Sri Lanka

The Election Commission has actually announced that the upcoming Local Government (LG) Elections in Sri Lanka will be hung on May 06.
The acceptance of elections for the LG Elections concluded at 12.00 noon today (20 ).
The election process for 336 Local Government institutions started on March 17, and the election date was confirmed after the conclusion of the election period.Additionally, the due date for placing deposits for the LG Elections ended the other day (19 ).
Earlier, the Election Commission had actually announced an extension of essential deadlines connected to the elections, with the official ballot date to be set following the conclusion of the nomination process.






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