A Portrait of the Electorate, on the Cusp of an Election

• by Tisaranee Gunasekara 
• - on 01/03/2015 

Lankans are awaiting the island-nation’s seventh presidential election with a renewed belief in the power of their vote.

According to the latest opinion survey by the Centre of Policy Analysis (CPA),86.9% of Lankans think that their vote can make a difference in the outcome of the presidential election. In August 2014 only 59.5% of Lankans expressed similar confidence in the efficacy of their vote. Lankan public’s confidence in the power of franchise has thus increased by a mammoth 27.4% in just four months.
A Portrait of the Electorate, On the Cusp of an Election by Thavam Ratna