The Election Commission Chairman – Mr. R.M.A.L. Ratnayake has issued a special statement with regard to the vote counting of the 2024 General Election.
According to the statement issued earlier this evening, counting of postal votes was to commence around 4.15pm while counting at the main voting centres was to commence after 7.15 pm after ballot boxes reached the respective counting centers.
Mr. Ratnayake also says that results will be published in three phases: first at the constituency level, then at the district level, along with the announcement of the number of MPs each political party and independent group will receive.
Preference counting will commence immediately at each counting center as results are released.
