Kokila Harshani Gunawardena (born 28 April 1974) is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.[1]
Gunawardena was born on 28 April 1974.[1] She is the sister of former provincial councillor Namal Gunawardena.[2] She was educated at Holy Cross College, Gampaha.[2] She worked for SriLankan Airlines.[2] She was the Sri Lanka Freedom Party's organiser in Mirigama.[2][3]
Gunawardena was a member of the Western Provincial Council. She 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.[4][5][6]
Electoral history of Kokila Gunawardena
Election
Constituency
Party
Alliance
Votes
Result
2009 provincial[7]
Gampaha District
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
United People's Freedom Alliance
46,997
Elected
2014 provincial[8]
Gampaha District
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
United People's Freedom Alliance
40,291
Elected
2020 parliamentary[5]
Gampaha District
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance
77,922
Elected
^ ab"Directory of Members: Kokila Gunawardene". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
^ abcd"Get to know your new parliamentarians". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 9 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
^Perera, Chaminda (17 August 2016). "President removes JO members, appoints new party organisers". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
^"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.
^ ab"Nalaka Godahewa tops in Gampaha". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
^Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
^"Preferences Gampaha" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2009.
^"Full list of preferential votes". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 31 March 2014. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014.
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