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Cabinet Ministers 2020:
Defence Minister-President @GotabayaR
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Defence Minister-President @GotabayaR
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PM @PresRajapaksa will be Minister of Finance, Buddha Sasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs, Urban Development and Housing.
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Nimal Siripala de Silva is the new Minister of Labour.
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The controversy surrounding the election of M A Sumanthiran in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, reminds me of the row over the election of P Chidambaram in Sivaganga in May 2009 which is still before the Madras High Court.
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Those who are familiar with election rules and counting system in Sri Lanka maintain that there exists little scope for wrongdoing during the stage of counting, the kind of scenes witnessed outside the counting centre and the controversy by itself are going 2 be talked about 2/3
or years to come. To mollify Sasikala Raviraj, @TNAmediaoffice should make her MP through the national list, as there is no woman elected from North& East. The controversy has also reinforced the need for electoral reforms.A strong case 4 Electronic Voting Machines 2 be used.3/3
Provisional figures of voter turnout of the Sri Lanka's parliamentary election are out. The overall turnout is 71%, going by media reports. This means that about 1.1 crore people or 11 million turned up at polling booths, despite #COVID19 #COVID19SL #SriLankaElections2020 1/5
The figure may be less than the 2015 parliamentary election or 2019 presidential poll but it is understandable, under the given circumstances. I am really amazed at the level of faith of voters of #SriLanka in democracy. Hats off to them! #SriLankaElections2020 #COVID19SL 2/5
As for North & East, Batticaloa has topped the region with 76% voter turnout against 69.12% in 2015. Vanni, Trincomalee & Ampara recorded 73% each, more or less similar to their figures of 2015 with 71.89%, 74.34% & 73.99% respectively. #SriLankaElections2020
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A thread on how your votes translate into seats for political parties a #SriLankaElections2020 This is straight out of the Constitution [Article 99(5) - (9) & 99A]
EVERY VOTE COUNTS, even if you can't help a party win in your district, it still counts for the national list [1/10]
EVERY VOTE COUNTS, even if you can't help a party win in your district, it still counts for the national list [1/10]
Each voter can cast ONE vote for a political party & up to three preferences for candidates nominated by that political party. So REMEMBER your vote counts, so go vote tomorrow bright and early #LKAElections2020 [2/10]
The total seats in Parliament are 225,
Only 29 seats are allocated proportionally (National List),
174 seats are allocated proportionally among those who get more than 5% of votes in each Electoral District
22 seats are First Past the Post [3/10]
Only 29 seats are allocated proportionally (National List),
174 seats are allocated proportionally among those who get more than 5% of votes in each Electoral District
22 seats are First Past the Post [3/10]
