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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 (1957–2023)</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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Abdul Majeed</div><div class="honorific-suffix" style="font-weight: normal;"><a 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;"><div class="nickname" lang="ta">நஜீப் அப்துல் மஜீத்</div></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;">2nd <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Eastern_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Eastern Province">Chief Minister of Eastern Province</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />18 September 2012 – 6 February 2015</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/S._Chandrakanthan" class="mw-redirect" title="S. Chandrakanthan">S. Chandrakanthan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded 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><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Provincial_Council" title="Eastern Provincial Council">Eastern Provincial Council</a> for <a href="/wiki/Trincomalee_Electoral_District" title="Trincomalee Electoral District">Trincomalee 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> <br />2012</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 Co-operatives</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />2007–2010</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 Post & Telecommunications</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />2000–2001</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;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Member of Parliament (Sri Lanka)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Trincomalee_Electoral_District" title="Trincomalee Electoral District">Trincomalee District</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />2004–2010</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 />1994–2001</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"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Mohamed Najeeb Abdul Majeed</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1957-01-01</span>)</span>1 January 1957<br /><a href="/wiki/Kinniya" title="Kinniya">Kinniya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">22 December 2023<span style="display:none">(2023-12-22)</span> (aged 66)<br /><a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a>, Sri Lanka</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></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's Freedom Alliance">United People's Freedom Alliance</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/A._L._Abdul_Majeed" title="A. L. Abdul Majeed">A. L. Abdul Majeed</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"><a href="/wiki/Kinniya_Central_College" title="Kinniya Central College">Kinniya Central College</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Zahira_College,_Gampola" title="Zahira College, Gampola">Zahira College, Gampola</a><br />St. John's Academy, Jaffna</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Politician</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Mohamed Najeeb Abdul Majeed</b> (<a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a>: <span lang="ta">நஜீப் அப்துல் மஜீத்</span>; 1 January 1957 – 22 December 2023), was a Sri Lankan politician, former Member of Parliament and former <a href="/wiki/List_of_Chief_Ministers_of_Eastern_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Chief Ministers of Eastern Province">Chief Minister</a> of <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Eastern Province, Sri Lanka">Eastern Province</a>. </p> <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=M._N._Abdul_Majeed&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Majeed was born on 1 January 1957.<sup id="cite_ref-DM220912_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DM220912-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the son of <a href="/wiki/A._L._Abdul_Majeed" title="A. L. Abdul Majeed">A. L. Abdul Majeed</a> was Member of Parliament for <a href="/wiki/Mutur_Electoral_District" title="Mutur Electoral District">Mutur</a> from 1960 to 1977 and Deputy Minister of Information and Broadcasting.<sup id="cite_ref-DM220912_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DM220912-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was educated at <a href="/wiki/Kinniya_Central_College" title="Kinniya Central College">Kinniya Central College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zahira_College,_Gampola" title="Zahira College, Gampola">Zahira College, Gampola</a> and St. John's Academy, Jaffna.<sup id="cite_ref-DM220912_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DM220912-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Majeed then moved to <a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a> and became a junior executive at a shipping company.<sup id="cite_ref-DM220912_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DM220912-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father was assassinated on 14 November 1987, allegedly by the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamil_militant_groups" title="Sri Lankan Tamil militant groups">rebel</a> <a href="/wiki/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam">Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam</a>.<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> Majeed returned to <a href="/wiki/Kinniya" title="Kinniya">Kinniya</a> to take on his father's political mantle. </p><p>Majeed died on 22 December 2023 at the age of 66 while receiving treatments at a private hospital in Colombo.<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="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=M._N._Abdul_Majeed&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Majeed contested the <a href="/wiki/1989_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">1989 parliamentary election</a> as one of the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a>'s candidates in <a href="/wiki/Trincomalee_Electoral_District" title="Trincomalee Electoral District">Trincomalee District</a> but failed to get elected.<sup id="cite_ref-DM220912_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DM220912-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1993 he became chairman of Kinniya Divisional Council.<sup id="cite_ref-DM220912_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DM220912-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Majeed joined the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">Sri Lanka Muslim Congress</a> (SLMC) in 1994 and contested the <a href="/wiki/1994_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">1994 parliamentary election</a> as one of its candidates in Trincomalee District. He was elected to <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Parliament of Sri Lanka">Parliament</a> as the sole SLMC representative from Trincomalee District.<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> The SLMC contested the <a href="/wiki/2000_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2000 parliamentary election</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">People's Alliance</a> (PA) in Trincomalee District. Majeed was re-elected, this time as a People's Alliance candidate.<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> He was appointed Deputy Minister of Post and Telecommunications.<sup id="cite_ref-DM220912_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DM220912-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The alliance between the SLMC and PA crumbled in 2001 and the SLMC joined the opposition <a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">United National Front</a>. Majeed contested the <a href="/wiki/2001_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2001 parliamentary election</a> as one of the UNF's candidates in Trincomalee District but failed to get re-elected.<sup id="cite_ref-DM220912_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DM220912-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The SLMC contested the <a href="/wiki/2004_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2004 parliamentary election</a> on its own in Trincomalee District. Majeed re-entered Parliament as the sole SLMC representative from Trincomalee District.<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> Then the SLMC suffered a series of rebellions and splits and on 30 May 2004 Majeed was expelled from the SLMC.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2004 Majeed was appointed Minister for Trincomalee District Rehabilitation and Development.<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> Majeed then joined two parties formed by former SLMC members, firstly the National Congress led by <a href="/wiki/A._L._M._Athaullah" title="A. L. M. Athaullah">A. L. M. Athaullah</a> and then the <a href="/wiki/All_Ceylon_Muslim_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All Ceylon Muslim Congress">All Ceylon Muslim Congress</a> led by <a href="/wiki/Rishad_Bathiudeen" title="Rishad Bathiudeen">Rishad Bathiudeen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DM220912_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DM220912-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2007 he re-joined the SLFP.<sup id="cite_ref-DM220912_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DM220912-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Majeed was appointed Non-Cabinet Minister of Co-operatives in January 2007.<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>Majeed 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_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">United People's Freedom Alliance</a>'s candidates in Trincomalee District but failed to get re-elected after coming third amongst the UPFA candidates.<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> He was then appointed Presidential Coordinator for the Trincomalee District and SLFP organiser for Mutur Electoral Division.<sup id="cite_ref-DM220912_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DM220912-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Majeed contested the <a href="/wiki/2012_Sri_Lankan_provincial_council_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Sri Lankan provincial council election">2012 provincial council election</a> as one of the UPFA's candidates in Trincomalee District and was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Provincial_Council" title="Eastern Provincial Council">Eastern Provincial Council</a> (EPC).<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> The UPFA became the largest group on the EPC but didn't have a majority. After some <a href="/wiki/Horse_trading" title="Horse trading">horse trading</a> an agreement was reached between the UPFA and SLMC which allowed the UPFA to form an administration with the support of the SLMC.<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> Under the agreement between the UPFA and SLMC a UPFA nominee would serve as <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Sri Lanka">Chief Minister</a> for two and half years after a which a SLMC nominee would become Chief Minister.<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> Majeed was appointed Chief Minister by <a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Eastern_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of Eastern Province">Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Mohan_Wijewickrama" title="Mohan Wijewickrama">Mohan Wijewickrama</a> and was sworn in on 18 September 2012 in Colombo in front of <a href="/wiki/President_of_Sri_Lanka" title="President of Sri Lanka">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a>.<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> </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=M._N._Abdul_Majeed&action=edit&section=3" 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 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Lokubandara</a><br /></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Prime_Ministers_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Ministers of Sri Lanka">Prime Minister</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a>/<a href="/wiki/Ratnasiri_Wickremanayake" title="Ratnasiri Wickremanayake">Ratnasiri Wickremanayake</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Sri Lanka)">Leader of the Opposition</a>:</b> <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/Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Central Province, Sri Lanka">Central Province</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/Kandy_Electoral_District" title="Kandy Electoral District">Kandy</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/Dimuthu_Bandara_Abayakoon" title="Dimuthu Bandara Abayakoon">Dimuthu Bandara Abayakoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._R._M._Abdul_Cader" title="A. R. M. Abdul Cader">A. R. M. Abdul Cader</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahindananda_Aluthgamage" title="Mahindananda Aluthgamage">Mahindananda Aluthgamage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarath_Amunugama_(politician)" title="Sarath Amunugama (politician)">Sarath Amunugama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tissa_Attanayake" title="Tissa Attanayake">Tissa Attanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y._M._Nawaratna_Banda" title="Y. M. Nawaratna Banda">Y. M. Nawaratna Banda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._H._A._Haleem" title="M. H. A. Haleem">M. H. A. Haleem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._M._Jayaratne" title="D. M. Jayaratne">D. M. Jayaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshman_Kiriella" title="Lakshman Kiriella">Lakshman Kiriella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faiszer_Musthapha" title="Faiszer Musthapha">Faiszer Musthapha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udawatte_Nanda_Thero" title="Udawatte Nanda Thero">Udawatte Nanda Thero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keheliya_Rambukwella" title="Keheliya Rambukwella">Keheliya Rambukwella</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Matale_Electoral_District" title="Matale Electoral District">Matale</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/Sujatha_Alahakoon" title="Sujatha Alahakoon">Sujatha Alahakoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alick_Aluwihare" title="Alick Aluwihare">Alick Aluwihare</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nandimithra_Ekanayake" title="Nandimithra Ekanayake">Nandimithra Ekanayake</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranjith_Aluwihare" title="Ranjith Aluwihare">Ranjith Aluwihare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rohana_Dissanayake" title="Rohana Dissanayake">Rohana Dissanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janaka_Bandara_Tennakoon" title="Janaka Bandara Tennakoon">Janaka Bandara Tennakoon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Nuwara_Eliya_Electoral_District" title="Nuwara Eliya Electoral District">Nuwara Eliya</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/P._Chandrasekaran" title="P. Chandrasekaran">P. Chandrasekaran</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Santhanam_Arulsamy" title="Santhanam Arulsamy">Santhanam Arulsamy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._B._Dissanayake" title="S. B. Dissanayake">S. B. Dissanayake</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Renuka_Herath" title="Renuka Herath">Renuka Herath</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._D._N._P._Jayasinghe" title="N. D. N. P. Jayasinghe">N. D. N. P. Jayasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._Jegadhiswaran" title="S. Jegadhiswaran">S. Jegadhiswaran</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/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/North_Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="North Central Province, Sri Lanka">North Central Province</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/Anuradhapura_Electoral_District" title="Anuradhapura Electoral District">Anuradhapura</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/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/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/Chandrani_Bandara_Jayasinghe" title="Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe">Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tissa_Karalliyadde" title="Tissa Karalliyadde">Tissa Karalliyadde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._D._Lalkantha" title="K. D. Lalkantha">K. D. Lalkantha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._P._A._Ranaweera_Pathirana" title="R. P. A. Ranaweera Pathirana">R. P. A. Ranaweera Pathirana</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-odd" 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/Earl_Gunasekara" title="Earl Gunasekara">Earl Gunasekara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maithripala_Sirisena" title="Maithripala Sirisena">Maithripala Sirisena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._K._Subasinghe" title="S. K. Subasinghe">S. K. Subasinghe</a></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%"><a href="/wiki/North_Eastern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="North Eastern Province, Sri Lanka">North Eastern Province</a> (31)</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></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/Ferial_Ashraff" title="Ferial Ashraff">Ferial Ashraff</a></li> <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/Rauff_Hakeem" title="Rauff Hakeem">Rauff Hakeem</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A._M._M._Naushad" title="A. M. M. Naushad">A. M. M. Naushad</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Pathmanathan" title="K. Pathmanathan">K. Pathmanathan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Thangathurai_William" title="Thomas Thangathurai William">Thomas Thangathurai William</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._G._Wasantha_Piyatissa" title="L. G. Wasantha Piyatissa">L. G. Wasantha Piyatissa</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></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._Jeyanandamoorthy" title="S. Jeyanandamoorthy">S. Jeyanandamoorthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thanmanpillai_Kanagasabai" title="Thanmanpillai Kanagasabai">Thanmanpillai Kanagasabai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thangeswary_Kathiraman" title="Thangeswary Kathiraman">Thangeswary Kathiraman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsley_Rasanayagam" title="Kingsley Rasanayagam">Kingsley Rasanayagam</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/P._Ariyanethiran" title="P. Ariyanethiran">P. Ariyanethiran</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ameer_Ali_Shihabdeen" title="Ameer Ali Shihabdeen">Ameer Ali Shihabdeen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><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/Douglas_Devananda" title="Douglas Devananda">Douglas Devananda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._Kajendran" title="S. Kajendran">S. Kajendran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gajendrakumar_Ponnambalam" title="Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam">Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suresh_Premachandran" title="Suresh Premachandran">Suresh Premachandran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadarajah_Raviraj" title="Nadarajah Raviraj">Nadarajah Raviraj</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/N._Srikantha" title="N. Srikantha">N. Srikantha</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mavai_Senathirajah" title="Mavai Senathirajah">Mavai Senathirajah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._K._Shivajilingam" title="M. K. Shivajilingam">M. K. Shivajilingam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pathmini_Sithamparanathan" title="Pathmini Sithamparanathan">Pathmini Sithamparanathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Sivanesan_(member_of_parliament)" class="mw-redirect" title="K. Sivanesan (member of parliament)">K. Sivanesan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Solomon_Cyril" title="Solomon Cyril">Solomon Cyril</a></li></ul></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-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. N. Abdul Majeed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._Sampanthan" title="R. Sampanthan">R. Sampanthan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Thurairetnasingam" title="K. Thurairetnasingam">K. Thurairetnasingam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayantha_Wijesekara" title="Jayantha Wijesekara">Jayantha Wijesekara</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-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/S._Kanagaratnam" title="S. Kanagaratnam">S. Kanagaratnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._Kishore" title="S. Kishore">S. Kishore</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%"><a href="/wiki/North_Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="North Western Province, Sri Lanka">North Western Province</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></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/Indika_Bandaranayake" title="Indika Bandaranayake">Indika Bandaranayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandula_Basnayake" title="Bandula Basnayake">Bandula Basnayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rohitha_Bogollagama" title="Rohitha Bogollagama">Rohitha Bogollagama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anura_Kumara_Dissanayake" title="Anura Kumara Dissanayake">Anura Kumara Dissanayake</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/Jayarathna_Herath" title="Jayarathna Herath">Jayarathna Herath</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/M._D._Namal_Karunaratne" title="M. D. Namal Karunaratne">M. D. Namal Karunaratne</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/Bimal_Rathnayaka" class="mw-redirect" title="Bimal Rathnayaka">Bimal Rathnayaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amara_Piyaseeli_Ratnayake" title="Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake">Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake</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/D._M._Dassanayake" title="D. M. Dassanayake">D. M. Dassanayake</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Piyankara_Jayaratne" title="Piyankara Jayaratne">Piyankara Jayaratne</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weerakumara_Dissanayake" title="Weerakumara Dissanayake">Weerakumara Dissanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milroy_Fernando" title="Milroy Fernando">Milroy Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samansiri_Herath" title="Samansiri Herath">Samansiri Herath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larine_Perera" title="Larine Perera">Larine Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neomal_Perera" title="Neomal Perera">Neomal Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dayasritha_Tissera" title="Dayasritha Tissera">Dayasritha Tissera</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 Province</a> (19)</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></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/Kabir_Hashim" title="Kabir Hashim">Kabir Hashim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maheepala_Herath" title="Maheepala Herath">Maheepala Herath</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/H._R._Mithrapala" title="H. R. Mithrapala">H. R. Mithrapala</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anuruddha_Polgampala&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anuruddha Polgampala (page does not exist)">Anuruddha Polgampala</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lalith_Dissanayake" title="Lalith Dissanayake">Lalith Dissanayake</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champika_Premadasa" title="Champika Premadasa">Champika Premadasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._M._Gamini_Rathnayake" class="mw-redirect" title="R. M. Gamini Rathnayake">R. M. Gamini Rathnayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rukman_Senanayake" title="Rukman Senanayake">Rukman Senanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athauda_Seneviratne" title="Athauda Seneviratne">Athauda Seneviratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranjith_Siyambalapitiya" title="Ranjith Siyambalapitiya">Ranjith Siyambalapitiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mano_Wijeyeratne" title="Mano Wijeyeratne">Mano Wijeyeratne</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></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/Dunesh_Gankanda" title="Dunesh Gankanda">Dunesh Gankanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deepal_Gunasekara" title="Deepal Gunasekara">Deepal Gunasekara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Achala_Jagodage" title="Achala Jagodage">Achala Jagodage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premalal_Jayasekara" title="Premalal Jayasekara">Premalal Jayasekara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susantha_Punchinilame" title="Susantha Punchinilame">Susantha Punchinilame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayatissa_Ranaweera" title="Jayatissa Ranaweera">Jayatissa Ranaweera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Ratnatilaka" title="Mahinda Ratnatilaka">Mahinda Ratnatilaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Seneviratne" title="John Seneviratne">John Seneviratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pavithra_Devi_Wanniarachchi" class="mw-redirect" title="Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi">Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi</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 Province</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></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/Amarasiri_Dodangoda" title="Amarasiri Dodangoda">Amarasiri Dodangoda</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chandima_Weerakkody" title="Chandima Weerakkody">Chandima Weerakkody</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piyasena_Gamage" title="Piyasena Gamage">Piyasena Gamage</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/Hemakumara_Nanayakkara" title="Hemakumara Nanayakkara">Hemakumara Nanayakkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Premasiri" title="Lionel Premasiri">Lionel Premasiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunaratna_Weerakoon" title="Gunaratna Weerakoon">Gunaratna Weerakoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrasena_Wijesinghe" title="Chandrasena Wijesinghe">Chandrasena Wijesinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thilakaratne_Withanachchi" title="Thilakaratne Withanachchi">Thilakaratne Withanachchi</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-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/Nihal_Galappaththi" title="Nihal Galappaththi">Nihal Galappaththi</a></li> 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href="/wiki/Mahinda_Yapa_Abeywardena" title="Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena">Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena</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/Pemasiri_Manage" title="Pemasiri Manage">Pemasiri Manage</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/Mahinda_Wijesekara" title="Mahinda Wijesekara">Mahinda Wijesekara</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 Province</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 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J. M. Lokubandara">W. J. M. Lokubandara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilan_Perera" title="Dilan Perera">Dilan Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravindra_Samaraweera" title="Ravindra Samaraweera">Ravindra Samaraweera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Satchithanandan" title="M. Satchithanandan">M. 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Padma Udhaya Shantha Gunasekera</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/A._P._Jagath_Pushpakumara" class="mw-redirect" title="A. P. Jagath Pushpakumara">A. P. 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H. M. Fowzie">A. H. M. Fowzie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mano_Ganesan" title="Mano Ganesan">Mano Ganesan</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/Sunil_Handunnetti" title="Sunil Handunnetti">Sunil Handunnetti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Karunanayake" title="Ravi Karunanayake">Ravi Karunanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeewan_Kumaranatunga" title="Jeewan Kumaranatunga">Jeewan Kumaranatunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamini_Lokuge" title="Gamini Lokuge">Gamini Lokuge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Maheswaran" title="T. Maheswaran">T. Maheswaran</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Rajabdeen" title="Mohamed Rajabdeen">Mohamed Rajabdeen</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Mahroof" title="Mohamed Mahroof">Mohamed Mahroof</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._H._Mohamed" title="M. H. Mohamed">M. H. 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R. Anjan Umma">A. R. 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A. Jayantha Samaraweera">S. A. 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K. Eelaventhan">M. K. Eelaventhan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Raseen_Mohammed_Imam" title="Raseen Mohammed Imam">Raseen Mohammed Imam</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Pararajasingham" title="Joseph Pararajasingham">Joseph Pararajasingham</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C._Chandrakanthan" title="C. Chandrakanthan">C. Chandrakanthan</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">UNF</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/Hussein_Ahamed_Bhaila" title="Hussein Ahamed Bhaila">Hussein Ahamed Bhaila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._N._Choksy" title="K. N. Choksy">K. N. 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