Kapila Athukorala Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
Kapila Athukorala
Native Name:Sinhala; Sinhalese: කපිල අතුකොරල
கபில அத்துகோரள
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office1:Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Constituency1:Trincomalee District
Term Start1:2020
Birth Name:Athukoralalage Pelawatthe Kapila Nuwan Athukorala
Party:Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Otherparty:Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance

Athukoralalage Pelawatthe Kapila Nuwan Athukorala is a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament.[1]

Athukorala contested the 2015 parliamentary election as one of the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) electoral alliance's candidates in Trincomalee District but failed to get elected after coming 3rd amongst the UPFA candidates.[2] [3] [4] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Trincomalee District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[5] [6] [7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Directory of Members: Kapila Athukorala . . 2 September 2020 . Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka.
  2. 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 . 308A . 11 August 2015 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  3. News: Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo . 2 September 2020 . . 19 August 2015 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. News: General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Trincomalee District . 2 September 2020 . . 7 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  7. News: Parasuraman . Lakshme . Over 60 new faces in Parliament . 2 September 2020 . . 9 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.