Sri Lanka will hold the local council polls for the 340 councils on the 9th of March, announced the country's Election Commission on Saturday. The local election was earlier postponed by six months as the country was gripped by unprecedented economic and political turmoil.<br />'' <br />'' The election process will reportedly cost 10 billion rupees (1000 crore Lankan rupees) which would put additional pressure on the island's economy.<br />'' <br />'' The ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna controls a majority of councils after having won the last election held in 2018.<br />'' <br />'' President Ranil Wickremesinghe's United National Party and the Rajapaksas' Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna decided earlier this month to contest the polls together.<br />'' <br />''The arrangement would mark the coming together of the island's two main camps in Sri Lanka's polity.