Northern Provincial Council Election 2013 – Communiqué No 8 21th September 2013: 12 pm CMEV has received complaints of a number of incidents on election day since polls opened at 7 am, including an assault, intimidation of voters, campaigning near polling stations and distribution of food items while canvassing. As of twelve noon there had been a moderate turnout in ...
A UNP candidate who contested for the Uva PC election has been assaulted by an unidentified group in last night. The name of the victim is Mr. Roy Kalinga and he is in Ward No. 2 in the Sirigala Hospital, Monaragala. Filed under: Photos, Situation Update
Download this press release as a PDF here. ### CMEV notes that polling has been brisk but a few major incidents have been reported. Three explosions have so far been reported on the day of polls. The first was in Point Pedro reported in Communiqué 1. A second incident involved an explosion from Beruwala targeting a house of a Muslim ...
Download this communique as a PDF here. ### 02nd August 2015 Colombo, Sri Lanka, at 1630 hrs As of 2nd August 2015, CMEV has recorded a total of 402 incidents of election related violence and malpractices. Of these, 71 have been classified as major including 5 incidents involving the use of fire -arms. Minor incidents have been recorded at 331. ...
Download this press release as a PDF in English here. ### Polling for the Presidential Election 2015 commenced at 7am. One incident of an explosion was reported during this period from Point Pedro, Jaffna. CMEV was informed that the explosion was caused due to a hand grenade with no injuries reported. CMEV received a report of voters being prevented from ...
As at 4.30 pm on Sunday 15th September, the following reports of election –related violence in the Northern Provincial Council election have been received by CMEV: 13th September 2013, Kodikamaam Electorate, Jaffna Electoral District, Northern Province: CMEV field monitor reported that CID officers had questioned TNA supporters about leaflets they were distributing and had informed the police to arrest them. ...
CMEV Calls for Postponement of General Election 2020 March 17, 2020 – The Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) is urging the Election Commission to postpone General Election 2020 scheduled for April 25, 2020, in light of the escalating CORVID-19 pandemic. Many activities required for holding the election bring many people into close contact with each other, thereby posing significant ...
Overview The information and communications operations of the Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) for the Parliamentary Election held on 17 August 2015 was anchored to the foundations laid for the Presidential Election in January this year. Operational security from an information and communications perspective was radically different to the context in January. As subsequent reports have shown, the intelligence ...
Summary of incidents recorded by CMEV from 13th of July to 20th of July 3.30pm. Major incidents: 8 Minor incidents: 50 Incident involving firearms: 2 Download full report here.Filed under: Press Releases, Press Reports
20th September 2013 Summary: There is widespread disillusionment with the election process, which may lead to low voter turnout. Unacceptably long distances to polling center’s will deter others, since even where buses are being provided these services will be minimal and are not free. The Election Commissioner’s Office is doing its best under difficult circumstances but is handicapped by an ...
CMEV confirms that the overall voting environment on election day was relatively peaceful, although it has recorded 310 incidents of varying seriousness across the country. The highest number of complaints were received from the Western (85), Uva (42), Central (37), Southern (37), and North Western (37) provinces, with the Gampaha (52), Badulla (26), Matara (22), Puttalam (19), Kandy (18) ...
20 September 2014, Colombo, Sri Lanka: Election day saw a high number of voters in both the Badulla and Moneragala districts. News reports quoting election officers reported voter turnout at 50% in the Badulla district and 44% in the Moneragala district at midday. In the 2009 Uva Provincial Council election, 70.03% of the registered votes were polled. Although official confirmation ...
CMEV has been involved in monitoring election related violence and malpractices in all national, provincial and majority of local government elections since 1997. Monitoring of election related violence and malpractices of General Election 2015 is also started with an improved data collection and information dissemination mechanism advanced with modern communication techniques. Download the graphics below as PDFs in Sinhala, Tamil ...
On 20th September 2013, Chulipuram, Vadukkodai Electorate, Jaffna District, Northen Province. As reported by CMEV Field Monitor, the residence and campaign office of Ananthi Sasidharan (TNA Candidate No1– Jaffna District) in Tholipuram in the Chulipuram area was attacked, allegedly, by a group of military personnel at around midnight on 19th September. Some of the attackers were reported to have spoken ...
The Uva Provincial Council election to be held on Saturday 20th September 2014, is the last in the current cycle of Provincial Council Elections. It was dissolved by Gazette Notification 1870/64 of 11th July 2014, and following this the Commissioner of Elections, with powers vested in him under the Act of Provincial Council elections, made an amendment to the numbers ...
Download a PDF of this communique here. 08th August 2015 Colombo, Sri Lanka Below is a summary of the major cases of election related violence reported to CMEV from the 1st of August to the 4th of August 2015. 01st August, 2015- Threat and Intimidation, Matale It was reported to CMEV that JVP candidate Mr. Gamagedara Diassanayake was threatened by supporters ...
Summary of incidents recorded by CMEV from 13th of July to 30th of July 3.30pm. Major incidents: 54 Minor incidents: 246 Firearms Involved: 4 Download the full report here.Filed under: Press Reports, Situation Updates
CMEV notes with concern that the number of serious election-related violations has more than doubled from the presidential election (125) to the parliamentary election (290). This is despite the campaign period being of slightly shorter duration, as well as inspite of the election process generating significantly less momentum at all levels, including by voters, candidates and their supporters. In ...
