Elpitiya results show that NPP vote base is declining: SJB

Colombo, Oct 27 (Daily Mirror) - Results of the Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha elections show that the National People's Power (NPP) vote base is on the decline, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) General Secretary Ranjith Madduma Bandara said today. 

Madduma Bandara told a media breifing that the Elpitiya PS election results has indicated that the NPP vote base has declined to less than 42 percent. 

"The usual case in Sri Lankan politics has been that the party which is victorious at a Presidential election wins any elections held there after. However, this has not been the case this time as the NPP has obtained only 17,000 votes while others have obtained 19,000," Madduma Bandara highlighted. 

"The results indicate that the NPP will not be able to win even a Pradeshiya Sabha in the future," he added.