Sri Lankan provincial council election, 2004

4th Sri Lankan provincial council election

← 1999 24 April 2004 & 10 July 2004 2008/09 →
380 seats across 7 provincial councils
Turnout	55.86%
First party Second party   Leader Chandrika Kumaratunga Ranil Wickremasinghe Party United People's Freedom Alliance United National Party Popular vote 3,364,239 2,197,892 Percentage 57.68% 37.68% Councillors 227 140 Councils 7 0
Winners of polling divisions. UPFA in blue and UNP in green.

The 2004 Sri Lankan provincial council election was held on 24 April 2004 and 10 July 2004 to elect members to seven provincial councils in Sri Lanka. No election was held in the eighth province, North Eastern, which had been governed directly by the national government since March 1990. The United People's Freedom Alliance, which was in power nationally, won all seven provinces.

In an attempt to end the Sri Lankan Civil War the Indo-Lanka Accord was signed on 29 July 1987. One of the requirements of the accord was that the Sri Lankan government to devolve powers to the provinces. Accordingly on 14 November 1987 the Sri Lankan Parliament passed the 13th Amendment to the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka and the Provincial Councils Act No 42 of 1987. On 3 February 1988 nine provincial councils were created by order. The first elections for provincial councils took place on 28 April 1988 in North Central, North Western, Sabaragamuwa, and Uva provinces. On 2 June 1988 elections were held for provincial councils for Central, Southern and Western provinces. The United National Party (UNP), which was in power nationally, won control of all seven provincial councils.