Polls show no clear winner unless there is a last minute surge for a candidate ahead of election day in Sri Lanka. Stability is paramount for the island nation and the public realise that need to vote

All of the capitalist candidates is today’s election are committed to a continuing the International Monetary Fund’s savage austerity being implemented by President Wickremesinghe.

Tamils form 12% of the country's 22 million population, but have long been electorally sidelined, as most candidates belong to the majority Sinhala population and many Tamils say they have no hope of a better future from those candidates.