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Samantha Ranasinghe

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Samantha Ranasinghe
සමන්ත රණසිංහ
சமந்தா ரணசிங்க
Member of Parliament
for Kegalle District
Assumed office
8 May 2025
Personal details
Born
Ratnayake Mudiyanselage Samantha Ranasinghe
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partyNational People's Power

Ratnayake Mudiyanselage Samantha Ranasinghe is a Sri Lankan politician. He contested the 2024 Sri Lankan parliamentary election and was elected to the 17th Parliament of Sri Lanka from the Kegalle Electoral District as a member of the National People's Power, replacing Kosala Jayaweera, who died on 6 April 2025.[1][2][3]

His appointment was confirmed by the Election Commission of Sri Lanka on 8 April 2025[4][5] and was sworn in on 8 May 2025.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "NPP MP Kosala Nuwan passes away". www.adaderana.lk. 6 April 2025. Archived from the original on 6 April 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  2. ^ Perera, Yohan (8 April 2025). "Samantha Ranasinghe to Parliament in place of Kosala Jayaweera". www.dailymirror.lk. Archived from the original on 8 April 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  3. ^ "Samantha Ranasinghe to fill Kosala Nuwan's MP seat". www.adaderana.lk. 9 April 2025. Archived from the original on 10 April 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  4. ^ "The Gazette Extraordinary No. 2431/11 of 8 April 2025: Government Notifications – Filling of a vacancy under Paragraph 13(b) of Article 99 of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka" (PDF). www.documents.gov.lk. 8 April 2025. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 April 2025. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  5. ^ "Filling of a vacancy under Section (b) of paragraph (13) of Article 99 of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. 9 April 2025. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 April 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Samantha Ranasinghe takes oath as MP". www.adaderana.lk. 8 May 2025. Archived from the original on 8 May 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2025.