Kins Nelson

Hon.
Kins Nelson
MP
කින්ස් නෙල්සන්
கின்ஸ் நெல்சன்
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Incumbent
Assumed office
2020
ConstituencyPolonnaruwa District
Member of the North Central Provincial Council
In office
2004–2017
ConstituencyPolonnaruwa District
Personal details
Born
Hewa Gajaman Paththinige Kins Kumara Nelson

(1973-10-29) 29 October 1973 (age 51)
Political partyUnited National Party
Other political
affiliations		Samagi Jana Balawegaya

Hewa Gajaman Paththinige Kins Kumara Nelson (born 29 October 1973) is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.[1]

Nelson was born on 29 October 1973.[1] He is the son of former government minister H. G. P. Nelson and brother in law of General Shavendra Silva.[2] He was a member of the North Central Provincial Council.[2] He defected to the government in December 2014 to support United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) candidate Mahinda Rajapaksa in the presidential election.[3][4]

Nelson contested the 2015 parliamentary election as one of the UPFA's candidates in Polonnaruwa District but failed to get elected after coming 3rd amongst the UPFA candidates.[5][6] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Samagi Jana Balawegaya electoral alliance candidate in Polonnaruwa District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[7][8][9]

Electoral history of Kins Nelson
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
2004 provincial[10] Polonnaruwa District United National Party 21,100 Elected
2008 provincial[11] Polonnaruwa District United National Party Elected
2012 provincial[12] Polonnaruwa District United National Party 34,341 Elected
2015 parliamentary[6] Polonnaruwa District United People's Freedom Alliance 52,231 Not elected
2020 parliamentary[8] Polonnaruwa District United National Party Samagi Jana Balawegaya 22,392 Elected
  1. ^ a b "Directory of Members: Kins Nelson". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Meet your new parliamentarians". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 23 August 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  3. ^ "NCPC Opp. Leader backs MR". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  4. ^ Jamaldeen, Naalir (28 December 2014). "President's victory cannot be prevented - Kins Nelson". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 8 September 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. 391A. 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 8 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981 3" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2187/26. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 8 August 2020. p. 8A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Maithripala tops Polonnaruwa". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  9. ^ Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  10. ^ "Results of Provincial Council Elections 2004" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections. p. 197. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2009.
  11. ^ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Provincial Councils Elections Act, No. 2 of 1988" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 1564/17. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 29 August 2008. p. 2A. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  12. ^ "Preferential votes". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2020.