<br/>Sri Lankan Presidential Secretariat announced in Colombo that Mahinda Rajapaska has won presidential elections.<br/><br/>However, official results are yet to be announced by the Election Commission.<br/><br/>Earlier, Rajapaksa was heading for a huge victory in the bitterly-fought elections as heavily-armed troops ringed the hotel occupied by his rival and former army chief Sarath Fonseka.<br/><br/>State TV announced that Rajapaksa had polled 35.6 lakh votes or 60.62 per cent in 114 of the 160 electorates where the initial results were available.<br/><br/>Fonseka is estimated to have polled 20.92 lakh votes accounting for 37.58 per cent. Rajapaksa's supporters came to the streets in many parts of the country bursting crackers in anticipation of his victory.<br/><br/>As the election trends started coming in, tension soared in the capital as heavily-armed soldiers drove in and surrounded the lake-front luxury hotel in central Colombo, where Fonseka is staying.<br/><br/>Later, Military Spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said the troops had been deployed following information that army deserters were among 400 people present inside.<br/><br/>AIR correspondent reports that contrary to fears expressed, the first peacetime presidential election, following the defeat of the LTTE last May, was held on Tuesday without any serious incidents of violence.