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Significant turnout in North for local polls:
UPFA gains early lead
Early results pointed to another comfortable win for
the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) at elections to 65 local
bodies held in several districts yesterday. The UPFA won the March 19
local polls elections with 55.69 per cent of the votes cast. According
to the first result released last night, the UPFA won the
Talawekele-Lindula Urban Council with 1,988 votes, gaining seven seats.
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Youth Parliament to transform political landscape
The Government has established a National Youth
Parliament with the intention of developing the leadership skills of
youth and to encourage and engage them in an ethical process to
effectively transform Sri Lanka.
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VOICE OF THE PRESIDENT
It's time for expats to develop North
Sellasamy is among thousands of voters in Northern
Sri Lanka who exercised their franchise at the local government polls in
the North, that concluded yesterday. Being a pro-government supporter,
whose generations were SLFPers, he is confident that the government
would expand its stronghold in the North at the election.
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