The Election Commission added that postal voting would continue on November 1 and 4…reports Asian Lite News
Postal voting for Sri Lanka’s upcoming parliamentary election on November 14 began on Wednesday across polling centres nationwide.
The Election Commission announced that postal voting would be held at designated government institutions, including police stations, district secretariats and district election offices.
The Election Commission added that postal voting would continue on November 1 and 4, Xinhua news agency reported.
Sri Lanka only allows postal voting for government employees. According to Election Commission Chairman Ratnayake, the commission received 759,210 applications for postal voting, with 20,551 applications rejected.
Earlier last month, Sri Lanka voted to elect President Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the National People’s Power to office. The island will vote on November 14 to elect 225 Parliamentarians, necessitated by the dissolution of the Parliament eleven months ahead of schedule.
Last week, Dissanayake’s National People’s Power (NPP) won the Elpitiya local government election, securing 15 of the 28 available seats, according to the Election Commission.
The NPP garnered 17,295 of the 36,305 valid votes cast. The Samagi Jana Balavegaya, led by Sajith Premadasa, Dissanayake’s main competitor in the September 21 presidential election, came in second, winning six seats with 7,924 votes.
Sri Lanka’s parliament consists of 225 members, with 196 elected through direct votes and the remaining 29 appointed via the national list, based on the proportion of votes each political party or independent group secures in the parliamentary election.
The country last held its parliamentary election in 2020.
After emerging victorious in recent presidential elections, NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake, in his capacity as the executive President, dissolved the Parliament eleven months in advance, paving the way for the parliamentary election in November.
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