Lakshman Pinto Jayatilaka Senewiratne (born 9 March 1957) (known as ''Lakshman Senewiratne'') is a

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

n politician, former State Minister of Science, Technology and Research and a member of the

Parliament of Sri Lanka The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව ''Śrī Laṇkā Pārlimentuvā'', Tamil: இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்றம் '' ...

representing the

Badulla District Badulla District ( ''badūlla distrikkaya''; ''Patuḷai māvaṭṭam'') is a Districts of Sri Lanka, district in Uva Province, Sri Lanka. The entire land area of the Badulla district is and has a total population of 871763 as of 2024. The d ...

. and former Cabinet Minister of Sugar Industries, His father C. P. J. Senewiratne was an MP for Mahiyangana electorate and former Cabinet Minister of Labour in the government of

J.R. Jayewardene Junius Richard Jayewardene (; ; 17 September 1906 – 1 November 1996), commonly referred to by his initials JR, was a Sri Lankan lawyer, public official and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 1977 to 1978 and as the secon ...

.From Chandrika’s `Raakamma’ to Ranil’s `Sinnore’!
Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka), Retrieved on 15 March 2009. Lakshman was elected to parliament in the seat of

Mahiyangana Mahiyanganaya is a town situated close to the Mahaweli River in Badulla District, Uva Province of Sri Lanka. It is said that Gautama Buddha visited Mahiyanganaya on the Duruthu full moon poya day in order to settle a dispute arose between Yakkas ...

at a by-election on 18 April 1985, following the death of the sitting member, Lakshman's father, in December 1984. At the

1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on 15 February 1989, the first since 1977. The elections that should normally have been held by 1983 had been cancelled by the 1982 referendum. Results By province By electoral district Note ...

s he was elected as the member for

Badulla Badulla (, ; ,) is the capital and the largest city of Uva Province situated in the central hills of Sri Lanka. It is the capital city of Uva Province and the Badulla District. Geography Badulla is located in the southeast of Kandy, almost enci ...

and has continuously represented the seat for 32 years.

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