The Mahajana Eksath Peramuna is a left-wing political party in Sri Lanka. Today the party is led by Dinesh Gunawardena, son of Philip Gunawardena.
Dr. Ruban Canistus Jayalath Jayawardena MP, commonly as Jayalath Jayawardena, was a medical doctor who was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka for the opposition United National Party (UNP) in 1994. Dr. Jayawardena was known as a human rights activist. Dr. Jayawardena is also popular for his sheer commitment and loyalty for the UNP.
Mahalingam Kanagalingam Shivajilingam is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician, provincial councillor and former Member of Parliament.
Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena is a Sri Lankan politician and landed proprietor. He is the Current Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament. He first entered parliament in 1983 as the Hakmana United National Party and has been active in politics for more than 30 years.
Chakrawarthi Pandukabhaya Dias Bandaranaike is a Sri Lankan politician. He was a Member of Parliament from the Gampaha Electoral District.
Anton Dayasritha Tissera is a Sri Lankan politician. He was a member of Parliament of Sri Lanka from 2000 to 2015 and is currently a member of Sri Lanka Podu Jana Peramuna (SLPP).
Weerasangilige Wimal Weerawansha is a Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament and leader of the National Freedom Front (NFF). He is the Minister of Industries since 2020. He was the Minister of Small & Medium Business and Enterprise Development, Industries and Supply chain Management from 2019 to 2020, the Minister of Housing and Social Welfare in 2018 and the Minister of Construction and Housing from 2010 to 2015.
Gampaha electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Gampaha in the Western province. The district currently elects 18 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 1,474,464 registered electors in 2010.
Dinendra Ruwan Wijewardene is a Sri Lankan politician. He was the former State Minister of Defence and former Mass Media non-cabinet Minister. He was the former Member of Parliament for Gampaha District. Currently He is the Deputy Leader of the United National Party and chief organiser for Kelaniya Electorate.
The 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka was a meeting of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, with the membership determined by the results of the 2004 parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004. The parliament met for the first time on 22 April 2004 and was dissolved on 9 February 2010.
Akalanka Buddhika Uditha Dedduwa Pathirana who was a Deputy Minister of Ministry of Industry and Commerce කර්මාන්ත හා වාණිජ කටයුතු in Sri Lanka and a Member of the 7th Parliament of Sri Lanka represented the United National Party (UNP), for Matara District. He was elected to the Parliament at the General Election held on 8 April 2010 winning the second highest percentage of votes from the United National Party which is the major opposition in the country.
Srikumaradas Charles Shirley Corea was a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament, representing Chilaw. He was a member of the United National Party of Sri Lanka.
Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra also known as “Lucky Aiya”, was a Sri Lankan politician a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and Adviser to President Mahinda Rajapaksa. He was killed along with his bodyguards during a shootout within the same party rival group allegedly headed by MP Duminda Silva.
Rajapakse Mohottige Don Suranimala Rajapaksha was a Sri Lankan politician. Rajapaksha was first elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in 1994 and he was the Minister of School Education in Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka in 2001 to 2004. He was a member of the United National Party (UNP) and a member of UNP Working Committee. He was also appointed as the Coordinating secretary to the Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in 2015. At the time of his death he acted as the special envoy (representative) to the Prime Minister. His younger son Kanishka Rajapaksha was also appointed as the Coordinating Assistant to the Prime Minister after the death of Rajapaksha. Kanishka is an Attorney at Law in his profession.
The Rajapaksa family is a Sri Lankan family that is prominent in politics. It was one of Sri Lanka's most powerful families during Mahinda Rajapaksa's Presidency, where many members of the family occupied their senior positions in the Sri Lankan state. As their political power grew, there were reports suggesting that the country was heading towards autocracy under their rule. Following the unexpected defeat of Mahinda Rajapaksa in the 2015 Presidential Election, they have been accused of authoritarianism, corruption, nepotism and bad governance. In 2019 Presidential election Gotabaya Rajapaksa, brother of Mahinda Rajapaksa contested and won.
Democratic Party was a political party in Sri Lanka led by former army chief Sarath Fonseka. It was registered by the election commission of Sri Lanka in March 2013.
Sisira Jayakody MP is a politician and member of the 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka representing Gampaha. He is the State Minister of Indigenous Medicine, Rural and Ayurveda Hospital Development and Community Health Jayakody was former Western Province Provincial councillor in Sri Lanka. He belongs to the United People's Freedom Alliance.
Warnakulasuriya Antony Nimal Lanza commonly known as Nimal Lanza is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, Sri Lanka Freedom Party - United People's Freedom Alliance/ United People's Freedom Alliance, from the Gampaha district
Kalupathirannehage Don Upali Gunaratne is a Sri Lankan politician and the chief organiser of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in the Dompe electorate. He is a senior councilman on the Western Province Council and was a member of Parliament.
