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Computer Jilmart, a term of colloquialisms, is used by Sri Lankan people to derive an allegation of corruption occurred on account of allegedly misuse of a computer system or any kind of computerized system which especially is applied for general election results by the responsible authorities. Although the widest usage of it can be found in politics, it may be referred to any kind of allegation of corruption related to computer technology[1]. A Computer Jilmart simply means a stratagem done by means of computers. In this context Jilmart is used as a synonym of Trick, Outwit, stratagem, etc.

First public emerging

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Somawansa Amarasinghe, the former leader of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna publicly used this informal term on 28 January 2010 calling a press conference in Colombo[2] to reject the final result of the presidential election which was held on 26 January 2010 in Sri Lanka[3]. But the authorities denied the claims[4] Since then Computer Jilmart now has become a very fascinating term among Sri Lankan politicians, mass media and the public[5].

References

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  1. ^ "Computer 'jilmart' in Education Ministry's Rs 527m ADB-funded project".
  2. ^ "Election Secretariat rules out computer fraud at Jan. 26 polls".
  3. ^ Sri Lankan presidential election, 2010
  4. ^ "SLT rejects computer "jilmart" allegations".
  5. ^ "Barking up the Jilmart tree".

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