Proclamation by his Excellency the president of the democratic socialist republic of Sri Lanka

Gazette Extraordinary 1640/16 of 09th February 2010

(a) Dissolve Parliament, with effect from midnight today and summon the new Parliament to meet on the Twenty Second of April, Two Thousand and Ten;

(b) Fix the Eighth day of April, Two Thousand and Ten as the date for the election of members of Parliament;

(c) Specify the period beginning on the nineteenth day of February Two Thousand and Ten and ending at Twelve Noon of the Twenty Sixth day of February, Two Thousand and Ten as the nomination period, during which nomination papers shall be recieved by the Returning Officers; and

(d) Specify each place mentioned in Column II of the Schedule hereto as the place of nomination for candidates seeking election in the electoral district mentioned in the corresponding entry in Column I of that Schedule.

Electoral District	Place of Nomination
01-Colombo	Office of the District Secretary
02-Gampaha	Office of the District Secretary
03-Kalutara	Office of the District Secretary
04-Mahanuwara	Office of the District Secretary
05-Matale	Office of the District Secretary
06-Nuwara-Eliya	Office of the District Secretary
07-Galle	Office of the District Secretary
08-Matara	Office of the District Secretary
09-Hambantota	Office of the District Secretary
10-Jaffna	Office of the Government Agent
11-Vanni	Office of the Government Agent
12-Batticaloa	Office of the Government Agent
13-Digamadulla	Office of the Government Agent, Ampara
14-Trincomalee	Office of the Government Agent
15-Kurunegala	Office of the District Secretary
16-Puttalam	Office of the District Secretary
17-Anuradhapura	Office of the District Secretary
18-Polonnaruwa	Office of the District Secretary
19-Baddulla	Office of the District Secretary
20-Moneragala	Office of the District Secretary
21-Ratnapura	Office of the District Secretary
22-Kegalle	Office of the District Secretary

Name of Electoral District	Number of Members which such Electoral District is entitled to return
01-Colombo	19
02-Gampaha	18
03-Kalutara	10
04-Mahanuwara	12
05-Matale	05
06-Nuwara-Eliya	07
07-Galle	10
08-Matara	08
09-Hambantota	07
10-Jaffna	09
11-Vanni	06
12-Batticaloa	05
13-Digamadulla	07
14-Trincomalee	04
15-Kurunegala	15
16-Puttalam	08
17-Anuradhapura	09
18-Polonnaruwa	05
19-Baddulla	08
20-Monaragala	05
21-Ratnapura	10
22-Kegalle	09

Marking of postal votes - 25th and 26th march, 2010

 

Nominations Recieved as at 26.02.2010

14,088,500 Voters have casted their vote at 11,098 polling stations on 26th January 2010.

* You can get polling division wise summary on "Electoral Process" page / link

The Names and address of the candidates and Election Agents who were appointed on or before the date of nominations on 17.12.2009 fot the Presidential Election scheduled to be held on 26.01.2010

(The Names of the candidates are shown as indicated in the nomination paper)

** Rejected Nomination - Sri Lanka Progressive Front

Poll date 26th January 2010

Nomination Gazette 1629/21 of 27.11.2009, Nomination of Candidates will take place from 9.00 a.m. to 11 a.m. on the 17.12.2009, at the Elections Secretariat, Rajagiriya.

Prospective candidates can place their deposits at the Elections secretariat during normal office hours on or before 12.00 noon on 16th Dec, 2009.

Proclamation - Gazette Extraordinary 1629/08 - 2009.11.23

Postal Voting Facilities

1. Period for submitting Postal Voter's Applications : 27.11.2009 - 07.12.2009

2. Extension for submitting Postal Voter's Applications : 08.12.2009 - 18.12.2009

3. Certification of Postal Voter's Register : 24.12.2009

4. Date of issue of notice regarding issuing Ballot Papers : 24.12.2009

5. Issue of ballot papers for postal voters : 04.01.2010

6. Marking of Postal Ballot Papers : 12.01.2010 & 13.01.2010

Poll Cards

1. Handing over of poll cards to Postal Authorities : 06.01.2010

2. Special delivery date for poll cards : 10.01.2010

3. Last date for delivery of poll cards : 18.01.2010

Displaced Voters' Applications

1. Period for submitting displaced voters applications : 10.12.2009

2. Extension for submitting applications : 23.12.2009

3. Handing over of displaced voters poll cards to Postal Authorities : 11.01.2010