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Resounding victory for UPFA, the ruling party

March 31, 2014

The UPFA led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa has secured a resounding victory at the Western and Southern Provincial Council elections held on March 29 with a majority of 388,977 votes in the Southern Provincial Council (SPC) and 683,993 votes in the Western Provincial Council (WPC).

The UPFA also won 56 seats in the Western Provincial Council and 33 seats in the Southern Provincial Council, while the second placed was secured by the UNP with 28 seats in the WPC and 14 in the SPC.

 

The Democratic Party has secured nine seats from the WPC, while JVP won six seats.

 

Democratic People’s Front secured two seats and Sri Lanka Muslim Congress managed to get two seats.

 

In the Southern Provincial Council, UNP has again secured the second place with fourteen seats, while JVP and the Democratic Party won five and three seats in the Provincial Council respectively.