Nearly 242,000 Kurunegala residents not voted

During the recent local government polls, about 241,770 registered voters in the Kurunegala district have not cast their votes and about 13,137 votes were rejected.

Around 1,315,715 registered voters had qualified to cast their votes, but only 1,073,945 voters had cast their votes. However, The United National Party (UNP) was able to capture the power of the Kuliyapitiya Pradeshiya Sabha (PS) out of 21 PSs in the Kurunegala district, while the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) won around 19 PSs out of 21 PSs within the Kurunegala district.

Meanwhile, the Kurunegala Municipal Council has currently elected equal numbers of councillors from both the UNP and SLPP.