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Presidential Election: Nearly 25% voter turnout within 3 hours
Nov 16, 201911:02 AM
Presidential Election: Nearly 25% voter turnout within 3 hours
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Nearly 25 percent of the total number of voters have cast their ballots as of 10.00 am as the voting for the Presidential Election 2019 kicked off early this morning.

 

Accordingly, 25% of voter turnout was reported from Galle, Trincomalee and Vavuniya electoral districts, while 30% was reported from Kandy, Anuradhapura, Matara, Mannar, and Gampaha.

 

The voter turnout of the Polonnaruwa electoral district was reported as 20% nearly an hour ago.

 

So far the highest voter turnout is reported from Badulla electoral district, which stands at 54% and the second-highest turnout is from Monaragala (45%).

 

The percentages of voters who have registered their presidential votes in each electoral district are are as follows:

  • Badulla - 54%
  • Monaragala - 45%
  • Ratnapura - 44%
  • Kurunegala - 40%
  • Puttalam - 40%
  • Matale - 40%
  • Galle - 25%
  • Hambantota - 25%
  • Trincomalee - 25%
  • Vavuniya - 25%
  • Jaffna - 25%
  • Kegalle - 37%
  • Mullaitivu - 36%
  • Kalutara - 33%
  • Colombo - 32%
  • Gampaha - 30%
  • Kandy - 30%
  • Kilinochchi - 30%
  • Anuradhapura - 30%
  • Matara - 30%
  • Mannara - 30%
  • Ampara - 30%
  • Polonnaruwa - 20%
 

 

 

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