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Annex 1
ELECTIONS TO COUNCIL FOR THE SESSION 2014/2015
The following were the Returning Officers for the elections for the Session 2014/2015:
Eng.
Eng.
Eng.
Eng.
Priyal De Silva - Chief Returning Officer
D C S Elakanda – Assistant Returning Officer
M G Hemachandra - Assistant Returning Officer
Madhawa Perera – Assistant Returning Officer
Eng. S B Wijekoon will be the President for the Session 2014/2015, having been elected as
President-Elect at the elections held for the Session 2013/2014.
The notice calling nominations for all posts to be vacant in the Council for the Session 2014/2015
was issued on June 2, 2014 with the deadline for receiving nominations set at 4.00 p.m. on June
23, 2014.
The following were elected uncontested:
Past President
Vice Presidents
- Eng. Tilak De Silva
- Eng. J Meegoda
Eng. R G Rubasinghe
Chairman – Building Services Eng. Sect. Committee - Eng. S S Gunawardana
Chairman – Civil .Eng. Sect. Committee
- Eng. P C Jinasena
Chairman – IT & Comm. Eng. Sect. Committee
- Eng. S A Samarakoon
No valid nominations were received for the following posts:
Chairman, Agricultural and Plantations Engineering Sectional Committee
Chairman, Chemical & Process Engineering Sectional Committee
Chairman, Electrical and Electronics Engineering Sectional Committee
The following three (3) Fellows representing Class of Fellows will continue in the Council till the
end of their term of office:
1. Eng. (Prof.) S B S Abayakoon
2. Eng. D C S Elakanda
3. Eng. (Dr.) L B K Laksiri
The following five (5) Members representing the Class of Members will continue in the Council till
the end of their terms of office.
1. Eng. P Thangamayil
2. Eng. H M U Seneviratne
3. Eng. (Dr.) U L Tissa
4. Eng. K S M Silva
5. Eng. M G Hemachandra
The Election was held for the following posts.
President-Elect
Honorary Secretary
Honorary Treasurer
Chairman, Mechanical Engineering Sectional Committee
Representatives – Fellows
Representatives – Members
Voting for Elections to the Council 2014/2015 closed on August 28, 2014 at 4.00 p.m. The Ballot Box
was opened at 9.00 a.m. on August 29, 2014 and the counting commenced immediately thereafter.
Total No. of Ballot Papers received
- 1241
Invalid Ballot Papers
- 18
Total No. of Valid Ballot Papers
- 1223
The Results are as follows:-
(1) Post of President-Elect
Vacancies
Post
01
President-Elect
Candidates
Votes
Remarks
Eng. Wimalasena Gamage
556
Elected
Eng. E W Karunaratna
80
Eng. Prof.(Mrs.) Niranjanie
Ratnayake
511
(1) Post of Honorary Secretary
01
Eng. Granie R Jayalath
719
Eng. Saliya Kaluarachchi
297
Elected
Honorary Secretary
(1) Post of Honorary Treasurer
01
Honorary
Treasurer
Eng. A P Ranjith De Silva
639
Eng. P C C Perera
339
Elected
(1) Post of Chairman- Mechanical Engineering Sectional Committee
01
Chairman-Mechanical
Engineering Sectional
Committee
Eng. P Kalubowila
383
Eng. Arjuna Manamperi
616
Elected
(3) Posts of Representatives – Fellows
03
Representatives Fellows
Eng. Dharmapala K P I U
619
Elected
Eng. (Dr.) Ajith Dolage
663
Elected
Eng.(Prof.) T M Pallewatta
752
Elected
Eng. Udeni Wickramaratne
596
(5) Posts of Representatives – Members
05
Representatives Members
Eng. P A Samira Anuradha
(Under-40)
413
Elected
Eng. Jaliya Bandara
(Under – 40)
450
Elected
Eng. Jayatilaka N P
422
Eng.(Dr.) U P Nawagamuwa
675
Eng. Mahesh Samarawickrama
320
Eng. S A P C Siriwardana
322
Eng.(Major) Nishsanka
Wasalabandara
462
Eng. (Dr.) Sanjeewa
Wickramaratne (Under-40)
425
Elected
Eng. M D S Wijayabandara
589
Elected
Elected
Summary
Members elected to the Council for the Session 2014/2015
1. Eng. W Gamage has been elected as the President-Elect.
2. Eng. Granie Jayalath has been elected as the Honorary Secretary.
3. Eng. A P R de Silva has been elected as the Honorary Treasurer.
4. Eng. Arjuna Manamperi has been elected as the Chairman, Mechanical Engineering Sectional
Committee.
5. Eng. K P I U Dharmapala, Eng. (Dr.) Ajith Dolage and Eng.(Prof.) T M Pallewatta have been
elected to the Council for the Session 2014/2015 as the Representatives – Fellows.
6. Eng.(Dr.) U P Nawagamuwa and Eng. M D S Wijayabandara have been elected as the
Representatives-Members above 40 years of age.
Eng. P A Samira Anuradha, Eng. Jaliya Bandara and Eng. (Dr.) Sanjeewa Wickramaratne
have been elected to the Council for the Session 2014/2015 as the RepresentativesMembers under 40 years of age.
7. The following vacancies in the Council will have to be filled by the Council for the Session
2014/2015:
Vice President
Chairman, Agricultural and Plantations Engineering Sectional Committee
Chairman, Chemical & Process Engineering Sectional Committee
Chairman, Electrical and Electronics Engineering Sectional Committee
Eng. Priyal De Silva
Chief Returning Officer

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