The Sectoral Oversight Committee on International Relations met in Parliament on 08th under the chairmanship of Member of Parliament Namal Rajapakse. At that time, it is reported that there was a discussion about preparing a system for Sri Lankans living abroad to vote. The officials of the National Election Commission pointed out that the Election …
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The office of the General Secretary of Elections states that the involvement of Grama sewakas is not crucial for conducting the voter list revision work. If they are unable to participate in the work, other personnel can be employed instead. A stipend is provided to village officials for conducting door-to-door work. However, the office further …
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The Election Commission has announced the number of Members of Parliament that can be elected to the districts of the island based on the number of voters this year. According to the number of registered voters in 2023, the highest number of Members of Parliament will be elected from the Colombo district, with a total …
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Political sources say that the government is focusing on conducting the local government election according to the new delimitation report. The new report on the delimitation of constituencies has proposed to reduce the number of local government seats from over 8,000 to 4,714.However, according to the new delimitation report, in order to hold the local …
The Election Commission has announced that despite various obstacles to conduct the local government polls as scheduled, due to non-availability of the necessary financial allocations and reasons beyond the control of the Commission, it is not possible to hold the said polls on the 25th of this month. Accordingly, the commission states in its announcement …
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Secretary General Sagara Kariyawasam states that if the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance announces the period for which money can be given to the election, the minister has legal provisions to extend the time of the local government bodies until then. Commenting on this, Rohana Hettiarachchi, executive director of Pafferal organization, says that there …
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Government Printer Gangani Liyanage said that the printing of ballot papers related to the local government elections will be further delayed. It is reported that more than 200 million rupees are required for the basic work done by the Government Press in relation to the local government polls, but the Government Press has received only …
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අයවැය යනු පූර්ව පුරෝකථනයක් පමණක් බවත්, අධිකරණය විසින් නියෝගයක් ලබාදී ඇතත් මැතිවරණයකට ලබාදීමට වෙන්කළ මුදලක් ආණ්ඩුව රදවාගෙන නැතැයි මුදල් රාජ්‍ය ඇමැති රංජිත් සියඹලාපිටිය පවසයි . ගුවන් විදුලි නාලිකාවක් සමඟ සාකච්ඡාවකට එක්වෙමින් අදහස් දැක්වූ ඔහු මෙලෙසින්ද පැවැසීය . ”දැනට රජයට ලැබෙන සීමිත මුදල් ප්‍රවාහය රාජ්‍ය සේවක වැටුප්, විශ්‍රාම වැටුප්, සමෘද්ධි දීමනා, සෞඛ්‍ය ඇතුළු අත්‍යවශ්‍ය පෙළගැස්මක් යටතේ …
Election officials have issued special gazettes setting the date for the local government election to be held on April 25. Accordingly, according to the instructions of the Election Commission, each Returning Officer has fixed the dates for holding the election through special gazettes No. 2322/28 to 2322/52, the Election Commission said in a statement. The …
The Election Commission has informed the District Election Officers that it is best to hold the local government polls on April 25. This decision was taken after the Election Commission meeting this morning . In a statement, the Election Commission states that it is not possible to hold the polls on March 9, 2023 as …
