The Commissioner General of Elections Saman Sri Rathnayake has announced that mobile phones will not be allowed in poling and counting centres.

Accordingly, voters, polling agents, election officials and  polls monitors will not be allowed to carry  their mobile phones with them when they enter a polling centre or a counting centre ,

Commissioner General of Elections Saman Sri Rathnayake says that the Election Commission has received 5214 complaints from 31st July 2024 to 19th September 2024 with regard to the 2024  Presidential Election. Of these, 4680 have been inquired into.

The number of complaints received during the 24 hours ending at  44.30pm on 19th September 2024 is 269 of which 267 are in respect to violation of election laws.

Chairman of the Election Commission R M A T Rathnayake has announced that taking photographs,  filming polling related activities, and uploading them on social media platforms constitute as violations of election laws and requests all social media account holders and administrators to refrain from doing so.

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