General election 2020: New unit for poll complaints

The Election Commission (EC) has established a National Election Complaints Centre to receive grievances concerning the polls.

The panel will receive complaints on promotions or demotions of any party, group, or candidate or any action causing hindrance to the conduct of a free and fair election during the election period.

The complaints regarding the violation of election laws can be forwarded to the telephone/fax/Viber/WhatsApp numbers and to the following e-mail address or Facebook page of the National Election Complaints Centre.

The list of telephone/fax numbers of the National Election Complaints Centre established at district levels are as follows:

Election office Telephone Fax

Colombo 011-2369134/6 011-2369135
Gampaha 033-3146083 033-2234240
Kalutara 034-2227550 034-2227554
Kandy 081-2225394 081-2225394
Matale 066-2233616 066-2233616
Nuwara Eliya 052-3123516 052-2222872
Galle 091-3134885 091-2229770
Matara 041-2235600 041-2222234
Hambantota 047-2256474 047-2256473
Jaffna 021-2222628 021-2222628
Kilinochchi 021-3900151 021-2284051
Vavuniya 024-2223100 024-2223100
Mannar 023-2223820 023-2223821
Mullaitivu 021-2290033 021-2290037
Batticaloa 065-3133481 065-2229880
Ampara 063-2224982 063-2224982
Trincomalee 026-2222352 026-2222352
Kurunegala 037-3144807 037-2221549
Puttalam 032-2265335 032-2265543
Anuradhapura 025-3133521 025-2224105
Polonnaruwa 027-3128800 027-2057530
Badulla 055-2229526 055-2225222
Monaragala 055-3131033 055-2276245
Ratnapura 045-2223074 045-2223074
Kegalle 035-4913449 035-2050244