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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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