Sri Lankans had cast their vote today (14) at the General Election to elect 225 members for the 10th Parliament .According to the National Elections Commission the voting which commenced at 7 a.m today and ended at 4 p.m is peaceful and the overall voter turnout is around 65 percent.
The first election result released by the Elections Commission today was the Postal vote result in Galle District (Southern Province)and it was won by the governing National Peoples Power ( NPP) party. Out of the election results declared upto now almost all the resuls are in favor of NPP it has been reported Meanwhile according to The Elections Commission 17.1 million voters were eligible for today's voting including 1 million new voters .At the election around 8800 candidates were contested for 225:parliamentary seats of the 10 th parliament.
