UNP to review and strengthen party

22 September 2013 03:42 pm

The United National Party (UNP) today said it had suffered a setback at Saturday’s Provincial Council Elections but would make use of the results to review its stand and strengthen the party.

UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake told journalists that his party had suffered a setback but one had to accept that the ruling party had also suffered a somewhat similar fate.

Accordingly he said the ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) had lost a seat in the Kurunegala District compared to the 2009 elections. He recalled that the UPFA got 24 seats in Kurunegala in 2009 but only 23 seats in the district this time around, reducing its percentage of votes to 69 per cent compared to more than 70 per cent it had secured in 2009. He said the situation was the same with regard to the Kandy District where the government had got only 16 seats compared to 18 in 2009. In the Matale district he said the ruling party’s percentage had dropped to 59 percent from the 68 per cent in 2009. (YP)






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