Upul Mahendra | |
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උපුල් මහේන්ද්ර உபுல் மகேந்திரா | |
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka | |
Assumed office 20 August 2020 | |
Constituency | Gampaha District |
Member of the Western Provincial Council | |
In office 21 April 2014 –21 April 2019 | |
Constituency | Gampaha District |
Personal details | |
Born | Rajapaksha Pathirannehelage Upul Mahendra Rajapaksha 25 September 1971 Gampaha,Sri Lanka |
Political party | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna |
Other political affiliations | Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance |
Rajapaksha Pathirannehelage Upul Mahendra Rajapaksha (born 25 September 1971) is a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament. [1]
Upul Mahendra was born on 25 September 1971. [1] He entered politics in 2002 by contesting to the local government election and lost the election. But in 2004 he was selected to the divisional council because one member lost his seat due to disciplinary reason. In 2006 and 2011 local government elections he got the highest number of votes in the division and become a chairperson of the divisional council. He was a chairperson of the Attanagalla Divisional Council from 2006 to 2014. In 2014 He contested to the provincial council election and won. He was a member of the Western Provincial Council from 2014 to 2019. [2] He contested the 2015 parliamentary election as one of the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) electoral alliance's candidates in Gampaha District but failed to get elected after coming 10th amongst the UPFA candidates. [3] [4] [5] [6] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Gampaha District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka. [7] [8] [9]
Election | Constituency | Party | Alliance | Votes | Result | ||
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2014 provincial [10] | Gampaha District | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | United People's Freedom Alliance | 37,674 | Elected | ||
2015 parliamentary [6] | Gampaha District | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | United People's Freedom Alliance | 54,763 | Not elected | ||
2020 parliamentary [8] | Gampaha District | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance | 67,756 | Elected |
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