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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 6th Sri Lankan provincial council election
| country = Sri Lanka
| type = legislative
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = Sri Lanka Provincial Council elections, 2008–2009
| previous_year = 2008/09
| next_election = 2013 Sri Lankan provincial council election
| next_year = 2013
| seats_for_election = 114 seats across 3 provincial councils
| election_date = 8 September 2012
| turnout = 64.10%
| 1blank = Councillors
| 2blank = Councils


| image1 = [[File:Mahinda Rajapaksa.jpg|100px]]
| leader1 = [[Mahinda Rajapaksa]]
| party1 = United People's Freedom Alliance
| alliance1 =
| home_state1 = n/a
| last_election1 =
| seats_before1 =
| states_carried1 =
| seats1 =
| seat_change1 =
| popular_vote1 = 1,027,310
| percentage1 = 51.05%
| 1data1 = 63
| 2data1 = '''2'''


| image2 = [[File:Ranil At UNP Office.jpg|100px]]
| leader2 = [[Ranil Wickremasinghe]]
| party2 = United National Party
| alliance2 =
| home_state2 = n/a
| last_election2 =
| seats_before2 =
| states_carried2 =
| seats2 =
| seat_change2 =
| popular_vote2 = 557,885
| percentage2 = 27.72%
| 1data2 = 29
| 2data2 = '''0'''


| image4 = [[File:R. Sampanthan.jpg|100px]]
| leader4 = [[R. Sampanthan]]
| party4 = Tamil National Alliance
| alliance4 =
| home_state4 = n/a
| last_election4 =
| seats_before4 =
| states_carried4 =
| seats4 =
| seat_change4 =
| popular_vote4 = 193,827
| percentage4 = 9.63%
| 1data4 = 11
| 2data4 = '''0'''


| image5 = [[File:Rauff Hakeem.jpg|100px]]
| leader5 = [[Rauff Hakeem]]
| color5 = 007B48
| party5 = [[Sri Lanka Muslim Congress]]
| alliance5 =
| home_state5 = n/a
| last_election5 =
| seats_before5 =
| states_carried5 =
| seats5 =
| seat_change5 =
| popular_vote5 = 132,917
| percentage5 = 6.61%
| 1data5 = 7
| 2data5 = '''0'''

| map_image = Sri Lankan Provincial Election 2012.png
| map_size = 250px
| map_alt =
| map_caption = Winners of polling divisions. UPFA in blue, TNA in yellow and SLMC in green.
}}
'''[[Provinces of Sri Lanka#Provincial Councils|Provincial council]] [[Elections in Sri Lanka|elections]]''' were held in [[Sri Lanka]] on 8 September 2012 to elect 114 members to three of the nine provincial councils in the country. 3.3 million Sri Lankans were eligible to vote in the election. Elections for the [[Northern Provincial Council]], which had been governed directly by the national government since it was demerged from the [[North Eastern Provincial Council]] in January 2007, are overdue but the government has not set a date. Elections to the remaining five provincial councils are not due till 2014 as they had their last election in 2009.

The [[United People's Freedom Alliance]]'s domination of Sri Lankan elections continued as expected. It retained control of two provincial councils ([[North Central Provincial Council|North Central]] and [[Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council|Sabaragamuwa]]) but lost overall control in the other provincial council ([[Eastern Provincial Council|Eastern]]), although it was the largest group.

==Background==
{{See also|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 (Sri Lanka)]]|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=9 September 2012|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.

The [[Sri Lanka Provincial Council elections, 2008–2009|5th Sri Lankan provincial council election]] was held in 2008/09 in eight provinces. The UPFA won all eight provinces.

==Results==
===Overall===
The UPFA won control of two provincial councils (North Central and North Central). There was no overall control in the other provincial council (Eastern) but the UPFA was the largest group.
{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
! colspan=2|Alliances and parties !! width="60"|Votes !! width="50"|% !! Seats !! Councils
|-valign=top
| bgcolor={{party color|United People's Freedom Alliance}}|  || align=left|[[United People's Freedom Alliance]]
*[[All Ceylon Muslim Congress]]
*[[Ceylon Workers' Congress]]<ref name=CWC>The [[Ceylon Workers' Congress]] contested with the [[Democratic People's Front]] and [[Up-Country People's Front]] in two electoral districts and with the [[United People's Freedom Alliance|UPFA]] in other electoral districts.</ref>
*[[Communist Party of Sri Lanka]]<ref name=CPSL>The [[Communist Party of Sri Lanka]] contested with the Socialist Alliance in three electoral districts and with the [[United People's Freedom Alliance|UPFA]] in other electoral districts.</ref>
*[[Eelam People's Democratic Party]]
*[[Jathika Hela Urumaya]]
*[[Lanka Sama Samaja Party]]<ref name=LSPP>The [[Lanka Sama Samaja Party]] contested with the Socialist Alliance in three electoral districts and with the [[United People's Freedom Alliance|UPFA]] in other electoral districts.</ref>
*[[Mahajana Eksath Peramuna]]
*[[National Congress (Sri Lanka)|National Congress]]
*[[National Freedom Front]]<ref name=NFF>The [[National Freedom Front]] contested separately in one electoral district and with the [[United People's Freedom Alliance|UPFA]] in other electoral districts.</ref>
*[[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]]
*[[Sri Lanka Muslim Congress]]<ref name=SLMC>The [[Sri Lanka Muslim Congress]] contested separately in three electoral districts and with the [[United People's Freedom Alliance|UPFA]] in other electoral districts.</ref>
*[[Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal]]
| 1,027,310 || 51.05% || 63 || 2
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|United National Party}}|  || align=left|[[United National Party]] || 557,885 || 27.72% || 29 || 0
|-valign=top
| bgcolor={{party color|Tamil National Alliance}}|  || align=left|[[Tamil National Alliance]]<ref>The [[Tamil National Alliance|TNA]] contested under and symbol of the [[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]].</ref>
*[[Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front]]
*[[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]]
*[[People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam]]
*[[Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization]]
*[[Tamil United Liberation Front]]
| 193,827 || 9.63% || 11 || 0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Sri Lanka Muslim Congress}}|  || align=left|[[Sri Lanka Muslim Congress]]<ref name=SLMC/> || 132,917 || 6.61% || 7 || 0
|-valign=top
| bgcolor={{party color|Ceylon Workers' Congress}}|  || align=left|[[Ceylon Workers' Congress]]
*[[Ceylon Workers' Congress]]<ref name=CWC/>
*[[Democratic People's Front]]
*[[Up-Country People's Front]]
| 25,985 || 1.29% || 2 || 0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna}}|  || align=left|[[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna]] || 31,384 || 1.56% || 1 || 0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Jathika Nidahas Peramuna}}|  || align=left|[[National Freedom Front]]<ref name=NFF/> || 9,522 || 0.47% || 1 || 0
|-
| || align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independent lists]] || 23,625 || 1.17% || 0 || 0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students}}|  || align=left|[[Eelavar Democratic Front]] || 2,693 || 0.13% || 0 || 0
|-valign=top
| || align=left|Socialist Alliance
*[[Communist Party of Sri Lanka]]<ref name=CPSL/>
*Democratic Left Front
*[[Lanka Sama Samaja Party]]<ref name=LSPP/>
| 2,480 || 0.12% || 0 || 0
|-
| || align=left|United Lanka People's Party || 595 || 0.03% || 0 || 0
|-
| || align=left|[[United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)|United Socialist Party]] || 485 || 0.02% || 0 || 0
|-
| || align=left|All Lanka Tamil United Front || 460 || 0.02% || 0 || 0
|-
| || align=left|[[Sri Lanka Labour Party]] || 449 || 0.02% || 0 || 0
|-
| || align=left|United Lanka Great Council || 597 || 0.03% || 0 || 0
|-
| || align=left|Jana Setha Peramuna || 398 || 0.02% || 0 || 0
|-
| || align=left|Patriotic National Front || 334 || 0.02% || 0 || 0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Nava Sama Samaja Party}}|  || align=left|[[Nava Sama Samaja Party]] || 286 || 0.01% || 0 || 0
|-
| || align=left|Ruhuna People's Party || 204 || 0.01% || 0 || 0
|-
| || align=left|National Development Front || 203 || 0.01% || 0 || 0
|-
| || align=left|Our National Front || 163 || 0.01% || 0 || 0
|-
| || align=left|[[New Sinhala Heritage]] || 148 || 0.01% || 0 || 0
|-
| || align=left|All Are Citizens, All Are Kings Organisation || 145 || 0.01% || 0 || 0
|-
| || align=left|[[Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)|Socialist Equality Party]] || 86 || 0.00% || 0 || 0
|-
| || align=left|[[Liberal Party of Sri Lanka|Liberal Party]] || 74 || 0.00% || 0 || 0
|-
| || align=left|Muslim Liberation Front || 57 || 0.00% || 0 || 0
|-
| colspan=5 align=left|No overall control
| 1
|-
| colspan=2 align=left|'''Valid Votes'''
| '''2,012,312''' || '''100.00%''' || '''114''' || '''3'''
|-
| colspan=2 align=left| Rejected Votes
| 126,427 || colspan=3|
|-
| colspan=2 align=left| Total Polled
| 2,138,739 || colspan=3|
|-
| colspan=2 align=left| Registered Electors
| 3,336,417 || colspan=3|
|-
| colspan=2 align=left| Turnout
| 64.10% || colspan=3|
|-
| align=left colspan=7|Source:<ref>{{cite web|title=Provincial Council Elections 2012|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/2012PPC/1ppc.html|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka}}</ref>
|}

===Eastern Province===
Results of the 2nd [[Eastern Provincial Council]] election held on 8 September 2012:<ref>{{cite web|title=Provincial Council Elections 2012: Eastern Province|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/2012PPC/eppc.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621001141/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/2012PPC/eppc.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-06-21|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
|-
! valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=2 width="300"|Alliances and parties !! colspan=3|[[Ampara Electoral District|Ampara]] !! colspan=3|[[Batticaloa Electoral District|Batticaloa]] !! colspan=3|[[Trincomalee Electoral District|Trincomalee]] !! 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
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|United People's Freedom Alliance}}|  || align=left|[[United People's Freedom Alliance]] || 92,530 || 33.66% || 5 || 64,190 || 31.17% || 4 || 43,324 || 28.38% || 3 || 2 || '''200,044''' || '''31.58%''' || '''14'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Tamil National Alliance}}|  || align=left|[[Tamil National Alliance]] || 44,749 || 16.28% || 2 || 104,682 || 50.83% || 6 || 44,396 || 29.08% || 3 || 0 || '''193,827''' || '''30.59%''' || '''11'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Sri Lanka Muslim Congress}}|  || align=left|[[Sri Lanka Muslim Congress]] || 83,658 || 30.43% || 4 || 23,083 || 11.21% || 1 || 26,176 || 17.15% || 2 || 0 || '''132,917''' || '''20.98%''' || '''7'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|United National Party}}|  || align=left|[[United National Party]] || 48,028 || 17.47% || 3 || 2,434 || 1.18% || 0 || 24,439 || 16.01% || 1 || 0 || '''74,901''' || '''11.82%''' || '''4'''
|-
| || align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independent lists]] || 1,178 || 0.43% || 0 || 9,019 || 4.38% || 0 || 2,164 || 1.42% || 0 || 0 || '''12,361''' || '''1.95%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|[[National Freedom Front]] || || || || || || || 9,522 || 6.24% || 1 || 0 || '''9,522''' || '''1.50%''' || '''1'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna}}|  || align=left|[[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna]] || 2,305 || 0.84% || 0 || 72 || 0.03% || 0 || 777 || 0.51% || 0 || 0 || '''3,154''' || '''0.50%''' || '''0'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students}}|  || align=left|[[Eelavar Democratic Front]] || 531 || 0.19% || 0 || 1,777 || 0.86% || 0 || 385 || 0.25% || 0 || 0 || '''2,693''' || '''0.43%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|Socialist Alliance || 1,489 || 0.54% || 0 || 379 || 0.18% || 0 || 612 || 0.40% || 0 || 0 || '''2,480''' || '''0.39%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|All Lanka Tamil United Front || 76 || 0.03% || 0 || || || || 384 || 0.25% || 0 || 0 || '''460''' || '''0.07%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|[[United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)|United Socialist Party]] || 103 || 0.04% || 0 || 37 || 0.02% || 0 || 149 || 0.10% || 0 || 0 || '''289''' || '''0.05%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|[[Sri Lanka Labour Party]] || 111 || 0.04% || 0 || 50 || 0.02% || 0 || 107 || 0.07% || 0 || 0 || '''268''' || '''0.04%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|Our National Front || || || || 163 || 0.08% || 0 || || || || 0 || '''163''' || '''0.03%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|United Lanka Great Council || 10 || 0.00% || 0 || 15 || 0.01% || 0 || 97 || 0.06% || 0 || 0 || '''122''' || '''0.02%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|United Lanka People's Party || 74 || 0.03% || 0 || 16 || 0.01% || 0 || || || || 0 || '''90''' || '''0.01%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|Jana Setha Peramuna || 31 || 0.01% || 0 || 19 || 0.01% || 0 || 35 || 0.02% || 0 || 0 || '''85''' || '''0.01%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|Patriotic National Front || 7 || 0.00% || 0 || || || || 78 || 0.05% || 0 || 0 || '''85''' || '''0.01%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|Muslim Liberation Front || 42 || 0.02% || 0 || || || || 15 || 0.01% || 0 || 0 || '''57''' || '''0.01%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|Ruhuna People's Party || 13 || 0.00% || 0 || || || || 3 || 0.00% || 0 || 0 || '''16''' || '''0.00%''' || '''0'''
|-
| colspan=2 align=left|'''Valid Votes'''
| '''274,935''' || '''100.00%''' || '''14''' || '''205,936''' || '''100.00%''' || '''11''' || '''152,663''' || '''100.00%''' || '''10''' || '''2''' || '''633,534''' || '''100.00%''' || '''37'''
|-
| colspan=2 align=left| Rejected Votes
| 16,744 || || || 17,223 || || || 11,324 || || || || 45,291 || ||
|-
| colspan=2 align=left| Total Polled
| 291,679 || || || 223,159 || || || 163,987 || || || || 678,825 || ||
|-
| colspan=2 align=left| Registered Electors
| 441,287 || || || 347,099 || || || 245,363 || || || || 1,033,749 || ||
|-
| colspan=2 align=left| Turnout
| 66.10% || || || 64.29% || || || 66.83% || || || || 65.67% || ||
|}

===North Central Province===
Results of the 6th [[North Central Provincial Council]] election held on 8 September 2012:<ref>{{cite web|title=Provincial Council Elections 2012: North Central Province|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/2012PPC/ncppc.htm|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
|-
! valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=2 width="300"|Alliances and parties !! 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
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|United People's Freedom Alliance}}|  || align=left|[[United People's Freedom Alliance]] || 234,387 || 62.71% || 13 || 104,165 || 58.15% || 6 || 2 || '''338,552''' || '''61.23%''' || '''21'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|United National Party}}|  || align=left|[[United National Party]] || 126,184 || 33.76% || 7 || 69,943 || 39.04% || 4 || 0 || '''196,127''' || '''35.47%''' || '''11'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna}}|  || align=left|[[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna]] || 11,684 || 3.13% || 1 || 4,382 || 2.45% || 0 || 0 || '''16,066''' || '''2.91%''' || '''1'''
|-
| || align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independent lists]] || 912 || 0.24% || 0 || 272 || 0.15% || 0 || 0 || '''1,184''' || '''0.21%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|United Lanka People's Party || 226 || 0.06% || 0 || || || || 0 || '''226''' || '''0.04%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|Jana Setha Peramuna || 178 || 0.05% || 0 || 42 || 0.02% || 0 || 0 || '''220''' || '''0.04%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|[[United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)|United Socialist Party]] || || || || 196 || 0.11% || 0 || 0 || '''196''' || '''0.04%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|United Lanka Great Council || 53 || 0.01% || 0 || 91 || 0.05% || 0 || 0 || '''144''' || '''0.03%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|[[Sri Lanka Labour Party]] || 54 || 0.01% || 0 || 20 || 0.01% || 0 || 0 || '''74''' || '''0.01%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|Patriotic National Front || 53 || 0.01% || 0 || 19 || 0.01% || 0 || 0 || '''72''' || '''0.01%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|Ruhuna People's Party || 51 || 0.01% || 0 || 16 || 0.01% || 0 || 0 || '''67''' || '''0.01%''' || '''0'''
|-
| colspan=2 align=left|'''Valid Votes'''
| '''373,782''' || '''100.00%''' || '''21''' || '''179,146''' || '''100.00%''' || '''10''' || '''2''' || '''552,928''' || '''100.00%''' || '''33'''
|-
| colspan=2 align=left| Rejected Votes
| 18,218 || || || 9,792 || || || || 28,010 || ||
|-
| colspan=2 align=left| Total Polled
| 392,000 || || || 188,938 || || || || 580,938 || ||
|-
| colspan=2 align=left| Registered Electors
| 606,508 || || || 294,365 || || || || 900,873 || ||
|-
| colspan=2 align=left| Turnout
| 64.63% || || || 64.18% || || || || 64.49% || ||
|}

===Sabaragamuwa Province===
Results of the 6th [[Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council]] election held on 8 September 2012:<ref>{{cite web|title=Provincial Council Elections 2012: Sabaragamuwa Province|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/2012PPC/sppc.htm|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
|-
! valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=2 width="300"|Alliances and parties !! 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
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|United People's Freedom Alliance}}|  || align=left|[[United People's Freedom Alliance]] || 213,734 || 58.08% || 11 || 274,980 || 60.06% || 15 || 2 || '''488,714''' || '''59.18%''' || '''28'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|United National Party}}|  || align=left|[[United National Party]] || 130,417 || 35.44% || 6 || 156,440 || 34.17% || 8 || 0 || '''286,857''' || '''34.73%''' || '''14'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Ceylon Workers' Congress}}|  || align=left|[[Ceylon Workers' Congress]] || 8,971 || 2.44% || 1 || 17,014 || 3.72% || 1 || 0 || '''25,985''' || '''3.15%''' || '''2'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna}}|  || align=left|[[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna]] || 4,519 || 1.23% || 0 || 7,645 || 1.67% || 0 || 0 || '''12,164''' || '''1.47%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independent lists]] || 9,356 || 2.54% || 0 || 724 || 0.16% || 0 || 0 || '''10,080''' || '''1.22%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|United Lanka Great Council || 239 || 0.06% || 0 || 92 || 0.02% || 0 || 0 || '''331''' || '''0.04%''' || '''0'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Nava Sama Samaja Party}}|  || align=left|[[Nava Sama Samaja Party]] || 87 || 0.02% || 0 || 199 || 0.04% || 0 || 0 || '''286''' || '''0.03%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|United Lanka People's Party || || || || 279 || 0.06% || 0 || 0 || '''279''' || '''0.03%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|National Development Front || 203 || 0.06% || 0 || || || || 0 || '''203''' || '''0.02%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|Patriotic National Front || 106 || 0.03% || 0 || 71 || 0.02% || 0 || 0 || '''177''' || '''0.02%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|[[New Sinhala Heritage]] || || || || 148 || 0.03% || 0 || 0 || '''148''' || '''0.02%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|All Are Citizens, All Are Kings Organisation || 70 || 0.02% || 0 || 75 || 0.02% || 0 || 0 || '''145''' || '''0.02%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|Ruhuna People's Party || 46 || 0.01% || 0 || 75 || 0.02% || 0 || 0 || '''121''' || '''0.01%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|[[Sri Lanka Labour Party]] || 70 || 0.02% || 0 || 37 || 0.01% || 0 || 0 || '''107''' || '''0.01%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|Jana Setha Peramuna || 93 || 0.03% || 0 || || || || 0 || '''93''' || '''0.01%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|[[Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)|Socialist Equality Party]] || 86 || 0.02% || 0 || || || || 0 || '''86''' || '''0.01%''' || '''0'''
|-
| || align=left|[[Liberal Party of Sri Lanka|Liberal Party]] || || || || 74 || 0.02% || 0 || 0 || '''74''' || '''0.01%''' || '''0'''
|-
| colspan=2 align=left|'''Valid Votes'''
| '''367,997''' || '''100.00%''' || '''18''' || '''457,853''' || '''100.00%''' || '''24''' || '''2''' || '''825,850''' || '''100.00%''' || '''44'''
|-
| colspan=2 align=left| Rejected Votes
| 29,065 || || || 24,061 || || || || 53,126 || ||
|-
| colspan=2 align=left| Total Polled
| 397,062 || || || 481,914 || || || || 878,976 || ||
|-
| colspan=2 align=left| Registered Electors
| 631,981 || || || 769,814 || || || || 1,401,795 || ||
|-
| colspan=2 align=left| Turnout
| 62.83% || || || 62.60% || || || || 62.70% || ||
|}

==References and footnotes==
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