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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Sri Lankan politician</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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2020</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">1972-11-23</span>) </span>23 November 1972<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 52)</span><br />Karainagar Jaffna</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><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">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/T._Maheswaran" title="T. Maheswaran">T. Maheswaran</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">Bavatharani(Daughter) Biranavan(Son) Bavithra(Daughter)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Vijayakala Maheswaran</b>, <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">MP</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a>: <span lang="ta">விஜயகலா மகேசுவரன்</span>; born 23 November 1972) is a <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamil_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan Tamil people">Sri Lankan Tamil</a> politician. A <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Member of Parliament (Sri Lanka)">Member of Parliament</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Jaffna_Electoral_District" title="Jaffna Electoral District">Jaffna District</a>, she is the former State Minister for Education and is a former State Minister of Child Affairs and Deputy Minister of Women's Affairs. She lost her seat in the parliament in 2020 general election.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_family">Early life and family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vijayakala_Maheswaran&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Maheswaran was born on 23 November 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is the daughter of Markandu from the village of Kalapoomy on the island of <a href="/wiki/Karainagar" title="Karainagar">Karainagar</a> in northern Sri Lanka.<sup id="cite_ref-commemoration_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-commemoration-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was educated at Dr. A. Thiyagarajah Madhya Maha Vidyalayam (Karainagar Hindu College).<sup id="cite_ref-commemoration_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-commemoration-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Maheswaran married <a href="/wiki/T._Maheswaran" title="T. Maheswaran">T. Maheswaran</a>, who was a Member of Parliament assassinated by the <a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Democratic_Party" title="Eelam People's Democratic Party">Eelam People's Democratic Party</a>, a government backed paramilitary group, in January 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They have three children, two daughters and one son.<sup id="cite_ref-commemoration_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-commemoration-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vijayakala_Maheswaran&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>She entered politics after the assassination of her husband. Maheswaran contested the <a href="/wiki/2010_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2010 parliamentary election</a> as one of the <a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">United National Front</a>'s candidates in <a href="/wiki/Jaffna_Electoral_District" title="Jaffna Electoral District">Jaffna District</a> and was elected to <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Parliament of Sri Lanka">Parliament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-pe10_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pe10-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the <a href="/wiki/2015_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2015 Sri Lankan presidential election">2015 presidential election</a> she was appointed Deputy Minister of Women's Affairs by newly elected <a href="/wiki/President_of_Sri_Lanka" title="President of Sri Lanka">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Maithripala_Sirisena" title="Maithripala Sirisena">Maithripala Sirisena</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Maheswaran was one of 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>’s candidates in Jaffna District at the <a href="/wiki/2015_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2015 parliamentary election</a>. She was elected and re-entered Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was sworn in as State Minister of Child Affairs on 9 September 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vijayakala_Maheswaran&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Resurrection_of_the_LTTE">Resurrection of the LTTE</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vijayakala_Maheswaran&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Resurrection of the LTTE"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>She was arrested by the organized crimes division on her controversial statement, but on the same day she was released on an unconditional bail. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Statement_on_resurrecting_the_LTTE">Statement on resurrecting the LTTE</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vijayakala_Maheswaran&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Statement on resurrecting the LTTE"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In June 2018, while addressing a public event in Jaffna recently, Vijayakala said the <a href="/wiki/LTTE" class="mw-redirect" title="LTTE">LTTE</a> should be resurrected to ensure the freedom of Tamil people in the Northern Province. This statement generated huge backlash. Members of the Parliament in Sri Lanka of the Government and the Opposition pushed for Mrs Maheswaran's removal following the statement. Some media reported that due to pressure from his own party Prime minister <a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickramasinghe" class="mw-redirect" title="Ranil Wickramasinghe">Ranil Wickramasinghe</a> also requested President to temporarily remove State Minister Vijayakala from her ministerial portfolio until inquiries are completed. On 5 July, she resigned from the portfolio.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Attorney General of Sri Lanka">Attorney General</a> had instructed the <a href="/wiki/Inspector_General_of_Police" class="mw-redirect" title="Inspector General of Police">Inspector General of Police</a> in September 2018 to take legal action under <i>Section 120 of the Penal Code</i> against Vijayakala Maheswaran on the statements she had made.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vijayakala_Maheswaran&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"> <caption>Electoral history of Vijayakala Maheswaran </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Election </th> <th scope="col">Constituency </th> <th scope="col">Party </th> <th scope="col">Votes </th> <th scope="col">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2010 parliamentary</a><sup id="cite_ref-pe10_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pe10-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jaffna_Electoral_District" title="Jaffna Electoral District">Jaffna District</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">UNF</a></td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7003716000000000000♠">7,160</span></td> <td><b>Elected</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2015 parliamentary</a><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jaffna_Electoral_District" title="Jaffna Electoral District">Jaffna District</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_for_Good_Governance" class="mw-redirect" title="United National Front for Good Governance">UNFGG</a></td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7004130710000000000♠">13,071</span></td> <td><b>Elected</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <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=Vijayakala_Maheswaran&action=edit&section=7" 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 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Rathnayake</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%">Southern</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></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/Piyasena_Gamage" title="Piyasena Gamage">Piyasena Gamage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sajin_Vass_Gunawardena" title="Sajin Vass Gunawardena">Sajin Vass Gunawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gayantha_Karunathilaka" title="Gayantha Karunathilaka">Gayantha Karunathilaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajith_Kumara" title="Ajith Kumara">Ajith Kumara</a></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/Mohan_De_Silva_(politician)" title="Mohan De Silva (politician)">Mohan De Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandima_Weerakkody" title="Chandima Weerakkody">Chandima Weerakkody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunaratna_Weerakoon" title="Gunaratna Weerakoon">Gunaratna Weerakoon</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-even" 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/Wijaya_Dahanayake" title="Wijaya Dahanayake">Wijaya Dahanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrasiri_Gajadeera" title="Chandrasiri Gajadeera">Chandrasiri Gajadeera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemal_Gunasekara" title="Hemal Gunasekara">Hemal Gunasekara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanath_Jayasuriya" title="Sanath Jayasuriya">Sanath Jayasuriya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhika_Pathirana" title="Buddhika Pathirana">Buddhika Pathirana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mangala_Samaraweera" title="Mangala Samaraweera">Mangala Samaraweera</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></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_Amaraweera" title="Mahinda Amaraweera">Mahinda Amaraweera</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=V._K._Indika&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="V. 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Indika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wehella_Kankanamge_Indika" title="Wehella Kankanamge Indika">Wehella Kankanamge Indika</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/Nirupama_Rajapaksa" title="Nirupama Rajapaksa">Nirupama Rajapaksa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Wedaarachchi" title="Dilip Wedaarachchi">Dilip Wedaarachchi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Northern</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></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/Silvestri_Alantine" title="Silvestri Alantine">Silvestri Alantine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murugesu_Chandrakumar" title="Murugesu Chandrakumar">Murugesu Chandrakumar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Devananda" title="Douglas Devananda">Douglas Devananda</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Vijayakala Maheswaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suresh_Premachandran" title="Suresh Premachandran">Suresh Premachandran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eswarapatham_Saravanapavan" class="mw-redirect" title="Eswarapatham Saravanapavan">Eswarapatham Saravanapavan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mavai_Senathirajah" title="Mavai Senathirajah">Mavai Senathirajah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sivagnanam_Sritharan" class="mw-redirect" title="Sivagnanam Sritharan">Sivagnanam Sritharan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Appathurai_Vinayagamoorthy" class="mw-redirect" title="Appathurai Vinayagamoorthy">Appathurai Vinayagamoorthy</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></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/Selvam_Adaikalanathan" title="Selvam Adaikalanathan">Selvam Adaikalanathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annamalai_Nadesu_Sivasakthy_Ananthan" class="mw-redirect" title="Annamalai Nadesu Sivasakthy Ananthan">Sivasakthy Ananthan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rishad_Bathiudeen" title="Rishad Bathiudeen">Rishad Bathiudeen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunais_Farook" title="Hunais Farook">Hunais Farook</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Muthali_Bawa_Farook&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Muthali Bawa Farook (page does not exist)">Muthali Bawa Farook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noordeen_Mashoor" title="Noordeen Mashoor">Noordeen Mashoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vino_Noharathalingam" title="Vino Noharathalingam">Vino Noharathalingam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Eastern</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/Batticaloa_Electoral_District" title="Batticaloa Electoral District">Batticaloa</a></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/Pakkiyaselvam_Ariyanethiran" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakkiyaselvam Ariyanethiran">Pakkiyaselvam Ariyanethiran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alim_Mohamed_Hisbulla" class="mw-redirect" title="Alim Mohamed Hisbulla">Alim Mohamed Hisbulla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basheer_Segu_Dawood" title="Basheer Segu Dawood">Basheer Segu Dawood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pon_Selvarasa" class="mw-redirect" title="Pon Selvarasa">Pon Selvarasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seeniththamby_Yogeswaran" class="mw-redirect" title="Seeniththamby Yogeswaran">Seeniththamby Yogeswaran</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ampara_Electoral_District" title="Ampara Electoral District">Digamadulla</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/A._L._M._Athaullah" title="A. L. M. Athaullah">A. L. M. Athaullah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Dayaratna" title="P. Dayaratna">P. Dayaratna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cassim_Faizal" title="Cassim Faizal">Cassim Faizal</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/Podiappuhamy_Piyasena" title="Podiappuhamy Piyasena">Podiappuhamy Piyasena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarath_Weerasekara" title="Sarath Weerasekara">Sarath Weerasekara</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/Trincomalee_Electoral_District" title="Trincomalee Electoral District">Trincomalee</a></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/Susantha_Punchinilame" title="Susantha Punchinilame">Susantha Punchinilame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._K._A._D._S._Gunawardana" title="M. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana">M. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajavarothiam_Sampanthan" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajavarothiam Sampanthan">Rajavarothiam Sampanthan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Thowfeek" title="M. S. Thowfeek">M. S. Thowfeek</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">North Western</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></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/K._W._Shantha_Bandara" title="K. W. 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Nawinne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamini_Jayawickrama_Perera" title="Gamini Jayawickrama Perera">Gamini Jayawickrama Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neranjan_Wickramasinghe" class="mw-redirect" title="Neranjan Wickramasinghe">Neranjan Wickramasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nimal_Wijesinghe" title="Nimal Wijesinghe">Nimal Wijesinghe</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></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/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/Milroy_Fernando" title="Milroy Fernando">Milroy Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piyankara_Jayaratne" title="Piyankara Jayaratne">Piyankara Jayaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niroshan_Perera" title="Niroshan Perera">Niroshan Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neomal_Perera" title="Neomal Perera">Neomal Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Anthony_Perera" title="Victor Anthony Perera">Victor Anthony Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dayasritha_Thissera" class="mw-redirect" title="Dayasritha Thissera">Dayasritha Thissera</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">North Central</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></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/Chandrani_Bandara_Jayasinghe" title="Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe">Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe</a></li> <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/P._Weerakumara_Dissanayake" class="mw-redirect" title="P. Weerakumara Dissanayake">P. Weerakumara Dissanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._B._Ekanayake" title="W. B. Ekanayake">W. B. Ekanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Harrison" title="P. Harrison">P. Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tissa_Karalliyadde" title="Tissa Karalliyadde">Tissa Karalliyadde</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></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/Earl_Gunasekara" title="Earl Gunasekara">Earl Gunasekara</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/Maithripala_Sirisena" title="Maithripala Sirisena">Maithripala Sirisena</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jayasinghe_Bandara&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jayasinghe Bandara (page does not exist)">Jayasinghe Bandara</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._A._Suriyaarachchi" title="C. A. Suriyaarachchi">C. A. Suriyaarachchi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Uva</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></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/Lal_Chamika_Buddhadasa" title="Lal Chamika Buddhadasa">Lal Chamika Buddhadasa</a></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/Udith_Lokubandara" title="Udith Lokubandara">Udith Lokubandara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilan_Perera" title="Dilan Perera">Dilan Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rohana_Pushpakumara" title="Rohana Pushpakumara">Rohana Pushpakumara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshman_Senewiratne" title="Lakshman Senewiratne">Lakshman Senewiratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amith_Thenuka_Vidanagamage" title="Amith Thenuka Vidanagamage">Amith Thenuka Vidanagamage</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></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/Vijitha_Berugoda" title="Vijitha Berugoda">Vijitha Berugoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumedha_G._Jayasena" class="mw-redirect" title="Sumedha G. 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Jagath Pushpakumara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamini_Vijith_Wijithamuni_De_Zoysa" class="mw-redirect" title="Gamini Vijith Wijithamuni De Zoysa">Gamini Vijith Wijithamuni De Zoysa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sabaragamuwa</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/Ratnapura_Electoral_District" title="Ratnapura Electoral District">Ratnapura</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/Thalatha_Atukorale" title="Thalatha Atukorale">Thalatha Atukorale</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/Ranjan_Ramanayake" title="Ranjan Ramanayake">Ranjan Ramanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanee_Rohana_Kodithuvakku" title="Sanee Rohana Kodithuvakku">Sanee Rohana Kodithuvakku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._D._J._Senewiratne" class="mw-redirect" title="W. D. J. Senewiratne">W. D. J. 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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 class="mw-selflink selflink">Vijayakala Maheswaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._Saravanapavan" title="E. Saravanapavan">E. 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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. Jayasena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ananda_Kumarasiri" title="Ananda Kumarasiri">Ananda Kumarasiri</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/Harsha_de_Silva" title="Harsha de Silva">Harsha de Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anura_Kumara_Dissanayake" title="Anura Kumara Dissanayake">Anura Kumara Dissanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udaya_Gammanpila" title="Udaya Gammanpila">Udaya Gammanpila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mano_Ganesan" title="Mano Ganesan">Mano Ganesan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Lal_Grero" title="Mohan Lal Grero">Mohan Lal Grero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandula_Gunawardane" title="Bandula Gunawardane">Bandula Gunawardane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Gunawardena" title="Dinesh Gunawardena">Dinesh Gunawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Karunanayake" title="Ravi Karunanayake">Ravi Karunanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamini_Lokuge" title="Gamini Lokuge">Gamini Lokuge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._M._Marikkar" title="S. M. Marikkar">S. M. Marikkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hirunika_Premachandra" title="Hirunika Premachandra">Hirunika Premachandra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susil_Premajayantha" title="Susil Premajayantha">Susil Premajayantha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mujibur_Rahman_(Sri_Lankan_politician)" title="Mujibur Rahman (Sri Lankan politician)">Mujibur Rahman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wijeyadasa_Rajapakshe" title="Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe">Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champika_Ranawaka" title="Champika Ranawaka">Champika Ranawaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sujeewa_Senasinghe" title="Sujeewa Senasinghe">Sujeewa Senasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wimal_Weerawansa" title="Wimal Weerawansa">Wimal Weerawansa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eran_Wickramaratne" title="Eran Wickramaratne">Eran Wickramaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gampaha_Electoral_District" title="Gampaha Electoral District">Gampaha</a> (18)</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/Lasantha_Alagiyawanna" title="Lasantha Alagiyawanna">Lasantha Alagiyawanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Amaratunga" title="John Amaratunga">John Amaratunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indika_Anuruddha" title="Indika Anuruddha">Indika Anuruddha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudarshani_Fernandopulle" title="Sudarshani Fernandopulle">Sudarshani Fernandopulle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Gunasekara" title="Edward Gunasekara">Edward Gunasekara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijitha_Herath" title="Vijitha Herath">Vijitha Herath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sisira_Jayakody" title="Sisira Jayakody">Sisira Jayakody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kavinda_Jayawardena" title="Kavinda Jayawardena">Kavinda Jayawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nimal_Lanza" 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