(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – The voting for the 2024 Presidential Election has officially concluded at 4.00 p.m. today (21).
Accordingly, the ballot boxes have been closed while counting is expected to begin shortly.
Meanwhile, it is reported that the counting of postal votes has already commenced in Moneragala and Polonnaruwa districts.
A total of 17,140,354 Sri Lankans were eligible to vote, with the Gampaha District registering the highest number of voters with 1,881,129.
Colombo District was second with 1,765,351 registered voters, and Kurunegala District had 1,417,226 voters. The Northern Province had a combined total of 899,268 registered voters.
Voting took place at 13,421 polling stations across the island from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. today (21).
A record-breaking 38 candidates are contesting this year’s election, the highest number of presidential candidates in the country’s history.
It was previously reported that the overall voter turnout as at 2.00 p.m. today had exceeded 60 percent.
