Post-presidential election violence – 3rd update
31 January 2010: Summary of post-election violence incidents received to CMEV by 4.30 pm.
Press Reports
Presidential Election 2010: Media Communiqué No. 23
Read this communique in full as a PDF here. ### On 25th January 2009, the eve of Election Day, CMEV received the following complaints as of 11.45 pm. Rathnapura District, Rathnapura Electorate Type of Violation: Election Offence According to a fax received from the Common Candidate Media Unit, several ballot boxes were found at the …
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Presidential Election 2010: Media Communiqué No. 21
Read the full report as a PDF here. ### Western Province Bomb Attack in Colombo At approximately 4.50am this morning, an explosive device was thrown at the home of the Secretary and National Organizer of the SLFP Mahajana Wing Mr. Tiran Alles, located at Galpoththa Road, Nawala, resulting in severe damage to his vehicle and …
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Field Visit to Jaffna, Killinochchi & Vavuniya
This report can be downloaded in full as a PDF from here. Read it in Tamil here. The Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) conducted a field visit to the Jaffna, Killinochchi and Vavuniya districts from 17-19th January 2010 to monitor the situation prior to the 26th January Presidential election. CMEV met with residents of …
Presidential Elections 2010: Graphs and charts of election campaign violence
Read the latest report by CMEV that captures the total number of violations in the Presidential Election campaign, with graphs and charts.
Presidential Election 2010: Media Communiqué No. 15
This update released 18 January 2010. Read it in Sinhala here. North Western Province Murder in Kurunegala According to Mr. Manjula Bandara (son of Member of Parliament and UNP Organizer for Wariyapola Ms. Amara Piyaseeli), between 12.30am and 1.00am this morning, Mr. Dhammika Herath (also known as Manju) was beaten to death by supporters of …
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Presidential Elections 2010: Your vote is your constitutional right. Use it!
CMEV is running a tri-lingual public information campaign to raise awareness on the documents required for voter identification in the run up to the Presidential Elections. The posters and banner ads can be seen, freely downloaded, printed and disseminated via from here. They also appear below as an interactive screenshow.
Southern Provincial Council Election 2009: Election Day Media Communiqué No. 1
As at 12.00 noon 10th October, 2009 Colombo Sri Lanka: Voting for the Southern Provincial Council elections commenced at 7.00 a.m. today with relatively low incidents of election related violence. According the CMEV monitors, a total of 20 election-related incidents have been recorded since polls opened from all three districts. 07 of these incidents have …
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Southern Provincial Council Election 2009 – Media Communiqué 2
2nd media communiqué of the Southern Provincial Council election can be downloaded in English, Sinhala and Tamil.
Media Communique 3: Jaffna MC & Vavuniya UC Elections 2009
Download a PDF of this report here. 07th August, Colombo, Sri Lanka Sine the close of nominations on 24 June 2009, the Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) has confirmed 08 incidents of election related violence with regards to the elections to the Jaffna Municipal Council and Vavuniya Urban Council. Of these incidents, 03 assaults …
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Report of CMEV field visit to Vavuniya, 30th July 2009
The Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) made a fact finding visit to Vavuniya from 23-24th July to assess the situation there with regard to the Urban Council Election on 8 May 2009. CMEV met with political party leaders, candidates, the Assistant Election Commissioner, Police, members of the Bar Association, Chamber of Commerce, Civil Society …
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Report of CMEV field visit to Jaffna, 30th July 2009
The Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) visited Jaffna from the 19 -22 July 2009 in the lead up to elections for the Jaffna Municipal Council which will be held on the 8th of August 2009. CMEV will monitor the elections to the Jaffna Municipality throughout the campaign and on the Election Day through the …
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Uva Provincial Council, Jaffna and Vavuniya Municipal Council Elections: Violence reports
Confirmed election violence related incidents up to 4.00 p.m, 28th July 2009. Click here to download PDF.
Jaffna and Vavuniya Urban Council Election 2009 – Media Communiqué 1
Download CMEV media communique 1 in English from here. It is also available in Sinhala and Tamil.
Final Report on election related violence: Sabaragamuwa and North Central Province
The Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) commenced its monitoring of the Provincial Council Elections in the North Central and Sabaragamuwa Provinces on 8th August 2008. CMEV monitoring focused on the incidence of electoral violence and malpractice throughout the campaign and on Polling Day. CMEV monitoring has always been conducted in the belief that it …
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