Colombo (News 1st): Polling for the Presidential Election 2019 ended a short while ago. The election which commenced at 7 AM ended at 5 Pm today (November 16).

The number of candidates deemed eligible to vote this time around was 15,992,096. Meanwhile, the Chairman of the National Elections Commission Mahinda Deshapriya noted that they hope to release the first election results between 10 and 12 PM today.

News 1st is all set to broadcast live the results of the presidential election as and when we receive it. Log on to http://election.newsfirst.lk/ for the First and Fast election results.

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