Nipuna Ranawaka

{{Short description|Sri Lankan businessman, politician and Member of Parliament}}

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| name = Nipuna Ranawaka

| native_name = {{lang|si|නිපුණ රණවක}}
நிபுனா ரணவக்க

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| office1 = Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka

| constituency1 = Matara District

| term_start1 = 20 August 2020

| term_end1 = 24 September 2024

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| party = Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna

| otherparty = Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance

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Nipuna Ranawaka (born 1 November 1990) is a Sri Lankan businessman, politician and Member of Parliament.{{cite web |title=Directory of Members: Nipuna Ranawaka |url=https://www.parliament.lk/en/members-of-parliament/directory-of-members/viewMember/3336 |publisher=Parliament of Sri Lanka |access-date=11 August 2020 |location=Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka}}

Ranawaka was born on 1 November 1990.{{cite news |title=Get to know your new parliamentarians |url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/200809/news/get-to-know-your-new-parliamentarians-411739.html |access-date=9 August 2020 |work=The Sunday Times |date=9 August 2020 |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}} He is a nephew of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.{{cite news |last1=Padmasiri |first1=Ranjith |title=Politics runs in their blood |url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/200809/news/politics-runs-in-their-blood-411764.html |access-date=9 August 2020 |work=The Sunday Times |date=9 August 2020 |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news |title=Mahinda Rajapaksa sworn in as Sri Lanka's PM after record victory |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/mahinda-rajapaksa-sworn-sri-lanka-pm-record-victory-200809060134067.html |access-date=9 August 2020 |work=Al Jazeera |date=9 August 2020 |location=Doha, Qatar}} He was educated at Royal College, Colombo and has degree in business management. He owns several businesses in the tourism sector. He is a member of Nilwala Neluma Foundation.

Ranawaka contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in the Matara District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.{{cite magazine |title=Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981 |magazine=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary |date=8 August 2020 |issue=2187/26 |page=4A |url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2020/8/2187-26_E.pdf |access-date=9 August 2020 |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news |title=Nipuna Ranawaka tops in Matara |url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Nipuna-Ranawaka-tops-in-Matara/108-193382 |access-date=13 August 2020 |work=The Daily Mirror |date=7 August 2020 |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}{{cite news |last1=de Silva |first1=Priyan |title=Top performers in four districts at election |url=https://www.dailynews.lk/2020/08/08/political/225354/top-performers-four-districts-election |access-date=9 August 2020 |work=Daily News |date=8 August 2020 |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" |+ Electoral history of Nipuna Ranawaka ! scope=col|Election ! scope=col|Constituency ! scope=col colspan="2"|Party ! scope=col colspan="2"|Alliance ! scope=col|Votes ! scope=col|Result
2020 parliamentary	Matara District	style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};"|	Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance}};"|	Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance	align=right|{{Nts|131010}}	Elected
2024 parliamentary	Matara District	style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};"|	Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	style="background:{{party color| Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}};"|	Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna		Not elected{{Cite web |title=Prominent former MPs lose out as 2024 General Election results roll in |url=http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=103492 |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=www.adaderana.lk |language=en}}