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Colombo, Elections, Politics and Governance, Polls

Sajith Premadasa Reduces Gap with A.K. Dissanayake in Presidential Election

The Institute for Health Policy’s (IHP) Sri Lanka Opinion Tracker Survey (SLOTS) MRP provisional estimates of presidential election voting intent in March 2024 show support for SJB leader Sajith Premadasa increasing to…

Institute for Health Policy Institute for Health Policy on 04/30/2024
Colombo, Elections, Politics and Governance, Polls

SJB Leads in Parliamentary Elections For First Time Since 2022

The latest estimates from Institute for Health Policy’s (IHP) SLOTS MRP model confirm an increasing trend in support for SJB at the expense of the NPP/JVP. The SJB on 38% (+4) took…

Institute for Health Policy Institute for Health Policy on 04/30/202404/30/2024
Colombo, Elections, Politics and Governance

A.K. Dissanayake in the Lead for President

The Institute for Health Policy’s (IHP) Sri Lanka Opinion Tracker Survey (SLOTS) MRP provisional estimates of presidential election voting intent in February 2024 show no real changes compared to January. NPP/JVP leader…

Institute for Health Policy Institute for Health Policy on 03/29/2024
Colombo, Elections, Politics and Governance

Modest Gains in Voter Support for NPP/JVP and SJB

The latest estimates from Institute for Health Policy’s (IHP) SLOTS MRP model show modest increases in support for NPP/JVP and SJB, with weakening support for the UNP and other parties, continuing trends…

Institute for Health Policy Institute for Health Policy on 03/28/2024
Colombo, Economy, Elections, Politics and Governance, Polls

Democracy in Sri Lanka: Backsliding or Inching Forward?

The world is becoming less democratic and more autocratic (i.e. authoritarian). One of the best sources of information is the annual issued by the V-Dem Institute in Sweden. The Institute continuously measures…

Mick Moore Mick Moore on 03/23/202403/23/2024
Colombo, Elections, Human Rights, Politics and Governance

The Aragalaya and a Vote of No Confidence on the Speaker

The publishing of ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s memoirs, almost predictably titled The Conspiracy to oust me from the presidency, provide an opportunity to reevaluate those tumultuous events that did led to the…

Harim Peiris Harim Peiris on 03/20/2024
Colombo, Economy, Elections, Politics and Governance

The Presidential Politics of Economic Recovery

The year 2024 is an election year in Sri Lanka with the president’s term of office ending on November 17, 2024 and accordingly the conduct of a presidential election constitutionally mandated upon…

Harim Peiris Harim Peiris on 03/13/202403/13/2024
Colombo, Elections, Politics and Governance

Youth Quota for Local Government: Band Aid or Stepping Stone?

Verité Research Local elections in Sri Lanka have been conspicuously absent since 2018, marking a significant hiatus in the democratic process. Initially slated for 2022, the elections faced successive postponements, first to…

Charuka Peiris Charuka Peiris on 03/02/202403/02/2024
Colombo, Elections, Politics and Governance, Polls

A.K. Dissanayake Leads in Presidential Election Voting Preferences

The Institute for Health Policy’s (IHP) Sri Lanka Opinion Tracker Survey (SLOTS) MRP provisional estimates of presidential election voting intent in January 2024 show NPP/JVP leader A.K. Dissanayake with the support of…

Institute for Health Policy Institute for Health Policy on 03/01/2024
Colombo, Elections, Politics and Governance, Polls

NPP/JVP Maintains Lead in Voting Intentions

The latest estimates from Institute for Health Policy’s (IHP) revised SLOTS MRP model show no substantial change in general election voting intentions in January 2024 compared to the previous month. NPP/JVP continues…

Institute for Health Policy Institute for Health Policy on 02/29/2024
Colombo, Economy, Elections, Politics and Governance

Against Elections or Against Economics?

In his latest column, Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka criticises two economists for what he interprets to be a call for postponing presidential elections next year. Both economists, Dr Indrajit Coomaraswamy and Nimal Sanderatne,…

Uditha Devapriya Uditha Devapriya on 09/30/2023
Colombo, Elections, Politics and Governance, Polls

Rise in Support for Ranil Wickremesinghe in Potential Presidential Poll

The Institute For Health Policy’s Sri Lanka Opinion Tracker Survey (SLOTS) MRP estimates of presidential election voting intent in July 2023 confirms a steady rise in support for President Ranil Wickremesinghe to…

Institute for Health Policy Institute for Health Policy on 08/22/202308/22/2023
Colombo, Elections, Politics and Governance, Polls

Many Voters Uncommitted in General Election

In the Sri Lanka Opinion Tracker Survey (SLOTS) polling for July 2023, support among likely voters for the major parties remained with little change from the previous month. The SJB and NPP/JVP…

Institute for Health Policy Institute for Health Policy on 08/21/2023
Colombo, Elections, Politics and Governance, Polls

Polls Reveal Growing Voter Disillusionment with Established Parties

In the latest Sri Lanka Opinion Tracker Survey (SLOTS) polling in June 2023, support amongst likely voters for the NPP/JVP fell five points and for the SJB four points from May to…

Institute for Health Policy Institute for Health Policy on 07/27/2023
Colombo, Elections, Politics and Governance

A.K. Dissanayake Leads in Potential Presidential Election Race

In the first release of results from IHP’s Sri Lanka Opinion Tracker Survey (SLOTS) tracking of presidential election voting intent, A.K. Dissanayake, NPP/JVP leader, leads with 48% of likely voters in March…

Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya on 04/20/2023

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