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ELECTORAL SYSTEM |
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| Parliament | ||||||
| Electoral Law: | ||||||
| 1 January 1900 | ||||||
| Constituencies: | ||||||
| - 22 multi-member (4 to 20 seats, depending on population) constituencies (for 196 seats) - one nationwide constituency (29 seats) |
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| Voting System: | ||||||
| Proportional representation system with preferential voting. Each elector selects specific party or independent group and three of its candidates. Parties polling less than one-eighth of vote in each constituency are not eligible for seats. 29 "national" MPs chosen through a formula based on aggregate votes received by each party. Vacancies filled by substitutes nominated by same party or group which held seat in question. Voting is not compulsory. |
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| Voter requirements: | ||||||
| - age: 18 years - Sri Lankan citizenship - residence in constituency where voting - disqualifications: insanity, imprisonment of six months or more (in preceding 7 years), death sentence, conviction for corrupt or illegal practice connected with elections, imposition of civic disability. |
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| Eligibility: | ||||||
| Qualified electors - age: 18 years - Sri lankan citizenship - ineligibility: undischarged bankrupt, interest in government contract, acceptance of bribe or gratification offered with view to influencing judgment as MP (in preceding 7 years). |
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| Incompatibilities: | ||||||
| - holders of public offices - certain employees of corporations - membership of police or armed forces - Judicial officers, Secretary General of Parliament and his staff, members of the Public Service Commission and Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration (Ombudsman) |
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| Candidacy requirements: | ||||||
| - nomination lists submitted from seventh to fifth week prior to polling - in each district, a party or independent group can nominate up to three more candidates than there are seats to be filled - groups must also deposit 2,000 rupees per candidate (reimbursable if group polls more than one-eighth of the votes cast in the district) |
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