2024 Election Update: Two camps of contestation

Issue: On October 26, 2024, the National People’s Power (NPP) won the Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha election, obtaining 15 out of 30 seats with 17,295 votes.[1][2][3] The General Election (GE) is scheduled to be held on November 14, 2024.[4][5] Analysis Last week’s Sinhala media coverage of the Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha election and the upcoming GE featured both support for and opposition to the NPP. As highlighted in the previous issue ofTMA, criticism of the NPP and President Anura Kumara Dissanayake continues to gain…