Nalaka Kottegoda

Nalaka Kottegoda
නාලක කෝට්ටේගොඩ
நாலக கொட்டேகொட
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Assumed office
2020
ConstituencyMatale District
Personal details
Born
N. Nalaka Bandara Kottegoda

(1979-09-14) 14 September 1979 (age 45)
Political partySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Other political
affiliations
Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance
OccupationEngineer

N. Nalaka Bandara Kottegoda (born 14 September 1979) is a Sri Lankan engineer, politician and Member of Parliament.[1]

Kottegoda was born on 14 September 1979.[1] He is a member of Viyathmaga (Path of the Learned), a pro-Rajapaksa, nationalist group of academics, businesspeople and professionals.[2][3] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Matale District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[4][5][6]

Electoral history of Nalaka Kottegoda
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
2020 parliamentary[5] Matale District Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance 71,404 Elected
  1. ^ a b "Directory of Members: Nalaka Bandara Kottegoda". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  2. ^ Ferdinando, Shamindra (8 August 2020). "A sizable Viyathmaga group enters parliament; Yuthukama receives two slots". The Island. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  3. ^ David, Kumar (12 August 2020). "SJB Is UNP In Other Vestments: Viyath-Yuthu Is Gota's Fifth Column". Colombo Telegraph. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  4. ^ "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. 4A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Matale district; Janaka Bandara tops". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  6. ^ Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 September 2020.