Final Report on Election Related Violence Presidential Election 2015 Centre for Monitoring Election Violence All rights reserved (c)Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) Material from this publication may be used with acknowledgement given to the CMEV For further information please contact: Centre for Policy Alternatives 24/2, 28th Lane, Off Flower Road, Colombo 07 Sri Lanka Tel: +94 11 2565304-6, Fax: +94 11 471460 E-mail:
[email protected] Web: www.cpalanka.org www.cmev.org January 2015 1 Contents Page No Executive Summary 04 - 08 Pre-Election Monitoring 1st Press release 11 2nd Press release 12 3rd Press release 13 - 14 4th Press release 14 - 15 5th Press release 15 - 17 6th Press release 18 7th Press release 19 - 20 8th Press release 21 - 22 9th Press release 22 - 23 10th Press release 23 - 24 11th Press release 25 - 27 12th Press release 28 13th Press release 29 - 31 14th Press release 31 - 33 15th Press release 33 - 37 Postal Vote Monitoring Postal voting Communiqué 01 40 - 42 Postal voting Communiqué 02 42 - 45 Postal voting Communiqué 03 45 - 46 CMEV Interim Campaign Report 47 - 49 2 Pre-Election Tabulation Figures 51 - 54 Pre-Election Charts According to Tabulation Figures 55 - 59 Election Day Monitoring 1st Press release 62 - 63 2nd Press release 63 - 65 Statement at the Conclusion of Polling 8th January 2015 65 - 66 Summary of Election Day Incidents – by Electoral Division 69 - 105 Election Day Violence – Tabulation Figures 106 - 109 Election Day Violence – Charts According to Tabulation Figures 110 - 112 Post-Election