A. H. M. Ashoka Premlal Wadigamangawa also spelt as Asoka Wadigamangawa ( si, අශෝක වඩිගමංගාව) ( ta, அசோக வடிகமங்காவ) (7 January 1952 – 5 July 2020) was a Sri Lankan politician and parliamentarian. He represented the

United National Party The United National Party, often abbreviated as UNP ( si, එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය, translit=Eksath Jāthika Pakshaya, ta, ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி, translit=Aikkiya Tēciyak Kaṭci), ...

Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය, translit=Śrī Laṁkā Nidahas Pakṣaya; ta, இலங்கை சுதந்திரக் கட்சி, translit=Ilaṅkai Cutantirak Ka� ...

and

United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance (abbreviated UPFA; si, එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් සන්ධානය ''Eksath Janathā Nidahas Sandānaya''; ta, ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சுதந்திரக� ...

during his political career.

Career

Ashoka first entered the

Parliament of Sri Lanka The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව ''Shri Lanka Parlimenthuwa'', Tamil: இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்றம் ''Ila� ...

in 1989 representing the UNP from the

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. He last entered the parliament in 1994 from the Puttalam District. He left the UNP party and joined the

party and was appointed to the North Western Provincial Council by the then President

Mahinda Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa ( si, මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ, ta, மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ; born Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa; 18 November 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician. He served as the President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to ...

. He then switched his support to

in the 2015 presidential election. In January 2018, he was appointed as the party organiser in the Puttalam District by the then president

Maithripala Sirisena Maithripala Yapa Sirisena ( si, පල්ලෙවත්‍ත ගමරාළලාගේ මෛත්‍රීපාල යාපා සිරිසේන; ta, பல்லேவத்த கமராளலாகே மைத்திரி� ...

. He also contested as one of the

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candidates during the 2019 presidential election and received approximately 2924 votes during the election. Later he joined

Samagi Jana Balawegaya The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (, ta, ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சக்தி, "United People's Power") is a political alliance that is led by the opposition leader of Sri Lanka, Sajith Premadasa. The alliance was formed with the appro ...

which was founded in February 2020.

Death

On 5 July 2020, Ashoka died in a road accident at Maragasgolla,

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on the Kurunegala-Puttalam main road at the age of 68. He was admitted in a hospital in

Wariyapola Wariyapola () is a town in the Kurunegala District, North Western province, Sri Lanka. Wariyapola is above the sea level. Wariyapola is mostly known by sri Lankans because of the Wariyapola Sri Sumangala Tero, who take down the Union Jack and re ...

after succumbing to critical injuries. He was travelling in his car which collided with a lorry in Padeniya junction. He was supposed to contest for the

in the 2020 parliamentary election from Puttalam District.

References

1952 births 2020 deaths Candidates in the 2019 Sri Lankan presidential election Members of the 8th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 10th Parliament of Sri Lanka Sinhalese politicians Sri Lanka Freedom Party politicians United National Party politicians United People's Freedom Alliance politicians Road incident deaths in Sri Lanka {{NorthWesternLK-politician-stub