Nominations for the election Uva Provincial Council Election will be accepted from today and the deadline will be 12 noon on August 6. The election is expected to be held in the early weeks of September.

Meanwhile, Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya has called for a meeting of all party secretaries contesting the forthcoming Uva Provincial Elections today at the Elections Secretariat.

The meeting is mandatory for the secretaries of all political parties contesting the election. Election monitors have also been invited according to local media reports.

This is the first such meeting called by the Elections Commissioner regarding the Uva Provincial Election.