Sri Lanka elections - academic resources

This week Sri Lanka's ruling United National Party (UNP) won the country's parliamentary elections

IFES has a good background briefing paper on the electoral system

For access to the full election results. Consult the website of the national election authority.

Also useful is the Sri lankan elections website which is maintained by a news service and also has stories, analysis and polls.

Sri Lanka Newspapers

Daily News

virakesari.

Daily Mirror

Election analysisThe following organisations all monitored the conduct of the elections. Their website has comment and analysis.

European Union mission.
Commonwealth

Anfrel- Asian Network for Fair and free elections.

Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) This website has comuniques and twitter feeds

Campaign Free and Fair Elections Sri Lanka- excellent summaries and reports.

Peoples Action for Free and Fair Elections-