PA wins Akuressa mini poll
By Gamini Mahadura
The People's Alliance won the Akuressa Pradeshya Sabha election held yesterday, returning 10 members to the 21-member council. The JVP won six seats while the Sinhale Mahasammatha Bhumuiputhra Party which was unofficially backed by the UNP won 5.

The PA received 15,084 votes while the JVP and the Bhumiputhra Party got 11,538 and 10,381 votes. A 65 percent turnout was reported. The two independent election monitoring bodies PAFFREL and CMEV said that the elections were free and fair, except for a few incidents.

According to police, seven persons were arrested for impersonation. Police recorded 18 cases of pre-election violence while eight complaints were recorded yesterday. Matara District Returning Officer P.S. Ediriweera confirmed that in spite of a few incidents, the counting of votes took place in a calm environment. Five hundred officials and 700 police officers had been commissioned for election duty.

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