Upul Mahendra

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

Hon. Upul Mahendra MP
උපුල් මහේන්ද්‍ර உபுல் மகேந்திரா
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 August 2020
Constituency	Gampaha District
Member of the Western Provincial Council
In office 21 April 2014 – 21 April 2019
Constituency	Gampaha District
Personal details
Born	Rajapaksha Pathirannehelage Upul Mahendra Rajapaksha (1971-09-25) 25 September 1971 (age 52) Gampaha, Sri Lanka
Political party	Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Other political affiliations	Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance

Political career

Upul Mahendra was born on 25 September 1971.^[1] He entered politics in 2002 by contesting to the local government election and lost the election. But in 2004 he was selected to the divisional council because one member lost his seat due to disciplinary reason. In 2006 and 2011 local government elections he got the highest number of votes in the division and become a chairperson of the divisional council. He was a chairperson of the Attanagalla Divisional Council from 2006 to 2014. In 2014 He contested to the provincial council election and won. He was a member of the Western Provincial Council from 2014 to 2019.^[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

Electoral history of Upul Mahendra

Election	Constituency	Party		Alliance		Votes	Result
2014 provincial[10]	Gampaha District		Sri Lanka Freedom Party		United People's Freedom Alliance	37,674	Elected
2015 parliamentary[6]	Gampaha District		Sri Lanka Freedom Party		United People's Freedom Alliance	54,763	Not elected
2020 parliamentary[8]	Gampaha District		Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna		Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance	67,756	Elected

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.