The United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) won the elections in the eastern province, but by just a small margin.
Final results released by the department of elections shows that the UPFA had secured 14 seats including two bonus seats by winning 31.58 percent of the total votes.
The Illangai Thamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) secured 11 seats by getting 30.59 percent of the votes and the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress was third with 7 seats.
In the last elections held in the Eastern Province in 2008 the UPFA had won over 50 percent of the votes.
The UPFA secured 52.21 percent of the total votes in the Eastern Province in 2008 and got 20 seats in the council while the UNP was second with 15 seats. The UNP managed to win just 4 seats this year.
In this year?s election ITAK got 6 seats from the Batticaloa district while the UPFA got 4, ITAK got 3 seats in Trincomalee while the UPFA also got 3 and in Ampara the UPFA got 5 as opposed to 2 by ITAK.
Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan was appointed as the Chief Minister of the Eastern Province following the UPFA victory at the 2008 polls.
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PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS ? 2008
Final ResultsEASTERN PROVINCE |
| POLITICAL PARTY/ INDEPENDENT GROUP |
VOTES OBTAINED |
PERCENTAGE |
SEATS |
| UNITED PEOPLE’S FREEDOM ALLIANCE |
308,886 |
52.21 |
*20 |
| UNITED NATIONAL PARTY |
250,732 |
42.38 |
15 |
| PEOPLE’S LIBERATION FRONT |
9,390 |
1.59 |
1 |
| TAMIZH DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL ALLIANCE |
7,714 |
1.30 |
1 |
| EELAM PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC PARTY |
5,418 |
0.92 |
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| UNITED SOCIALIST PARTY |
2,548 |
0.43 |
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| EELAVAR DEMOCRATIC FRONT |
2,275 |
0.38 |
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| UNITED NATIONAL ALLIANCE |
579 |
0.10 |
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| PEOPLE’S FRONT OF LIBERATION TIGERS |
383 |
0.06 |
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| AKILA ILANKAI TAMIL UNITED FRONT |
378 |
0.06 |
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| NAWA SIHALA URUMAYA |
312 |
0.05 |
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| JATHIKA SANGWARDHENA PERAMUNA |
189 |
0.03 |
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| SINHALAYE MAHASAMMATHA BHOOMIPUTRA PAKSHAYA |
109 |
0.02 |
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| MUSLIM LIBERATION FRONT |
39 |
0.01 |
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| SRI LANKA NATIONAL FRONT |
30 |
0.01 |
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| SRI LANKA PROGRESSIVE FRONT |
26 |
0.00 |
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| RUHUNU JANATHA PARTY |
14 |
0.00 |
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| THE LIBERAL PARTY |
3 |
0.00 |
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| Valid Votes |
591,676 |
91.53 |
| Rejected Votes |
54,780 |
8.47 |
| Total Polled |
646,456 |
65.78 |
| Regis. Electors |
982,721 |
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| * Includes 2 bonus seats under Section 61A(2) of?the Provincial Council Elections Act No 2 of 1988 |
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Provincial Council Elections 2012
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| Eastern Province |
| Name of the Party/Independent Group |
No. of Votes Received
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Percentage %
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No. of Members Elected
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| United People’s Freedom Alliance |
200,044 |
31.58 %
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14*
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| Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi |
193,827 |
30.59 %
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11 |
| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress |
132,917 |
20.98 %
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7 |
| United National Party |
74,901 |
11.82 %
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4 |
| National Freedom Front |
9,522 |
1.5 %
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1 |
| People’s Liberation Front |
3,154 |
0.5 %
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| Eelavar Democratic Front |
2,693 |
0.43 %
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| Socialist Alliance |
2,480 |
0.39 %
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| Akila Ilankai Tamil United Front |
460 |
0.07 %
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| United Socialist Party |
289 |
0.05 %
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| Sri Lanka Labour Party |
268 |
0.04 %
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| Our National Front |
163 |
0.03 %
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| Eksath Lanka Maha Sabha |
122 |
0.02 %
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| Eksath Lanka Podujana Pakshaya |
90 |
0.01 %
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| Jana Setha Peramuna |
85 |
0.01 %
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| Patriotic National Front |
85 |
0.01 %
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| Muslim Liberation Front |
57 |
0.01 %
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| Ruhunu Janatha Party |
16 |
0.00 %
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| Total votes received by non elected independent groups |
12,361 |
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Total Valid Votes
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633,534 |
93.33 %
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Rejected Votes
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45,291 |
6.67 %
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Total Votes Polled
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678,825 |
65.67 %
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Registered Electors
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1,033,749 |
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* Including two(2) bonus seats.
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