UPFA overall winner at PC polls

The United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) is the overall winner of the provincial council elections held yesterday by securing the most number of seats in all three provinces.

In the Sabaragamuwa province the UPFA secured 28 seats while the UNP was second with 14 seats, in the North Central Province the UPFA secured 21 seats while the UNP was second with 11 seats and in the Eastern Province the UPFA secured 14 seats while ITAK was second with 11 seats.

Provincial Council Elections 2012

Sabaragamuwa Province

Name of the Party/Independent Group
No. of Votes Received

Percentage %

No. of Members Elected

United People’s Freedom Alliance 488,714
59.18 %

28*

United National Party 286,857
34.73 %
14

Ceylon Worker’s Congress (P.Wing) 25,985
3.15 %
2

People’s Liberation Front 12,164
1.47 %

Eksath Lanka Maha Sabha 331
0.04 %

Nawa Sama Samaja Party 286
0.03 %

Eksath Lanka Podujana Pakshaya 279
0.03 %

Jathika Sangwardhena Peramuna 203
0.02 %

Patriotic National Front 177
0.02 %

Nawa Sihala Urumaya 148
0.02 %

Okkoma Wasiyo Okkoma Rajawaru Sanvidanaya 145
0.02 %

Ruhunu Janatha Party 121
0.01 %

Sri Lanka Labour Party 107
0.01 %

Jana Setha Peramuna 93
0.01 %

Socialist Equality Party 86
0.01 %

The Liberal Party 74
0.01 %

Total votes received by non elected independent groups 10,080

Total Valid Votes
825,850
93.96 %

Rejected Votes
53,126
6.04 %

Total Votes Polled
878,976
62.7 %

Registered Electors
1,401,795

* Including two(2) bonus seats.

Provincial Council Elections 2012

North Central Province

Name of the Party/Independent Group
No. of Votes Received

Percentage %

No. of Members Elected

United People’s Freedom Alliance 338,552
61.23 %

21*

United National Party 196,127
35.47 %
11

People’s Liberation Front 16,066
2.91 %
1

Eksath Lanka Podujana Pakshaya 226
0.04 %

Jana Setha Peramuna 220
0.04 %

United Socialist Party 196
0.04 %

Eksath Lanka Maha Sabha 144
0.03 %

Sri Lanka Labour Party 74
0.01 %

Patriotic National Front 72
0.01 %

Ruhunu Janatha Party 67
0.01 %

Total votes received by non elected independent groups 1,184

Total Valid Votes
552,928
95.18 %

Rejected Votes
28,010
4.82 %

Total Votes Polled
580,938
64.49 %

Registered Electors
900,873

* Including two(2) bonus seats.

Provincial Council Elections 2012

Eastern Province

Name of the Party/Independent Group
No. of Votes Received

Percentage %

No. of Members Elected

United People’s Freedom Alliance 200,044
31.58 %

14*

Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi 193,827
30.59 %
11

Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 132,917
20.98 %
7

United National Party 74,901
11.82 %
4

National Freedom Front 9,522
1.5 %
1

People’s Liberation Front 3,154
0.5 %

Eelavar Democratic Front 2,693
0.43 %

Socialist Alliance 2,480
0.39 %

Akila Ilankai Tamil United Front 460
0.07 %

United Socialist Party 289
0.05 %

Sri Lanka Labour Party 268
0.04 %

Our National Front 163
0.03 %

Eksath Lanka Maha Sabha 122
0.02 %

Eksath Lanka Podujana Pakshaya 90
0.01 %

Jana Setha Peramuna 85
0.01 %

Patriotic National Front 85
0.01 %

Muslim Liberation Front 57
0.01 %

Ruhunu Janatha Party 16
0.00 %

Total votes received by non elected independent groups 12,361

Total Valid Votes
633,534
93.33 %

Rejected Votes
45,291
6.67 %

Total Votes Polled
678,825
65.67 %

Registered Electors
1,033,749

* Including two(2) bonus seats.