Election Campaigning Activities Of Parliamentary Election To Be Closed At Midnight Tonight

The election campaigning for the Parliamentary Election scheduled to be held on 17th of August (Monday) will be ended at 12 in the midnight tonight .

Engaging  in any election campaign activity after midnight tonight will be illegal according to the Election Secretariat.

As the deadline for campaigning nears the two main parties contesting for the forthcoming election the United National Party(UNP) and United Peoples Freedom Alliance(UPFA) are preparing to conduct their final  rallies which are scheduled to be held in Maradana(In Colombo) and in Kurunagala(In North Western Province) respectively.

The final rally of the UNP will be held under the patronage of it's leader Prime Minister Ranil Wikaramasinghe at Maradana tonight and the last rally of UPFA'S election campaign is scheduled to be held at Kurunagala with the participation of their campaign leader the former president mahinda rajapakshe.

The final rally of the leftist Janatha Wimukthi Peramuna(JVP) is due to be held at Aluthkade Kunction in Colombo this evening under the patronage of it's leader Anura Kuamra Dissanayake.