Sri Lanka, May 5 -- The Election Commission says that preparations of the polling stations for the Local Government (LG) Elections will commence this morning (May 5).

This year's LG Elections is scheduled to begin tomorrow (May 6) at 7.00 a.m., and voting will be held until 4.00 p.m. at 13,759 polling centers across the island.

A total of 17,156,338 voters are eligible to vote in the elections, which will be held for 339 Local Government institutions.

The Chairman of the Election Commission, R.M.A.L. Ratnayake, stated that all arrangements have been made to conduct the election and that government officials assigned to election duties must attend without fail.

Meanwhile, Ratnayake further stated that voters who have not yet received t...