(UTV | COLOMBO) – Voting to elect a new Parliament is underway in Sri Lanka since this morning (05).
The Election was originally scheduled for April but twice postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Health measures have been put in place at polling centres with social distancing. Voters have been asked to bring their own pens to mark their ballots or a disinfected pen is provided at voting stations.
Voting ends in the evening while counting starts on Thursday (06) and the Final Preferential Results are expected to come out on Friday.