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He was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Parliament of Sri Lanka">parliament</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2024_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2024 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2024 Sri Lankan parliamentary election</a> representing <a href="/wiki/Ampara_Electoral_District" title="Ampara Electoral District">Ampara Electoral District</a>.<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><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><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<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 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Power">NPP</a></td> <td align="right"><span data-sort-value="7004711200000000000♠">71,120</span></td> <td><b>Elected</b></td> <td><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> </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=Wasantha_Piyathissa&action=edit&section=2" 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 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Sirinesan</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/Roshan_Akmeemana" title="Roshan Akmeemana">Roshan Akmeemana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arun_Hemachandra" title="Arun Hemachandra">Arun Hemachandra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shanmugam_Kugathasan" class="mw-redirect" title="Shanmugam Kugathasan">Shanmugam Kugathasan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imran_Maharoof" title="Imran Maharoof">Imran Maharoof</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> (12)</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> (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/Ramanathan_Archchuna" title="Ramanathan Archchuna">Ramanathan Archchuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karunananthan_Ilankumaran" title="Karunananthan Ilankumaran">Karunananthan Ilankumaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajeewan_Jayachandramurthy" title="Rajeewan Jayachandramurthy">Rajeewan Jayachandramurthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gajendrakumar_Ponnambalam" title="Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam">Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Bhavanandaraja_Shanmuganathan" title="Sri Bhavanandaraja Shanmuganathan">Sri Bhavanandaraja Shanmuganathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._Shritharan" title="S. 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Raviharan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selvathambi_Thilakanathan" title="Selvathambi Thilakanathan">Selvathambi Thilakanathan</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/Rohana_Bandara" title="Rohana Bandara">Rohana Bandara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagya_Sri_Herath" title="Bhagya Sri Herath">Bhagya Sri Herath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susantha_Kumara" title="Susantha Kumara">Susantha Kumara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sena_Nanayakkara" title="Sena Nanayakkara">Sena Nanayakkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._D._N._K._Palihena" title="P. D. N. K. Palihena">P. D. N. K. Palihena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susil_Ranasinghe" title="Susil Ranasinghe">Susil Ranasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suranga_Rathnayaka" title="Suranga Rathnayaka">Suranga Rathnayaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thilina_Samarakoon" title="Thilina Samarakoon">Thilina Samarakoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wasantha_Samarasinghe" title="Wasantha Samarasinghe">Wasantha Samarasinghe</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/Pathmasiri_Bandara" title="Pathmasiri Bandara">Pathmasiri Bandara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kins_Nelson" title="Kins Nelson">Kins Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Rathnasiri" title="Sunil Rathnasiri">Sunil Rathnasiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._B._Sarath" title="T. B. Sarath">T. B. Sarath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagath_Wickremerathna" title="Jagath Wickremerathna">Jagath Wickremerathna</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/J._C._Alawathuwala" title="J. C. Alawathuwala">J. C. Alawathuwala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahammadu_Aslam" title="Mahammadu Aslam">Mahammadu Aslam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nalin_Bandara" title="Nalin Bandara">Nalin Bandara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wijesiri_Basnayake" title="Wijesiri Basnayake">Wijesiri Basnayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dharmapriya_Dissanayake" title="Dharmapriya Dissanayake">Dharmapriya Dissanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sujeeva_Dissanayake" title="Sujeeva Dissanayake">Sujeeva Dissanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashoka_Gunasena" title="Ashoka Gunasena">Ashoka Gunasena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagath_Gunawardena" title="Jagath Gunawardena">Jagath Gunawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geetha_Herath" title="Geetha Herath">Geetha Herath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dayasiri_Jayasekara" title="Dayasiri Jayasekara">Dayasiri Jayasekara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._D._Namal_Karunaratne" title="M. D. Namal Karunaratne">M. D. Namal Karunaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namal_Sudarshana" title="Namal Sudarshana">Namal Sudarshana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._D._Suriyabandara" title="G. D. Suriyabandara">G. D. Suriyabandara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandana_Tennakoon" title="Chandana Tennakoon">Chandana Tennakoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ananda_Wijepala" title="Ananda Wijepala">Ananda Wijepala</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/Chandana_Abayarathna" title="Chandana Abayarathna">Chandana Abayarathna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hector_Appuhamy" title="Hector Appuhamy">Hector Appuhamy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janath_Chithral_Fernando" title="Janath Chithral Fernando">Janath Chithral Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Faisal_(Sri_Lankan_politician)" title="Mohamed Faisal (Sri Lankan politician)">Mohamed Faisal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajith_Gihan" title="Ajith Gihan">Ajith Gihan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gayan_Janaka" title="Gayan Janaka">Gayan Janaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anton_Jayakody" title="Anton Jayakody">Anton Jayakody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiruni_Wijesinghe" title="Hiruni Wijesinghe">Hiruni Wijesinghe</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/Sagarika_Athauda" title="Sagarika Athauda">Sagarika Athauda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanda_Bandara" title="Nanda Bandara">Nanda Bandara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosala_Jayaweera" title="Kosala Jayaweera">Kosala Jayaweera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabir_Hashim" title="Kabir Hashim">Kabir Hashim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nandana_Millagala" title="Nandana Millagala">Nandana Millagala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dammika_Patabendi" title="Dammika Patabendi">Dammika Patabendi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sujith_Sanjaya_Perera" title="Sujith Sanjaya Perera">Sujith Sanjaya Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manoj_Rajapaksha" title="Manoj Rajapaksha">Manoj Rajapaksha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanchana_Welipitiya" title="Kanchana Welipitiya">Kanchana Welipitiya</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/Basooriyage_Ariyawansa" title="Basooriyage Ariyawansa">Basooriyage Ariyawansa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nilusha_Gamage" title="Nilusha Gamage">Nilusha Gamage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upul_Kithsiri" title="Upul Kithsiri">Upul Kithsiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waruna_Priyantha_Liyanage" title="Waruna Priyantha Liyanage">Waruna Priyantha Liyanage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shantha_Padmakumara" title="Shantha Padmakumara">Shantha Padmakumara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._Pradeep" title="S. Pradeep">S. Pradeep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wasantha_Pushpakumara" title="Wasantha Pushpakumara">Wasantha Pushpakumara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Rajapaksha" title="Sunil Rajapaksha">Sunil Rajapaksha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janaka_Senarathna" title="Janaka Senarathna">Janaka Senarathna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiniduma_Sunil_Senevi" title="Hiniduma Sunil Senevi">Hiniduma Sunil Senevi</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> (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/Rathna_Gamage" title="Rathna Gamage">Rathna Gamage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nalin_Hewage" title="Nalin Hewage">Nalin Hewage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._K._Jayasundara" title="T. K. Jayasundara">T. K. Jayasundara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gayantha_Karunathilaka" title="Gayantha Karunathilaka">Gayantha Karunathilaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nishantha_Perera" title="Nishantha Perera">Nishantha Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nayanathara_Premathilake" title="Nayanathara Premathilake">Nayanathara Premathilake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thilanka_Rukmal" title="Thilanka Rukmal">Thilanka Rukmal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nishantha_Samaraweera" title="Nishantha Samaraweera">Nishantha Samaraweera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chanaka_Sampath" title="Chanaka Sampath">Chanaka Sampath</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/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/Athula_Hewage" title="Athula Hewage">Athula Hewage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saliya_Madarasinghe" title="Saliya Madarasinghe">Saliya Madarasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prabha_Senarath" title="Prabha Senarath">Prabha Senarath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aravinda_Vitharana" title="Aravinda Vitharana">Aravinda Vitharana</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/L._M._Abeywickrama" title="L. M. Abeywickrama">L. M. Abeywickrama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gammaddage_Ajantha" title="Gammaddage Ajantha">Gammaddage Ajantha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chathura_Galappaththi" title="Chathura Galappaththi">Chathura Galappaththi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Handunnetti" title="Sunil Handunnetti">Sunil Handunnetti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akram_Ilyas" title="Akram Ilyas">Akram Ilyas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saroja_Savithri_Paulraj" title="Saroja Savithri Paulraj">Saroja Savithri Paulraj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lal_Premanath" title="Lal Premanath">Lal Premanath</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/Sudath_Balagalla" title="Sudath Balagalla">Sudath Balagalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raveendra_Bandara" title="Raveendra Bandara">Raveendra Bandara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamara_Sampath_Dassanayake" title="Chamara Sampath Dassanayake">Chamara Sampath Dassanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinindu_Hennayake" title="Dinindu Hennayake">Dinindu Hennayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambika_Samuel" title="Ambika Samuel">Ambika Samuel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kitnan_Selvaraj" title="Kitnan Selvaraj">Kitnan Selvaraj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samantha_Vidyaratna" title="Samantha Vidyaratna">Samantha Vidyaratna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nayana_Wasalathilake" title="Nayana Wasalathilake">Nayana Wasalathilake</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> (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/H._M._Dharmasena" title="H. M. Dharmasena">H. M. Dharmasena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._M._Jayawardena" title="R. M. Jayawardena">R. M. Jayawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chathuri_Gangani" title="Chathuri Gangani">Chathuri Gangani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarath_Kumara" title="Sarath Kumara">Sarath Kumara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajith_Priyadarshana" title="Ajith Priyadarshana">Ajith Priyadarshana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruwan_Wijeweera" title="Ruwan Wijeweera">Ruwan Wijeweera</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> (48)</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> (18)</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/Chathuranga_Abeysinghe" title="Chathuranga Abeysinghe">Chathuranga Abeysinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harini_Amarasuriya" title="Harini Amarasuriya">Harini Amarasuriya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaushalya_Ariyarathne" title="Kaushalya Ariyarathne">Kaushalya Ariyarathne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harsha_de_Silva" title="Harsha de Silva">Harsha de Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susantha_Dodawatta" title="Susantha Dodawatta">Susantha Dodawatta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eranga_Gunasekara" title="Eranga Gunasekara">Eranga Gunasekara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samanmalee_Gunasinghe" title="Samanmalee Gunasinghe">Samanmalee Gunasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._M._Marikkar" title="S. M. Marikkar">S. M. Marikkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harshana_Nanayakkara" title="Harshana Nanayakkara">Harshana Nanayakkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshman_Nipuna_Arachchi" title="Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi">Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asitha_Niroshana" title="Asitha Niroshana">Asitha Niroshana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aruna_Panagoda" title="Aruna Panagoda">Aruna Panagoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sajith_Premadasa" title="Sajith Premadasa">Sajith Premadasa</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/Rizvie_Salih" title="Rizvie Salih">Rizvie Salih</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandana_Sooriyaarachchi" title="Chandana Sooriyaarachchi">Chandana Sooriyaarachchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dewananda_Suraweera" title="Dewananda Suraweera">Dewananda Suraweera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Watagala" title="Sunil Watagala">Sunil Watagala</a></li></ul> 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