At the close of polls,
CMEV reports a provisional voter turnout of 63.66 %. A breakdown of the
districts indicates 66% in Hambantota district, 68% in Matara district
and 57% in Galle district. This is to be compared with the 2004
Southern Provincial Council Elections where the total turnout was
55.64% with a breakdown of 55.99% in Hambantota district, 54.43% in
Matara district and 56.5% in Galle district.

On Polling Day, CMEV monitors reported 29 incidents in total with 8 major incidents and 21 minor incidents.

Download the full CMEV election day report here.

As at 12.00 noon 10th October, 2009 Colombo Sri Lanka:
Voting for the Southern Provincial Council elections commenced at 7.00
a.m. today with relatively low incidents of election related violence.
According the CMEV monitors, a total of 20 election-related incidents
have been recorded since polls opened from all three districts. 07 of
these incidents have been categorized as major and 13 as minor. 10
incidents have been reported from Galle, 05 incidents have been
reported from Matara and 05 incidents from Hambantota district.

Download full CMEV report here.