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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 4th Sri Lankan provincial council election
| country = Sri Lanka
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1999 Sri Lankan provincial council election
| previous_year = 1999
| next_election = Sri Lanka Provincial Council elections, 2008–2009
| next_year = 2008/09
| seats_for_election = 380 seats across 7 provincial councils
| election_date = 24 April 2004 & 10 July 2004
| turnout = 55.86%
| 1blank = Councillors
| 2blank = Councils


| image1 = [[File:Chandrika Kumaratunga.jpg|115px]]
| leader1 = [[Chandrika Kumaratunga]]
| party1 = United People's Freedom Alliance
| alliance1 =
| home_state1 = [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western]]
| last_election1 =
| seats_before1 =
| states_carried1 =
| seats1 =
| seat_change1 =
| popular_vote1 = 3,364,239
| percentage1 = 57.68%
| 1data1 = 227
| 2data1 = 7


| 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 = 2,197,892
| percentage2 = 37.68%
| 1data2 = 140
| 2data2 = 0

| map_image = Sri Lankan Provincial Election 2004.png
| map_size = 250px
| map_alt =
| map_caption = Winners of polling divisions. UPFA in blue and UNP in green.
}}

The '''2004 Sri Lankan provincial council election''' was held on 24 April 2004 and 10 July 2004 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 [[United People's Freedom Alliance]], which was in power nationally, won all seven provinces.

==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.

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=1 June 2010|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|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Results==
The [[United People's Freedom Alliance]], the successor to the PA, won all seven provinces.

===Overall===
{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
|-
! width="300"|Party / Alliance !! width="60"|Votes !! width="50"|% !! width="40"|Seats
|-
| align=left|[[United People's Freedom Alliance]]||3,364,239||57.68%||227
|-
| align=left|[[United National Party]]1 2||2,197,892||37.68%||140
|-
| align=left|[[Sri Lanka Muslim Congress]]1||119,796||2.05%||7
|-
| align=left|[[Up-Country People's Front]]||52,639||0.90%||3
|-
| align=left|[[United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)|United Socialist Party]]||21,372||0.37%||0
|-
| align=left|[[Western People's Front]]||15,871||0.27%||1
|-
| align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]]||11,976||0.21%||0
|-
| align=left|[[Ceylon Workers' Congress]]2||10,720||0.18%||1
|-
| align=left|National Development Front||10,493||0.18%||0
|-
| align=left|[[Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya]]||6,981||0.12%||0
|-
| align=left|[[Democratic Unity Alliance]]||6,219||0.11%||1
|-
| align=left|United Lalith Front||3,765||0.06%||0
|-
| align=left|[[New Left Front]]||3,589||0.06%||0
|-
| align=left|[[Liberal Party of Sri Lanka|Liberal Party]]||1,450||0.02%||0
|-
| align=left|United Sinhala Great Council||1,304||0.02%||0
|-
| align=left|United Muslim People's Alliance||1,139||0.02%||0
|-
| align=left|Sri Lanka Muslim Party||752||0.01%||0
|-
| align=left|Sri Lanka Progressive Front||730||0.01%||0
|-
| align=left|People's Liberation Solidarity Front||617||0.01%||0
|-
| align=left|Ruhuna People's Party||311||0.01%||0
|-
| align=left|National Democratic Party||287||0.00%||0
|-
| align=left|[[Sri Lanka National Front]]||224||0.00%||0
|-
| align=left|[[Democratic United National Front]]||218||0.00%||0
|-
| align=left|National People's Party||124||0.00%||0
|-
| align=left|'''Valid Votes'''||'''5,832,708'''||'''100.00%'''||'''380'''
|-
| align=left|Rejected Votes||380,055||||
|-
| align=left|Total Polled||6,212,763||||
|-
| align=left|Registered Electors||11,121,889||||
|-
| align=left|Turnout||55.86%||||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|1. [[Sri Lanka Muslim Congress|SLMC]] contested separately in North Central, North Western, Sabaragamuwa, and Western provinces, and with the [[United National Party|UNP]] in Central and Uva provinces. 2. [[Ceylon Workers' Congress|CWC]] contested separately in Sabaragamuwa province and with the [[United National Party|UNP]] in all other provinces.
|}

===Central Province===
Results of the 4th Central provincial council election held on 10 July 2004:
{| 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|[[United People's Freedom Alliance]]||244,595||54.17%||16||92,510||56.12%||6||89,192||32.75%||6||2||'''426,297'''||'''47.97%'''||'''30'''
|-
| align=left|[[United National Party]]||202,264||44.80%||14||69,309||42.04%||4||138,572||50.88%||8||||'''410,145'''||'''46.15%'''||'''26'''
|-
| align=left|[[Up-Country People's Front]]||||||||1,135||0.69%||0||36,939||13.56%||2||||'''38,074'''||'''4.28%'''||'''2'''
|-
| align=left|[[United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)|United Socialist Party]]||1,088||0.24%||0||1,152||0.70%||0||3,896||1.43%||0||||'''6,136'''||'''0.69%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]]||390||0.09%||0||120||0.07%||0||2,131||0.78%||0||||'''2,641'''||'''0.30%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|National Development Front||1,360||0.30%||0||399||0.24%||0||521||0.19%||0||||'''2,280'''||'''0.26%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|United Muslim People's Alliance||987||0.22%||0||||||||||||||||'''987'''||'''0.11%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Liberal Party of Sri Lanka|Liberal Party]]||||||||||||||860||0.32%||0||||'''860'''||'''0.10%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya]]||419||0.09%||0||117||0.07%||0||76||0.03%||0||||'''612'''||'''0.07%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|National Democratic Party||178||0.04%||0||||||||109||0.04%||0||||'''287'''||'''0.03%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|Ruhuna People's Party||161||0.04%||0||||||||31||0.01%||0||||'''192'''||'''0.02%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|Sri Lanka Progressive Front||76||0.02%||0||||||||||||||||'''76'''||'''0.01%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|National People's Party||||||||62||0.04%||0||||||||||'''62'''||'''0.01%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|Sri Lanka Muslim Party||||||||53||0.03%||0||||||||||'''53'''||'''0.01%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|'''Valid Votes'''||'''451,518'''||'''100.00%'''||'''30'''||'''164,857'''||'''100.00%'''||'''10'''||'''272,327'''||'''100.00%'''||'''16'''||'''2'''||'''888,702'''||'''100.00%'''||'''58'''
|-
| align=left|Rejected Votes||31,502||||||12,469||||||23,375||||||||67,346||||
|-
| align=left|Total Polled||483,020||||||177,326||||||295,702||||||||956,048||||
|-
| align=left|Registered Electors||880,635||||||312,556||||||436,248||||||||1,629,439||||
|-
| align=left|Turnout||54.85%||||||56.73%||||||67.78%||||||||58.67%||||
|}

===North Central Province===
Results of the 4th North Central provincial council election held on 10 July 2004:
{| 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|[[United People's Freedom Alliance]]||187,977||63.92%||14||91,067||62.19%||6||2||'''279,044'''||'''63.34%'''||'''22'''
|-
| align=left|[[United National Party]]||89,166||30.32%||6||54,534||37.24%||4||||'''143,700'''||'''32.62%'''||'''10'''
|-
| align=left|[[Sri Lanka Muslim Congress]]||14,391||4.89%||1||||||||||'''14,391'''||'''3.27%'''||'''1'''
|-
| align=left|[[United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)|United Socialist Party]]||1,217||0.41%||0||620||0.42%||0||||'''1,837'''||'''0.42%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|National Development Front||845||0.29%||0||||||||||'''845'''||'''0.19%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]]||222||0.08%||0||130||0.09%||0||||'''352'''||'''0.08%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya]]||74||0.03%||0||54||0.04%||0||||'''128'''||'''0.03%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|Sri Lanka Progressive Front||126||0.04%||0||||||||||'''126'''||'''0.03%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|United Sinhala Great Council||73||0.02%||0||28||0.02%||0||||'''101'''||'''0.02%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|'''Valid Votes'''||'''294,091'''||'''100.00%'''||'''21'''||'''146,433'''||'''100.00%'''||'''10'''||'''2'''||'''440,524'''||'''100.00%'''||'''33'''
|-
| align=left|Rejected Votes||21,600||||||9,831||||||||31,431||||
|-
| align=left|Total Polled||315,691||||||156,264||||||||471,955||||
|-
| align=left|Registered Electors||514,149||||||254,061||||||||768,210||||
|-
| align=left|Turnout||61.40%||||||61.51%||||||||61.44%||||
|}

===North Western Province===
Results of the 4th North Western provincial council election held on 24 April 2004:
{| 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|[[United People's Freedom Alliance]]||362,084||59.85%||20||128,916||57.10%||9||2||'''491,000'''||'''59.10%'''||'''31'''
|-
| align=left|[[United National Party]]||215,905||35.69%||12||95,868||42.46%||7||||'''311,773'''||'''37.53%'''||'''19'''
|-
| align=left|[[Sri Lanka Muslim Congress]]||24,173||4.00%||2||||||||||'''24,173'''||'''2.91%'''||'''2'''
|-
| align=left|National Development Front||623||0.10%||0||450||0.20%||0||||'''1,073'''||'''0.13%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|United Lalith Front||883||0.15%||0||||||||||'''883'''||'''0.11%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[New Left Front]]||476||0.08%||0||89||0.04%||0||||'''565'''||'''0.07%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]]||178||0.03%||0||195||0.09%||0||||'''373'''||'''0.04%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya]]||295||0.05%||0||48||0.02%||0||||'''343'''||'''0.04%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|Sri Lanka Progressive Front||145||0.02%||0||15||0.01%||0||||'''160'''||'''0.02%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|United Muslim People's Alliance||||||||152||0.07%||0||||'''152'''||'''0.02%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|Sri Lanka Muslim Party||83||0.01%||0||15||0.01%||0||||'''98'''||'''0.01%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|United Sinhala Great Council||91||0.02%||0||||||||||'''91'''||'''0.01%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|Sri Lanka National Front||43||0.01%||0||||||||||'''43'''||'''0.01%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|Ruhuna People's Party||||||||17||0.01%||0||||'''17'''||'''0.00%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|'''Valid Votes'''||'''604,979'''||'''100.00%'''||'''34'''||'''225,765'''||'''100.00%'''||'''16'''||'''2'''||'''830,744'''||'''100.00%'''||'''52'''
|-
| align=left|Rejected Votes||28,019||||||9,600||||||||37,619||||
|-
| align=left|Total Polled||632,998||||||235,365||||||||868,363||||
|-
| align=left|Registered Electors||1,089,482||||||450,057||||||||1,539,539||||
|-
| align=left|Turnout||58.10%||||||52.30%||||||||56.40%||||
|}

===Sabaragamuwa Province===
Results of the 4th Sabaragamuwa provincial council election held on 10 July 2004:
{| 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|[[United People's Freedom Alliance]]||185,112||58.90%||11||213,619||61.07%||15||2||'''398,731'''||'''60.04%'''||'''28'''
|-
| align=left|[[United National Party]]||115,551||36.77%||7||119,681||34.22%||8||||'''235,232'''||'''35.42%'''||'''15'''
|-
| align=left|[[Ceylon Workers Congress]]||4,295||1.37%||0||6,425||1.84%||1||||'''10,720'''||'''1.61%'''||'''1'''
|-
| align=left|[[Sri Lanka Muslim Congress]]||6,770||2.15%||0||3,731||1.07%||0||||'''10,501'''||'''1.58%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)|United Socialist Party]]||798||0.25%||0||1,261||0.36%||0||||'''2,059'''||'''0.31%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Up-Country People's Front]]||||||||1,806||0.52%||0||||'''1,806'''||'''0.27%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|United Lalith Front||584||0.19%||0||707||0.20%||0||||'''1,291'''||'''0.19%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|National Development Front||423||0.13%||0||512||0.15%||0||||'''935'''||'''0.14%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Western People's Front]]||||||||854||0.24%||0||||'''854'''||'''0.13%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]]||339||0.11%||0||500||0.14%||0||||'''839'''||'''0.13%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Liberal Party of Sri Lanka|Liberal Party]]||||||||262||0.07%||0||||'''262'''||'''0.04%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|United Sinhala Great Council||84||0.03%||0||96||0.03%||0||||'''180'''||'''0.03%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Democratic United National Front]]||80||0.03%||0||83||0.02%||0||||'''163'''||'''0.02%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya]]||158||0.05%||0||||||||||'''158'''||'''0.02%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|Sri Lanka Muslim Party||||||||133||0.04%||0||||'''133'''||'''0.02%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|Sri Lanka Progressive Front||63||0.02%||0||52||0.01%||0||||'''115'''||'''0.02%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|National People's Party||||||||62||0.02%||0||||'''62'''||'''0.01%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|Ruhuna People's Party||39||0.01%||0||||||||||'''39'''||'''0.01%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|'''Valid Votes'''||'''314,296'''||'''100.00%'''||'''18'''||'''349,784'''||'''100.00%'''||'''24'''||'''2'''||'''664,080'''||'''100.00%'''||'''44'''
|-
| align=left|Rejected Votes||19,779||||||22,652||||||||42,431||||
|-
| align=left|Total Polled||334,075||||||372,436||||||||706,511||||
|-
| align=left|Registered Electors||570,299||||||647,035||||||||1,217,334||||
|-
| align=left|Turnout||58.58%||||||57.56%||||||||58.04%||||
|}

===Southern Province===
Results of the 5th Southern provincial council election held on 10 July 2004:
{| 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
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| align=left|[[United People's Freedom Alliance]]||238,285||62.50%||14||141,283||70.12%||8||182,076||64.30%||12||2||'''561,644'''||'''64.86%'''||'''36'''
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| align=left|[[United National Party]]||139,168||36.51%||9||58,327||28.95%||4||94,448||33.35%||6||||'''291,943'''||'''33.72%'''||'''19'''
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| align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]]||361||0.09%||0||409||0.20%||0||4,615||1.63%||0||||'''5,385'''||'''0.62%'''||'''0'''
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| align=left|[[United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)|United Socialist Party]]||2,278||0.60%||0||1,004||0.50%||0||534||0.19%||0||||'''3,816'''||'''0.44%'''||'''0'''
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| align=left|United Lalith Front||472||0.12%||0||||||||348||0.12%||0||||'''820'''||'''0.09%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya]]||411||0.11%||0||78||0.04%||0||182||0.06%||0||||'''671'''||'''0.08%'''||'''0'''
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| align=left|People's Liberation Solidarity Front||||||||||||||617||0.22%||0||||'''617'''||'''0.07%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|United Sinhala Great Council||159||0.04%||0||56||0.03%||0||172||0.06%||0||||'''387'''||'''0.04%'''||'''0'''
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| align=left|National Development Front||||||||267||0.13%||0||||||||||'''267'''||'''0.03%'''||'''0'''
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| align=left|[[Liberal Party of Sri Lanka|Liberal Party]]||||||||||||||186||0.07%||0||||'''186'''||'''0.02%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|Ruhuna People's Party||94||0.02%||0||||||||||||||||'''94'''||'''0.01%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|Sri Lanka Progressive Front||||||||43||0.02%||0||||||||||'''43'''||'''0.00%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|Sri Lanka National Front||||||||29||0.01%||0||||||||||'''29'''||'''0.00%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|'''Valid Votes'''||'''381,228'''||'''100.00%'''||'''23'''||'''201,496'''||'''100.00%'''||'''12'''||'''283,178'''||'''100.00%'''||'''18'''||'''2'''||'''865,902'''||'''100.00%'''||'''55'''
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| align=left|Rejected Votes||23,633||||||13,725||||||16,992||||||||54,350||||
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| align=left|Total Polled||404,861||||||215,221||||||300,170||||||||920,252||||
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| align=left|Registered Electors||716,609||||||384,361||||||551,506||||||||1,652,476||||
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| align=left|Turnout||56.50%||||||55.99%||||||54.43%||||||||55.69%||||
|}

===Uva Province===
Results of the 4th Uva provincial council election held on 10 July 2004:
{| 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
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! 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
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| align=left|[[United People's Freedom Alliance]]||169,197||55.48%||12||97,878||66.24%||7||2||'''267,075'''||'''58.99%'''||'''21'''
|-
| align=left|[[United National Party]]||119,171||39.08%||8||48,930||33.12%||4||||'''168,101'''||'''37.13%'''||'''12'''
|-
| align=left|[[Up-Country People's Front]]||12,759||4.18%||1||||||||||'''12,759'''||'''2.82%'''||'''1'''
|-
| align=left|[[United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)|United Socialist Party]]||2,364||0.78%||0||616||0.42%||0||||'''2,980'''||'''0.66%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|National Development Front||523||0.17%||0||||||||||'''523'''||'''0.12%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|Sri Lanka Muslim Party||468||0.15%||0||||||||||'''468'''||'''0.10%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]]||231||0.08%||0||117||0.08%||0||||'''348'''||'''0.08%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya]]||246||0.08%||0||65||0.04%||0||||'''311'''||'''0.07%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Democratic United National Front]]||||||||55||0.04%||0||||'''55'''||'''0.01%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|Sri Lanka National Front||||||||39||0.03%||0||||'''39'''||'''0.01%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|United Sinhala Great Council||||||||33||0.02%||0||||'''33'''||'''0.01%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|Sri Lanka Progressive Front||||||||20||0.01%||0||||'''20'''||'''0.00%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|'''Valid Votes'''||'''304,959'''||'''100.00%'''||'''21'''||'''147,753'''||'''100.00%'''||'''11'''||'''2'''||'''452,712'''||'''100.00%'''||'''34'''
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| align=left|Rejected Votes||25,628||||||10,831||||||||36,459||||
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| align=left|Total Polled||330,587||||||158,584||||||||489,171||||
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| align=left|Registered Electors||511,115||||||262,742||||||||773,857||||
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| align=left|Turnout||64.68%||||||60.36%||||||||63.21%||||
|}

===Western Province===
Results of the 4th Western provincial council election held on 10 July 2004:
{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
|-
! 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
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| align=left|[[United People's Freedom Alliance]]||322,653||49.11%||21||392,881||61.35%||24||224,914||57.27%||12||2||'''940,448'''||'''55.65%'''||'''59'''
|-
| align=left|[[United National Party]]||276,759||42.12%||18||218,903||34.19%||14||141,336||35.99%||7||||'''636,998'''||'''37.69%'''||'''39'''
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| align=left|[[Sri Lanka Muslim Congress]]||31,184||4.75%||2||16,621||2.60%||1||22,926||5.84%||1||||'''70,731'''||'''4.19%'''||'''4'''
|-
| align=left|[[Western People's Front]]||12,219||1.86%||1||2,798||0.44%||0||||||||||'''15,017'''||'''0.89%'''||'''1'''
|-
| align=left|[[Democratic Unity Alliance]]||6,219||0.95%||1||||||||||||||||'''6,219'''||'''0.37%'''||'''1'''
|-
| align=left|[[Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya]]||2,194||0.33%||0||2,564||0.40%||0||||||||||'''4,758'''||'''0.28%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|National Development Front||1,337||0.20%||0||2,361||0.37%||0||872||0.22%||0||||'''4,570'''||'''0.27%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)|United Socialist Party]]||||||||2,419||0.38%||0||2,125||0.54%||0||||'''4,544'''||'''0.27%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[New Left Front]]||3,024||0.46%||0||||||||||||||||'''3,024'''||'''0.18%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]]||251||0.04%||0||1,262||0.20%||0||525||0.13%||0||||'''2,038'''||'''0.12%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|United Lalith Front||771||0.12%||0||||||||0||0.00%||0||||'''771'''||'''0.05%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|United Sinhala Great Council||276||0.04%||0||236||0.04%||0||||||||||'''512'''||'''0.03%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|Sri Lanka Progressive Front||||||||159||0.02%||0||||||||||'''159'''||'''0.01%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Liberal Party of Sri Lanka|Liberal Party]]||||||||142||0.02%||0||||||||||'''142'''||'''0.01%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|Sri Lanka National Front||113||0.02%||0||||||||||||||||'''113'''||'''0.01%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|'''Valid Votes'''||'''657,000'''||'''100.00%'''||'''43'''||'''640,346'''||'''100.00%'''||'''39'''||'''392,698'''||'''100.00%'''||'''20'''||'''2'''||'''1,690,044'''||'''100.00%'''||'''104'''
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| align=left|Rejected Votes||45,004||||||38,790||||||26,625||||||||110,419||||
|-
| align=left|Total Polled||702,004||||||679,136||||||419,323||||||||1,800,463||||
|-
| align=left|Registered Electors||1,467,751||||||1,327,145||||||746,138||||||||3,541,034||||
|-
| align=left|Turnout||47.83%||||||51.17%||||||56.20%||||||||50.85%||||
|}

==References==
* {{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/2004Provincial.pdf|title=Results of Provincial Council Elections 2004|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107101529/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/2004Provincial.pdf|archivedate=2009-01-07}}
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