A decade ago, some data enthusiasts, IT specialists brought together their expertise to undertake analytics of data arising from the presidential and parliamentary elections. Through this, there was a relevant insight on the voter rolls, the ways in which seats have been allocated by district and on ghost voters. These results were published in newspapers (e.g. Sunday Observer, Financial ...

The 1978 Constitution introduced a radical departure to the previously existing electoral system and electoral districts. This system, commonly described as the First-past-the-post (FPP) system, was changed in to a system of Proportional Representation in respect of 22 electoral districts. It introduces proportional representation for parliament elections, which initially included 196 members. Later, the 14 Amendment in 1988 increased the ...

From SLELECT.NET – Contributors A. Wijesiri, S. Sasna, D. Kulasooriya, A. Keerthana and ZL Mohamed. Introduction We visualize how major candidates were able to place within the first 4 places in different districts in Sri Lnaka’s Presidential poll conducted on September 21, 2024. There were five candidates who placed in the first four and then the other 34 candidates ...

From SLELECT.NET – Contributors A. Wijesiri, S. Sasna, D. Kulasooriya, F. Faiz, H.Miftah, A. Keerthana, K.Jayathilaka and ZL Mohamed. November 13, 2024. Figure 1: District-wise Vote share for the main Candidates. The maps reflect the district-wise vote percentage distribution of four major candidates:Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD / NPP), Sajith Premadasa (SP/SPS), Ranil Wickremasinghe (RW/NDF), Namal Rajapaksa (NR / SLPP) ...

Facebook Mail-bulk The 1978 Constitution introduced a radical departure to the previously existing electoral system and electoral districts. The previous system was based on constituencies with individual candidates nominated by recognized political parties or independent candidates. The candidate obtaining the highest number of votes in respect of the constituency was declared elected. This system, commonly described as the First-past-the-post ...

Facebook Mail-bulk The 1978 Constitution introduced a radical departure to the previously existing electoral system and electoral districts. The previous system was based on constituencies with individual candidates nominated by recognized political parties or independent candidates. The candidate obtaining the highest number of votes in respect of the constituency was declared elected. This system, commonly described as the First-past-the-post ...

In Sri Lanka’s 2015 Presidential Election, there was a higher turnout in electorates that favoured Mahinda Rajapakse. Maithripala Sirisena’s surprising election victory has been explained by many on the grounds that he was supported more enthusiastically in certain regions and by certain groups and that this enthusiasm had spurred his supporters to vote in larger numbers.  On the other ...

At the district level, AKD of NPP has the highest vote share in 15 districts and SP of SJS had the highest vote share in 7 districts not counting the 3 merged districts of Kilinochchi with Jaffna and Vavuniya, Mannar, Mullaitivu as the Vanni District – in actual fact.SP leads in 7 electoral districts (Jaffna, Vanni, Trincomalee, Batticaloa, Ampara, Badulla ...

At the district level, AKD of NPP has the highest vote share in 15 districts and SP of SJS had the highest vote share in 7 districts not counting the 3 merged districts of Kilinochchi with Jaffna and Vavuniya, Mannar, Mullaitivu as the Vanni District – in actual fact.SP leads in 7 electoral districts (Jaffna, Vanni, Trincomalee, Batticaloa, Ampara, Badulla ...

by: ZL MohamedThis post compiles information onBackground on Postal Voting in Sri LankaRise of Postal Votes by District (1982-2015)Tilt of Postal Votes by Districts in 2015And is a companion to the article on postal voting.Postal Voting in Sri LankaPostal voting refers to early voting and is offered to government employees (and even a few others) who are engaged in ...

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Without the PR system with 5% cut off point, parties such as the JVP, ITAK, SLMC, CWC, PLOTE, and other parties would not have obtained on their own the numbers of legislative seats – even one or two at times — they did in the elections held in and after 1989. Its benefits went to new political entities that ...

Two types of maps are presented below – each to visualize the election results in its own way. Gradient maps for vote share by district for the four main parties Winner, 2nd and 3rd places by electorate. The post Mapping the Parliamentary Election Results appeared first on Sri Lanka Elections Analytics.

DistrictProvinceUNPUPFAJVPITAKSMCINDEPDPACMCDPBJPAITCCWCFSPUPPOthersValid VotesRejected VotesTotal PolledRegis.ElectorsTurnout % AMPARAEA151013893345391454214862373310223164439159157161326195184233446184657570.70035447669063 ANURADHAPURANC2130722298562870113041569285198266132475383284625038456367330.74659708229352 BADULLAUV258844179459214457045006881025932341941472682241674968496204860.76179317502732 BATTICALOAEA32359322328112718538477428831142486543462535238846135382523843651670.65407334178609 COLOMBOWE64

Electoral DistrictProvinceUPFAUNFDNATNAIndUCPFTMVPSMBPTULFTNPFDPLFSLNFOthersValid VotesRejected VotesTotal PolledRegistered ElectorsTurnout % AmparaEA132096907572917268952029149056696256936155162724524208350.6474 AnuradhapuraNC221204803601812952811445147725332538229303554685792610.6137 BadullaUV20368911288615768507311481137644349678241693738475748140.6504 BatticaloaEA6200922935324662356034168861144241361624180618147491953673336440.5856 ColomboWE48089633975011068312223583492450319393755035498972915218540.65

Election aElectoral DistrictProvinceUPFAUNFDNATNAIndUCPFTMVPSMBPTULFTNPFDPLFSLNFOthersValid VotesRejected VotesTotal PolledRegistered ElectorsTurnout %AmparaEA132,09690,7572,91726,8952,0291,49056696256,93615,516272,452420,83564.74%AnuradhapuraNC221,20480,36018,12952811,445147725332,53822,930355,468579,26161.37%BadullaUV203,689112,88615,7685,07311,481137644349,67824,169373,847574,81465.04%BatticaloaEA62,00922,93532466,2356,03416,886114,4241361,624180,61814,749195,367333,64458.56%ColomboWE480,896339,750110,6

Election Electoral DistrictProvinceUPFAUNFDNATNAIndUCPFTMVPSMBPTULFTNPFDPLFSLNFOthersValid VotesRejected VotesTotal PolledRegistered ElectorsTurnout %AmparaEA132,09690,7572,91726,8952,0291,49056696256,93615,516272,452420,83564.74%AnuradhapuraNC221,20480,36018,12952811,445147725332,53822,930355,468579,26161.37%BadullaUV203,689112,88615,7685,07311,481137644349,67824,169373,847574,81465.04%BatticaloaEA62,00922,93532466,2356,03416,886114,4241361,624180,61814,749195,367333,64458.56%ColomboWE480,896339,750110,68

We shall provide quick analysis of the election results as they come in the next days. Since we have compiled some of the past data, and have tools on the ready, we shall be able to contextualize the results quickly. The tools are statistical, data visualization, GIS and computational tools to project MP’s by party on the ready. We are ...

Election ResultsElectoral DistrictProvinceUPFAUNFDNATNAIndUCPFTMVPSMBPTULFTNPFDPLFSLNFOthersValid VotesRejected VotesTotal PolledRegistered ElectorsTurnout %AmparaEA132,09690,7572,91726,8952,0291,49056696256,93615,516272,452420,83564.74%AnuradhapuraNC221,20480,36018,12952811,445147725332,53822,930355,468579,26161.37%BadullaUV203,689112,88615,7685,07311,481137644349,67824,169373,847574,81465.04%BatticaloaEA62,00922,93532466,2356,03416,886114,4241361,624180,61814,749195,367333,64458.56%ColomboWE480,896339,75