Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Kandy and Kurunegala are the districts with over one million voters each, according to voter registration figures released by the Election Commission today.
Accordingly the Gampaha district has the highest votes in the country with 1.8 million registered voters followed by Colombo district 1.7 million votes and Kurunegala district 1.4 million.
The other two district which have more than one million voters each are the Kandy and Kalutara districts with 1.1 million and one million.
The other districts with high voters are Ratnapura (923,736), Galle (903,163), Anuradhapura 741,862), Kegalle (709,622) Matara (686,175) and Puttalalam 663,673.
The total number of voters eligible to vote for the upcoming elections will be 17,140,354.
The Chairman of the Election Commission R.M.A.L Ratnayake today met with heads of Media institutions and Editors to discuss the Media guidelines to be implemented.
He said that all perpetrations were now underway for the election.
Two school girls were killed after the car driven by their father crashed on to a lorry on the southern expressway, a coroner’s court inquiry was told today in Galle.
The Finance Ministry has released full details of the removal of the suspension on Importation of Motor Vehicles.
Sri Lanka Customs has introduced an online portal to verify the authenticity of legally imported vehicles. This platform empowers the public to confirm vehicle legality by entering the chassis number and vehicle registration number into the portal.
Speaker Ashoka Ranawala whose educational qualifications have been questioned has decided to step down from the post of Speaker
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