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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 6th Sri Lankan provincial council election
| country = Sri Lanka
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 2013 Sri Lankan provincial council election
| previous_year = 2013
| next_election = September 2014 Sri Lankan provincial council election
| next_year = 2014 (Sep)
| seats_for_election = 159 seats across 2 provincial councils
| election_date = 29 March 2014
| turnout = 66.35%
| 1blank = Councillors
| 2blank = Councils

| image1 = [[File:Mahinda Rajapaksa.jpg|100px]]
| leader1 = [[Mahinda Rajapaksa]]
| party1 = United People's Freedom Alliance
| alliance1 =
| home_state1 = n/a
| last_election1 =
| seats_before1 =
| states_carried1 =
| seats1 =
| seat_change1 =
| popular_vote1 = 2,063,083
| percentage1 = 54.86%
| 1data1 = 89
| 2data1 = '''2'''

| image2 = [[File:R Wickremasinghe.jpg|100px]]
| leader2 = [[Ranil Wickremasinghe]]
| party2 = United National Party
| alliance2 =
| home_state2 = n/a
| last_election2 =
| seats_before2 =
| states_carried2 =
| seats2 =
| seat_change2 =
| popular_vote2 = 990,113
| percentage2 = 26.33%
| 1data2 = 42
| 2data2 = '''0'''

| image4 = [[File:Sarath Fonseka portrait.jpg|100px]]
| leader4 = [[Sarath Fonseka]]
| party4 = Democratic Party (Sri Lanka)
| alliance4 =
| home_state4 = n/a
| last_election4 =
| seats_before4 =
| states_carried4 =
| seats4 =
| seat_change4 =
| popular_vote4 = 279,299
| percentage4 = 7.43%
| 1data4 = 12
| 2data4 = '''0'''

| image5 = [[File:AnuraKumara.jpg|100px]]
| leader5 = [[Anura Kumara Dissanayaka]]
| party5 = Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
| alliance5 =
| home_state5 = n/a
| last_election5 =
| seats_before5 =
| states_carried5 =
| seats5 =
| seat_change5 =
| popular_vote5 = 265,240
| percentage5 = 7.05%
| 1data5 = 11
| 2data5 = '''0'''

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'''[[Provinces of Sri Lanka#Provincial Councils|Provincial council]] [[Elections in Sri Lanka|elections]]''' were held in [[Sri Lanka]] on 29 March 2014 to elect 159 members to two of the nine provincial councils in the country. 5.9 million Sri Lankans were eligible to vote in the election. Elections to a third provincial council (Uva) were held on 20 September. Elections to the remaining six provincial councils were not due as they had their last election in [[2012 Sri Lankan provincial council election|2012]] or [[2013 Sri Lankan provincial council election|2013]].

The [[United People's Freedom Alliance]]'s domination of Sri Lankan elections continued as expected. It retained control of both [[Southern Provincial Council]] and [[Western Provincial Council]]. However, the UPFA recorded a loss of votes in both provinces as did the main opposition party, the [[United National Party]], in the [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western Province]]. Instead, many analysts assert a large protest vote was evident during this provincial election with many either opting not to vote or to vote for minor parties such as the [[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna]], [[Democratic Party (Sri Lanka)|Democratic Party]] and [[Democratic People's Front]].

==Background==
In an attempt to end the [[Sri Lankan Civil War]] the [[Indo-Sri Lanka Accord|Indo-Lanka Accord]] was signed on 29 July 1987. One of the requirements of the accord was that the [[Politics of Sri Lanka|Sri Lankan government]] to [[devolve]] powers to the provinces.<ref name=TN>{{cite web|url=http://www.tamilnation.co/conflictresolution/tamileelam/87peaceaccord.htm|title=Indo Sri Lanka Agreement, 1987|publisher=Tamil Nation}}</ref> Accordingly, on 14 November 1987 the [[Sri Lankan Parliament]] passed the [[13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka|13th Amendment]] to the [[Constitution of Sri Lanka|1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka]] and the Provincial Councils Act No 42 of 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.priu.gov.lk/ProvCouncils/ProvicialCouncils.html|title=Introduction|work=Official Website of the Government of Sri Lanka|publisher=[[Government of Sri Lanka]]|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707214924/http://www.priu.gov.lk/ProvCouncils/ProvicialCouncils.html|archivedate=7 July 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.priu.gov.lk/Cons/1978Constitution/AMENDMENTS.html|title=Amendments to the 1978 Constitution|work=Official Website of the Government of Sri Lanka|publisher=[[Government of Sri Lanka]]|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090817113810/http://www.priu.gov.lk/Cons/1978Constitution/AMENDMENTS.html|archivedate=17 August 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> On 3 February 1988 nine provincial councils were created by order.<ref name=DM171006>{{cite news|last=Selvanayagam|first=S. S.|title=North-East merger illegal: SC|url=http://archives.dailymirror.lk/2006/10/17/front/02.asp|newspaper=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=17 October 2006|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403231109/http://archives.dailymirror.lk/2006/10/17/front/02.asp|archivedate=3 April 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The first elections for provincial councils took place on 28 April 1988 in [[North Central Province, Sri Lanka|North Central]], [[North Western Province, Sri Lanka|North Western]], [[Sabaragamuwa Province|Sabaragamuwa]], and [[Uva Province|Uva]] provinces.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ices.lk/sl_database/ethnic_conflict/time_line.shtml|title=Ethnic Conflict of Sri Lanka: Time Line - From Independence to 1999|publisher=International Centre for Ethnic Studies9|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212123102/http://www.ices.lk/sl_database/ethnic_conflict/time_line.shtml|archivedate=12 December 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> On 2 June 1988 elections were held for provincial councils for [[Central Province, Sri Lanka|Central]], [[Southern Province, Sri Lanka|Southern]] and [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western]] provinces. The [[United National Party]] (UNP), which was in power nationally, won control of all seven provincial councils.

The Indo-Lanka Accord also required the merger of the [[Eastern Province, Sri Lanka|Eastern]] and [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] provinces into one administrative unit. The accord required a referendum to be held by 31 December 1988 in the Eastern Province to decide whether the merger should be permanent. Crucially, the accord allowed the [[President of Sri Lanka|Sri Lankan president]] to postpone the referendum at his discretion.<ref name=TN/> On September 2 and 8 1988 President [[J. R. Jayewardene|Jayewardene]] issued proclamations enabling the Eastern and Northern provinces to be one administrative unit administered by one elected council, creating the [[North Eastern Province, Sri Lanka|North Eastern Province]].<ref name=DM171006/> [[November 1988 Sri Lankan Provincial Council elections|Elections]] in the newly merged North Eastern Province were held on 19 November 1988. The [[Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front]], an Indian backed [[Sri Lankan Tamil militant groups|paramilitary group]], won control of the North Eastern provincial council.

On 1 March 1990, just as the [[Indian Peace Keeping Force]] were preparing to withdraw from Sri Lanka, [[Annamalai Varadaraja Perumal]], [[Chief Ministers of Sri Lanka|Chief Minister]] of the North Eastern Province, moved a motion in the North Eastern Provincial Council [[Declaration of independence|declaring]] an [[Independence|independent]] [[Tamil Eelam|Eelam]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.island.lk/2000/09/10/news09.html|title=I'm no traitor, says Perumal|last=Ferdinando|first=Shamindra|date=10 September 2000|publisher=[[Sunday Island (Sri Lanka)]]}}</ref> President [[Ranasinghe Premadasa|Premadasa]] reacted to Permual's UDI by dissolving the provincial council and imposing direct rule on the province.

The 2nd Sri Lankan provincial council election was held in 1993 in seven provinces. The UNP retained control of six provincial councils but lost control of the largest provincial council, Western, to the opposition [[People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)|People's Alliance]]. A special election was held in Southern Province in 1994 after some UNP provincial councillors defected to the opposition. The PA won the election and took control of the Southern Provincial Council.

The [[1999 Sri Lankan provincial council election|3rd Sri Lankan provincial council election]] was held in 1999 in seven provinces. The PA, which was now in power nationally, managed to win the majority of seats in two provinces (North Central and North Western). It was also able to form a majority administration in the other five provinces with the support of smaller parties such as the [[Ceylon Workers' Congress]] (CWC) . The UNP regained control of the Central Provincial Council in 2002 after the CWC councillors crossed over to the opposition.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sri Nissanka|first=Jayantha|title=Central Provincial Council : UNF takes over|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2002/04/30/new06.html|newspaper=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]]|date=30 April 2002|access-date=18 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014214606/http://www.dailynews.lk/2002/04/30/new06.html|archive-date=14 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[2004 Sri Lankan provincial council election|4th Sri Lankan provincial council election]] was held in 2004 in seven provinces. The [[United People's Freedom Alliance]] (UPFA), the successor to the PA, won all seven provinces.

On 14 July 2006, after a long campaign against the merger, the [[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna|JVP]] filed three separate [[petitions]] with the [[Supreme Court of Sri Lanka]] requesting a separate Provincial Council for the East.<ref name=DM171006/> On 16 October 2006 the Supreme Court ruled that the proclamations issued by President Jayewardene were null and void and had no legal effect.<ref name=DM171006/> The North Eastern Province was formally demerged into the Northern and Eastern provinces on 1 January 2007.

The [[Sri Lanka Provincial Council elections, 2008–2009|5th Sri Lankan provincial council election]] was held on a staggered basis during 2008/09 in eight provinces including the newly demerged Eastern Province. The UPFA won all eight provinces.

The 6th Sri Lankan provincial council election was also held on a staggered basis during 2012-14 in eight provinces, including in the Northern Province for the first time in 25 years. [[2012 Sri Lankan provincial council election|Elections]] were held on 8 September 2012 in Eastern, North Central and Sabaragamuwa provinces. The UPFA won the majority of seats in two provinces (North Central and Sabaragamuwa) and was also able to form a majority administration in Eastern Provinces with the support of the [[Sri Lanka Muslim Congress]]. [[2013 Sri Lankan provincial council election|Elections]] were held on 21 September 2013 in Central, Northern and North Western provinces. The UPFA won the majority of seats in two provinces (Central and North Western) whilst the [[Tamil National Alliance]] won in the Northern Province.<ref>{{cite news|last=Aneez|first=Shihar|title=Sri Lanka's Tamil party sweeps polls, seeks trust from government|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-srilanka-election-idUSBRE98K01U20130922|newspaper=[[Reuters]]|date=22 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Doherty|first=Ben|title=Tamil Party wins in election landslide|url=http://www.smh.com.au/world/tamil-party-wins-in-election-landslide-20130922-2u7wa.html|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=23 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=UPFA wins NWP and CP|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/news/35834-upfa-wins-nwp-and-cp.html|newspaper=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=22 September 2013|access-date=18 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925012948/http://www.dailymirror.lk/news/35834-upfa-wins-nwp-and-cp.html|archive-date=25 September 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Southern Provincial Council]] and [[Western Provincial Council]] were dissolved by their [[Provincial Governors of Sri Lanka|governors]] on 12 January 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gazette notifications signed|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/news/41506-gazette-notifications-signed.html|newspaper=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=12 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Ganewatta|first=Kasun|title=Southern and Western Provincial Councils are to be dissolved tonight|url=http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-52705-news-detail-southern-and-western-provincial-councils-are-to-be-dissolved-tonight.html|newspaper=[[Ceylon Today]]|date=12 January 2014}}</ref>

==Results==
===Overall===
The UPFA won control of both provincial councils (Southern and Western).

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
! colspan=2|Alliances and parties !! width="60"|Votes !! width="50"|% !! Seats !! <small>Councils</small>
|- valign=top
| bgcolor={{party color|United People's Freedom Alliance}}|  || align=left|[[United People's Freedom Alliance]]
* [[All Ceylon Makkal Congress]]<ref name=ACMC>The [[All Ceylon Makkal Congress]] contested separately in one district and with the [[United People's Freedom Alliance|UPFA]] in other districts.</ref>
* [[Ceylon Workers' Congress]]<ref name=CWC>The [[Ceylon Workers' Congress]] contested separately in two districts and with the [[United People's Freedom Alliance|UPFA]] in other districts.</ref>
* [[Communist Party of Sri Lanka]]
* [[Democratic Left Front (Sri Lanka)|Democratic Left Front]]
* [[Jathika Hela Urumaya]]
* [[Lanka Sama Samaja Party]]
* [[Mahajana Eksath Peramuna]]
* [[National Freedom Front]]
* [[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]]
* [[Sri Lanka Muslim Congress]]<ref name=SLMC>The [[Sri Lanka Muslim Congress]] contested separately in four districts and with the [[United People's Freedom Alliance|UPFA]] in other districts.</ref>
| 2,063,083 || 54.86% || 89 || 2
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|United National Party}}|  || align=left|[[United National Party]] || 990,113 || 26.33% || 42 || 0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (Sri Lanka)}}|  || align=left|[[Democratic Party (Sri Lanka)|Democratic Party]] || 279,299 || 7.43% || 12 || 0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna}}|  || align=left|[[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna]] || 265,240 || 7.05% || 11 || 0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic People's Front}}|  || align=left|[[Democratic People's Front]] || 51,000 || 1.36% || 2 || 0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Sri Lanka Muslim Congress}}|  || align=left|[[Sri Lanka Muslim Congress]]<ref name=SLMC/> || 50,934 || 1.35% || 2 || 0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|All Ceylon Makkal Congress}}|  || align=left|[[All Ceylon Makkal Congress]]<ref name=ACMC/> || 15,491 || 0.41% || 1 || 0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Independent (politician)}}|  || align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]] || 18,283 || 0.49% || 0 || 0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Ceylon Workers' Congress}}|  || align=left|[[Ceylon Workers' Congress]]<ref name=CWC/> || 8,216 || 0.22% || 0 || 0
|-
| || align=left|United Lanka People's Party || 3,696 || 0.10% || 0 || 0
|-
| || align=left|Jana Setha Peramuna || 3,176 || 0.08% || 0 || 0
|-
| || align=left|Patriotic National Front || 2,084 || 0.06% || 0 || 0
|-
| || align=left|United Lanka Great Council || 2,065 || 0.05% || 0 || 0
|-
| || align=left|New Democratic Front || 1,696 || 0.05% || 0 || 0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Nava Sama Samaja Party}}|  || align=left|[[Nava Sama Samaja Party]] || 1,387 || 0.04% || 0 || 0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)}}|  || align=left|[[United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)|United Socialist Party]] || 1,343 || 0.04% || 0 || 0
|-
| || align=left|[[Sri Lanka People's Party]] || 854 || 0.02% || 0 || 0
|-
| || align=left|Our National Front || 649 || 0.02% || 0 || 0
|-
| || align=left|[[Sri Lanka Labour Party]] || 569 || 0.02% || 0 || 0
|-
| || align=left|All Are Citizens, All Are Kings Organisation || 375 || 0.01% || 0 || 0
|-
| || align=left|United Peace Front || 292 || 0.01% || 0 || 0
|-
| || align=left|New Sinhala Heritage || 245 || 0.01% || 0 || 0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)}}|  || align=left|[[Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)|Socialist Equality Party]] || 220 || 0.01% || 0 || 0
|-
| || align=left|[[Liberal Party (Sri Lanka)|Liberal Party]] || 155 || 0.00% || 0 || 0
|-
| || align=left|Motherland || 136 || 0.00% || 0 || 0
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| colspan=2 align=left|Valid Votes || 3,760,601 || 100.00% || 159 || 2
|-
| colspan=2 align=left|Rejected Votes || 161,011 || || ||
|-
| colspan=2 align=left|Total Polled || 3,921,612 || || ||
|-
| colspan=2 align=left|Registered Electors || 5,910,877 || || ||
|-
| colspan=2 align=left|Turnout || 66.35% || || ||
|}

===Southern Province===
Results of the 7th [[Southern Provincial Council]] election held on 29 March 2014:<ref>{{cite web|title=Provincial Council Elections 2014 : Southern Province|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/1pce_2014/CP%20southern.html|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
|-
! valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=2 width="200"|Alliances and parties !! colspan=3|[[Galle Electoral District|Galle]] !! colspan=3|[[Hambantota Electoral District|Hambantota]] !! colspan=3|[[Matara Electoral District|Matara]] !! valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="40"|Bonus<br />Seats !! colspan=3|Total
|-
! align=center valign=bottom width="50"|Votes !! align=center valign=bottom width="50"|% !! align=center valign=bottom width="40"|Seats !! align=center valign=bottom width="50"|Votes !! align=center valign=bottom width="50"|% !! align=center valign=bottom width="40"|Seats !! align=center valign=bottom width="50"|Votes !! align=center valign=bottom width="50"|% !! align=center valign=bottom width="40"|Seats !! align=center valign=bottom width="50"|Votes !! align=center valign=bottom width="50"|% !! align=center valign=bottom width="40"|Seats
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|United People's Freedom Alliance}}|  || align=left|[[United People's Freedom Alliance]] || 293,619 || 57.58% || 13 || 174,687 || 57.42% || 8 || 231,102 || 59.19% || 10 || 2 || '''699,408''' || '''58.06%''' || '''33'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|United National Party}}|  || align=left|[[United National Party]] || 134,305 || 26.34% || 6 || 79,829 || 26.24% || 4 || 96,297 || 24.66% || 4 || 0 || '''310,431''' || '''25.77%''' || '''14'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna}}|  || align=left|[[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna]] || 30,529 || 5.99% || 1 || 39,345 || 12.93% || 2 || 39,158 || 10.03% || 2 || 0 || '''109,032''' || '''9.05%''' || '''5'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (Sri Lanka)}}|  || align=left|[[Democratic Party (Sri Lanka)|Democratic Party]] || 45,484 || 8.92% || 2 || 9,547 || 3.14% || 0 || 20,501 || 5.25% || 1 || 0 || '''75,532''' || '''6.27%''' || '''3'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Independent (politician)}}|  || align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]] || 1,277 || 0.25% || 0 || 277 || 0.09% || 0 || 616 || 0.16% || 0 || 0 || '''2,170''' || '''0.18%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|United Lanka People's Party || 1,241 || 0.24% || 0 || 175 || 0.06% || 0 || 207 || 0.05% || 0 || 0 || '''1,623''' || '''0.13%''' || '''0'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Sri Lanka Muslim Congress}}|  || align=left|[[Sri Lanka Muslim Congress]] || || || || || || || 1,419 || 0.36% || 0 || 0 || '''1,419''' || '''0.12%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|United Lanka Great Council || 611 || 0.12% || 0 || 156 || 0.05% || 0 || 168 || 0.04% || 0 || 0 || '''935''' || '''0.08%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|[[Sri Lanka People's Party]] || 854 || 0.17% || 0 || || || || || || || 0 || '''854''' || '''0.07%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|New Democratic Front || 425 || 0.08% || 0 || || || || 225 || 0.06% || 0 || 0 || '''650''' || '''0.05%''' || '''0'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)}}|  || align=left|[[United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)|United Socialist Party]] || 604 || 0.12% || 0 || || || || || || || 0 || '''604''' || '''0.05%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|Patriotic National Front || 366 || 0.07% || 0 || 95 || 0.03% || 0 || 139 || 0.04% || 0 || 0 || '''600''' || '''0.05%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|Jana Setha Peramuna || 172 || 0.03% || 0 || 100 || 0.03% || 0 || 95 || 0.02% || 0 || 0 || '''367''' || '''0.03%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|Our National Front || || || || || || || 319 || 0.08% || 0 || 0 || '''319''' || '''0.03%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|[[Sri Lanka Labour Party]] || 183 || 0.04% || 0 || 41 || 0.01% || 0 || 14 || 0.00% || 0 || 0 || '''238''' || '''0.02%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|[[Liberal Party (Sri Lanka)|Liberal Party]] || 84 || 0.02% || 0 || || || || 71 || 0.02% || 0 || 0 || '''155''' || '''0.01%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|Motherland || 136 || 0.03% || 0 || || || || || || || 0 || '''136''' || '''0.01%''' || '''0'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Nava Sama Samaja Party}}|  || align=left|[[Nava Sama Samaja Party]] || || || || || || || 97 || 0.02% || 0 || 0 || '''97''' || '''0.01%''' || '''0'''
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| colspan=2 align=left|Valid Votes || 509,890 || 100.00% || 22 || 304,252 || 100.00% || 14 || 390,428 || 100.00% || 17 || 2 || 1,204,570 || 100.00% || 55
|-
| colspan=2 align=left|Rejected Votes || 21,135 || || || 10,879 || || || 15,712 || || || || 47,726 || ||
|-
| colspan=2 align=left|Total Polled || 531,025 || || || 315,131 || || || 406,140 || || || || 1,252,296 || ||
|-
| colspan=2 align=left|Registered Electors || 809,882 || || || 467,847 || || || 608,524 || || || || 1,886,253 || ||
|-
| colspan=2 align=left|Turnout || 65.57% || || || 67.36% || || || 66.74% || || || || 66.39% || ||
|}

===Western Province===
Results of the 6th [[Western Provincial Council]] election held on 29 March 2014:<ref>{{cite web|title=Provincial Council Elections 2014 : Western Province|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/1pce_2014/CPWestern.html|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
|-
! valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=2 width="200"|Alliances and parties !! colspan=3|[[Colombo Electoral District|Colombo]] !! colspan=3|[[Gampaha Electoral District|Gampaha]] !! colspan=3|[[Kalutara Electoral District|Kalutara]] !! valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="40"|Bonus<br />Seats !! colspan=3|Total
|-
! align=center valign=bottom width="50"|Votes !! align=center valign=bottom width="50"|% !! align=center valign=bottom width="40"|Seats !! align=center valign=bottom width="50"|Votes !! align=center valign=bottom width="50"|% !! align=center valign=bottom width="40"|Seats !! align=center valign=bottom width="50"|Votes !! align=center valign=bottom width="50"|% !! align=center valign=bottom width="40"|Seats !! align=center valign=bottom width="50"|Votes !! align=center valign=bottom width="50"|% !! align=center valign=bottom width="40"|Seats
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|United People's Freedom Alliance}}|  || align=left|[[United People's Freedom Alliance]] || 443,083 || 45.33% || 18 || 582,668 || 57.98% || 23 || 337,924 || 58.91% || 13 || 2 || '''1,363,675''' || '''53.35%''' || '''56'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|United National Party}}|  || align=left|[[United National Party]] || 285,538 || 29.21% || 12 || 249,220 || 24.80% || 10 || 144,924 || 25.26% || 6 || 0 || '''679,682''' || '''26.59%''' || '''28'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (Sri Lanka)}}|  || align=left|[[Democratic Party (Sri Lanka)|Democratic Party]] || 71,525 || 7.32% || 3 || 88,557 || 8.81% || 4 || 43,685 || 7.62% || 2 || 0 || '''203,767''' || '''7.97%''' || '''9'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna}}|  || align=left|[[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna]] || 74,437 || 7.62% || 3 || 56,405 || 5.61% || 2 || 25,366 || 4.42% || 1 || 0 || '''156,208''' || '''6.11%''' || '''6'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic People's Front}}|  || align=left|[[Democratic People's Front]] || 44,156 || 4.52% || 2 || 6,844 || 0.68% || 0 || || || || 0 || '''51,000''' || '''2.00%''' || '''2'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Sri Lanka Muslim Congress}}|  || align=left|[[Sri Lanka Muslim Congress]] || 20,163 || 2.06% || 1 || 17,296 || 1.72% || 1 || 12,056 || 2.10% || 0 || 0 || '''49,515''' || '''1.94%''' || '''2'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|All Ceylon Makkal Congress}}|  || align=left|[[All Ceylon Makkal Congress]] || 15,491 || 1.58% || 1 || || || || || || || 0 || '''15,491''' || '''0.61%''' || '''1'''
|-'''
| bgcolor={{party color|Independent (politician)}}|  || align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]] || 12,776 || 1.31% || 0 || 1,042 || 0.10% || 0 || 2,295 || 0.40% || 0 || 0 || '''16,113''' || '''0.63%''' || '''0'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Ceylon Workers' Congress}}|  || align=left|[[Ceylon Workers' Congress]] || 3,885 || 0.40% || 0 || || || || 4,331 || 0.75% || 0 || 0 || '''8,216''' || '''0.32%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|Jana Setha Peramuna || 967 || 0.10% || 0 || 831 || 0.08% || 0 || 1,011 || 0.18% || 0 || 0 || '''2,809''' || '''0.11%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|United Lanka People's Party || 1,283 || 0.13% || 0 || 535 || 0.05% || 0 || 255 || 0.04% || 0 || 0 || '''2,073''' || '''0.08%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|Patriotic National Front || 797 || 0.08% || 0 || 395 || 0.04% || 0 || 292 || 0.05% || 0 || 0 || '''1,484''' || '''0.06%''' || '''0'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Nava Sama Samaja Party}}|  || align=left|[[Nava Sama Samaja Party]] || 1,061 || 0.11% || 0 || 229 || 0.02% || 0 || || || || 0 || '''1,290''' || '''0.05%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|United Lanka Great Council || 256 || 0.03% || 0 || 530 || 0.05% || 0 || 344 || 0.06% || 0 || 0 || '''1,130''' || '''0.04%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|New Democratic Front || 1,046 || 0.11% || 0 || || || || || || || 0 || '''1,046''' || '''0.04%''' || '''0'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)}}|  || align=left|[[United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)|United Socialist Party]] || || || || || || || 739 || 0.13% || 0 || 0 || '''739''' || '''0.03%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|All Are Citizens, All Are Kings Organisation || || || || || || || 375 || 0.07% || 0 || 0 || '''375''' || '''0.01%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|[[Sri Lanka Labour Party]] || 120 || 0.01% || 0 || 155 || 0.02% || 0 || 56 || 0.01% || 0 || 0 || '''331''' || '''0.01%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|Our National Front || 330 || 0.03% || 0 || || || || || || || 0 || '''330''' || ''0.01%'' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|United Peace Front || 292 || 0.03% || 0 || || || || || || || 0 || '''292''' || '''0.01%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|New Sinhala Heritage || || || || 245 || 0.02% || 0 || || || || 0 || '''245''' || '''0.01%''' || '''0'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)}}|  || align=left|[[Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)|Socialist Equality Party]] || 220 || 0.02% || 0 || || || || || || || 0 || '''220''' || '''0.01%''' || '''0'''
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| colspan=2 align=left|Valid Votes || 977,426 || 100.00% || 40 || 1,004,952 || 100.00% || 40 || 573,653 || 100.00% || 22 || 2 || 2,556,031 || 100.00% || 104
|-
| colspan=2 align=left|Rejected Votes || 43,762 || || || 40,713 || || || 28,810 || || || || 113,285 || ||
|-
| colspan=2 align=left|Total Polled || 1,021,188 || || || 1,045,665 || || || 602,463 || || || || 2,669,316 || ||
|-
| colspan=2 align=left|Registered Electors || 1,552,734 || || || 1,590,076 || || || 881,814 || || || || 4,024,624 || ||
|-
| colspan=2 align=left|Turnout || 65.77% || || || 65.76% || || || 68.32% || || || || 66.32% || ||
|}

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