<p><a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/world-news/article/sri-lanka-presidential-election-goes-to-historic-second-count-23398033" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Sri Lanka&rsquo;s Parliamentary election</a> to be held on November 14 will cost more than last week&rsquo;s presidential poll, the island nation&rsquo;s top election official said on Wednesday.</p>
<p>Saman Sri Ratnayake said that the parliamentary election would cost 11 billion Sri Lankan rupees (approximately R3 billion) up from 10 billion rupees for the presidential election.</p>
<p>President <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/world-news/article/anura-kumara-dissanayake-sworn-in-as-sri-lankan-president-23398692" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Anura Kumara Dissanayake</a>, who won the presidential elections, dissolved Parliament on Tuesday to call a snap election. The last parliament was convened in August 2020. The dissolution has come 11 months ahead of schedule.</p>
<p>However, the money for the parliamentary election was not allocated in the current year&rsquo;s budget. The president is legally obliged to provide monies to hold the election even without any budgetary allocations.</p>
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