Sumith Udukumbura

Udu Kumburage Sumith Udukumbura Weerasinghe (born 15 January 1975) is a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament.[1]

Hon.
Sumith Udukumbura
MP
සුමිත් උඩුකුඹුර
சுமித் உடுகும்புரா
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Assumed office
2020
ConstituencyKurunegala District
Personal details
Born
Udu Kumburage Sumith Udukumbura Weerasinghe

(1975-01-15) 15 January 1975
Political partySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Other political
affiliations		Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance

Udukumbura was born on 15 January 1975.[1] He was educated at St. Anne's College, Kurunegala.[2] He was a police officer.[2] In January 2010 his home attacked with hand bombs.[3] He is the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna's organiser in Hiriyala.[2]

Udukumbura was a member of Ibbagamuwa Divisional Council.[2][4] He 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.[5][6][7]

Electoral history of Sumith Udukumbura
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
2020 parliamentary[6]Kurunegala DistrictSri Lanka Podujana PeramunaSri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance51,134Elected

References
  1. "Directory of Members: U. K. Sumith Udukumbura". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  2. "Ibbagamuwa PS Chairman elected as MP". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  3. "PS leader's house attacked". The Island. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 30 January 2010. Archived from the original on 2 February 2010.
  4. "Meet your new parliamentarians". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  5. "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. 7A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  6. "MR obtains 527,364 preferential votes". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  7. Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 August 2020.


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