Gunapala Rathnasekara

Basnayaka Yasarathnalage Gunapala Rathnasekara (born 7 December 1961) is a Sri Lankan academic, politician and Member of Parliament.[1]

Hon.
Gunapala Rathnasekara
MP
ගුණපාල රත්නසේකර
குணபால ரத்னசேகர
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Assumed office
2020
ConstituencyKurunegala District
Personal details
Born
Basnayaka Yasarathnalage Gunapala Rathnasekara

(1961-12-07) 7 December 1961
Political partySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Other political
affiliations		Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance
Alma materUniversity of Sri Jayewardenepura
Sri Krishnadevaraya University
OccupationAcademic

Rathnasekara was born on 7 December 1961.[1] He has a BSc degree from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and a MCom degree from the Sri Krishnadevaraya University.[2] He is a senior lecturer in the University of Sri Jayewardenepura's Department of Accounting.[2] He is director of the Kurunegala Sipwin Private Tuition Institute.[3][4] He is a member of Viyathmaga (Path of the Learned), a pro-Rajapaksa, nationalist group of academics, businesspeople and professionals.[5][6]

Rathnasekara 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.[7][8][9]

Electoral history of Gunapala Rathnasekara
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
2020 parliamentary[8]Kurunegala DistrictSri Lanka Podujana PeramunaSri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance141,991Elected

References
  1. "Directory of Members: B. Y. G. Rathnasekara". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  2. "Mr. B Y G Rathnasekara". Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka: University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  3. Wanshathilake, Ariyapala (14 August 2020). "Professor Gunapala Rathnasekara appointed Kurunegala DC Chairman". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  4. "CA Sri Lanka recognises 13 Accredited Learning Partners". Daily FT. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 11 April 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  5. Ferdinando, Shamindra (8 August 2020). "A sizable Viyathmaga group enters parliament; Yuthukama receives two slots". The Island. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  6. David, Kumar (12 August 2020). "SJB Is UNP In Other Vestments: Viyath-Yuthu Is Gota's Fifth Column". Colombo Telegraph. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  7. "Part I : Section (I) — General – Government Notifications – Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981 3" (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.
  8. "MR obtains 527,364 preferential votes". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  9. Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 September 2020.


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