Asanka Nawaratne

Hon.
Asanka Navarathne
MP
අසංක නවරත්න
அசங்க நவரத்ன
Leader,Secretary-General, Sri Lanka People's Party,Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya
Member of Parliament
for Kurunegala District
Incumbent
Assumed office
2020
Member of the North Western Provincial Council for Kurunegala District
In office
2009–2018
Personal details
Born
Asanka Samithajeewa Navarathne

(1981-01-09) 9 January 1981 (age 43)
Kurunegala
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partySri Lanka People's Party
Other political
affiliations		Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance
Websitewww.slmp.lk

Asanka Samithajeewa Navarathne (born 9 January 1981) is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.[1]

Nawaratne was born on 9 January 1981.[1] He is leader of the Sri Lanka People's Party.[2][3] He was a member of Kurunegala Divisional Council and the North Western Provincial Council.[4] 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 17th amongst the UPFA candidates.[5][6][7] He 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.[8][9][10]

Electoral history of Asanka Navarathne
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
2009 provincial[11] Kurunegala District United People's Freedom Alliance 30,758 Elected
2013 provincial[12] Kurunegala District Sri Lanka People's Party United People's Freedom Alliance 32,450 Elected
2015 parliamentary[6] Kurunegala District Sri Lanka People's Party United People's Freedom Alliance 21,395 Not elected
2020 parliamentary[9] Kurunegala District Sri Lanka People's Party Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance 82,779 Elected
  1. ^ a b "Directory of Members: Asanka Navarathna". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  2. ^ Wijayaratne, S. M. (17 July 2020). "'Only the SLPP can build a progressive nation, dignified before the world'". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Whoever is responsible for the bond scam should be punished : Rose Fernando, Katana UNP Organizer". News First. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 29 December 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Meet your new parliamentarians". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - The Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 1923/3. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 13 July 2015. p. 319A. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  6. ^ a b "Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Preferential Votes". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 19 August 2015. Archived from the original on 20 August 2015.
  8. ^ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2187/26. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 8 August 2020. p. 7A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  9. ^ a b "MR obtains 527,364 preferential votes". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  10. ^ Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Preferences Kurunegala" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2009.
  12. ^ "PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2013 – Results and preferential votes: North Western Province". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2020.