Upul Mahendra

Rajapaksha Pathirannehelage Upul Mahendra Rajapaksha (born 25 September 1971) is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.[1]

Hon.

Upul Mahendra

MP
උපුල් මහේන්ද්‍ර
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Assumed office
2020
ConstituencyGampaha District
Member of the Western Provincial Council
In office
2014–2019
ConstituencyGampaha District
Personal details
Born
Rajapaksha Pathirannehelage Upul Mahendra Rajapaksha

(1971-09-25) 25 September 1971
Political partySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Other political
affiliations		Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance

Mahendra was born on 25 September 1971.[1] He was a member of Attanagalla Divisional Council and the Western Provincial Council.[2] He contested the 2015 parliamentary election as one of the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) electoral alliance's candidates in Gampaha District but failed to get elected after coming 10th amongst the UPFA candidates.[3][4][5][6] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Gampaha District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[7][8][9]

Electoral history of Upul Mahendra
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
2014 provincial[10]Gampaha DistrictUnited People's Freedom Alliance37,674Elected
2015 parliamentary[6]Gampaha DistrictUnited People's Freedom Alliance54,763Not elected
2020 parliamentary[8]Gampaha DistrictSri Lanka Podujana PeramunaSri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance67,756Elected

References
  1. "Directory of Members: Upul Mahendra Rajapaksha". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  2. "Meet your new parliamentarians". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  3. "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - The Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 1923/3. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 13 July 2015. p. 48A. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  4. "Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  5. "Preferential Votes". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 19 August 2015. Archived from the original on 20 August 2015.
  6. "Preferential Votes" (PDF). srilankanelections.com.
  7. "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. 2A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  8. "Nalaka Godahewa tops in Gampaha". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  9. Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  10. "Full list of preferential votes". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 31 March 2014. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014.
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