Centre for Monitoring Election Violence

Monitoring election violence in Sri Lanka

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 been categorized as major and 13 as minor. 10 incidents have been reported from Galle, 05 incidents have been reported from Matara and 05 incidents from Hambantota district.

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Written by CMEV

October 11, 2009 at 4:05 pm