Statistics Related to Provincial Council Elections of Southern Province
Provincial Councils have been established in Sri Lanka by the 13th amendment to the constitution. The elections are conducted under the Elections to Provincial Council Act No. 2 of 1988.
The Southern Provincial Council was dissolved on 03rd August 2009. The last election was held on 10th July 2004.
The period for accepting nominations for this election is from 21st to 28th August 2009. The polls has been fixed for 10th October 2009. Postal voting will take place on 29th and 30th of September 2009.
Paffrel with its network of collaborating organizations in the districts of Galle, Matara, and Hambantota will observe the election process in all three phases. We hope to cover the polling centre through stationery and mobile observation on 10th October 2009. There will be 23 mobile teams in operation. 21 long term observers are assigned to each electoral division to observe the electoral process.
District
No. of Registered Voters
No. of
Polling Centers
No. of
Political Party
No. of
Independent Group
No. of
Candidates
No. of
Councilors
Galle
761,815
670
15
04
494
23
Matara
578,858
442
14
03
357
18
Hambantota
421,186
373
10
06
240
12
Total
176,185,9
1485
18
13
1091
53 +bonus seats 2 = 55
Training of the observers will be held in the divisions during 15th -30th September.
Our observation exercise include;
a. Observing postal voting
b. Deploying one observer per Divisional Secretariat’s All Party Operation Unit in 47 divisions.
c. Taking part in the All Party Operation Unit in the Election Secretariat, Colombo
The operation secretariat at PAFFREL will issue statements periodically on the findings of election observation process.
