Sri Lankan president’s party continues winning streak in local election

The election fee knowledge confirmed that the ruling NPP garnered over 4.5 million votes or 43% of the votes, drastically down from the 68% polled on the parliamentary election held in November final 12 months. File
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The National People’s Power led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Wednesday (May 7, 2025) emerged as the most important party in 265 out of 339 local municipal councils throughout Sri Lanka regardless of failing to win capital Colombo’s physique.

However, the National People’s Power (NPP) party’s capacity to type administrations in these 265 our bodies is in doubt because the mixed Opposition teams have extra members than NPP in a number of councils, official outcomes issued by the unbiased election fee has proven.

The election fee knowledge confirmed that the ruling NPP garnered over 4.5 million votes or 43% of the votes, drastically down from the 68% polled on the parliamentary election held in November final 12 months. It additionally had a thumping win in the presidential polls previous to that.

The primary opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) received simply 14 of the 339 councils incomes 21% vote.

More than 70% of the registered voters exercised their franchise on Tuesday (May 6, 2025) in the local council polls, which have been postponed in 2023 following the financial disaster in the island nation.

In the battle for the coveted Colombo local physique, the NPP received simply 48 out of the 117 seats with the opposition events mixed having extra.

While the opposition events are entertaining hopes to forge alliances, the NPP mentioned they’re pleased with the achievements. “Our call to cleanse local governments has been heeded,” Tilwin Silva, the NPP basic secretary, mentioned.

In the Tamil dominated north, the place the NPP recorded resounding wins in the November parliamentary election, the primary Tamil party, the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK), carried out creditably, the election workplace knowledge confirmed.

“ITAK has won 43 out of 58 councils we contested in the northeast without any alliance. It is a phenomenal victory considering that the NPP claimed it had the mandate of the north after the parliamentary elections 2024,” TNA spokesperson MA Sumanthiran mentioned.

The ruling NPP had received the presidential and parliamentary elections held final 12 months and the local authorities election was being seen as an electoral take a look at of the efficiency of the brand new authorities, whose job was to proceed the financial reforms of the earlier authorities, political analysts famous.