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| Tight security at polling stations and vicinity: Wayamba PC poll tomorrow by Manjula Fernando The North Western (Wayamba) Provincial Council election will be held tomorrow. All arrangements have been made to conduct the poll successfully, a spokesman for the Elections Commissioner said. This is the first time that an election is being held on a Saturday. Voting begins at 7 am and ends at 4 pm. Tight security will prevail at polling stations and in the vicinity. Police will conduct mobile patrols in all electorates. Counting will begin after the ballot boxes are returned to the counting centres. The first results are expected on Sunday morning. Postal balloting for the election was held on April 16 and 19 islandwide. Public servants and servicemen who were unable to cast their postal votes on these two days were given an opportunity to vote from April 20 to 23. Over 11 political parties and one independent group are contesting for the Kurunegala district. Nine political parties and six independent groups will be contesting from Puttalam district to elect 50 members for the Wayamba provincial council. Three Muslim parties, Sri Lanka Muslim Kachchi, Sri Lanka Muslim Congress and Eksath Muslim Janatha Sanvidanaya are contesting the Wayamba elections with all the main major political parties. According to the Elections Secretariat there are 1,089,482 registered voters including 24,276 postal voters, in the Kurunegala district and 450,057 registered voters including additional 5,174 postal voters in the Puttalam district. |
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