National List of MPs to be sent to Government Printer today: NEC

COLOMBO: The list of National List Members of the 9th parliament will be sent to the Government Printer on Friday (Aug 14), to be gazetted, the National Elections Commission said.  "All other parties EXCEPT for the United National Party have submitted their list of national list members," Mahinda Deshapriya, the NEC Chairman said on Friday (Aug 14). 29 National List seats were distributed among seven parties at the 2020 Parliamentary Election. Accordingly, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna acquired 17 national list seats, and Samagi Jana Balavegaya acquired seven national list seats. Jathika Jana Balavegaya, Our Power of People Party, Illankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi, and Ahila Ilankai Thamil Congress acquired one national list each. SLPP national list members are as follows, 01. Prof. G.L Peiris 02. Attorney-at-Law, Sagara Kariyawasam 03. Ajith Nivard Cabral 04. Mohamed Ali Sabry, PC 05. Jayantha Weerasinghe, PC 06. Manjula Dissanayake 07. Senior Prof. Ranjith Bandara 08. Prof. Charitha Herath 09. Gevindu Kumaratunga 10. Mohamed Muzammil 11. Prof. Tissa Vitharana 12. Yadamini Gunawardena 13. Dr. Suren Raghavan 14. Tiran Alles 15. Dr. Seetha Arambepola 16. Jayantha Ketagoda 17. Mohammed Faleel Marjan National List members of the Samagi Jana Balavegaya are as follows: 01. Harin Fernando 02. Tissa Attanayake 03. Ranjith Madduma Bandara 04. Mayantha Dissanayake 05. Eran Wickremeratne 06. Imthiaz Bakeer Markar 07. Diana Gamage Senior Lecturer, Dr. Harini Amarasuriya was appointed as the national list member of the Jathika Jana Balavegaya. From the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi - Thavaraja Kalai Arasan was appointed for their national list seat, while Selvarasa Gajenthiran was appointed from Ahila Ilankai Thamil Congress for their national list seat.