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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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