Postal voting for 64 LG bodies on July 12, three postponed
June 13, 2011 11:22 am
Postal voting for the 64 Local Government bodies will be held on July 12 and Elections for 64 Local Government bodies of the remaining 67 will be held on July 23. Sri Lanka’s Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya postponed the elections of three Local Government bodies in Chilaw, Muhudubadapattu and Pudukudiruppu.
These elections were postponed due to legal and security reasons.
The Government won 205 of the 234 Local Government bodies in April. The Illankai Tamil Arasu Katchchi (ITAK) secured second place by winning 12 Local Government bodies while the UNP won nine.
The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress won 4, National Congress 2, The Upcountry People’s Front 1 while an Independent Group won one LG body.
