Two thousand eight hundred and fighty three (2,883) candidates from 80 political parties and 12 independent groups are contesting 17 local government bodies in the Kalutara District at the LG elections on February 10.
Four (04) urban councils, namely Panadura, Horana, Kalutara, and Beruwala, and 13 pradeshiya sabhas (PS) are included. Kalutara PS has the maximum number of candidates (414) from seven political parties and two (02) Independent Groups. The second largest number of candidates is for the Beruwala PS (308) and the least number of candidates for the Horana Urban Council (55).
Horana PS has the highest number of postal votes (3,593) and the second highest number of postal votes is for the Kalutara PS (3,398). Kalutara administrative district consists of 268 polling wards under 607 polling divisions and 648 polling centres, according to information given by Kalutara Assistant Commissioner of Elections Rasika Peiris, recently.
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