The National Election Commission has issued a notice to political parties and independent groups regarding rejected nominations of the 2025 Local Government Elections.
The Election Commission has requested secretaries and authorised representatives of political parties and independent groups to provide copies of the petitions and judgements, if any legal action has been taken against the rejection of nomination papers submitted to contest the Local Council Elections.
Political parties and independent groups have been requested to hand over the petitions and judgements to the district election offices of the relevant district.
Several nominations submitted for the election, scheduled for 06 May 2025, were rejected on the grounds of not submitting certified copies of birth certificates, not formally submitting an oath, and only submitting photocopies of birth certificates.
However, in April, the Court of Appeal ordered the acceptance of over 70 nominations for the Local Government Elections that had been previously rejected.
The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka also dismissed over 50 petitions filed challenging the rejection of nomination papers for the 2025 Local Government Elections. (Newswire)
