Hon.
Manjula Dissanayake
MP
මංජුල දිසානායක
மஞ்சுளா திசாநாயக்க
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Assumed office
2020
ConstituencyNational List
Member of the North Western Provincial Council
In office
2009–2018
ConstituencyKurunegala District
Personal details
Born
Wijekoon Mudiyanselage Manjula Wijekoon Dissanayake

(1967-01-27) 27 January 1967 (age 57)
Political partySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Other political
affiliations		Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance

Wijekoon Mudiyanselage Manjula Wijekoon Dissanayake (born 27 January 1967) is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.[1]

Dissanayake was born on 27 January 1967.[1] She is the widow of former government minister Salinda Dissanayake.[2][3] She served as her husband's private secretary.[4][5] She was a member of the North Western Provincial Council.[2] Following the 2020 parliamentary election she was appointed to the Parliament of Sri Lanka as a National List MP representing the Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance.[6][7][8]

Electoral history of Manjula Dissanayake
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
2009 provincial[9] Kurunegala District United People's Freedom Alliance 47,543 Elected
2013 provincial[10] Kurunegala District United People's Freedom Alliance 37,939 Elected

References

  1. ^ a b "Directory of Members: Manjula Dissanayake". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Meet your new parliamentarians". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 23 August 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Parliament : A family affair?". News First. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 8 August 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  4. ^ Ferdinando, Shamindra (14 July 2002). "El Dorado". The Island. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 8 September 2003.
  5. ^ Dissanayake, Ridma (14 September 2011). "Local indigenous medicine promoted in Japan". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections - 2020 - Declaration under Article 99A of the Constitution" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2188/2. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 10 August 2020. p. 2A. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  7. ^ "SLPP National List goes to EC". Daily FT. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 8 August 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  8. ^ "SLPP releases National list". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Preferences Kurunegala" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2009.
  10. ^ "PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2013 – Results and preferential votes: North Western Province". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2020.


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