Sri Lanka, May 5 -- The 2025 Local Government Elections is scheduled to commence at 7.00 a.m. tomorrow (May 06).

After a hiatus of seven years, tomorrow's LG Elections will elect members for 339 out of 341 local government bodies across the island. The Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha Elections have now been concluded, while the Kalmunai Municipal Council elections will not be held tomorrow due to an ongoing court case.

The number of voters eligible to vote in tomorrow's election is 17,156,338.

Meanwhile, 75,589 candidates representing 49 political parties and 257 independent groups are contesting this election.

With the elections to be held under the mixed proportional system, 60% of the members will be elected through the ward system and 4...