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South Asia’s first election since COVID-19 underway in Sri Lanka

(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.