Sajith Premadasa
Sajith Premadasa සජිත් ප්රෙමදාස | |
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| Suchritha Sanasuma, Weerawila | |
| Member of Parliament for Hambantota District | |
| Former Deputy Minister of Health | |
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| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Political party | United National Party |
| Spouse | Jalani Premadasa |
| Alma mater | Royal College Colombo, London School of Economics |
| Occupation | Politician |
Sajith Premadasa is a Sri Lankan politician. His is a current Member of Parliament for Hambantota District and was the former Deputy Minister of Health in Sri Lanka. He is the son of Ranasinghe Premadasa the former President of Sri Lanka and was educated at the prestigious Royal College Colombo and the London School of Economics and Political Science.
General Election 2010
For the fourth general election in a row, Sajith Premadasa won the highest percentage of preferential votes out of all United National Party candidates on Thursday. The son of former President Ranasinghe Premadasa, Sajith won just under 90 percent of United National Party votes in the Hambantota Electoral District, significantly better than party leader Ranil Wickremesinghe’s 68 percent of the United National Party's Colombo Electoral District preferential votes.
Given the United National Party’s dismal island-wide showing in the election, Wickremesinghe is under pressure to step down and allow a more popular candidate like Sajith to take control of the party. Sajith told The Sunday Leader that while he is not seeking Ranil’s job, he would not decline a higher position in the party.
General Election
Sajith first entered politics in 2000, when he was elected to parliament from Hambantota with 83 percent of the UNP preferential votes. He won 82 percent of the preferential votes in the 2001 election and 84 percent in the 2004 election and 89 percent in 2010.
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