District-wise Seat Allocation Calculation (LG Election-2025)
District-wise seat allocation calculation The 1978 Constitution introduced a radical departure to the previously existing electoral system and electoral districts. This system, commonly described as the “First-Past-the-Post” (FPP) system, was changed in to a system of Proportional Representation (PR) in respect of 22…
Voter Turnout Across Recent Elections (2024-2025)
Sri Lanka’s long-awaited Local Government (LG) Election was held on 06th May 2025. Coming after two major national elections, Presidential and General elections in 2024, this is the first local-level election. With 61% voter turnout, the results help us to understand…
District-Wise Dominant Parties of LG Election 2025
District-wise, NPP has obtained the majorities in districts other than Northern and Eastern provinces and has exceeded 50% in 3 districts. ITAK won Batticaloa, Jaffna, Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi districts. Turnout ranged between 57% and 74%. Lowest turnout was in Colombo (57%), Puttalam (57%),…
Local Government Election 2025 All Island Final Results
All Island Final Results National Peoples Party 43.26% Votes – 4,503,930 – 3927 Samagi Jana Balawegaya 21.69% Votes – 2,258,480 – 1767 Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna 9.17% Votes – 954,517 – 742 United National Party 4.69% Votes – 488,406 –…
Local Government Elections Candidate List – 2025
This is the list of candidates contesting in the upcoming Local Government (LG) elections across the following RPO areas: Akurana, Kundasale, Pathadumbara, Harispattuwa, and Poojapitiya.To highlight gender representation, female candidates are marked in blue throughout the list. 2. Poojapitiya Candidates…
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,…