Rajapakse re-elected in sixth Lankan presidential election - India News and Travel Times Provides India-centric and other News and Features

President Mahinda Rajapakse is in the process of achieving a landslide victory in Sri Lanka's sixth presidential election, which was conducted yesterday. Results of 112 out of the total 160 electorates show Rajapakse winning 89 seats. He has been successful in obtaining 4.35 million votes. The percentage is 58.84, SLBC reported. His main rival and former chief of army staff General (retired) Sarath Fonseka has managed to win only 23 seats. He received 2.88 million votes, which is equivalent to 38. 94 of the total votes. It was the President who won the postal voting in 20 out of the 22 districts. Fonseka won the postal voting in Jaffna and Batticaloa. The President has secured more than 60 percent of the postal votes in the districts of Rathnapura, Moneragala, Puttalam, Galle, Hambantota, Trincomalee, Matara, Matale, Badulla, Digamadulla, Kalutara, Vavuniya, Polonnaruwa, Kegalle, Colombo, Kandy, Nuwara Eliya and Anuradhapura districts. In the Hambantota district, he received postal votes exceeding 70 percent. People throughout the country are celebrating the landslide victory of the President. Some are offering milk rice even to their rivals and lightning crackers.