Voting in the Western and Southern Provincial Council polls ends on a peaceful note. The transport of ballot boxes to the counting centres is nearing completion. Voting in the Provincial polls came to a close at 4.00 pm today.
Five million 898 thousand 427 voters were eligible to cast their ballots to elect 155 members of the Western and Southern Provincial Councils. Voting commenced at 7 am at 4253 polling centres with a keen enthusiasm displayed by the people. Polling ended at 4 pm.
104 members will be elected for the Western Provincial Council. It also includes the two bonus seats. 40 members each will be elected from the Colombo and Gampaha Districts. The number of members that will be elected for the Province from the Kalutara District was 22. The total number of registered voters in the Colombo District was one million 552 thousand 733.
The number of registered voters in the Gampaha District is one million 90 thousand 076. The total number of registered voters in the Kalutara District is 891 thousand 814.
Returning Officers announced that overall voting in all these Districts was peaceful.
55 members will be newly elected to the Southern Provincial Council. The number of voters eligible to exercise their franchise from the Galle District was 809 thousand 882. 22 members will be elected from the Galle District.
17 members are to be elected from the Matara District for the Southern Provincial Council. The registered number of voters in this was 608 thousand 524.
The Hambantota District which has a total of 455 thousand 398 voters will elect 14 members for the Southern Provincial Council.
The Returning Officers within the Southern Province said that overall polling was peaceful within the Southern Province.
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