K. P. S. Kumarasiri

Kariyawasam Pathiranage Sarath Kumarasiri is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial minister and Member of Parliament.[1]

Hon.
K. P. S. Kumarasiri
MP
කේපීඑස් කුමාරසිරි
கேபிஎஸ் குமாரசிறி
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Assumed office
2020
ConstituencyAnuradhapura District
Member of the North Central Provincial Council
In office
2012–2017
ConstituencyAnuradhapura District
Personal details
Born
Kariyawasam Pathiranage Sarath Kumarasiri
Political partySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Other political
affiliations		Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance

Kumarasiri was a member of Nochchiyagama Divisional Council and North Central Provincial Council where he held a provincial ministerial portfolio.[2] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Anuradhapura District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[3][4][5]

Electoral history of K. P. S. Kumarasiri
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
2012 provincial[6]Anuradhapura DistrictUnited People's Freedom Alliance15,329Elected
2020 parliamentary[4]Anuradhapura DistrictSri Lanka Podujana PeramunaSri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance49,030Elected

References
  1. "Directory of Members: K.P.S. Kumarasiri". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  2. "Meet your new parliamentarians". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 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. 8A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  4. "General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Anuradhapura District". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  5. Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  6. "Preferential votes". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2020.


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