'Low voter turnout, no major incidents'

8 September 2012 07:09 am

Polling in all three provinces is taking place smoothly without any interruptions or any major incidents, Deputy Election Commissioner R.M.A.L Ratnayake said.

Meanwhile, Provincial Elections offices released voter turn-out figures as of 12 noon a short while ago.

The figures are as follows: Batticaloa – 20%, Ampara – 30%, Trincomalee – 20%, Anuradhapura – 25%, Polonnaruwa 35%, Rathnapura – 25%, Kegalle – 23%.

Election monitoring body PAFFREL said that 37 complaints of violations of election laws have been reported so far from all three provinces.(Lakna Paranamanna)