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UPFA sweeps Central Provincial poll
Sep 22, 201310:43 AM
The United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) secured a sweeping victory in the elections to the Central Provincial Council by obtaining 60% of the votes.
The ruling party received a total of 716,247 voted (60%) in the province while the United National Party obtained less than half of that number with 330,815 votes (27%).
The Sarath Fonseka-led Democratic Party obtained 45,239 votes, the Ceylon Workers’ Congress 29,285 votes, the Up Country People’s Front 24,913 votes and the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress received 17,788 votes.
The UPFA won 36 out of the total 56 seats, the UNP won 16 seats while the Democratic Party and CWC secured 2 seats each. The UCPF and SLMC managed to win just 1 seat each in the Central Provincial Council.
