Upali Batuwantudawe was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician. Batuwantudawe was

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in 1932 at the

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, as such on 4 August 1932 he was admitted and enrolled as an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Ceylon. On 19 June 1936 Batuwantudawe, together with his brother, were convicted of cheating, forgery and impersonation for which he served six months imprisonment. He was subsequently stuck off the roll of advocates on 8 October 1937. Following the death of the sitting member for Kalutara,

Charles Batuwantudawe Charles de Silva Batuwantudawe (28 November 1877 - 13 September 1940) was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician. Charles Batuwantudawe was born in Colombo on 28 November 1877 the son of Pandit Don Andries de Silva Batuwantudawe. He received his edu ...

, on 13 September 1940, Batuwantudawe contested and won the by-election for the seat on 21 December 1940 and was duly elected to the

2nd State Council of Ceylon The 2nd State Council of Ceylon was a meeting of the State Council of Ceylon, with the membership determined by the results of the 1936 state council election held between 22 February and 7 March 1936. The parliament met for the first time on 1 ...

. He was a member of the Executive Committee on Local Administration until the State Council was abolished in July 1947. At the 1st parliamentary election, held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947, Batuwantudawe contested the Kalutara electorate, representing 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), ...

. He was defeated by the

Lanka Sama Samaja Party The Lanka Sama Samaja Party, often abbreviated as LSSP (Literal translation, literally: Lanka Socialist Party, Sinhalese language, Sinhala: ලංකා සම සමාජ පක්ෂය, Tamil language, Tamil: லங்கா சமசமா� ...

candidate,

Cholomondeley Goonewardene Cholomondeley de Fonseka Goonewardene (චොල්මොණ්ඩලේ ද නොව චමලි ද නොව චම්ලි) (16 September 1917 – 25 November 2006) was a prominent Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament, and cabinet m ...

, by 1,970 votes. He ran again, unsuccessfully at the 2nd parliamentary election in May 1952 and the 3rd parliamentary election held in April 1956, as an independent and as 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� ...

candidate respectively. Batuwantudawe married Lily Charlotte née Ratnayake, the daughter of Muhandiram A. A. W. Ratnayake.

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