[Sri Lanka] - NPP wins Colombo Municipal Council, but fails to secure majority

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The National Peoples Power (NPP) has actually protected triumph in the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) by winning an overall of 48 seats
after polling over 81,000 votes (36.92%)
The NPP has failed to protect a general bulk in the CMC, the oldest and the largest regional government authority in the island and the
municipal governing body of the biggest city and financial centre in Sri Lanka.The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has surveyed 58,375 votes to
secure 29 seats while the United National Party (UNP) has actually acquired 26,297 votes to clinch 13 seats.The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
(SLPP) and the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) have secured 5 and 4 seats, respectively.National Peoples Power (NPP) 81,814 (48
seats)Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) 58,375 (29 seats)United National Party (UNP) 26,297 (13 seats)Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) 9,341 (5
seats)Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) 8,630 (4 seats)Independent Group 03 5,934 (3 seats)Independent Group 05 4,659 (2 seats)United Peace
Alliance 4,473 (2 seats)Sarvajana Balaya (SB) 3,911 (2 seats)Independent Group 04 3,640 (2 seats)Peoples Alliance 2,754 (1 seat)National
Freedom Front 2,398 (1 seat)United Republican Front - 2,157 (1 seat)Independent Group 01 1,909 (1 seat)Independent Group 02 1,791 (1
seat)Democratic National Alliance 1,370 (1 seat)National Peoples Party 950 (1 seat)