New Cabinet List and photo

37 Ministers and 39 Deputy Ministers were sworn in. The previous Cabinet comprised 51 Ministers, 39 non- Cabinet Ministers and 19 Deputy Ministers. Thus, the new Cabinet is significantly smaller with the number of Cabinet Ministers reduced to 37.

	Minister	Portfolio
1	His Excellency the President Mahinda Rajapaksa	(1) Defence (2) Finance & Planning (3) Ports & Aviation (4) Highways
2	Hon. D. M. Jayaratne	Buddhasasana & Religious Affairs
3	Hon. Ratnasiri Wickramanayake	Public Management & Reforms
4	Hon. Nimal Siripala de Silva	Irrigation & Water Resource Development
5	Hon. A. H. M. Fowzie	Disaster Management
6	Hon. Maithripala Sirisena	Health
7	Hon. Susil Premajayantha	Petroleum Industries
8	Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena	Water Supply & Drainage
9	Hon. Douglas Devananda	Traditional Industries & Small Enterprise Development
10	Hon. A. L. M. Athaullah	Local Government & Provincial Councils
11	Hon. D. E. W. Gunasekera	Rehabilitation & Prison Reforms
12	Hon. Rishad Bathiyutheen	Industry & Commerce
13	Hon. Wimal Weerawansa	Construction, Engineering Services, Housing & Common Amenities
14	Hon. Champika Ranawaka	Power & Energy
	Hon. Basil Rajapaksa	Economic Development
15	Hon. P. Dayaratne	State Resources & Enterprise Development
16	Hon. (Prof) G. L. Peiris	Foreign Affairs
17	Hon. John Seneviratne	Public Administration & Home Affairs
18	Hon. (Mrs.) Sumedha Jayasena	Parliamentary Affairs
19	Hon. Milroy Fernando	Resettlement
20	Hon. Jeewan Kumaratunga	Post & Telecommunication
21	Hon. Pavithra Wanniarachchi	National Heritage & Cultural Affairs
22	Hon. Anura Priyadarshana Yapa	Environment
23	Hon. Tissa Karaliyadde	Child Development & Women's Affairs
24	Hon. Athauda Seneviratne	Justice
25	Hon. Gamini Lokuge	Labour Relations & Productivity Improvement
26	Hon. Bandula Gunawardena	Education
27	Hon. Mahinda Samarasinghe	Plantation
28	Hon. Rajitha Senaratne	Fisheries & Aquatic Resources
29	Hon. Piyasena Gamage	Indigenous Medicine
30	Hon. S. B. Navinne	National Languages & Social Integration
31	Hon. Janaka Bandara Tennekoon	Lands & Land Development
32	Hon. Felix Perera	Social Services
33	Hon. C. B. Rathnayake	Sports
34	Hon. Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena	Agriculture
35	Hon. Kumara Welgama	Transport
36	Hon. Dullas Alahaperuma	Youth Affairs
37	Hon. Johnston Fernando	Co-operatives & Internal Trade

Following are the Deputy Ministers and their portfolios:

	Deputy Minister	Portfolio
1	Hon. Salinda Dissanayake	Plantation and Industries
2	Hon. Dilan Perera	Public Administration and Home Affairs
3	Hon. Susantha Punchinilame	Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development
4	Hon. Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena	Economic Development
5	Hon. Chandrasiri Gajadeera	Finance and Planning
6	Hon. Jagath Pushpakumara	Agriculture
7	Hon. T. B. Ekanayake	Education
8	Hon. Mahinda Amaraweera	Health
9	Hon. Rohitha Abeygunawardena	Ports and Aviation
10	Hon. S. N. Chandrasena	Irrigation and Water Resources Management
11	Hon. Gunaratne Weerakoon	National Heritage and Cultural Affairs
12	Hon. Mervyn Silva	Mass Media and Information
13	Hon. Pandu Bandaranayake	Indigenous Medicine
14	Hon. Jayaratna Herath	Industry and Commerce
15	Hon. Dayashritha Tissera	Ports and Aviation
16	Hon. Duminda Dissanayaka	Posts and Telecommunication
17	Hon. Ranjith Siyambalapitiya	Economic Development
18	Hon. Lasantha Alagiyawanne	Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities
19	Hon. Rohana Dissanayake	Transport
20	Hon. H. R. Mithrapala	Livestock Development
21	Hon. Nirmala Kothalawala	Highways
22	Hon. Premalal Jayasekera	Power and Energy
23	Hon. Geethanjana Gunawardena	External Affairs
24	Hon. Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan	Resettlement
25	Hon. Indika Bandaranayake	Local Government and Provincial Councils
26	Hon. Muthu Sivalingam	Economic Development
27	Hon. Siripala Gamlath	Lands and Land Development
28	Hon. W. B. Ekanayake	Disaster Management
29	Hon. Chandrasiri Suriyarachchi	Social Services
30	Hon. Neomal Perera	Co-operatives and Internal Trade
31	Hon. Sarath Gunaratne	State Resources and Enterprise Development
32	Hon. Nandimithra Ekanayake	Higher Education
33	Hon. Nirupama Rajapaksa	Water Supply and Drainage
34	Hon. Lalith Dissanayake	Technology and Research
35	Hon. Sarana Gunawardena	Petroleum Industries
36	Hon. Reginold Cooray	Justice
37	Hon. Vijithmuni Zoysa	Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms
38	Hon. N. L. A. M. Hisbullah	Child Development and Women’s Affairs
39	Hon. Weerakumara Dissanayake	Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development

The Team at sandanaya.tk /blogspot.com takes this opportunity to congratulate and wish the newly appointed Prime Minister, Speaker of Parliament, Deputy Speaker, Deputy Chairman of Committees, Members of Parliament and all 37 Cabinet Ministers and 39 Deputies well.

New Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne

Newly appointed Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne said that he will be fully committed towards making Sri Lanka a developed country. It is his expectation that a favorable environment for goodwill among all people can be created while moving forward with the Mahinda Chintana policy. He invited the public to join them devoid of party differences to accomplish this task. He said while fulfilling this duty they hope to eliminate hatred and jealousy that prevail among parties and to venture into the path towards development. He invited party leaders and others to join them. He noted that there are five communities in the country. It is the desire of the Government to create an administration and an economy that would be fair towards all. He made these statements while addressing the new parliament members at the inaugural session of the 7th Parliament. source news.lk

UPFA to obtain almost 2/3 majority with the National List seats

The ruling party of Sri Lanka, the UPFA has been able to secure a vast majority of seats at the Parliamentary General Election concluded yesterday evening with the completion of the re-polls at the Nawalapitiya Electorate in the Kandy District and the Kumburupiddi polling division of the Trincomalee District.
The UPFA obtained 10 out of 19 seats in Colombo, Gampaha – 12 (out of
18), Kalutara – 7 (out of 10), Kandy – 8 (out of 12), Matale – 4 (out
of 5), Nuwara Eliya – 5 (out of 7), Galle – 7 (out of 10), Matara – 6
(out of 8), Hambantota – 5 (out of 7), Jaffna – 3 (out of 9), Vanni –
2 (out of 6), Batticaloa – 1 (out of 5), Digamadulla – 4 (out of 7),
Trincomalee – 2 (out of 4), Kurunegala – 10 (out of 15), Puttalam – 6
(out of 8), Anuradhapura – 7 (out of 9), Polonnaruwa – 4 (out of 5),
Badulla – 6 (out of 8), Moneragala – 4 (out of 5), Ratnapura – 7 (out
of 10) and 7 out of 9 seats in the Kegalla District.

The total number of seats obtained by UPFA through the electoral
process now stands at 127. With more seats to be earned through the
National List, the UPFA will obtain a large majority of seats which
will be close to a two third of the total number in the next
Parliament.

The largely anticipated strong government elected through the General
Election will undoubtedly strengthen the newly re-elected President’s
massive development programme. The verdict of the people has been made
clear once again after 3 months of the re-election of President
Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Sandanaya wins Kandy Diistrict and Trincomalee District

In the Kandy District, the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA)
obtained 339,819 votes (60.77%) and earned 8 seats for those votes
received. Their closest contender the United National Party (UNP)
obtained 192,798 votes (34.48%) for which it earned half the number of
ruling party seats, which is 4.

The Democratic National Alliance (DNA) which came thrid in the Kandy
District managed to obtain only 23,728 votes (4.24%) for which it
earned no seats in the parliament.

In the Kandy District, the total number of Valid votes stood at
559,226 (90.55%) whilst the number Rejected was 58,333 (9.45%).
Therefore, the total number polled was recorded as 617,559 (63.64%).

Trincomalee District
The total number of valid votes stands at 43,454 (92.58%) with the
total number of rejected votes being 3,483 (7.42%). The total number
polled was 46,937 (54.15%).

The UPFA had won 2 seats for the 59,784 votes (42.78%) received and
the UNP had won 1 seat for the 39,691 votes (28.40%) they had
obtained. ITAK received a total of 33,268 votes (23.81%) for which
they have won 1 seat.

The total number of valid votes in the District of Trincomalee was
139,742 (93.17%). The number of rejected votes stood at 10,240
(6.83%). The total number polled was 149,982 (62.20%).

ඔබ අපේ ජනපතිය. . .

ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ඊයේ සවස ගාලු මුව‍දොර පිටියෙහි සිදුකෙරෙන ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ කටයුතු පිළිබඳව නිරීක්ෂණය කිරීම සඳහා හදිසි සංචාරයක නිරත විය. ඉහත ඡායාරූපයේ දැක්වෙන්නේ එම අවස්ථාවේදී රැස්ව සිටි ජනතාව සමග ජනාධිපතිවරයා සුහද සංවාදයක යෙදෙමින් ඔවුන් වෙත සුබ පැතූ අයුරුය.

ඡායා -සුදත් සිල්වා

Entire country geared for the first peacetime New Year

The entire country is geared to welcome the first peacetime New Year after the end of the three-decade long war. The country is especially elated with the re-election of President Mahinda Rajapaksa in January and last Thursday’s victory of his government just ahead of the dawn of the traditional Sinhala and Tamil New Year with the Sun moving from the House of Pisces to the Aries

The New Year dawns at the auspicious time of 6.58 a.m. today. Punya kalaya will begin at 34 minutes past midnight and end at 1.22 p.m. The first part of the “Punya kalaya” is set aside for religious ceremonies while the second part is for traditions such as preparing meals, starting work and transactions for the New Year.

The New Year will dawn at 6.58 a.m.14th April. The auspicious time for the lighting of the hearth is 7.01 a.m 14th April facing the North and attired in light green coloured clothing. Milk rice mixed with Ghee and Undu should be prepared.

The auspicious for the commencement of work for the New Year, transactions and partaking of meals is at 9.07 a.m. 14th April. This should be done also facing the North and attired in light green coloured clothing.

10.06 a.m. on Thursday the 15th is the auspicious time for anointing of oil. Attired in gold coloured garments and facing the North, oil mixed with essence of bo-leaves and standing on Kohomba leaves under a canopy of bo-leaves should be anointed.

President Miahinda Rajapaksa Discussion of New Cabinet

As the people of Sri Lanka gave his party a resounding
victory in the Parliamentary Elections 2010, a jubilant President
Mahinda Rajapaksa started consultations with trusted top bureaucrats
on selection of his new cabinet for early and efficient implementation
of the Mahinda Chinthana Idiri Dekma the promise of a Bright Future for the beloved
Motherland at President s House on 09th evening. President s Secretary Mr. Lalith Weerathunga, Finance Secretary Dr. P.B. Jayasundara and President s Additional Secretary Mr. Gamini Senarath also are in the picture.
Pix by Sudath Silva

from: sandanaya.lk/ 4 10

Colombo District Preferential Votes - Manapa

Wimal Weerawansa topped the Colombo and UPFA list with 280,672 votes. In 2 nd place UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe led the party’s preferential votes’ list in the Colombo district by obtaining 230,957 votes.

In the UPFA list, candidates R. Duminda Silva and Paatali Champika Ranawaka have clinched the second and third slots with 146,336 and 120,333 preferential votes.

Besides, Retired Gen. Sarath Fonseka who is in military custody contesting the election under the Trophy symbol had received 98,456 votes. His party polled 110,000 votes in the Colombo district.

~ SANDANAYA~ The Triumph of Democracy

This is the triumph of Democracy. It is a clear restatement of the confidence the people placed in me, the Mahinda Chintana and the UPFA at the recent Presidential Election, said President Mahinda Rajapaksa commenting on the results of the General Election which gave a clear parliamentary majority to the UPFA.

‘We are humbled by the size of the repeated mandates given by the people and pledge to respond, in full measure, to the trust placed in us,’ the President added.

The assured majority in parliament given by the voters encourages the
government to proceed with its policies for the strengthening of peace
and reconciliation, reconstruction, greater infrastructure
development, increased investment in identified areas of growth, and
the overall development of the country to make it the centre of
economic and social progress in South Asia.

These results, coming after the successful elections to Provincial
Councils and the Presidential Election, are proof that democracy is
fully in place in Sri Lanka and the commitment of our people to the
democratic process.

It is now the time for peaceful celebration by those who have
contributed to this victory; and the acceptance of the verdict of the
ballot by those who have lost. It is also the time for all who place
their trust in democracy to come together to build a new era of
prosperity for Sri Lanka, the President said.

from news.lk Saturday, 10 April 2010

Highest vote catchers

Senior Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa received a massive 425,100 preferential votes from the Gampaha district, the highest by any candidate at Thursday’s general election. Meanwhile, Namal Rajapaksa by obtaining 147,568 preferential votes recorded the highest majority percentage-wise at the election.

John Seneviratne (UPFA) Ratnapura 125,816
Thalatha Athukorale (UNF) -do-  64,592

Maithripala Sirisena (UPFA) Polonnaruwa 90,118
Earl Gunasekera  (UNF) -do-  26,925

Sanath Jayasuriya (UPFA) Matara  74,372
Buddhika Pathirana  (UNF) -do-  62,492

Jagath Pushpakumara (UPFA) Moneragala 67,903
Ranjith Madduma Bandara (UNF) -do-  15,105

Nimal Siripala de Silva (UPFA) Badulla  141,990
Harin Fernando  (UNF) -do-  49,073

S. Thondaman  (UPFA) Nuwara Eliya 60,997
S. Digambaram  (UNF) -do-  39,490

Ranjith Siyambalapitiya (UPFA) Kegalle  141,435
Kabir Hashim  (UNF) -do-  48,344

Namal Rajapaksa  (UPFA) Hambantota 147,568
Sajith Premadasa (UNF) -do-  74,467 

Final District Result - Anuradhapura District

United People's Freedom Alliance 221,204 66.52% 7
United National Party 80,360 24.17% 2
Democratic National Alliance 18,129 5.45% 0

Final District Result - Polonnaruwa District

United People's Freedom Alliance 118,694 69.22% 4
United National Party 45,732 26.67% 1
Democratic National Alliance 6,457 3.77% 0

Final District Result - Moneragala District

United People's Freedom Alliance 120,634 75.64% 4
United National Party 28,892 18.12% 1
Democratic National Alliance 9,018 5.65% 0

Final District Result - Badulla District

United People's Freedom Alliance 203,689 58.25% 6
United National Party 112,886 32.28% 2
Democratic National Alliance 15,768 4.51% 0

Final District Result - Puttalam District

United People's Freedom Alliance 167,769 64.83% 6
United National Party 81,152 31.36% 2
Democratic National Alliance 8,792 3.40% 0

Final District Result - Kurunegala District

United People's Freedom Alliance 429,316 63.84% 10
United National Party 213,713 31.78% 5
Democratic National Alliance 26,440 3.93% 0

Final District Result - Colombo District

United People's Freedom Alliance 480,896 51.19% 10
United National Party 339,750 36.17% 7
Democratic National Alliance 110,683 11.78% 2

Final District Result - Digamadulla District

United People's Freedom Alliance 132,096 51.41% 4
United National Party 90,757 35.32% 2
Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi 26,895 10.47% 1
Democratic National Alliance 2,917 1.14% 0

Final District Result - Batticaloa District

Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi 66,235 36.67% 3
United People's Freedom Alliance 62,009 34.33% 1
United National Party 22,935 12.70% 1
Thamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal 16,886 9.35% 0
Tamil United Liberation Front 4,424 2.45% 0

Final District Result - Vanni District

Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi 41,673 38.96% 3
United People's Freedom Alliance 37,522 35.07% 2
United National Party 12,783 11.95% 1
Democratic People's Liberation Front 5,900 5.52% 0
Eelam People's Democratic Party 2,867 2.68% 0

Final District Result - Jaffna District

Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi 65,119 43.85% 5
United People's Freedom Alliance 47,622 32.07% 3
United National Party 12,624 8.50% 1
Akila Ilankai Thamil Congress 6,362 4.28% 0

Final District Result - Nuwara-Eliya District

United People's Freedom Alliance 149,111 56.01% 5
United National Party 96,885 36.39% 2
Up-Country People's Front 13,189 4.95% 0
Democratic National Alliance 3,984 1.50% 0

Final District Result - Matara District

United People's Freedom Alliance 213,937 65.31% 6
United National Party 91,114 27.81% 2
Democratic National Alliance 20,465 6.25% 0

Final District Result - Ratnapura District

United People's Freedom Alliance 305,327 68.86% 7
United National Party 125,076 28.21% 3
Democratic National Alliance 11,053 2.49% 0

Final District Result - Kegalle District

United People's Freedom Alliance 242,463 66.89% 7
United National Party 104,925 28.95% 2
Democratic National Alliance 13,518 3.73% 0

GAMPAHA Final District Result

United People's Freedom Alliance - 589,476 63.37% 12
United National Party - 266,523 28.65% 5
Democratic National Alliance - 69,747 7.50% 1

Matale District Final Result - UPFA wins 4 seats

At the Parliamentary Election of 2010, in the Matale District, the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) has earned 4 seats for receiving 131,069 votes (66.96%).

The United National Party (UNP) has earned 1 seats for 55,737 (28.47%) and the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) won no seat for the 7,636 (3.90%) received.

Total number of Valid votes is 195,750 (91.02%) whilst the Rejected number of votes stands at 19,310 (8.98%). The total polled was 215,060 (62.76%).

Gampaha goes to UPFA

At the Parliamentary Election of 2010, in the Gampaha District -Gampaha Electorate, the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) has recorded the victory by receiving 58,268 votes (69.56%).

The United National Party (UNP) has 17,976 votes (21.46%) and the
Democratic National Alliance (DNA) 7,188 votes (8.58%).

Total number of Valid votes is 83,768 (95.52%) whilst the Rejected
number of votes stands at 3,930 (4.48%). The total polled was 87,698
(65.64%).

Galle Superb Victory UPFA

At the Parliamentary Election 2010 in the Galle District - Galle electorate, United People's Freedom Alliance UPFA recorded a clear victory with 20,348 votes (50.08%) over United National Party (UNP) who obtained 14,804 (36.44%).

Democratic National Alliance DNA earned 5,324 votes (13.10%).

Valid votes stood at 40,628 (95.88%) whilst Rejected were 1,744 (4.12%). Total Polled was 42,372 (59.20%).

Kalutara District - UPFA wins 7 seats

At the Parliamentary Election of 2010, in the Kalutara District, the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) has earned 7seats for receiving 313,836 votes (63.68%).

The United National Party (UNP) has earned 2 seats for 139,596
(28.32%) and the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) 1 seat for the
36,722 votes (7.45%) received.

Total number of Valid votes is 492,855 (90.50%) whilst the Rejected
number of votes stands at 51,751 (9.50%). The total polled was 544,606 (66.97%).

Parliamentary Election - 2010 UPFA gets 5 seats in Hambantota

At the Parliamentary Election of 2010, the Final District Result for Hambantota District shows the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) receiving 174,808 votes (62.87%) giving them as many as 5 seats.

The main challenger United National Party (UNP) managed to get only 2 seats having received only 83,027 votes or 29.86%.

Once again, the Democratic National Alliance DNA managed to get just 19,186 votes or 6.90% which gives them no seat in the entire Hambanthota District. JVP is a part of the DNA and Hambanthota is a traditional JVP stronghold.

Total Valid votes were 278,054 ( 96.11% ) whilst 11,240 votes (3.89%) were rejected. Total Polled stood at 289,294 or 68.69%.

කුරහන් සාටකය

කුරහන් සාටකය දැන්නම් බලගතු වුව ද ජනතාවට අයියල මල්ලිලා පොකුරම මේ එකමුතු පෙළට අප එක්විය

බලගතුය ළෙන්ගතුය එකමුතුය යුතුය

කසුරි

ඡායා - සුදත් සිල්වා

බුලත් කොළයේ ජයග්‍රහණය උපන් බිමේ විජයග්‍රහණයයි - ජනපති

බුලත් කොළයට ලබා දෙන ඡන්දය උපන් මවුබිම වෙනුවෙන් කරන යුතුකම් ඉටු කිරීමක් බවත් පරාජිත දේශපාලන පක්ෂවලට ඡන්දය දීම මවුබිම වෙනුවෙන් ඉටු විය යුතු යුතුකම් පැහැර හැරීමක් වන බවත් මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ ජනාධිපතිතුමා පෙන්වා දෙයි.

මාතෘභූ®මියේ ඒකීයත්වය ආරක්ෂා කැර ගනිමින් අභිමානවත් මෙන් ම සමෘද්ධිමත් රටක් ගොඩනැංවීමේ වගකීම නිසි ලෙස ක්‍රියාවට නැංවූ එකම ආණ්ඩුව එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් සන්ධාන ආණ්ඩුව බවද, මාතෘභූ®මියට ආදරය කරන කිසිවකුට එම වැඩපිළිවෙළ ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කළ නොහැකි බවද ජනාධිපතිතුමා වැඩිදුරටත් පෙන්වා දුන්නේය.

ජනාධිපතිතුමා මේ අදහස් පළ කෙළේ කැකිරාව මහජන ක්‍රීඩාංගණයේ දී ඉකුත් සිකුරාදා පැවැති මහජන රැලිය අමතමිනි.

පෞද්ගලික අරමුණු පසෙකලා පොදුවේ එක්වී එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් සන්ධානය දිනවා මාතෘභූ®මිය දිනවීමට සියලු දෙනා අත්වැල් බැඳගත යුතු බවත් ජනාධිපතිතුමා මෙහිදී පෙන්වා දුන්නේය.

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