Sri Lanka Local Body Elections: NPP Vote Share Falls, SLPP Makes Comeback

Sri Lanka Local Body Elections: NPP Vote Share Falls, SLPP Makes Comeback

The 2025 local body elections reveal voter frustration with NPP, a surprise SLPP rebound, and ITAK’s dominance in Tamil-majority areas across Sri Lanka.

The End of the Honeymoon: Sentiments on NPP and AKD after the Local Government Election - Groundviews

Photo courtesy of AFP Writing in March after studying 2,000 comments against President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s (AKD’s) consequential budget speech, I observed there was “a growing public sentiment (bordering on embryonic disenchantment) around the government’s inability to deliver what it promised” and that “while unwavering support for AKD and the NPP persists, the public discourse (as

2025 LG Polls: NPP wins but loses steam • Sri Lanka Brief

Overall votes down from Prez/P’ment Polls,  particularly in urban areas/N-E: fails to win CMC outright  Secures majority in 150+ bodies with 3,900+ seats but overall control only in approx. 100 SJB polls over 2m, gets 1,760+ seats; SLPP performs strong with 740+ seats; UNP wins 375+; PA gets 300; SB impresses with 225+ seats; ITAK regains lost ground The Sri Lankan public handed another strong mandate to the ruling National People’s Power (NPP) …