A host of movie stars, sports personalities and journalists contested in the recently concluded seventh Parliamentary General Election and managed to secure a seat in Parliament while a few were unable to do so.
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| Susanthika Jayasinghe |
Ranjan Ramanayake |
Sri Ranga Jayaratnam |
Sanath Jayasuriya |
Geetha Kumarasinghe |
Among the sports personalities who contested at the election were Sanath Jayasuriya and Susanthika Jayasinghe while Upeksha Swarnamali, Ranjan Ramanayake and Geetha Kumarasinghe were among the movie stars who contested. Some of the country’s prominent journalists also contested in this year’s election and among them were Sudarman Radaliyagoda, Buddhika Pathirana, Manusha Nanayakkara, Sri Ranga Jayaratnam, E. Saravanabavan, Buddadasa Withanarachchi, Susil Kidelpitiya and Sri Gajan.
Among the candidates who won a seat in their respective electorates are:
United People’s Freedom
Alliance (UPFA):
Sanath Jayasuriya – Matara District
United National Front (UNF)
Ranjan Ramanayake – Ratnapura District
Buddhika Pathirana – Matara District
Manusha Nanayakkara – Galle District
Sri Ranga Jayaratnam – Nuwara Eliya District
Upeksha Swarnamali – Gampaha District
Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi (ITAK)
E. Saravanabavan – Jaffna District
The candidates who were unable to win a seat this time around were:
UPFA:
Geetha Kumarasinghe – Galle District
Susanthika Jayasinghe – Kegalle Distrcit
Sudarman Radaliyagoda – Colombo District
Buddhadasa Withanarachchi – Kegalle District
UNF:
Susil Kidelpitiya – Colombo District
ITAK:
Sri Gajan – Jaffna Disrict
“I conducted a good campaign and people were very cooperative with me,” Geetha Kumarasinghe said adding, “I know this was not the correct result.”
Ms. Kumarasinghe said that she had a lot of support from the people in her electorate and confirmed she will continue to work for them. |
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