A Gazette notification will be issued last night stipulating the maximum amount that a Presidential Candidate can spend on each voter during their election campaigns, the Commissioner General of Elections Saman Sri Ratnayake said. 

Accordingly, the maximum amount that each candidate can spend will be gazette as Rs. 109.00 per voter, he said. 

All upcoming national elections will be subject to new campaign finance laws that will limit the amount of funding that candidates, political parties and independent groups can spend on their campaigns.