Gunathilaka Rajapaksha

Rajapaksha Gedara Gunathilaka Rajapaksha (born 8 November 1957) is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.[1]

Hon. Gunathilaka Rajapaksha MP
ගුණතිලක රාජපක්ෂ
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Incumbent
Assumed office 2020
Constituency	Kandy District
Member of the Central Provincial Council
In office 2009–2018
Constituency	Kandy District
Personal details
Born	Rajapaksha Gedara Gunathilaka Rajapaksha 8 November 1957
Political party	Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Other political affiliations	Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance

Rajapaksha was born on 8 November 1957.[1] He was a member of Poojapitiya Divisional Council and the Central Provincial Council.[2] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Kandy District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[3][4][5]

Electoral history of Gunathilaka Rajapaksha

Election	Constituency	Party		Alliance		Votes	Result
2009 provincial[6]	Kandy District				United People's Freedom Alliance	25,957	Elected
2013 provincial[7]	Kandy District				United People's Freedom Alliance	24,560	Elected
2020 parliamentary[4]	Kandy District		Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna		Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance	49,317	Elected

References

1. "Directory of Members: Gunathilaka Rajapaksha". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
2. "Meet your new parliamentarians". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 23 August 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
3. "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981 3" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2187/26. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 8 August 2020. p. 3A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
4. "General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Kandy District". Ceylon Today. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
5. Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
6. "Preferences Kandy" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2009.
7. "PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2013 – Results and preferential votes: Central Province". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2020.