Sri Lanka, May 6 -- Voting in Sri Lanka's first Local Government Elections in nearly seven years officially closed on Tuesday (May 06) with a somewhat subdued voter turnout.

Accordingly, the polling which had commenced at 7.00 a.m. this morning came to a close at 4.00 p.m. while the counting process is expected to begin shortly.

Voting ended with varying turnout in various districts as most districts have reported turnout of about 50% or less as at 3.00 p.m.

The polls are the third nationwide election within a year that witnessed Presidential and Parliamentary elections late last year.

Over 17 million Sri Lankans were eligible to vote at 13,759 polling centers across the island today to elect members for 339 Local Government instituti...