[:en]The name of Ajith Mannapperuma, who contested for the Gampaha District for the vacant Ranjan Ramanayake Parliamentary seat, will be gazetted, a senior election commission official said.
He was placed fifth in the Gampaha preferential list with 47,212 preferential votes.
He said the Parliament Secretary-General had informed the Election Commissioner yesterday about the vacant seat of former parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake.
The Elections Commission informed the Gampaha District Returning Officer to name the next-in-line candidate in the District.
However, the Gampaha GA has not informed officially about the next candidate as yet. As soon as the name is announced, the gazette notification will be issued, the official added.
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