Isuru Dodangoda

Isuru Udyoga Dodangoda is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.[1]


Isuru Dodangoda

ඉසුරු දොඩන්ගොඩ
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Assumed office
2020
ConstituencyGalle District
Member of the Southern Provincial Council
In office
2014–2019
ConstituencyGalle District
Personal details
Political partySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Other political
affiliations
Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance
Alma materUniversity of Greenwich
Cardiff Metropolitan University

Dodangoda is the son of Amarasiri Dodangoda, former government minister and Chief Minister of the Southern Province.[2][3] He was educated at Ananda College.[4] He has an IT degree from the University of Greenwich and PhD degree from Cardiff Metropolitan University.[4]

Dodangoda was a member of the Southern Provincial Council.[4][5] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Galle District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[6][7][8]

Electoral history of Isuru Dodangoda
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
2014 provincial[5]Galle DistrictUnited People's Freedom Alliance23,920Elected
2020 parliamentary[7]Galle DistrictSri Lanka Podujana PeramunaSri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance71,266Elected

References

  1. "Directory of Members: Isuru Dodangoda". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  2. Wijeyesinghe, Chathushika (21 February 2014). "Govt's PR skills can't fill empty stomachs - Tharaka Deshabimana Nanayakkare..." The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  3. "Parliament : A family affair?". News First. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 8 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  4. "Get to know your new parliamentarians". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  5. "Galle District Preferential Votes: List of winners". News First. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  6. "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. 4A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  7. "Ramesh Pathirana gets 205,814 votes in Galle". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  8. Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
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