Comfortable win for UPFA

On March 17, this year elections were held for 234 of the 335 local authorities in the country and the ruling party UPFA won 205 of the councils.

Elections for 34 localities were not held in March due to the hosting of Cricket World Cup and elections for another 65 councils were postponed due to legal challenges against rejection of nominations.

Elections for two more local government institutes in the Mullaitivu district were not held yesterday as the demining operations were still in progress.Voters in the North voted the polls yesterday for the first time since the defeat of the LTTE.