Twenty one women elected to Parliament

Nineteen candidates from the National People's Power (NPP) and two from the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) have been elected to Parliament this time.

The elected NPP Members of Parliament are:
• Muthumenike Rathwatte (Digamadulla)
• Ambiga Samuel (Badulla)
• Nilanti Kottahachchi (Kalutara)
• Oshani Umanga (Kalutara)
• Dr. Kaushalya Ariyarathne (Colombo)
• Samanmalee Gunasinghe (Colombo)
• Dr. Harini Amarasuriya (Colombo)
• Saroja Paulraj (Matara)
• Nilusha Gamage (Ratnapura)
• Sagarika Athawuda (Kegalle)
• Geetha Rathnakumari (Kurunegala)
• Hiruni Wijesinghe (Puttalam)
• Chathuri Gangani (Moneragala)
• Thushari Jayasinghe (Kandy)
• Hasara Premathilaka (Galle)
• Deepti Wasalage (Matale)
• Anushka Thilakarathna (Nuwara Eliya)
• Krishnan Kalaichelvi (Nuwara Eliya)
• Hemali Weerasekara (Gampaha)

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB)

• Chaminthra Kiriella (Kandy)
• Rohini Kumari Wijerathna (Matale)

The two SJB women MPs are Rohini Kaviratne from Matale and Chanindrani Kiriella and

The number will increase if these parties nominate a few more women members on their National Lists.