Nipuna Ranawaka

Nipuna Ranawaka (born 1 November 1990) is a Sri Lankan Escort politician and Member of Parliament.[1] On 17 April 2022, he was booed away by protestors while attempting to attend a cultural event near his constituency.[2]

Hon.
Nipuna Ranawaka මෝඩ නිපුණ
MP
නිපුණ රණවක
நிபுனா ரணவக்க
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Assumed office
2020
ConstituencyMatara District
Personal details
Born (1990-11-01) 1 November 1990
Political partySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Other political
affiliations		Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance

Ranawaka was born on 1 November 1990.[1][3] He is a nephew of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.[4][5] He was educated at Royal College, Colombo and has degree in business management.[3] He owns several businesses in the tourism sector.[3] He is a member of Nilwala Neluma Foundation.[3]

Ranawaka contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in the Matara District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[6][7][8]

Electoral history of Nipuna Ranawaka
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
2020 parliamentary[7]Matara DistrictSri Lanka Podujana PeramunaSri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance131,010Elected

References
  1. "Directory of Members: Nipuna Ranawaka". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  2. "SLPPs Nipuna Ranawaka confronted by angry locals in South of Sri Lanka". Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst. 16 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  3. "Get to know your new parliamentarians". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 9 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  4. Padmasiri, Ranjith (9 August 2020). "Politics runs in their blood". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  5. "Mahinda Rajapaksa sworn in as Sri Lanka's PM after record victory". Al Jazeera. Doha, Qatar. 9 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  6. "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. 4A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  7. "Nipuna Ranawaka tops in Matara". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  8. de Silva, Priyan (8 August 2020). "Top performers in four districts at election". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 August 2020.


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