A Van Carried Ballot Boxes Toppled Over In Haputhale

A van carried Ballot Boxes of

Dambethanna Tamil School in Haputhale had toppled over whilst taking the boxes to the Counting center in Badulla last evening (16) the Chairman of the National Election Commission Mahinda Deshapriya has stated .

As a result the driver of the vehicle had been injured and hospitalized and the Ballot Boxes of the Van had been transported to the counting center by a Police Mobile Petrol Vehicle safely .

Meanwhile Presidential Election results of the Kegalle ,Ratnapura and Badulla Districts are being delayed  due to heavy showers and floods prevailed in these Districts yesterday. ,Ballot Boxes had been reached the counting centers so late as a result according to the National Election Commission Chairman .

NDF Candidate Sajith Premadada Leads The Presidential Race According To The Results So Far

According to the Election results

announced so far in the Presidential Election conducted yesterday (16) Presidential Candidate of the New Democratic Front (NDF) Sajith Premadasa is leading the race by obtaining around 50.52  percent of the total votes-715,430 votes  (At 7.50  a.m this morning ).

Presidential candidate of the Sri Lanka Podu Jana Peramuna Gotabaya Rajapakshe has obtained 41 .97 percent of the total votes (594,000 votes).

Thirty five candidates contested in the Presidential election held yesterday to elect the seventh Executive President of Sri Lanka .

Voting Of The Presidential Election Has Been Concluded -80 Percent Casted Votes -Election Is Peacefull

Around 80 perecent of eligible voters

had casted their votes during the Presidential Election held today (16)according to the chairman of National Election Commission Mahinda Deshapriya.

The voting of the presidential election which began at 7 a.m this morning  has been concluded at 5 p.m in the evening .Voting has been conducted in a peaceful manner Chairman of the Election Commission has stressed .

Colombo District also had 80 percent voter turnout during today's election  according to reports .

Meanwhile Ballot boxes had been trandported to 50 counting centers this evening and counting of Postal.votes is currently underway .

The first election result is scheduled to be announced around midnight tonight according to the National Election Commission Chairman .

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Road Barricades Used In Palali And Palai Areas Removed -Police Media Spokesman's Office

Road barricades used by Army officers

in Roads at Palali and Palai Police Divisions in Northern province  since last morning (15)without a permission of National Election Commission had been later removed accordance to the advise of Police ,Police Media Spokesman's Office has announced  .

As using Road Batticades in roads is  unnecessary  Pokice have advised the Army to remove them the Office has stated.

Voting For The Seventh Presidential.Election Begun At 7 A.M

The voting for  the presidential election

to elect seventh Executive President of Sri Lanka has begun 7 a.m this morning (16) at around 12,848 polling stations located islandwide .

35 Candidates including two Buddhist Monks ,A female ,A Minister and Dual Citizenship holder are being  contested for the Presidency and 15,992,096 voters are being eligible to vote  in the  election.

As the highest number of candidates in history are being contested in this Presidential Election ,The ballot paper printed for the Election is more than two feet long .

Voters are being able to caste their vote for either one candidate or to mark preferential votes for  three candidates in this Election according to the National Election Commission.

Foreign Election observers as well as local Election monitoring teams are observing the Election process of the presidential Election .More  than 150,000 Election officers , 60,175 Police officers and 8080 Civil Defence Force personal  are being deployed in Election  duty for this year's presidential Election

This presidential election is the first election that the president,prime minister and opposition leader in office are not contesting .The total cost of the election is more Than 7500 million according to the estimates of National Election Commission

Voting is scheduled to be concluded at 5 P.m. today .