Elephant alone forming government is foregone conclusion ! All election forecasts confirm

(Lanka-e-News - 15.Aug.2015, 8.00PM) Following the conclusion of all election campaigns midnight yesterday (14), , based  on information provided today  by all intelligence officers across the Island , the State intelligence division has submitted an election forecast to president Maithripala. Similarly the secretarial offices havae also forwarded election forecasts to president.

Based on those reports the forecasts in a nutshell are as follows :
UNP will secure 116 seats
UPFA – number of seats  77
TNA – number of seats 18
JVP – number of seats – 12
Muslim Congress that is contesting separately – 2 seats
Fonseka’s party – number of seats – none 

When Lanka e new inquired from a high rung officer of the  elections commission in this regard  , he said the elections department does not usually do an official voter survey to decide on an election forecast . However according to the reports received on the election forecasts of officers , their evaluation is there cannot be much difference to the forecasts mentioned above.

The high rung elections department officers said , the JVP and TNA would together get 30 seats .Among the remaining seats , the UPFA at its best can get a maximum number of 80 seats. The Muslim party contesting separately will secure two seats , while the remaining 113 seats will be won by the UNP , he added.

Hence it is his opinion that the UNP will without any difficulty secure a clear majority, in his final analysis.

Meanwhile based on the independent survey conducted by a team of Dons  of Kelaniya University social science faculty including  senior lecturer Ven.  Legumdeniye Piyaratne Thera ,  the UNP will secure 115 seats while the UPFA will get 74 seats . In their analysis report they had however omitted the two Muslim parties that are contesting separately .

In all the reports aforementioned , as at  day of conclusion of election campaign , there was a common indication ( the final day of campaign)- this time more interest  is being shown towards  exercise of franchise.

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by     (2015-08-15 14:30:06)