Udayana Kirindigoda

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Udayana Chaminda Kirindigoda
උදයන කිරිඳිගොඩ
உதயண கிரிந்திகொட
Member of Parliament
for Kandy District
Assumed office
2020
Personal details
BornMay 24th, 1970 ( Age 51 years)
Kandy
CitizenshipSri Lankan
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Other political
affiliations
Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance
ResidenceKandy
Alma materDharmaraja College Kandy
OccupationLawyer
ProfessionAttorney -at-law

Udayana Chaminda Kirindigoda is a Sri Lankan lawyer, politician and Member of Parliament.[1] He is the son of late attorney Upali Kirindigoda. He has studied at Dharmaraja College Kandy and Sri Lanka Law College .

Kirindigoda is a member of Viyathmaga (Path of the Learned), a network of academics, businesspeople and professionals.[2][3] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Kandy District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[4][5][6]

Electoral history of Udayana Kirindigoda
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
2020 parliamentary[5] Kandy District Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance 39,904 Elected

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Directory of Members: Udayana Kirindigoda". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  2. ^ Ferdinando, Shamindra (8 August 2020). "A sizable Viyathmaga group enters parliament; Yuthukama receives two slots". The Island. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  3. ^ David, Kumar (12 August 2020). "SJB Is UNP In Other Vestments: Viyath-Yuthu Is Gota's Fifth Column". Colombo Telegraph. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  4. ^ "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. 3A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  5. ^ a b "General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Kandy District". Ceylon Today. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  6. ^ Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 September 2020.