General Election: 690 nominations accepted, 74 rejected

The Commissioner General of Elections, Saman Sri Ratnayake, announced that a total of 764 nomination papers were submitted by political parties and independent groups for the 2024 General Election from the 22 electoral districts across the island.

However, he stated that only 690 nomination papers were accepted from political parties and independent groups for the election and that 74 were rejected.

Speaking to reporters after the nomination period ended, he stated that the highest number of nominations were received for the Digamadulla electoral district, with 72.

He said 64 of these were accepted as 08 nomination papers were rejected.

The Commissioner General said the lowest nominations were received jointly from the Polonnaruwa and Monaragala districts, with 15 for each.

He said that preference numbers will be announced shortly.

The acceptance of nominations for the General Election commenced on Oct. 4.

Time was allocated until 1.30 p.m. to file any objections to the nominations.