Gunapala Rathnasekara

Hon.
Gunapala Rathnasekara
MP
ගුණපාල රත්නසේකර
குணபால ரத்னசேகர
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
In office
20 August 2020 – 24 September 2024
ConstituencyKurunegala District
Personal details
Born
Basnayaka Yasarathnalage Gunapala Rathnasekara

(1961-12-07) 7 December 1961 (age 62)
Political partySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Other political
affiliations		Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance
Alma materUniversity of Sri Jayewardenepura
Sri Krishnadevaraya University
OccupationAcademic

Basnayaka Yasarathnalage Gunapala Rathnasekara (born 7 December 1961) is a Sri Lankan academic, politician and Member of Parliament.[1]

Rathnasekara was born on 7 December 1961.[1] He has a BSc degree from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and a MCom degree from the Sri Krishnadevaraya University.[2] He is a senior lecturer in the University of Sri Jayewardenepura's Department of Accounting.[2] He is director of the Kurunegala Sipwin Private Tuition Institute.[3][4] He is a member of Viyathmaga (Path of the Learned), a pro-Rajapaksa, nationalist group of academics, businesspeople and professionals.[5][6]

Rathnasekara 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.[7][8][9]

Electoral history of Gunapala Rathnasekara
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
2020 parliamentary[8] Kurunegala District Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance 141,991 Elected
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  3. ^ Wanshathilake, Ariyapala (14 August 2020). "Professor Gunapala Rathnasekara appointed Kurunegala DC Chairman". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  4. ^ "CA Sri Lanka recognises 13 Accredited Learning Partners". Daily FT. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 11 April 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  5. ^ Ferdinando, Shamindra (8 August 2020). "A sizable Viyathmaga group enters parliament; Yuthukama receives two slots". The Island. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  6. ^ David, Kumar (12 August 2020). "SJB Is UNP In Other Vestments: Viyath-Yuthu Is Gota's Fifth Column". Colombo Telegraph. Retrieved 9 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. 7A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  8. ^ a b "MR obtains 527,364 preferential votes". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  9. ^ Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 September 2020.