Uva Provincial Council election, 2014

6th Sri Lankan provincial council election

20 September 2014

34 seats across one provincial council

Turnout	76.15%
	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Mahinda Rajapaksa	Ranil Wickremasinghe	Anura Kumara Dissanayake
Party	United People's Freedom Alliance	United National Party	People's Liberation Front
Popular vote	349,906	274,773	36,580
Percentage	51.25%	40.24%	5.36%
Councillors	19	13	2
Councils	1	0	0

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 secure the position of Chief Minister and toppling the UPFA rule in Uva Province.

References and footnotes

Elections and referendums in Sri Lanka

Presidential elections	1982 1988 1994 1999 2005 2010 2015

Parliamentary elections	1911 1916 1921 1924 1931 1936 1947 1952 1956 1960 (Mar) 1960 (Jul) 1965 1970 1977 1989 1994 2000 2001 2004 2010 2015

Provincial elections	1988 1993 1994 1999 2004 2008–09 2012 2013 2014 (Mar) 2014 (Sep)

Local elections	1977 1981 1983 1991 1994 1997 1998 2002 2003 2006 2008 2009 2011

Referendums	1982

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