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Election Commission of Sri Lanka

Election Commission of Sri Lanka
ශ්‍රී ලංකා මැතිවරණ කොමිෂන් සභාව
இலங்கை தேர்தல்கள் ஆணைக்குழு
Non-ministerial/Semi-independent Agency overview
FormedOctober 1, 1955 (1955-10-01)
As the Department of Elections
Preceding agencies
  • Department of Elections (1955–2015)
  • Department of Parliamentary Elections (1946–1955)
    (Merged into Department of Elections)
  • Department of Local Authorities Elections (1946–1955)
    (Merged into Department of Elections)
Jurisdiction Sri Lanka
HeadquartersElection Secretariat, Sarana Mawatha, Rajagiriya 10107, Sri Lanka
6°54′36″N 79°53′34″E / 6.91011°N 79.89269°E / 6.91011; 79.89269
Employees674[1]
Annual budgetLKR 4.6 billion (2017)[1]
Non-ministerial/Semi-independent Agency executives
  • R. M. A. L. Rathnayake, (Chairman)
  • M. A. P. C. Perera, (Commission member)
  • A. Faaiz, (Commission member)
  • A. Shanmuganathan, (Commission member)
  • L. Dissanayake, (Commission member)
Key document
Websiteelections.gov.lk

The Election Commission of Sri Lanka is the constitutional authority responsible for administering and overseeing all elections in Sri Lanka, including the Presidential, Parliamentary, Provincial and Local Authority elections. Sri Lanka has had universal adult suffrage since 1931, becoming the first Crown colony to enfranchise all adult citizens, 3 years after the United Kingdom itself; the country is the oldest democracy in Asia.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b Budget Estimates 2018: Volume I. Ministry of Finance. November 2017. p. 61. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  2. ^ Rajakarunanayake, Lucien (4 Oct 2017). "Seven decades of Asia's oldest democracy". dailynews.lk. Daily News. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Elections Department in the limelight". ft.lk. Daily Financial Times. 3 Oct 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2018.

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