This report examines the delimitation process for local government authorities (LGAs) in Sri Lanka since 2012. The change in the electoral system for LGAs from the proportional representation (PR) based electoral system to the ward-based, mixed-member proportional (MMP) system in 2012 necessitated that delimitation be conducted for all LGAs to determine ward boundaries. In that time, two LGA delimitation exercises have been conducted and a number of significant...
This monograph discusses electoral systems in Sri Lanka. With the introduction of the universal franchise in 1931, Sri Lanka is considered the oldest democracy in Asia. Since then, numerous elections have been held in Sri Lanka under different electoral and constitutional arrangements. This monograph provides a history of the different electoral systems that have been used in Sri Lanka, explains how they have functioned and looks at the...
The media is a stakeholder that can never be excluded in any country in which democratic elections are conducted. Regardless of whether the media entity is conventional and mainstream or alternative and new, media behavior indisputably affects the integrity of any election. Continued election observation undertaken by the Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) over several decades in Sri Lanka has strongly proven that the role of the...
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