List of members of the Sri Lankan Parliament who died in office

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The following is a list of members of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and its antecedent bodies who died in office.

State Council of Ceylon (1931-1947)[edit]

Member Constituency Date of death Age at death (years) Cause
Godfrey Edward Madawala Narammala September 1932[1] 54
S. O. Canagaratnam Batticaloa South May 1938[2] 57-58
Neil Hewavitarne Udugama 30 October 1939[3]
Charles Batuwantudawe Kalutara 13 September 1940 62
Naysum Saravanamuttu Colombo North 19 January 1941[4] 43-44
C. E. P. de Silva Negombo 27 February 1942[5]
R. Sri Pathmanathan Mannar-Mullaitivu 5 May 1943[6]
J. H. Ilangantileke Puttalam 27 July 1943[7]
G. C. Rambukpotha Bibile 27 October 1943[8] 58
Siripala Samarakkody Narammala 22 August 1944 37 Typhoid fever[9]
H. R. Freeman Anuradhapura April 1945 81
D. M. Rajapaksa Hambantota 18 May 1945 49[10] Heart attack
R. C. Kannangara Morawaka 14 October 1946[11] 26

Parliament of Ceylon (1947-1972)[edit]

Member Party Constituency Date of death Age at death (years) Cause
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike SLFP Attanagalla 26 September 1959 60 Assassinated[12]
Bernard Aluwihare UNP Matale 22 January 1961 58 Cancer[13]

National State Assembly (1972-1978)[edit]

Parliament of Sri Lanka (1978-present)[edit]

Member Party Constituency Date of death Age at death (years) Cause
M. Canagaratnam UNP Pottuvil 20 April 1980 56 Assassinated[14]
Bandulahewa Senadheera UNP Karandeniya January 1982[15]
Jinadasa Weerasinghe UNP Tangalle 31 July 1987 61 Assassinated[16]
Keerthisena Abeywickrama UNP Deniyaya 31 July 1987 61 Assassinated[17]
G.V.S. de Silva UNP Habaraduwa 1 May 1988 Assassinated
Lionel Jayatilleke UNP Habaraduwa 26 September 1988 64 Assassinated[18]
W.M.P.G. Banda UNP Galagedara 1989 Assassinated
Lesley Ranagala UNP Borella 1989 Assassinated
M. A. Daniel UNP Kandy 25 June 1989 Assassinated[19]
A. Amirthalingam TULF Kankesanthurai 13 July 1989 Assassinated[20]
Daya Sepali Senadheera UNP Karandeniya 29 August 1989 Assassinated[21]
Merrill Kariyawasam UNP Agalawatta 5 September 1989 Assassinated[22]
Sam Tambimuttu Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front Batticaloa 7 May 1990 57-58 Assassinated[23]
G. Yogasangari Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front Jaffna 19 June 1990 Assassinated[24]
Ranjan Wijeratne UNP National List 2 March 1991 59 Assassinated[25]
Lalith Athulathmudali Democratic United National Front Colombo 23 April 1993 56 Assassinated[26]
Gamini Dissanayake UNP Kandy 24 October 1994 52 Assassinated[27]
Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi UNP Colombo 24 October 1994 64 Assassinated (same event with Gamini Dissanayake)[28]
Ossie Abeygunasekera UNP Colombo 24 October 1994 44 Assassinated (same event with Gamini Dissanayake and Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi)[28]
Nalanda Ellawala People's Alliance Ratnapura 11 February 1997 29 Assassinated[29]
A. Thangathurai TULF Mutur 5 July 1997 61 Assassinated[30]
M. E. H. Maharoof UNP Trincomalee 29 July 1997 58 Assassinated[31]
Bernard Soysa People's Alliance Colombo 30 December 1997[32] 83
S. Shanmuganathan Democratic People's Liberation Front Vavuniya 15 July 1998 38 Assassinated[33]
Neelan Tiruchelvam TULF National List 29 July 1999 55 Assassinated[34]
Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed UNP Kandy 3 September 1999[35] 72
Savumiamoorthy Thondaman People's Alliance National List 30 October 1999 86 Heart failure[36]
Nadarajah Atputharajah Eelam People's Democratic Party Jaffna 2 November 1999 36 Assassinated[37]
C. V. Gunaratne People's Alliance Colombo 7 June 2000 Assassinated[38]
M. Sivasithamparam TNA National List 5 June 2002[39] 78
Lakshman Kadirgamar UPFA National List 12 August 2005 73 Assassinated[40]
Joseph Pararajasingham TNA National List 25 December 2005 71 Assassinated[41]
Nadarajah Raviraj TNA Jaffna 10 November 2006 44 Assassinated[42]
Anwar Ismail[43] UPFA National List 13 September 2007
T. Maheswaran United National Front Colombo 1 January 2008 41 Assassinated[44]
D. M. Dassanayake UPFA Puttalam 8 January 2008 54 Assassinated[45]
Sripathi Sooriyarachchi UPFA Gampaha 9 February 2008 45 Road accident[46]
Kiddinan Sivanesan TNA Jaffna 6 March 2008 51 Assassinated[47]
Anura Bandaranaike UPFA Gampaha 16 March 2008 59 Cancer[48]
Jeyaraj Fernandopulle UPFA Gampaha 6 April 2008 55 Assassinated[49]
Reggie Ranatunga UPFA Gampaha 31 May 2008[50] 55
Alick Aluvihare United National Front Matale 17 May 2009 83[51]
K. Pathmanathan TNA Ampara 21 May 2009[52] 60
Amarasiri Dodangoda UPFA Galle 30 May 2009[53] 67
Sarath Ranawaka United National Front Kalutara 25 July 2009[54] 58
P. Chandrasekaran Up-Country People's Front Nuwara Eliya 1 January 2010 52 Cirrhosis[55]
Noordeen Mashoor UPFA Vanni 2 December 2010 48 Heart attack[56]
Jayalath Jayawardena UNP Gampaha 30 May 2013 59 Heart attack[57]
Neranjan Wickremasinghe UPFA Kurunegala 12 May 2015[58] 53 Heart attack
M. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana United National Front National List 19 January 2016[59] 68
Amarakeerthi Athukorala SLPFA Polonnaruwa 9 May 2022 57 Lynched by a mob[60]
Sanath Nishantha SLPFA Puttalam 25 January 2024 48 Road accident.[61]
K. H. Nandasena SLPFA Anuradhapura 4 April 2024[62] 69

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