The Local Sri Lankan government election covering 330 local bodies will be held on March 30, Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake was quoted by the Daily News as saying on Friday.

Nominations for the local poll closed at noon on Thursday across the island country, the newspaper said.

The two major political parties, the United National Party and the United People's Freedom Alliance, faced a severe setback as their nominations for major bastions were rejected by the election commission due to some different reasons, the paper said, adding that both parties said they would challenge the rejection order in court.

The last local council elections was held in 2002.

Source: Xinhua