Are official election results processed by an electronic tabulation system?

Sri LankaElection Department

CountingProcedure

Counting of votes and preferences includingpostal votes is vested with the Returning Officer. Each Counting Centre of anElectoral District consist of average limit of 10,000 registered electors. Herethe counts are due to commence only after the last ballot box assigned to ithas arrived at the centre. Counting of postal votes commences after 4.00 p.m.

Arrangement ofthe Count.

The process of counting of votes can beclassified into three stages.

Stage 1 - Counting of the number of ballotpapers in each box and transferring them to the trough.

Stage II - Sorting and counting the ballotpapers according to the valid votes received and the preparation of thestatement of votes received by each party and group in the Electoral District.

Stage III - Recording the preferences receivedby each candidate in the Tally Sheet and transferring them through a series ofSummary Sheets into a District List for a party or a group, which gives thetotal of preferences received by each candidate in the Electoral District.

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