Colombo (News 1st); An Extraordinary Gazette was issued on Thursday (08) declaring Ajith Mannapperuma as a MP, replacing Ranjan Ramanayake.

According to the results of the last Parliamentary Election, Ajith Mannapperuma led the SJB preferential vote list from among those who were not elected to parliament, with 47,212 preferential votes.

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