Nimal Piyatissa Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
Nimal Piyatissa
Native Name:Sinhala; Sinhalese: නිමල් පියතිස්ස
நிமல் பியதிஸ்ஸ
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office1:Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Constituency1:Nuwara Eliya District
Term Start1:2020
Office2:Member of the Central Provincial Council
Constituency2:Bonus Seat
Term Start2:2013
Term End2:2018
Office3:Member of the Central Provincial Council
Constituency3:Nuwara Eliya District
Term Start3:2004
Term End3:2013
Birth Name:Opanayake Nimal Piyatissa
Birth Date:5 January 1968
Party:National Freedom Front (since 2008)
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (before 2008)
Otherparty:Supreme Lanka Coalition (since 2022)
Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (2019–2022)
United People's Freedom Alliance (2004–2019)

Opanayake Nimal Piyatissa (born 5 January 1968) is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial minister and Member of Parliament.[1]

Piyatissa was born on 5 January 1968.[1] He was previously a member of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna but is currently a member of the National Freedom Front.[2] [3]

Piyatissa was a member of Walapane Divisional Council and the Central Provincial Council where he held a provincial ministerial portfolio.[2] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Nuwara Eliya District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[4] [5] [6]

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Constituencyscope=col colspan="2"Partyscope=col colspan="2"Alliancescope=colVotesscope=colResult
1999 provincial[7] Not elected
2004 provincial[8] Elected
2009 provincial[9] Elected
2013 provincial[10] [11] Not elected
Elected

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Directory of Members: Nimal Piyathissa . . 18 August 2020 . Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka.
  2. News: Get to know your new parliamentarians . 18 August 2020 . . 9 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  3. News: Six NFF members to enter Parliament . 18 August 2020 . . 10 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  4. 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 . 4A . 9 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  5. News: General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Nuwara Eliya District . 18 August 2020 . . 7 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  6. News: Parasuraman . Lakshme . Over 60 new faces in Parliament . 18 August 2020 . . 9 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  7. Web site: Results of Provincial Council Elections 1999: Central Province . . Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka . 3.
  8. 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 . 91.
  9. Web site: Preferences Nuwara Eliya . . https://web.archive.org/web/20091210040252/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/Provincial/2009/Central/district/neliyapref.pdf . 10 December 2009 . Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka . 1.
  10. News: PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2013 – Results and preferential votes: Central Province . 14 August 2020 . . 25 September 2013 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  11. News: Wimal given a bonus . 18 August 2020 . Sri Lanka Mirror . 26 September 2013 . Nugegoda, Sri Lanka.