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Fonseka says the Elections Commissioner, Dayananda Dissanayake should annul the results as there is sufficient ground to do so. He cites lack of transportation for many IDPs to cast their votes, vote malpractices and misuse of state properties as his reasons.
The incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa won the election by a clear margin of nearly 18%. President Rajapaksa received 6,015,934 votes or 57.88%.
Opposition candidate General Fonseka received 4,173,185 votes or 40.15%. Majority of the Tamil-dominated areas of Northern and Eastern provinces along with the upcountry plantation sector voted for General Fonseka.
Although there was pre-election violence, the independent monitoring groups say the elections were peaceful and free from complaints of voting malpractices.
Political analysts point out that even if all the IDPs were able to cast their vote, the General's claim does not hold ground as the President's margin of victory is much larger than Fonseka's tally, nearly 2 million votes.
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Jan 27, Colombo: The common opposition candidate for Sri Lanka presidential election General Sarath Fonseka seeks to annul the outcome of the historic post-war poll held Tuesday to elect the 6th Executive President.