Voting For The Election Finishes With A Low Voter Turnout

The Voting of the Sri Lankan Parliamentary Elections ended this afternoon at 4 p.m.However the Election Monitors PAFFERAL says  low turnout of Voting has been reported throughout  the Island and it stands around 50 to 52 percent in the evening.

Soon after the Voting has ended the  sealed ballot boxes were transported to the Counting Centers for Vote counting.More then 7000 Candidates were contested for the 225 Member Parliament which only 196 are elected throught the Elections.29 Members are elected from the National List and this number has been distributed among the Political Parties according to the number of Preferential Votes they have received.