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Sandanaya wins LG Polls

With the end of LG Polls on July 23, 2011the ruling UPFA is in control of 250 Local Government Institutions in the country out of 335 Institutions.

LG Elections in the Northern Province was held for 20 Bodies of which the governmen has secured victory in three bodies only. They are Kayts PS, Velanai PS and Delft PS.

TULF has won two bodies, Pachchilaippalli PS and Poonakari PS in the Killinochchi disrict.

Total summary of Elections held for 65 LG Bodies"

UPFA 45
ITAK 18
TULF 02

UNP and JVP have not been able to secure victory in any of LG Bodies.

Sandanaya wins LG election in a landslide

The United People’s Freedom Alliance has won the 2011 Local Government election with a majority victory over 205 out of the total 234 LG bodies. Illankai Tamil Arasu Katchchi (ITAK) comes in second winning 12 while the United National Party (UNP) only managed to secure 09 LG bodies.

The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) has won 04, National Congress 02, the Up-Country People’s Front (UPF) 01 while an Independent Group has secured 01 LG body.

Sandanaya leads with 55.35 percent vote in 162 councils

The Commissioner of Elections has so far released the results of 162 LG bodies. Ruling UPFA is in the lead with 55.35 percent of the votes cast for those councils. According to latest statistics the UPFA has polled 2141771 votes (55.35 percent).

The ruling UNP has obtained so far is 1309978 33.86 percent. The JVP which has lost its only stronghold the Tissamaharama PS in the Hambantota district has been reduced to 122064 (3.15 percent) and other smaller parties and Independent groups contested for few Pradeshiya Sabhas have got 295356 (7.63 percent)

LG Election Manapa results are now processed.

Sandanaya heading towards landslide victory in mini poll

Local Government Election results from 151 Local bodies have been released up to now from which the UPFA has won 129 bodies while ITAK and the UNP have won 10 and 7 respectively. SLMC has won two local government bodies while the UCPF and the IND have won one each.

Sandanaya win 82 local government bodies so far

Local Government Election results from 100 Local bodies have been released up to now from which the UPFA has won 82 bodies while ITAK and the UNP have won 7 and 6 respectively. SLMC has won two local government bodies while the UCPF and the IND have won one each.

Local government election results summary up to now

The local government elections results have been released for 56 local bodies so far out of which the UPFA have won 45 and the UNP have won 6. ITAK has won 3 local government bodies while the SLMC and the UCPF have won one each.

All Island Results - Cumulative

UPFA			55.18%	- Votes - 1166884 / Members - 717
UNP			32.83%	- Votes - 694199 / Members - 344
JVP			3.09%	- Votes - 65424 / Members - 17
Other			8.90%	- Votes - 188271 / Members - 119

All set for LG polls

All arrangements are in place for a free and fair election today to elect members to 234 Local Government bodies which will have 3,036 elected members, the Elections Commissioner’s Department said. Those eligible to vote are requested to exercise their franchise at polling stations from 7 am to 4 pm today.

Elections will be held in 7,396 polling stations to elect 3,031 candidates for 235 out of 335 local Government authorities. The Local Government authorities in the fray today include three Municipal Councils, 30 Urban Councils and 202 Pradeshiya Sabhas.

The counting is scheduled to commence at midnight today at around 1,000 counting centres. Several counting centres have also been established to count postal votes which will take place first. The first election result will be released by midnight today or in the wee hours of tomorrow, the Elections Commissioner’s Office said.

Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake yesterday advised voters to cast their vote to a political party or an independent group of their choice first as a ballot paper without a vote is deemed invalid. “The ballot paper without vote is deemed invalid and it has no value. Please remember to cast the vote first and proceed to the preferences if you wish,” he added.

A total of 9,813,375 people are eligible to cast their vote today at 7,402 centres while over 80,000 government employees will be on election duty. The Elections Commissioner has deployed over 70,000 police personnel for election duty.

The Army will also be deployed to assist the police to prevent possible incidents at polling stations.

Special Task Force (STF) officials will also be deployed at polling stations where certain incidents had been reported during earlier elections. STF contingents have been dispatched to particular centres where violent incidents could be expected. The police along with the STF will provide protection to District Counting Centres, Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake said.

Meanwhile, around 80,000 government servants and a considerable volume of resources including vehicles will be deployed on election duty to facilitate the process.

Police Department sources added that special security would be provided to polling stations and counting centres. Sources added that no person other than authorized by the respective returning officer or Government Agent will be allowed to enter counting centres.

Meanwhile, no person will, be allowed to enter either a polling centre or counting centre with firearms. Using camera phones inside the polling centres is also banned. According to the Elections Commissioner’s Department, video filming and still cameras have been limited only for the President, Prime Minister, Speaker, Opposition Leader and Political Party Secretaries.

Voters will need to prove their identity by producing a valid identity card before they will be issued a ballot paper. Those without identity documents will not be able to cast their votes. However a polling card is not compulsory for a voter to cast his/her vote.

The Election Commissioner has allowed election monitors to monitor the election process with a view to holding a free and fair election. The Election Commissioner will nullify results of polling centres where election violences are reported. The issuing of result regarding the particular local government body will also be withheld and a fresh election will be held for the nullified election division in due course.

Soon after the conclusion of vote, ballot boxes will be sealed by the Senior Polling Officers in the presence of party and independent group representatives.

These representatives will be allowed to place two stickers on the ballot box. Thereafter the ballot boxes will be transported from polling centres to counting centres with police protection.

Transport Minister Kumara Welgama directed Sri Lanka Railways officials to deploy special train service for the benefit of Government servants on election duty and the people who leave for their home towns for voting.

Fuel stations in areas where the election is held will be kept open round the clock on March 17.

The Elections Commissioner rejected 452 out of 2,047 nomination papers in terms of the Local Authorities Election Ordinance.’

Local Government elections will not be held in 64 electorates as political parties filed writ applications in the Court of Appeal against the rejection of their nomination papers by the Department.

Thirty-four Local Government authorities including the Colombo Municipal Council have not been scheduled for election.

Election for the two local Government bodies namely Puthukudiyirupu and Maritime Pattu Pradeshiya Sabhas in the Mullaitivu district were postponed due to voters not being resettled as the area is dotted with landmines and booby traps.

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UPFA to obtain almost 2/3 majority with the National List seats

The ruling party of Sri Lanka, the UPFA has been able to secure a vast majority of seats at the Parliamentary General Election concluded yesterday evening with the completion of the re-polls at the Nawalapitiya Electorate in the Kandy District and the Kumburupiddi polling division of the Trincomalee District.
The UPFA obtained 10 out of 19 seats in Colombo, Gampaha – 12 (out of
18), Kalutara – 7 (out of 10), Kandy – 8 (out of 12), Matale – 4 (out
of 5), Nuwara Eliya – 5 (out of 7), Galle – 7 (out of 10), Matara – 6
(out of 8), Hambantota – 5 (out of 7), Jaffna – 3 (out of 9), Vanni –
2 (out of 6), Batticaloa – 1 (out of 5), Digamadulla – 4 (out of 7),
Trincomalee – 2 (out of 4), Kurunegala – 10 (out of 15), Puttalam – 6
(out of 8), Anuradhapura – 7 (out of 9), Polonnaruwa – 4 (out of 5),
Badulla – 6 (out of 8), Moneragala – 4 (out of 5), Ratnapura – 7 (out
of 10) and 7 out of 9 seats in the Kegalla District.

The total number of seats obtained by UPFA through the electoral
process now stands at 127. With more seats to be earned through the
National List, the UPFA will obtain a large majority of seats which
will be close to a two third of the total number in the next
Parliament.

The largely anticipated strong government elected through the General
Election will undoubtedly strengthen the newly re-elected President’s
massive development programme. The verdict of the people has been made
clear once again after 3 months of the re-election of President
Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Sandanaya wins Kandy Diistrict and Trincomalee District

In the Kandy District, the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA)
obtained 339,819 votes (60.77%) and earned 8 seats for those votes
received. Their closest contender the United National Party (UNP)
obtained 192,798 votes (34.48%) for which it earned half the number of
ruling party seats, which is 4.

The Democratic National Alliance (DNA) which came thrid in the Kandy
District managed to obtain only 23,728 votes (4.24%) for which it
earned no seats in the parliament.

In the Kandy District, the total number of Valid votes stood at
559,226 (90.55%) whilst the number Rejected was 58,333 (9.45%).
Therefore, the total number polled was recorded as 617,559 (63.64%).

Trincomalee District
The total number of valid votes stands at 43,454 (92.58%) with the
total number of rejected votes being 3,483 (7.42%). The total number
polled was 46,937 (54.15%).

The UPFA had won 2 seats for the 59,784 votes (42.78%) received and
the UNP had won 1 seat for the 39,691 votes (28.40%) they had
obtained. ITAK received a total of 33,268 votes (23.81%) for which
they have won 1 seat.

The total number of valid votes in the District of Trincomalee was
139,742 (93.17%). The number of rejected votes stood at 10,240
(6.83%). The total number polled was 149,982 (62.20%).

Colombo District Preferential Votes - Manapa

Wimal Weerawansa topped the Colombo and UPFA list with 280,672 votes. In 2 nd place UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe led the party’s preferential votes’ list in the Colombo district by obtaining 230,957 votes.

In the UPFA list, candidates R. Duminda Silva and Paatali Champika Ranawaka have clinched the second and third slots with 146,336 and 120,333 preferential votes.

Besides, Retired Gen. Sarath Fonseka who is in military custody contesting the election under the Trophy symbol had received 98,456 votes. His party polled 110,000 votes in the Colombo district.

Highest vote catchers

Senior Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa received a massive 425,100 preferential votes from the Gampaha district, the highest by any candidate at Thursday’s general election. Meanwhile, Namal Rajapaksa by obtaining 147,568 preferential votes recorded the highest majority percentage-wise at the election.

John Seneviratne (UPFA) Ratnapura 125,816
Thalatha Athukorale (UNF) -do-  64,592

Maithripala Sirisena (UPFA) Polonnaruwa 90,118
Earl Gunasekera  (UNF) -do-  26,925

Sanath Jayasuriya (UPFA) Matara  74,372
Buddhika Pathirana  (UNF) -do-  62,492

Jagath Pushpakumara (UPFA) Moneragala 67,903
Ranjith Madduma Bandara (UNF) -do-  15,105

Nimal Siripala de Silva (UPFA) Badulla  141,990
Harin Fernando  (UNF) -do-  49,073

S. Thondaman  (UPFA) Nuwara Eliya 60,997
S. Digambaram  (UNF) -do-  39,490

Ranjith Siyambalapitiya (UPFA) Kegalle  141,435
Kabir Hashim  (UNF) -do-  48,344

Namal Rajapaksa  (UPFA) Hambantota 147,568
Sajith Premadasa (UNF) -do-  74,467 

Final District Result - Anuradhapura District

United People's Freedom Alliance 221,204 66.52% 7
United National Party 80,360 24.17% 2
Democratic National Alliance 18,129 5.45% 0

Final District Result - Polonnaruwa District

United People's Freedom Alliance 118,694 69.22% 4
United National Party 45,732 26.67% 1
Democratic National Alliance 6,457 3.77% 0

Final District Result - Moneragala District

United People's Freedom Alliance 120,634 75.64% 4
United National Party 28,892 18.12% 1
Democratic National Alliance 9,018 5.65% 0

Final District Result - Badulla District

United People's Freedom Alliance 203,689 58.25% 6
United National Party 112,886 32.28% 2
Democratic National Alliance 15,768 4.51% 0

Final District Result - Puttalam District

United People's Freedom Alliance 167,769 64.83% 6
United National Party 81,152 31.36% 2
Democratic National Alliance 8,792 3.40% 0

Final District Result - Kurunegala District

United People's Freedom Alliance 429,316 63.84% 10
United National Party 213,713 31.78% 5
Democratic National Alliance 26,440 3.93% 0

Final District Result - Colombo District

United People's Freedom Alliance 480,896 51.19% 10
United National Party 339,750 36.17% 7
Democratic National Alliance 110,683 11.78% 2