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Update on SLElect

A decade ago, some data enthusiasts, IT specialists brought together their expertise to undertake analytics of data arising from the presidential and parliamentary elections. Through this, there was a relevant insight on the voter rolls, the ways in which seats…

Update on SLElect

A decade ago, some data enthusiasts, IT specialists brought together their expertise to undertake analytics of data arising from the presidential and parliamentary elections. Through this, there was a relevant insight on the voter rolls, the ways in which seats…

Sri Lankas’ 2024 Presidential Election Rankings by District

From SLELECT.NET – Contributors A. Wijesiri, S. Sasna, D. Kulasooriya, A. Keerthana and ZL Mohamed. Introduction We visualize how major candidates were able to place within the first 4 places in different districts in Sri Lnaka’s Presidential poll conducted on…

Sri Lanka Presidential Election 2024: Vote Shares of Candidates

From SLELECT.NET – Contributors A. Wijesiri, S. Sasna, D. Kulasooriya, F. Faiz, H.Miftah, A. Keerthana, K.Jayathilaka and ZL Mohamed. November 13, 2024. Figure 1: District-wise Vote share for the main Candidates. The maps reflect the district-wise vote percentage distribution of…

Does Linguistic Differences Provide the Best Explanation for Regional Differences in the 2024 Presidential Election Voting?

At the district level, AKD of NPP has the highest vote share in 15 districts and SP of SJS had the highest vote share in 7 districts not counting the 3 merged districts of Kilinochchi with Jaffna and Vavuniya, Mannar,…

මැතිවරණයෙන් වංචාකාර ප්‍රතිලාභ ලබන්නන්

ZL මොහොමඩ්                                                           භාෂා පරිවර්තක (එන් කරුණාදාස) ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ 2015 ජනාධිපතිවරණය සඳහාවලංගු…

ஊடக வெளியீடு

வாக்காளர் செய்முறை என்பது‚ ஜனநாயக செய்முறையின் உயர்வான மற்றும் அவசியமான பகுதியாகும். ஆகையால் தேர்தல் என்பதனை ஜனநாயகத்தின் அடையாளமாக ஆலோசிக்க முடியும். முக்கியமாக தேர்தல்கள் நியாயமானதாக இருக்கும் போது அவை ஜனநாயகத்திற்கு முக்கியமானதொன்றாக மட்டுமல்லாமல் மக்கள் சுயேச்சையாக வாக்குரிமையை பயன்படுத்துவதற்கு ஆலோசிக்கவும் முடியும். இது சம்பந்தமாக தமது தெரிவு தொடர்பாக முடிவெடுப்பதற்காக பல்வேறுப்பட்ட வழிகளில் தகவல்கள்…

An Update on SLElect

Motivation:  At a press conference in August 2015, the Commissioner of Elections noted the responsibility of all to ensure the integrity of elections and invited contributions. The website of the Department of Elections shall not undertake statistics on the results…

Tracking the “MR Effect” through Social Media

By Dr.Ranjiva Munasinghe, Managing Director – Argyle X and Ruwanthi de Silva, Social Media Analyst – Argyle X Elections in Sri Lanka are an exciting affair. One need only look at a condensed timeline of events from the last Presidential…

Is Rise in Postal Voting due to Ghosts? Appendices

by: ZL Mohamed This post compiles information on Background on Postal Voting in Sri Lanka Rise of Postal Votes by District (1982-2015) Tilt of Postal Votes by Districts in 2015And is a companion to the article on postal voting. Postal…

Higher Voter Turnout for Mahinda: Due to Enthusiasm, War or Jilmart?

In Sri Lanka’s 2015 Presidential Election, there was a higher turnout in electorates that favoured Mahinda Rajapakse. Maithripala Sirisena’s surprising election victory has been explained by many on the grounds that he was supported more enthusiastically in certain regions and…