Senapala Samarasekera (10 February 1919 - 2 October 1984) was a Sri Lankan politician. In the 1940s Samarasekera took over the responsibility of the family's tea plantation, the Kunduppakanda estate, in the Ruhuna tea production area in southern Sri Lanka near Galle in Angulugaha. At the 4th parliamentary elections in March 1960 he was elected as the member for Akmeemana, representing the

Lanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya Lanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya ('Ceylon Democratic Party') was a political party in Sri Lanka. LPP was led by Dr. Wijeyananda Dahanayake. In the 1960 elections LPP was part of the 'Mahajana Eksath Peramuna' coalition, consisting of the Sri Lan ...

(Ceylon Democratic Party), securing approximately 48% of the vote. At the subsequent

parliamentary elections 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 ( ...

in July 1960 he retained the seat with an increased majority. During the parliamentary debate on the takeover of denominational schools towards the end of 1960 Samarasekera switched to the

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� ...

. Samarasekera was defeated at the 6th parliamentary elections in 1965 by a narrow margin of just over 1,000 votes. He was however successful in regaining the seat at the next

in 1970, with almost 60% of the vote. In July 1970 he was appointed Deputy Chairman of Committees a position he retained until July 1976.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Samarasekera, Senapala 1919 births Members of the 4th Parliament of Ceylon Members of the 5th Parliament of Ceylon Deputy chairmen of committees of the Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 7th Parliament of Ceylon People from Northern Province, Sri Lanka People from British Ceylon Sri Lanka Freedom Party politicians 1984 deaths