Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. |
Kins Nelson | |
Native Name: | Sinhala; Sinhalese: කින්ස් නෙල්සන් கின்ஸ் நெல்சன் |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Office1: | Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka |
Constituency1: | Polonnaruwa District |
Term Start1: | 2020 |
Office2: | Member of the North Central Provincial Council |
Constituency2: | Polonnaruwa District |
Term Start2: | 2004 |
Term End2: | 2017 |
Birth Name: | Hewa Gajaman Paththinige Kins Kumara Nelson |
Birth Date: | 29 October 1973 |
Party: | United National Party |
Otherparty: | Samagi Jana Balawegaya |
Hewa Gajaman Paththinige Kins Kumara Nelson (born 29 October 1973) is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.[1]
Nelson was born on 29 October 1973.[1] He is the son of former government minister H. G. P. Nelson and brother in law of General Shavendra Silva.[2] He was a member of the North Central Provincial Council.[2] He defected to the government in December 2014 to support United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) candidate Mahinda Rajapaksa in the presidential election.[3] [4]
Nelson contested the 2015 parliamentary election as one of the UPFA's candidates in Polonnaruwa District but failed to get elected after coming 3rd amongst the UPFA candidates.[5] [6] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Samagi Jana Balawegaya electoral alliance candidate in Polonnaruwa District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[7] [8] [9]
Constituency | scope=col colspan="2" | Party | scope=col colspan="2" | Alliance | scope=col | Votes | scope=col | Result |
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2004 provincial[10] | Elected | |||||||
2008 provincial[11] | Elected | |||||||
2012 provincial[12] | Elected | |||||||
Not elected | ||||||||
Elected |