Despite President Mahinda Rajapaksa calling for early Presidential Election saying he wanted a mandate from the people from the north, an estimated 200,000 displaced have not registered to vote or applied as displaced persons to vote for the January 26 polls.

The main opposition and the United People's Freedom Alliance are locked in a dispute over the fate of 1.9 million Sri Lankans who will require temporary identity cards to vote at the January 26 Presidential Election.