Ajith Rajapakse Explained

Honorific-Prefix:	Hon.
Ajith Rajapakse
Native Name:	Sinhala; Sinhalese: අජිත් රාජපක්ෂ அஜித் ராஜபக்ஷ
Honorific-Suffix:	MP
Office1:	Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Term Start1:	17 May 2022
Predecessor1:	Ranjith Siyambalapitiya
Office2:	Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Constituency2:	Hambantota District
Term Start2:	20 August 2020
Office3:	Member of the Southern Provincial Council
Constituency3:	Hambantota District
Term Start3:	1999
Term End3:	2019
Birth Name:	Ajith Nishantha Rajapaksa
Birth Date:	6 January 1974
Party:	Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Otherparty:	Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance

Ajith Nishantha Rajapakse (born 6 January 1974) is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial councilor, Member of Parliament and current Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.^{[1] [2] [3]} He was a member of Ambalantota Divisional Council and the Southern Provincial Council.^[4]

Rajapakse has GCE O/L, A/L qualifications with a Diploma in Politics from National Youth Council.^[3] He contested in the 2001 parliamentary election as a candidate of the People's Alliance for the Hambantota District, but failed to get elected. He contested again in the 2015 parliamentary election as a candidate of the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) in the Hambantota District but failed to get elected once again after coming in 5th place amongst the UPFA candidates.^{[5] [6] [7]} He contested in the 2020 parliamentary election as a candidate for the Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance in the Hambantota District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.^{[8] [9] [10]}

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Constituency	scope=col colspan="2"	Party	scope=col colspan="2"	Alliance	scope=col	Votes	scope=col	Result
1999 provincial^[11]							Elected
							Not elected
2004 provincial^[12]							Elected
2009 provincial^[13]							Elected
2014 provincial^[14]							Elected
							Not elected
							Elected

Notes and References

1. News: MP Ajith Rajapakse elected new Deputy Speaker of Parliament . 17 May 2022 . . 17 May 2022.
2. News: Sri Lanka govt nominee Ajith Rajapaksha elected deputy speaker . 17 May 2022 . Economy Next . 17 May 2022.
3. Web site: Directory of Members: Ajith Rajapakse . . 2 September 2020 . Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka.
4. News: Meet your new parliamentarians . 2 September 2020 . . 16 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
5. Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - The Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981 . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 13 July 2015 . 1923/3 . 222A . 11 August 2015 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
6. News: Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo . 2 September 2020 . . 19 August 2015 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
7. News: Preferential Votes . . 19 August 2015 . https://archive.today/20150820025307/http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=political/preferential-votes-2 . 20 August 2015 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
8. Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981 . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 8 August 2020 . 2187/26 . 5A . 9 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
9. News: Namal claims top spot in Hambantota preferential votes . 2 September 2020 . . 7 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
10. News: Parasuraman . Lakshme . Over 60 new faces in Parliament . 2 September 2020 . . 9 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
11. Web site: Results of Provincial Council Elections 1999: Southern Province . . Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka . 36.
12. Web site: Results of Provincial Council Elections 2004 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20091209230712/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/2004Provincial.pdf . 9 December 2009 . Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka . 126.
13. Web site: Preferences Hambantota . . https://web.archive.org/web/20091210032758/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/SPHambantota2009.pdf . 10 December 2009 . Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka . 1.
14. News: Full list of preferential votes . . 31 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140331191352/http://www.dailymirror.lk/caption-story/45236-full-list-of-preferential-votes.html . 31 March 2014 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.