Hon.
Sumith Udukumbura
MP
සුමිත් උඩුකුඹුර
சுமித் உடுகும்புரா
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Assumed office
2020
ConstituencyKurunegala District
Personal details
Born
Udu Kumburage Sumith Udukumbura Weerasinghe

(1975-01-15) 15 January 1975 (age 49)
Political partySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Other political
affiliations		Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance

Udu Kumburage Sumith Udukumbura Weerasinghe (born 15 January 1975) is a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament.[1]

Udukumbura was born on 15 January 1975.[1] He was educated at St. Anne's College, Kurunegala.[2] He was a police officer.[2] In January 2010 his home attacked with hand bombs.[3] He is the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna's organiser in Hiriyala.[2]

Udukumbura was a member of Ibbagamuwa Divisional Council.[2][4] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Kurunegala District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[5][6][7]

Electoral history of Sumith Udukumbura
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
2020 parliamentary[6] Kurunegala District Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance 51,134 Elected

References

  1. ^ a b "Directory of Members: U. K. Sumith Udukumbura". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "Ibbagamuwa PS Chairman elected as MP". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  3. ^ "PS leader's house attacked". The Island. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 30 January 2010. Archived from the original on 2 February 2010.
  4. ^ "Meet your new parliamentarians". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  5. ^ "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. 7A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  6. ^ a b "MR obtains 527,364 preferential votes". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  7. ^ Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 August 2020.


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