Sri Lanka Election Live Count

Sri lanka podujana peramuna.

Sri lanka election live count. New vote will talk the result but still remains an unknown factor till the count. This was the first presidential election in sri lanka where no sitting president prime minister or opposition leader was contesting for president. Mahinda likely to win the highest number of local authorities but it could read otherwise at presidential election.

Some 15 9 million sri lankans were eligible to vote at 12 845 polling stations in the country s 22 electoral districts according to the election commission. The incumbent president maithripala sirisena s term of office would have ended on 9 january 2020. As results were still being declared indian prime minister narendra modi.

An election officer arrives with a ballot box to a counting center after the voting ended during the country s parliamentary election in colombo sri lanka aug 5 2020. The island nation has traditionally high rates of voter participation with more than 15 9 million registered voters in a total population of 21 8 million according to election commission. Counting of votes began early on thursday and the final tally is expected by midnight.

1 2 3 16 263 885 people were eligible to vote in the election 31 95 of whom were young voters. Updated 23 55 gmt the rajapaksa s sri lanka podujana peramuna s slpp have swept polls across the south on their sinhala nationalist platform as predicted whilst the tamil national alliance tna lost seats in the north east with final results just announced in sri lanka s parliamentary elections. Final results are expected by sunday.