Ajith Rajapakse
Hon. Ajith Rajapakse MP | |
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අජිත් රාජපක්ෂ அஜித் ராஜபக்ஷ | |
Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 17 May 2022 | |
Preceded by | Ranjith Siyambalapitiya |
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 20 August 2020 | |
Constituency | Hambantota District |
Member of the Southern Provincial Council | |
In office 1999–2019 | |
Constituency | Hambantota District |
Personal details | |
Born | Ajith Nishantha Rajapaksa (1974-01-06) 6 January 1974 (age 50) |
Political party | Sri 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]
Election | Constituency | Party | Alliance | Votes | Result | ||
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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 |
References
- ^ "MP Ajith Rajapakse elected new Deputy Speaker of Parliament". Ada Derana. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ "Sri Lanka govt nominee Ajith Rajapaksha elected deputy speaker". Economy Next. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Directory of Members: Ajith Rajapakse". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Meet your new parliamentarians". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ "Preferential Votes". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 19 August 2015. Archived from the original on 20 August 2015.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Namal claims top spot in Hambantota preferential votes". Ada Derana. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ "Results of Provincial Council Elections 1999: Southern Province" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Election Commission of Sri Lanka. p. 36.
- ^ "Results of Provincial Council Elections 2004" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections. p. 126. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2009.
- ^ "Preferences Hambantota" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2009.
- ^ "Full list of preferential votes". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 31 March 2014. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014.
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- Speaker: Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena
- Prime Minister: Mahinda Rajapaksa/Ranil Wickremesinghe/Dinesh Gunawardena
- Leader of the Opposition: Sajith Premadasa
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Nuwara Eliya (8) |
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Jaffna (7) | |
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Kurunegala (15) | |
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Kegalle (9) | |
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Ratnapura (11) |
Galle (9) | |
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Matara (7) |
Badulla (9) | |
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Monaragala (6) |
SLPFA (17) | |
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SJB (7) | |
NPP (1) | |
TNA (1) | |
TNPF (1) | |
OPPP (1) | |
UNP (1) |
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