Hon.
Gunathilaka Rajapaksha
MP
ගුණතිලක රාජපක්ෂ
குணதிலக ராஜபக்ஷ
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Assumed office
2020
ConstituencyKandy District
Member of the Central Provincial Council
In office
2009–2018
ConstituencyKandy District
Personal details
Born
Rajapaksha Gedara Gunathilaka Rajapaksha

(1957-11-08) 8 November 1957 (age 66)
Political partySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Other political
affiliations		Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance

Rajapaksha Gedara Gunathilaka Rajapaksha (born 8 November 1957) is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.[1]

Rajapaksha was born on 8 November 1957.[1] He was a member of Poojapitiya Divisional Council and the Central Provincial Council.[2] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Kandy District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[3][4][5]

Electoral history of Gunathilaka Rajapaksha
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
2009 provincial[6] Kandy District United People's Freedom Alliance 25,957 Elected
2013 provincial[7] Kandy District United People's Freedom Alliance 24,560 Elected
2020 parliamentary[4] Kandy District Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance 49,317 Elected

References

  1. ^ a b "Directory of Members: Gunathilaka Rajapaksha". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Meet your new parliamentarians". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 23 August 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  3. ^ "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. 3A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  4. ^ a b "General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Kandy District". Ceylon Today. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  5. ^ Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Preferences Kandy" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2009.
  7. ^ "PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2013 – Results and preferential votes: Central Province". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2020.


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