K. H. Nandasena

Sri Lankan politician (1954–2024)

Hon. K. H. Nandasena
කේ.එචි. නන්දසේන கே.எச். நந்தசேனா

Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
In office 20 August 2020 – 4 April 2024
Succeeded by	M. G. Weerasena
Constituency	Anuradhapura District
Member of the North Central Provincial Council
In office 1999–2017
Constituency	Anuradhapura District

Personal details
Born	Kidagalegama Hethuhamige Nandasena (1954-09-20)20 September 1954 Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
Died	4 April 2024(2024-04-04) (aged 69) Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
Political party	Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Other political affiliations	Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance

Kidagalegama Hethuhamige Nandasena (Sinhala: කේ.එචි. නන්දසේන, Tamil: கே.எச். நந்தசேனா; 20 September 1954 – 4 April 2024) was a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial minister and Member of Parliament.^[1]

Nandasena was born on 20 September 1954.^[1] He was a member of Padaviya Divisional Council and the North Central Provincial Council, where he held a provincial ministerial portfolio.^[2] He was dismissed from his ministerial position in May 2017 after attending a May Day rally hosted by the Joint Opposition.^[3]^[4] He contested in the 2020 parliamentary election as a candidate of the Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance for the Anuradhapura District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Nandasena died from an unspecified, sudden illness on 4 April 2024, at the age of 69. Prior to his death, he had been receiving medical treatment at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital.^[8]

Electoral history of K. H. Nandasena
Election	Constituency			Votes	Result
1999 provincial^[9]	Anuradhapura District		People's Alliance	16,247	Elected
2004 provincial^[10]	Anuradhapura District		United People's Freedom Alliance	24,054	Elected
2008 provincial^[11]	Anuradhapura District		United People's Freedom Alliance		Elected
2012 provincial^[12]	Anuradhapura District		United People's Freedom Alliance	24,324	Elected
2020 parliamentary^[6]	Anuradhapura District	Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance	53,618	Elected

References

^ ^a ^b "Directory of Members: H. Nandasena". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
^ "Meet your new parliamentarians". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
^ Pothmulla, Lahiru; Bandara, Athula; Ambogama, Dayarathna (10 May 2017). "NCP minister Nandasena removed". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
^ de Silva, Sajni (10 May 2017). "'I don't know why I was dismissed': K.H. Nandasena". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
^ "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. 8A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
^ ^a ^b "General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Anuradhapura District". Ceylon Today. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
^ Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
^ "Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Member of Parliament Nandasena passes away". Dinamina (in Sinhala). Retrieved 4 April 2024.
^ "Results of Provincial Council Elections 1999: North Central Province" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Election Commission of Sri Lanka. p. 36.
^ "Results of Provincial Council Elections 2004" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections. p. 184. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2009.
^ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Provincial Councils Elections Act, No. 2 of 1988" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 1564/17. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 29 August 2008. p. 1A. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
^ "Preferential votes". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2020.

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