.83%
Councillors 19 13 2
Councils 1 0 0
Chief Minister before election

Shasheendra Rajapaksa
UPFA

Elected Chief Minister

Shasheendra Rajapaksa
UPFA

Provincial council elections were held in Sri Lanka on 20 September 2014 to elect 34 members to one of the nine provincial councils in the country. 0.9 million Sri Lankans were eligible to vote in the election. Elections to the remaining eight provincial councils were not due as they had their last election in 2012, 2013 or 2014 (Mar).

The United People's Freedom Alliance's domination of Sri Lankan elections continued as expected. It retained control of Uva Provincial Council. However, the UPFA recorded a loss of votes in the province, after Presidential Election 2015 number of UPFA councillors crossed over to UNP to back Harin Fernando which enabled him to secure the position of Chief Minister and toppling the UPFA rule in Uva Province. After the 2015 General election Harin Fernando resigned from the Chief Minister position to take duties as a cabinet minister, Chamara Sampath Dassanayake was appointed. In September 2015, the council was turned into a unity government with United National Party MP Upali Samaraweera was given a minister position and rest of the 3 ministers were appointed from Sri Lanka Freedom Party.

Results

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The UPFA retained control of the Uva provincial council.

Election results[1]
Alliances and parties Badulla Monaragala Bonus
Seats		 Total
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
  United People's Freedom Alliance 209,056 47.37% 9 140,850 58.34% 8 2 349,906 51.246% 19
  United National Party 197,708 44.79% 8 77,065 31.92% 5 0 274,773 40.242% 13
  Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 20,625 4.67% 1 15,955 6.61% 1 0 36,580 5.357% 2
  Democratic Party 3202 0.73% 0 2,874 1.19% 0 0 6,076 0.890% 0
  Democratic Unity Alliance 5045 1.14% 0 0 5,045 0.739% 0
  National Freedom Front 4,835 1.10% 0 0 4,835 0.708% 0
  Independents 639 0.15% 0 4065 1.69% 0 0 4,707 0.689% 0
Our National Front 202 0.08% 0 0 202 0.030% 0
Jana Setha Peramuna 119 0.03% 0 54 0.02% 0 0 173 0.025% 0
  United Socialist Party 162 0.07% 0 0 162 0.024% 0
Eksath Lanka Podujana Pakshaya 124 0.05% 0 0 124 0.018% 0
Eksath Lanka Maha Sabha Party 83 0.02% 0 36 0.01% 0 0 119 0.017% 0
Maubima Janatha Pakshaya 37 0.01% 0 17 0.01% 0 0 54 0.008% 0
Sri Lanka Labour Party 22 0.00% 0 10 0.00% 0 0 32 0.005% 0
Liberal Party 12 0.00% 0 0 12 0.002% 0
Valid Votes 441,371 95.38% 18 241,426 94.94% 14 2 682,797 95.22% 34
Rejected Votes 21,398 4.62% 12,871 5.06% 34,269 4.78%
Total Polled 462,769 254,297 717,066
Registered Electors 609,966 332,764 942,730
Turnout 75.87% 76.42% 76.06%


References and footnotes

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  1. ^ "Provincial Council Elections Results 2014 Southern Province | Uwa Province" (PDF). Election Commission. Election Commission, Sri Lanka. p. 26. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
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