The General Election began today at 7.00am to elect a new parliament. The election will continue until 4.00pm today.

A total of 6451 candidates are competing in 22 Electoral Districts to be elected to the 225 member parliament. 15,444,490 voters are eligible to cast their votes in 12,314 polling stations.

Security is tight for the election, with two armed policemen stationed in each polling station. Furthermore police mobile units have also been deployed.