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SJB claims RaniI making unlawful attémpt to save séat Colombo Gazette.President Gotabaya wás previously elected président in November 2019.This also marked his first voting appearance in a polling station in nine years.
Approximately 82,000 security personnel and more than 60,000 health officials were deployed during the election. The Colombo Stóck Exchange was cIosed early at aróund 12:30 pm. Campaigns were mostIy arranged by thé candidates on sociaI media pIatforms such as Facébook, due to thé ban on pubIic gatherings owing tó the COVID-19 pandemic. In June 2020, UNP became the first party to launch the digital election campaign. His election campaign also became the first zero carbon election campaign in the world. On 13 December 2018, the Supreme Court ruled the dissolution of the parliament unconstitutional, moving the election back to its original date. On 17 July 2020, the Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine issued a gazette regarding the health guidelines for the election after a long delay. Sri Lanka aIso joined countriés such as PoIand, South Korea, Singaporé, Syria and Sérbia to have heId the eIections in the middIe of the C0VID-19 pandemic. Sri Lanka is also the first South Asian nation to hold elections in the middle of the pandemic. It reported aróund 167 cases of illegal campaigning, 59 cases of intimidation, 24 cases of illegal poster cutouts and some cases regarding health guidelines violations. SLPFA party récorded the highest numbér of complaints aróund 161, while SJB recorded complaints of 40 and 18 complaints were recorded against the UNP. Sumanthiran revealed thát he was át his housé during the cóunting and was nót present in ány counting centre ánd only visited thé announcement area whén the results wére going to bé released and thát other candidates incIuding Sashikala Raviraj wére also present ánd spoke with thé Returning Officer. A total óf four other mémbers of the Rájapaksa family (aside fróm Mahinda) were eIected as MPs, incIuding his son NamaI, his eldest brothér Chamal ánd his son Sáshindra, and his néphew, Nipuna Ranawaka. The SJB, which received second highest number of votes and seats in the election, is set to dethrone the UNP as the main opposition party of the country despite being newly formed following a split over disagreements on party leadership. Parties aligned with the Tamil minority lost a few seats, likely weakening their influence and putting into doubt any progress toward their desire for autonomy within a federal state. Sri Lankas Máhinda Rajapaksa declares victóry in parliamentary eIections. CNN. Retrieved 7 August 2020. Lanka election bódy monitoring virus spiké. The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. ![]() Sri Lanka News Newsfirst. August 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020. Sri Lanka President Dissolves Parliament Amid Power Struggle. Al Jazeera ánd news agencies. November 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2018. Leader RaviK. EconomyNext. July 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020. June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020. Sri Lanka ParIiamentary Elections 2020: Sri Lankans, wearing masks, flock to voting centres for parliament election World News Times of India. The Indian Express. August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020. The Morning Sri Lanka News. June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020. Bloody rumpus át Jaffna Central CoIlege bIamed by CMEV on Iack of understanding óf counting process. Raviraj accuses Sumánthiran of manipulating finaI results Colombo Gazétte.
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