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The Sri Lankan Parliament consists of 225 members. These members are elected through a combination of electoral systems, including proportional representation and the district system.

Members of the 17th Parliament of Sri Lanka

Below is a list of the members of the 17th Parliament of Sri Lanka, including their district, preferred votes, and any notable positions they hold. This Parliament began its term on November 21, 2024, following the 2024 parliamentary election where the National People's Power (NPP) secured a historic supermajority with 159 of the 225 seats.

[List extracted 18th July 2025]

Colombo Electoral District

  • Harini Amarasuriya (NPP) - 655,289 votes

    • Prime Minister

    • Minister of Education, Higher Education, and Vocational Education

  • Chathuranga Abeysinghe (NPP) - 127,166 votes

    • Deputy Minister of Industries and Entrepreneurship Development

  • Sunil Watagala (NPP) - 125,700 votes

    • Deputy Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs

  • Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi (NPP) - 96,273 votes

  • Aruna Panagoda (NPP) - 91,081 votes

  • Eranga Gunasekara (NPP) - 85,180 votes

    • Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs

  • Harshana Nanayakkara (NPP) - 82,275 votes

    • Minister of Justice and National Integration

  • Kaushalya Ariyarathne (NPP) - 80,814 votes

  • Asitha Niroshana (NPP) - 78,990 votes

  • Rizvie Salih (NPP) - 73,018 votes

    • Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees

  • Susantha Dodawatta (NPP) - 65,391 votes

  • Chandana Sooriyaarachchi (NPP) - 63,387 votes

  • Samanmalee Gunasinghe (NPP) - 59,657 votes

  • Dewananda Suraweera (NPP) - 54,680 votes

  • Sajith Premadasa (SJB) - 145,611 votes

    • Leader of the Opposition

  • Harsha de Silva (SJB) - 81,473 votes

  • Mujibur Rahman (SJB) - 43,737 votes

  • Saidulla Marikkar (SJB) - 41,482 votes

Gampaha Electoral District

  • Vijitha Herath (NPP) - 716,715 votes

    • Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment, and Tourism

  • Anil Jayantha Fernando (NPP) - 162,433 votes

    • Minister of Labour

    • Deputy Minister of Economic Development

  • Mahinda Jayasinghe (NPP) - 137,315 votes

    • Deputy Minister of Labour

  • Chrishantha Abeysena (NPP) - 121,825 votes

    • Minister of Science and Technology

  • Muneer Mulaffer (NPP) - 109,815 votes

    • Deputy Minister of National Integrity

  • Asoka Ranwala (NPP) - 109,332 votes

    • Speaker of the Parliament (resigned on December 13, 2024)

  • Dharmappriya Wijesinghe (NPP) - 83,061 votes

  • Ruwan Mapalagama (NPP) - 78,673 votes

  • Lasith Bashana (NPP) - 74,058 votes

  • Prageeth Maduranga (NPP) - 70,887 votes

  • Champika Hettiarachchi (NPP) - 70,373 votes

  • Ruwanthilake Jayakodi (NPP) - 68,210 votes

  • Hemali Weerasekara (NPP) - 66,737 votes

    • Deputy Chairperson of Committees

  • Upul Abeywickrama (NPP) - 60,595 votes

  • Stephani Fernando (NPP) - 57,634 votes

  • Chaminda Lalith Kumara (NPP) - 53,451 votes

  • Harshana Rajakaruna (SJB) - 67,004 votes

  • Kavinda Jayawardena (SJB) - 37,595 votes

  • Prasad Siriwardana (SJB) - 23,699 votes


Kalutara Electoral District

  • Nalinda Jayatissa (NPP) - 371,640 votes

    • Chief Government Whip

    • Minister of Health and Mass Media

  • Nilanthi Kottahachchi (NPP) - 131,375 votes

  • Nihal Abeysinghe (NPP) - 96,721 votes

  • Sanjeewa Ranasinghe (NPP) - 78,832 votes

  • Dhanushka Ranganath (NPP) - 74,502 votes

  • Oshani Umanga (NPP) - 69,232 votes

  • Chandima Hettiaratchi (NPP) - 50,509 votes

  • Nandana Padmakumara (NPP) - 50,452 votes

  • Ajith Perera (SJB) - 43,975 votes

  • Jagath Vithana (SJB) - 43,867 votes

  • Rohitha Abeygunawardena (NDF) - 10,204 votes


Kandy Electoral District

  • K. D. Lalkantha (NPP) - 316,951 votes

    • Minister of Agriculture, Livestock Development, Land and Irrigation

  • Jagath Manuwarna (NPP) - 128,678 votes

  • Prasanna Gunasena (NPP) - 94,242 votes

    • Deputy Minister of Transport and Highways

  • Hansaka Wijemuni (NPP) - 82,926 votes

    • Deputy Minister of Health and Mass Media

  • Thanura Dissanayake (NPP) - 78,526 votes

  • E. M. Basnayaka (NPP) - 72,929 votes

  • Riyaz Faruk (NPP) - 64,043 votes

  • Thushari Jayasinghe (NPP) - 58,223 votes

  • Mohomed Pasmin (NPP) - 57,716 votes

  • Rauff Hakeem (SJB) - 30,883 votes

  • Chamindrani Kiriella (SJB) - 30,780 votes

  • Anuradha Jayaratne (NDF) - 20,749 votes


Matale Electoral District

  • Gamagedara Dissanayake (NPP) - 100,618 votes

    • Deputy Minister of Buddha Sasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs

  • Sunil Biyanvila (NPP) - 56,932 votes

  • Deepthi Wasalage (NPP) - 47,482 votes

  • Dinesh Hemantha Perera (NPP) - 43,455 votes

  • Rohini Kumari Wijerathna (SJB) - 27,495 votes


Nuwara Eliya Electoral District

  • Manjula Suraweera Arachchi (NPP) - 78,832 votes

  • Madhura Senevirathna (NPP) - 52,546 votes

    • Deputy Minister of Education and Higher Education

  • R. G. Wijerathna (NPP) - 39,006 votes

  • Anushka Thilakarathne (NPP) - 34,035 votes

  • Krishnan Kaleichelvi (NPP) - 33,346 votes

  • Palani Digambaran (SJB) - 48,018 votes

  • Velusami Radhakrishnan (SJB) - 42,273 votes

  • Jeevan Thondaman (UNP) - 46,438 votes


Galle Electoral District

  • Nalin Hewage (NPP) - 274,707 votes

    • Deputy Minister of Vocational Education

  • Rathna Gamage (NPP) - 113,719 votes

    • Deputy Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources

  • Nayanathara Premathilake (NPP) - 82,058 votes

  • Nishantha Samaraweera (NPP) - 76,677 votes

  • Thilanka Rukmal (NPP) - 74,143 votes

  • Nishantha Perera (NPP) - 71,549 votes

  • T. K. Jayasundara (NPP) - 58,761 votes

  • Gayantha Karunathilaka (SJB) - 36,093 votes

    • Chief Opposition Whip

  • Chanaka Sampath (SLPP) - 8,447 votes


Matara Electoral District

  • Sunil Handunnetti (NPP) - 249,251 votes

    • Minister of Industries and Entrepreneurship Development

  • Saroja Savithri Paulraj (NPP) - 148,379 votes

    • Minister of Women and Child Affairs

  • L. M. Abeywickrama (NPP) - 68,144 votes

  • Akram Ilyas (NPP) - 53,835 votes

  • Gammaddage Ajantha (NPP) - 48,820 votes

  • Lal Premanath (NPP) - 48,797 votes

  • Chathura Galappaththi (SJB) - 32,196 votes


Hambantota Electoral District

  • Nihal Galappaththi (NPP) - 125,983 votes

  • Athula Hewage (NPP) - 73,198 votes

  • Saliya Madarasinghe (NPP) - 65,969 votes

  • Aravinda Vitharana (NPP) - 48,807 votes

  • Prabha Senarath (NPP) - 42,249 votes

    • Deputy Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government

  • Dilip Wedaarachchi (SJB) - 23,514 votes

  • D. V. Chanaka (SLPP) - 16,546 votes


Jaffna Electoral District

  • Karunananthan Ilankumaran (NPP) - 32,102 votes

  • Sri Bhavanandaraja Shanmuganathan (NPP) - 20,430 votes

  • Rajeewan Jayachandramurthy (NPP) - 17,579 votes

  • Sivagnanam Shritharan (ITAK) - 32,833 votes

  • Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam (TNPF) - 15,135 votes

  • Ramanathan Archchuna (IG-17) - 20,487 votes


Vanni Electoral District

  • Selvathambi Thilakanathan (NPP) - 10,652 votes

  • Arumugam Jegadishwaran (NPP) - 9,280 votes

  • Rishad Bathiudeen (SJB) - 21,018 votes

  • T. Raviharan (ITAK) - 11,215 votes

  • Amirthanathan Adaikalanathan (DTNA) - 5,695 votes

  • Kader Masthan (SLLP) - 13,511 votes


Batticaloa Electoral District

  • Kandasami Prabhu (NPP) - 14,856 votes

  • Shanakiya Rasamanickam (ITAK) - 65,458 votes

  • G. Sirinesan (ITAK) - 22,773 votes

  • Ilaiyathambi Srinath (ITAK) - 21,202 votes

  • M. L. A. M. Hizbullah (SLMC) - 32,410 votes


Ampara Electoral District

  • Wasantha Piyathissa (NPP) - 71,120 votes

    • Deputy Minister of Rural Development, Social Security and Community Empowerment

  • Manjula Ratnayake (NPP) - 50,838 votes

  • Priyantha Wijeratne (NPP) - 41,313 votes

  • Muthumenike Rathwatte (NPP) - 32,145 votes

  • M. M. Thahir (ACMC) - 14,511 votes

  • Meerasahibu Uthumalebbe (SLMC) - 13,016 votes

  • K. Kodeeswaran (ITAK) - 11,962 votes


Trincomalee Electoral District

  • Arun Hemachandra (NPP) - 38,368 votes

    • Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Employment

  • Roshan Akmeemana (NPP) - 25,814 votes

  • Imran Maharoof (SJB) - 22,779 votes

  • K. S. Kugathasan (ITAK) - 18,470 votes


Kurunegala Electoral District

  • M. D. Namal Karunaratne (NPP) - 356,969 votes

    • Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Livestock

  • Ananda Wijepala (NPP) - 133,142 votes

    • Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs

  • Sujeeva Dissanayake (NPP) - 109,979 votes

  • Wijesiri Basnayake (NPP) - 86,218 votes

  • Geetha Herath (NPP) - 84,414 votes

  • Namal Sudarshana (NPP) - 83,418 votes

    • Deputy Minister of Women and Child Affairs

  • Jagath Gunawardena (NPP) - 81,864 votes

  • Ashoka Gunasena (NPP) - 72,216 votes

  • G. D. Suriyabandara (NPP) - 72,198 votes

  • Chandana Tennakoon (NPP) - 70,038 votes

  • Dharmapriya Dissanayake (NPP) - 68,580 votes

  • Mahammadu Aslam (NPP) - 67,436 votes

  • Nalin Bandara (SJB) - 58,971 votes

  • Dayasiri Jayasekara (SJB) - 51,402 votes

  • J. C. Alawathuwala (SJB) - 46,915 votes


Puttalam Electoral District

  • Chandana Abayarathna (NPP) - 113,334 votes

    • Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government

  • Ajith Gihan (NPP) - 58,183 votes

  • Gayan Janaka (NPP) - 51,233 votes

  • Hiruni Wijesinghe (NPP) - 44,057 votes

  • Anton Jayakody (NPP) - 43,907 votes

    • Deputy Minister of Environment

  • Mohamed Faisal (NPP) - 42,939 votes

  • Hector Appuhamy (SJB) - 25,755 votes

  • Janath Chithral Fernando (SJB) - 18,916 votes


Anuradhapura Electoral District

  • Wasantha Samarasinghe (NPP) - 251,639 votes

    • Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development

  • Sena Nanayakkara (NPP) - 86,150 votes

  • Susil Ranasinghe (NPP) - 72,508 votes

    • Deputy Minister of Land and Irrigation

  • Susantha Kumara (NPP) - 71,965 votes

  • Bhagya Sri Herath (NPP) - 63,551 votes

  • P. D. N. K. Palihena (NPP) - 52,507 votes

  • Thilina Samarakoon (NPP) - 49,730 votes

  • Rohana Bandara (SJB) - 46,399 votes

  • Suranga Rathnayaka (SJB) - 24,348 votes


Polonnaruwa Electoral District

  • T. B. Sarath (NPP) - 105,137 votes

    • Deputy Minister of Housing

  • Jagath Wickremerathna (NPP) - 51,391 votes

    • Speaker of the Parliament (elected December 17, 2024)

  • Sunil Rathnasiri (NPP) - 51,077 votes

  • Pathmasiri Bandara (NPP) - 45,096 votes

  • Kins Nelson (SJB) - 28,682 votes


Badulla Electoral District

  • Samantha Vidyaratna (NPP) - 208,247 votes

    • Minister of Plantation and Community Infrastructure

  • Kitnan Selvaraj (NPP) - 60,041 votes

  • Ambika Samuel (NPP) - 58,201 votes

  • Raveendra Bandara (NPP) - 50,822 votes

  • Sudath Balagalla (NPP) - 47,980 votes

  • Dinindu Hennayake (NPP) - 45,902 votes

  • Nayana Wasalathilake (SJB) - 35,518 votes

  • Chaminda Wijesiri (SJB) - 29,791 votes

  • Chamara Sampath Dassanayake (NDF) - 19,359 votes


Monaragala Electoral District

  • R. M. Jayawardena (NPP) - 105,107 votes

    • Deputy Minister of Trade, Commerce and Food Security

  • Ajith Priyadarshana (NPP) - 54,044 votes

  • Chathuri Gangani (NPP) - 42,930 votes

  • Ruwan Wijeweera (NPP) - 40,505 votes

  • Sarath Kumara (NPP) - 39,657 votes

  • H. M. Dharmasena (SJB) - 20,171 votes


Ratnapura Electoral District

  • Shantha Padmakumara (NPP) - 137,965 votes

  • S. Pradeep (NPP) - 112,711 votes

    • Deputy Minister of Plantation and Community Infrastructure

  • Hiniduma Sunil Senevi (NPP) - 76,505 votes

    • Minister of Buddha Sasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs

  • Janaka Senarathna (NPP) - 74,068 votes

  • Sunil Rajapaksha (NPP) - 58,138 votes

  • Upul Kithsiri (NPP) - 55,726 votes

  • Wasantha Pushpakumara (NPP) - 52,841 votes

  • Nilusha Gamage (NPP) - 48,791 votes

  • Hesha Withanage (SJB) - 54,850 votes

  • Waruna Priyantha Liyanage (SJB) - 44,705 votes

  • Basooriyage Ariyawansa (SJB) - 26,760 votes


Kegalle Electoral District

  • Dammika Patabendi (NPP) - 186,409 votes

    • Minister of Environment

  • Sagarika Athauda (NPP) - 59,019 votes

  • Manoj Rajapaksha (NPP) - 54,173 votes

  • Nandana Millagala (NPP) - 49,635 votes

  • Kanchana Welipitiya (NPP) - 45,723 votes

  • Nanda Bandara (NPP) - 45,115 votes

  • Samantha Ranasinghe (NPP) - Replaced Kosala Jayaweera on May 8, 2025.

  • Kabir Hashim (SJB) - 36,034 votes

  • Sujith Sanjaya Perera (SJB) - 26,164 votes


National List Members

  • Bimal Rathnayake (NPP)

    • Leader of the House

    • Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation

  • Anura Karunathilake (NPP)

    • Minister of Urban Development, Housing and Construction

  • Upali Pannilage (NPP)

    • Minister of Rural Development, Social Security and Community Empowerment

  • Eranga Weeraratne (NPP)

    • Deputy Minister of Digital Economy

  • Aruna Jayasekara (NPP)

    • Deputy Minister of Defence

  • Nishantha Jayaweera (NPP) - Replaced Harshana Suriyapperuma on July 9, 2025.

    • Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning

  • Janitha Kodithuwakku (NPP)

    • Deputy Minister of Ports and Civil Aviation

  • Kumara Jayakody (NPP)

    • Minister of Energy

  • Ramalingam Chandrasekar (NPP)

    • Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources

  • Najith Indika (NPP)

  • Sugath Thilakaratne (NPP)

    • Deputy Minister of Sports

  • Lakmali Hemachandra (NPP)

  • Sunil Kumara Gamage (NPP)

    • Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs

  • Gamini Rathnayake (NPP)

  • Ruwan Ranasinghe (NPP)

    • Deputy Minister of Tourism

  • Sugath Wasantha de Silva (NPP)

  • Abubakar Adambawa (NPP)

  • Upali Samarasinghe (NPP)

    • Deputy Minister of Cooperative Development

  • Ranjith Madduma Bandara (SJB)

  • Sujeewa Senasinghe (SJB)

  • Nizam Kariapper (SJB)

  • Muhammedu Ismail (SJB)

  • Mano Ganeshan (SJB)

  • Ravi Karunanayake (NDF)

  • Faiszer Musthapha (NDF)

  • Namal Rajapaksa (SLPP)

  • P. Sathiyalingam (ITAK)

  • Dilith Jayaweera (SB)

  • Abdul Wazeeth (SLMC) - Replaced M. S. Naleem on July 8, 2025.

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