Sri Lanka’s Seventh Presidential Election to Commence today
Voting for the presidential elections will commence at 7 a.m. today (08), and will conclude at 4 p.m. with 15,044,490 voters.
There are 19 candidates in the fray, including incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa from the UPFA and former SLFP General Secretary, former Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena from the New Democratic Front.
There are 12,314 polling stations in the 22 administrative districts. Ballot boxes were sent to respective polling stations from main counting centres countrywide yesterday under heavy security.
Deshapriya said that there were 303 postal vote counting centres and 1,109 main counting centres set up in 44 places countrywide.
More than 70,000 policemen would be on duty for the Presidential Election, the Polls Chief said, adding that the army would be deployed if necessary and security had been tightened in several areas where violent incidents had been reported.
Local election monitors including the People’s Action for Free and Fair Election (PAFFREL), Campaign for Free and Fair Election (CaFEE) and Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) and foreign observers, including Commonwealth Election Monitors will observe today’s election.
The counting of vote would commence at 6.00pm today and it is expected to release first postal voting result after 10pm.
(Government News Portal)
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With over 5 hours on polling today, I am glad to announce that preliminary estimates of voter prefernce based on “on the spot interviews” of voters at more than 300 polling stations immediately after exercising franchise,indicates a decisive victory for the incumbent.
Most noteworthy is voter preference in the Northern province where the incumbent is way ahead of others.
So now, when the Sun rises tommorrow, we, the Citizens of Sri lanka, can expect a new future with a capable and committed leader at the helm.
Well done, HE Rajapaksa.
The Vote Quote:-
If MR wins then sirisena will be in a trouble. If sirisena wins, then all will be in a trouble.
I hope Hon MR does not show weakness by forgiving MS the traitor and take him back to his fold, to spy on him for the imperial West.
I hope that he and all his 11 brothers be investigated for corruption and crime and be punished according to the law of the land.
I am absolutely devastated to learn of the defeat of the Father of the Nation, the Liberator and the Protector, at the hustings conducted yesterday.
I am shocked beyond belief of the callousness demonstrated by majority voting population in fostering an unknown entity to the high chair, surrounded by political dinosaurs.
May the Sri Lanka Raja Wansha Vibhushana Dharmadveepa Chakravarthi,President Mahinda Rajapaksa, live long, be happy and attain contentment.
Sahithya Chakravarthi, we shall be eternally grateful for the most powerful, dedicated, honest, unbiased and fulfilling leadership that you provided to this wonderful nation.
Now it seems no more hopes of MR. Be ready to accept western slaved govt in srilanka. MR went astray by 2year early election & letting corruption in the country. If not even he could do lot good within next 2yrs & win again easily. The world is subject to change with such ups & downs always.
Amden,
I cry with you; ups and owns always but this is a big down. We are slaves from today with Ranil Wickremasinghe. The IMF guys have already booked tickets to Colombo.
They will take away everything which the Great Statesman, the Leader, the Protector, the Redeemer, gave us, the ordinary folk of Sri Lanka.
Yes, Basil… certainly it’s true. MR is the only president who made shocking departure from the post after the independence in 1948. We must be highly thankful & grateful of his leadership ever provided to the Srilanka. What a fall of such long ran historical political journey. He will never fall if he kept faith in practical Buddha than miracle kovils. The Buddha has preached the blessing facts to the world in ‘mangala sutra’. What Buddha said as the 1st blessing fact is, that “Not to be accompanied with low people” (අසේවනාච බාලානං…) it’s a very famous Buddha’s best quote which common folk do not care of unfortunatly. Collapse of MR happened by not being complying with just that two words. MR’s downfall brought by low people who were surrounded by himself. Dhamma protects the one who acts according to dhamma. Also in contrary, the one who not act according to dhamma is not protected. Dhamma bless you, who comply it.!