Hon.
D. Weerasingha
MP
ඩී. වීරසිංහ
டி. வீரசிங்க
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Assumed office
2020
ConstituencyAmpara District
Member of the Eastern Provincial Council
In office
2012–2017
ConstituencyAmpara District
Personal details
Born
W. D. Weerasingha

(1979-04-15) 15 April 1979 (age 45)
Political partySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Other political
affiliations		Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance

W. D. Weerasingha (born 15 April 1979)[1] is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.[1]

He contested the 2012 provincial council election as one of the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) electoral alliance's candidates in Ampara District and was elected to the Eastern Provincial Council (EPC).[2] He resigned from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in September 2017 to support former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.[3]

In January 2020 Weerasingha and Wimalaweera Dissanayake were accused of leading a mob that attacked Mahajana Eksath Peramuna member Rushan Milinda.[4] Weerasingha contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (SLPFA) electoral alliance candidate in Ampara District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[5][6][7]

Electoral history of D. Weerasingha
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
2012 provincial[8] Ampara District Sri Lanka Freedom Party United People's Freedom Alliance 20,922 Elected
2020 parliamentary[6] Ampara District Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance 56,006 Elected

References

  1. ^ a b "Directory of Members: D. Weerasingha". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Preferential votes". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  3. ^ Silva, Manushi (28 September 2017). "Three SLFP Provincial Council members resign". Ada Derana. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  4. ^ "SLPP at war with itself in Maha Oya". News First. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981 3" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2187/26. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 8 August 2020. p. 6A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  6. ^ a b "General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Digamadulla District". Ceylon Today. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  7. ^ Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Ampara preferences" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2014.


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