Rajika Wickramasinghe Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
Rajika Wickramasinghe
Native Name:Sinhala; Sinhalese: රාජිකා වික්රමසිංහ
ராஜிகா விக்கிரமசிங்க
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office1:Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Constituency1:Kegalle District
Term Start1:2020
Birth Name:Rajika Priyanganee Wickramasinghe
Birth Date:5 August 1973
Party:Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Otherparty:Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance

Rajika Priyanganee Wickramasinghe (born 5 August 1973) is a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament.[1]

Wickramasinghe was born on 5 August 1973.[1] She contested the 2015 parliamentary election as one of the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) electoral alliance's candidates in Kegalle District but failed to get elected after coming 5th amongst the UPFA candidates.[2] [3] [4] She contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Kegalle District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[5] [6] [7]

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Elected

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Directory of Members: Rajika Wickramasinghe . . 31 August 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 . 449A . 11 August 2015 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  3. News: Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo . 31 August 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 . 9A . 9 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  6. News: General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Kegalle District . 31 August 2020 . . 7 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  7. News: Parasuraman . Lakshme . Over 60 new faces in Parliament . 31 August 2020 . . 9 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.