Policeman removeing poster-Photo Elmo Fernando

According to the elections commissioner’s office the estimated turn out island wide is around 55 percent

A number of voters who spoke to local reporters said that they had lost confidence in their representatives and kept away from casting their vote.

Speaking to Lankadeepa reporter Raj weerasinha, a farmer in Polonaruwa W.G Bandara said he has not been able to sell his paddy harvest and is sick of elections and empty promises from politicians.

	Voters in no-mansland -Muttur-Photo -R G Dharmadasa

In Trincomalee there was a relatively high turn over of voters. Voters crossed over from the rebel held area to the cluster polling booths setup in the no mans- land set up between the government administrated area and rebel controlled area.

Athula Bandara Reporting from Anuradapura said only a few incidents were reported and the area was relativity calm.

Election monitors in the east said that only a few minor incidents had been reported from the Digamadulla area

Sunila Abeysekara of the Centre for Monitoring of Election Violence confirmed that the number of violent incidents were relatively low.

	A ride to vote-Ratnapura -Photo-Ajith Lal shantha Udaya

However she said that on the basis of reports received they have requested the election commissioner to annul results of Nawalapityiya and Trincomalee urban councils and one polling booth in Suduwella primary school in Puttlam.

“There has been widespread voter intimidation at these polling stations said “Abeysekara