Nimal Karunatilake

Hon.
Nimal Karunatillake
Member of the Ceylon Parliament
for Matale
In office
1956–1960
Preceded byBernard Aluwihare
Succeeded byBernard Aluwihare
Personal details
Born
Hettiarachchige Nimal Chandrasoma Karunatillake

(1926-10-03)3 October 1926
Died4 July 1987(1987-07-04) (aged 60)
NationalityCeylonese
Political partySri Lanka Freedom Party
United National Party
Alma materDharmaraja College, Kandy
Professionjournalist, politician

Hettiarachchige Nimal Chandrasoma Karunatillake (3 October 1926 – 4 July 1987) was a Ceylonese journalist, author and politician.[1]

Karunatillake served as a press officer for the Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake and he also worked as a journalist at Lankadeepa.[2]

He was elected to the seat of Matale at the 3rd parliamentary elections held in 1956, representing the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. He defeated the incumbent United National Party politician, Bernard Aluwihare, polling 12,968 votes (55% of the total vote), 2,596 votes ahead of Aluwihare. On 18 November 1958 he was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance, serving in that role until 19 May 1959.[2]

At the 4th parliamentary election, held on 19 March 1960, he unsuccessfully contested the seat of Rattota, representing the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna. He came third receiving 18% of the total vote.[3]

He then ran in the Ratnapura electorate at the 5th parliamentary election, held on 20 July 1960,[4] again for the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna. He came third, this time he only obtained 332 votes (1.5% of the total vote), 12,645 votes behind the successful candidate Dhanapala Weerasekera.[5]

He unsuccessfully contested the seat of Kegalle at the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965, as the United National Party candidate. He fell short by 2,361 votes, polling 13,283 votes (46% of the total vote).[6]

Karunatillake died on 4 July 1987.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Hon. Karunatillake, Nimal, M.P." Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Wimalaratne, K. D. G., ed. (1994). Personalities, Sri Lanka: A Biographical Study (15th-20th Century), 1490-1990 A.D., A-Z. Ceylon Business Appliances Limited. p. 83. ISBN 9789559287001.
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

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