Akila Ellawala

Hon.
Akila Ellawala
MP
අකිල එල්ලාවල
அகிலா எல்லவாலா
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Incumbent
Assumed office
2020
ConstituencyRatnapura District
Member of the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council
In office
2012–2017
ConstituencyRatnapura District
Personal details
Born
Akila Saliya Ellawala

(1976-01-06) 6 January 1976 (age 48)
Political partySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Other political
affiliations		Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance

Akila Saliya Ellawala (born 6 January 1976) is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.[1]

Ellawala was born on 6 January 1976.[1] He is the son of Mohan Ellawala, former Chief Minister of Sabaragamuwa Province.[2] He has a Bachelor of Commerce, Specialised in Human Resources Management and Marketing from Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.[1] He was the Sri Lanka Freedom Party's organiser for Ratnapura District and vice-chairman of the state-owned State Engineering Corporation of Sri Lanka.[3][4]

Ellawala was a member of the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council.[5] He contested the 2015 parliamentary election as one of the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) electoral alliance's candidates in Ratnapura District but failed to get elected after coming 9th amongst the UPFA candidates.[6][7][8] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Ratnapura District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[9][10][11]

Electoral history of Akila Ellawala
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
2012 provincial[12] Ratnapura District Sri Lanka Freedom Party United People's Freedom Alliance 35,807 Elected
2015 parliamentary[7] Ratnapura District Sri Lanka Freedom Party United People's Freedom Alliance 40,178 Not elected
2020 parliamentary[10] Ratnapura District Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance 71,179 Elected
  1. ^ a b c "Directory of Members: Akila Ellawala". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Parliament : A family affair?". News First. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 8 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Eheliyagoda Rugby Club clinch Mohan Ellawala Trophy". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 21 July 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  4. ^ "2014 Annual Report" (PDF). Parliament of Sri Lanka. State Engineering Corporation of Sri Lanka. p. 4. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Meet your new parliamentarians". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  6. ^ "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. 428A. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  7. ^ a b "Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Preferential Votes". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 19 August 2015. Archived from the original on 20 August 2015.
  9. ^ "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. 9A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  10. ^ a b "General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Ratnapura District". Ceylon Today. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  11. ^ Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Prefererential Votes". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2020.