2020 Sri Lankan Parliamentary General Election ELECTION OBSERVATION REPORT 1 2020 Sri Lankan Parliamentary General Election ELECTION OBSERVATION REPORT 2 The Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) is an election observation organization that contributes to both the election monitoring process and the electoral reform process of this country. CMEV was formed in 1997 jointly by the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA), the Free Media Movement (FMM), and the INFORM Human Rights Documentation Centre. One of CMEV’s starting core objectives was to maintain an updated database of election violations. This objective has now been expanded to include the observation of estimated election campaign costs of political parties, independent groups and candidates contesting elections. CMEV Management : Co-Conveners : Dr. P. Saravanamuttu, Udaya Kalupathirana (Mr.), Executive Director, INFORM Seetha Ranjani, Co-Convener, Free Media Movement (FMM) Manjula Gajanayake - National Coordinator, Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) Contact Details : Centre for Monitoring Election Violence, Colombo, Sri Lanka Phone: +94 11 2826388/+94 11 2826384 Fax: +94 11 2826146 Email:
[email protected] Website: www.cmev.org Facebook: facebook.com/electionviolence Twitter: twitter.com/cmev Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cmevsl/ 2020 Sri Lankan Parliamentary General Election: Election Observation Report Copyright © CMEV, 2020 All rights reserved. Written by: Manjula Gajanayake, National Coordinator, CMEV Designed by: Dilki Madhushika, Project Assistant, CMEV Tabulation of Election Data: Hirantha Isuranga Special Thanks: Thusitha Siriwardana and Pasan Jayasinghe Photographs by: Nirmani Gunarathne Cover Page by: Fathimath Ameena, Interns, CMEV About the Cover Page : ''A female voter arrived at Sirimavo Bandaranaike Balika Vidyalaya, Stanmore Crescent- Hall No. 01, Polling Station No.