The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna has won the Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha election with 23,372 votes, securing 17 seats in the local body.
Five recognised political parties fielded 155 candidates seeking to occupy the 29 seats in the Pradeshiya Sabha.
The United National Party came second at the poll by securing 07 seats with 10,113 votes while the United People's Freedom Alliance emerged third by winning 03 seats through 5273 votes.
The final results are as follows;
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
An interim order prohibiting Deshabandu Tennakoon from carrying out his duties as Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been issued by the Supreme Court.
The Presidential election will be held on September 21, the Commission of Elections has decided.
The former leader of the New Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) and the New Left Front and well-known figure in left-wing politics in Sri Lanka, Dr. Wickramabahu Karunaratne, passed away at the age of 81.
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