The UPFA has won the General Elections in the Kegalle District by obtaining 242,463 votes and securing 7 seats while the UNP has obtained 104,925 votes and secured 2 seats. The Democratic National Alliance secured 13,518 votes

The UPFA has won the General Elections in the Anuradhapura District by obtaining 221,204 votes and securing 7 seats while the UNP has obtained 80,360 votes and secured 2 seats. The Democratic National Alliance secured 18,129 votes.

The ruling UPFA has won the General Elections in the Ratnapura District by obtaining 305,327 votes and securing 7 seats while the UNP has obtained 125,076 votes and secured 3 seats. The Democratic National Alliance secured 11,053 votes

Maithripala Sirisena has secured the highest number of preferential votes for the UPFA from the Polonnaruwa District by obtaining 90118 votes while UNP’s Earl Gunasekara topped the list by obtaining 26925 votes.

EPDP leader Douglas Devananda has topped the preferential votes in the Jaffna District with 28,585 votes followed by Mavai Senathirajah of the TNA with 20501 votes and Suresh Premachandran 16425 votes. The TNA meanwhile won in Jaffna with 65,219 vote

The ruling UPFA has won the General Elections in the Kurunegala District by obtaining 429,316 votes and securing 10 seats while the UNP has obtained 213,713 votes and secured 5 seats. The Democratic National Alliance secured 26, 440 votes and did

Nishantha Mutuhettigama has secured the highest number of preferential votes for the UPFA from the Galle District by obtaining 124,368 while Manusha Nanayakkara topped the UNP’s list by obtaining 47,060 votes.

Effective immediately, the Australian Government has introduced a suspension of the processing of new asylum applications from Sri Lanka. This suspension has been made as a result of the evolving circumstances in Sri Lanka

Former Health Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva has secured the highest number of preferential votes for the UPFA from the Badulla District by obtaining over 141,000 votes while Dilan Perera pulled in second with over 69,000 votes.

The ruling UPFA has won the General Elections in the Matale District by obtaining 131,069 votes and securing 4 seats while the UNP has obtained 55,737 votes and secured 1 seat. The DNA secured 7,636 votes and did not obtain any seats

The ruling UPFA has won the General Elections in the Badulla District by obtaining 203,689 votes and securing 6 seats while the UNP has obtained 112,886 votes and secured 2 seats. The Democratic National Alliance secured 15,768 votes

Son of President Mahinda Rajapakse, Namal Rajapakse has secured the highest number of preferential votes for the UPFA from the Hambantota District by obtaining 147,566 votes while Sajith Premadasa has topped the UNP list by obtaining 74,467 votes.

The results from the Trincomalee electorate in the Trincomalee district have been temporarily suspended as a result of ballot papers from a poling booth in Kumburupitiya in the Trincomalee electorate being stolen by a gang last night

The ruling UPFA has won the General Elections in the Monaragela District by obtaining 120,634 votes and securing 4 seats while the UNP has obtained 28892 votes and secured 1 seat. The Democratic National Alliance secured 9018 votes with no seats

Sri Lanka’s master batsman Sanath Jayasuriya has secured the most number of preferential votes from the Matara District by obtaining over 71,000 votes while Buddhika Pathirana has topped the preferential list from the UNP with 

The ruling UPFA has won the General Elections in the Hambantota District by obtaining 174808 votes and securing 5 seats while the UNP has obtained 83027 votes and secured 2 seats. The Democratic National Alliance secured 19186 votes with no&n

The Department of Elections is to Gazett re-polling in the Nawalapitiya electorate where there were several incidents and the all island results will not be released till the repoll is carried out, an official at the Department of Elections said.

The ruling UPFA has won the General Elections in the Matara district by obtaining 213937 votes and securing 6 seats while the UNP has obtained 91114 votes and secured 2 seats. The Democratic National Alliance obtained 20,465 votes

The Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayaka is expected this morning to announce the annulment of the results in some areas of Nawalapitiya which was marred by several incidents during voting yesterday.

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Hundreds of Tamil asylum-seekers could be sent home if new UN guidelines reflect Sri Lanka's improved humanitarian situation. Sri Lanka's ambassador to Australia said he expected the UN guidelines will soften its assessment of the countr

The police have arrested 15 people in connection with the Nawalapitiya election incidents IGP Mahinda Balasuriya said a short while ago adding that impartial investigations would be carried out on the incidents.

Election monitors are to meet the Elections Commissioner Dayanananda Dissanayaka to discuss a spate of incidents which occurred in Nawalapitiya and urge him to address the issue, a PAFFREL spokesman told Daily Mirror online

The United National Party claims that that the General Elections conducted today was not free and fair and they will hold discussions and consider calling for a re-poll in certain places.

Amidst concerns expressed by some voters that a few polling agents are noting down their voter number on the counter foil of the ballot paper thus leaving room for the voter to be identified, the Department of Elections said the move is not

A Colombo Court today further remanded a Ukrainian couple who allegedly committed the murders of a 7 year old Uzbekistan boy and the baby sitter while inflicting knife cut injuries to the boy’s mother at Nawala on February 28

A low voter turn out has been recorded islandwide from the General Elections as of one this afternoon, election monitors told Daily Mirror online. A 40% turn out was recorded islandwide

The results of the 2009 G.C.E Ordinary Level Examinations have been released, the Department of Examination said today adding that students who sat for the exam can access their results via http:/www.doenets.lk

Several incidents of election violence have been reported islandwide since polling began this morning, including a shooting incident in Galle where several houses and a vehicle were damaged, election observers told Daily Mirror online

Election monitors claim that some private companies in Colombo have failed to authorize leave for their employees to cast their vote at the General Elections today and a complaint to this effect is going to be lodged at the Elections Department.