Ajith Mannapperuma nominated for Ranjan's vacant seat

Colombo (News 1st); Ajith Mannapperuma was named for the parliamentary seat left vacant by Ranjan Ramanayake, said the Elections Commission on Thursday (08). "The gazette on naming Mannapperuma for the seat left vacant by Ramanayake will be published today," it added. According to the results of the last Parliamentary Election, Ajith Mannapperuma led the SJB preferential vote list from among those who were not elected to parliament, with 47,212 preferential votes.