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href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">MP</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-size:125%; font-weight:bold;"><span title="Sinhala-language text"><span lang="si">සේයෙඩ් අලි සාහිර් මෞලාන</span></span><br /><span title="Tamil-language text"><span lang="ta">அலி சாஹிர் மௌலானா</span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">State Minister of Social Empowerment</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />21 December 2018&#160;–&#32;18 November 2019</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maithripala_Sirisena" title="Maithripala Sirisena">Maithripala Sirisena</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Deputy Minister of National Integration, Reconciliation &amp; Official Languages</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />2 May 2018&#160;–&#32;21 December 2018</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maithripala_Sirisena" title="Maithripala Sirisena">Maithripala Sirisena</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Parliament of Sri Lanka">Parliament of Sri Lanka</a> for <a href="/wiki/Batticaloa_District" title="Batticaloa District">Batticaloa District</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span>&#32;<br />11 October 2023</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ahamed_Nazeer_Zainulabdeen" title="Ahamed Nazeer Zainulabdeen">Ahamed Nazeer Zainulabdeen</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />17 August 2015&#160;–&#32;3 January 2020</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />16 August 1994&#160;–&#32;23 July 2004</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Provincial_Council" title="Eastern Provincial Council">Eastern Provincial Council</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />6 February 2015&#160;–&#32;17 August 2015</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Chairman of <a href="/wiki/Eravur_Urban_Council" title="Eravur Urban Council">Eravur Urban Council</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />17 March 2011&#160;–&#32;6 February 2015</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />12 March 1994&#160;–&#32;16 August 1994</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Minister of Economic Affairs, <a href="/wiki/Embassy_of_Sri_Lanka_in_Washington,_D.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Embassy of Sri Lanka in Washington, D.C.">Embassy of Sri Lanka in Washington, D.C.</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />6 December 2007&#160;–&#32;15 December 2009</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1956-06-25</span>) </span>June 25, 1956<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;68)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Eravur" title="Eravur">Eravur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Ceylon" title="Dominion of Ceylon">Dominion of Ceylon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data">Sri Lankan</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">Sri Lanka Muslim Congress</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People&#39;s Freedom Alliance">United People's Freedom Alliance</a><br /><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_for_Good_Governance" class="mw-redirect" title="United National Front for Good Governance">United National Front for Good Governance</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence(s)</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Batticaloa" title="Batticaloa">Batticaloa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Aligarh Central College <br /> <a href="/wiki/St._Michael%27s_College_National_School" title="St. Michael&#39;s College National School">St. Michael's College</a> <br /></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Politician</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Software Engineer</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana</b> (born 25 June 1956) is a Sri Lankan politician, former diplomat and local government activist. He is most known for the pivotal and important role he played in bringing about an end to the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_civil_war" title="Sri Lankan civil war">Sri Lankan Civil War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sundayobserver.lk_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sundayobserver.lk-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>He has been politically active since 1988, and is the current <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">Member of Parliament</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Batticaloa_Electoral_District" title="Batticaloa Electoral District">Batticaloa District</a>, the only directly elected <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">Sri Lanka Muslim Congress</a> Parliamentarian in the current <a href="/wiki/15th_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="15th Parliament of Sri Lanka">Parliament</a> <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Parliament of Sri Lanka">of Sri Lanka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He is the State Minister of Social Empowerment, appointed by President <a href="/wiki/Maithripala_Sirisena" title="Maithripala Sirisena">Maithripala Sirisena</a> on 21 December 2018. </p><p>He was previously elected as a Member of Parliament for the Batticaloa District, under the <a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a> from August 16, 1994, until his resignation on June 23, 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Moulana is most noted for his orchestration of the defection of prominent members of the <a href="/wiki/LTTE" class="mw-redirect" title="LTTE">LTTE</a> guerrilla group, including its one-time Military Commander <a href="/wiki/Vinayagamoorthy_Muralitharan" class="mw-redirect" title="Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan">Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan</a> (Colonel Karuna), from the militant group to the government in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-TSO2004_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TSO2004-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He resigned his seat in Parliament shortly thereafter due to the rising threat on his life from the LTTE. Moulana thereafter was appointed as a high-ranking diplomat at the <a href="/wiki/Embassy_of_Sri_Lanka_in_Washington,_D.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Embassy of Sri Lanka in Washington, D.C.">Embassy of Sri Lanka</a> to the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>.,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and upon his return to Sri Lanka in 2010, he resumed his political career by being elected as the Mayor of Eravur, and thereafter as a Member of the Eastern Provincial Council <sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and held that position until his re-election to Parliament in August 2015. </p><p>He served as Minister of State for Primary Industries and Social Empowerment in the Maithripala Sirisena government from 2015 to 2019. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seyed_Ali_Zahir_Moulana&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Moulana grew up in <a href="/wiki/Eravur" title="Eravur">Eravur</a>, and attended Aligarh Central College in Eravur for his primary education, and thereafter the Jesuit-run St. Michael's College for his secondary education.<sup id="cite_ref-AT2004_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AT2004-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>For his post-secondary education, he attended <a href="/wiki/Jamal_Mohamed_College" title="Jamal Mohamed College">Jamal Mohamed College</a> in Trichy, India, obtaining a bachelor's degree in commerce, and immediately thereafter the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_Angeles" title="University of California, Los Angeles">University of California, Los Angeles</a>, US, obtaining a master's degree in computer science in 1987. </p><p>Moulana then returned to Sri Lanka in 1988 and entered active politics. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_political_career">Early political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seyed_Ali_Zahir_Moulana&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Early political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eravur_Massacre">Eravur Massacre</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seyed_Ali_Zahir_Moulana&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Eravur Massacre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two nights prior, they had overrun and demolished the Eravur Police Station leaving the populace virtually helpless. Moulana was the first on the scene, and with the help of the Minister of Defense <a href="/wiki/Ranjan_Wijeratne" title="Ranjan Wijeratne">Ranjan Wijeratne</a>, an army camp was established in Moulana's own home to help prevent further attacks from taking place on the people.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eravur_Pradeshiya_Sabha">Eravur Pradeshiya Sabha</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seyed_Ali_Zahir_Moulana&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Eravur Pradeshiya Sabha"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 1994, Local Government Elections were held in northern and eastern parts of Sri Lanka. Moulana formed an independent party and contested as its chief candidate in the Eravur Pradeshiya Sabha elections. His party was elected with a large majority, and as the highest polled, he was unanimously elected Chairman of the Eravur Pradeshiya Sabha. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Member_of_Parliament_(1994-2004)"><span id="Member_of_Parliament_.281994-2004.29"></span>Member of Parliament (1994-2004)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seyed_Ali_Zahir_Moulana&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Member of Parliament (1994-2004)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to the Parliamentary elections in August 1994, Moulana and his supporters were invited by then President <a href="/wiki/D.B._Wijetunga" class="mw-redirect" title="D.B. Wijetunga">D.B. Wijetunga</a> to join the <a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a> (UNP). Owing to the rise in popularity of the sectarian <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">Sri Lanka Muslim Congress</a> led by its founder leader <a href="/wiki/M._H._M._Ashraff" title="M. H. M. Ashraff">M. H. M. Ashraff</a> in the region,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> his dissent towards communal politics and interest towards pursuing a national identity for the Muslim community led Moulana to accept the invitation, and he subsequently contested and won the 1994 General Election with the UNP for the Batticaloa District, and was an opposition Member of Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>He remained a Member of Parliament until his resignation on June 23, 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assassination_attempt">Assassination attempt</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seyed_Ali_Zahir_Moulana&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Assassination attempt"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Around 5:40 pm on December 9, 1995, Moulana and another UNP MP <a href="/wiki/Jayalath_Jayawardena" title="Jayalath Jayawardena">Jayalath Jayawardena</a> were travelling to Batticaloa from Colombo, when their convoy was ambushed along the A15 highway in Kiran by around 40 members of the LTTE. After 11 minutes of intense fighting, the convoy managed to enter the cover of the nearby Sittandy army camp. Moulana and Jayawardena escaped unhurt, although two of Moulana's bodyguards were killed in the attempt, while 5 others sustained injuries.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="UNP_Government,_Ceasefire,_Karuna_Controversy_and_Resignation_from_Parliament"><span id="UNP_Government.2C_Ceasefire.2C_Karuna_Controversy_and_Resignation_from_Parliament"></span>UNP Government, Ceasefire, Karuna Controversy and Resignation from Parliament</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seyed_Ali_Zahir_Moulana&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: UNP Government, Ceasefire, Karuna Controversy and Resignation from Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ceasefire_&amp;_Development"><span id="Ceasefire_.26_Development"></span>Ceasefire &amp; Development</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seyed_Ali_Zahir_Moulana&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Ceasefire &amp; Development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the December 2001 General Elections, the UNP swept to power and formed the government with <a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a>, the leader of the UNP appointed as the new Prime Minister.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Moulana was appointed as Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister. The government then set about on its plan for the cessation of hostilities through a Norwegian government brokered ceasefire with the LTTE. During this time, peace talks commenced between the government and LTTE on a political solution to the ethnic crisis.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Moulana was tasked with developing a dialogue with LTTE leaders in the grassroots, and promote the UNP government's plan for development and reconciliation with the dissidents. By doing so, Moulana worked closely with the LTTE leadership, developing a close working relationship especially with <a href="/wiki/Vinayagamoorthy_Muralitharan" class="mw-redirect" title="Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan">Colonel Karuna Amman</a> (alias Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan), the LTTE's Eastern Commander and overall Military Leader and strategist, and one of <a href="/wiki/Velupillai_Prabhakaran" title="Velupillai Prabhakaran">Velupillai Prabhakaran</a>'s most trusted lieutenants.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>By building good relationships with the LTTE, the UNP government was able to provide the general populace amenities that they were deprived of for decades. At Moulana's initiative and under his direct supervision in a period of two years the Badulla-Chenkaladi <a href="/wiki/A5_highway_(Sri_Lanka)" class="mw-redirect" title="A5 highway (Sri Lanka)">A5 highway</a> was reopened,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> railway lines were reconstructed and train services resumed to Batticaloa from Colombo after 10 years,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and the first project of electrification for rural uncleared areas in Sri Lanka were carried out providing over 3000 homes with electricity.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Karuna_Defection_Involvement">Karuna Defection Involvement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seyed_Ali_Zahir_Moulana&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Karuna Defection Involvement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In early 2004, Colonel Karuna began lamenting to Moulana of his displeasure with the LTTE leader on the insufficient distribution of resources and power towards the Tamils resident in eastern Sri Lanka.<sup id="cite_ref-Ratnayake_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ratnayake-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Moulana saw this is an indication of a possible significant split emerging within the LTTE, and informed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe of this development. He was instructed by the Prime Minister to covertly "keep the door open with Karuna".<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2004, Sri Lankan President <a href="/wiki/Chandrika_Kumaratunga" title="Chandrika Kumaratunga">Chandrika Kumaratunga</a> dissolved parliament and called for fresh elections. This led to the UNP government's operations with respect to the ceasefire to come to a temporary halt until elections were held.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Moulana however, continued to keep tabs on Karuna. </p><p>When Karuna continued to express to Moulana of his dissatisfaction with the LTTE leadership, especially with his startling revelation that the LTTE did not intend to follow through with their commitment to the peace process, and were merely regrouping,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Moulana realised that with the clear intention of the LTTE revealed, the only way a lasting peace can be restored in Sri Lanka is by defeating the LTTE militarily, and the only way the Sri Lankan government can defeat the LTTE is with Karuna on their side. Moulana then over a series of meetings with the Colonel began to convince him to defect from the LTTE and enter the democratic mainstream where he can voice his opinions on behalf of his people on a political platform. </p><p>In March 2004, Colonel Karuna officially announced in two letters that he sent to the LTTE leadership with copies to the international media that he was renouncing his LTTE membership, along with 5000 troops loyal to him in the districts of Trincomalee, Batticaloa and Ampara.<sup id="cite_ref-Ratnayake_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ratnayake-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This was the biggest expression of dissension in the history of the LTTE, severely weakening the LTTE's fighting force and a clash within the factions in the LTTE seemed imminent. Karuna then formed his own political party, the <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Makkal_Viduthalai_Pulikal" title="Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal">Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal</a> (TMVP) and absorbed over 5000 troops loyal to him from the LTTE into his new party's paramilitary wing.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The LTTE began to launch an offensive against Karuna and the troops loyal to him.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On April 9, 2004, large numbers of LTTE <a href="/wiki/Sea_Tigers" title="Sea Tigers">Sea Tigers</a> and ground forces landed on the banks of the Verugal river in Vakarai, Batticaloa, and in clear violation of the Ceasefire accord signed with the Sri Lankan government began attacking and killing civilians and cadres loyal to Karuna alike in a brutal offensive. Karuna did not intend any harm to befall any civilians and withdrew all his troops and heavy artillery machinery to his main base in the Thopigalla jungles.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>He then requested Moulana to arrange for secured transportation for himself and his trusted lieutenants to withdraw to the capital city of Colombo. As nearly 500 LTTE troops were moving fast on the offensive towards Karuna's base in Thopigalla, Moulana who happened to be close to the area, and due to the extreme sensitivity of the situation, decided to personally go to Karuna's base and get Karuna to safety himself. A six-car convoy carrying Moulana, Karuna and 20 other confidantes of Karuna retreated to Colombo on April 9, 2004, under the cover of darkness, where they were handed over by Moulana to high-ranking officers of the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Army_Special_Forces_Regiment" title="Sri Lanka Army Special Forces Regiment">Sri Lanka Army Military Intelligence</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Intelligence reports later revealed to the public said that Moulana and Karuna had managed to escape from the advancing LTTE forces by a mere 10 minutes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Return_to_Parliament_and_Resignation">Return to Parliament and Resignation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seyed_Ali_Zahir_Moulana&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Return to Parliament and Resignation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Moulana did not contest the 2004 General Elections, but was one of four UNP MPs nominated to Parliament through the <a href="/wiki/National_List_Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="National List Member of Parliament">National List</a> due to a deal made between the UNP and the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">Sri Lanka Muslim Congress</a> to not field any UNP Muslim candidates from the East.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2004, one of the Karuna loyalists who retreated to Colombo along with Karuna and Moulana was forced to return to Batticaloa and was captured and tortured by the LTTE, in which they forced a confession out of her. It was then revealed by her through a press conference called by the LTTE that it was Moulana who was Karuna's link with the government, and it was with him that they had come to Colombo.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This revelation sparked a huge controversy surrounding the Government of Sri Lanka, the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Army" title="Sri Lanka Army">Sri Lanka Army</a>, the UNP and Moulana, as it implicated the government's role behind the split in the LTTE.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Owing to the severe threat on the lives of Moulana and that of his family by the <a href="/wiki/Black_Tigers" title="Black Tigers">LTTE assassination squads</a>, Moulana immediately resigned from Parliament and fled Sri Lanka on June 23, 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Diplomatic_career">Diplomatic career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seyed_Ali_Zahir_Moulana&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Diplomatic career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While living in self-exile in the United States due to the threat on his life, Moulana was nominated by President <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a> and confirmed by the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Cabinet of Sri Lanka">Cabinet of Sri Lanka</a> as the Minister of Economic Affairs at the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Washington DC, USA.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He ended his tour of duty in USA in December 2009. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Return_to_Sri_Lanka_and_resumption_of_political_career">Return to Sri Lanka and resumption of political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seyed_Ali_Zahir_Moulana&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Return to Sri Lanka and resumption of political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the end of the Civil War in 2009, Moulana returned to Sri Lanka after living in self-exile in the United States for over 5 years in December 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Due to his involvement in the Karuna defection, Moulana was viewed by many Sri Lankans as being one of the pivotal components instrumental to bringing about an end to the civil conflict in Sri Lanka that had lasted nearly 3 decades.<sup id="cite_ref-sundayobserver.lk_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sundayobserver.lk-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eravur_Urban_Council">Eravur Urban Council</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seyed_Ali_Zahir_Moulana&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section: Eravur Urban Council"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 2011, Moulana contested the Local Government Elections and was elected with an overwhelming majority as the Chairman (Mayor) of <a href="/wiki/Eravur_Urban_Council" title="Eravur Urban Council">Eravur Urban Council</a>. Eravur Urban Council is responsible for providing a variety of local public services including roads, sanitation, drains, housing, libraries, public parks and recreational facilities. Eravur, under his tenure as chairman was selected by the United Nations Disaster Risk Reduction Programme as a Role Model City for Disaster Resilience.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Federation_of_Sri_Lanka_Local_Government_Authorities_and_Commonwealth_Local_Government_Forum">Federation of Sri Lanka Local Government Authorities and Commonwealth Local Government Forum</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seyed_Ali_Zahir_Moulana&amp;action=edit&amp;section=14" title="Edit section: Federation of Sri Lanka Local Government Authorities and Commonwealth Local Government Forum"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Subsequent to becoming Chairman of the Eravur Urban Council, Moulana was unanimously elected as the President of the Federation of Sri Lanka Local Government Authorities (FSLGA).<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Moulana was elected as a board member of the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Local_Government_Forum" title="Commonwealth Local Government Forum">Commonwealth Local Government Forum</a> (CLGF) in July 2015, and also board member of <a href="/wiki/United_Cities_and_Local_Governments" title="United Cities and Local Governments">United Cities and Local Governments</a> (UCLG) for the Asia-Pacific Region.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was re-elected for a second term to the CLGF Board in November 2017. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Member_of_Eastern_Provincial_Council">Member of Eastern Provincial Council</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seyed_Ali_Zahir_Moulana&amp;action=edit&amp;section=15" title="Edit section: Member of Eastern Provincial Council"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Moulana was appointed as a Member of the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Provincial_Council" title="Eastern Provincial Council">Eastern Provincial Council</a> on 6 February 2015. He took oaths before the Governor of Eastern Province, Austin Fernando.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Return_to_Parliament">Return to Parliament</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seyed_Ali_Zahir_Moulana&amp;action=edit&amp;section=16" title="Edit section: Return to Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the dissolution of Parliament in June 2015, Moulana joined the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">Sri Lanka Muslim Congress</a> (SLMC) and the <a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_for_Good_Governance" class="mw-redirect" title="United National Front for Good Governance">United National Front for Good Governance</a> (UNFGG).<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He claimed that he had been aligned with national parties for over 27 years, but owing to the failure of these parties to address the issues of Muslims and the subsequent deterioration of the Muslim community's image in the recent past of Sri Lanka, he had decided to join the SLMC. Muslims represent 70% of Moulana's vote base. He contested under the SLMC symbol in the Batticaloa District and was re-elected to Parliament on August 17, 2015, with nearly 40,000 votes, being the only Parliamentarian directly elected under the SLMC. All other elected SLMC Parliamentarians were elected through the UNFGG.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Moulana re-entered Parliament after a lapse of 11 years. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seyed_Ali_Zahir_Moulana&amp;action=edit&amp;section=17" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-sundayobserver.lk-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-sundayobserver.lk_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sundayobserver.lk_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2011/04/10/fea05.asp">"Features | Sundayobserver.lk – Sri Lanka"</a>. <i>www.sundayobserver.lk</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2011/04/10/fea05.asp">Archived</a> from the original on 2020-05-10<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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(1947–1989)">Batticaloa Electoral District (1947–1989)</a></span></li> <li>Current District: <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Batticaloa_Electoral_District" title="Batticaloa Electoral District">Batticaloa Electoral District</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">One–member (1947 – 1960)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ahamed_Lebbe_Sinne_Lebbe" title="Ahamed Lebbe Sinne Lebbe">Ahamed Lebbe Sinnalebbe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._B._Kadramer" title="R. 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Karunakaran">Govinthan Karunakaran</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alathipody_Gunaseelan&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Alathipody Gunaseelan (page does not exist)">Alathipody Gunaseelan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Casinader" title="Prince Casinader">Prince Casinader</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Tambimuttu" title="Sam Tambimuttu">Sam Tambimuttu</a> <i>(Until 1990)</i> <ul><li>Replaced by <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Pararajasingham" title="Joseph Pararajasingham">Joseph Pararajasingham</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._L._A._M._Hizbullah" title="M. L. A. M. Hizbullah">M. L. A. M. Hizbullah</a></li></ul> <ul><li><b>(1994 – 2000):</b> <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Pararajasingham" title="Joseph Pararajasingham">Joseph Pararajasingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Selvarasa" title="P. Selvarasa">Ponnambalam Selvarasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Thurairajasingam" title="K. Thurairajasingam">Krishnapillai Thurairajasingam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._L._A._M._Hizbullah" title="M. L. A. M. Hizbullah">M. L. A. M. Hizbullah</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana</a></li></ul> <ul><li><b>(2000 – 2001):</b> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Abdul_Cader_(Sri_Lankan_politician)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Abdul Cader (Sri Lankan politician) (page does not exist)">Abdul Cader</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nimalan_Soundaranayagam" title="Nimalan Soundaranayagam">Nimalan Soundaranayagam</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Pararajasingham" title="Joseph Pararajasingham">Joseph Pararajasingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._Ganeshamoorthy" title="S. Ganeshamoorthy">S. Ganeshamoorthy</a></li></ul> <ul><li><b>(2001 – 2004):</b> <a href="/wiki/T._Thangavadivel" title="T. 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Kader Masthan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rishad_Bathiudeen" title="Rishad Bathiudeen">Rishad Bathiudeen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kulasingam_Thileepan" title="Kulasingam Thileepan">Kulasingam Thileepan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/North_Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="North Central Province, Sri Lanka">North Central</a> (14)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura_Electoral_District" title="Anuradhapura Electoral District">Anuradhapura</a> (9)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/S._M._Chandrasena" title="S. M. Chandrasena">S. M. Chandrasena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Channa_Jayasumana" title="Channa Jayasumana">Channa Jayasumana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uddika_Premarathna" title="Uddika Premarathna">Uddika Premarathna</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sarath_Chandrasiri_Muthukumarana" title="Sarath Chandrasiri Muthukumarana">S.C. Muthukumarana</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asanka_Shehan_Semasinghe" title="Asanka Shehan Semasinghe">Asanka Shehan Semasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duminda_Dissanayake" title="Duminda Dissanayake">Duminda Dissanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._H._Nandasena" title="K. H. Nandasena">K. H. Nandasena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._P._S._Kumarasiri" title="K. P. S. Kumarasiri">K. P. S. Kumarasiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ishak_Rahuman" title="Ishak Rahuman">Ishak Rahuman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rohana_Bandara" title="Rohana Bandara">Rohana Bandara</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Polonnaruwa_Electoral_District" title="Polonnaruwa Electoral District">Polonnaruwa</a> (5)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maithripala_Sirisena" title="Maithripala Sirisena">Maithripala Sirisena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roshan_Ranasinghe" title="Roshan Ranasinghe">Roshan Ranasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siripala_Gamalath" title="Siripala Gamalath">Siripala Gamalath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amarakeerthi_Athukorala" title="Amarakeerthi Athukorala">Amarakeerthi Athukorala</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jagath_Samarawickrama" title="Jagath Samarawickrama">Jagath Samarawickrama</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kins_Nelson" title="Kins Nelson">Kins Nelson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/North_Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="North Western Province, Sri Lanka">North Western</a> (24)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kurunegala_Electoral_District" title="Kurunegala Electoral District">Kurunegala</a> (15)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnston_Fernando" title="Johnston Fernando">Johnston Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunapala_Rathnasekara" title="Gunapala Rathnasekara">Gunapala Rathnasekara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dayasiri_Jayasekara" title="Dayasiri Jayasekara">Dayasiri Jayasekara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asanka_Navarathna" class="mw-redirect" title="Asanka Navarathna">Asanka Navarathna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samanpriya_Herath" title="Samanpriya Herath">Samanpriya Herath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._B._Herath" title="D. B. Herath">D. B. Herath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anura_Priyadharshana_Yapa" title="Anura Priyadharshana Yapa">Anura Priyadharshana Yapa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayarathna_Herath" title="Jayarathna Herath">Jayarathna Herath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._W._Shantha_Bandara" title="K. W. Shantha Bandara">Shantha Bandara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumith_Udukumbura" title="Sumith Udukumbura">Sumith Udukumbura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nalin_Bandara" title="Nalin Bandara">Nalin Bandara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._C._Alawathuwala" title="J. C. Alawathuwala">J. C. Alawathuwala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashoka_Abeysinghe" title="Ashoka Abeysinghe">Ashoka Abeysinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thushara_Indunil" title="Thushara Indunil">Thushara Indunil</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Puttalam_Electoral_District" title="Puttalam Electoral District">Puttalam</a> (9)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sanath_Nishantha" title="Sanath Nishantha">Sanath Nishantha</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jagath_Priyankara" title="Jagath Priyankara">Jagath Priyankara</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piyankara_Jayaratne" title="Piyankara Jayaratne">Piyankara Jayaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arundika_Fernando" title="Arundika Fernando">Arundika Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinthaka_Mayadunne" title="Chinthaka Mayadunne">Chinthaka Mayadunne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashoka_Priyantha" title="Ashoka Priyantha">Ashoka Priyantha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hector_Appuhamy" title="Hector Appuhamy">Hector Appuhamy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niroshan_Nanayakkara" class="mw-redirect" title="Niroshan Nanayakkara">Niroshan Nanayakkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niroshan_Perera" title="Niroshan Perera">Niroshan Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Sabri_Raheem" title="Ali Sabri Raheem">Ali Sabri Raheem</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sabaragamuwa_Province" title="Sabaragamuwa Province">Sabaragamuwa</a> (20)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kegalle_Electoral_District" title="Kegalle Electoral District">Kegalle</a> (9)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kanaka_Herath" title="Kanaka Herath">Kanaka Herath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranjith_Siyambalapitiya" title="Ranjith Siyambalapitiya">Ranjith Siyambalapitiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tharaka_Balasuriya" title="Tharaka Balasuriya">Tharaka Balasuriya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajika_Wickramasinghe" title="Rajika Wickramasinghe">Rajika Wickramasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dushmantha_Mithrapala" title="Dushmantha Mithrapala">Dushmantha Mithrapala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udayakantha_Gunathilaka" title="Udayakantha Gunathilaka">Udayakantha Gunathilaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudath_Manjula" title="Sudath Manjula">Sudath Manjula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabir_Hashim" title="Kabir Hashim">Kabir Hashim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sujith_Sanjaya_Perera" title="Sujith Sanjaya Perera">Sujith Sanjaya Perera</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ratnapura_Electoral_District" title="Ratnapura Electoral District">Ratnapura</a> (11)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pavithra_Devi_Wanniarachchi" class="mw-redirect" title="Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi">Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premalal_Jayasekara" title="Premalal Jayasekara">Premalal Jayasekara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janaka_Wakkumbura" title="Janaka Wakkumbura">Janaka Wakkumbura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamini_Waleboda" title="Gamini Waleboda">Gamini Waleboda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akila_Ellawala" title="Akila Ellawala">Akila Ellawala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasudeva_Nanayakkara" title="Vasudeva Nanayakkara">Vasudeva Nanayakkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muditha_Prishanthi" title="Muditha Prishanthi">Muditha Prishanthi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Seneviratne" title="John Seneviratne">John Seneviratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hesha_Withanage" title="Hesha Withanage">Hesha Withanage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priyantha_Liyanage" title="Priyantha Liyanage">Priyantha Liyanage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thalatha_Atukorale" title="Thalatha Atukorale">Thalatha Atukorale</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Karu_Paranawithana" title="Karu Paranawithana">Karu Paranawithana</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Southern Province, Sri Lanka">Southern</a> (25)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Galle_Electoral_District" title="Galle Electoral District">Galle</a> (9)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ramesh_Pathirana" title="Ramesh Pathirana">Ramesh Pathirana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaminda_Sampath" title="Chaminda Sampath">Chaminda Sampath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Priyadarshana_De_Silva" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohan Priyadarshana De Silva">Mohan Priyadarshana De Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandima_Weerakkody" title="Chandima Weerakkody">Chandima Weerakkody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isuru_Dodangoda" title="Isuru Dodangoda">Isuru Dodangoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shan_Wijayalal_De_Silva" title="Shan Wijayalal De Silva">Shan Wijayalal De Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geetha_Kumarasinghe" title="Geetha Kumarasinghe">Geetha Kumarasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gayantha_Karunathilaka" title="Gayantha Karunathilaka">Gayantha Karunathilaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manusha_Nanayakkara" title="Manusha Nanayakkara">Manusha Nanayakkara</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bandula_Lal_Bandarigoda" title="Bandula Lal Bandarigoda">Bandula Lal Bandarigoda</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hambantota_Electoral_District" title="Hambantota Electoral District">Hambantota</a> (7)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Namal_Rajapaksa" title="Namal Rajapaksa">Namal Rajapaksa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._V._Chanaka" title="D. V. Chanaka">D. V. Chanaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Amaraweera" title="Mahinda Amaraweera">Mahinda Amaraweera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamal_Rajapaksa" title="Chamal Rajapaksa">Chamal Rajapaksa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upul_Galappaththi" title="Upul Galappaththi">Upul Galappaththi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajith_Rajapakse" title="Ajith Rajapakse">Ajith Rajapakse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Wedaarachchi" title="Dilip Wedaarachchi">Dilip Wedaarachchi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Matara_Electoral_District" title="Matara Electoral District">Matara</a> (7)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nipuna_Ranawaka" title="Nipuna Ranawaka">Nipuna Ranawaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karunadasa_Kodithuwakku" class="mw-redirect" title="Karunadasa Kodithuwakku">Karunadasa Kodithuwakku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dullas_Alahapperuma" title="Dullas Alahapperuma">Dullas Alahapperuma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanchana_Wijesekera" title="Kanchana Wijesekera">Kanchana Wijesekera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Yapa_Abeywardena" title="Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena">Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weerasumana_Weerasinghe" title="Weerasumana Weerasinghe">Weerasumana Weerasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhika_Pathirana" title="Buddhika Pathirana">Buddhika Pathirana</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Uva_Province" title="Uva Province">Uva</a> (13)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Badulla_Electoral_District" title="Badulla Electoral District">Badulla</a> (9)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nimal_Siripala_de_Silva" title="Nimal Siripala de Silva">Nimal Siripala de Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudarshana_Denipitiya" title="Sudarshana Denipitiya">Sudarshana Denipitiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amith_Thenuka_Vidanagamage" title="Amith Thenuka Vidanagamage">Amith Thenuka Vidanagamage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamara_Sampath_Dassanayake" title="Chamara Sampath Dassanayake">Chamara Sampath Dassanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilan_Perera" title="Dilan Perera">Dilan Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janaka_Thisa_Kuttiarachchi" title="Janaka Thisa Kuttiarachchi">Chaminda Thisakutti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vadivel_Suresh" title="Vadivel Suresh">Vadivel Suresh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Aravind_Kumar" title="A. Aravind Kumar">A. Aravind Kumar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaminda_Wijesiri" title="Chaminda Wijesiri">Chaminda Wijesiri</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nayana_Wasalathilake" title="Nayana Wasalathilake">Nayana Wasalathilake</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Monaragala_Electoral_District" title="Monaragala Electoral District">Monaragala</a> (6)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shasheendra_Rajapaksa" title="Shasheendra Rajapaksa">Shasheendra Rajapaksa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumarasiri_Rathnayake" title="Kumarasiri Rathnayake">Kumarasiri Rathnayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijitha_Berugoda" title="Vijitha Berugoda">Vijitha Berugoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagath_Pushpakumara" title="Jagath Pushpakumara">Jagath Pushpakumara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gayashan_Nawananda" title="Gayashan Nawananda">Gayashan Nawananda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._H._M._Dharmasena" title="W. H. M. Dharmasena">W. H. M. Dharmasena</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Western Province, Sri Lanka">Western</a> (47)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_Electoral_District" title="Colombo Electoral District">Colombo</a> (19)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sarath_Weerasekara" title="Sarath Weerasekara">Sarath Weerasekara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wimal_Weerawansa" title="Wimal Weerawansa">Wimal Weerawansa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udaya_Gammanpila" title="Udaya Gammanpila">Udaya Gammanpila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wijeyadasa_Rajapakshe" title="Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe">Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandula_Gunawardane" title="Bandula Gunawardane">Bandula Gunawardane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Predeep_Saman_Kumara" class="mw-redirect" title="Predeep Saman Kumara">Predeep Saman Kumara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Gunawardena" title="Dinesh Gunawardena">Dinesh Gunawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhura_Withanage" title="Madhura Withanage">Madhura Withanage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premnath_C._Dolawaththa" title="Premnath C. 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K. Piyadasa (page does not exist)">K. K. Piyadasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Velusami_Radhakrishnan" title="Velusami Radhakrishnan">Velusami Radhakrishnan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._B._Rathnayake" class="mw-redirect" title="C. B. Rathnayake">C. B. Rathnayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muthu_Sivalingam" title="Muthu Sivalingam">Muthu Sivalingam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Thilakarajah" title="M. Thilakarajah">M. Thilakarajah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arumugam_Thondaman" title="Arumugam Thondaman">Arumugam Thondaman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Eastern Province, Sri Lanka">Eastern</a> (16)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ampara_Electoral_District" title="Ampara Electoral District">Ampara</a> (7)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wimalaweera_Dissanayake" title="Wimalaweera Dissanayake">Wimalaweera Dissanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cassim_Faizal" title="Cassim Faizal">Cassim Faizal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daya_Gamage" title="Daya Gamage">Daya Gamage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._M._M._Harees" title="H. M. M. Harees">H. M. M. Harees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Kodeeswaran" title="K. Kodeeswaran">K. Kodeeswaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mansoor_Ibrahim" title="Mansoor Ibrahim">Mansoor Ibrahim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sriyani_Wijewickrama" title="Sriyani Wijewickrama">Sriyani Wijewickrama</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Batticaloa_Electoral_District" title="Batticaloa Electoral District">Batticaloa</a> (5)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ameer_Ali_Shihabdeen" title="Ameer Ali Shihabdeen">Ameer Ali Shihabdeen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._Sirinesan" title="G. Sirinesan">G. Sirinesan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._Viyalendiran" title="S. Viyalendiran">S. Viyalendiran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._Yogeswaran" title="S. Yogeswaran">S. Yogeswaran</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Trincomalee_Electoral_District" title="Trincomalee Electoral District">Trincomalee</a> (4)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Imran_Maharoof" title="Imran Maharoof">Imran Maharoof</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._A._M._Maharoof" title="M. A. M. Maharoof">M. A. M. Maharoof</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susantha_Punchinilame" title="Susantha Punchinilame">Susantha Punchinilame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._Sampanthan" title="R. Sampanthan">R. Sampanthan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Northern Province, Sri Lanka">Northern</a> (13)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Jaffna_Electoral_District" title="Jaffna Electoral District">Jaffna</a> (7)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Devananda" title="Douglas Devananda">Douglas Devananda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijayakala_Maheswaran" title="Vijayakala Maheswaran">Vijayakala Maheswaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._Saravanapavan" title="E. Saravanapavan">E. Saravanapavan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mavai_Senathirajah" title="Mavai Senathirajah">Mavai Senathirajah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._Siddarthan" title="D. Siddarthan">D. Siddarthan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._Sritharan" class="mw-redirect" title="S. Sritharan">S. Sritharan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._A._Sumanthiran" title="M. A. Sumanthiran">M. A. Sumanthiran</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Vanni_Electoral_District" title="Vanni Electoral District">Vanni</a> (6)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Selvam_Adaikalanathan" title="Selvam Adaikalanathan">Selvam Adaikalanathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sivasakthy_Ananthan" title="Sivasakthy Ananthan">Sivasakthy Ananthan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rishad_Bathiudeen" title="Rishad Bathiudeen">Rishad Bathiudeen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Kader_Masthan" title="K. Kader Masthan">K. Kader Masthan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Nirmalanathan" title="Charles Nirmalanathan">Charles Nirmalanathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._Sivamohan" title="S. Sivamohan">S. Sivamohan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/North_Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="North Central Province, Sri Lanka">North Central</a> (14)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura_Electoral_District" title="Anuradhapura Electoral District">Anuradhapura</a> (9)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/S._M._Chandrasena" title="S. M. Chandrasena">S. M. Chandrasena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duminda_Dissanayake" title="Duminda Dissanayake">Duminda Dissanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weerakumara_Dissanayake" title="Weerakumara Dissanayake">Weerakumara Dissanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandima_Gamage" title="Chandima Gamage">Chandima Gamage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Harrison" title="P. Harrison">P. Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ishak_Rahuman" title="Ishak Rahuman">Ishak Rahuman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrani_Bandara_Jayasinghe" title="Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe">Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarath_Chandrasiri_Muthukumarana" title="Sarath Chandrasiri Muthukumarana">Sarath Chandrasiri Muthukumarana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asanka_Shehan_Semasinghe" title="Asanka Shehan Semasinghe">Asanka Shehan Semasinghe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Polonnaruwa_Electoral_District" title="Polonnaruwa Electoral District">Polonnaruwa</a> (5)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Siripala_Gamalath" title="Siripala Gamalath">Siripala Gamalath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Jayarathna" title="Sidney Jayarathna">Sidney Jayarathna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nalaka_Kolonne" title="Nalaka Kolonne">Nalaka Kolonne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roshan_Ranasinghe" title="Roshan Ranasinghe">Roshan Ranasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wasantha_Senanayake" class="mw-redirect" title="Wasantha Senanayake">Wasantha Senanayake</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/North_Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="North Western Province, Sri Lanka">North Western</a> (23)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kurunegala_Electoral_District" title="Kurunegala Electoral District">Kurunegala</a> (15)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashoka_Abeysinghe" title="Ashoka Abeysinghe">Ashoka Abeysinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._C._Alawathuwala" title="J. C. Alawathuwala">J. C. Alawathuwala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indika_Bandaranayake" title="Indika Bandaranayake">Indika Bandaranayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tharanath_Basnayaka" title="Tharanath Basnayaka">Tharanath Basnayaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salinda_Dissanayake" title="Salinda Dissanayake">Salinda Dissanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._B._Ekanayake" title="T. B. Ekanayake">T. B. Ekanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnston_Fernando" title="Johnston Fernando">Johnston Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thushara_Indunil" title="Thushara Indunil">Thushara Indunil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nalin_Bandara" title="Nalin Bandara">Nalin Bandara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dayasiri_Jayasekara" title="Dayasiri Jayasekara">Dayasiri Jayasekara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akila_Viraj_Kariyawasam" title="Akila Viraj Kariyawasam">Akila Viraj Kariyawasam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._B._Nawinne" title="S. B. Nawinne">S. B. Nawinne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamini_Jayawickrama_Perera" title="Gamini Jayawickrama Perera">Gamini Jayawickrama Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anura_Priyadharshana_Yapa" title="Anura Priyadharshana Yapa">Anura Priyadharshana Yapa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Puttalam_Electoral_District" title="Puttalam Electoral District">Puttalam</a> (8)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shantha_Abeysekara" title="Shantha Abeysekara">Shantha Abeysekara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hector_Appuhamy" title="Hector Appuhamy">Hector Appuhamy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palitha_Range_Bandara" title="Palitha Range Bandara">Palitha Range Bandara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arundika_Fernando" title="Arundika Fernando">Arundika Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piyankara_Jayaratne" title="Piyankara Jayaratne">Piyankara Jayaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanath_Nishantha" title="Sanath Nishantha">Sanath Nishantha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niroshan_Perera" title="Niroshan Perera">Niroshan Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashoka_Priyantha" title="Ashoka Priyantha">Ashoka Priyantha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sabaragamuwa_Province" title="Sabaragamuwa Province">Sabaragamuwa</a> (20)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kegalle_Electoral_District" title="Kegalle Electoral District">Kegalle</a> (9)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tharaka_Balasuriya" title="Tharaka Balasuriya">Tharaka Balasuriya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabir_Hashim" title="Kabir Hashim">Kabir Hashim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanaka_Herath" title="Kanaka Herath">Kanaka Herath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dushmantha_Mithrapala" title="Dushmantha Mithrapala">Dushmantha Mithrapala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sujith_Sanjaya_Perera" title="Sujith Sanjaya Perera">Sujith Sanjaya Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champika_Premadasa" title="Champika Premadasa">Champika Premadasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandith_Samarasinghe" title="Sandith Samarasinghe">Sandith Samarasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranjith_Siyambalapitiya" title="Ranjith Siyambalapitiya">Ranjith Siyambalapitiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thusitha_Wijemanne" title="Thusitha Wijemanne">Thusitha Wijemanne</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ratnapura_Electoral_District" title="Ratnapura Electoral District">Ratnapura</a> (11)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thalatha_Atukorale" title="Thalatha Atukorale">Thalatha Atukorale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranjith_de_Zoysa" title="Ranjith de Zoysa">Ranjith de Zoysa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunesh_Gankanda" title="Dunesh Gankanda">Dunesh Gankanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premalal_Jayasekara" title="Premalal Jayasekara">Premalal Jayasekara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasudeva_Nanayakkara" title="Vasudeva Nanayakkara">Vasudeva Nanayakkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karu_Paranawithana" title="Karu Paranawithana">Karu Paranawithana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Seneviratne" title="John Seneviratne">John Seneviratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janaka_Wakkumbura" title="Janaka Wakkumbura">Janaka Wakkumbura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pavithra_Devi_Wanniarachchi" class="mw-redirect" title="Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi">Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._A._Wijethunga" title="A. A. Wijethunga">A. A. Wijethunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hesha_Withanage" title="Hesha Withanage">Hesha Withanage</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Southern Province, Sri Lanka">Southern</a> (25)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Galle_Electoral_District" title="Galle Electoral District">Galle</a> (10)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vajira_Abeywardena" title="Vajira Abeywardena">Vajira Abeywardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandula_Lal_Bandarigoda" title="Bandula Lal Bandarigoda">Bandula Lal Bandarigoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_De_Silva_(politician)" title="Mohan De Silva (politician)">Mohan de Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wijepala_Hettiarachchi" title="Wijepala Hettiarachchi">Wijepala Hettiarachchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gayantha_Karunathilaka" title="Gayantha Karunathilaka">Gayantha Karunathilaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geetha_Kumarasinghe" title="Geetha Kumarasinghe">Geetha Kumarasinghe</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Piyasena_Gamage" title="Piyasena Gamage">Piyasena Gamage</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nishantha_Muthuhettigamage" title="Nishantha Muthuhettigamage">Nishantha Muthuhettigamage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manusha_Nanayakkara" title="Manusha Nanayakkara">Manusha Nanayakkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramesh_Pathirana" title="Ramesh Pathirana">Ramesh Pathirana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandima_Weerakkody" title="Chandima Weerakkody">Chandima Weerakkody</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hambantota_Electoral_District" title="Hambantota Electoral District">Hambantota</a> (7)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Amaraweera" title="Mahinda Amaraweera">Mahinda Amaraweera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._V._Chanaka" title="D. V. Chanaka">D. V. Chanaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nihal_Galappaththi" title="Nihal Galappaththi">Nihal Galappaththi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sajith_Premadasa" title="Sajith Premadasa">Sajith Premadasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamal_Rajapaksa" title="Chamal Rajapaksa">Chamal Rajapaksa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namal_Rajapaksa" title="Namal Rajapaksa">Namal Rajapaksa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Wedaarachchi" title="Dilip Wedaarachchi">Dilip Wedaarachchi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Matara_Electoral_District" title="Matara Electoral District">Matara</a> (8)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Yapa_Abeywardena" title="Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena">Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dullas_Alahapperuma" title="Dullas Alahapperuma">Dullas Alahapperuma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrasiri_Gajadeera" title="Chandrasiri Gajadeera">Chandrasiri Gajadeera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhika_Pathirana" title="Buddhika Pathirana">Buddhika Pathirana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niroshan_Premaratne" title="Niroshan Premaratne">Niroshan Premaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sagala_Ratnayaka" title="Sagala Ratnayaka">Sagala Ratnayaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mangala_Samaraweera" title="Mangala Samaraweera">Mangala Samaraweera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanchana_Wijesekera" title="Kanchana Wijesekera">Kanchana Wijesekera</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Uva_Province" title="Uva Province">Uva</a> (13)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Badulla_Electoral_District" title="Badulla Electoral District">Badulla</a> (8)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A._Aravind_Kumar" title="A. Aravind Kumar">A. Aravind Kumar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamara_Sampath_Dassanayake" title="Chamara Sampath Dassanayake">Chamara Sampath Dassanayake</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lakshman_Senewiratne" title="Lakshman Senewiratne">Lakshman Senewiratne</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nimal_Siripala_de_Silva" title="Nimal Siripala de Silva">Nimal Siripala de Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harin_Fernando" title="Harin Fernando">Harin Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravindra_Samaraweera" title="Ravindra Samaraweera">Ravindra Samaraweera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vadivel_Suresh" title="Vadivel Suresh">Vadivel Suresh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amith_Thenuka_Vidanagamage" title="Amith Thenuka Vidanagamage">Amith Thenuka Vidanagamage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaminda_Wijesiri" title="Chaminda Wijesiri">Chaminda Wijesiri</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Monaragala_Electoral_District" title="Monaragala Electoral District">Monaragala</a> (5)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ranjith_Madduma_Bandara" title="Ranjith Madduma Bandara">Ranjith Madduma Bandara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijitha_Berugoda" title="Vijitha Berugoda">Vijitha Berugoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padma_Udayashantha_Gunasekara" title="Padma Udayashantha Gunasekara">Padma Udayashantha Gunasekara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumedha_G._Jayasena" class="mw-redirect" title="Sumedha G. Jayasena">Sumedha G. 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M. Dassanayake">D. M. 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title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Wedaarachchi" title="Dilip Wedaarachchi">Dilip Wedaarachchi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Matara_Electoral_District" title="Matara Electoral District">Matara</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lakshman_Yapa_Abeywardena" title="Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena">Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Yapa_Abeywardena" title="Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena">Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dullas_Alahapperuma" title="Dullas Alahapperuma">Dullas Alahapperuma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrasiri_Gajadeera" title="Chandrasiri Gajadeera">Chandrasiri Gajadeera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jinadasa_Kitulagoda" title="Jinadasa Kitulagoda">Jinadasa Kitulagoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sagala_Ratnayaka" 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Silva">Nimal Siripala De Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._J._M._Lokubandara" title="W. J. M. Lokubandara">W. J. M. 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H. M. Fowzie">A. H. M. 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