Nanda Ellawala

Nanda Sydney Ellawala (13 November 1939 – 1994) was a Ceylonese politician. He was a Member of Parliament from the Ratnapura electorate.

Hon.

Nanda Ellawala
Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
for Ratnapura
In office
1970–1977
In office
1989–1994
Personal details
Born13 November 1939
Died1994
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partySri Lanka Freedom Party
Spouse(s)Surangani Ellawala
RelationsSirimavo Bandaranaike
ChildrenNalanda Ellawala
OccupationPolitics

Early life and family

Born to Robert Sydney Ellawala and Mallika Kobbekaduwa of the Radala Ellawala family. A descended of William Ellawala, he was a cousin of Sirimavo Bandaranaike who would become Prime Minister of Ceylon.

Political career

Nanda Ellawala contested the Ratnapura electorate from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in the 1970 parliamentary elections winning against P.B. Wijesundara gaining 42,004 votes to 22,633 votes and entered parliament.[1] He was defeated in the 1977 parliamentary elections by the United National Party candidate G. V. Punchinilame by 23,525 votes to 16,002 votes.[2] He was again re-elected to parliament from Ratnapura in the 1989 parliamentary elections and held the seat until his death in 1994, when it was succeeded by his son Nalanda Ellawala who was elected to parliament in the 1994 parliamentary elections, who held the seat until his death in 1997.

Family

He married Surangani Tennekoon. They had two children, Nalanda Ellawala and Visaka Ellawala.

See also

References
  1. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  2. "Parliamentary Election - 1977" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
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