Apr 03, Colombo: Sri Lanka's election monitoring watchdog today said that the election related violence is increasing day by day ahead of the upcoming Western Provincial Council election.

Issuing a special statement the Center for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) said that they have already received 60 complaints from various political parties. According to the Center 20 incidents out of them were major incidents.

A majority of election related violence had been reported from Colombo District with the total number of 23 incidents.

The Center has received 19 complaints from Kalutara District and 18 from Gampaha District.

Another monitoring agency, Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) listed a total of 38 incidents of election violations out of which 27 are election violence.