2019 Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha election

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]

2019 Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha election

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All 29 council seats of the Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha 15 seats needed for a majority
Registered	53,384[1]
Turnout	78.86%
First party Second party   Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa Ranil Wickremesinghe Party SLPP UNF Last election New 4 seats, 30.6% Seats won 17 7 Seat change 17 3 Popular vote 23,372 10,113 Percentage 56.3% 24.3% Swing 56.3 pp 6.3 pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader Maithripala Sirisena Anura Kumara Dissanayake Party UPFA JVP Last election 10 seats, 58.5% 0 seats, 3.2% Seats won 3 2 Seat change 7 2 Popular vote 5,273 2,435 Percentage 12.7% 5.8% Swing 45.8 pp 2.6 pp
Council control before election UPFA Subsequent council control SLPP

Background

On 30 January 2018, the Supreme Court issued an injunction preventing the election in Elpitiya DC, following a petition by the Democratic United National Front against the rejection of their nomination list.^[3][4]

Previous result

Main article: Results of the 2011 Sri Lankan local government elections by province, district and local authority

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
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

Election results^[1]

Alliances and parties		Votes	%	Seats
				Ward	PR	Total	+/–
	Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	23,372	56.3%	17	0	17	17
	United National Front	10,113	24.3%	0	7	7	3
	United People's Freedom Alliance	5,273	12.7%	0	3	3	7
	Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	2,435	5.8%	0	2	2	2
	Democratic United National Front	310	0.7%	0	0	0	0
Total		41,503	100.00%	17	12	29	14
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%

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