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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 5th Sri Lankan provincial council election
| country = Sri Lanka
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 2004 Sri Lankan provincial council election
| previous_year = 2004
| next_election = 2012 Sri Lankan provincial council election
| next_year = 2012
| seats_for_election = 417 seats across 8 provincial councils
| election_date = 10 May 2008, 23 August 2008, 14 February 2009 25 April 2009, 8 August 2009, 10 October 2009
| turnout = 65.84%
| 1blank = Councillors
| 2blank = Councils


| image1 = [[File:Mahinda Rajapaksa.jpg|130px]]
| leader1 = [[Mahinda Rajapaksa]]
| party1 = United People's Freedom Alliance
| alliance1 =
| home_state1 = [[Southern Province, Sri Lanka|Southern]]
| last_election1 =
| seats_before1 =
| states_carried1 =
| seats1 =
| seat_change1 =
| popular_vote1 = 5,137,170
| percentage1 = 63.10%
| 1data1 = 269
| 2data1 = 8


| image2 = [[File:Ranil At UNP Office.jpg|90px]]
| 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 = 2,609,386
| percentage2 = 32.05%
| 1data2 = 131
| 2data2 = 0

| map_image = Sri Lankan Provincial Election 2008-09.png
| map_size = 250px
| map_alt =
| map_caption = Winners of polling divisions. UPFA in blue and UNP in green.
}}
[[Sri Lanka]] has held several rounds of '''Provincial Council elections in 2008 and 2009''' to elect members to eight of the country’s [[Provinces of Sri Lanka|Provincial Councils]]. The decision to hold elections in different parts of the country on separate days was a break in the usual practice, which is to hold elections for the whole country on the same day. For each provincial council, members are elected to serve a five-year term. A [[chief minister]] for the province is chosen by the elected members.

The first [[2008 Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council elections|election]] was held in May 2008 to elect members to Sri Lanka's [[Eastern Provincial Council]]. In August 2008, elections were held in the [[North Central Provincial Council|North Central]] and [[Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council|Sabaragamuwa]] Provinces. In 2009, elections were held for [[Central Provincial Council|Central]] and [[North Western Provincial Council|North Western]] Provincial Councils in February, for the [[Western Provincial Council]] in April, for the [[Uva Provincial Council]] in August and for the [[Southern Provincial Council]] in October. No election was held for the ninth provincial council, [[Northern Provincial Council|Northern]], which had been governed directly by the national government since it was demerged from the [[North Eastern Provincial Council]] in January 2007.

The elections were largely seen as a referendum on the handling of the [[Sri Lankan Civil War|civil war]] by Sri Lanka's President [[Mahinda Rajapakse]].<ref name='island-wotvote'>{{cite news | title=War on terror vote won by MR | date=2008-08-25 | url=http://www.island.lk/2008/08/25/news1.html | work=The Island | access-date=2009-06-15 | archive-date=2008-09-28 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928170306/http://www.island.lk/2008/08/25/news1.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> Rajapakse's [[United People's Freedom Alliance]] and its allies registered resounding victories over the opposition [[United National Party]] in all the elections.<ref name='dn-unprecidented'>{{cite news | title=Editorial: "UNPRECEDENTED VICTORY" | date=2009-04-27 | url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/04/27/main_Editorial.asp | work=The Daily News | access-date=2009-06-15 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430101522/http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/04/27/main_Editorial.asp | archive-date=2009-04-30 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name='dm-upup'>{{cite news|title=UPFA up, up and away |date=2009-04-27 |url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=47187 |work=The Daily Mirror |access-date=2009-06-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609165645/http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=47187 |archive-date=June 9, 2009 }}</ref>

==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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707214924/http://www.priu.gov.lk/ProvCouncils/ProvicialCouncils.html|archive-date=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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090817113810/http://www.priu.gov.lk/Cons/1978Constitution/AMENDMENTS.html|archive-date=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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212123102/http://www.ices.lk/sl_database/ethnic_conflict/time_line.shtml|archive-date=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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501173226/http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/features/20000912no_traitor.htm|archive-date=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>

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.

==Results==
[[Image:Sri Lanka provinces.png|thumb|250px|The nine provinces of the country]]
The UPFA won all eight 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]]1||5,137,170||63.10%||269
|-
| align=left|[[United National Party]]2||2,609,386||32.05%||131
|-
| align=left|[[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna]]||234,442||2.88%||12
|-
| align=left|[[Sri Lanka Muslim Congress]]2||60,091||0.74%||2
|-
| align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]]||15,789||0.19%||0
|-
| align=left|[[Democratic Unity Alliance]]||12,512||0.15%||1
|-
| align=left|[[Up-Country People's Front]]||10,645||0.13%||1
|-
| align=left|[[Ceylon Workers' Congress]]1||10,163||0.12%||0
|-
| align=left|[[United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)|United Socialist Party]]||9,024||0.11%||0
|-
| align=left|Tamil Democratic National Alliance||7,714||0.09%||1
|-
| align=left|United National Alliance||7,098||0.09%||0
|-
| align=left|[[Eelam People's Democratic Party]]||5,418||0.07%||0
|-
| align=left|[[Left Front (Sri Lanka)|Left Front]]||4,771||0.06%||0
|-
| align=left|National Development Front||3,558||0.04%||0
|-
| align=left|National Congress||3,404||0.04%||0
|-
| align=left|[[Eelavar Democratic Front]]||2,275||0.03%||0
|-
| align=left|Ruhuna People's Party||1,618||0.02%||0
|-
| align=left|United Lanka People's Party||911||0.01%||0
|-
| align=left|New Sinhala Heritage||838||0.01%||0
|-
| align=left|United Lanka Great Council||803||0.01%||0
|-
| align=left|[[Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya]]||700||0.01%||0
|-
| align=left|[[Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)|Socialist Equality Party]]||503||0.01%||0
|-
| align=left|Sri Lanka Progressive Front||475||0.01%||0
|-
| align=left|Janasetha Peramuna||306||0.00%||0
|-
| align=left|People's Front of Liberation Tigers||383||0.00%||0
|-
| align=left|Patriotic National Front||379||0.00%||0
|-
| align=left|All Lanka Tamil United Front||378||0.00%||0
|-
| align=left|National People's Party||302||0.00%||0
|-
| align=left|[[Democratic United National Front]]||107||0.00%||0
|-
| align=left|Muslim Liberation Front||49||0.00%||0
|-
| align=left|[[Sri Lanka National Front]]||30||0.00%||0
|-
| align=left|[[Liberal Party of Sri Lanka|Liberal Party]]||20||0.00%||0
|-
| align=left|'''Valid Votes'''||'''8,141,262'''||'''100.00%'''||'''417'''
|-
| align=left|Rejected Votes||427,543||||
|-
| align=left|Total Polled||8,568,805||||
|-
| align=left|Registered Electors||13,013,731||||
|-
| align=left|Turnout||65.84%||||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|1. [[Ceylon Workers' Congress|CWC]] contested with the [[United People's Freedom Alliance|UPFA]] in Central and Uva provinces. 2. [[Sri Lanka Muslim Congress|SLMC]] contested with the [[United National Party|UNP]] in Eastern province.
|}

===Central Province===
{{transcluded section|2009 Sri Lanka Central and North Western Provincial Council elections}}
{{#section:2009 Sri Lanka Central and North Western Provincial Council elections|Central}}

===Eastern Province===
{{transcluded section|2008 Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council election}}
{{#section:2008 Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council election|Eastern}}

===North Central Province===
{{election table|title=Summary of the August 23, 2008 [[North Central Provincial Council|Sri Lanka North Central Provincial Council]] [[2008 Sri Lanka North Central and Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council elections|election]] results}}
|-
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Party
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan="2" | [[Anuradhapura District|Anuradhapura]]
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan="2" | [[Polonnaruwa District|Polonnaruwa]]
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan="3" | Seats
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan="2" | Popular Vote
|-
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" | Votes
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" | Seats
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" | Votes
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" | Seats
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" | 2004
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" | 2009
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" | +/−
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" | Vote
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" | %
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|United People's Freedom Alliance}}"| 
| style="text-align: left" | [[United People's Freedom Alliance]]
| 199,547
| 12
| 107,910
| 6
| 22
| {{ref|1|[1]}}'''20'''
| −2
| style="text-align:right;" | 307,457 
| 56.37%
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|United National Party}}"| 
| style="text-align: left" | [[United National Party]]
| 142,019
| 8
| 63,265
| 4
| 10
| '''12'''
| +2
| style="text-align:right;" | 205,284 
| 37.64%
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna}}"| 
| style="text-align: left" | [[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna]]
| 19,357
| 1
| 7,381
| 0
| {{ref|2|[2]}}0
| '''1'''
| +1
| style="text-align:right;" | 26,738 
| 4.90%
|-
! colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Total
| '''382,677'''
| '''21'''
| '''190,845'''
| '''10'''
| '''33'''
| '''33'''
| '''0'''
| style="text-align:right;" | '''573,522''' 
| '''100'''%

|-
! style=text-align:left colspan=11|Voter turnout:   67.75%

|-
| style="background-color: #e9e9e9; text-align: left; border-right: none; font-size: smaller" colspan="11" | Source: [http://www.slelections.gov.lk/Provincial/2008/Northcentral/districts.html Sri Lanka Department of Elections]
Notes:
:1. {{Note|1}}Includes 2 bonus seats
:2. {{Note|2}}Contested in 2004 as part of the UPFA
|}

===North Western Province===
{{transcluded section|2009 Sri Lanka Central and North Western Provincial Council elections}}
{{#section:2009 Sri Lanka Central and North Western Provincial Council elections|North Western}}

===Sabaragamuwa Province===
{{election table|title=Summary of the August 23, 2008 [[Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council|Sri Lanka Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council]] [[2008 Sri Lanka North Central and Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council elections|election]] results}}
|-
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Party
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan="2" | [[Ratnapura District|Ratnapura]]
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan="2" | [[Kegalle District|Polonnaruwa]]
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan="3" | Seats
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan="2" | Popular Vote
|-
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" | Votes
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" | Seats
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" | Votes
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" | Seats
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" | 2004
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" | 2009
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" | +/−
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" | Vote
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" | %
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|United People's Freedom Alliance}}" | 
| style="text-align: left" | [[United People's Freedom Alliance]]
| 260,218
| 13
| 212,571
| 7
| 28
| {{ref|1|[1]}}'''25'''
| −3
| style="text-align:right;" | 472,789 
| 55.34%
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|United National Party}}" | 
| style="text-align: left" | [[United National Party]]
| 191,996
| 10
| 154,325
| 7
| 15
| '''17'''
| +2
| style="text-align:right;" | 346,321 
| 40.53%
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna}}" | 
| style="text-align: left" | [[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna]]
| 9,703
| 1
| 9,365
| 1
| {{ref|2|[2]}}0
| '''2'''
| +2
| style="text-align:right;" | 19,068 
| 2.23%
|-
! colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Total
| '''497,013'''
| '''24'''
| '''404,660'''
| '''18'''
| '''44'''
| '''44'''
| '''0'''
| style="text-align:right;" | '''901,673''' 
| '''100'''%

|-
! style=text-align:left colspan=11|Voter turnout:   68.37%

|-
| style="background-color: #e9e9e9; text-align: left; border-right: none; font-size: smaller" colspan="11" | Source: [http://www.slelections.gov.lk/Provincial/2008/Northcentral/districts.html Sri Lanka Department of Elections]
Notes:
:1. {{Note|1}}Includes 2 bonus seats
:2. {{Note|2}}Contested in 2004 as part of the UPFA
|}

===Southern Province===
Results of the 6th Southern provincial council election held on 10 October 2009:
{| 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|[[United People's Freedom Alliance]]||354,000||68.34%||16||192,961||66.95%||8||257,110||67.97%||12||2||'''804,071'''||'''67.88%'''||'''38'''
|-
| align=left|[[United National Party]]||140,175||27.06%||6||62,391||21.65%||3||94,614||25.01%||5||||'''297,180'''||'''25.09%'''||'''14'''
|-
| align=left|[[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna]]||19,958||3.85%||1||31,734||11.01%||1||20,687||5.47%||1||||'''72,379'''||'''6.11%'''||'''3'''
|-
| align=left|[[Sri Lanka Muslim Congress]]||2,273||0.44%||0||||||||4,280||1.13%||0||||'''6,553'''||'''0.55%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]]||260||0.05%||0||389||0.13%||0||343||0.09%||0||||'''992'''||'''0.08%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|United National Alliance||500||0.10%||0||||||||371||0.10%||0||||'''871'''||'''0.07%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)|United Socialist Party]]||366||0.07%||0||221||0.08%||0||218||0.06%||0||||'''805'''||'''0.07%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|National Development Front||||||||174||0.06%||0||294||0.08%||0||||'''468'''||'''0.04%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|United Lanka People's Party||57||0.01%||0||217||0.08%||0||||||||||'''274'''||'''0.02%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|Janasetha Peramuna||89||0.02%||0||52||0.02%||0||98||0.03%||0||||'''239'''||'''0.02%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|United Lanka Great Council||19||0.00%||0||55||0.02%||0||36||0.01%||0||||'''110'''||'''0.01%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)|Socialist Equality Party]]||95||0.02%||0||||||||||||||||'''95'''||'''0.01%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Left Front (Sri Lanka)|Left Front]]||92||0.02%||0||||||||||||||||'''92'''||'''0.01%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya]]||36||0.01%||0||23||0.01%||0||32||0.01%||0||||'''91'''||'''0.01%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|Sri Lanka Progressive Front||38||0.01%||0||14||0.00%||0||34||0.01%||0||||'''86'''||'''0.01%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Democratic Unity Alliance]]||||||||||||||61||0.02%||0||||'''61'''||'''0.01%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|Ruhuna People's Party||21||0.00%||0||||||||31||0.01%||0||||'''52'''||'''0.00%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|National People's Party||49||0.01%||0||||||||||||||||'''49'''||'''0.00%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|Patriotic National Front||||||||||||||43||0.01%||0||||'''43'''||'''0.00%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|'''Valid Votes'''||'''518,028'''||'''100.00%'''||'''23'''||'''288,231'''||'''100.00%'''||'''12'''||'''378,252'''||'''100.00%'''||'''18'''||'''2'''||'''1,184,511'''||'''100.00%'''||'''55'''
|-
| align=left|Rejected Votes||21,952||||||13,403||||||16,727||||||||52,082||||
|-
| align=left|Total Polled||539,980||||||301,634||||||394,979||||||||1,236,593||||
|-
| align=left|Registered Electors||761,815||||||421,186||||||578,858||||||||1,761,859||||
|-
| align=left|Turnout||70.88%||||||71.62%||||||68.23%||||||||70.19%
|}

===Uva Province===
The Uva Provincial Council was prematurely dissolved on 29 May 2009 by governor Nanda Mathew.<ref name='dm-uvadissolved'>{{cite news | title=Uva PC dissolved | date=2009-05-29 | url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/05/29/pol01.asp | work=The Daily News | access-date=2009-06-22 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090613023101/http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/05/29/pol01.asp | archive-date=2009-06-13 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The term of the council was due to expire in August.<ref name='dm-suPCs'>{{cite news | title=Southern, Uva PCs to be dissolved | date=2009-04-29 | url =http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=47450 | work =The Daily Mirror| access-date = 2009-06-22}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> The Election Commissioner subsequently announced that nominations will be received from June 17 to June 23, to elect 21 members from the [[Badulla District]] and 11 members from the [[Monaragala District]].<ref name='dn-uvanoms'>{{cite news | title =Nominations from June 17 to 23 | date =2009-06-06 | url =http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/06/06/pol01.asp | work =The Daily News | access-date =2009-06-22 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090615085057/http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/06/06/pol01.asp | archive-date =2009-06-15 | url-status =dead }}</ref> After the close of nominations, the date of the elections was announced as 8 August 2009.<ref name='ad-uvadate'>{{cite news | title=Uva PC election on August 8 | date=2009-06-24 | url =http://adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=3985 | work =Ada Derana | access-date = 2009-06-24}}</ref>

Results of the 5th Uva provincial council election held on 8 August 2009:
{| 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|[[United People's Freedom Alliance]]||259,069||67.79%||14||159,837||81.32%||9||2||'''418,906'''||'''72.39%'''||'''25'''
|-
| align=left|[[United National Party]]||98,635||25.81%||5||30,509||15.52%||2||||'''129,144'''||'''22.32%'''||'''7'''
|-
| align=left|[[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna]]||9,007||2.36%||1||5,632||2.87%||0||||'''14,639'''||'''2.53%'''||'''1'''
|-
| align=left|[[Up-Country People's Front]]||9,227||2.41%||1||||||||||'''9,227'''||'''1.59%'''||'''1'''
|-
| align=left|[[Sri Lanka Muslim Congress]]||4,150||1.09%||0||||||||||'''4,150'''||'''0.72%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|United National Alliance||503||0.13%||0||||||||||'''503'''||'''0.09%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Democratic Unity Alliance]]||481||0.13%||0||||||||||'''481'''||'''0.08%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|National Development Front||247||0.06%||0||226||0.11%||0||||'''473'''||'''0.08%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)|United Socialist Party]]||276||0.07%||0||153||0.08%||0||||'''429'''||'''0.07%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]]||337||0.09%||0||90||0.05%||0||||'''427'''||'''0.07'''%||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|United Lanka Great Council||56||0.01%||0||62||0.03%||0||||'''118'''||''0.02%''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|Janasetha Peramuna||67||0.02%||0||||||||||'''67'''||'''0.01%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|Patriotic National Front||44||0.01%||0||20||0.01%||0||||'''64'''||'''0.01%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|Sri Lanka Progressive Front||31||0.01%||0||10||0.01%||0||||'''41'''||'''0.01%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|[[Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya]]||30||0.01%||0||10||0.01%||0||||'''40'''||'''0.01%'''||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|'''Valid Votes'''||'''382,160'''||'''100.00%'''||'''21'''||'''196,549'''||'''100.00%'''||'''11'''||'''2'''||'''578,709'''||'''100.00%'''||'''34'''
|-
| align=left|Rejected Votes||24,455||||||9,969||||||||34,424||||
|-
| align=left|Total Polled||406,615||||||206,518||||||||613,133||||
|-
| align=left|Registered Electors||574,814||||||300,642||||||||875,456||||
|-
| align=left|Turnout||70.74%||||||68.69%||||||||70.04%
|}

===Western Province===
{{election table|title=Summary of the April 24, 2009 [[Western Provincial Council|Sri Lanka Western Provincial Council]] [[2009 Sri Lanka Western Provincial Council elections|election]] results}}
|-
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Party
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan="2" | [[Colombo District|Colombo]]
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan="2" | [[Gampaha District|Gampaha]]
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan="2" | [[Kalutara District|Kaluthara]]
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan="3" | Seats
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan="2" | Popular Vote
|-
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" | Votes
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" | Seats
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" | Votes
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" | Seats
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" | Votes
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" | Seats
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" | 2004
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" | 2009
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" | +/−
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" | Vote
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" | %
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|United People's Freedom Alliance}}"| 
| style="text-align: left" | [[United People's Freedom Alliance]]
| 530,370
| 25
| 624,530
| 27
| 351,215
| 14
| 59
| {{ref|1|[1]}}'''68'''
| +9
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,506,115 
| 64.73%
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|United National Party}}"| 
| style="text-align: left" | [[United National Party]]
| 327,571
| 15
| 236,256
| 10
| 124,426
| 5
| 39
| '''30'''
| −9
| style="text-align:right;" | 688,253 
| 29.58%
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna}}"| 
| style="text-align: left" | [[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna]]
| 21,787
| 1
| 21,491
| 1
| 13,106
| 1
| {{ref|2|[2]}}0
| '''3'''
| +3
| style="text-align:right;" | 56,384 
| 2.43%
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Sri Lanka Muslim Congress}}"| 
| style="text-align: left" | [[Sri Lanka Muslim Congress]]
| 18,978
| 1
| 18,014
| 1
| 12,396
| 0
| 4
| '''2'''
| −2
| style="text-align:right;" | 49,388 
| 2.12%
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Unity Alliance}}"| 
| style="text-align: left" | [[Democratic Unity Alliance]]
| 8,584
| 1
| 1,424
| 0
| 1,962
| 0
| 1
| '''1'''
| 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 11,970 
| 0.51%
|-
! colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Total
| '''957,035'''
| '''43'''
| '''932,360'''
| '''39'''
| '''526,484'''
| '''20'''
| '''104'''
| '''104'''
| '''0'''
| style="text-align:right;" | '''2,415,879''' 
| '''100'''%

|-
! style=text-align:left colspan=13|Voter turnout:   63.24%

|-
| style="background-color: #e9e9e9; text-align: left; border-right: none; font-size: smaller" colspan="13" | Source: [http://www.slelections.gov.lk/Provincial/2009/Western/districts1.html Sri Lanka Department of Elections]
Notes:
:1. {{Note|1}}Includes 2 bonus seats
:2. {{Note|2}}Contested in 2004 as part of the UPFA
|}

==References==
* {{cite web|title=PAST PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTION RESULTS|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pastElection2.html|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203141942/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pastElection2.html|archive-date=2008-12-03}}
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