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2018 Sri Lankan local elections

February 19, 2023

Local elections were held in Sri Lanka on 10 February 2018.[3][4] 15.7 million Sri Lankans were eligible to elect 8,327[i] members to 340 local authorities (24 municipal councils, 41 urban councils and 275 divisional councils).[5][6] It was the largest election in Sri Lankan history.[5][7] This was also the first election under the mixed electoral system where 60% of members were elected using first-past-the-post voting and the remaining 40% through closed list proportional representation.[8][9]

2018 Sri Lankan local elections
← 2011 10 February 2018 2023 →
8,327[i] seats across 340 local authorities
Turnout79.94%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa[iii] Ranil Wickremesinghe Maithripala Sirisena
Party SLPP UNF UPFA
Seats before New 1,157[ii] 2,639[ii]
Popular vote 5,006,837 3,640,620 1,497,234
Percentage 40.47% 29.42% 12.10%
Councillors 3,436 2,433 1,048
Local Authorities 231 34 9
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayaka R. Sampanthan
Party JVP TNA
Seats before 74 282[ii]
Popular vote 710,932 337,877
Percentage 5.75% 2.73%
Councillors 434 417
Local Authorities 0 41

In a surprise result, the newly formed Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, led by former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, came first, winning 40% of the votes and securing the most number of seats and local authorities.[10][11][12] The United National Front led by Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe came second with 29% of the votes whilst the United People's Freedom Alliance led by President Maithripala Sirisena came third with 12% of the votes.[12] However, most local authorities were hung with no overall control.[13][14]

The next local government elections are scheduled to be held in 2023.[15]

Background

The last major round of local government elections was held in 2011 when elections were held in 322 of the then 335 local authorities.[16] Elections to two other local authorities in Mullaitivu District were due but were repeatedly postponed due to alleged delays in resettling internally displaced persons following the end of the civil war in 2009.[17][18] Elections to the remaining 11 local authorities were not due as they had their last election in 2008 or 2009.[17][19] Since 2011 six new local authorities have been created (1 MC, 5 DC) taking the total number of local authorities to 341 (24 MC, 41 UC, 276 DC).[20][21][22][23]

The normal term of a local authority is four years but the law allows the central government to extend this by a further year.[24][25] The term of the 234 local authorities (3 MC, 30 UC, 201 DC) that had their election on 17 March 2011 was due to expire on 31 March 2015 but on 27 March 2015 their term was extended to 15 May 2015.[26][27][28] These 234 local authorities were then dissolved and their administration placed under special commissioners appointed by the government.[29][30] The term of the 65 local authorities (1 MC, 9 UC, 55 DC) that had their election on 23 July 2011 expired on 31 July 2015 after which their administration was placed under special commissioners.[31][32] The term of the 23 local authorities (16 MC, 1 UC, 6 DC) that had their election on 8 October 2011 was due to expire on 15/31 October 2015 but in October 2015 their term was extended to 31 December 2015.[33][34] This was subsequently extended to 30 June 2016.[35][36] These 23 local authorities were then dissolved and their administration placed under special commissioners.[37][38][39]

On 10 October 2012 Parliament passed the Local Authorities (Special Provisions) Act, No. 21 of 2012 and Local Authorities Elections (Amendment) Act, No. 22 of 2012, changing the electoral system for electing local authority members from open list proportional representation (PR) to a mixed electoral system whereby 70% of members would be elected using first-past-the-post voting (FPTP) and the remaining 30% through closed list PR.[40][41][42][43] The number of local authority members was increased significantly from around 4,500 to 8,000.[44]

A five member National Delimitation Committee headed by Jayalath Dissanayake was appointed by Minister of Local Government and Provincial Councils A. L. M. Athaullah on 12 December 2012 to demarcate the new local authority wards.[45] After much delay the committee's final report was handed over to Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government Faiszer Musthapha on 19 June 2015.[46] The committee recommended that the number of members elected using FPTP be increased by 595 to 5,081.[47] On 21 August 2015 a gazette was published detailing the wards.[48][49] The new wards received more than 1,000 complaints and as a result the government appointed the Delimitation Appeals Investigation Committee headed by Ashoka Peiris to review the complaints.[46][50] The appeals committee's report was handed over to Musthapha on 17 January 2017.[51][52] The revised ward details were gazetted on 17 February 2017.[53]

In February 2016 Parliament passed Local Authorities Elections (Amendment) Act, No. 1 of 2016 requiring 25% of candidates at local elections to be female.[54][55][56] Small parties and those representing ethnic minorities complained that the new mixed electoral system put them at a disadvantage and as a result the government agreed to change the ratio between FPTP and PR.[57][58][59] On 25 August 2017 Parliament passed Local Authorities Elections (Amendment) Act, No. 16 of 2017 which, amongst things, changed the ratio between FPTP and PR from 70:30 to 60:40.[60][61][62]

On 15 November 2017 six voters filed a petition with the Court of Appeal challenging the legality of the gazette on demarcation of wards issued in February 2017, affecting 208 local authorities.[63][64] On 22 November 2017 the Court of Appeal suspended the implementation of the gazette until 4 December 2017, preventing elections from being called to the 208 local authorities.[65][66] Nominations to 93 local authorities not affected by the petition were called by the Election Commission on 27 November 2017.[67][68] Nominations to 40 other local authorities not affected by the petition could not be called due to errors in the gazette.[69]

The legal petition was withdrawn on 30 November 2017 following which the Court of Appeal rescinded the suspension of the gazette.[70][71] The gazette correcting the errors in respect of 40 local authorities was published on 2 December 2017.[72] Nominations to the remaining 248 local authorities were called by the Election Commission on 4 December 2017.[73]

Prior to the election

Opinion poll conducted by the Centre for Policy Alternatives revealed Fifty-six percent of respondents said the coalition government should not continue. Specially 63 percent of majority Sinhalese respondents.[74]

Sri Lankan recent election results
Dates of elections United People's Freedom Alliance United National Party Tamil National Alliance Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Independents
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Local election 2011 4,821,203 56.45% 2,710,222 31.73% 255,078 2.99% 242,502 2.84% 140,727 1.65% 219,998 2.58%
Presidential election, 2015 5,768,090 47.58% 6,217,162 51.28% [iv] － － － － － － － －
Parliamentary election, 2015 4,732,664 42.38% 5,098,916 45.66% [v] 515,963 4.62% 543,944 4.87% 44,193 0.40% 42,828 0.38%
Sri Lankan political map prior to this election
Presidential election, 2015 Parliamentary election, 2015
   
Elected members of each electoral district or municipalities, gaining the highest number of votes:
  United People's Freedom Alliance
  United National Party/United National Front for Good Governance/New Democratic Front
  Tamil National Alliance

Details

Nominations

Nominations to 93 local authorities (7 MC, 18 UC, 68 DC) without any legal issues took place between 11 and 14 December 2017.[75][76] 523 nominations (466 form registered political parties, 57 from independent groups) were received of which 500 were accepted (447 form registered political parties, 53 from independent groups) and 23 rejected (19 form registered political parties, 4 from independent groups).[77]

Nominations to the remaining 248 local authorities (17 MC, 23 UC, 208 DC) took place between 18 and 21 December 2017.[78][79] 1,582 nominations (1,399 form registered political parties, 183 from independent groups) were received of which 1,553 were accepted (1,379 form registered political parties, 174 from independent groups) and 29 rejected (20 form registered political parties, 9 from independent groups).[80][81]

On 18 December 2017 the Election Commission announced that elections to all 341 local authorities would be held on 10 February 2018.[82][83] Around 13,000 polling stations were used.[84][85] The election is expected to cost around Rs. 4 billion and required 300,000 staff, including public sector employees.[7][8] Postal voting has taken place on 25 and 26 January 2018.[86]

On 30 January 2018 the Supreme Court issued an injunction preventing election in Elpitiya DC following a petition by the Democratic United National Front against the rejection of their nomination list.[87][88]

Calculation of seats

60 percent of the seats in each local government authority were elected under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system. The candidate who receives the most votes were declared the elected representative. The other 40 percent of seats were elected based on the proportion of votes received by each contesting political party or independent group. To complete the seat calculation, the district returning officers first counts the total number of valid votes cast and divides that number by the total number of seats up for election in a given local authority. This number represents the average number of votes cast per seat (X). To identify the number of seats a political party or independent group gained (Y), the district returning officer then takes the total number of valid votes a party or group received in the local authority and divides that by the average number of votes per seat (X). Finally, to account for seats already won through the FPTP system, the district returning officer takes the total number of seats a political party or independent group gained (Y) and subtracts the total number won through FPTP. The result is the number of seats a political party or group is entitled to under the proportional representation system.[89]

Parties

United People's Freedom Alliance

The main constituent party of the United People's Freedom Alliance, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, underwent a split not long before the election, as SLFP MPs loyal to former president Mahinda Rajapaksa broke away from the SLFP to create a political front of their own.[90]

The UPFA subsequently contested for some seats as an alliance while the Sri Lanka Freedom Party contested alone in others, with both being led by incumbent president Maithripala Sirisena. This marks the first time since 1991 that the SLFP contested under their own election symbol.[91][92]

United National Front

The ruling United National Front, led by the United National Party's Ranil Wickramasinghe contested under the elephant election symbol, bringing together constituent parties including the Jathika Hela Urumaya led by Champika Ranawaka, the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress led by Rauff Hakeem, and the Tamil Progressive Alliance led by Palani Digambaran.[93][94]

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) led by former president Mahinda Rajapaksa contested with the flower bud as their election symbol, winning the majority of the seats up for election and control over most of the island's local authorities.[95]

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna contested in this election as well.

Results

The elections resulted in parties winning an absolute majority of seats in only 141 of the 340 local authorities - Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) in 126 LA's, United National Front (UNF) in five, independents in two, National Congress in two, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) in two, United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) in two, Ceylon Workers' Congress (CWC) in one and Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) in one.[96]

The remaining 199 LA's were hung with no overall control. Of these, the SLPP was the largest party in 95 LA's, TNA in 36, UNF in 29, Sri Lanka Muslim Congress in four, UPFA in four, Independents in three, CWC in two, Tamil National People's Front in two, EPDP in one, United Lanka Great Council in one, Muslim National Alliance in one, Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal in one and Tamil United Liberation Front in one. The remaining 19 LA's were tied (SLPP/UNF in nine LA's, ACMC/UNF in two, TNA/TMVP in two, CWC/UNF in one, SLFP/SLPP in one, SLMC/SLPP/UPFA in one, SLMC/UNF in one, TNA/UNF in one and UNF/UPFA in one).

National

Summary of the 2018 Sri Lankan local elections[96]
Alliances and parties Votes % Seats LA's
Ward PR Total
 
5,006,837 40.47% 3,255 181 3,436 126
 
3,640,620 29.42% 872 1,561 2,433 5
 
1,497,234 12.10% 204 844 1,048 2
  Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 710,932 5.75% 1 433 434 0
 
337,877 2.73% 389 28 417 2
  Independents 374,132 3.02% 93 181 274 2
 
85,198 0.69% 45 57 102 0
  Eelam People's Democratic Party 74,128 0.60% 41 57 98 1
 
72,493 0.59% 22 56 78 0
  Sri Lanka Muslim Congress[e] 92,897 0.75% 44 29 73 0
 
85,437 0.69% 21 44 65 0
  Ceylon Workers' Congress[h] 100,641 0.81% 38 21 59 1
Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal[c] 44,062 0.36% 14 23 37 0
50,974 0.41% 2 24 26 0
Valid Votes 12,372,816 100.00% 5,074 3,634 8,708 340
Rejected Votes 210,970 1.68%
Total Polled 12,583,786 79.94%
Registered Electors 15,742,371
Footnotes:
    1. ^ The DLF contested separately in one LA and with the SLPP in other LA's.
    2. ^ a b The LSSP contested separately in 12 LA's and with the SLPP in other LA's.
    3. ^ a b The TMVP contested separately in eight LA's and with the SLPP in other LA's.
    4. ^ a b The ACMC contested separately in 37 LA's and with the UNF in other LA's.
    5. ^ a b The SLMC contested separately in 46 LA's and with the UNF in other LA's.
    6. ^ a b The TPA contested separately in 14 LA's and with the UNF in other LA's.
    7. ^ The UNFGG contested under the name and symbol of UNP.
    8. ^ a b The CWC contested separately in 12 LA's and with the UPFA in other LA's.
    9. ^ a b The NC contested separately in 10 LA's and with the UPFA in other LA's.
    10. ^ The UPFA contested under the UPFA name in 208 LA's and SLFP name in 120 LA's.
    11. ^ The TNA contested under the name and symbol of ITAK.
    12. ^ The TNPF contested under the name and symbol of ACTC.
    13. ^ The TPA contested under the name and symbol of UPA.

District

Districts won by SLPP
Districts won by TNA
Districts won by UNF
District results for the 2018 Sri Lankan locan elections[96]
Dis Pro Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna United National Front United People's Freedom Alliance Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Tamil National Alliance Turnout
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
W PR T W PR T W PR T W PR T W PR T
AMP EA 88,098 22.15% 96 4 100 114,356 28.76% 40 65 105 41,102 10.34% 19 25 44 9,690 2.44% 0 11 11 24,468 6.15% 27 0 27 80.24%
ANU NC 245,545 43.93% 193 0 193 155,041 27.74% 20 87 107 88,646 15.86% 7 51 58 38,182 6.83% 0 25 25 - - - - - 82.04%
BAD UV 162,577 31.41% 109 19 128 169,132 32.68% 77 53 130 104,406 20.17% 32 54 86 34,132 6.59% 0 26 26 - - - - - 81.98%
BAT EA 408 0.14% 0 0 0 44,619 15.26% 13 24 37 45,031 15.40% 24 14 38 1,003 0.34% 0 0 0 80,622 27.58% 69 6 75 76.20%
COL WE 476,873 38.38% 185 34 219 410,522 33.04% 115 82 197 134,147 10.80% 3 57 60 104,707 8.43% 0 46 46 - - - - - 76.79%
GAL SO 321,102 50.46% 238 3 241 169,234 26.59% 15 97 112 75,827 11.91% 2 49 51 40,634 6.38% 0 28 28 - - - - - 81.19%
GAM WE 655,554 49.19% 341 19 360 395,360 29.66% 68 143 211 136,298 10.23% 6 63 69 102,177 7.67% 0 54 54 - - - - - 78.64%
HAM SO 199,018 49.94% 138 6 144 101,702 25.52% 21 50 71 41,059 10.30% 1 28 29 51,029 12.81% 0 32 32 - - - - - 83.08%
JAF NO 3,287 1.08% 0 3 3 19,105 6.30% 5 20 25 24,461 8.07% 6 26 32 553 0.18% 0 0 0 105,947 34.94% 141 12 153 65.81%
KAL WE 350,382 46.55% 212 3 215 235,118 31.24% 56 94 150 79,000 10.50% 2 48 50 47,754 6.34% 1 30 31 - - - - - 81.75%
KAN CE 360,732 41.41% 255 17 272 303,053 34.79% 109 111 220 109,749 12.60% 7 72 79 37,184 4.27% 0 24 24 - - - - - 81.15%
KEG SA 249,431 46.05% 171 7 178 180,579 33.34% 42 78 120 72,209 13.33% 3 44 47 21,807 4.03% 0 12 12 - - - - - 82.20%
KIL NO 474 0.75% 0 0 0 3,009 4.73% 0 3 3 3,174 4.99% 0 5 5 488 0.77% 0 0 0 30,205 47.48% 33 1 34 74.82%
KUR NW 505,749 47.68% 325 8 333 341,983 32.24% 50 153 203 120,163 11.33% 2 67 69 58,776 5.54% 0 35 35 - - - - - 81.62%
MAN NO 2,536 3.67% 0 3 3 23,587 34.14% 26 8 34 5,993 8.67% 0 8 8 91 0.13% 0 0 0 19,487 28.21% 25 3 28 80.36%
MTL CE 151,130 47.19% 138 3 141 107,117 33.44% 26 65 91 36,287 11.33% 4 30 34 15,413 4.81% 0 12 12 - - - - - 80.74%
MTR SO 275,767 53.48% 207 1 208 135,672 26.31% 17 84 101 50,803 9.85% 0 37 37 47,922 9.29% 0 33 33 - - - - - 81.48%
MON UV 164,295 53.88% 113 1 114 85,296 27.97% 8 48 56 30,580 10.03% 0 21 21 20,184 6.62% 0 14 14 - - - - - 85.83%
MUL NO 2,291 4.11% 1 1 2 8,279 14.85% 5 7 12 4,580 8.22% 0 7 7 394 0.71% 0 0 0 22,682 40.69% 30 2 32 77.76%
NUW CE 107,015 24.04% 64 20 84 165,597 37.20% 69 47 116 44,793 10.06% 13 23 36 11,365 2.55% 0 8 8 - - - - - 81.04%
POL NC 94,136 35.09% 51 11 62 69,474 25.90% 10 33 43 89,005 33.18% 41 17 58 12,866 4.80% 0 8 8 - - - - - 84.27%
PUT NW 182,637 42.94% 124 9 133 134,007 31.50% 38 59 97 53,699 12.62% 12 29 41 15,392 3.62% 0 10 10 - - - - - 73.30%
RAT SA 362,296 52.28% 230 2 232 218,987 31.60% 27 109 136 62,865 9.07% 1 39 40 33,152 4.78% 0 21 21 - - - - - 82.53%
TRI EA 37,638 16.99% 50 4 54 35,736 16.14% 10 28 38 28,969 13.08% 12 21 33 4,395 1.98% 0 2 2 32,446 14.65% 33 3 36 82.29%
VAV NO 7,866 9.33% 14 3 17 14,055 16.68% 5 13 18 14,388 17.07% 7 9 16 1,642 1.95% 0 2 2 22,020 26.13% 31 1 32 75.03%
Total 5,006,837 40.47% 3,255 181 3,436 3,640,620 29.42% 872 1,561 2,433 1,497,234 12.10% 204 844 1,048 710,932 5.75% 1 433 434 337,877 2.73% 389 28 417 79.94%

Aftermath

With so many local authorities hung with no overall control the path was open for back-room deals between parties to take control of local authorities.[97] As result the leadership of several local authorities was captured by a party other than that which won the most number of seats.[98]

Central Province

  • In Hatton–Dickoya UC, where the UNF was the largest single party, CWC candidate Sadayan Balachandran was elected chairman.[99]
  • In Maskeliya DC, where the CWC and UNF were tied, CWC candidate Shenbagavalli was elected chairman.[100]
  • In Nuwara Eliya DC, where the UNF was the largest single party, CWC candidate V. Yogaraja was elected chairman.[101]

Eastern Province

  • In Nintavur DC, where the ACMC and UNF were tied, ACMC candidate M. A. M. Thahir was elected chairman.[102]
  • In Sammanthurai DC, where the ACMC and UNF were tied, ACMC candidate A. M. M. Nawsad was elected chairman.[102]

Northern Province

  • In Chavakachcheri UC, where the TNPF was the largest single party, TNA candidate Sivamangai Ramanathan was elected chairman.[103]
  • In Delft DC, where the EPDP was the largest single party, TNA candidate Philip Patrick Roshan was elected chairman.[104]
  • In Manthai East DC, where the TNA was the largest single party, UNF candidate Mahalingam Dayananthan was elected chairman.[105]
  • In Point Pedro UC, where the TNPF was the largest single party, TNA candidate Joseph Iruthayaraja was elected chairman.[106]
  • In Vavuniya UC, where the TNA was the largest single party, EPRLF candidate R. Gowthaman was elected chairman.[107]
  • In Velanai DC, where the TNA was the largest single party, EPDP candidate Namasivayama Karunamoorthy was elected chairman.[108]

North Western Province

  • In Kurunegala MC, where the SLPP and UNF were tied, SLPP candidate Thushara Sanjeewa Witharana was elected mayor.[109]
  • In Puttalam UC, where the SLMC and UNF were tied, SLMC candidate K. A. Bais was elected chairman.[110]

Sabaragamuwa Province

  • In Aranayake DC, where the SLPP was the largest single party, UNF candidate SNihal Seneviratne was elected chairman.[111]

Southern Province

  • In Galle MC, where the UNF was the largest single party, SLPP candidate Priyantha Sahabandu Godage was elected mayor.[112]
  • In Hambantota MC, where the UNF was the largest single party, UPFA candidate Eraj Ravindra Fernando was elected mayor.[113][114]
  • In Tangalle UC, where the SLPP and UNF were tied, UNF candidate Ravindu Wedaaracahhi was elected chairman.[111]

Uva Province

  • In Badulla MC, where the UNF was the largest single party, SLPP candidate Thushara Sanjeewa Witharana was elected mayor.[109]

Western Province

  • In Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia MC, where the SLPP and UNF were tied, SLPP candidate Nawalage Stanley Dias was elected mayor.[115]
  • In Katunayake-Seeduwa UC, where the SLPP was the largest single party, UNF candidate Sarath Peiris was elected chairman.[116]
  • In Negombo MC, where the UNF was the largest single party, SLPP candidate Warnakulasuriya Moses Dayan Lanza was elected mayor.[117]
  • In Seethawakapura UC, where the UNF was the largest single party, SLPP candidate K. A. Ranaweera was elected chairman.[118]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Excludes overhang seats.
  2. ^ a b c Represents seats won at the 2008, 2009 and 2011 elections.
  3. ^ Rajapaksa is considered to be the real leader of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, whilst its official leader, G. L. Peiris is considered to be a proxy.[1][2]
  4. ^ New Democratic Front candidate led by the United National Party
  5. ^ United National Front for Good Governance figures

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2018, lankan, local, elections, local, elections, were, held, lanka, february, 2018, million, lankans, were, eligible, elect, members, local, authorities, municipal, councils, urban, councils, divisional, councils, largest, election, lankan, history, this, als. Local elections were held in Sri Lanka on 10 February 2018 3 4 15 7 million Sri Lankans were eligible to elect 8 327 i members to 340 local authorities 24 municipal councils 41 urban councils and 275 divisional councils 5 6 It was the largest election in Sri Lankan history 5 7 This was also the first election under the mixed electoral system where 60 of members were elected using first past the post voting and the remaining 40 through closed list proportional representation 8 9 2018 Sri Lankan local elections 2011 10 February 2018 2023 8 327 i seats across 340 local authoritiesTurnout79 94 First party Second party Third party Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa iii Ranil Wickremesinghe Maithripala SirisenaParty SLPP UNF UPFASeats before New 1 157 ii 2 639 ii Popular vote 5 006 837 3 640 620 1 497 234Percentage 40 47 29 42 12 10 Councillors 3 436 2 433 1 048Local Authorities 231 34 9 Fourth party Fifth party Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayaka R SampanthanParty JVP TNASeats before 74 282 ii Popular vote 710 932 337 877Percentage 5 75 2 73 Councillors 434 417Local Authorities 0 41In a surprise result the newly formed Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna led by former president Mahinda Rajapaksa came first winning 40 of the votes and securing the most number of seats and local authorities 10 11 12 The United National Front led by Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe came second with 29 of the votes whilst the United People s Freedom Alliance led by President Maithripala Sirisena came third with 12 of the votes 12 However most local authorities were hung with no overall control 13 14 The next local government elections are scheduled to be held in 2023 15 Contents 1 Background 2 Prior to the election 3 Details 3 1 Nominations 3 2 Calculation of seats 4 Parties 4 1 United People s Freedom Alliance 4 2 United National Front 4 3 Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna 4 4 Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 5 Results 5 1 National 5 2 District 6 Aftermath 7 Notes 8 ReferencesBackground EditThe last major round of local government elections was held in 2011 when elections were held in 322 of the then 335 local authorities 16 Elections to two other local authorities in Mullaitivu District were due but were repeatedly postponed due to alleged delays in resettling internally displaced persons following the end of the civil war in 2009 17 18 Elections to the remaining 11 local authorities were not due as they had their last election in 2008 or 2009 17 19 Since 2011 six new local authorities have been created 1 MC 5 DC taking the total number of local authorities to 341 24 MC 41 UC 276 DC 20 21 22 23 The normal term of a local authority is four years but the law allows the central government to extend this by a further year 24 25 The term of the 234 local authorities 3 MC 30 UC 201 DC that had their election on 17 March 2011 was due to expire on 31 March 2015 but on 27 March 2015 their term was extended to 15 May 2015 26 27 28 These 234 local authorities were then dissolved and their administration placed under special commissioners appointed by the government 29 30 The term of the 65 local authorities 1 MC 9 UC 55 DC that had their election on 23 July 2011 expired on 31 July 2015 after which their administration was placed under special commissioners 31 32 The term of the 23 local authorities 16 MC 1 UC 6 DC that had their election on 8 October 2011 was due to expire on 15 31 October 2015 but in October 2015 their term was extended to 31 December 2015 33 34 This was subsequently extended to 30 June 2016 35 36 These 23 local authorities were then dissolved and their administration placed under special commissioners 37 38 39 On 10 October 2012 Parliament passed the Local Authorities Special Provisions Act No 21 of 2012 and Local Authorities Elections Amendment Act No 22 of 2012 changing the electoral system for electing local authority members from open list proportional representation PR to a mixed electoral system whereby 70 of members would be elected using first past the post voting FPTP and the remaining 30 through closed list PR 40 41 42 43 The number of local authority members was increased significantly from around 4 500 to 8 000 44 A five member National Delimitation Committee headed by Jayalath Dissanayake was appointed by Minister of Local Government and Provincial Councils A L M Athaullah on 12 December 2012 to demarcate the new local authority wards 45 After much delay the committee s final report was handed over to Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government Faiszer Musthapha on 19 June 2015 46 The committee recommended that the number of members elected using FPTP be increased by 595 to 5 081 47 On 21 August 2015 a gazette was published detailing the wards 48 49 The new wards received more than 1 000 complaints and as a result the government appointed the Delimitation Appeals Investigation Committee headed by Ashoka Peiris to review the complaints 46 50 The appeals committee s report was handed over to Musthapha on 17 January 2017 51 52 The revised ward details were gazetted on 17 February 2017 53 In February 2016 Parliament passed Local Authorities Elections Amendment Act No 1 of 2016 requiring 25 of candidates at local elections to be female 54 55 56 Small parties and those representing ethnic minorities complained that the new mixed electoral system put them at a disadvantage and as a result the government agreed to change the ratio between FPTP and PR 57 58 59 On 25 August 2017 Parliament passed Local Authorities Elections Amendment Act No 16 of 2017 which amongst things changed the ratio between FPTP and PR from 70 30 to 60 40 60 61 62 On 15 November 2017 six voters filed a petition with the Court of Appeal challenging the legality of the gazette on demarcation of wards issued in February 2017 affecting 208 local authorities 63 64 On 22 November 2017 the Court of Appeal suspended the implementation of the gazette until 4 December 2017 preventing elections from being called to the 208 local authorities 65 66 Nominations to 93 local authorities not affected by the petition were called by the Election Commission on 27 November 2017 67 68 Nominations to 40 other local authorities not affected by the petition could not be called due to errors in the gazette 69 The legal petition was withdrawn on 30 November 2017 following which the Court of Appeal rescinded the suspension of the gazette 70 71 The gazette correcting the errors in respect of 40 local authorities was published on 2 December 2017 72 Nominations to the remaining 248 local authorities were called by the Election Commission on 4 December 2017 73 Prior to the election EditOpinion poll conducted by the Centre for Policy Alternatives revealed Fifty six percent of respondents said the coalition government should not continue Specially 63 percent of majority Sinhalese respondents 74 Sri Lankan recent election resultsDates of elections United People s Freedom Alliance United National Party Tamil National Alliance Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Sri Lanka Muslim Congress IndependentsVotes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Local election 2011 4 821 203 56 45 2 710 222 31 73 255 078 2 99 242 502 2 84 140 727 1 65 219 998 2 58 Presidential election 2015 5 768 090 47 58 6 217 162 51 28 iv Parliamentary election 2015 4 732 664 42 38 5 098 916 45 66 v 515 963 4 62 543 944 4 87 44 193 0 40 42 828 0 38 Sri Lankan political map prior to this electionPresidential election 2015 Parliamentary election 2015 Elected members of each electoral district or municipalities gaining the highest number of votes United People s Freedom Alliance United National Party United National Front for Good Governance New Democratic Front Tamil National AllianceDetails EditNominations Edit Nominations to 93 local authorities 7 MC 18 UC 68 DC without any legal issues took place between 11 and 14 December 2017 75 76 523 nominations 466 form registered political parties 57 from independent groups were received of which 500 were accepted 447 form registered political parties 53 from independent groups and 23 rejected 19 form registered political parties 4 from independent groups 77 Nominations to the remaining 248 local authorities 17 MC 23 UC 208 DC took place between 18 and 21 December 2017 78 79 1 582 nominations 1 399 form registered political parties 183 from independent groups were received of which 1 553 were accepted 1 379 form registered political parties 174 from independent groups and 29 rejected 20 form registered political parties 9 from independent groups 80 81 On 18 December 2017 the Election Commission announced that elections to all 341 local authorities would be held on 10 February 2018 82 83 Around 13 000 polling stations were used 84 85 The election is expected to cost around Rs 4 billion and required 300 000 staff including public sector employees 7 8 Postal voting has taken place on 25 and 26 January 2018 86 On 30 January 2018 the Supreme Court issued an injunction preventing election in Elpitiya DC following a petition by the Democratic United National Front against the rejection of their nomination list 87 88 Calculation of seats Edit 60 percent of the seats in each local government authority were elected under the first past the post FPTP system The candidate who receives the most votes were declared the elected representative The other 40 percent of seats were elected based on the proportion of votes received by each contesting political party or independent group To complete the seat calculation the district returning officers first counts the total number of valid votes cast and divides that number by the total number of seats up for election in a given local authority This number represents the average number of votes cast per seat X To identify the number of seats a political party or independent group gained Y the district returning officer then takes the total number of valid votes a party or group received in the local authority and divides that by the average number of votes per seat X Finally to account for seats already won through the FPTP system the district returning officer takes the total number of seats a political party or independent group gained Y and subtracts the total number won through FPTP The result is the number of seats a political party or group is entitled to under the proportional representation system 89 Parties EditUnited People s Freedom Alliance Edit The main constituent party of the United People s Freedom Alliance the Sri Lanka Freedom Party underwent a split not long before the election as SLFP MPs loyal to former president Mahinda Rajapaksa broke away from the SLFP to create a political front of their own 90 The UPFA subsequently contested for some seats as an alliance while the Sri Lanka Freedom Party contested alone in others with both being led by incumbent president Maithripala Sirisena This marks the first time since 1991 that the SLFP contested under their own election symbol 91 92 United National Front Edit The ruling United National Front led by the United National Party s Ranil Wickramasinghe contested under the elephant election symbol bringing together constituent parties including the Jathika Hela Urumaya led by Champika Ranawaka the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress led by Rauff Hakeem and the Tamil Progressive Alliance led by Palani Digambaran 93 94 Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Edit The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna SLPP led by former president Mahinda Rajapaksa contested with the flower bud as their election symbol winning the majority of the seats up for election and control over most of the island s local authorities 95 Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Edit The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna contested in this election as well Results EditThe elections resulted in parties winning an absolute majority of seats in only 141 of the 340 local authorities Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna SLPP in 126 LA s United National Front UNF in five independents in two National Congress in two Tamil National Alliance TNA in two United People s Freedom Alliance UPFA in two Ceylon Workers Congress CWC in one and Eelam People s Democratic Party EPDP in one 96 The remaining 199 LA s were hung with no overall control Of these the SLPP was the largest party in 95 LA s TNA in 36 UNF in 29 Sri Lanka Muslim Congress in four UPFA in four Independents in three CWC in two Tamil National People s Front in two EPDP in one United Lanka Great Council in one Muslim National Alliance in one Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal in one and Tamil United Liberation Front in one The remaining 19 LA s were tied SLPP UNF in nine LA s ACMC UNF in two TNA TMVP in two CWC UNF in one SLFP SLPP in one SLMC SLPP UPFA in one SLMC UNF in one TNA UNF in one and UNF UPFA in one National Edit Summary of the 2018 Sri Lankan local elections 96 Alliances and parties Votes Seats LA sWard PR Total Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Democratic Left Front a Lanka Sama Samaja Party b Mahajana Eksath PeramunaNational Freedom FrontPivithuru Hela UrumayaSri Lanka Freedom Party Rajapaksa wing Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal c 5 006 837 40 47 3 255 181 3 436 126 United National Front g All Ceylon Makkal Congress d Jathika Hela UrumayaSri Lanka Muslim Congress e Tamil Progressive Alliance f National Union of Workers United Progressive Alliance Democratic People s Front Up Country People s FrontUnited National Party 3 640 620 29 42 872 1 561 2 433 5 United People s Freedom Alliance j Ceylon Workers Congress h National Congress i Sri Lanka Freedom Party Sirisena wing 1 497 234 12 10 204 844 1 048 2 Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 710 932 5 75 1 433 434 0 Tamil National Alliance k Illankai Tamil Arasu KachchiPeople s Liberation Organisation of Tamil EelamTamil Eelam Liberation Organization 337 877 2 73 389 28 417 2 Independents 374 132 3 02 93 181 274 2 Tamil National People s Front l All Ceylon Tamil Congress 85 198 0 69 45 57 102 0 Eelam People s Democratic Party 74 128 0 60 41 57 98 1 Tamil United Liberation Front Eelam People s Revolutionary Liberation FrontTamil United Liberation Front 72 493 0 59 22 56 78 0 Sri Lanka Muslim Congress e 92 897 0 75 44 29 73 0 All Ceylon Makkal Congress d All Ceylon Makkal CongressUnited Peace Alliance 85 437 0 69 21 44 65 0 Ceylon Workers Congress h 100 641 0 81 38 21 59 1Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal c 44 062 0 36 14 23 37 0Tamil Progressive Alliance f m National Union of WorkersUnited Progressive Alliance Democratic People s FrontUp Country People s Front 50 974 0 41 2 24 26 0Others 199 354 1 61 33 95 128 2 National Congress i 26 465 0 21 18 8 26 2United National Freedom Front 38 682 0 31 1 20 21 0National Front for Good Governance 24 275 0 20 0 18 18 0National People s Party 17 128 0 14 0 10 10 0Muslim National Alliance 9 704 0 08 3 6 9 0United Lanka Great Council 7 011 0 06 6 0 6 0Democratic United National Front 11 187 0 09 0 5 5 0United Peace Alliance 10 861 0 09 1 4 5 0United People s Party 9 035 0 07 0 5 5 0 Democratic Unity Alliance 4 990 0 04 0 5 5 0Social Democratic Party of Tamils 4 890 0 04 1 4 5 0People s Welfare Front 6 782 0 05 1 2 3 0Democratic National Movement 6 140 0 05 1 1 2 0Sri Lanka National Force 4 592 0 04 0 2 2 0 Communist Party of Sri Lanka 3 049 0 02 0 1 1 0Sri Lanka People s Party 2 747 0 02 0 1 1 0 Lanka Sama Samaja Party b 2 684 0 02 0 1 1 0Liberal Party of Sri Lanka 2 034 0 02 0 1 1 0Socialist Party of Sri Lanka 1 522 0 01 0 1 1 0United Left Front 1 474 0 01 1 0 1 0 United Socialist Party 1 162 0 01 0 0 0 0All Are Citizens All Are Kings Organization 931 0 01 0 0 0 0 Nava Sama Samaja Party 730 0 01 0 0 0 0Motherland People s Party 521 0 00 0 0 0 0New Sinhala Heritage 282 0 00 0 0 0 0 Socialist Equality Party 145 0 00 0 0 0 0 Democratic Left Front 134 0 00 0 0 0 0All Lanka Tamil Great Council 117 0 00 0 0 0 0 Democratic National Alliance 45 0 00 0 0 0 0Our National Front 35 0 00 0 0 0 0 No overall control 199Valid Votes 12 372 816 100 00 5 074 3 634 8 708 340Rejected Votes 210 970 1 68 Total Polled 12 583 786 79 94 Registered Electors 15 742 371Footnotes The DLF contested separately in one LA and with the SLPP in other LA s a b The LSSP contested separately in 12 LA s and with the SLPP in other LA s a b The TMVP contested separately in eight LA s and with the SLPP in other LA s a b The ACMC contested separately in 37 LA s and with the UNF in other LA s a b The SLMC contested separately in 46 LA s and with the UNF in other LA s a b The TPA contested separately in 14 LA s and with the UNF in other LA s The UNFGG contested under the name and symbol of UNP a b The CWC contested separately in 12 LA s and with the UPFA in other LA s a b The NC contested separately in 10 LA s and with the UPFA in other LA s The UPFA contested under the UPFA name in 208 LA s and SLFP name in 120 LA s The TNA contested under the name and symbol of ITAK The TNPF contested under the name and symbol of ACTC The TPA contested under the name and symbol of UPA District Edit Districts won by SLPPDistricts won by TNADistricts won by UNFDistrict results for the 2018 Sri Lankan locan elections 96 Dis Pro Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna United National Front United People s Freedom Alliance Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Tamil National Alliance TurnoutVotes Seats Votes Seats Votes Seats Votes Seats Votes SeatsW PR T W PR T W PR T W PR T W PR TAMP EA 88 098 22 15 96 4 100 114 356 28 76 40 65 105 41 102 10 34 19 25 44 9 690 2 44 0 11 11 24 468 6 15 27 0 27 80 24 ANU NC 245 545 43 93 193 0 193 155 041 27 74 20 87 107 88 646 15 86 7 51 58 38 182 6 83 0 25 25 82 04 BAD UV 162 577 31 41 109 19 128 169 132 32 68 77 53 130 104 406 20 17 32 54 86 34 132 6 59 0 26 26 81 98 BAT EA 408 0 14 0 0 0 44 619 15 26 13 24 37 45 031 15 40 24 14 38 1 003 0 34 0 0 0 80 622 27 58 69 6 75 76 20 COL WE 476 873 38 38 185 34 219 410 522 33 04 115 82 197 134 147 10 80 3 57 60 104 707 8 43 0 46 46 76 79 GAL SO 321 102 50 46 238 3 241 169 234 26 59 15 97 112 75 827 11 91 2 49 51 40 634 6 38 0 28 28 81 19 GAM WE 655 554 49 19 341 19 360 395 360 29 66 68 143 211 136 298 10 23 6 63 69 102 177 7 67 0 54 54 78 64 HAM SO 199 018 49 94 138 6 144 101 702 25 52 21 50 71 41 059 10 30 1 28 29 51 029 12 81 0 32 32 83 08 JAF NO 3 287 1 08 0 3 3 19 105 6 30 5 20 25 24 461 8 07 6 26 32 553 0 18 0 0 0 105 947 34 94 141 12 153 65 81 KAL WE 350 382 46 55 212 3 215 235 118 31 24 56 94 150 79 000 10 50 2 48 50 47 754 6 34 1 30 31 81 75 KAN CE 360 732 41 41 255 17 272 303 053 34 79 109 111 220 109 749 12 60 7 72 79 37 184 4 27 0 24 24 81 15 KEG SA 249 431 46 05 171 7 178 180 579 33 34 42 78 120 72 209 13 33 3 44 47 21 807 4 03 0 12 12 82 20 KIL NO 474 0 75 0 0 0 3 009 4 73 0 3 3 3 174 4 99 0 5 5 488 0 77 0 0 0 30 205 47 48 33 1 34 74 82 KUR NW 505 749 47 68 325 8 333 341 983 32 24 50 153 203 120 163 11 33 2 67 69 58 776 5 54 0 35 35 81 62 MAN NO 2 536 3 67 0 3 3 23 587 34 14 26 8 34 5 993 8 67 0 8 8 91 0 13 0 0 0 19 487 28 21 25 3 28 80 36 MTL CE 151 130 47 19 138 3 141 107 117 33 44 26 65 91 36 287 11 33 4 30 34 15 413 4 81 0 12 12 80 74 MTR SO 275 767 53 48 207 1 208 135 672 26 31 17 84 101 50 803 9 85 0 37 37 47 922 9 29 0 33 33 81 48 MON UV 164 295 53 88 113 1 114 85 296 27 97 8 48 56 30 580 10 03 0 21 21 20 184 6 62 0 14 14 85 83 MUL NO 2 291 4 11 1 1 2 8 279 14 85 5 7 12 4 580 8 22 0 7 7 394 0 71 0 0 0 22 682 40 69 30 2 32 77 76 NUW CE 107 015 24 04 64 20 84 165 597 37 20 69 47 116 44 793 10 06 13 23 36 11 365 2 55 0 8 8 81 04 POL NC 94 136 35 09 51 11 62 69 474 25 90 10 33 43 89 005 33 18 41 17 58 12 866 4 80 0 8 8 84 27 PUT NW 182 637 42 94 124 9 133 134 007 31 50 38 59 97 53 699 12 62 12 29 41 15 392 3 62 0 10 10 73 30 RAT SA 362 296 52 28 230 2 232 218 987 31 60 27 109 136 62 865 9 07 1 39 40 33 152 4 78 0 21 21 82 53 TRI EA 37 638 16 99 50 4 54 35 736 16 14 10 28 38 28 969 13 08 12 21 33 4 395 1 98 0 2 2 32 446 14 65 33 3 36 82 29 VAV NO 7 866 9 33 14 3 17 14 055 16 68 5 13 18 14 388 17 07 7 9 16 1 642 1 95 0 2 2 22 020 26 13 31 1 32 75 03 Total 5 006 837 40 47 3 255 181 3 436 3 640 620 29 42 872 1 561 2 433 1 497 234 12 10 204 844 1 048 710 932 5 75 1 433 434 337 877 2 73 389 28 417 79 94 Aftermath EditWith so many local authorities hung with no overall control the path was open for back room deals between parties to take control of local authorities 97 As result the leadership of several local authorities was captured by a party other than that which won the most number of seats 98 Central Province In Hatton Dickoya UC where the UNF was the largest single party CWC candidate Sadayan Balachandran was elected chairman 99 In Maskeliya DC where the CWC and UNF were tied CWC candidate Shenbagavalli was elected chairman 100 In Nuwara Eliya DC where the UNF was the largest single party CWC candidate V Yogaraja was elected chairman 101 Eastern Province In Nintavur DC where the ACMC and UNF were tied ACMC candidate M A M Thahir was elected chairman 102 In Sammanthurai DC where the ACMC and UNF were tied ACMC candidate A M M Nawsad was elected chairman 102 Northern Province In Chavakachcheri UC where the TNPF was the largest single party TNA candidate Sivamangai Ramanathan was elected chairman 103 In Delft DC where the EPDP was the largest single party TNA candidate Philip Patrick Roshan was elected chairman 104 In Manthai East DC where the TNA was the largest single party UNF candidate Mahalingam Dayananthan was elected chairman 105 In Point Pedro UC where the TNPF was the largest single party TNA candidate Joseph Iruthayaraja was elected chairman 106 In Vavuniya UC where the TNA was the largest single party EPRLF candidate R Gowthaman was elected chairman 107 In Velanai DC where the TNA was the largest single party EPDP candidate Namasivayama Karunamoorthy was elected chairman 108 North Western Province In Kurunegala MC where the SLPP and UNF were tied SLPP candidate Thushara Sanjeewa Witharana was elected mayor 109 In Puttalam UC where the SLMC and UNF were tied SLMC candidate K A Bais was elected chairman 110 Sabaragamuwa Province In Aranayake DC where the SLPP was the largest single party UNF candidate SNihal Seneviratne was elected chairman 111 Southern Province In Galle MC where the UNF was the largest single party SLPP candidate Priyantha Sahabandu Godage was elected mayor 112 In Hambantota MC where the UNF was the largest single party UPFA candidate Eraj Ravindra Fernando was elected mayor 113 114 In Tangalle UC where the SLPP and UNF were tied UNF candidate Ravindu Wedaaracahhi was elected chairman 111 Uva Province In Badulla MC where the UNF was the largest single party SLPP candidate Thushara Sanjeewa Witharana was elected mayor 109 Western Province In Dehiwala Mount Lavinia MC where the SLPP and UNF were tied SLPP candidate Nawalage Stanley Dias was elected mayor 115 In Katunayake Seeduwa UC where the SLPP was the largest single party UNF candidate Sarath Peiris was elected chairman 116 In Negombo MC where the UNF was the largest single party SLPP candidate Warnakulasuriya Moses Dayan Lanza was elected mayor 117 In Seethawakapura UC where the UNF was the largest single party SLPP 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