Sri Lankan President set for easy win: Survey

 
New Delhi: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa seems set for an easy victory over his rival and former Army chief Sarath Fonseka in the January 26 Presidential Election, according to an opinionsurvey. Viplav Communications Pvt Ltd, which has earlier been strategic advisors to numerous Indian politicians and conducted election surveys in India, conducted the survey in Sri Lanka. The poll shows Rajapaksa leading in all provinces other than the Tamil-dominated north and multi-racial east and enjoying a 12 percent lead over his opponent in the island as a whole. According to the survey, Rajapaksa holds a dominant lead among the majority Sinhalese population who account for 74 percent of Sri Lanka's population. He also enjoys a narrow lead among the Muslim voters. However, he trails behind Fonseka among the Tamils of the north and east, the war zone where the military crushed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in May last year leaving thousands dead. Among the Tamils of Indian origin living in the tea plantation areas, Rajapaksa enjoys majority support. The sample size for the January 6-13 survey was 10,225. According to it, people have graded the president very high on the skills and experience needed to run the next government. Fonseka's inexperience as a political administrator coupled with a pro-Rajapaksa environment in the country was the clinching factor, the survey said. The President is expected to do very well in Sinhalese-dominated North Central, Southern and Sabargamuwa provinces. Fonseka has a good support base in eastern and northern Provinces. He also has the support of Tamils in Colombo. Rajapaksa has a slight edge over Fonseka among Muslim voters. Muslims, who also speak Tamil in many areas, are the second largest minority in Sri Lanka after the Tamils, who are dominantly Hindus. According to the survey, Sinhalese Christians -- most Sinhalese are Buddhists  support mostly the president compared to Tamil Christians. Fonseka also has more support in urban areas while Rajpaksa wields clout in rural areas. More women were found to be supportive of the president. The survey found that a majority of respondents expressed the fear that the Tamil ethnic problem had not been solved fully. The credit for winning the war against the LTTE is largely credited to the president, who came to power in November 2005 with a pledge to end the Tamil separatist campaign.

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