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Final
results out
UPFA wins Sri Lanka poll
Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga's party has won the
country's parliamentary elections, but without enough seats for
a majority. Final results showed the United People's Freedom Alliance
party had 105 seats, compared to 82 for Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe's
party. -Full
Story- (BBC - 04/04/04)
'LTTE
rigged Jaffna poll'
A key Tamil politician in Sri Lanka has charged Tamil Tiger rebels
with rigging the polls in the embattled northern Jaffna Peninsula.
He has accused the election commissioner of "legalising terrorism."
Independent candidate V Anandasangari alleged that the Liberation
Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) had organised widespread impersonation
of voters in Friday's parliamentary election. -Full
Story- (Times of India - 04/04/04)
Buddhist
monks to stay neutral in Sri Lanka's new parliament
The group of Buddhist monks who were elected into the Sri Lankan
parliament in Friday's parliamentary elections are to stay neutral
in conducting their affairs, a senior monk said Sunday. "We
want to stay neutral. Our mandate was based on our principal to
stay neutral." said Venerable Uduwe Dhammaloka, one of the
newly elected legislators.-Full
Story- (Xinhua - 04/04/04)
Sri
Lanka rules out poll recounts
Voting will not be held again in two areas where there were widespread
reports of irregularities in Friday's parliamentary election,
Sri Lanka's election commissioner has said, paving the way for
the release of final results. The announcement came after Election
Commissioner Dayanada Dissanayake met Sunday with leaders of the
island's major parties to discuss the report. "We had a lengthy
discussion and my decision is that there is no need for re-polling,"
Dissanayake told reporters. -Full
Story- (CNN - 04/04/04)
Kumaratunga
stakes claim to form new govt in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan president Chandrika Kumaratunga's alliance on Saturday
staked its claim to forming a new government as general elections
produced no clear winner and raised the prospects of more political
uncertainty. With Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe refusing
to accept defeat and hoping to cobble up some kind of a coalition,
it was clear that the single largest group in the 225-seat house
would be Kumaratunga's centre-left Freedom Alliance. -Full
Story- (The Hindustan Times
- 04/04/04)
Sri
Lanka's final poll results likely to be delayed
The final result
of Sri Lanka's 13th parliamentary election held on Friday could
be held back by a week, election officials said on Saturday. K.
Senanayake, an assistant elections commissioner, said that the
leaders of political parties who had contested the election are
to meet the Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake on Sunday
to agree on the annulment of the polls in two unidentified areas.
"A re-poll would have to be held within a week before the final
result could be announced," Senanayake said.-Full
story- (Xinhua
- 04/04/04)
JHU
willing to form an alliance
The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) having fielded 260 Buddhist monks
at this election, on Saturday emerged as the deciding factor to
assist in the formation of a new government. General Secretary,
JHU, Tilak Karunaratne said, his party would be willing to form
an alliance with any one of the two single largest parties who
agreed with the set of conditions already put forward by the monks.
-Full
Story- (Sunday Leader - 04/04/04)
TNA
neutral
The lead candidate of the Tamil National Alliance which has recorded
a landslide victory in the North and East, said TNA has opted
to play a neutral role and will not be aligning itself with any
party from the South. Mavai Senathiraja said that the TNA would
play a neutral role with regard to the formation of a new government
in the South. -Full
Story- (Sunday Observer - 04/04/04)
Reports
of Voting Irregularities Could Delay Sri Lanka Election Results
There may be a delay before the winner is declared. Sri Lanka's
Election Commissioner says he will meet with party leaders Sunday
to discuss whether to hold fresh elections in two districts where
voting irregularities were reported.-Full
Story- (VOA - 04/04/04)
Sri
Lanka set for coalition government after mixed vote verdict:
"We are
emerging the largest single party and we will form the government,"
Kumaratunga's spokesman Harim Peiris told AFP on Saturday. "That
is clearly the intent."
The president's
party does not get the 113 seats to form a government on her own,"
the premier said. "I will wait till the final result is out
this evening to talk to the minority parties about forming a new
government." -Full
story- (Yahoo
- 04/04/04)
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No
clear winner emerges from Sri Lankan election
Sri
Lanka was headed for a shaky coalition government yesterday as
no clear winner emerged in parliamentary elections called to settle
a power struggle that has set back the island's peace process.
The party of President Chandrika Kumaratunga, who has accused
the incumbent prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe of conceding
too much to Tamil rebels, said it had made strong enough gains
to form the next government even without a simple majority in
the 225 member parliament. -Full
story- (Sydney
Morning Herald - 04/04/04)
Voters
Favor Sri Lankan Leader's Alliance
-Early results Saturday showed the Sri Lankan president's political
alliance with a wide lead in parliamentary elections, indicating
deep popular support for its tough stance toward Tamil Tiger rebels.
President Chandrika Kumaratunga's alliance had 47 percent of the
vote with about two-thirds of ballots counted. That was well ahead
of the 37 percent gained by her rival, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe,
who favors a softer line toward the rebels. -Full
story- (Atlanta
Journal Constitution - 04/04/04)
President ahead in Sri Lanka polll
Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga's party has won 45%
of the vote, with half the ballots counted in the general election.
She is unlikely to win a parliamentary majority, but her party
says it is ready to form a minority government. -Full
story- (BBC -
03/04/04)
High
turnout marks Sri Lanka vote despite fears of instability
Sri Lankans turned out in large numbers for parliamentary elections
called to resolve a power struggle between the president and the
prime minister that has cast a shadow over faltering attempts
to end ethnic bloodshed. The main contenders, President Chandrika
Kumaratunga's Freedom Alliance and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's
United National Party, said they were generally satisfied with
the vote, while police said it went off peacefully. -Full
story- (Channel
News Asia - 03/04/04)
Large
voting turnout seen at Sri Lanka parliamentary polls
Sri Lankan voters on Friday turnedout early in large numbers to
vote in the 13th parliamentary election since the country gained
independence from British colonial rule in 1948. Over 12 million
voters islandwide go to more than 10,000 polling stations to elect
a new 225-member parliament for a six year term, Kazinform reports
with reference to Xinhuanet. -Full
story- (Kazinform
- 03/04/04)
Tamils
flee tense Sri Lanka town -Full
story- (BBC
News - 02/04/04)
Sri
Lanka's leaders face voter anger -Full
story- (BBC
News - 02/04/04)
Tamils
face displacement ahead of poll in Sri Lanka -Full
story- (Economic
Times - 02/04/04)
Tigers'
shadow over Sri Lankan polls -Full
story- (Asia
Times Online - 02/04/04)
Sri
Lanka: Tamils may hold balance of power -Full
story- (Al-Jazeera
- 02/04/04)
Sri
Lanka election may give swing vote to Tamils -Full
story- (Reuters
- 02/04/04)
Sri
Lankan Rivals Promise Peace, Growth Ahead of Snap Poll -Full
story- (Bloomberg
- 02/04/04)
Sri
Lanka risks more trouble with snap polls, troops deployed -Full
story- (Channel
News Asia - 02/04/04)
Tense
Sri Lanka region gears for vote under the gun -Full
story- (Channel
News Asia - 02/04/04)
Troops
Out in Force as Sri Lanka Goes to Polls -Full
story- (Scotland
on Sunday - 02/04/04)
Tigers
may hold key in government-Full
story- (The
Age - 02/04/04)
Soldiers
guard Sri Lanka poll -Full
story- (CNN
- 02/04/04)
Tigers
hold key in tight Sri Lankan election -Full
story- (Sydney
Morning Herald
- 02/04/04)
Tamil
Tigers seek voters' support Sri Lanka -Full
story- (BBC
- 01/04/04)
A vote that
could prove dangerous -Full
Story- (IHT - 31/03/04)
LTTE leadership
condemns TNA candidate's killing -Full
Story- (Deepika Global - 31/03/04)
"No
chance for separating country under our regime", President
-Full
story- (Daily
Mirror - 31/03/04)
Sri
Lanka Hopes Vote Will Bring Unity -Full
story- (Atlanta
Journal - 01/04/04)
Sri
Lankan president, PM in final bid to woo votes -Full
story- (Reuters
- 31/03/04)
Tamil
candidate shot dead ahead of Sri Lanka poll -Full
story- (Reuters
- 31/03/04)
Troops
deployed after Sri Lanka vote killings, fear of
factional war -Full
story- (Channel
News Asia - 31/03/04)
Security
stepped up ahead of Sri Lankan election -Full
story- (Radio
Australia - 31/03/04)
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