A political party that was closely linked with the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels won control of two-thirds of local councils in Sri Lanka's former war zone, results released on Sunday showed.
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) won 18 out of 26 councils that voted on Saturday in the former conflict areas of the island's north and east, in the first local elections since the end of nearly four decades of ethnic conflict.
The separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) used the TNA as their political arm until they were crushed by the island's military in May 2009. Another opposition Tamil party won two councils in the former war zone, according to results released by the elections department.
"We have announced the party positions in the councils, but the lists of individual candidates who have been elected to these councils will be known by tomorrow," an election official said.
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