Election violence on increase in Sri Lanka, People's Daily Online (2010)
According to election monitoring groups, more than 100 incidents of electoral violence have been recorded since the dissolution of Sri Lanka's Parliament in February 2010. The Central Province proved to be the most violent, followed by the North Western Province. Most of the violent acts are directed towards candidates of the same party as they are involved in propaganda campaigns to win preference votes. 7, 620 candidates are running for the 225 parliamentary seats.
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