Sri Lanka’s Presidential Election got underway today with voting commencing at 07.00 am at 13,421 polling stations across the island and 17,140,354 voters eligible to cast their ballots.
According to District Returning Officers, voter percentage as of 10 am is as follows;
- Colombo – 20%
- Ratnapura – 20%
- Kalutara – 31%
- Matara – 27%
- Galle – 18%
- Kegalle – 14.8%
- Nuwaraeliya – 10%
- Jaffna – 10%-
- Puttalam – 23%
- Kurunegala – 30%
- Polonnaruwa – 38%
- Trincomolee – 30.4%
- Monaragala – 18%
- Gampaha – 25%
- Mullaitivu – 25%
- Vavuniya – 30%
- Kegalle – 15%
- Ampara – 30%
- Mannar – 29%
- Kandy – 20%
- Badulla – 21%
- Batticaloa – 17% (Newswire)