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The Election Commission of Sri Lanka is the constitutional authority responsible for administering and overseeing all elections in Sri Lanka, including the Presidential, Parliamentary, Provincial and Local Authority elections. Sri Lanka has had universal adult suffrage since 1931, becoming the first Crown colony to enfranchise all adult ...
In 1833 the Colebrooke-Cameron Commission created the Legislative Council of Ceylon, the first step in representative government in British Ceylon.Initially this council consisted of 16 members which included the British Governor, the 5 appointed members of the Executive Council of Ceylon, 4 other government officials, and 6 appointed unofficial members.
This list includes Sri Lanka's serving ambassadors, high commissioners, permanent representatives, and other senior diplomatic representatives.High commissioners head diplomatic missions in Commonwealth of Nations member states, while ambassadors lead missions in other countries.
The Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (SLPFA), led by Mahinda Rajapaksa, won a large majority in the 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election on 5 August 2020. [14] During their tenure, the government under President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa faced multiple crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic and an economic crisis, which culminated into widespread protests ...
Waduge Warunasiri Mahinda Deshapriya (Sinhala: මහින්ද දේශප්රිය; born 6 June 1955) is a Sri Lankan civil servant who served as the 1st Chairman of Election Commission of Sri Lanka [1] from 2015 to 2020, previously serving as 8th Commissioner of Department of Elections from 2011 to 2015.
Sri Lanka also appointed members to Public Service Commission and the Police Commission on the same day. [23] Dharmasena Dissanayake has been appointed the Chairman of the Public Service Commission. [24] the Police Commission media unit said today. [25] Justice Titus Bodhipala Weerasuriya was appointed as the Chairman of the Commission to ...
By the end of candidate registration on 15 August, the Election Commission had accepted a total of 39 applications for the presidential election, the highest number ever recorded for a presidential election in Sri Lanka. [36] One candidate, Mohamed Illiyas, died of a heart attack prior to the election. [27] [37] His name on the ballot was not ...
Sri Lanka elects on the national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. Sri Lanka has a multi-party system, with two dominant political parties . All elections are administered by the Election Commission of Sri Lanka .