Sri Lanka, May 6 -- The long-awaited local government elections, which faced several delays, opened at 7 am today (6).

The last local government elections were held in February 2018, when the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna claimed a landslide victory.

From the 341 local authorities on the island, 339 will go to the polls until 4 pm.

Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Hiru News....