This was revealed by  Prof.Rohana Luxman Piyadasa, Head of the Dept. of Mass Communication Unit of the Kelaniya University briefing the media today (31) at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute.

According to the said survey the Common Opposition Candidate Maithripala Sirisena will obtain 44% of votes while 3% of voters may abstain from voting he added.

He further said that  5% had not responded at all.

This survey has been conducted in two stages. One has been done before giving nominations under 'Most Popular Political Character'.  Under the second phase, which was done after commencement of election campaigns, 5000 voters were selected randomly covering 25 districts.  The survey was conducted in Sinhala and Tamil mediums basing the new electoral register according to ethnicity, gender, population composition, profession and age.

Meanwhile, a research report compiled by the University of Colombo stated that Presidential candidate of the common opposition - Maithripala Sirisena is at the lead after securing 53% of the public mandate.

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