| Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. |
| D. B. Herath | |
| Native Name: | Sinhala; Sinhalese: ඩී. බී. හේරත් தர்மசிறி பண்டார ஹேரத் |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
| Office1: | State Minister of Livestock, Farm Promotion and Dairy and Egg Related Industries |
| Term Start1: | 12 August 2020 |
| Office2: | Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka |
| Constituency2: | Kurunegala District |
| Term Start2: | 2019 |
| Predecessor2: | Salinda Dissanayake |
| Office3: | Member of the North Western Provincial Council |
| Constituency3: | Kurunegala District |
| Term Start3: | 2009 |
| Term End3: | 2018 |
| Birth Name: | H. M. Dharmasiri Bandara Herath |
| Birth Date: | 23 May 1956 |
| Party: | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna |
| Otherparty: | Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance |
H. M. Dharmasiri Bandara Herath (born 23 May 1956) is a Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament and state minister.[1]
Herath was born on 23 May 1956.[1] He was a member of the North Western Provincial Council and Minister Agriculture for the North Western Province.[2]
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 10th amongst the UPFA candidates.[3] [4] [5] However, following the death of Salinda Dissanayake, he was appointed to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in September 2019.[6] [7] [8] He was re-elected at the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate.[9] [10] After the election he was appointed State Minister of Livestock, Farm Promotion and Dairy and Egg Related Industries.[11] [12]
| Constituency | scope=col colspan="2" | Party | scope=col colspan="2" | Alliance | scope=col | Votes | scope=col | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 provincial[13] | Elected | |||||||
| 2013 provincial[14] | Elected | |||||||
| Not elected | ||||||||
| Elected |