Rajika Wickramasinghe

Rajika Priyanganee Wickramasinghe (born 5 August 1973) is a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament.[1]

Hon.

Rajika Wickramasinghe

MP
රාජිකා වික්රමසිංහ
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Assumed office
2020
ConstituencyKegalle District
Personal details
Born
Rajika Priyanganee Wickramasinghe

(1973-08-05) 5 August 1973
Political partySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Other political
affiliations		Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance

Wickramasinghe was born on 5 August 1973.[1] She contested the 2015 parliamentary election as one of the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) electoral alliance's candidates in Kegalle District but failed to get elected after coming 5th amongst the UPFA candidates.[2][3][4] She contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Kegalle District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[5][6][7]

Electoral history of Rajika Wickramasinghe
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
2015 parliamentary[3]Kegalle DistrictUnited People's Freedom Alliance62,037Not elected
2020 parliamentary[6]Kegalle DistrictSri Lanka Podujana PeramunaSri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance68,802Elected

References
  1. "Directory of Members: Rajika Wickramasinghe". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  2. "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. 449A. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  3. "Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  4. "Preferential Votes". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 19 August 2015. Archived from the original on 20 August 2015.
  5. "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. 9A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  6. "General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Kegalle District". Ceylon Today. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  7. Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
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