Chairman of the Elections Commission, Mahinda Deshapriya says the upcoming presidential election will cost over Rs. 4 billion.
He said the cost has increased due the record number of candidates who have come forward to contest the presidential elections.
A total of 35 candidates have handed over nomination papers for the presidential elections, the Elections Commission announced.
Furthermore, 6 out of the 41 candidates who placed their deposits for the presidential polls did not hand in nominations yesterday (7) including MPs Kumara Welgama and Chamal Rajapaksa.
Leave your comments
Login to post a comment
Post comment as a guest