Ratnayake Mudiyanselage Gunasekera was a Ceylonese politician. He was a member of parliament in 1960 from

Bibile Bibile (also spelled:Bibila) is a town located in Monaragala District, Uva Province of Sri Lanka. Bibile's land is important to Sri Lankan agriculture. It was well known for oranges An orange is a fruit of various citrus species in the fa ...

. Born in the village of Medagam Pattuwa in

, his father was the Ratnayake Mudiyanselage Kiribanda was the

Village Headman A village head, village headman or village chief is the community leader of a village or a small town. Usage Brunei In Brunei, village head is called or in the Malay language. It is an administrative post which leads the community of a v ...

. Gunasekera was elected to parliament from 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), ...

in the March 1960 general election from

, but lost his seat in the July 1960 general election to D. M. Gunasekera. He was shot dead by an unknown assassin and his brother

Dharmadasa Banda Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage Dharmadasa Banda (7 February 1938 – 23 October 2010), known commonly as R. M. Dharmadasa Banda, was a Sri Lankan teacher, lawyer and politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former cabinet minister. H ...

succeed him as the United National Party organizer for Bibile. His son

Ranjith Madduma Bandara Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage Ranjith Madduma Bandara (born 25 August 1954) (known as ''Ranjith Madduma Bandara'') is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was appointed as the cabinet Minister of Law and Order and ...

served as a member of the parliament.

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