INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Sri Lankan public handed another strong mandate to ruling the National Peoples Power at the 2025 Local Government (LG) election.Although
the variety of votes and the general vote share lowered in comparison to the recent Presidential and Parliamentary elections, the NPP polled
more than double the quantity received by the primary opposition, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya
The NPP might not reproduce its strong proving at the past 2 elections amongst city voters and north and eastern votes.Notably, the NPP
failed to win outright the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) regardless of continuous marketing by the celebration and Prime Minister Dr
Harini Amarasuriya.The result of the CMC which was launched this morning indicated no total control for any party however the NPP received
the most number of votes.The NPP got 81,814 votes (36.92%) and secured 48 out of the 117 seats in the Colombo Municipal Council.The Samagi
Jana Balawegaya (SJB) got 58,375 votes and won 29 seats while the United National Party (UNP) surveyed 26,297 votes and protected 13
seats.With the results, the opposition celebrations are anticipated to forge alliances in a bid to secure government power in the CMC.The
NPP which secured a 2 thirds bulk power in Parliament less than 6 months ago, did not receive the exact same backing especially from the
metropolitan population in the nation and also from the north and eastern provinces
The NPP managed to protect the backing of the rural citizen base in the Deep South.The Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) which lost ground
at the past 2 elections, handled to carry out strongly amongst the Tamil voters
The ITAK won 8 city government bodies in the north and east
Regional celebrations such as the All Ceylon Tamil Congress, the National Congress and the Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC) managed to keep
their voter base.The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) surveyed over 2 million votes and while doing so protected success in city government
bodies in Kandy and in the North and East
The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) also carried out highly in the LG election
The Sarvajana Balaya also protected seats in a number of LG bodies throughout the country and had a remarkable showing for a newly-formed
party.According to total standings, the NPP protected 3,921 members and protected a majority in more than 150 bodies
Nevertheless, they handled to protect total control just in around 100 city government bodies
The SJB protected 1,766 seats while the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna won 742 seats
The United National Party and the Peoples Alliance won 379 and 300 seats respectively
The Sarvajana Balaya protected 226 seats in local government bodies throughout the country.The 2025 LG election which was worked-off from
concluded without any major incidents.Monitors also acknowledged, the election procedure was serene when compared to past elections.
