16 January 2010: According to North Western Provincial Councilor Mr. Sanath Nishantha Perera (UPFA), at 3.50pm, UNP supporters had shot at UPFA supporters in front of the UNP party office located in front of the Minnas Private Hospital, Madurankuliya, Puttalam District, resulting in the death of UPFA supporter Mr. Saman Kumara of Thonigala, Anamaduwa. According …
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This media communique by CMEV looks into incidents of election violence and malpractices in the Northern and Eastern Provinces in particular. Please click here to download the PDF.
CMEV received a report regarding a clash between a group of NDF supporters and a group of supporters of Western Provincial Council Member, Duminda De Silva (UPFA) near the Umagaliya ground, Kolonnawa at around 11.30 pm on 13th January 2010. It is also reported that a tense situation has arisen in the area due to …
13 January 2010 Colombo: Sri Lanka when considering the postal voting over the last two day period, CMEV has received a total of 27 incidents related to postal voting. In addition, approximately 20% of army soldiers who requested votes have been rejected according to reports received by CMEV monitors, which was highlighted in our report …
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At 12.20 pm today, a bus containing UNP supporters was shot at on the Thalunna road in the Hungama area in Thangalle. Ms. Kusumawathie Kuruppuarachchi who suffered gunshot wounds to the stomach was initially admitted to the Thangalla hospital. She was subsequently transferred to the Matara hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries and was …
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11January 2010 Colombo Sri Lanka CMEV has confirmed 176 Major incidents of election related violence as of today, since the gazette notification of presidential election on 23rd November 2009. Most of the major incidents (39) have been reported from the Southern Province. CMEV highlights the most recent confirmed Major incidents in this report. Download it …
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6 January 2010, Colombo, Sri Lanka: CMEV has confirmed 91 major incidents of election related violence as of today, since the gazette notification of presidential election on 23 November 2009. Most of the major incidents (27) have been reported from the Southern Province. CMEV highlights the most recent confirmed major incidents in this report. Download it as …
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5th January 2010 Colombo Sri Lanka Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) sent a letter to the Election Commissioner on 05th January 2009 highlighting the illegal display of cutouts, banners and posters in public places and within the premises of Government offices throughout the country. CMEV called upon the Election Commissioner to take immediate measures …
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The Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) visited selected areas of the North and East from 22 -25 December 2009 to identify the issues pertaining to the voter application process for displaced persons, the availability of required identification documents and the general context in which the campaign is being conducted. CMEV met with Government officials, …
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Download PDF of this report here. 8th August 07:00pm, Polling in the elections to the Jaffna Municipality, Vavuniya Urban Council and Uva Provincial Council was relatively incident free with voter turnout figures of 20%, 49% and 62% in the three areas respectively. Of the areas polled, attention focused on the Jaffna Municipality, on account of …
Download a PDF of this report here. Puttalam: On 04th August at 02.00pm a meeting was held in Ibnu Bathutha Memorial Hall (IBM), Puttalm to distribute dry ration cards to IDPs. The CMEV field monitor reported that four UPFA candidates addressed the meeting namely Ajmain Asfer (candidate no 01), M.M. Ramees (candidate no 19), M.M. …
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Confirmed Election Violence Related Incidents up to 4.00 p.m, 5th August 2009. Download the full report in Sinhala, Tamil and English here.
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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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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Confirmed Election Violence Related Incidents up to 4.00 p.m, 30th July 2009. Click here to download the report.
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