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Decision on parliament seat pending

12 Aug 2019

  The National Election Commission (NEC) at a meeting today instructed the Returning Officer of Kurunegala District to officially name a suitable candidate to fill the vacant seat of late Minister Salinda Dissanayake. UPFA National List MP Shantha Bandara resigned earlier to fill the vacant seat in Parliament. During the meeting, the NEC also decided to inform the UPFA General Secretary Mahinda Amaraweera to name a suitable candidate to fill the vacated National List slot after the resigning of former UPFA National List MP Shantha Bandara. Former North Western Provincial Councillor D.B. Herath had obtained the highest number of preferential votes after Bandara in the last general election from the Kurunegala District. (MM)


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