Shantha Abeysekara
{{Short description|Sri Lankan politician}}
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| name = Shantha Abeysekara
| honorific-suffix = MP
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| constituency_MP1 = Puttalam District
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| president = Maithripala Sirisena
| primeminister = Ranil Wickremesinghe
| term_start = 4 September 2015
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| term_start1 = 2015
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| party = United National Party
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Shantha Sisira Kumara Abeysekara as known as "Shantha Abeysekara" is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was elected from Puttalam District in 2015. He is a Member of the United National Party.{{cite web | url=http://www.hirunews.lk/115101/updatae-pm-ranil-receives-highest-preferential-votes-500566-genelecsl | title=PM Ranil receives highest Preferential votes with 500,566 | publisher=hirunews.lk | date=18 August 2015 | access-date=19 August 2015}}{{cite web | url=http://www.adaderana.lk/news/32022/preferential-votes-general-election-2015 | title=Preferential votes- General Election 2015 | publisher=adaderana.lk | date=18 August 2015 | access-date=19 August 2015}}
He was elected from the electorate of Chilaw of Puttalam District in August 2015. Also, he is a former Member of North Western Provincial Council and, has had been elected thrice in a row.
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{{Members of the 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka}}
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