| 23rd
September |
Official
Announcement of the
election date by the
Election Commissioner
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| 7th
October |
Nomination date and
the beginning of official
campaign period |
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| 11th
October |
PAFFREL Deployed LTOs
and had first Press
Conference for this
election |
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| 7th
& 8th November |
Postal voting |
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| 9th
& 10th November |
Arrival of STOs |
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| 11th
& 12th November |
Briefing for STOs |
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| 13th
November |
Deployment of STOs
(some will leave on
12th evening) |
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| 14th
November |
Last date of election
campaigns |
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| 15th
& 16th November |
Cooling period (PAFFREL
Press Conference on
16th) |
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| 17th
November |
Election day |
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| 18th
November |
STOs return to Colombo
(de-briefing start on
2.00 p.m. onwards) |
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| 19th
November |
Re-election date (for
stations where malpractices
occurred on 17th)
PAFFREL Press Conference
STOs can leave on 19th
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| 20th
November |
All STOs leave |
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| 29th
November |
PAFFREL end the post
election observation
and close divisional
offices |