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{{Short description|Provincial council in Sri Lanka}}
{{Infobox legislature
| name               = Eastern Provincial Council
| native_name        = கிழக்கு மாகாண சபை<br />නැගෙනහිර පළාත් සභාව
| native_name_lang   = si
| transcription_name =
| legislature        = [[2nd Eastern Provincial Council]]
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| house_type         = Unicameral
| body               =
| houses             =
| leader1_type       = Chairman
| leader1            = Ariyawathi Galappaththy
| party1             = [[United People's Freedom Alliance|UPFA]]
| election1          = 1 October 2012
| leader2_type       = Deputy Chairman
| leader2            = M. S. Subair
| party2             = [[United People's Freedom Alliance|UPFA]]
| election2          = 1 October 2012
| leader3_type       = [[Chief Minister of Sri Lanka|Chief Minister]]
| leader3            = [[Ahamed Nazeer Zainulabdeen|A. N. Zainulabdeen]]
| party3             = [[Sri Lanka Muslim Congress|SLMC]]
| election3          = 6 February 2015
| leader4_type       = Leader of the Opposition
| leader4            = [[S. Thandayuthapani]]
| party4             = [[Tamil National Alliance|TNA]]
| election4          = 28 September 2012
| leader5_type       = Chief Secretary
| leader5            = Thusitha P Wanigasinghe
| party5             =
| election5          = 16 December 2019
| members            = 37
| structure1         = File:Eastern provincial council 2012.svg
| structure1_res     = 200px
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| political_groups1  = '''Government (22)'''
* {{Color box|#1609F7|border=darkgray}} [[United People's Freedom Alliance|UPFA]] (14)
* {{Color box|#007B48|border=darkgray}} [[Sri Lanka Muslim Congress|SLMC]] (7)
* {{Color box|#FFD700|border=darkgray}} [[National Freedom Front|NFF]] (1)
'''Opposition (15)'''
*{{Color box|#FFFF00|border=darkgray}} [[Tamil National Alliance|TNA]] (11)
*{{Color box|#1CAE05|border=darkgray}} [[United National Party|UNP]] (4)
| voting_system1     =
| last_election1     = [[2012 Sri Lankan provincial council election|8 September 2012]]
| previous_election1 =
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| meeting_place      = Provincial Council Assembly Hall, Assembly Secretariat, [[Trincomalee]]
| website            = {{URL|http://www.ep.gov.lk/|ep.gov.lk}}
| footnotes          =
}}
The '''Eastern Provincial Council''' ('''EPC''' {{langx|ta|கிழக்கு மாகாண சபை}} ''Kiḻakku Mākāṇa Capai''; {{langx|si| නැගෙනහිර පළාත් සභාව}} “Nagenahira Palat Sabava”; EPC) is the [[Provincial council (Sri Lanka)|provincial council]] for the [[Eastern Province, Sri Lanka|Eastern Province]] in [[Sri Lanka]]. In accordance with the [[Constitution of Sri Lanka|Sri Lankan constitution]], EPC has [[legislative power]] over a variety of matters including agriculture, education, health, housing, local government, planning, road transport and social services. The constitution also gives it powers over police and land but successive [[central government]]s have refused to devolve these powers to the provinces. EPC has 37 members elected using the [[open list]] [[proportional representation system]].

==History==
In an attempt to end the [[Sri Lankan civil war|Sri Lankan Civil War]] the [[Indo-Sri Lanka Accord|Indo-Lanka Accord]] was signed on 29 July 1987. One of the requirements of the accord was that the [[Sri Lankan government]] should [[devolve]] powers to the [[Provinces of Sri Lanka|provinces]].<ref name=tn>{{cite web|url=http://www.tamilnation.co/conflictresolution/tamileelam/87peaceaccord.htm|title=Indo Sri Lanka Agreement, 1987|publisher=TamilNation|access-date=2012-10-06|archive-date=2017-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204171815/http://www.tamilnation.co/conflictresolution/tamileelam/87peaceaccord.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Accordingly on 14 November 1987 the [[Sri Lankan Parliament]] passed the [[13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka]] and the Provincial Councils Act No 42 of 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.priu.gov.lk/ProvCouncils/ProvicialCouncils.html|title=Introduction|work=Official Website of the Government of Sri Lanka|publisher=[[Government of Sri Lanka]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707214924/http://www.priu.gov.lk/ProvCouncils/ProvicialCouncils.html|archive-date=2009-07-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.priu.gov.lk/Cons/1978Constitution/AMENDMENTS.html|title=Amendments to the 1978 Constitution|work=Official Website of the Government of Sri Lanka|publisher=[[Government of Sri Lanka]]|access-date=2012-09-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090817113810/http://www.priu.gov.lk/Cons/1978Constitution/AMENDMENTS.html|archive-date=2009-08-17|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 3 February 1988 nine provincial councils were created by order.<ref name=lnp>{{cite news |url=http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2006/10/8947.html |title=North-East merger illegal: SC |date=17 October 2006 |publisher=LankaNewspapers.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090524142033/http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2006/10/8947.html |archive-date=2009-05-24 }}</ref> The first elections for provincial councils took place on 28 April 1988 in [[North Central Province, Sri Lanka|North Central]], [[North Western Province, Sri Lanka|North Western]], [[Sabaragamuwa Province|Sabaragamuwa]], and [[Uva Province|Uva]] provinces.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ices.lk/sl_database/ethnic_conflict/time_line.shtml |title=Ethnic Conflict of Sri Lanka: Time Line - From Independence to 1999 |publisher=International Centre for Ethnic Studies9 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212123102/http://www.ices.lk/sl_database/ethnic_conflict/time_line.shtml |archive-date=2009-12-12 }}</ref> On 2 June 1988 elections were held for provincial councils for [[Central Province, Sri Lanka|Central]], [[Southern Province, Sri Lanka|Southern]] and [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western]] provinces.

The Indo-Lanka Accord also required the merger of the Eastern and [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] provinces into one [[Administrative division|administrative unit]]. The accord required a [[referendum]] to be held by 31 December 1988 in the Eastern Province to decide whether the merger should be permanent. Crucially, the accord allowed the [[President of Sri Lanka|Sri Lankan president]] to postpone the referendum at his discretion.<ref name=tn/> On September 2 and 8 1988 [[Junius Richard Jayewardene|President Jayewardene]] issued proclamations enabling the Eastern and Northern provinces to be one administrative unit administered by one elected council, creating the [[North Eastern Province, Sri Lanka|North Eastern Province]].<ref name=lnp/> Elections in the newly merged North Eastern Province were held on 19 November 1988. The [[Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front]], an Indian backed [[Sri Lankan Tamil militant groups|paramilitary group]], won control of the North Eastern provincial council.

On 1 March 1990, just as the [[Indian Peace Keeping Force]] were preparing to withdraw from Sri Lanka, Annamalai Varatharajah Perumal, [[Chief Ministers of Sri Lanka|Chief Minister]] of the North Eastern Province, moved a motion in the North Eastern Provincial Council [[Declaration of independence|declaring]] an [[Independence|independent]] [[Tamil Eelam|Eelam]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/features/20000912no_traitor.htm|title=I'm no traitor, says Perumal|last=Ferdinando|first=Shamindra|date=10 September 2000|publisher=[[Sunday Island (Sri Lanka)]]|access-date=22 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501173226/http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/features/20000912no_traitor.htm|archive-date=1 May 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Ranasinghe Premadasa|President Premadasa]] reacted to Permual's UDI by dissolving the provincial council and imposing direct rule on the province.

The proclamations issued by President Jayewardene in September 1988 merging the Northern and Eastern provinces were only meant to be a temporary measure until a referendum was held in the Eastern Province on a permanent merger between the two provinces. However, the referendum was never held and successive Sri Lankan presidents issued proclamations annually extending the life of the "temporary" entity.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2003/11/14/stories/2003111411881500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040225085959/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2003/11/14/stories/2003111411881500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 February 2004|title=Sri Lanka's North-East to remain united for another year|last=V.S. Sambandan |date=14 November 2003|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=10 October 2009}}</ref> The merger was bitterly opposed by Sri Lankan nationalists. The combined North Eastern Province occupied one third of Sri Lanka. The thought of the rebel [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam|Tamil Tigers]] controlling this province, directly or indirectly, alarmed them greatly. On 14 July 2006, after a long campaign against the merger, the [[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna]] filed three separate petitions with the [[Supreme Court of Sri Lanka]] requesting a separate Provincial Council for the East.<ref name=lnp/> On 16 October 2006 the Supreme Court ruled that the proclamations issued by President Jayewardene were null and void and had no legal effect.<ref name=lnp/> The North Eastern Province was formally de-merged into the Eastern and Northern provinces on 1 January 2007. The Eastern province was ruled directly from [[Colombo]] until 10 May 2008 when [[2008 Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council elections|elections]] were held.

==Chairmen, deputy chairmen, chief ministers, leaders of the opposition and chief secretaries==
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'''Chairmen'''
* Ajju Mohamed Mohamed Faiz, {{small|UPFA (2008-)}}<ref name=tn040608>{{cite news|title=UNP, SLMC councilors boycott EPC first sitting|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=25888|newspaper=[[TamilNet]]|date=5 June 2008}}</ref>
* Ariyawathi Galappaththy, {{small|UPFA-SLFP (2012-present)}}<ref name=epc011012>{{cite web|title=Inaugural Meeting of Newly Elected Council|url=http://www.ep.gov.lk/DetailsEventnew.asp?lan=0&eid=370|publisher=Eastern Provincial Council|access-date=2012-10-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222117/http://www.ep.gov.lk/DetailsEventnew.asp?lan=0&eid=370|archive-date=2016-03-03|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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'''Deputy Chairmen'''
* M. K. D. S. Gunawardena, {{small|UPFA-SLFP (2008-)}}<ref name=tn040608/>
* M. S. Subair, {{small|UPFA-ACMC (2012-present)}}<ref name=epc011012/>
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'''Chief Ministers'''
* [[S. Chandrakanthan]], {{small|UPFA-TMVP (2008-12)}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Pillayan sworn in as CM for Eastern Province|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=25662|newspaper=[[TamilNet]]|date=16 May 2008}}</ref>
* [[M. N. Abdul Majeed]], {{small|UPFA-SLFP (2012-2015)}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Majeed sworn in as Eastern CM|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/news/22010--majeed-sworn-in-as-eastern-cm.html|newspaper=[[Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=18 September 2012|access-date=22 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922085308/http://www.dailymirror.lk/news/22010--majeed-sworn-in-as-eastern-cm.html|archive-date=22 September 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Ahamed Nazeer Zainulabdeen]], {{small|SLMC (2015-present)}}<ref>{{cite news|title=New EP Chief Minister takes oaths|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/63033/new-ep-governor-takes-oaths|newspaper=[[Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)|Daily Mirror]]|date=6 February 2015}}</ref>
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'''Leaders of the Opposition'''
* [[Basheer Segu Dawood]], {{small|UNP-SLMC}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Hakim takes oath as UNP national list parliamentarian|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=26313|newspaper=[[TamilNet]]|date=10 July 2008}}</ref>
* [[Daya Gamage]], {{small|UNP}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Grave concern over the effects of urgent bill|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/111106/Columns/political.html|newspaper=[[Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=6 November 2011}}</ref>
* [[S. Thandayuthapani]], {{small|TNA-ITAK (2012-present)}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Eastern Province Chief Minister assumes duties|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/120930/news/eastern-province-chief-minister-assumes-duties-14666.html|newspaper=[[Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=30 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Satyapalan|first=Franklin R.|title=Inaugural session of Eastern PC tomorrow|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=62691|newspaper=[[Sunday Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=30 September 2012}}</ref>
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'''Chief Secretaries'''
* R. Thiakalingam, {{small|(2007)}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Gurunathan|first=Sinniah|title=NPC Secretariat at Kanniya, EPC at Trincomalee|url=http://sundaytimes.lk/070204/News/123news.html|newspaper=[[Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=4 February 2007}}</ref>
* H. M. Herath Abeyweera, {{small|(2007)}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Sinhalese appointed East's Chief Secretary|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=21808|newspaper=[[TamilNet]]|date=6 April 2007}}</ref>
* V. P. Balasingam, {{small|(2008-12)}}<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2008/pdf/Mar/1543_3/G-%209579%20(E)%20I%20-%20I.pdf|date=31 March 2008|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President|journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary|volume=1543/03}}</ref>
* D. M. S. Abeygunawardena, {{small|(2012-2019)}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Colombo appoints Sinhala Chief Secretary, sidelines Tamils in EPC|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=35600|newspaper=[[TamilNet]]|date=25 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=New Chief Secretary Assumed Duty|url=http://www.ep.gov.lk/DetailsEventnew.asp?lan=0&eid=366|publisher=Eastern Provincial Council|access-date=2012-09-29|archive-date=2015-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610115810/http://www.ep.gov.lk/DetailsEventnew.asp?lan=0&eid=366|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Thusitha P Wanigasinghe , {{small|(2019-present)}}
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==Election results==

===2008 provincial council election===
{{See also|1st Eastern Provincial Council}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|+ Results of the [[Sri Lanka Provincial Council elections, 2008–2009|1st Eastern provincial council election]] held on 10 May 2008<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/Provincial/2008/Eastern/proFinal.html|title=Provincial Council Elections 2008 Final District Results: - Eastern Province|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka|access-date=2012-09-22|archive-date=2012-12-20|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121220082826/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/Provincial/2008/Eastern/proFinal.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=2 width="300"|Alliances and parties !! colspan=3|[[Ampara Electoral District|Ampara]] !! colspan=3|[[Batticaloa Electoral District|Batticaloa]] !! colspan=3|[[Trincomalee Electoral District|Trincomalee]] !! valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="40"|Bonus<br />Seats !! colspan=3|Total
|-
! align=center valign=bottom width="50"|Votes !! align=center valign=bottom width="50"|% !! align=center valign=bottom width="40"|Seats !!align=center valign=bottom width="50"|Votes !! align=center valign=bottom width="50"|% !! align=center valign=bottom width="40"|Seats !! align=center valign=bottom width="50"|Votes !! align=center valign=bottom width="50"|% !! align=center valign=bottom width="40"|Seats !! align=center valign=bottom width="50"|Votes !! align=center valign=bottom width="50"|% !! align=center valign=bottom width="40"|Seats
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|United People's Freedom Alliance}}|&nbsp; || align=left|[[United People's Freedom Alliance]] ([[All Ceylon Muslim Congress|ACMC]], NC, [[Sri Lanka Freedom Party|SLFP]], [[Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal|TMVP]] et al.) || 144,247 || 52.96% || 8 || 105,341 || 58.09% || 6 || 59,298 || 42.99% || 4 || 2 || '''308,886''' || '''52.21%''' || '''20'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|United National Party}}|&nbsp; || align=left|[[United National Party]] ([[Sri Lanka Muslim Congress|SLMC]], [[United National Party|UNP]]) || 121,272 || 44.52% || 6 || 58,602 || 32.31% || 4 || 70,858 || 51.37% || 5 || 0 || '''250,732''' || '''42.38%''' || '''15'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna}}|&nbsp; || align=left|[[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna]] || 4,745 || 1.74% || 0 || 379 || 0.21% || 0 || 4,266 || 3.09% || 1 || 0 || '''9,390''' || '''1.59%''' || '''1'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Tamizh Democratic National Alliance}}|&nbsp; || align=left|Tamil Democratic National Alliance ([[Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front|EPRLF(P)]], [[People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam|PLOTE]], [[Tamil United Liberation Front|TULF]] et al.) ||  ||  ||  || 7,714 || 4.25% || 1 ||  ||  ||  || 0 || '''7,714''' || '''1.30%''' || '''1'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Eelam People's Democratic Party}}|&nbsp; || align=left|[[Eelam People's Democratic Party]] ||  ||  ||  || 5,418 || 2.99% || 0 ||  ||  ||  || 0 || '''5,418''' || '''0.92%''' || '''0'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Independent (politician)}}|&nbsp; || align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independent Groups]] || 737 || 0.27% || 0 || 823 || 0.45% || 0 || 1,073 || 0.78% || 0 || 0 || '''2,633''' || '''0.45%''' || '''0'''
|-
|  || align=left|[[United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)|United Socialist Party]] || 296 || 0.11% || 0 || 943 || 0.52% || 0 || 1,309 || 0.95% || 0 || 0 || '''2,548''' || '''0.43%''' || '''0'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students}}|&nbsp; || align=left|[[Eelavar Democratic Front]] ([[Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students|EROS]]) ||  ||  ||  || 1,816 || 1.00% || 0 || 459 || 0.33% || 0 || 0 || '''2,275''' || '''0.38%''' || '''0'''
|-
|  || align=left|United National Alliance || 597 || 0.22% || 0 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || 0 || '''597''' || '''0.10%''' || '''0'''
|-
|  || align=left|[[People's Front of Liberation Tigers]] || 63 || 0.02% || 0 || 157 || 0.09% || 0 || 163 || 0.12% || 0 || 0 || '''383''' || '''0.06%''' || '''0'''
|-
|  || align=left|All Lanka Tamil United Front ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || 378 || 0.27% || 0 || 0 || '''378''' || '''0.06%''' || '''0'''
|-
|  || align=left|New Sinhala Heritage || 312 || 0.11% || 0 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || 0 || '''312''' || '''0.05%''' || '''0'''
|-
|  || align=left|National Development Front || 100 || 0.04% || 0 ||  ||  ||  || 89 || 0.06% || 0 || 0 || '''189''' || '''0.03%''' || '''0'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya}}|&nbsp; || align=left|[[Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya]] || 11 || 0.00% || 0 || 85 || 0.05% || 0 || 13 || 0.01% || 0 || 0 || '''109''' || '''0.02%''' || '''0'''
|-
|  || align=left|Muslim Liberation Front ||  ||  ||  || 39 || 0.02% || 0 ||  ||  ||  || 0 || '''39''' || '''0.01%''' || '''0'''
|-
|  || align=left|Sri Lanka National Front ||  ||  ||  || 21 || 0.01% || 0 || 9 || 0.01% || 0 || 0 || '''30''' || '''0.01%''' || '''0'''
|-
|  || align=left|Sri Lanka Progressive Front ||  ||  ||  || 17 || 0.01% || 0 || 9 || 0.01% || 0 || 0 || '''26''' || '''0.00%''' || '''0'''
|-
|  || align=left|Ruhuna People's Party || 9 || 0.00% || 0 ||  ||  ||  || 5 || 0.00% || 0 || 0 || '''14''' || '''0.00%''' || '''0'''
|-
|  || align=left|[[Liberal Party of Sri Lanka|Liberal Party]] || 3 || 0.00% || 0 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || 0 || '''3''' || '''0.00%''' || '''0'''
|-
| colspan=2 align=left|'''Valid Votes''' || '''272,392''' || '''100.00%''' || '''14''' || '''181,355''' || '''100.00%''' || '''11''' || '''137,929''' || '''100.00%''' || '''10''' || '''2''' || '''591,676''' || '''100.00%''' || '''37'''
|-
| colspan=2 align=left|Rejected Votes || 20,997 ||  ||  || 21,088 ||  ||  || 12,695 ||  ||  ||  || 54,780 ||  ||
|-
| colspan=2 align=left|Total Polled || 293,389 ||  ||  || 202,443 ||  ||  || 150,624 ||  ||  ||  || 646,456 ||  ||
|-
| colspan=2 align=left|Registered Electors || 409,308 ||  ||  || 330,950 ||  ||  || 242,463 ||  ||  ||  || 982,721 ||  ||
|-
| colspan=2 align=left|Turnout || 71.68% ||  ||  || 61.17% ||  ||  || 62.12% ||  ||  ||  || 65.78% ||  ||
|}

===2012 provincial council election===
{{See also|2nd Eastern Provincial Council}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|+ Results of the 2nd Eastern Provincial Council election held on 8 September 2012<ref>{{cite web|title=Provincial Council Elections 2012: Eastern Province|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/2012PPC/eppc.htm|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka|access-date=2012-09-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621001141/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/2012PPC/eppc.htm|archive-date=2013-06-21|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=2 width="300"|Alliances and parties !! colspan=3|[[Ampara Electoral District|Ampara]] !! colspan=3|[[Batticaloa Electoral District|Batticaloa]] !! colspan=3|[[Trincomalee Electoral District|Trincomalee]] !! valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="40"|Bonus<br />Seats !! colspan=3|Total
|-
! align=center valign=bottom width="50"|Votes !! align=center valign=bottom width="50"|% !! align=center valign=bottom width="40"|Seats !!align=center valign=bottom width="50"|Votes !! align=center valign=bottom width="50"|% !! align=center valign=bottom width="40"|Seats !! align=center valign=bottom width="50"|Votes !! align=center valign=bottom width="50"|% !! align=center valign=bottom width="40"|Seats !! align=center valign=bottom width="50"|Votes !! align=center valign=bottom width="50"|% !! align=center valign=bottom width="40"|Seats
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|United People's Freedom Alliance}}|&nbsp; || align=left|[[United People's Freedom Alliance]] ([[All Ceylon Muslim Congress|ACMC]], NC, [[Sri Lanka Freedom Party|SLFP]], [[Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal|TMVP]] et al.) || 92,530 || 33.66% || 5 || 64,190 || 31.17% || 4 || 43,324 || 28.38% || 3 || 2 || '''200,044''' || '''31.58%''' || '''14'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Tamil National Alliance}}|&nbsp; || align=left|[[Tamil National Alliance]] ([[Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front|EPRLF (S)]], [[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi|ITAK]], [[People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam|PLOTE]], [[Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization|TELO]], [[Tamil United Liberation Front|TULF]]) || 44,749 || 16.28% || 2 || 104,682 || 50.83% || 6 || 44,396 || 29.08% || 3 || 0 || '''193,827''' || '''30.59%''' || '''11'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Sri Lanka Muslim Congress}}|&nbsp; || align=left|[[Sri Lanka Muslim Congress]] || 83,658 || 30.43% || 4 || 23,083 || 11.21% || 1 || 26,176 || 17.15% || 2 || 0 || '''132,917''' || '''20.98%''' || '''7'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|United National Party}}|&nbsp; || align=left|[[United National Party]] || 48,028 || 17.47% || 3 || 2,434 || 1.18% || 0 || 24,439 || 16.01% || 1 || 0 || '''74,901''' || '''11.82%''' || '''4'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Independent (politician)}}|&nbsp; || align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independent Groups]] || 1,178 || 0.43% || 0 || 9,019 || 4.38% || 0 || 2,164 || 1.42% || 0 || 0 || '''12,361''' || '''1.95%''' || '''0'''
|-
|  || align=left|[[National Freedom Front]] ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  || 9,522 || 6.24% || 1 || 0 || '''9,522''' || '''1.50%''' || '''1'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna}}|&nbsp; || align=left|[[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna]] || 2,305 || 0.84% || 0 || 72 || 0.03% || 0 || 777 || 0.51% || 0 || 0 || '''3,154''' || '''0.50%''' || '''0'''
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students}}|&nbsp; || align=left|[[Eelavar Democratic Front]] ([[Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students|EROS]]) || 531 || 0.19% || 0 || 1,777 || 0.86% || 0 || 385 || 0.25% || 0 || 0 || '''2,693''' || '''0.43%''' || '''0'''
|-
|  || align=left|Socialist Alliance ([[Communist Party of Sri Lanka|CPSL]], DLF, [[Lanka Sama Samaja Party|LSSP]]) || 1,489 || 0.54% || 0 || 379 || 0.18% || 0 || 612 || 0.40% || 0 || 0 || '''2,480''' || '''0.39%''' || '''0'''
|-
|  || align=left|All Lanka Tamil United Front || 76 || 0.03% || 0 ||  ||  ||  || 384 || 0.25% || 0 || 0 || '''460''' || '''0.07%''' || '''0'''
|-
|  || align=left|[[United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)|United Socialist Party]] || 103 || 0.04% || 0 || 37 || 0.02% || 0 || 149 || 0.10% || 0 || 0 || '''289''' || '''0.05%''' || '''0'''
|-
|  || align=left|[[Sri Lanka Labour Party]] || 111 || 0.04% || 0 || 50 || 0.02% || 0 || 107 || 0.07% || 0 || 0 || '''268''' || '''0.04%''' || '''0'''
|-
|  || align=left|Our National Front ||  ||  ||  || 163 || 0.08% || 0 ||  ||  ||  || 0 || '''163''' || '''0.03%''' || '''0'''
|-
|  || align=left|United Lanka Great Council || 10 || 0.00% || 0 || 15 || 0.01% || 0 || 97 || 0.06% || 0 || 0 || '''122''' || '''0.02%''' || '''0'''
|-
|  || align=left|United Lanka People's Party || 74 || 0.03% || 0 || 16 || 0.01% || 0 ||  ||  ||  || 0 || '''90''' || '''0.01%''' || '''0'''
|-
|  || align=left|Jana Setha Peramuna  || 31 || 0.01% || 0 || 19 || 0.01% || 0 || 35 || 0.02% || 0 || 0 || '''85''' || '''0.01%''' || '''0'''
|-
|  || align=left|Patriotic National Front || 7 || 0.00% || 0 ||  ||  ||  || 78 || 0.05% || 0 || 0 || '''85''' || '''0.01%''' || '''0'''
|-
|  || align=left|Muslim Liberation Front || 42 || 0.02% || 0 ||  ||  ||  || 15 || 0.01% || 0 || 0 || '''57''' || '''0.01%''' || '''0'''
|-
|  || align=left|Ruhuna People's Party || 13 || 0.00% || 0 ||  ||  ||  || 3 || 0.00% || 0 || 0 || '''16''' || '''0.00%''' || '''0'''
|-
| colspan=2 align=left|'''Valid Votes'''
| '''274,935''' || '''100.00%''' || '''14''' || '''205,936''' || '''100.00%''' || '''11''' || '''152,663''' || '''100.00%''' || '''10''' || '''2''' || '''633,534''' || '''100.00%''' || '''37'''
|-
| colspan=2 align=left| Rejected Votes
| 16,744 ||  ||  || 17,223 ||  ||  || 11,324 ||  ||  ||  || 45,291 ||  ||
|-
| colspan=2 align=left| Total Polled
| 291,679 ||  ||  || 223,159 ||  ||  || 163,987 ||  ||  ||  || 678,825 ||  ||
|-
| colspan=2 align=left| Registered Electors
| 441,287 ||  ||  || 347,099 ||  ||  || 245,363 ||  ||  ||  || 1,033,749 ||  ||
|-
| colspan=2 align=left| Turnout
| 66.10% ||  ||  || 64.29% ||  ||  || 66.83% ||  ||  ||  || 65.67% ||  ||
|}

==References==
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{{Provincial councils of Sri Lanka}}
{{Sri Lankan Tamil people}}

[[Category:Eastern Provincial Council| ]]