Samanpriya Herath

H. M. Samanpriya Herath (born 3 November 1976) is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.[1]

Hon.

Samanpriya Herath

MP
සමන්ප්‍රිය හේරත්
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Assumed office
2020
ConstituencyKurunegala District
Member of the North Western Provincial Council
In office
2013–2018
ConstituencyKurunegala District
Personal details
Born
H. M. Samanpriya Herath

(1976-11-03) 3 November 1976
Political partySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Other political
affiliations		Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance

Herath was born on 3 November 1976.[1] He was a member of Kuliyapitiya Divisional Council and the North Western Provincial Council.[2] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Kurunegala District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[3][4][5]

Electoral history of Samanpriya Herath
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
2009 provincial[6]Kurunegala DistrictUnited People's Freedom Alliance19,232Not elected
2013 provincial[7]Kurunegala DistrictUnited People's Freedom Alliance30,812Elected
2020 parliamentary[4]Kurunegala DistrictSri Lanka Podujana PeramunaSri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance66,814Elected

References
  1. "Directory of Members: Samanpriya Herath". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  2. "Meet your new parliamentarians". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  3. "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2187/26. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 8 August 2020. p. 7A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  4. "MR obtains 527,364 preferential votes". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  5. Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  6. "Preferences Kurunegala" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2009.
  7. "PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2013 – Results and preferential votes: North Western Province". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
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