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UPFA names National List MPs
Aug 21, 201505:06 PM
UPFA names National List MPs
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The United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) today named the 12 MPs who would enter the next Parliament from the party’s National List. 

 

The list, which is signed by Susil Premajayantha, has been sent to the Elections Commissioner.

 

The following have been named as UPFA National List MPs: 

 

1. Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena
2. Thilanga Sumathipala
3. Sarath Amunugama 
4. Dilan Perera 
5. Vijith Vijayamuni Soysa 
6. S.B. Dissanayake 
7. Mahinda Samarasinghe 
8. Malith Jayatilake
9. M.L.A.M. Hisbullah
10. Angajan Ramanathan
11. A.H.M. Fowzie
12. Faizer Mustapha

 

The 12 National List MPs include 7 UPFA candidates who contested the recent General Election but lost and were not named in the party’s National List announced before polls.  

 

 

 

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