According to the Election Secretariat, there are 22,412 eligible postal voters - 4,427 from Batticaloa, 9,468 from Ampara and 8,517 in Trincomalee.

Postal voting was conducted in 152 centres and not a single incident of violence was reported.

According to the Assistant Commissioner (Elections) for Batticaloa T. Krishnandalingam, voting was progressing sans any incidents in 150 centres and by noon yesterday had received over 500 envelopes containing votes cast out of a total of 4,427.

The Assistant Commissioner (Elections) for Trincomalee district Bandara Mapa said yesterday that he had received envelopes containing of more than 50 per cent of the total eligible votes by noon yesterday.

Meanwhile, with only 12 days remaining for the Eastern Provincial Council Poll, the Elections Commissioner had given an undertaking to make the production of identity cards or other valid documents compulsory for voters in accordance with the Elections Special Provisions Act, when the writ application filed by PAFFREL asking for an order to impose the above was taken up before the Court of Appeal on Monday.