Centre For Policy Alternatives (Guarantee) Limited and Another v. Dayananda Dissanayake, Commissioner of Elections and Others – sllr 2003 volume 1 page 277

In Centre for Policy Alternatives (Guarantee) Limited and another v. Dayananda Dissanayake, Commissioner of Elections, and others, the Court addressed whether, under section 65 of the Provincial Councils Elections Act, the secretary or leader of an independent group may nominate an individual not listed on the original nomination paper to fill a casual vacancy in a Provincial Council. It was held that nominations to fill such vacancies are strictly limited to candidates whose names appeared on the original nomination paper and who secured preferences at the election. This interpretation reaffirmed the principle that democratic representation must reflect those who actually participated in the election, preventing the introduction of unelected individuals through post-election nomination. T