Hon.
Nimal Piyatissa
MP
නිමල් පියතිස්ස
நிமல் பியதிஸ்ஸ
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Assumed office
2020
ConstituencyNuwara Eliya District
Member of the Central Provincial Council
In office
2013–2018
ConstituencyBonus Seat
Member of the Central Provincial Council
In office
2004–2013
ConstituencyNuwara Eliya District
Personal details
Born
Opanayake Nimal Piyatissa

(1968-01-05) 5 January 1968 (age 56)
Political partyNational Freedom Front (since 2008)
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (before 2008)
Other political
affiliations		Supreme Lanka Coalition (since 2022)
Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (2019–2022)
United People's Freedom Alliance (2004–2019)

Opanayake Nimal Piyatissa (born 5 January 1968) is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial minister and Member of Parliament.[1]

Piyatissa was born on 5 January 1968.[1] He was previously a member of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna but is currently a member of the National Freedom Front.[2][3]

Piyatissa was a member of Walapane Divisional Council and the Central Provincial Council where he held a provincial ministerial portfolio.[2] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Nuwara Eliya District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[4][5][6]

Electoral history of Nimal Piyatissa
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
1999 provincial[7] Nuwara Eliya District Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 205 Not elected
2004 provincial[8] Nuwara Eliya District Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna United People's Freedom Alliance 17,111 Elected
2009 provincial[9] Nuwara Eliya District National Freedom Front United People's Freedom Alliance 19,961 Elected
2013 provincial[10][11] Nuwara Eliya District National Freedom Front United People's Freedom Alliance 24,109 Not elected
2020 parliamentary[5] Nuwara Eliya District National Freedom Front Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance 51,225 Elected

References

  1. ^ a b "Directory of Members: Nimal Piyathissa". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Get to know your new parliamentarians". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 9 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Six NFF members to enter Parliament". Ceylon Today. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2187/26. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 8 August 2020. p. 4A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  5. ^ a b "General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Nuwara Eliya District". Ceylon Today. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  6. ^ Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Results of Provincial Council Elections 1999: Central Province" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Election Commission of Sri Lanka. p. 3.
  8. ^ "Results of Provincial Council Elections 2004" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections. p. 91. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2009.
  9. ^ "Preferences Nuwara Eliya" (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: Central Province". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Wimal given a bonus". Sri Lanka Mirror. Nugegoda, Sri Lanka. 26 September 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2020.


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