Samantha Ranasinghe
Honorific prefixHon.
Native nameසමන්ත රණසිංහ
சமந்தா ரணசிங்க
Honorific suffixMP
Constituency mpKegalle District
ParliamentSri Lanka
Term start8 May 2025
PredecessorKosala Jayaweera
Birth nameRatnayake Mudiyanselage Samantha Ranasinghe
PartyNational People's Power

Ratnayake Mudiyanselage Samantha Ranasinghe is a Sri Lankan politician. He contested the 2024 Sri Lankan parliamentary election and was elected to the 17th Parliament of Sri Lanka from the Kegalle Electoral District as a member of the National People's Power, replacing Kosala Jayaweera, who died on 6 April 2025.[1][2][3]

His appointment was confirmed by the Election Commission of Sri Lanka on 8 April 2025[4][5] and was sworn in on 8 May 2025.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "NPP MP Kosala Nuwan passes away". www.adaderana.lk. 2025-04-06. Archived 2025-04-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  2. ^ Perera, Yohan (2025-04-08). "Samantha Ranasinghe to Parliament in place of Kosala Jayaweera". www.dailymirror.lk. Archived 2025-04-08 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  3. ^ "Samantha Ranasinghe to fill Kosala Nuwan's MP seat". www.adaderana.lk. 2025-04-09. Archived 2025-04-10 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  4. ^ "The Gazette Extraordinary No. 2431/11 of 8 April 2025: Government Notifications – Filling of a vacancy under Paragraph 13(b) of Article 99 of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka". www.documents.gov.lk. 2025-04-08. Archived 2025-04-26 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-04-26.
  5. ^ "Filling of a vacancy under Section (b) of paragraph (13) of Article 99 of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka". elections.gov.lk. 2025-04-09. Archived 2025-04-20 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  6. ^ "Samantha Ranasinghe takes oath as MP". www.adaderana.lk. 2025-05-08. Archived 2025-05-08 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-05-08.
  7. ^ "Parliament of Sri Lanka – R. M. Samantha Ranasinghe". www.parliament.lk. 2025. Retrieved 2025-07-15.