Chinthaka Mayadunne

Chinthaka Amal Mayadunne (born 11 October 1975) is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.[1]

Hon. Chinthaka Mayadunne MP
චින්තක මායාදුන්නේ
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Incumbent
Assumed office 2020
Constituency	Puttalam District
Member of the North Western Provincial Council
In office 2013–2018
Constituency	Puttalam District
Personal details
Born	Chinthaka Amal Mayadunne 11 October 1975
Political party	Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Other political affiliations	Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance

Mayadunne was born on 11 October 1975.[1] He was a member of Uhana Divisional Council and the North Western Provincial Council.[2] He contested the 2015 parliamentary election as one of the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) electoral alliance's candidates in Puttalam District but failed to get elected after coming 6th amongst the UPFA candidates.[3][4][5][6] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Puttalam District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[7][8][9]

Electoral history of Chinthaka Mayadunne

Election	Constituency	Party		Alliance		Votes	Result
2009 provincial[10]	Puttalam District				United People's Freedom Alliance	12,609	Not elected
2013 provincial[11]	Puttalam District				United People's Freedom Alliance	24,504	Elected
2015 parliamentary[6]	Puttalam District				United People's Freedom Alliance	23,460	Not elected
2020 parliamentary[8]	Puttalam District		Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna		Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance	53,618	Elected

References

1. "Directory of Members: Mayadunna Chinthaka Amal". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
2. "Meet your new parliamentarians". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
3. "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. 354A. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
4. "Preferential votes- General Election 2015". Ada Derana. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
5. "Preferential Votes". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 19 August 2015. Archived from the original on 20 August 2015.
6. "Preferential Votes" (PDF). srilankanelections.com.
7. "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. 7A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
8. "General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Puttalam District". Ceylon Today. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
9. Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
10. "Preferences Puttalam" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2009.
11. "PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2013 – Results and preferential votes: North Western Province". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2020.