Nalaka Kottegoda

Hon.
Nalaka Kottegoda
MP
නාලක කෝට්ටේගොඩ
நாலக கொட்டேகொட
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Incumbent
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.