Batticaloa District Goes TMVP Way at First-ever Polls In Over Decade

The first ever local government elections in the Batticaloa district show Thamail Makkal Viduthalal Pulikal lead by Sivanesathurai Chanthirakanthan alias Pillaiyan, making a clean sweep in six of the pradeshiya sabhas where results were announced so far. The six sabhas including Batticoloa Municipality went TMVP way and they won them handily.

Contrary to speculation from some quarters, including certain media institutions, no election-related incidents had been reported by the time polls closed today, according to Kinsley Rodrigo of the election-monitoring outfit Peoples' Alliance for Free and Fair Elections - PAFFEREL.

The elections were eagerly awaited by the people of the Eastern Province as they went to the polls showing the country that the newly liberated areas were ready for full-blown democracy. Campaigning was brisk and participation high.

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