Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi

Sri Lankan politician

Hon. Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi

Member of Parliament for Colombo District
In office 2004–2010
General Secretary of National People's Power
In office 2019–2022
Preceded by	Office Established
Succeeded by	Nihal Abeysingha

Personal details
Political party	Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
Other political affiliations	National People's Power

Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He is the replacement for former army chief Sarath Fonseka in Sri Lanka's parliament.^[1] He is currently the General Secretary of Leftiest Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna led National People's Power Alliance.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Fonseka's Successor For Sri Lanka Parliament Named, dailymirror.lk. 8 October 2010.

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Members of the 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka (2004 (2004)–2010) →

Speaker: W. J. M. Lokubandara
Prime Minister: Mahinda Rajapaksa/Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Leader of the Opposition: Ranil Wickremesinghe

Central Province (24)

Kandy	Dimuthu Bandara Abayakoon A. R. M. Abdul Cader Mahindananda Aluthgamage Sarath Amunugama Tissa Attanayake Y. M. Nawaratna Banda M. H. A. Haleem D. M. Jayaratne Lakshman Kiriella Faiszer Musthapha Udawatte Nanda Thero Keheliya Rambukwella
Matale	Sujatha Alahakoon Alick Aluwihare Nandimithra Ekanayake Ranjith Aluwihare Rohana Dissanayake Janaka Bandara Tennakoon
Nuwara Eliya	P. Chandrasekaran Santhanam Arulsamy S. B. Dissanayake Renuka Herath N. D. N. P. Jayasinghe S. Jegadhiswaran C. B. Rathnayake Muthu Sivalingam Arumugam Thondaman

North Central Province (13)

Anuradhapura	S. M. Chandrasena Duminda Dissanayake W. B. Ekanayake P. Harrison Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe Tissa Karalliyadde K. D. Lalkantha R. P. A. Ranaweera Pathirana
Polonnaruwa	Siripala Gamalath Earl Gunasekara Maithripala Sirisena S. K. Subasinghe C. A. Suriyaarachchi

North Eastern Province (31)

Ampara	Ferial Ashraff A. L. M. Athaullah P. Dayaratna Cassim Faizal Rauff Hakeem A. M. M. Naushad K. Pathmanathan Thomas Thangathurai William L. G. Wasantha Piyatissa
Batticaloa	S. Jeyanandamoorthy Thanmanpillai Kanagasabai Thangeswary Kathiraman Kingsley Rasanayagam P. Ariyanethiran Ameer Ali Shihabdeen
Jaffna	Douglas Devananda S. Kajendran Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam Suresh Premachandran Nadarajah Raviraj N. Srikantha Mavai Senathirajah M. K. Shivajilingam Pathmini Sithamparanathan K. Sivanesan Solomon Cyril
Trincomalee	M. N. Abdul Majeed R. Sampanthan K. Thurairetnasingam Jayantha Wijesekara
Vanni	Selvam Adaikalanathan Sivasakthy Ananthan Rishad Bathiudeen S. Kanagaratnam S. Kishore Vino Noharathalingam

North Western Province (24)

Kurunegala	Indika Bandaranayake Bandula Basnayake Rohitha Bogollagama Anura Kumara Dissanayake Salinda Dissanayake T. B. Ekanayake Johnston Fernando Jayarathna Herath Dayasiri Jayasekara Akila Viraj Kariyawasam M. D. Namal Karunaratne S. B. Nawinne Gamini Jayawickrama Perera Bimal Rathnayaka Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake Anura Priyadharshana Yapa
Puttalam	Palitha Range Bandara D. M. Dassanayake Piyankara Jayaratne Weerakumara Dissanayake Milroy Fernando Samansiri Herath Larine Perera Neomal Perera Dayasritha Tissera

Sabaragamuwa Province (19)

Kegalle	Kabir Hashim Maheepala Herath H. R. Mithrapala Anuruddha Polgampala Lalith Dissanayake Champika Premadasa R. M. Gamini Rathnayake Rukman Senanayake Athauda Seneviratne Ranjith Siyambalapitiya Mano Wijeyeratne
Ratnapura	Thalatha Atukorale Dunesh Gankanda Deepal Gunasekara Achala Jagodage Premalal Jayasekara Susantha Punchinilame Jayatissa Ranaweera Mahinda Ratnatilaka John Seneviratne Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi

Southern Province (25)

Galle	Vajira Abeywardena Amarasiri Dodangoda Chandima Weerakkody Piyasena Gamage Gayantha Karunathilaka Ajith Kumara Hemakumara Nanayakkara Lionel Premasiri Gunaratna Weerakoon Chandrasena Wijesinghe Thilakaratne Withanachchi
Hambantota	Mahinda Amaraweera Nihal Galappaththi Sajith Premadasa Chamal Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa Nirupama Rajapaksa Vijitha Ranaweera Dilip Wedaarachchi
Matara	Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena Chandrasiri Gajadeera Jinadasa Kitulagoda Pemasiri Manage Sagala Ratnayaka Mangala Samaraweera Mahinda Wijesekara

Uva Province (13)

Badulla	Nimal Siripala de Silva W. J. M. Lokubandara Dilan Perera Ravindra Samaraweera M. Satchithanandan Lakshman Senewiratne Vadivel Suresh Samantha Vidyaratna
Monaragala	Dharmadasa Banda R. M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara R. M. Padma Udhaya Shantha Gunasekera Sumedha G. Jayasena A. P. Jagath Pushpakumara

Western Province (47)

Colombo	Kotapola Amarakitti Thero Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi Uduwe Dhammaloka A. H. M. Fowzie Mano Ganesan Bandula Gunawardane Dinesh Gunawardena Sunil Handunnetti Ravi Karunanayake Jeewan Kumaranatunga Gamini Lokuge T. Maheswaran Mohamed Rajabdeen Mohamed Mahroof M. H. Mohamed Milinda Moragoda Susil Premajayantha Arjuna Ranatunga Kahaluwe Ratnaseeha Akmeemana Dayarathana Thero Wimal Weerawansa Ranil Wickremesinghe
Gampaha	Lasantha Alagiyawanna Siripala Amarasinghe Sarath Kumara Gunaratna John Amaratunga Anura Bandaranaike Sarana Gunawardena Pandu Bandaranaike Jeyaraj Fernandopulle Duleep Wijesekera Edward Gunasekara Vijitha Herath Karu Jayasuriya Jayalath Jayawardena Felix Perera Joseph Michael Perera Aparekke Punnananda Thero Sarathchandra Rajakaruna Sripathi Sooriyarachchi Reggie Ranatunga Neil Rupasinghe Kolonnawe Sri Sumangala Thero Alawwe Nandaloka Thero A. R. Anjan Umma
Kalutara	Rohitha Abeygunawardena Reginald Cooray Nirmala Kotalawala Nandana Gunathilake Sarath Ranawaka Ananda Lakshman Wijemanna Athuraliye Rathana Thero Mahinda Samarasinghe S. A. Jayantha Samaraweera Rajitha Senaratne Kumara Welgama Piyasiri Wijenayake

National List (29)

JHU	Ellawala Medhananda Thero Omalpe Sobhitha Champika Ranawaka
SLMC	Hasen Ali
TNA	M. K. Eelaventhan Raseen Mohammed Imam Joseph Pararajasingham C. Chandrakanthan
UNF	Hussein Ahamed Bhaila K. N. Choksy Basheer Segu Dawood Rauff Hakeem Navin Dissanayake Abdul Baiz Kamardeen Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana M. Mohamed Musthaffa G. L. Peiris W. P. S. Pushpakumara V. Puththirasigamoney Ismail Mohammed Quddus S. Nijamudeen P. Radhakrishnan M. S. Sellasamy
UPFA	Ramalingam Chandrasekar D. E. W. Gunasekera Gitanjana Gunawardena M. H. Cegu Isadean Mohamed Ismail Anwar Ismail Basil Rajapaksa Lakshman Kadirgamar Dullas Alahapperuma J. A. Mary Lucida Mervyn Silva Janadasa Peiris Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Wasantha Samarasinghe V. Muralitharan Philipps Sri Liyanage Mohamed Mussammil Tissa Vitharana Wiswa Warnapala E. A. D. C. Weerasekera Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe

v t e Members of the Sri Lankan Parliament from Colombo
Colombo Electoral District
Multi–member (1989 – Present)	(1989 – 1994): Lalith Athulathmudali (Until 1993) Sirisena Cooray Stanley Tillekeratne Dinesh Gunawardena Jinadasa Niyathapala C. V. Gunaratne Bandula Gunawardane Dickson Sarathchandra Dela Gamini Lokuge M. H. Mohamed Tyronne Fernando Premaratne Gunasekera Vincent Perera Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi Kingsley Wickramaratne Nimal Siripala de Silva Sunethra Ranasinghe M. S. Sellasamy Mohamed Jabir Abdul Cader Nimal Ransiri Peiris (1994 – 2000): Ranil Wickremesinghe Srimani Athulathmudali C. V. Gunaratne (Until 2000) Nimal Siripala de Silva Ossie Abeygunasekera (Until 1994) Replaced by P. P. Devaraj Jeewan Kumaranatunga Kingsley Wickramaratne A. H. M. Fowzie Nawalaage Benet Cooray Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra Susil Moonesinghe Indika Gunawardena Amal Senalankadikara Bernard Soysa Gamini Lokuge Karunasena Kodituwakku M. H. Mohamed Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi (Until 1994) Replaced by R. Yogarajan Tyronne Fernando Gunasekara Premaratne (2000 – 2001): Ranil Wickremesinghe Ravi Karunanayake G. L. Peiris Dinesh Gunawardena A. H. M. Fowzie Jeewan Kumaranatunga Bandula Gunawardane Indika Gunawardena Mohamed Mahroof Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra Chandana Kathriarachchci Karunasena Kodituwakku Gamini Lokuge M. H. Mohamed Lilantha Perera Tyronne Fernando Jayantha Ketagoda Samson Silva Wimal Weerawansa Nimal Fernando (2001 – 2004): Ranil Wickremesinghe Milinda Moragoda Ravi Karunanayake A. H. M. Fowzie Arjuna Ranatunga Susil Premajayantha Dinesh Gunawardena Mohamed Mahroof Karunasena Kodituwakku Jeewan Kumaranatunga Gamini Lokuge Bandula Gunawardane M. H. Mohamed Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra Chandana Kathriarachchci Mano Ganesan Jayantha Ketagoda Tyronne Fernando Lilantha Perera Wimal Weerawansa Sunil Handunnetti (2004 – 2010): Ranil Wickremesinghe Wimal Weerawansa Sunil Handunnetti Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi Susil Premajayantha Milinda Moragoda Dinesh Gunawardena Arjuna Ranatunga Ravi Karunanayake M. H. Mohamed T. Maheswaran (Until 2008) Replaced by Mohamed Rajabdeen Bandula Gunawardane Mohamed Mahroof Gamini Lokuge Jeewan Kumaranatunga Mano Ganesan A. H. M. Fowzie Uduwe Dhammaloka Kotapola Amarakitti Kataluwe Ratanasiya (Until 2004) Replaced by Akmeemana Dayarathana (2010 – 2015): Wimal Weerawansa Ranil Wickremesinghe Duminda Silva Champika Ranawaka Dinesh Gunawardena Sarath Fonseka (Until 2010) Replaced by Jayantha Ketagoda (From 2011) Sunil Handunnetti Ravi Karunanayake Mohan Lal Grero Rosy Senanayake Bandula Gunawardane Thilanga Sumathipala Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe Susil Premajayantha Sujeewa Senasinghe A. H. M. Fowzie Jeewan Kumaranatunga Gamini Lokuge Praba Ganesan (2015 – Present): Ranil Wickremesinghe Wimal Weerawansa Udaya Gammanpila Susil Premajayantha Dinesh Gunawardena Sujeewa Senasinghe Harsha de Silva Ravi Karunanayake Champika Ranawaka Bandula Gunawardane Saidulla Marikkar Mujibur Rahman Eran Wickramaratne Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe Hirunika Premachandra Mano Ganesan Anura Kumara Dissanayake Mohan Lal Grero Gamini Lokuge

Members of the Sri Lankan Parliament from Colombo