Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. |
D. Weerasingha | |
Native Name: | Sinhala; Sinhalese: ඩී. වීරසිංහ டி. வீரசிங்க |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Office1: | Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka |
Constituency1: | Ampara District |
Term Start1: | 2020 |
Office2: | Member of the Eastern Provincial Council |
Constituency2: | Ampara District |
Term Start2: | 2012 |
Term End2: | 2017 |
Birth Name: | W. D. Weerasingha |
Birth Date: | 15 April 1979 |
Party: | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna |
Otherparty: | Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance |
W. D. Weerasingha (born 15 April 1979) is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.[1]
He contested the 2012 provincial council election as one of the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) electoral alliance's candidates in Ampara District and was elected to the Eastern Provincial Council (EPC).[2] He resigned from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in September 2017 to support former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.[3]
In January 2020 Weerasingha and Wimalaweera Dissanayake were accused of leading a mob that attacked Mahajana Eksath Peramuna member Rushan Milinda.[4] Weerasingha contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (SLPFA) electoral alliance candidate in Ampara District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[5] [6] [7]
Constituency | scope=col colspan="2" | Party | scope=col colspan="2" | Alliance | scope=col | Votes | scope=col | Result |
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2012 provincial[8] | Elected | |||||||
Elected |