EPDP elected uncontested in Puthukudiyiruppu Pradeshiya Sabha

MULLAITIVU: The Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) led by Social Service Minister Douglas Devananda won the Puthukudiyiruppu Pradeshiya Sabha in the uncleared Mullaitivu district yesterday.

The returning officer in Vavuniya informed the EPDP leader that as no other party made its nominations for the local polls, the EPDP which presented its nominations, has been elected uncontested for the Pradeshiya Sabha of Puthukudiyiruppu.

Meanwhile, the Tamil National Alliance has been elected unanimously to the Verugal Pradeshiya Sabha in the Trincomalee district as there were no other contestants, sources said.