K. H. Nandasena

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Hon.
K. H. Nandasena
කේ.එචි. නන්දසේන
கே.எச். நந்தசேனா
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
In office
20 August 2020 – 4 April 2024
Succeeded byM. G. Weerasena
ConstituencyAnuradhapura District
Member of the North Central Provincial Council
In office
1999–2017
ConstituencyAnuradhapura District
Personal details
Born
Kidagalegama Hethuhamige Nandasena

(1954-09-20)20 September 1954
Dominion of Ceylon
(now Sri Lanka)
Died4 April 2024(2024-04-04) (aged 69)
Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
Political partySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Other political
affiliations		Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance

Kidagalegama Hethuhamige Nandasena (Sinhala: කේ.එචි. නන්දසේන, Tamil: கே.எச். நந்தசேனா; 20 September 1954 – 4 April 2024) was a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial minister and Member of Parliament.[1]

Nandasena was born on 20 September 1954.[1] He was a member of Padaviya Divisional Council and the North Central Provincial Council, where he held a provincial ministerial portfolio.[2] He was dismissed from his ministerial position in May 2017 after attending a May Day rally hosted by the Joint Opposition.[3][4] He contested in the 2020 parliamentary election as a candidate of the Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance for the Anuradhapura District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[5][6][7]

Nandasena died from an unspecified, sudden illness on 4 April 2024, at the age of 69. Prior to his death, he had been receiving medical treatment at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital.[8]

Electoral history of K. H. Nandasena
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
1999 provincial[9] Anuradhapura District People's Alliance 16,247 Elected
2004 provincial[10] Anuradhapura District United People's Freedom Alliance 24,054 Elected
2008 provincial[11] Anuradhapura District United People's Freedom Alliance Elected
2012 provincial[12] Anuradhapura District United People's Freedom Alliance 24,324 Elected
2020 parliamentary[6] Anuradhapura District Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance 53,618 Elected

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Directory of Members: H. Nandasena". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Meet your new parliamentarians". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  3. ^ Pothmulla, Lahiru; Bandara, Athula; Ambogama, Dayarathna (10 May 2017). "NCP minister Nandasena removed". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  4. ^ de Silva, Sajni (10 May 2017). "'I don't know why I was dismissed': K.H. Nandasena". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 September 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. 8A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  6. ^ a b "General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Anuradhapura District". Ceylon Today. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  7. ^ Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Member of Parliament Nandasena passes away". Dinamina (in Sinhala). Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Results of Provincial Council Elections 1999: North Central Province" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Election Commission of Sri Lanka. p. 36.
  10. ^ "Results of Provincial Council Elections 2004" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections. p. 184. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2009.
  11. ^ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Provincial Councils Elections Act, No. 2 of 1988" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 1564/17. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 29 August 2008. p. 1A. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  12. ^ "Preferential votes". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2020.


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