The ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) secured another landslide victory in the North Western Province similar to the Central Province win at the 2013 Provincial Council election.
The UPFA obtained 705,188 votes which 66% of the total votes cast in the province.
The United National Party came in second with 257,011 votes (24%) while the Democratic Party received 46,114 votes, Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 27,860 votes and the People’s Liberation Front (JVP) 19,624 votes.
The UPFA won 34 out of 50 seats to form the North Western Provincial Council while the UNP managed to secure only 12 seats.
The newly formed Democratic Party, led by former Army Chief Sarath Fonseka and contesting it first election, won 3 seats while the SLMC and JVP secured 2 seats and 1 seat respectively.
