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In February 2019, the 2018 Sri Lankan local elections were held in Sri Lanka due to a prior delay. However, due to an injunction issued by the Supreme Court, the election was not held in Elpitiya.[2]
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All 29 council seats of the Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha 15 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 53,384[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 78.86% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Details
editOn 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.[3][4]
Background
edit| Won by UPFA |
| Won by UNP |
| Local Authority |
Type |
Dist |
Prov |
Date of Election |
UPFA/ NC Votes |
UPFA/ NC Seats |
UNP Votes |
UNP Seats |
JVP Votes |
JVP Seats |
Ind Votes |
Ind Seats |
Others Votes |
Others Seats |
Total Valid Votes |
Total Seats |
Rejected Votes |
Total Polled |
Registered Electors |
Turnout % |
Winner | |
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| Elpitiya | DC | GAL | SO | 2011-07-23 | 19,954 | 10 | 10,427 | 4 | 1,100 | 0 | 2,539 | 1 | 66 | 0 | 34,086 | 15 | 1,474 | 35,560 | 49,113 | 72.40% | UPFA |
Results
edit| Alliances and parties | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | PR | Total | +/– | ||||
| Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | 23,372 | 56.3% | 17 | 0 | 17 |  17
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| United National Front | 10,113 | 24.3% | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3
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| United People's Freedom Alliance | 5,273 | 12.7% | 0 | 3 | 3 |  7
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| Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 2,435 | 5.8% | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2
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| Democratic United National Front | 310 | 0.7% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 41,503 | 100.00% | 17 | 12 | 29 | 14
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| Valid votes | 41,503 | 98.58% | |||||
| Rejected votes | 597 | 1.42% | |||||
| Total votes | 42,100 | 100.0% | |||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 53,384 | 78.86% | |||||
| Won by SLPP |
| Won by UNF |
| Dis | Pro | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | United National Front | United People's Freedom Alliance | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | Democratic United National Front | 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 | |||||||||||||
| GAL | SO | 23372 | 56.3% | - | - | 17 | 10113 | 24.3% | - | - | 7 | 5273 | 12.7% | - | - | 3 | 2435 | 5.8% | - | - | 2 | 310 | 0.7% | - | - | 0 | 42100(53384) ->78.8% |
References
edit- ^ a b "Local Authorities Election - 11.10.2019 - Final Results of the Council" (PDF). Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 11 October 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 August 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
- ^ "Conduct Elpitiya Pradeshiya Polls - Front Page | Daily Mirror".
- ^ "SC order stays election for Elpitiya PS". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ Ariff, Yusuf (30 January 2018). "Court orders not to hold election for Elpitiya PS". Ada Derana. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "SLPP wins all 17 Wards in Elpitiya PS poll".