Percy Abeywardhana Wickremasinghe (27 March 1918 – 26 November 1987) was a

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

n politician. Wickremasinghe first contested for parliament at the 3rd parliamentary election in 1956, representing the

Ceylon Communist Party The Communist Party of Sri Lanka ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂය, ''Sri Lankavay Komiyunist Pakshaya'' ta, இலங்கை கம்யூனிஸ்ட் கட்சி, trans ...

in the

Hakmana Electoral District Hakmana electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Hakmana in Matara District, Southern Province. The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka introduced the p ...

but was defeated by 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), ...

candidate, C. A. Dharmapala. Wickremasinghe was elected at the 4th parliamentary election in March 1960, in the newly created seat of

Kamburupitiya Kamburupitiya is a town in the Matara District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka. It is located north of Matara at the intersection of the B356 (Kamburupitiya-Kirinda Road) and the B415 (Thihagoda-Kotapola Road). The town is situated in a wet, h ...

, polling 9,442 votes (41%). He retained the seat in the subsequent elections in July that year, increasing his margin by 20% securing 61% of the vote. He ran again at the

parliamentary election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

s in 1965 holding on to the seat with a reduced margin of 57% of the vote, however he did not contest the 1970 parliamentary elections.

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1918 births 1987 deaths Communist Party of Sri Lanka politicians Members of the 4th Parliament of Ceylon Members of the 5th Parliament of Ceylon Members of the 6th Parliament of Ceylon {{SouthernLK-politician-stub