Nearly 70 per cent voters cast their franchise in Sri Lanka's first post-LTTE presidential election today. The turnout was reported to be brisk around the capital Colombo and the Sinhala dominated areas. But it was light to moderate in Tamil areas of northern part of the island where polling was marred by pre-dawn bomb blasts and allegations of vote rigging. The counting would start tonight with early trends expected to be available around midnight. AIR correspondent reports, it was just an hour before the polling was to close, it came to light that the common opposition candidate retired General Sarath Fonseka does not figure in the electoral list as a voter. Later Mr. Sarath Fonseka himself clarified that he was not a registered voter in the electoral rolls. Releasing a statement in the evening, Election Commissioner Dayananada Dissanayaka said, a candidate need not be a registered voter nor cast his vote in order to be eligible to run for office. Dissanayaka said Fonseka, 59, would not face disqualification if he was duly elected.