Presidential Election must be held between Sept 18 to Oct 18

February 29, 2024 at 10:28 AM

The date to conduct the Presidential Election will be decided between September 18 and October 18, the Commissioner General of Elections Saman Sri Ratnayake said. 

Addressing the media, Ratnayake said that the Presidential Elections are held every 5 years and as the last election was held in November 2019, the next election must be held two months before November this year.

Ratnayake further said that there were sufficient funds to conduct the Presidential Election.

“Several departments are involved in conducting the Presidential election. If all relevant departments do their part, there will be no issues with funds or conducting the election,” he said. (NewsWire)