The much-anticipated, decisive Presidential Election of Sri Lanka, vied by a record number of 35 candidates to elect the country’s 7th Executive President, is taking place today (16).The general public can register their votes between 7.00 am and 5.00 pm in the evening.A total number of 15,992,096 voters have qualified to exercise their franchise in this tight competition among two frontrunners and 33 other contenders.Voting will be carried out at 12,845 polling stations across the island under tight security of over 68,000 Police and civil defence personnel.