(250506) -- COLOMBO, May 6, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (L) is pictured near a polling station in Colombo, Sri Lanka on May 6, 2025. Sri Lanka went for a long-delayed nationwide local government election on Tuesday for the first time in seven years.
The election is seen as a litmus test for the government's popularity. According to the election commission, voters are eligible to vote to elect 8,287 members into 339 local government bodies, which include 28 municipal councils, 36 urban councils, and 275 pradeshiya sabhas. (Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua)
