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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.

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  • Election Commission of Sri Lanka (en)
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  • 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. (en)
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  • Election Commission of Sri Lanka (en)
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  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emblem_of_Sri_Lanka.svg
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  • 1955-10-01 (xsd:date)
  • (As the Department of Elections) (en)
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  • Elections Secretariat, Sarana Mawatha, Rajagiriya 10107, Sri Lanka (en)
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  • (en)
  • Department of Elections (en)
  • Department of Local Authorities Elections (en)
  • Department of Parliamentary Elections (en)
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  • Non-ministerial/Semi-independent Agency (en)
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  • 6.910131 79.892606
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  • 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. (en)
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  • Nimal G. Punchihewa (en)
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  • (en)
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  • M. M. Mohamed (en)
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  • (en)
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  • S.B. Diwaratne (en)
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  • (en)
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  • K. P. P. Pathirana (en)
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  • (en)
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  • Jeevan Thyagarajah (en)
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  • (en)
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  • ශ්‍රී ලංකා මැතිවරණ කොමිෂන් සභාව (en)
  • இலங்கை தேர்தல்கள் ஆணைக்குழு (en)
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  • Emblem of Sri Lanka.svg (en)
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