Voting is now underway at 13,421 polling stations across the island to elect Sri Lanka’s ninth executive president.
Thirty-eight candidates are contesting for the presidency.
Voting will take place from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm and a total of 17,140,354 voters are eligible to vote.
The Gampaha district has the highest number of voters with 1,881,129, said the Election Commission.
The Colombo district is second with 1,765,351 registered voters, and Kurunegala district has 1,417,226 voters.
Lankaleader.lk will bring you the results live from 6.00 pm.
