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class="infobox ib-election infobox-table vevent"><caption class="infobox-title summary">2019 Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha election</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/50px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/75px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/100px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2018_Sri_Lankan_local_elections" title="2018 Sri Lankan local elections">2018</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>11 October 2019</b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2024_Elpitiya_Pradeshiya_Sabha_election" title="2024 Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha election">2024</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><hr />All 29 council seats of the Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha <br /> 15 seats needed for a majority</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Registered</th><td class="infobox-data">53,384<sup id="cite_ref-EC-11.10.2019_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EC-11.10.2019-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Turnout</th><td class="infobox-data">78.86%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">First party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Second party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #87171A;"><span class="notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mahinda_Rajapaksa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Mahinda_Rajapaksa.jpg/122px-Mahinda_Rajapaksa.jpg" decoding="async" width="122" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Mahinda_Rajapaksa.jpg/183px-Mahinda_Rajapaksa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Mahinda_Rajapaksa.jpg/244px-Mahinda_Rajapaksa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="266" data-file-height="327" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #008000;"><span class="notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:R_Wickremasinghe.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/R_Wickremasinghe.jpg/107px-R_Wickremasinghe.jpg" decoding="async" width="107" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/R_Wickremasinghe.jpg/161px-R_Wickremasinghe.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/R_Wickremasinghe.jpg/215px-R_Wickremasinghe.jpg 2x" data-file-width="477" data-file-height="666" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Podujana_Peramuna" title="Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna">SLPP</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">UNF</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>New</i> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">4 seats, 30.6% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">17 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">7 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>17 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>23,372</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">10,113 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>56.3%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">24.3% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>56.3 pp </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>6.3 pp </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><hr /> </td></tr> <tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">Third party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Fourth party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #1609F7;"><span class="notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maithripala-_Russia_(portrait).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Maithripala-_Russia_%28portrait%29.jpg/105px-Maithripala-_Russia_%28portrait%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="105" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Maithripala-_Russia_%28portrait%29.jpg/158px-Maithripala-_Russia_%28portrait%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Maithripala-_Russia_%28portrait%29.jpg/211px-Maithripala-_Russia_%28portrait%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="469" data-file-height="667" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #ED1847;"><span class="notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Anura_Kum%C4%81ra_Dis%C4%81n%C4%81yaka_(2019)_-_img_04.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Anura_Kum%C4%81ra_Dis%C4%81n%C4%81yaka_%282019%29_-_img_04.jpg/112px-Anura_Kum%C4%81ra_Dis%C4%81n%C4%81yaka_%282019%29_-_img_04.jpg" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Anura_Kum%C4%81ra_Dis%C4%81n%C4%81yaka_%282019%29_-_img_04.jpg/169px-Anura_Kum%C4%81ra_Dis%C4%81n%C4%81yaka_%282019%29_-_img_04.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Anura_Kum%C4%81ra_Dis%C4%81n%C4%81yaka_%282019%29_-_img_04.jpg/225px-Anura_Kum%C4%81ra_Dis%C4%81n%C4%81yaka_%282019%29_-_img_04.jpg 2x" data-file-width="736" data-file-height="982" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Maithripala_Sirisena" title="Maithripala Sirisena">Maithripala Sirisena</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Anura_Kumara_Dissanayake" title="Anura Kumara Dissanayake">Anura Kumara Dissanayake</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">10 seats, 58.5% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">0 seats, 3.2% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">3 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>7 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">5,273 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2,435 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">12.7% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">5.8% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>45.8 pp </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>2.6 pp </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>Council control before election</b><br /> <p><br /> <a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Subsequent council control</b> <br /> <p><br /> <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Podujana_Peramuna" title="Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna">SLPP</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In February 2019, the <a href="/wiki/2018_Sri_Lankan_local_elections" title="2018 Sri Lankan local elections">2018 Sri Lankan local elections</a> were held in <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a> due to a prior delay. However, due to an injunction issued by the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Supreme Court of Sri Lanka">Supreme Court</a>, the election was not held in <a href="/wiki/Elpitiya" title="Elpitiya">Elpitiya</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Elpitiya_Pradeshiya_Sabha_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 30 January 2018, the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Supreme Court of Sri Lanka">Supreme Court</a> issued an <a href="/wiki/Injunction" title="Injunction">injunction</a> preventing the election in Elpitiya DC, following a petition by the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_United_National_Front" title="Democratic United National Front">Democratic United National Front</a> against the rejection of their nomination list.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Previous_result">Previous result</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Elpitiya_Pradeshiya_Sabha_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Previous result"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Results_of_the_2011_Sri_Lankan_local_government_elections_by_province,_district_and_local_authority" title="Results of the 2011 Sri Lankan local government elections by province, district and local authority">Results of the 2011 Sri Lankan local government elections by province, district and local authority</a></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#B0CEFF"> <td>Won by <a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#66EE66"> <td>Won by <a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="text-align:right;font-size:80%"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom;" style="font-size:70%;"> <th><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Local government in Sri Lanka">Local<br />Authority</a><br /></th> <th>Type<br /><br /></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Districts of Sri Lanka">Dist</a><br /></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Provinces of Sri Lanka">Prov</a><br /></th> <th>Date<br />of<br />Election<br /></th> <th><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a>/<br />NC<br />Votes<br /></th> <th><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a>/<br />NC<br />Seats<br /></th> <th><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a><br />Votes<br /></th> <th><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> <br />Seats<br /></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a><br />Votes<br /></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">JVP</a><br />Seats<br /></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind</a><br />Votes<br /></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind</a><br />Seats<br /></th> <th></th> <th>Others<br />Votes<br /></th> <th>Others<br />Seats<br /></th> <th style="font-weight: bold">Total<br />Valid<br />Votes<br /></th> <th>Total<br />Seats<br /></th> <th>Rejected<br />Votes<br /></th> <th>Total<br />Polled<br /></th> <th>Registered<br />Electors<br /></th> <th>Turnout<br />%<br /></th> <th>Winner<br /> </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Elpitiya</td> <td align="left">DC</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Galle_District" title="Galle District">GAL</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Southern Province, Sri Lanka">SO</a></td> <td align="center">2011-07-23</td> <td bgcolor="#00bfff">19,954</td> <td bgcolor="#00bfff">10</td> <td>10,427</td> <td>4</td> <td>1,100</td> <td>0</td> <td>2,539</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td>66</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>34,086</b></td> <td><b>15</b></td> <td>1,474</td> <td>35,560</td> <td>49,113</td> <td>72.40%</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Elpitiya_Pradeshiya_Sabha_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:100%; text-align:right; border:0px; margin-top:-1px; margin-bottom:0;"> <caption>Election results<sup id="cite_ref-EC-11.10.2019_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EC-11.10.2019-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th valign="bottom" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="300">Alliances and parties</th> <th valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="75">Votes</th> <th valign="bottom" rowspan="2" width="60">%</th> <th valign="bottom" colspan="4">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <th width="50">Ward</th> <th width="50">PR</th> <th width="50">Total</th> <th width="50">+/– </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#87171A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Podujana_Peramuna" title="Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna">Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna</a></td> <td>23,372</td> <td>56.3%</td> <td>17</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>17</b></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>17 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#008000"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">United National Front</a></td> <td>10,113</td> <td>24.3%</td> <td>0</td> <td>7</td> <td><b>7</b></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1609F7"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">United People's Freedom Alliance</a></td> <td>5,273</td> <td>12.7%</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>3</b></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ED1847"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna</a></td> <td>2,435</td> <td>5.8%</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>2</b></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="green"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_United_National_Front" title="Democratic United National Front">Democratic United National Front</a></td> <td>310</td> <td>0.7%</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>0</b></td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="left"><b>Total</b></td> <td><b>41,503</b></td> <td><b>100.00%</b></td> <td><b>17</b></td> <td><b>12</b></td> <td><b>29</b></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span><b>14</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8"> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="left">Valid votes</td> <td>41,503</td> <td>98.58%</td> <td colspan="4"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="left">Rejected votes</td> <td>597</td> <td>1.42%</td> <td colspan="4"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="left"><b>Total votes</b></td> <td><b>42,100</b></td> <td><b>100.0%</b></td> <td colspan="4"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="left">Registered voters/turnout</td> <td>53,384</td> <td>78.86%</td> <td colspan="4"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ed9295"> <td>Won by <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Podujana_Peramuna" title="Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna">SLPP</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#66EE66"> <td>Won by <a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">UNF</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:75%; text-align:right;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Districts of Sri Lanka">Dis</a></th> <th style="vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Provinces of Sri Lanka">Pro</a></th> <th colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Podujana_Peramuna" title="Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna">Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna</a></th> <th colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">United National Front</a></th> <th colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">United People's Freedom Alliance</a></th> <th colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna</a></th> <th colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_United_National_Front" title="Democratic United National Front">Democratic United National Front</a></th> <th style="vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="4">Turnout </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5" style="background:#87171A"></th> <th colspan="5" style="background:#008000"></th> <th colspan="5" style="background:#1609F7"></th> <th colspan="5" style="background:#ED1847"></th> <th colspan="5" style="background:green"> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="2">Votes</th> <th style="vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="2">%</th> <th 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