04/20/2010
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BBC
A Colombo municipal worker sweeps as a boy looks on under the poster of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, April 9, 2010.
Turnout was low during the elections
Repeat polls for Sri Lanka's April parliamentary elections are being held in two districts where the ballots were annulled because of violence.
04/18/2010
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The Sunday Leader
A gang in Nawalapitiya attacked UNP Kandy District candidate Mano Ganeshan’s convoy of vehicles last Friday, leading to a clash between the two parties involved, resulting in the damage of several vehicles, and people sustaining minor injuries.
04/18/2010
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The Sunday Leader
The people of the district of Nuwara Eliya were robbed of their sovereignty in the most brazen and perverse manner at the General Election held on 8th April 2010.
04/08/2010
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New York Times
Three months after winning re-election in a landslide, Sri Lanka’s president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, sought to solidify his party’s hold on power by securing a two-thirds majority in parliamentary elections held Thursday.
04/08/2010
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Centre for Monitoring Election Violence
At the close of polls at 4pm, the Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) recorded 84 Major and 202 Minor incidents of election related violence. The majority of incidents recorded during polling hours related to campaigning and other election offences (189). Of the Major incidents there were 6 Assaults and 7 cases of Threat and Intimidation of which 4 involved the use of firearms. The majority of Major incidents related to the intimidatory presence in and around polling stations.
03/28/2010
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Centre for Monitoring Election Violence
28 March 2010, Colombo, Sri Lanka: CMEV expresses its deep concern about the flagrant misuse of public property for electioneering and the inactivity of responsible officers in arresting the situation. Attacks on party offices and supporters increase in the lead up to the election. CMEV calls upon the leaders of two main political parties in and their allies to act to prevent further violence and to take effective action against members and supporters who have perpetrated violence.
03/24/2010
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World Socialist Web Site
In another incident of election violence in Sri Lanka, an armed gang associated with the Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC) attacked the houses of five members of the rival National Union of Workers (NUW) at the RB Division of the Ramboda Estate on March 17. The thugs warned workers not to support NUW leader R. Thigambaram, who is standing in the Nuwara Eliya district in the April 8 general election.
03/23/2010
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Centre for Monitoring Election Violence
CMEV continues to receive reports regarding the misuse of public resources for electioneering. CMEV has recorded 32 (29%) cases of public property misuse out of the 110 confirmed Major Incidents as of 22nd March 2010.
01/28/2010
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Commonwealth Secretariat
A generally well-administered election day but shortcomings in the pre-election period and incidences of inter-party violence taint election
01/26/2010
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Times Online
Voting has begun in a tense Sri Lanka amid heightened fears of election violence.
Several bombs exploded in the Tamil heartland of Jaffna even before polls opened for the crucial presidential election between Sarath Fonseka, the former army chief who led the campaign against the Tigers and President Mahinda Rajapaksa.