Sri Lanka General Election set for November 14, 2024
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Sri Lanka’s general election will be held on November 14, 2024, and nominations for the upcoming election will be accepted from October 4 to October 11, 2024.
Political parties and independent candidates have 7 days (one week) to submit their nominations.
This was announced in an Extraordinary Gazette notification (No. 2403/13) issued on September 24, 2024, by Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who dissolved the Parliament of Sri Lanka, effective midnight on September 24, 2024.
The dissolution was executed under Article 70 of the Constitution and in accordance with the Parliamentary Elections Act No. 1 of 1981, effective midnight on September 24, 2024.
Following the general election, the new Parliament is scheduled to convene on November 21, 2024.
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