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Hon.M. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana
Gunawardana in May 2014
Minister of Lands
In office 12 January 2015 – 19 January 2016
President	Maithripala Sirisena
Prime Minister	Ranil Wickremesinghe
Preceded by	Janaka Bandara Tennakoon
Succeeded by	John Amaratunga
Deputy Minister of Buddha Sasana and Religious Affairs
In office 22 November 2010 – 21 November 2014
President	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Prime Minister	D. M. Jayaratne
Succeeded by	Tissa Karalliyadde
Member of Parliament for National List
In office 2015 – 19 January 2016
Succeeded by	Sarath Fonseka
Member of Parliament for Trincomalee District
In office 2010 – 26 June 2015
In office 2000 – 7 February 2004
In office 1989 – 24 June 1994
Member of the Eastern Provincial Council for Trincomalee District
In office 2008–2010
Succeeded by	N. G. Hewawitharana
Personal details
Born	(1947-03-06)6 March 1947
Died	19 January 2016(2016-01-19) (aged 68) Colombo, Sri Lanka
Political party	Democratic National Movement (after 2015) Sri Lanka Freedom Party (before 2015)
Other political affiliations	United National Front for Good Governance

Munasinghe Kariyawasam Appuhamilage Don Somadasa Gunawardana (6 March 1947 – 19 January 2016) was a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of Parliament and government minister.

Early life

Gunawardana was born 6 March 1947. He was educated at Doranagoda Maha Vidyalaya. After completing his GCE Ordinary Level education he obtained a certificate in agriculture.

Career

Gunawardana was an overseer at the Land Commissioner's Department from 1966 to 1968 when he joined the police as a constable. He was a police investigator between 1974 and 1984. He had reached the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police by the time he retired. During the second JVP insurrection Gunawardana was arrested for "anti-government activities" and detained between September 1987 and May 1988.

Gunawardana joined the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and in 1982 became active in politics. He was the SLFP's organiser for the Seruvila electorate. He contested the 1989 parliamentary election as one of the SLFP's candidates in Trincomalee District. He was elected and entered Parliament. In 1993 the SLFP and United Socialist Alliance formed the People's Alliance (PA). Gunawardana was one of the PA's candidates in Trincomalee District at the 1994 parliamentary election but the PA failed to win any seats in the district. Gunawardana organised illegal colonisation in the Kantalai area. Gunawardana was one of the PA's candidates in Trincomalee District at the 2000 parliamentary election. He was elected and re-entered Parliament. He was re-elected at the 2001 parliamentary election.

On 20 January 2004 the SLFP and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna formed the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA). Gunawardana was one of the UPFA's candidates in Trincomalee District at the 2004 parliamentary election but failed to get re-elected after coming second amongst the UPFA candidates. Gunawardana contested the 2008 provincial council election as one of the UPFA's candidates in Trincomalee District and was elected to the Eastern Provincial Council (EPC). He was elected deputy chairman of EPC unopposed on 4 June 2008.

Gunawardana contested the 2010 parliamentary election as one of the UPFA's candidates in Trincomalee District. He was elected and re-entered Parliament. He was appointed Deputy Minister of Buddha Sasana and Religious Affairs in November 2010. Gunawardana was hospitalised in July 2012 following a minor heart attack at his home in Kantalai.

Gunawardana left the UPFA in November 2014 to support common opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena at the 2015 presidential election. Gunawardana and other SLFP MPs who supported Sirisena were stripped of their ministerial positions and expelled from the SLFP. After the election newly elected President Sirisena rewarded Gunawardana by appointing him Minister of Lands. Gunawardana became a vice president of the SLFP in February 2015.

In July 2015 Gunawardana and other supporters of President Sirisena formed the United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) to contest the parliamentary election. Gunawardana did not contest the 2015 parliamentary election but was instead placed on the UNFGG's list of National List candidates. Gunawardana and other SLFP members, who accepted nominations by the UNFGG in response to former President Mahinda Rajapaksa being granted SLFP nomination to contest the election, had their SLFP membership suspended by President Sirisena, who had become leader of the SLFP and UPFA following the presidential election. They subsequently joined the Democratic National Movement. Gunawardana was appointed as a UNFGG National List MP following the parliamentary election in August 2015. He was re-appointed Minister of Lands after the parliamentary election.

In late 2015 Gunawardana travelled to the United Kingdom, where his daughter and son live, for medical treatment, staying with his daughter in Reading. On 11 December 2015 Parliament granted Gunawardana three months leave of absence for health reasons. Gunawardana returned to Sri Lanka but his condition deteriorated. Gunawardana died at a private hospital in Colombo on 19 January 2016.

Electoral history

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v t e ← Members of the 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka (1989 (1989)–1994 (1994)) →
Speaker: M. H. Mohamed Prime Minister: Dingiri Banda Wijetunga/Ranil Wickremesinghe Leader of the Opposition: Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Central Province	Kandy Mahinda Abeykoon Tissa Attanayake A. R. M. Abdul Cader Chandraman de Silva Harindra Dunuwille A. C. S. Hameed D. M. Jayaratne Lakshman Kiriella Mahahitana Arachchige Daniel Yasaratne Tennakoon Dingiri Banda Wijetunga Premachandra Wijesiri Matale Alick Aluwihare Nandimithra Ekanayake Wijeratne Banda Jambugahapitiyagedera V. G. Jinadasa P. B. Kaviratne Nuwara Eliya Tissa Abeyagoonasekera Ananda Dassanayake S. B. Dissanayake Gamini Dissanayake Renuka Herath Wijesundara Bandara Ranatunga
Eastern Province	Ampara M. H. M. Ashraff Nihal Bakmeewewa Ahangama Polwatte Galappatthige Chandradasa P. Dayaratna Karunasinghe Thewarapperuma J. Thiviyanathan Batticaloa Prince Casinader Alathipody Gunaseelan M. L. A. M. Hizbullah G. Karunakaran Sam Tambimuttu Trincomalee M. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana M. E. H. Maharoof Konamalai Mathavarajah Sivapragasam Ratnarajah
Northern Province	Jaffna Sebastiyampillai Edward Thambu Loganathapillai K. Navaratnam Eliyathamby Pararasasingam Suresh Premachandran Arunasalam Ponniah Selliah Kanapathy Selvanayagam S. Sivamaharajah Joseph George Rajenthiram Eliyathamby Ratnasabapathy G. Yogasangari Vanni Innasimuthu Alfred S. S. M. Abu Bakar R. Kuhaneswaran Rasamanohari Pulendran A. E. Silva
North Central Province	Anuradhapura Janak Mahendra Adhikari Sompala Adhikari D. M. Ariyadasa Chandrasoma Bandara Berty Premalal Dissanayake Lal Dharmapriya Gamage Themiya Hurulle K. B. Ratnayake Polonnaruwa Seid Ahamed Abdul Majeed H. G. P. Nelson Samarasinghe Arachchilage Muthubanda Maithripala Sirisena C. A. Suriyaarachchi
North Western Province	Kurunegala Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Bandaranayaka Upali Mervin Senarath Dasanayaka Herath Mudiyanselage Ariyawardanage Lokubanda S. B. Nawinne Upali Piyasoma A.M. Munidasa Premachandra G. M. Premachandra Lionel Rajapaksa Jayasena Rajakaruna Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake Ariya Rekawa Herath Banda Wanninayaka Sarathchandra Bandara Welagedara Diunugallage Peter Wickramasinghe Ukkubanda Wijekoon Puttalam Harindra Jayanthi Corea Sujatha Dharmawardana Milroy Fernando Harold Herath S. D. R. Jayaratne Festus Perera Ashoka Wadigamangawa
Sabaragamuwa Province	Kegalle Jagath Balasuriya Mohamed Farook Dharmadewa Jayasinghe Samantha Devi Karunaratne Vincent Perera Chandradasa Ranatunga Dharmasiri Senanayake Athauda Seneviratne Mano Wijeyeratne Ratnapura M. L. M. Aboosally Athula Kularatne Attygale Gamini Atukorale Nanda Ellawala Chandrasekara Gankande Helen Mahattaya Liyanage Nanda Mathew Vasudeva Nanayakkara John Seneviratne Wimal Wickramasinghe
Southern Province	Galle Upali Sarath Danston Amarasiri Nandimithra de Soyza Amarasiri Dodangoda Piyasena Gamage Vincent Jayawardene Noel Kariyawasam Rupa Karunathilake Nanda Kumarage Buddhika Kurukularatne Hemakumara Nanayakkara Richard Pathirana Hambantota Hary Abeydheera Ranjit Atapattu Ananda Kularatne Cyril Madduma Baduge Chamal Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa Gunapala Tissakuttiarachchi Matara Gamini Fonseka Madurapala Ediriweera H. R. Piyasiri Mangala Samaraweera Peter Silva Hewagampolage Sirisena Dayananda Wickremasinghe Ranjan Wijayawardhana Mahinda Wijesekara
Uva Province	Badulla Chandra Karunaratne W. J. M. Lokubandara Hema Ratnayake Ravindra Samaraweera Lakshman Senewiratne Madduma Bandara Sethapenage Edwin Wickramarathne Samaraweera Weerawanni Monaragala Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Ariyaratna Dharmadasa Banda Ranjith Madduma Bandara Gunavathi Dissanayake Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa
Western Province	Colombo Lalith Athulathmudali Jabir Cader Sirisena Cooray Nimal Siripala de Silva Tyronne Fernando C. V. Gunaratne Premaratne Gunasekera Bandula Gunawardane Dinesh Gunawardena Gamini Lokuge Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi M. H. Mohamed Jinadasa Niyathapala Nimal Ransiri Peiris Dickson Sarathchandra Dela Vincent Perera Sunethra Ranasinghe M. S. Sellasamy Stanley Tillekeratne Kingsley Wickramaratne Gampaha John Amaratunga Anura Bandaranaike Sirimavo Bandaranaike Donald Dissanayake Jeyaraj Fernandopulle Mahen Gunasekera Lakshman Jayakody Ariyarathna Jayathilaka Wijayapala Mendis Joseph Michael Perera Paul Perera Sarathchandra Rajakaruna Reggie Ranatunga Sardhatissa Sakalasooriya Ranil Wickremesinghe Mahindra Wijerathna Kalutara Pathirage Don Abeyratne Sumitha Priyanganie Abeyweera Mervin Joseph Cooray Neville Fernando Indradasa Hettiarachchi Thilak Karunaratne Imthiaz Bakeer Markar Anil Moonesinghe Mangala Moonesinghe Sarath Ranawaka Punsiri Samaranayake
National List (29)	Rupa Sriyani Daniel Alec Robertson S. L. Gunasekara Tellipalai Rajaratnam Unfinished

v t e ← Members of the 11th Parliament of Sri Lanka (2000 (2000)–2001 (2001)) →
Speaker: Anura Bandaranaike Prime Minister: Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Leader of the Opposition: Ranil Wickremesinghe
Central Province	Kandy Mahindananda Aluthgamage Sarath Amunugama Tissa Attanayake A. R. M. Abdul Cader Rauff Hakeem M. H. A. Haleem Keheliya Rambukwella Anuruddha Ratwatte D. M. Jayaratne Lucky Jayawardena Lakshman Kiriella Ediriweera Weerawardhana Matale Alick Aluvihare Ranjith Aluvihare Nandimithra Ekanayake Monty Gopallawa Janaka Bandara Tennakoon Nuwara Eliya Periyasamy Chandrasekaran Navin Dissanayake S. B. Dissanayake Muthu Sivalingam Suppiah Sathasiwam Krishnan Jegatheeswaran Shanmugam Arumugam Thondaman
Eastern Province	Ampara Ferial Ismail Ashraff A. L. M. Athaullah P. Dayaratna Wimal Dissanayaka Chandradasa Galappaththige Markandu Gunasekeram U. L. M. Mohideen Batticaloa Abdul Cader S. Ganeshamoorthy Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana Joseph Pararajasingham Nimalan Soundaranayagam Trincomalee M. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana M. A. M. Maharoof M. N. Abdul Majeed M. S. Thowfeek
Northern Province	Jaffna V. Anandasangaree Douglas Devananda Karthigesu Velummylum Kugendran T. Maheswaran Nadarasah Mathanarajah Kandiah Sangaran Mavai Senathirajah S. Sivamaharajah A. Vinayagamoorthy Vanni Selvam Adaikalanathan R. Kuhaneswaran Noordeen Mashoor Vino Noharathalingam Santhakumara Punchihewa Premaratnage Sumathipala
North Central Province	Anuradhapura Duminda Dissanayake Punchi Banda Dissanayake W. B. Ekanayake P. Harrison Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe Tissa Karalliyadde Don Simanralalage Shantha Premaratne Appuhamilage Herath Banda Semasinghe Polonnaruwa Earl Gunasekara Nandasena Herath H. G. P. Nelson Rukman Senanayake Maithripala Sirisena
North Western Province	Kurunegala Rohitha Bogollagama Salinda Dissanayake Johnston Fernando Jayarathna Herath Nimal Herath Sarath Munasinghe Ranjith Navaratne S.B. Nawinne Gamini Jayawickrama Perera Munidasa Premachandra Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake Nimal Bandara Rathnayake Somakumari Tennakoon Piyasoma Upali Anura Priyadharshana Yapa Puttalam Palitha Range Bandara D. M. Dassanayake Ivon Sriyani Fernando Milroy Fernando Piyankara Jayaratne Festus Perera Neomal Perera Dayasritha Thissera
Sabaragamuwa Province	Kegalle Jagath Balasuriya Lalith Dissanayake Mahipala Herath Jayathilaka Podinilame Champika Premadasa Sirisena Rupasinghe Athauda Seneviratne Ranjith Siyambalapitiya Mano Wijeyeratne Ratnapura Gamini Atukorale Surangani Ellawala Heenmahaththaya Liyanage Abeynayaka Piyadasa Susantha Punchinilame Jayatissa Ranaweera Mahinda Ratnatilaka W. D. J. Senewiratne Dharmadasa Wanniarachchi Pavithra Wanniarachchi
Southern Province	Galle Vajira Abeywardena Amarasiri Dodangoda Piyasena Gamage Sarath Gunawardena Padmasiri Kariyawasam Gayantha Karunathilaka Keerthi Mawellage Hemakumara Nanayakkara Richard Pathirana Athula Indika Weerakoon Hambantota Siri Alexander Andrahennady Nihal Galappaththi Ananda Kularatne Sajith Premadasa Chamal Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa Dilip Wedaarachchi Matara Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena Dullas Alahapperuma Chandrasiri Gajadeera Jinadasa Kitulagoda Sagala Ratnayaka Mangala Samaraweera Mahinda Wijesekara
Uva Province	Badulla Nimal Siripala De Silva W. J. M. Lokubandara Lakshman Senewiratne Sethapenage Appuhamy Ralalage Madduma Bandara Upali Samaraweera Ravindra Samaraweera Rathnayake Mudiyanselage Ratnayake Dilan Perera Monaragala Ranjith Madduma Bandara Sumedha Jayasena Ananda Kumarasiri Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa Jayasundara Wijekoon
Western Province	Colombo Nimal Fernando Tyronne Fernando A. H. M. Fowzie Bandula Gunawardena Dinesh Gunawardena Indika Gunawardena Ravi Karunanayake Chandana Kathriarachchi Jayantha Ketagoda Karunasena Kodituwakku Jeewan Kumaranatunga Gamini Lokuge Mohamed Maharoof M. H. Mohamed G. L. Peiris Lilantha Perera Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra Samson Silva Wimal Weerawansa Ranil Wickramasinghe Gampaha John Amaratunga Anura Bandaranaike Pandu Bandaranaike Jeyaraj Fernandopulle Edward Gunasekara Lionel Gunawardena Vijitha Herath Karu Jayasuriya Jayalath Jayawardena Sarath Keerthirathna Ananda Munasinghe Sarathchandra Peramunagamage Felix Perera Joseph Michael Perera Susil Premajayantha Suranimala Rajapaksha Reggie Ranatunga Neil Rupasinghe Kalutara Reginold Cooray Tuder Dayarathne Nandana Gunathilake Imthiaz Bakeer Markar Ediriweera Premarathne Mahinda Samarasinghe Abeyrathne Pathirage Rajitha Senaratne Kumara Welgama Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
National List (29)	JVP A. R. Anjan Umma Anura Kumara Dissanayake PA Somaweera Chandrasiri Raja Collure Basheer Segu Dawood Ronnie de Mel Monty Gopallawa Leslie Gunawardana Mohamed Haneefa Lakshman Kadirgamar Wijayapala Mendis Alavi Moulana Rizzwi Sinnalebbe Batty Weerakoon R. Yogarajan UNP A. H. M. Azwer Nihal Bakmeewewa K. N. Choksy Sirinal de Mel P. P. Devaraj K. Kanakaraj M. N. Abdul Majeed Tilak Marapana Milinda Moragoda Ravindra Randeniya M. S. Sellasamy Daham Wimalasena

v t e ← Members of the 12th Parliament of Sri Lanka (2001 (2001)–2004 (2004)) →
Speaker: W. J. M. Lokubandara Prime Minister: Ranil Wickremesinghe Leader of the Opposition: Ratnasiri Wickremanayake/Mahinda Rajapaksa
Central Province	Kandy Mahindananda Aluthgamage Sarath Amunugama Tissa Attanayake Dimuthu Bandara Rauff Hakeem Mohamed Hazim Lucky Jayawardena Lakshman Kiriella Srimathi Manthilake Keheliya Rambukwella Anuruddha Ratwatte Thilina Bandara Tennakoon Matale Alick Aluvihare Ranjith Aluvihare Sanjeeva Kaviratne Janaka Bandara Tennakoon Bandula Yalegama Nuwara Eliya Periyasamy Chandrasekaran D. M. S. K. Dassanayake Navin Dissanayake C. B. Rathnayake Piyadasa Kaladugoda Muthu Sivalingam Arumugam Thondaman
Eastern Province	Ampara Ferial Ashraff A. L. M. Athaullah P. Dayaratna H. M. M. Harees Anver Ismail Mohamed Ismail A. Chandranehru Karunasingha Thewarapperuma Batticaloa Abdul Cader M. L. A. M. Hizbullah Gnanamuththu Krishnappillai Joseph Pararajasingham T. Thangavadivel Trincomalee M. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana M. A. M. Maharoof R. Sampanthan K. M. Thowfeek
Northern Province	Jaffna V. Anandasangaree Douglas Devananda T. Maheswaran Nadarasa Matanarasa Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam Nadarajah Raviraj Mavai Senathirajah M. K. Shivajilingam A. Vinayagamoorthy Vanni Selvam Adaikalanathan Sivasakthy Ananthan Rishad Bathiudeen R. Kuhaneswaran Noordeen Mashoor D. Siddarthan
North Central Province	Anuradhapura S. M. Chandrasena Duminda Dissanayake W. B. Ekanayake Lal Dharmapriya Gamage P. Harrison Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe Tissa Karalliyadda K. D. Lalkantha Polonnaruwa Earl Gunasekara H. G. P. Nelson Sydney Jayarathne Maithreepala Sirisena Ananda Sarath Kumara Rathnayake
North Western Province	Kurunegala Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Bandranayake Indika Bandaranayake Rohitha Bogollagama Salinda Dissanayake T. B. Ekanayake Johnston Fernando Anura Gopallawa Jayarathna Herath S. B. Nawinne Gamini Jayawickrama Perera Upali Piyasena Bimal Rathnayake Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake Soma Kumari Tennakoon Anura Priyadarshana Yapa Puttalam Palitha Range Bandara D. M. Dassanayake Milroy Fernando Neomal Perera Larine Perera Sugath Tissera Dayasritha Tissera
Sabaragamuwa Province	Kegalle Kabir Hashim Maheepala Herath Jayathilaka Podinilame Champika Premadasa Gamini Rathnayake Sirisena Rupasinghe Rukman Senanayake Athauda Seneviratne Ranjith Siyambalapitiya Ratnapura Gamini Atukorale Piyadasa Abeynayake Achala Jagodage Asoka Jayawardena Premalal Jayasekara Susantha Punchinilame Mahinda Rathnatilaka John Seneviratne Pavithra Wanniarachchi A. A. Wijethunga
Southern Province	Galle Vajira Abeywardena Ananda Abeywickrama Baddegama Samitha Thero Amarasiri Dodangoda Piyasena Gamage Jayantha Jayaweera Gayantha Karunathilaka Hemakumara Nanayakkara Richard Pathirana Athula Weerakoon Hambantota Siri Alexander Andrahennady Nihal Galappaththi Ananda Kularatne Sajith Premadasa Mahinda Rajapaksa Chamal Rajapaksa Dilip Wedaarachchi Matara Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena Mallika de Mel Justin Galappathi Jinadasa Kitulagoda Sagala Ratnayaka Mangala Samaraweera Mahinda Wijesekara
Uva Province	Badulla Nimal Siripala de Silva W. J. M. Lokubandara Ravindra Samaraweera Upali Samaraweera Lakshman Senewiratne Madduma Bandara Sethapenage K. Velayudam D. D. W. Wickramarathne Monaragala R. M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara Sumedha G. Jayasena Ananda Kumarasiri A. P. Jagath Pushpakumara Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa
Western Province	Colombo Tyronne Fernando A. H. M. Fowzie Mano Ganeshan Bandula Gunawardane Dinesh Gunawardena Sunil Handunnetti Ravi Karunanayake Chandana Kathriarachchi Karunasena Kodituwakku Jeewan Kumaranatunga Gamini Lokuge Mohomed Maharoof M. H. Mohamed Milinda Moragoda Jayantha Perera Lilantha Perera Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra Susil Premajayantha Arjuna Ranatunga Wimal Weerawansa Ranil Wickramasinghe Gampaha John Amaratunga Anura Bandaranaike Pandu Bandaranaike Jeyaraj Fernandopulle Sarana Gunawardena Edward Gunasekara Vijitha Herath Karu Jayasuriya Jayalath Jayawardena Felix Perera Joseph Michael Perera Olitha Premathiratna Sarathchandra Rajakaruna Suranimala Rajapaksha Ravindra Randeniya Reggie Ranatunga Neil Rupasinghe A. R. Anjan Umma Kalutara Rohitha Abeygunawardena Pathirage Don Abeyratne Tudor Dayaratne Nandana Gunathilake Imthiaz Bakeer Markar Mahinda Samarasinghe Rajitha Senaratne Kumara Welgama Ananda Lakshman Wijemanna Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
National List (29)	JVP Ramalingam Chandrasekar Anura Kumara Dissanayake S. K. Subasinghe PA Mahinda Amaraweera Raja Collure Ronnie de Mel Ajantha de Soyza M. H. Cegu Isadean D. M. Jayaratne Athula Nimalasiri Jayasinghe Lakshman Kadirgamar Dilan Perera V. Puththirasigamoney S. Sathasivam TNA M. Sivasithamparam (K. Thurairetnasingam) UNF A. H. M. Azwer A. A. M. Bawa A. R. M. Abdul Cader K. N. Choksy Basheer Segu Dawood S. B. Dissanayake A. L. M. Hajrath Tilak Marapana Mohamed Musthaffa G. L. Peiris P. Radhakrishnan M. S. Thowfeek Jayasundera Wijekoon R. Yogarajan

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Speaker: Chamal Rajapaksa Prime Minister: D. M. Jayaratne/Ranil Wickremesinghe Leader of the Opposition: Ranil Wickremesinghe/Nimal Siripala de Silva
Western	Colombo Sarath Fonseka (Jayantha Ketagoda) A. H. M. Fowzie Praba Ganeshan Mohan Lal Grero Bandula Gunawardane Dinesh Gunawardena Sunil Handunnetti Ravi Karunanayake Jeewan Kumaranatunga Gamini Lokuge Susil Premajayantha Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe Champika Ranawaka Sujeewa Senasinghe Rosy Senanayake Duminda Silva Thilanga Sumathipala Wimal Weerawansa Ranil Wickremesinghe Gampaha Lasantha Alagiyawanna John Amaratunga Pandu Bandaranaike Sudarshani Fernandopulle Sarath Kumara Gunaratne Sarana Gunawardena Vijitha Herath Karu Jayasuriya Jayalath Jayawardena Ajith Mannapperuma Felix Perera Basil Rajapaksa Ruwan Ranatunga Athuraliye Rathana Wasantha Senanayake Mervyn Silva Upeksha Swarnamali Dulip Wijeysekara Ruwan Wijewardene Kalutara Rohitha Abeygunawardena Reginald Cooray Nirmala Kotalawala Ajith Perera Arjuna Ranatunga Mahinda Samarasinghe Rajitha Senaratne Palitha Thewarapperuma Kumara Welgama Vidura Wickremenayake
Central	Kandy Mahindananda Aluthgamage Dilum Amunugama Sarath Amunugama Abdul Cadar S. B. Dissanayake Rauff Hakeem M. H. A. Haleem Lakshman Kiriella Faiszer Musthapha Keheliya Rambukwella Lohan Ratwatte Eric Prasanna Weerawardhana Matale Wasantha Aluwihare Rohana Dissanayake Nandimithra Ekanayake Lakshman Wasantha Perera Janaka Bandara Tennakoon Nuwara Eliya Palani Digambaran Navin Dissanayake Sri Ranga Jeyaratnam Velusami Radhakrishnan Perumal Rajathurai C. B. Rathnayake Arumugam Thondaman
Southern	Galle Piyasena Gamage Sajin Vass Gunawardena Gayantha Karunathilaka Ajith Kumara Nishantha Muthuhettigamage Manusha Nanayakkara Ramesh Pathirana Mohan De Silva Chandima Weerakkody Gunaratna Weerakoon Matara Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena Wijaya Dahanayake Chandrasiri Gajadeera Hemal Gunasekara Sanath Jayasuriya Buddhika Pathirana Mangala Samaraweera Hambantota Mahinda Amaraweera V. K. Indika Wehella Kankanamge Indika Sajith Premadasa Chamal Rajapaksa Namal Rajapaksa Nirupama Rajapaksa Dilip Wedaarachchi
Northern	Jaffna Silvestri Alantine Murugesu Chandrakumar Douglas Devananda Vijayakala Maheswaran Suresh Premachandran Eswarapatham Saravanapavan Mavai Senathirajah Sivagnanam Sritharan Appathurai Vinayagamoorthy Vanni Selvam Adaikalanathan Sivasakthy Ananthan Rishad Bathiudeen Hunais Farook Muthali Bawa Farook Noordeen Mashoor Vino Noharathalingam
Eastern	Batticaloa Pakkiyaselvam Ariyanethiran Alim Mohamed Hisbulla Basheer Segu Dawood Pon Selvarasa Seeniththamby Yogeswaran Digamadulla A. L. M. Athaullah P. Dayaratna Cassim Faizal H. M. M. Harees Podiappuhamy Piyasena Sarath Weerasekara Sriyani Wijewickrama Trincomalee Susantha Punchinilame M. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana Rajavarothiam Sampanthan M. S. Thowfeek
North Western	Kurunegala Ashoka Abeysinghe K. W. Shantha Bandara Indika Bandaranayake Tharanath Basnayaka Salinda Dissanayake T. B. Ekanayake Johnston Fernando Jayarathna Herath Nalin Bandara Dayasiri Jayasekara Akila Viraj Kariyawasam S.B. Nawinne Gamini Jayawickrama Perera Neranjan Wickramasinghe Nimal Wijesinghe Anura Priyadharshana Yapa Puttalam Palitha Range Bandara Arundika Fernando Milroy Fernando Piyankara Jayaratne Niroshan Perera Neomal Perera Victor Anthony Perera Dayasritha Thissera
North Central	Anuradhapura Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe S. M. Chandrasena Duminda Dissanayake P. Weerakumara Dissanayake W. B. Ekanayake P. Harrison Tissa Karalliyadde Sarath Chandrasiri Muthukumarana Asanka Shehan Semasinghe Polonnaruwa Earl Gunasekara Roshan Ranasinghe Siripala Gamalath Maithripala Sirisena Jayasinghe Bandara C. A. Suriyaarachchi
Uva	Badulla Lal Chamika Buddhadasa Nimal Siripala De Silva Harin Fernando Udith Lokubandara Dilan Perera Rohana Pushpakumara Lakshman Senewiratne Amith Thenuka Vidanagamage Monaragala Vijitha Berugoda Sumedha G. Jayasena R.M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara A. P. Jagath Pushpakumara Gamini Vijith Wijithamuni De Zoysa
Sabaragamuwa	Ratnapura Thalatha Atukorale Dunesh Gankanda Premalal Jayasekara Vasudeva Nanayakkara Ranjan Ramanayake Sanee Rohana Kodithuvakku W. D. J. Senewiratne Ranjith de Zoysa Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi Janaka Wakkumbura Kegalle Jagath Balasuriya Lalith Dissanayake Kanaka Herath Kabir Hashim H. R. Mithrapala Champika Premadasa Y. G. Padmasiri Athauda Seneviratne Ranjith Siyambalapitiya
National List	UPFA Dullas Alahapperuma A.H.M. Asvar Malini Fonseka Achala Jagodage D. M. Jayaratne D. E. W. Gunasekera Gitanjana Gunawardena Ellawala Medhananda Thero Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan G. L. Peiris Janaka Priyantha Bandara Kamala Ranathunga Muthu Sivalingam J. R. P. Suriyapperuma Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Rajiva Wijesinha Tissa Vitharana UNF Hasen Ali M. S. M. Aslam Tissa Attanayake Harsha de Silva Anoma Gamage M. Joseph Michael Perera D. M. Swaminathan Eran Wickramaratne Ramaiah Yogarajan DNA Tiran Alles Anura Kumara Dissanayake TNA M. A. Sumanthiran

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Speaker: Karu Jayasuriya Prime Minister: Ranil Wickremesinghe/Mahinda Rajapaksa Leader of the Opposition: R. Sampanthan/Mahinda Rajapaksa/Sajith Premadasa
Central (25)	Kandy (12) Ananda Aluthgamage Mahindananda Aluthgamage Dilum Amunugama Mayantha Dissanayake Rauff Hakeem M. H. A. Haleem Anuradha Jayaratne Lucky Jayawardena Lakshman Kiriella Keheliya Rambukwella Lohan Ratwatte M. Velu Kumar Matale (5) Ranjith Aluwihare Wasantha Aluwihare Lakshman Wasantha Perera Janaka Bandara Tennakoon Rohini Kumari Wijerathna Nuwara Eliya (8) Palani Digambaran Navin Dissanayake K. K. Piyadasa Velusami Radhakrishnan C. B. Rathnayake Muthu Sivalingam M. Thilakarajah Arumugam Thondaman
Eastern (16)	Ampara (7) Wimalaweera Dissanayake Cassim Faizal Daya Gamage H. M. M. Harees K. Kodeeswaran Mansoor Ibrahim Sriyani Wijewickrama Batticaloa (5) Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana Ameer Ali Shihabdeen G. Sirinesan S. Viyalendiran S. Yogeswaran Trincomalee (4) Imran Maharoof M. A. M. Maharoof Susantha Punchinilame R. Sampanthan
Northern (13)	Jaffna (7) Douglas Devananda Vijayakala Maheswaran E. Saravanapavan Mavai Senathirajah D. Siddarthan S. Sritharan M. A. Sumanthiran Vanni (6) Selvam Adaikalanathan Sivasakthy Ananthan Rishad Bathiudeen K. Kader Masthan Charles Nirmalanathan S. Sivamohan
North Central (14)	Anuradhapura (9) S. M. Chandrasena Duminda Dissanayake Weerakumara Dissanayake Chandima Gamage P. Harrison Ishak Rahuman Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe Sarath Chandrasiri Muthukumarana Asanka Shehan Semasinghe Polonnaruwa (5) Siripala Gamalath Sidney Jayarathna Nalaka Kolonne Roshan Ranasinghe Wasantha Senanayake
North Western (23)	Kurunegala (15) Ashoka Abeysinghe J. C. Alawathuwala Indika Bandaranayake Tharanath Basnayaka Salinda Dissanayake T. B. Ekanayake Johnston Fernando Thushara Indunil Nalin Bandara Dayasiri Jayasekara Akila Viraj Kariyawasam S. B. Nawinne Gamini Jayawickrama Perera Mahinda Rajapaksa Anura Priyadharshana Yapa Puttalam (8) Shantha Abeysekara Hector Appuhamy Palitha Range Bandara Arundika Fernando Piyankara Jayaratne Sanath Nishantha Niroshan Perera Ashoka Priyantha
Sabaragamuwa (20)	Kegalle (9) Tharaka Balasuriya Kabir Hashim Kanaka Herath Dushmantha Mithrapala Sujith Sanjaya Perera Champika Premadasa Sandith Samarasinghe Ranjith Siyambalapitiya Thusitha Wijemanne Ratnapura (11) Thalatha Atukorale Ranjith de Zoysa Dunesh Gankanda Premalal Jayasekara Vasudeva Nanayakkara Karu Paranawithana John Seneviratne Janaka Wakkumbura Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi A. A. Wijethunga Hesha Withanage
Southern (25)	Galle (10) Vajira Abeywardena Bandula Lal Bandarigoda Mohan de Silva Wijepala Hettiarachchi Gayantha Karunathilaka Geetha Kumarasinghe Piyasena Gamage Nishantha Muthuhettigamage Manusha Nanayakkara Ramesh Pathirana Chandima Weerakkody Hambantota (7) Mahinda Amaraweera D. V. Chanaka Nihal Galappaththi Sajith Premadasa Chamal Rajapaksa Namal Rajapaksa Dilip Wedaarachchi Matara (8) Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena Dullas Alahapperuma Chandrasiri Gajadeera Buddhika Pathirana Niroshan Premaratne Sagala Ratnayaka Mangala Samaraweera Kanchana Wijesekera
Uva (13)	Badulla (8) A. Aravind Kumar Chamara Sampath Dassanayake Lakshman Senewiratne Nimal Siripala de Silva Harin Fernando Ravindra Samaraweera Vadivel Suresh Amith Thenuka Vidanagamage Chaminda Wijesiri Monaragala (5) Ranjith Madduma Bandara Vijitha Berugoda Padma Udayashantha Gunasekara Sumedha G. Jayasena Ananda Kumarasiri
Western (47)	Colombo (19) Harsha de Silva Anura Kumara Dissanayake Udaya Gammanpila Mano Ganesan Mohan Lal Grero Bandula Gunawardane Dinesh Gunawardena Ravi Karunanayake Gamini Lokuge S. M. Marikkar Hirunika Premachandra Susil Premajayantha Mujibur Rahman Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe Champika Ranawaka Sujeewa Senasinghe Wimal Weerawansa Eran Wickramaratne Ranil Wickremesinghe Gampaha (18) Lasantha Alagiyawanna John Amaratunga Indika Anuruddha Sudarshani Fernandopulle Edward Gunasekara Vijitha Herath Sisira Jayakody Kavinda Jayawardena Nimal Lanza Ajith Mannapperuma Harshana Rajakaruna Ranjan Ramanayake Arjuna Ranatunga Prasanna Ranatunga Prasanna Ranaweera Chathura Senaratne Duleep Wijesekera Ruwan Wijewardene Kalutara (10) Rohitha Abeygunawardena Piyal Nishantha de Silva Ajith Perera Jayantha Samaraweera Nalinda Jayatissa Rajitha Senaratne Palitha Thewarapperuma Kumara Welgama Vidura Wickremenayake Lakshman Wijemanna
National List (29)	JVP (2) Sunil Handunnetti Sarath Chandrasiri Mayadunne Bimal Rathnayaka TNA (2) Shanthi Sriskantharajah K. Thurairetnasingam UNFGG (13) Sirinal de Mel Anoma Gamage M. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana Sarath Fonseka A. R. A. Hafeez M. S. Thowfeek Karu Jayasuriya Tilak Marapana Ashu Marasinghe M. H. M. Navavi Athuraliye Rathana Thero M. H. M. Salman Mohamadu Nazeer Malik Samarawickrama D. M. Swaminathan Jayampathy Wickramaratne UPFA (12) Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena Sarath Amunugama S. B. Dissanayake A. H. M. Fowzie M. L. A. M. Hizbullah Malith Jayathilake Faiszer Musthapha Dilan Perera Angajan Ramanathan Mahinda Samarasinghe Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa Thilanga Sumathipala

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