5 August 2020 01:49 pm
An average voter turnout of nearly 40 per cent was recorded for the General Election as at 12 noon.
Voter turnout according to returning officers as at 12.00 noon:
| Nuwara Eliya | 48% |
| Colombo | 34% |
| Gampaha | 35% |
| Kalutara | 35% |
| Kandy | 35% |
| Matale | 46% |
| Galle | 45% |
| Matara | 44% |
| Hambantota | 40% |
| Jaffna | 35% |
| Vanni | 42% |
| Batticaloa | 40% |
| Digamadulla | 40% |
| Trincomalee | 40% |
| Badulla | 45% |
| Kegalle | 43% |
| Ratnapura | 41% |
| Anuradhapura | 35% |
| Polonnaruwa | 28% |
| Puttalam | 35% |
| Monaragala | 55% |
| Kurunegala | 40% |