UNP and UPFA hand over nominations

The UNP has handed over nominations for three districts on Thursday for the forthcoming provincial council election. The districts are Polonnaruwa, Kegalle and Ratnapura. The party will hand over nominations for the Anuradhapura district Friday.
The United Peoples’ Freedom Alliance has handed in nominations for the Ratnapura district in the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council Election.
The nominations were handed in this morning to the Elections Commissioner. Nominations for the North-central and Sabaragamuwa provincial council election close at noon tomorrow.
Several political parties and independent groups have already handed in nominations for several districts. So far five recognized political parties have handed in nominations for the Polonnaruwa district of the North-central province. Eight independent groups have placed their deposits and four groups have also given in their nominations.
In the Anuradhapura district four recognized political parties have handed in their nominations. Eight independent groups have placed their deposits in the district.
In the Sabaragamuwa provincial council three recognized political parties have handed in their nominations for the Kegalle district. Six independent groups have also placed their deposits. In the Ratnapura district seven recognized political parties and five independent groups have given in their nominations.