Presidential Election: Voter turnout as at 2pm

Presidential Election: Voter turnout as at 2pm

September 21, 2024   03:11 pm

The district-level voter turnout percentages for the 2024 Presidential Election as at 2.00 p.m. today have been reported with several districts already seeing a turnout of over 60 percent. 

Meanwhile, it is reported that the overall voter turnout as at 2.00 p.m. today has exceeded 60 percent. 

Accordingly, the voter turnout percentages of several districts as at 2.00 p.m. today (21) are as follows:  

Colombo - 60%
Gampaha - 62%
Kalutara - 60%
Nuwara-Eliya - 70%
Galle - 61%
Matara - 64%
Hambantota - 60%
Mannar - 60%
Badulla - 59%
Ratnapura - 60%
Kegalle - 60%
Ampara - 60%
Trincomalee - 55%
Puttalam - 57%
Monaragala - 65%
Anuradhapura - 70%
Kandy - 65%
Matale - 68%
Jaffna - 49%
Polonnaruwa- 65% 
Vavuniya- 62% 
Mullaitivu- 57%
Kilinochchi- 56%
Kandy- 65%
Kurunegala - 60%

Voting for the presidential election commenced at 7.00 a.m. this morning at 13,421 polling stations across the island and will continue until 4.00 p.m.  

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