| Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. |
| Gunapala Rathnasekara | |
| Native Name: | Sinhala; Sinhalese: ගුණපාල රත්නසේකර குணபால ரத்னசேகர |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
| Office1: | Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka |
| Constituency1: | Kurunegala District |
| Term Start1: | 2020 |
| Birth Name: | Basnayaka Yasarathnalage Gunapala Rathnasekara |
| Birth Date: | 7 December 1961 |
| Party: | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna |
| Otherparty: | Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance |
| Alma Mater: | University of Sri Jayewardenepura Sri Krishnadevaraya University |
| Occupation: | Academic |
Basnayaka Yasarathnalage Gunapala Rathnasekara (born 7 December 1961) is a Sri Lankan academic, politician and Member of Parliament.[1]
Rathnasekara was born on 7 December 1961.[1] He has a BSc degree from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and a MCom degree from the Sri Krishnadevaraya University.[2] He is a senior lecturer in the University of Sri Jayewardenepura's Department of Accounting.[2] He is director of the Kurunegala Sipwin Private Tuition Institute.[3] [4] He is a member of Viyathmaga (Path of the Learned), a pro-Rajapaksa, nationalist group of academics, businesspeople and professionals.[5] [6]
Rathnasekara 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.[7] [8] [9]
| Constituency | scope=col colspan="2" | Party | scope=col colspan="2" | Alliance | scope=col | Votes | scope=col | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elected |