Jagath Priyankara to fill Sanath Nishantha’s MP seat

National Freedom Front (Jathika Nidahas Peramuna) member L.K. Jagath Priyankara’s name has been gazetted to fill the MP seat left vacant following the tragic death of State Minister Sanath Nishantha.

Issuing a statement regarding the matter, the Election Commission of Sri Lanka (ECSL) stated that as per 13(b)of Article 99 of the Constitution, and in pursuant to Section 64(2) of the Parliamentary ELections Act, No. 01 of 1981, L. K. Jagth Priyankara has been declared elected as an MP for the Puttalam electoral district No. - 16.

State Minister Sanath Nishantha and his security officer died in a tragic accident that took place on the Colombo - Katunayake expressway in the early hours of the day.

According to the police, the state minister’s vehicle had rear-ended a moving container truck around 2:00 a.m. (25 Jan.), before crashing against the roadside barrier.

Following the fatal collision, three persons including State Minister Nishantha were rushed to the Colombo North Teaching Hospital in Ragama with critical wounds, where two of them - the lawmaker and his security guard, a police constable named Jayakody – succumbed to their injuries upon admission.