Ajith Rajapakse

Ajith Nishantha Rajapakse (born 6 January 1974) is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.[1]

Hon.

Ajith Rajapakse

MP
අජිත් රාජපක්ෂ
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Assumed office
2020
ConstituencyHambantota District
Member of the Southern Provincial Council
In office
1999–2019
ConstituencyHambantota District
Personal details
Born
Ajith Nishantha Rajapakse

(1974-01-06) 6 January 1974
Political partySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Other political
affiliations		Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance

Rajapakse was born on 6 January 1974.[1] He was a member of Ambalantota Divisional Council and the Southern Provincial Council.[2]

He contested the 2001 parliamentary election as one of the People's Alliance electoral alliance's candidates in Hambantota District but failed to get elected.[2] He contested the 2015 parliamentary election as one of the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) electoral alliance's candidates in Hambantota District but failed to get elected after coming 5th amongst the UPFA candidates.[3][4][5] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Hambantota District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[6][7][8]

Electoral history of Ajith Rajapakse
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
1999 provincial[9]Hambantota DistrictPeople's Alliance12,535Elected
2001 parliamentaryHambantota DistrictPeople's AllianceNot elected
2004 provincial[10]Hambantota DistrictUnited People's Freedom Alliance36,546Elected
2009 provincial[11]Hambantota DistrictUnited People's Freedom Alliance47,854Elected
2014 provincial[12]Hambantota DistrictUnited People's Freedom Alliance34,591Elected
2015 parliamentary[4]Hambantota DistrictUnited People's Freedom Alliance41,074Not elected
2020 parliamentary[7]Hambantota DistrictSri Lanka Podujana PeramunaSri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance47,375Elected

References
  1. "Directory of Members: Ajith Rajapakse". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  2. "Meet your new parliamentarians". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  3. "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.
  4. "Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  5. "Preferential Votes". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 19 August 2015. Archived from the original on 20 August 2015.
  6. "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.
  7. "Namal claims top spot in Hambantota preferential votes". Ada Derana. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  8. Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  9. "Results of Provincial Council Elections 1999: Southern Province" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Election Commission of Sri Lanka. p. 36.
  10. "Results of Provincial Council Elections 2004" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections. p. 126. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2009.
  11. "Preferences Hambantota" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2009.
  12. "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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