General elections 2020: Overall voter turnout 70% says MACO
An overall voter turnout of over 70 percent was recorded at the close of polls of the General Elections 2020 held today. Voting for the General Elections 2020 commenced at 07.00 a.m. and concluded at 05.00 p.m.
Voting for the 2020 General Election to elect public representatives to the ninth Parliament of Sri Lanka concluded a short while ago. A total of 16,263,885 eligible voters cast their votes for 7,452 candidates at 12,985 polling centres.
Chairman of the National Election Commission Mahinda Deshapriya said the highest voter turnout of 76% was reported in the Hambantota and Batticaloa districts. He also said the overall voter turnout is around 71%. Here are the reported voter turnouts in each district at close of Polls:
Colombo - 70%
Gampaha - 68%
Kalutara - 70%
Kandy - 72%
Matale - 72%
Nuwara Eliya - 75%
Galle - 70%
Matara - 71%
Hambantota - 76%
Jaffna - 67%
Vanni - 73%
Batticaloa - 75%
Digamadulla - 72%
Trincomalee - 73%
Kurunegala - 65%
Puttalam - 64%
Anuradhapura - 70%
Polonnaruwa - 72%
Badulla - 74%
Moneragala - 75%
Ratnapura - 71%
Kegalle - 70%