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Ajith Nishantha Rajapakse (born 6 January 1974) is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial councilor, Member of Parliament and current Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[1][2][3] He was a member of Ambalantota Divisional Council and the Southern Provincial Council.[4]

Rajapakse has GCE O/L, A/L qualifications with a Diploma in Politics from National Youth Council.[3] He contested in the 2001 parliamentary election as a candidate of the People's Alliance for the Hambantota District, but failed to get elected.[4] He contested again in the 2015 parliamentary election as a candidate of the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) in the Hambantota District but failed to get elected once again after coming in 5th place amongst the UPFA candidates.[5][6][7] He contested in the 2020 parliamentary election as a candidate for the Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance in the Hambantota District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[8][9][10]

Electoral history of Ajith Rajapakse
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
1999 provincial[11] Hambantota District People's Alliance 12,535 Elected
2001 parliamentary Hambantota District People's Alliance Not elected
2004 provincial[12] Hambantota District United People's Freedom Alliance 36,546 Elected
2009 provincial[13] Hambantota District United People's Freedom Alliance 47,854 Elected
2014 provincial[14] Hambantota District United People's Freedom Alliance 34,591 Elected
2015 parliamentary[6] Hambantota District United People's Freedom Alliance 41,074 Not elected
2020 parliamentary[9] Hambantota District Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance 47,375 Elected

References

  1. ^ "MP Ajith Rajapakse elected new Deputy Speaker of Parliament". Ada Derana. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Sri Lanka govt nominee Ajith Rajapaksha elected deputy speaker". Economy Next. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Directory of Members: Ajith Rajapakse". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Meet your new parliamentarians". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - The Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 1923/3. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 13 July 2015. p. 222A. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  6. ^ a b "Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Preferential Votes". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 19 August 2015. Archived from the original on 20 August 2015.
  8. ^ "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. 5A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Namal claims top spot in Hambantota preferential votes". Ada Derana. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  10. ^ Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Results of Provincial Council Elections 1999: Southern Province" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Election Commission of Sri Lanka. p. 36.
  12. ^ "Results of Provincial Council Elections 2004" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections. p. 126. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2009.
  13. ^ "Preferences Hambantota" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2009.
  14. ^ "Full list of preferential votes". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 31 March 2014. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014.


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