2025 LG Election: Voter turnout after polls close

2025 LG Election: Voter turnout after polls close

May 6, 2025   04:56 pm

The district-level voter turnout for the 2025 Local Government (LG) election has exceeded 60 per cent in several districts after polls closed on Tuesday, according to reports.

Accordingly, the voter turnout percentages of all districts after polls closed at 4.00 p.m. today (May 06) are as follows: 

  1. Nuwara-Eliya - 60%
  2. Mullaitivu - 60%
  3. Mannar - 70%
  4. Badulla - 60%
  5. Anuradhapura - 60%
  6. Polonnaruwa - 64%
  7. Monaragala - 61%
  8. Kegalle - 58%
  9. Kalutara - 61%
  10. Galle - 63%
  11. Vavuniya - 60%
  12. Digamadulla - 63%
  13. Trincomalee - 67%
  14. Colombo - 52%
  15. Matara - 58%
  16. Matale - 62%
  17. Rathnapura - 60%
  18. Batticaloa - 61%
  19. Kilinochchi - 60% 
  20. Puttalam - 55%
  21. Kandy – 58%
  22. Jaffna - 57%
  23. Ampara – 63%
  24. Kurunegala – 55%
  25. Hambantota - 61%
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