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Local elections are expected to be held in Sri Lanka on 10 February 2018. 15.8 million Sri Lankans will be eligible to elect 8,293 members to 341 local authorities (24 municipal councils, 41 urban councils and 276 divisional councils) in the country. It is expected to be the largest election in Sri Lankan hi tstory and will be the fist time elections to all local authorities are held onhe same day. These will also be the first elections under the mixed electoral system whereby 60% of members will be elected using first-past-the-post voting and the remaining 40% through closed list proportional representation.