Asanka Nawaratne Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
Asanka Navarathne
Native Name:Sinhala; Sinhalese: අසංක නවරත්න
அசங்க நவரத்ன
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Constituency Mp1:Kurunegala District
Parliament1:Sri Lanka
Term Start1:2020
Office2:Member of the North Western Provincial Council for Kurunegala District
Term Start2:2009
Term End2:2018
Birth Name:Asanka Samithajeewa Navarathne
Birth Date:9 January 1981
Birth Place:Kurunegala
Nationality:Sri Lankan
Party:Sri Lanka People's Party
Otherparty:Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance
Website:www.slmp.lk

Asanka Samithajeewa Navarathne (born 9 January 1981) is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.[1]

Nawaratne was born on 9 January 1981.[1] He is leader of the Sri Lanka People's Party.[2] [3] He was a member of Kurunegala Divisional Council and the North Western Provincial Council.[4] He contested the 2015 parliamentary election as one of the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) electoral alliance's candidates in Kurunegala District but failed to get elected after coming 17th amongst the UPFA candidates.[5] [6] [7] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Kurunegala District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[8] [9] [10]

Election! scope=col
Constituencyscope=col colspan="2"Partyscope=col colspan="2"Alliancescope=colVotesscope=colResult
2009 provincial[11] Elected
2013 provincial[12] Elected
Not elected
Elected

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Directory of Members: Asanka Navarathna . . 31 August 2020 . Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka.
  2. News: Wijayaratne . S. M. . 'Only the SLPP can build a progressive nation, dignified before the world' . 31 August 2020 . . 17 July 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  3. News: Whoever is responsible for the bond scam should be punished : Rose Fernando, Katana UNP Organizer . 31 August 2020 . . 29 December 2019 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  4. News: Meet your new parliamentarians . 31 August 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 . 319A . 11 August 2015 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  6. News: Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo . 31 August 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 . 7A . 9 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  9. News: MR obtains 527,364 preferential votes . 31 August 2020 . . 7 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  10. News: Parasuraman . Lakshme . Over 60 new faces in Parliament . 31 August 2020 . . 9 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  11. Web site: Preferences Kurunegala . . https://web.archive.org/web/20091210035810/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/Provincial/2009/Northwestern/district/kurunegalapref.pdf . 10 December 2009 . Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka . 1.
  12. News: PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2013 – Results and preferential votes: North Western Province . 31 August 2020 . . 25 September 2013 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.