Nomination lists of political party and independent group’s candidates to contest each electoral district in the upcoming Parliamentary General Election 2020. Recognized Political Party and Independent Group Names of Candidates in District Wise. Click the District to download Nomination List Western Province :- Colombo / Gampaha / Kalutara Central Province :- Kandy / Matale / Nuwara-Eliya Uva Province :- Badulla ...
30th December, CMEV monitor attacked in Polonnaruwa. CMEV was informed of electioneering by two groups of Buddhist monks- a local group of monks in support of Common Presidential Candidate Maithripala Sirisena and the Bodu Bala Sena in support of President Mahinda Rajapakse. CMEV monitor J.P.A.M Jayasekara reported that both groups were electioneering in close proximity to each other and that ...
An interview conducted with Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu at around 9.20pm on 8th January 2015, looking back at the polling day and key developments. Filed under: Podcasts, Situation Updates Tagged: Presidential Election 2015
Download as a PDF from here. ### 8th August 2015 Colombo, Sri Lanka 05th August, 2015 Assault by UPFA in Ratnapura Supporters of candidate Ms. Thalatha Athukorala of UNF were allegedly assaulted by supporters of the UPFA in Nivithigala. The incident occurred at around 11.30 P.M, at a brief meeting held with the participation of Ms. Athukorala. It is alleged ...
Summary of incidents since 20th November received by CMEV on 01st January 2015 by 3.30 pm. Download as PDF in Sinhala, Tamil and English here. Filed under: Press Releases, Situation Updates Tagged: Presidential Election 2015
Download the PDF of the report here. ### 10th August 2015 Colombo, Sri Lanka Below is a summary of the major cases of election related violence reported to CMEV from the 6tt of August to the 8th of August 2015. 06th August 2015- Preventing Election Monitoring, Trincomalee. CMEV field monitor in the Trincomalee district was prevented from carrying out election ...
Download the PDF of this press release in English here. ### 7th January The day prior to polling witnessed the first fatality of the Presidential Election of 2015. Mr Shantha Dodagangoda who was critically injured in a shooting incident at Kahawatte, Ratnapura on the morning of Monday 5th January, died at 3.05 pm today at the Ratnapura hospital. Although the ...
Download as a PDF here. ### 9th August 2015 Colombo, Sri Lanka Mentioned below are instances of the major cases of election related violence that were reported late to CMEV, which had occurred on the 5th and 6th of August. Additionally one major case which was reported on the 7th of August has also been included in this release. 05th ...
23 July 2011, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) notes the conclusion of the second phase of the 2011 local government elections held today. The Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) of which CPA is a constituent member, did not deploy monitors in the field in the present phase of the local government elections. Therefore, the information ...
Download this communique as a PDF here. ### 16th August 2015 Colombo, Sri Lanka 16th August 2015 – Murder, Hiniduma Electorate, Neluwa, Galle District It was reported to CMEV that a dead body was found at Lellwala, Neluwa area, Hiniduma electorate in the Galle District around 7.00 am on the 16th of August 2015. According to the report, the victim ...
Download this PR as a PDF here, and in Sinhala here. ### On 4th January 2015 at 2.00 am: CMEV is seriously concerned about an assault on two election officers allegedly by supporters of Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Susantha Punchinilame in Trincomalee around 6.30pm on 4 January. The incident occurred in front of the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) party ...
Download this PR as a PDF here. 6th January 2015 The Presidential Election campaign ended at midnight with several major incidents reported. At the end of campaigning, CMEV documented a total of 420 incidents, with 237 major incidents and 183 minor incidents. The highest number of major incidents were reported from Jaffna District with 22 incidents followed from Badulla District ...
A press briefing was held by CMEV today at the JAIC Hilton around the monitoring operations for the Presidential Election, which will be held on 8th January 2015. Recordings of the briefing are embedded below. Please note that the Q&A segment doesn’t always pick up the question posed to the panellists. Their answers however give a strong indication on what ...
Download this report as a PDF here. ### Profile of Major Incidents At the end of the campaign on August 14th, 2015, CMEV received 810 complaints of which 143 were classified as Major. Of the latter category, Murder was recorded at 04, Hurt at 05, Grievous Hurt at 03, Assaults at 46, Threat and Intimidation at 08, Misuse of State ...
A petition filed by two refugees residing at the Menik Farm, challenged the holding of the elections of Pudukuduirippu and Maritimepattu Pradeshiya Sabha’s, which was to be held on the 8th of October 2011. Considering the petition, the Appeal Court issued an injunction order. The cases were withdrawn since the Northern Provincial Council Election in 2013, and the Presidential Election ...
Download the final report on election related violence and malpractices during the Presidential Election 2010 in English here (Warning: PDF size ~120Mb). To view the complete report online, click here or see below. Sinhala and Tamil versions of the report will be available soon. Vie
Summary of incidents recorded by CMEV from 13th of July to 14th of August 3.30pm. Major incidents: 139 Minor incidents: 650 Firearms involved: 11 Download the full report here.Filed under: Press Reports, Situation Updates Tagged: General Election 2015
Summary of incidents since 20th November received by CMEV on 4th January 2015 by 3.30 pm. Download as a PDF here. Filed under: Press Releases, Situation Updates Tagged: Presidential Election 2015
