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on 20 September 2014 to elect 34 members to one of the nine provincial councils in the country. 0.9 million Sri Lankans were eligible to vote in the election. Elections to the remaining eight provincial councils were not due as they had their last election in
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which enabled him to secure the position of Chief Minister and toppling the UPFA rule in Uva Province. After the 2015 General election
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MP Upali Samaraweera was given a minister position and rest of the 3 ministers were appointed from
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was appointed. In September 2015, the council was turned into a unity government with
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resigned from the Chief Minister position to take duties as a cabinet minister,
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6th Sri Lankan provincial council election in Uva Province
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The UPFA retained control of the Uva provincial council.
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number of UPFA councillors crossed over to UNP to back
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