Hon.
Udayakantha Gunathilaka
MP
උදයකාන්ත ගුණතිලක
உதயகாந்த குணதிலகே
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Assumed office
2020
ConstituencyKegalle District
Member of the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council
In office
2012–2017
ConstituencyKegalle District
In office
1999–2008
Personal details
Born
Koswatta Ralalage Udayakantha Gunathilaka

(1965-05-03) 3 May 1965 (age 58)
Political partySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Other political
affiliations		Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance

Koswatta Ralalage Udayakantha Gunathilaka (born 3 May 1965) is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.[1]

Gunathilaka was born on 3 May 1965.[1] He was a member of Warakapola Divisional Council and the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council.[2] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Kegalle District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[3][4][5]

Electoral history of Udayakantha Gunathilaka
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
1999 provincial[6] Kegalle District People's Alliance 20,347 Elected
2004 provincial[7] Kegalle District United People's Freedom Alliance 20,419 Elected
2008 provincial Kegalle District United People's Freedom Alliance Not elected
2012 provincial[8] Kegalle District United People's Freedom Alliance 21,490 Elected
2020 parliamentary[4] Kegalle District Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance 46,628 Elected

References

  1. ^ a b "Directory of Members: Udayakantha Gunathilaka". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Meet your new parliamentarians". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  3. ^ "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. 9A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  4. ^ a b "General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Kegalle District". Ceylon Today. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  5. ^ Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Results of Provincial Council Elections 1999: Sabaragamuwa Province" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Election Commission of Sri Lanka. p. 16.
  7. ^ "Results of Provincial Council Elections 2004" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections. p. 248. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2009.
  8. ^ "Prefererential Votes". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2020.


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