Dates of Elections

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01.	General Election 1st State Council	13.06.1931 - 20.06.1931(7 days)
02.	General Election 2nd State Council	22.02.1936 - 07.03.1936 (11 days)
03.	General Election House of Representatives (1st Parliament)	23.08.1947 - 20.09.1947 (19 days)
04.	General Election House of Representatives (2nd Parliament)	24.05.1952 - 30.05.1952 (4 days)
05.	General Election House of Representatives (3rd Parliament)	05.04.1956 - 10.04.1956 (3 days)
06.	General Election House of Representatives (4th Parliament)	19.03.1960
07.	General Election House of Representatives (5th Parliament)	20.07.1960
08.	General Election House of Representatives (6th Parliament)	22.03.1965
09.	General Election House of Representatives (7th Parliament)	27.05.1970
10.	General Election 2nd National State Assembly (8th Parliament)	21.07.1977
11.	Presidential Election (1st)	20.10.1982
12.	Referendum	22.12.1982
13.	Provincial Councils Election
	North Western Province	28.04.1988
	North Central Province	28.04.1988
	Uva Province	28.04.1988
	Sabaragamuwa Province	28.04.1988
	Western Province	02.06.1988
	Central Province	02.06.1988
	Southern Province	09.06.1988
	North Eastern Province	19.11.1988
14.	Presidential Election (2nd)	19.12.1988
15.	General Election 2nd Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka (9th Parliament)	15.02.1989
16.	Local Government Election	11.05.1991
17.	Provincial Councils Election	17.05.1993
	Southern Province	24.03.1994
18.	Local Government Election
	Eastern Province	01.03.1994
19.	General Election 3rd Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka (10th Parliament)	16.08.1994
20.	Presidential Election (3rd)	09.11.1994
21.	Local Government Election	21.03.1997
22.	Provincial Councils Election
	North Western Province	25.01.1999
	Western Province	06.04.1999
	Central Province	06.04.1999
	North Central Province	06.04.1999
	Uva Province	06.04.1999
	Sabaragamuwa Province	06.04.1999
	Southern Province	10.06.1999
23.	Presidential Election (4th)	21.12.1999
24.	General Election 4th Parliament of the D.S.R of Sri Lanka (11th Parliament)	10.10.2000
25.	General Election 5th Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka (12th Parliament)	05.12.2001
26.	Local Government Election	20.03.2002 & 20.05.2002
	Akuressa Pradeshiya Sabha	08.03.2003
27.	General Election 6th Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka (13th Parliament)	02.04.2004
28.	Provincial Councils Election
	North Western Province	25.04.2004
	Other Six Provinces	10.07.2004
29.	Presidential Election (5th)	17.11.2005
30.	Local Government Election	30.03.2006 & 20.05.2006
	Batticaloa District	10.03.2008
31.	Provincial Councils Election
	Eastern Province	10.05.2008
	North Central Province	23.08.2008
	Sabaragamuwa Province	23.08.2008
	Central Province	14.02.2009
	North Western Province	14.02.2009
	Western Province	25.04.2009
	Uva Province	08.08.2009
32.	Local Government Election
	Jaffna Municipal Council	08.08.2009
	Vavuniya Urban Council	08.08.2009
33.	Provincial Councils Election
	Southern Province	10.10.2009
34.	Presidential Election (6th)	26.01.2010
35.	General Election 7th Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka (14th Parliament)	08.04.2010 & 20.04.2010
36.	Local Government Election	17.03.2011, 23.07.2011, 08.10.2011
37.	Provincial Councils Election
	Eastern Province	08.09.2012
	North Central Province	08.09.2012
	Sabaragamuwa Province	08.09.2012
	Central Province	21.09.2013
	Northern Province	21.09.2013
	North Western Province	21.09.2013
	Western Province	29.03.2014
	Southern Province	29.03.2014
	Uva Province	20.09.2014
38.	Presidential Election (7th)	08.01.2015
39.	General Election 8th Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka (15th Parliament)	17.08.2015
40.	Local Government Election	10.02.2018
	Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha	11.10.2019
41.	Presidential Election (8th)	16.11.2019
42.	General Election 9th Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka (16th Parliament)	05.08.2020