Mallika Ratwatte
Hon. Mallika Ellawala Ratwatte | |
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Member of Parliament for Balangoda electorate | |
In office 1966–1977 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1932-04-12)12 April 1932 |
Died | 18 May 2017(2017-05-18) (aged 85) |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Political party | Sri Lanka Freedom Party |
Spouse | Clifford Ratwatte |
Occupation | Politics |
Mallika Eslin Ratwatte (née Ellawala) (13 April 1932 – 18 May 2017) was a Ceylonese politician. She was a Member of Parliament from the Balangoda electorate.
Early life and family
Born Mallika Eslin Ellawala, to the Radala Ellawala family in Ratnapura. She married Clifford Ratwatte, a planter who was the son of Barnes Ratwatte Dissawa, a member of the State Council of Ceylon and sister of Sirimavo Bandaranaike who would become Prime Minister of Ceylon.
Political career
Clifford Ratwatte entered politics in 1954 as member of Sri Lanka Freedom Party which was formed by his brother-in-law S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike; he was elected to parliament from the Balangoda electorate in March 1960 and was re-elected in July 1960 and 1965, but was unseated in 1966 in an election petition.[1]
Mallika Ratwatte, then contested in her husband's seat of Balangoda in the by-election in 1966 from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and won, entering parliament. She again contested in the Balangoda electorate and won in the 1970 parliamentary elections, defeating a distant cousin Seetha Seneviratne, 18,808 votes to 11,616 votes.[2] She was defeated in the 1977 parliamentary elections by the United National Party candidate M.L.M. Aboosally by 19,502 votes to 15,829 votes.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Time for political googlies". Sunday Times. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ "Parliamentary Election - 1977" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
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