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Battaramulle Seelarathana Thero: People's Welfare Front: Tractor: Presidential candidate in 2010, 2015 and 2019. Lalith de Silva: United National Freedom Front: Comb of plantains: Suranjeewa Anoj de Silva: Democratic United National Front: Eagle: M. Thilakarajah: Independent: Bird feather: Former NUW/UNFGG MP for Nuwara Eliya. [97] Keerthi ...
Battaramulle Seelarathana Thero Jana Setha Peramuna Illiyas Idroos Mohamed Independent: Piyasiri Wijenayake: Independent: Rajiva Wijesinha: Independent: Aruna De Soyza Democratic National Movement Ajantha de Zoysa Ruhunu Janatha Peramuna Namal Rajapaksa Nationalities Unity Organization M. K. Shivajilingam: Independent: M. L. A. M. Hizbullah ...
Ven. Battaramulle Seelaratne Thea: Jana Setha Peramuna: Tractor: Buddhist monk Withdrew candidacy on 14 January and endorsed Mahinda Rajapaksa [15] 7: Vikramabahu Karunaratne: Left Front: Table: Veteran left-wing politician and leader of the Left Front and Nava Sama Samaja Party: 8: Aithurus M. Illias: Independent: Pineapple: Former SLMC MP for ...
The Parliament has 225 members, elected for a five-year term, 196 members elected in multi-seat constituencies through proportional representation system where each party is allocated a number of seats from the quota for each district according to the proportion of the total vote that party obtains in the district.
A Buddhist vihara in Borella belonging to JHU MP Athuraliye Rathana Thero was attacked on 20 November 2014, two days after the JHU left the UPFA government. [185] [186] [187] On the evening of 21 November 2014, UNP member Chamila Ranasinghe was shot at Maggona in Payagala, as UNP supporters celebrated the crossover of UPFA MPs to the opposition.
Colombo Electoral District is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Colombo in the Western province.
Kandy (Mahanuwara) electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Kandy in the Central province.
The president, directly elected for a five-year term, is the head of state, head of government, and commander-in-chief of the armed forces. The election occurs under the Sri Lankan form of the contingent vote.