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.

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State Council of Ceylon (1931-1947)

MemberConstituencyDate of deathAge at death (years)Cause
Godfrey Edward Madawala Narammala September 1932 [1] 54
S. O. Canagaratnam Batticaloa SouthMay 1938 [2] 57-58
Neil Hewavitarne Udugama 30 October 1939 [3]
Charles Batuwantudawe Kalutara 13 September 194062
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 194437 Typhoid fever [9]
H. R. Freeman Anuradhapura April 194581
D. M. Rajapaksa Hambantota 18 May 194549 [10] Heart attack
R. C. Kannangara Morawaka 14 October 1946 [11] 26

Parliament of Ceylon (1947-1972)

MemberPartyConstituencyDate of deathAge at death (years)Cause
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike SLFP Attanagalla 26 September 195960Assassinated [12]
Bernard Aluwihare UNP Matale 22 January 196158Cancer [13]

National State Assembly (1972-1978)

Parliament of Sri Lanka (1978-present)

MemberPartyConstituencyDate of deathAge at death (years)Cause
M. Canagaratnam UNP Pottuvil 20 April 198056Assassinated [14]
Bandulahewa Senadheera UNP Karandeniya January 1982 [15]
Jinadasa Weerasinghe UNP Tangalle 31 July 198761Assassinated [16]
Keerthisena Abeywickrama UNP Deniyaya 31 July 198761 Assassinated [17]
G.V.S. de Silva UNP Habaraduwa 1 May 1988Assassinated
Lionel Jayatilleke UNP Habaraduwa 26 September 198864Assassinated [18]
W.M.P.G. Banda UNP Galagedara 1989Assassinated
Lesley Ranagala UNP Borella 1989Assassinated
M. A. Daniel UNP Kandy 25 June 1989Assassinated [19]
A. Amirthalingam TULF Kankesanthurai 13 July 1989Assassinated [20]
Daya Sepali Senadheera UNP Karandeniya 29 August 1989Assassinated [21]
Merrill Kariyawasam UNP Agalawatta 5 September 1989Assassinated [22]
Sam Tambimuttu Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front Batticaloa 7 May 199057-58Assassinated [23]
G. Yogasangari Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front Jaffna 19 June 1990Assassinated [24]
Ranjan Wijeratne UNP National List 2 March 199159 Assassinated [25]
Lalith Athulathmudali Democratic United National Front Colombo 23 April 199356 Assassinated [26]
Gamini Dissanayake UNP Kandy 24 October 199452Assassinated [27]
Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi UNP Colombo 24 October 199464Assassinated (same event with Gamini Dissanayake) [28]
Ossie Abeygunasekera UNP Colombo 24 October 199444Assassinated (same event with Gamini Dissanayake and Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi) [28]
Nalanda Ellawala People's Alliance Ratnapura 11 February 199729Assassinated [29]
A. Thangathurai TULF Mutur 5 July 199761Assassinated [30]
M. E. H. Maharoof UNP Trincomalee 29 July 199758Assassinated [31]
Bernard Soysa People's Alliance Colombo 30 December 1997 [32] 83
S. Shanmuganathan Democratic People's Liberation Front Vavuniya 15 July 199838Assassinated [33]
Neelan Tiruchelvam TULF National List 29 July 199955Assassinated [34]
Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed UNP Kandy 3 September 1999 [35] 72
Savumiamoorthy Thondaman People's Alliance National List 30 October 199986Heart failure [36]
Nadarajah Atputharajah Eelam People's Democratic Party Jaffna 2 November 199936Assassinated [37]
C. V. Gunaratne People's Alliance Colombo 7 June 2000Assassinated [38]
M. Sivasithamparam TNA National List 5 June 2002 [39] 78
Lakshman Kadirgamar UPFA National List 12 August 200573Assassinated [40]
Joseph Pararajasingham TNA National List 25 December 200571Assassinated [41]
Nadarajah Raviraj TNA Jaffna 10 November 200644Assassinated [42]
Anwar Ismail [43] UPFA National List 13 September 2007
T. Maheswaran United National Front Colombo 1 January 200841Assassinated [44]
D. M. Dassanayake UPFA Puttalam 8 January 200854Assassinated [45]
Sripathi Sooriyarachchi UPFA Gampaha 9 February 200845Road accident [46]
Kiddinan Sivanesan TNA Jaffna 6 March 200851Assassinated [47]
Anura Bandaranaike UPFA Gampaha 16 March 200859Cancer [48]
Jeyaraj Fernandopulle UPFA Gampaha 6 April 200855 Assassinated [49]
Reggie Ranatunga UPFA Gampaha 31 May 2008 [50] 55
Alick Aluvihare United National Front Matale 17 May 200983 [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 201052 Cirrhosis [55]
Noordeen Mashoor UPFA Vanni 2 December 201048Heart attack [56]
Jayalath Jayawardena UNP Gampaha 30 May 201359Heart attack [57]
Neranjan Wickremasinghe UPFA Kurunegala 12 May 2015 [58] 53Heart attack
M. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana United National Front National List 19 January 2016 [59] 68
Amarakeerthi Athukorala SLPFA Polonnaruwa 9 May 202257 Lynched by a mob [60]
Sanath Nishantha SLPFA Puttalam 25 January 202448Road accident. [61]
K. H. Nandasena SLPFA Anuradhapura 4 April 2024 [62] 69

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