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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 3rd Sri Lankan provincial council election
| country = Sri Lanka
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1993 Sri Lankan provincial council election
| previous_year = 1993
| next_election = 2004 Sri Lankan provincial council election
| next_year = 2004
| seats_for_election = 380 seats across 7 provincial councils
| election_date = 25 January 1999, 6 April 1999, 10 June 1999
| turnout =
| 1blank = Councillors
| 2blank = Councils


| image1 = [[File:Chandrika Kumaratunga.jpg|115px]]
| leader1 = [[Chandrika Kumaratunga]]
| party1 = People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)
| alliance1 =
| home_state1 = [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western]]
| last_election1 =
| seats_before1 =
| states_carried1 =
| seats1 =
| seat_change1 =
| popular_vote1 = 3,133,658
| percentage1 = 46.88%
| 1data1 = 187
| 2data1 = 2


| image2 = [[File:Ranil At UNP Office.jpg|100px]]
| leader2 = [[Ranil Wickremasinghe]]
| party2 = United National Party
| alliance2 =
| home_state2 = [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western]]
| last_election2 =
| seats_before2 =
| states_carried2 =
| seats2 =
| seat_change2 =
| popular_vote2 = 2,761,864
| percentage2 = 41.31%
| 1data2 = 152
| 2data2 = 0


| image3 = [[File:No image.svg|100px]]
| leader3 = [[Somawansa Amarasinghe]]
| party3 = Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
| alliance3 =
| home_state3 =
| last_election3 =
| seats_before3 =
| states_carried3 =
| seats3 =
| seat_change3 =
| popular_vote3 = 417,168
| percentage3 = 6.24%
| 1data3 = 25
| 2data3 = 0

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The '''1999 Sri Lankan provincial council election''' was held on 25 January 1999, 6 April 1999 and 10 June 1999 to elect members to seven [[Provinces of Sri Lanka#Provincial Councils|provincial councils]] in [[Sri Lanka]]. No election was held in the eighth province, [[North Eastern Province, Sri Lanka|North Eastern]], which had been governed directly by the national government since March 1990. The [[People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)|People's Alliance]], which was in power nationally, won 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]].

==Background==
{{Main|Provinces of Sri Lanka}}
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.org/conflictresolution/tamileelam/87peaceaccord.htm|title=Indo Sri Lanka Agreement, 1987|publisher=TamilNation}}</ref> Accordingly, on 14 November 1987, the [[Sri Lankan Parliament]] passed the 13th [[Constitutional amendment|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=2009-07-07}}</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=2009-08-17}}</ref> On 3 February 1988, nine provincial councils were created by order.<ref name="lnp">{{cite news|url=http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2006/10/8947.html|title=North-East merger illegal: SC |date=17 October 2006|publisher=LankaNewspapers.com}}</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=2009-12-12}}</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 and Northern provinces into one [[Administrative division|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, [[Junius Richard Jayewardene|President 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="lnp"/> 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 Varatharajah 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.priu.gov.lk/news_update/features/20000912no_traitor.htm|title=I'm no traitor, says Perumal|last=Ferdinando|first=Shamindra|date=10 September 2000|publisher=Sunday Island|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501173226/http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/features/20000912no_traitor.htm|archivedate=1 May 2009}}</ref> [[Ranasinghe Premadasa|President 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.

==Results==
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]].

===Overall===
{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
|-
! width="300"|Party / Alliance !! width="60"|Votes !! width="50"|% !! width="40"|Seats
|-
| align=left|[[People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)|People's Alliance]]1||3,133,658||46.88%||187
|-
| align=left|[[United National Party]]||2,761,864||41.31%||152
|-
| align=left|[[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna]]||417,168||6.24%||25
|-
| align=left|[[National Union of Workers (Sri Lanka)|National Union of Workers]] ([[Ceylon Workers' Congress|CWC]], [[Democratic Workers' Congress|DWC]])||145,350||2.17%||9
|-
| align=left|[[Mahajana Eksath Peramuna]]||87,165||1.30%||3
|-
| align=left|[[New Left Front]]||63,578||0.95%||1
|-
| align=left|[[Up-Country People's Front]]||25,369||0.38%||2
|-
| align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]]||22,494||0.34%||0
|-
| align=left|Muslim United Liberation Front||10,051||0.15%||0
|-
| align=left|[[Sri Lanka Muslim Congress]]1||7,230||0.11%||1
|-
| align=left|[[Liberal Party of Sri Lanka|Liberal Party]]||5,329||0.08%||0
|-
| align=left|Sri Lanka Progressive Front||2,557||0.04%||0
|-
| align=left|[[Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya]]||1,540||0.02%||0
|-
| align=left|People's Liberation Solidarity Front||1,216||0.02%||0
|-
| align=left|People's Freedom Front||340||0.01%||0
|-
| align=left|'''Valid Votes'''||'''6,684,909'''||'''100.00%'''||'''380'''
|-
| align=left|Rejected Votes||||||
|-
| align=left|Total Polled||||||
|-
| align=left|Registered Electors||9,991,293||||
|-
| align=left|Turnout||||||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|1. [[Sri Lanka Muslim Congress|SLMC]] contested separately in [[Kalutara Electoral District|Kalutara District]], and with the [[People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)|PA]] in other districts.
|}

===Central Province===
Results of the 3rd Central provincial council election held on 6 April 1999:
{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
|-
! valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="300"|Party / Alliance !! colspan=3|[[Kandy Electoral District|Kandy]] !! colspan=3|[[Matale Electoral District|Matale]] !! colspan=3|[[Nuwara Eliya Electoral District|Nuwara Eliya]] !! valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="40"|Bonus 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
|-
| align=left|[[People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)|People's Alliance]]||247,250||47.54%||||95,115||51.38%||||79,264||29.18%||||2||'''421,629'''||'''43.17%'''||'''26'''
|-
| align=left|[[United National Party]]||232,934||44.79%||||70,705||38.20%||||88,020||32.41%||||||'''391,659'''||'''40.10%'''||'''23'''
|-
| align=left|[[National Union of Workers (Sri Lanka)|National Union of Workers]] ([[Ceylon Workers' Congress|CWC]])||16,954||3.26%||||9,306||5.03%||||69,441||25.57%||||||'''95,701'''||'''9.80%'''||'''6'''
|-
| align=left|[[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna]]||16,065||3.09%||1||8,010||4.33%||||4,909||1.81%||||||'''28,984'''||'''2.97%'''||'''1'''
|-
| align=left|[[Up-Country People's Front]]||||||||||||||22,896||8.43%||2||||'''22,896'''||'''2.34%'''||'''2'''
|-
| align=left|[[Mahajana Eksath Peramuna]]||4,433||0.85%||||1,453||0.78%||||811||0.30%||||||'''6,697'''||'''0.69%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]]||853||0.16%||||516||0.28%||||2,731||1.01%||||||'''4,100'''||'''0.42%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[New Left Front]]||||||||||||||3,541||1.30%||||||'''3,541'''||'''0.36%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Liberal Party of Sri Lanka|Liberal Party]]||881||0.17%||||||||||||||||||'''881'''||'''0.09%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|Sri Lanka Progressive Front||689||0.13%||||||||||||||||||'''689'''||'''0.07%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|'''Valid Votes'''||'''520,059'''||'''100.00%'''||||'''185,105'''||'''100.00%'''||||'''271,613'''||'''100.00%'''||||'''2'''||'''976,777'''||'''100.00%'''||'''58'''
|-
| align=left|Rejected Votes||45,000||||||16,257||||||30,853||||||||92,110||||
|-
| align=left|Total Polled||565,059||||||201,362||||||302,466||||||||1,068,887||||
|-
| align=left|Registered Electors||780,232||||||281,089||||||391,585||||||||1,452,906||||
|-
| align=left|Turnout||72.42%||||||71.64%||||||77.24%||||||||73.57%||||
|}

===North Central Province===
Results of the 3rd North Central provincial council election held on 6 April 1999:
{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
|-
! valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="300"|Party / Alliance !! colspan=3|[[Anuradhapura Electoral District|Anuradhapura]] !! colspan=3|[[Polonnaruwa Electoral District|Polonnaruwa]] !! valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="40"|Bonus 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=left|[[People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)|People's Alliance]]||156,291||54.09%||||75,466||52.01%||||2||'''231,757'''||'''53.39%'''||'''19'''
|-
| align=left|[[United National Party]]||111,285||38.51%||||60,022||41.37%||||||'''171,307'''||'''39.46%'''||'''12'''
|-
| align=left|[[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna]]||14,197||4.91%||||8,498||5.86%||||||'''22,695'''||'''5.23%'''||'''2'''
|-
| align=left|[[New Left Front]]||4,259||1.47%||||||||||||'''4,259'''||'''0.98%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Mahajana Eksath Peramuna]]||1,150||0.40%||||394||0.27%||||||'''1,544'''||'''0.36%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]]||861||0.30%||||||||||||'''861'''||'''0.20%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|Muslim United Liberation Front||798||0.28%||||||||||||'''798'''||'''0.18%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Liberal Party of Sri Lanka|Liberal Party]]||||||||388||0.27%||||||'''388'''||'''0.09%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya]]||||||||334||0.23%||||||'''334'''||'''0.08%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|Sri Lanka Progressive Front||131||0.05%||||||||||||'''131'''||'''0.03%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|'''Valid Votes'''||'''288,972'''||'''100.00%'''||||'''145,102'''||'''100.00%'''||||'''2'''||'''434,074'''||'''100.00%'''||'''33'''
|-
| align=left|Rejected Votes||22,153||||||10,255||||||||32,408||||
|-
| align=left|Total Polled||311,125||||||155,357||||||||466,482||||
|-
| align=left|Registered Electors||448,098||||||217,318||||||||665,416||||
|-
| align=left|Turnout||69.43%||||||71.49%||||||||70.10%||||
|}

===North Western Province===
Results of the 3rd North Western provincial council election held on 25 January 1999:
{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
|-
! valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="300"|Party / Alliance !! colspan=3|[[Kurunegala Electoral District|Kurunegala]] !! colspan=3|[[Puttalam Electoral District|Puttalam]] !! valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="40"|Bonus 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=left|[[People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)|People's Alliance]]||405,431||56.16%||20||160,722||56.97%||8||2||'''566,153'''||'''56.39%'''||'''30'''
|-
| align=left|[[United National Party]]||273,892||37.94%||13||105,876||37.53%||6||||'''379,768'''||'''37.82%'''||'''19'''
|-
| align=left|[[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna]]||31,221||4.32%||2||10,759||3.81%||1||||'''41,980'''||'''4.18%'''||'''3'''
|-
| align=left|[[New Left Front]]||9,456||1.31%||0||3,361||1.19%||0||||'''12,817'''||'''1.28%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|Muslim United Liberation Front||971||0.13%||0||542||0.19%||0||||'''1,513'''||'''0.15%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Liberal Party of Sri Lanka|Liberal Party]]||676||0.09%||0||202||0.07%||0||||'''878'''||'''0.09%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]]||309||0.04%||0||540||0.19%||0||||'''849'''||'''0.08%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|Sri Lanka Progressive Front||||||||126||0.04%||0||||'''126'''||'''0.01%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|'''Valid Votes'''||'''721,956'''||'''100.00%'''||'''35'''||'''282,128'''||'''100.00%'''||'''15'''||'''2'''||'''1,004,084'''||'''100.00%'''||'''52'''
|-
| align=left|Rejected Votes||||||||||||||||||||
|-
| align=left|Total Polled||||||||||||||||||||
|-
| align=left|Registered Electors||960,241||||||398,055||||||||1,358,296||||
|-
| align=left|Turnout||||||||||||||||||||
|}

===Sabaragamuwa Province===
Results of the 3rd Sabaragamuwa provincial council election held on 6 April 1999:
{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
|-
! valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="300"|Party / Alliance !! colspan=3|[[Kegalle Electoral District|Kegalle]] !! colspan=3|[[Ratnapura Electoral District|Ratnapura]] !! valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="40"|Bonus 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=left|[[People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)|People's Alliance]]||165,041||47.70%||||191,502||47.92%||||2||'''356,543'''||'''47.82%'''||'''22'''
|-
| align=left|[[United National Party]]||158,503||45.81%||||175,912||44.02%||||||'''334,415'''||'''44.85%'''||'''19'''
|-
| align=left|[[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna]]||15,537||4.49%||1||17,200||4.30%||1||||'''32,737'''||'''4.39%'''||'''2'''
|-
| align=left|[[National Union of Workers (Sri Lanka)|National Union of Workers]] ([[Ceylon Workers' Congress|CWC]])||4,351||1.26%||||7,586||1.90%||||||'''11,937'''||'''1.60%'''||'''1'''
|-
| align=left|[[New Left Front]]||||||||5,047||1.26%||||||'''5,047'''||'''0.68%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Mahajana Eksath Peramuna]]||1,552||0.45%||||1,624||0.41%||||||'''3,176'''||'''0.43%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Liberal Party of Sri Lanka|Liberal Party]]||983||0.28%||||||||||||'''983'''||'''0.13%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]]||||||||592||0.15%||||||'''592'''||'''0.08%'''||0
|-
| align=left|Sri Lanka Progressive Front||||||||194||0.05%||||||'''194'''||'''0.03%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|'''Valid Votes'''||'''345,967'''||'''100.00%'''||||'''399,657'''||'''100.00%'''||||'''2'''||'''745,624'''||'''100.00%'''||'''44'''
|-
| align=left|Rejected Votes||23,749||||||29,362||||||||53,111||||
|-
| align=left|Total Polled||369,716||||||429,019||||||||798,735||||
|-
| align=left|Registered Electors||528,107||||||584,998||||||||1,113,105||||
|-
| align=left|Turnout||70.01%||||||73.34%||||||||71.76%||||
|}

===Southern Province===
Results of the 4th Southern provincial council election held on 10 June 1999:
{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
|-
! valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="300"|Party / Alliance !! 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 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
|-
| align=left|[[People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)|People's Alliance]]||214,714||46.70%||11||89,483||39.11%||6||157,762||46.36%||8||2||'''461,959'''||'''44.90%'''||'''27'''
|-
| align=left|[[United National Party]]||188,921||41.09%||9||82,786||36.19%||5||130,843||38.45%||7||||'''402,550'''||'''39.13%'''||'''21'''
|-
| align=left|[[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna]]||38,817||8.44%||2||47,296||20.67%||3||40,276||11.84%||2||||'''126,389'''||'''12.28%'''||'''7'''
|-
| align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]]||5,120||1.11%||0||2,824||1.23%||0||6,041||1.78%||0||||'''13,985'''||'''1.36%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[New Left Front]]||4,981||1.08%||0||4,869||2.13%||0||2,906||0.85%||0||||'''12,756'''||'''1.24%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Mahajana Eksath Peramuna]]||5,496||1.20%||0||1,044||0.46%||0||1,160||0.34%||0||||'''7,700'''||'''0.75%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|People's Liberation Solidarity Front||444||0.10%||0||324||0.14%||0||448||0.13%||0||||'''1,216'''||'''0.12%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Liberal Party of Sri Lanka|Liberal Party]]||340||0.07%||0||150||0.07%||0||298||0.09%||0||||'''788'''||'''0.08%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|Muslim United Liberation Front||739||0.16%||0||||||||||||||||'''739'''||'''0.07%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya]]||||||||||||||399||0.12%||0||||'''399'''||'''0.04%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|People's Freedom Front||197||0.04%||0||||||||143||0.04%||0||||'''340'''||'''0.03%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|'''Valid Votes'''||'''459,769'''||'''100.00%'''||'''22'''||'''228,776'''||'''100.00%'''||'''14'''||'''340,276'''||'''100.00%'''||'''17'''||'''2'''||'''1,028,821'''||'''100.00%'''||'''55'''
|-
| align=left|Rejected Votes||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|-
| align=left|Total Polled||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|-
| align=left|Registered Electors||652,734||||||342,498||||||510,310||||||||1,505,542||||
|}

===Uva Province===
Results of the 3rd Uva provincial council election held on 6 April 1999:
{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
|-
! valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="300"|Party / Alliance !! colspan=3|[[Badulla Electoral District|Badulla]] !! colspan=3|[[Monaragala Electoral District|Monaragala]] !! valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="40"|Bonus 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=left|[[People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)|People's Alliance]]||140,293||44.69%||||66,870||45.35%||||2||'''207,163'''||'''44.90%'''||'''17'''
|-
| align=left|[[United National Party]]||137,437||43.78%||||65,340||44.31%||||||'''202,777'''||'''43.95%'''||'''14'''
|-
| align=left|[[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna]]||12,106||3.86%||||10,292||6.98%||||||'''22,398'''||'''4.85%'''||'''2'''
|-
| align=left|[[National Union of Workers (Sri Lanka)|National Union of Workers]] ([[Ceylon Workers' Congress|CWC]])||19,224||6.12%||||1,927||1.31%||||||'''21,151'''||'''4.58%'''||'''1'''
|-
| align=left|[[Mahajana Eksath Peramuna]]||1,980||0.63%||||419||0.28%||||||'''2,399'''||'''0.52%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Up-Country People's Front]]||2,473||0.79%||||||||||||'''2,473'''||'''0.54%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[New Left Front]]||||||||2,182||1.48%||||||'''2,182'''||'''0.47%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]]||407||0.13%||||374||0.25%||||||'''781'''||'''0.17%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|Sri Lanka Progressive Front||||||||50||0.03%||||||'''50'''||'''0.01%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|'''Valid Votes'''||'''313,920'''||'''100.00%'''||||'''147,454'''||'''100.00%'''||||'''2'''||'''461,374'''||'''100.00%'''||'''34'''
|-
| align=left|Rejected Votes||29,396||||||13,976||||||||43,372||||
|-
| align=left|Total Polled||343,316||||||161,430||||||||504,746||||
|-
| align=left|Registered Electors||454,913||||||224,077||||||||678,990||||
|-
| align=left|Turnout||75.47%||||||72.04%||||||||74.34%||||
|}

===Western Province===
Results of the 3rd Western provincial council election held on 6 April 1999:
{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
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! valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="300"|Party / Alliance !! 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 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
|-
| align=left|[[People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)|People's Alliance]]||313,576||38.98%||17||376,176||48.30%||17||198,702||44.08%||10||2||'''888,454'''||'''43.68%'''||'''46'''
|-
| align=left|[[United National Party]]||362,636||45.07%||19||317,698||40.79%||15||199,054||44.16%||10||||'''879,388'''||'''43.23%'''||'''44'''
|-
| align=left|[[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna]]||55,361||6.88%||3||58,277||7.48%||3||28,347||6.29%||2||||'''141,985'''||'''6.98%'''||'''8'''
|-
| align=left|[[Mahajana Eksath Peramuna]]||43,008||5.35%||2||15,492||1.99%||1||7,149||1.59%||0||||'''65,649'''||'''3.23%'''||'''3'''
|-
| align=left|[[New Left Front]]||9,140||1.14%||1||8,409||1.08%||0||5,427||1.20%||0||||'''22,976'''||'''1.13%'''||'''1'''
|-
| align=left|[[National Union of Workers (Sri Lanka)|National Union of Workers]] ([[Democratic Workers' Congress|DWC]])||12,510||1.55%||1||||||||4,051||0.90%||0||||'''16,561'''||'''0.81%'''||'''1'''
|-
| align=left|[[Sri Lanka Muslim Congress]]||||||||||||||7,230||1.60%||1||||'''7,230'''||'''0.36%'''||'''1'''
|-
| align=left|Muslim United Liberation Front||5,087||0.63%||0||1,347||0.17%||0||567||0.13%||0||||'''7,001'''||'''0.34%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Liberal Party of Sri Lanka|Liberal Party]]||1,411||0.18%||0||||||||||||||||'''1,411'''||'''0.07%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|Sri Lanka Progressive Front||495||0.06%||0||663||0.09%||0||209||0.05%||0||||'''1,367'''||'''0.07%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]]||1,326||0.16%||0||||||||||||||||'''1,326'''||'''0.07%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya]]||||||||807||0.10%||0||||||||||'''807'''||'''0.04%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|'''Valid Votes'''||'''804,550'''||'''100.00%'''||'''43'''||'''778,869'''||'''100.00%'''||'''36'''||'''450,736'''||'''100.00%'''||'''23'''||'''2'''||'''2,034,155'''||'''100.00%'''||'''104'''
|-
| align=left|Rejected Votes||50,435||||||48,262||||||28,441||||||||127,138||||
|-
| align=left|Total Polled||854,985||||||827,131||||||479,177||||||||2,161,293||||
|-
| align=left|Registered Electors||1,326,487||||||1,213,589||||||676,962||||||||3,217,038||||
|-
| align=left|Turnout||64.45%||||||68.16%||||||70.78%||||||||67.18%||||
|}

==References==
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;Other sources
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* {{cite web|url=http://www.jpp.co.jp/lanka/gov/govl/govle/gov61e.htm|title=Table 61 Local Election (Political Party) (Province) (1999)|date=10 February 2009|publisher=Sri Lanka Statistics}}
* {{cite journal|last=D. B. S. Jeyaraj|date=15 April 1999|title=Provincial Council Elections: A Mixed Result|journal=Tamil Times|volume=XVIII|issue=4|pages=4–7|issn=0266-4488}}
* {{cite journal|last=D. B. S. Jeyaraj|date=15 February 1999|title=A Controversial Election|journal=Tamil Times|volume=XVIII|issue=2|pages=8–12|issn=0266-4488}}
* {{cite journal|last=D. B. S. Jeyaraj|date=15 June 1999|title=Political Prospects After PC Elections|journal=Tamil Times|volume=XVIII|issue=6|pages=8–10|issn=0266-4488}}
* {{cite news|title=Provincial Elections|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/990411/news2.html#label0|newspaper=[[Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=11 April 1999}}
* {{cite news|title=Election News|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/990613/news2.html#label0|newspaper=[[Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=13 June 1999}}
* {{cite journal|last=D. B. S. Jeyaraj|title=A complex verdict|journal=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]|date=24 April 1999|volume=16|issue=9|url=http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl1609/16090580.htm|access-date=4 August 2010|archive-date=7 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107125508/http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl1609/16090580.htm|url-status=dead}}
* {{cite journal|title=Thondaman's bold gamble|journal=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]|date=22 May 1999|volume=16|issue=11|url=http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl1611/16110550.htm|access-date=4 August 2010|archive-date=7 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107125736/http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl1611/16110550.htm|url-status=dead}}
* {{cite news|title=Landslide victory for ruling party|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=2750|newspaper=[[TamilNet]]|date=26 January 1999}}
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