Ajith Rajapakse

Hon.
Ajith Rajapakse
MP
අජිත් රාජපක්ෂ
அஜித் ராஜபக்ஷ
Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Incumbent
Assumed office
17 May 2022
Preceded byRanjith Siyambalapitiya
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 August 2020
ConstituencyHambantota District
Member of the Southern Provincial Council
In office
1999–2019
ConstituencyHambantota District
Personal details
Born
Ajith Nishantha Rajapaksa

(1974-01-06) 6 January 1974 (age 50)
Political partySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Other political
affiliations		Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance

Ajith Nishantha Rajapakse (born 6 January 1974) is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial councilor, Member of Parliament and current Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[1][2][3] He was a member of Ambalantota Divisional Council and the Southern Provincial Council.[4]

Rajapakse has GCE O/L, A/L qualifications with a Diploma in Politics from National Youth Council.[3] He contested in the 2001 parliamentary election as a candidate of the People's Alliance for the Hambantota District, but failed to get elected.[4] He contested again in the 2015 parliamentary election as a candidate of the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) in the Hambantota District but failed to get elected once again after coming in 5th place amongst the UPFA candidates.[5][6][7] He contested in the 2020 parliamentary election as a candidate for the Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance in the Hambantota District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[8][9][10]

Electoral history of Ajith Rajapakse
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
1999 provincial[11] Hambantota District People's Alliance 12,535 Elected
2001 parliamentary Hambantota District People's Alliance Not elected
2004 provincial[12] Hambantota District United People's Freedom Alliance 36,546 Elected
2009 provincial[13] Hambantota District United People's Freedom Alliance 47,854 Elected
2014 provincial[14] Hambantota District United People's Freedom Alliance 34,591 Elected
2015 parliamentary[6] Hambantota District United People's Freedom Alliance 41,074 Not elected
2020 parliamentary[9] Hambantota District Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance 47,375 Elected
  1. ^ "MP Ajith Rajapakse elected new Deputy Speaker of Parliament". Ada Derana. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Sri Lanka govt nominee Ajith Rajapaksha elected deputy speaker". Economy Next. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Directory of Members: Ajith Rajapakse". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Meet your new parliamentarians". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 2 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. 222A. 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 2 September 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. 5A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Namal claims top spot in Hambantota preferential votes". Ada Derana. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  10. ^ Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Results of Provincial Council Elections 1999: Southern Province" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Election Commission of Sri Lanka. p. 36.
  12. ^ "Results of Provincial Council Elections 2004" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections. p. 126. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2009.
  13. ^ "Preferences Hambantota" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2009.
  14. ^ "Full list of preferential votes". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 31 March 2014. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014.