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Milan Jayathilaka
මිලාන් ජයතිලක
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Assumed office
2020
ConstituencyGampaha District
Personal details
Born
Withana Pathiranage Milan Sajith Jayathilaka

(1981-08-01) 1 August 1981 (age 43)
Political partySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Other political
affiliations
Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance

Withana Pathiranage Milan Sajith Jayathilaka (born 1 August 1981) is a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament.[1]

Jayathilaka was born on 1 August 1981.[1] He was a member of Dompe Divisional Council.[2] He was arrested by the Bribery Commission in December 2012 in connection with demanding a bribe of Rs. 7 million in exchange for issuing a permit to carry out stone quarrying.[3][4] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Gampaha District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[5][6][7]

Electoral history of Milan Jayathilaka
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
2020 parliamentary[6] Gampaha District style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna/meta/color;"| Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna style="background:Template:Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance/meta/color;"| Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance 68,449 Elected

References

  1. ^ a b "Directory of Members: Milan Jayathilake". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Meet your new parliamentarians". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  3. ^ Tegal, Megara (7 July 2013). "Bribery And Corruption Rampant In Governing Bodies". The Sunday Leader. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  4. ^ Thajudeen, T. Farook (21 December 2012). "Dompe Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman further remanded". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2187/26. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 8 August 2020. p. 2A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Nalaka Godahewa tops in Gampaha". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  7. ^ Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 September 2020.