Upul Mahendra
Rajapaksha Pathirannehelage Upul Mahendra Rajapaksha (born 25 September 1971) is a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament.[1]
Upul Mahendra | |
|---|---|
| උපුල් මහේන්ද්ර உபுல் மகேந்திரா | |
| Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka | |
| Assumed office 20 August 2020 | |
| Constituency | Gampaha District |
| Member of the Western Provincial Council | |
| In office 21 April 2014 – 21 April 2019 | |
| Constituency | Gampaha District |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rajapaksha Pathirannehelage Upul Mahendra Rajapaksha 25 September 1971 Gampaha, Sri Lanka |
| Political party | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna |
| Other political affiliations | Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance |
Political career edit
Upul Mahendra was born on 25 September 1971.[1] He entered politics in 2002 by contesting to the local government election and lost the election. But in 2004 he was selected to the divisional council because one member lost his seat due to disciplinary reason. In 2006 and 2011 local government elections he got the highest number of votes in the division and become a chairperson of the divisional council. He was a chairperson of the Attanagalla Divisional Council from 2006 to 2014. In 2014 He contested to the provincial council election and won. He was a member of the Western Provincial Council from 2014 to 2019.[2] He contested the 2015 parliamentary election as one of the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) electoral alliance's candidates in Gampaha District but failed to get elected after coming 10th 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 Gampaha District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[7][8][9]
Electoral history edit
| Election | Constituency | Party | Alliance | Votes | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 provincial[10] | Gampaha District | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | United People's Freedom Alliance | 37,674 | Elected | ||
| 2015 parliamentary[6] | Gampaha District | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | United People's Freedom Alliance | 54,763 | Not elected | ||
| 2020 parliamentary[8] | Gampaha District | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance | 67,756 | Elected | ||
References edit
- ^ a b "Directory of Members: Upul Mahendra Rajapaksha". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "Meet your new parliamentarians". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "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. 48A. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ "Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "Preferential Votes". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 19 August 2015. Archived from the original on 20 August 2015.
- ^ a b "Preferential Votes" (PDF). srilankanelections.com.
- ^ "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. 2A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Nalaka Godahewa tops in Gampaha". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ . The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 31 March 2014. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014.