Analysts have underpinned that the Provincial Council poll has explicitly proven the people’s strength of the present Government which cannot be subjugated by any international force.
The Opposition launched a dire campaign that the people will deliver a massive verdict against the Western and Southern Provincial Council poll. However, analysts point out that the results of the elections had clearly indicated that popularity of the Government which is moving forward for nearly 10 years under the leadership of the President had not waned. The voter base of the United People’s Freedom Alliance has further strengthened in comparison with the United National Party, the main Opposition based on the overall result of the Western Provincial Council.
The Freedom Alliance polled a total of one million 363 thousand 675 votes from the Western Province. Even after securing win in five of the electorates from the Colombo District, the United National Party was able to receive only 679 thousand 682. The Analysts claim that the securing of 683 thousand 993 votes more than the United National Party by the Freedom Alliance is significant. It is a notable feature that the popularity of certain Governments wane after a long rule. But the analysts assert that the people rather than moving away have become much closer to the United People’s Freedom Alliance Government under the leadership of President Rajapaksa. Certain parties are attempting to compare this poll with that of 2009. But it should be considered how practical it is to compare the two polls. They emphasize that it is not practical to analyse this poll with the election held while the country was triumphing over terrorism.
At the last Northern Provincial Council poll the Tamil National Alliance polled 353 thousand 595 out of a total of 719 thousand 356 registered voters. It is the view of the analysts that the polling of a number more than that of the total of number of registered voters in the North is noteworthy. Accordingly the analysts underscores that the Freedom Alliance had succeeded in further strengthening its voter base at this Provincial poll.
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