Video of press conference held on 13 October 2009 on Southern Provincial Council Election. Sinhala version.

The video covers the context within which the election was held, key characteristics of election violence in the run up to and on the day of the elections, and key concerns over the conduct of free and fair elections in the country.

Video of press conference held on 13 October 2009 on Southern Provincial Council Election. English version.

The video covers the context within which the election was held, key characteristics of election violence in the run up to and on the day of the elections, and key concerns over the conduct of free and fair elections in the country.

CMEV will hold a press conference on the recently concluded Southern Provincial Council election on 13th October, at 10.30am at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute (SLFI), 100 Independence Square, Colombo 7.

Please contact Dilan at dilanmount@gmail.com or on +94 713 244200 for more information.

At the close of polls, CMEV reports a provisional voter turnout of 63.66 %. A breakdown of the districts indicates 66% in Hambantota district, 68% in Matara district and 57% in Galle district. This is to be compared with the 2004 Southern Provincial Council Elections where the total turnout was 55.64% with a breakdown of 55.99% in Hambantota district, 54.43% in Matara district and 56.5% in Galle district.

On Polling Day, CMEV monitors reported 29 incidents in total with 8 major incidents and 21 minor incidents.

Download the full CMEV election day report here. Download the report in Sinhala here.

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.

Download full CMEV report here.

8th October 2009: CMEV has recorded a cumulative total of 95 incidents since its commenced monitoring. Of the total of 95 incidents, the number of Major incidents have gone up to 26 while 69 incidents have been categorized as Minor. The highest number of Major incidents have been reported from the Galle district – 14 out of 26. The total number of incidents reported to CMEV from the Galle district is 45.

For full report and details of these incidents, download the CMEV Interim Report.

7th CMEV media communiqué of the Southern Provincial Council election can be downloaded here in English.

6th media communiqué of the Southern Provincial Council election can be downloaded here in English.

Find election violence monitoring report up to 6th October 2009 here.

5th media communiqué of the Southern Provincial Council election can be downloaded in English, Sinhala and Tamil.

4th media communiqué of the Southern Provincial Council election can be downloaded in English, Sinhala and Tamil.

3rd media communiqué of the Southern Provincial Council election can be downloaded in English, Sinhala and Tamil.

2nd media communiqué of the Southern Provincial Council election can be downloaded in English, Sinhala and Tamil.

1st media communiqué of the Southern Provincial Council election can be downloaded in English, Sinhala and Tamil.

Download the final report in English, Sinhala and Tamil.

The Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) cordially invites you to attend a press conference on election related violence and pertinent issues related to the Jaffna Municipal Council, Vavuniya Urban Council and Uva Provincial Council Elections.

The press conference will be held on 19^th August 2009 at 02.30pm in the auditorium of the National Library and Documentation Services Board, 14, Independence Avenue, Colombo 7.

The final monitoring report of election related violence at the Jaffna Municipal Council and Vavuniya Urban Council will also be released at the press conference.

Please contact Ajmeer at ajmeer@cpalana.org or on +94 773 731304 for more information.

Download the report in Sinhala and Tamil. The English version is available here.