Elections for 234 of the 335 local authorities in the country was held on March 17 this year.

Elections for 34 localities were not held due to the hosting of Cricket World Cup and elections for another 65 councils were postponed due to legal challenges against rejection of nominations.

Two more local government institutes in the Mullaitivu district were not ready for elections as the demining operations were still in progress.

The elections will be held based on last year's voter list, the Election Department said.