Dharmapriya Dissanayake

{{short description|Sri Lankan politician}}

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| name = Dharmapriya Dissanayake
ධර්මප්‍රිය දිසානායක

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| constituency_MP = Kurunegala District

| parliament = Sri Lanka

| majority = 68,580 preferential votes

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| term_start = 21 November 2024

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| nationality = Sri Lankan

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| party = Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna

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Dharmapriya Dissanayake is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the National People's Power. He was elected to the parliament in the 2024 Sri Lankan parliamentary election representing Kurunegala Electoral District.{{cite web | title=List of candidates and preferential votes in Sri Lanka 2024 election| website=economynext.com | date=15 November 2024 | url=https://economynext.com/list-of-candidates-and-preferential-votes-in-sri-lanka-2024-election-188007/ | access-date=16 November 2024}}{{cite web|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2024/11/2410-07_E.pdf |title=The Gazette Extraordinary – No.2410/07 – Friday, November 15, 2024 – Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981 |publisher=Election Commission of Sri Lanka |date=15 November 2024 |accessdate=16 November 2024 |archive-date=16 November 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241116163059/http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2024/11/2410-07_E.pdf |url-status=live}} He is a businessman by profession and a former local council member of Kurunegala District.{{cite web | title=Get to know new faces of the 10th parliament | website=sundaytimes.lk | date=15 November 2024 | url=https://www.sundaytimes.lk/241117/news/get-to-know-new-faces-of-the-10th-parliament-578137.html | access-date=16 November 2024}}

Electoral history

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! scope=col|Election

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2024 parliamentaryKurunegala DistrictJVProwspan="8" style="background:{{party color|National People's Power}};" |NPPalign=right|{{Nts|68,580}}Elected{{cite web | title=Kurunegala District preferential vote results released

| website=adaderana.lk | date=15 November 2024 | url=https://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=103523 | access-date=16 November 2024}}

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