Thirty -one year old Ranil Jayawardena of Sri Lankan origin was re-elected as Conservative Member of Parliament for the North East Hampshire Constituency in the current elections to the UK House of Commons.

Thank you to all 37,754 local people who voted for me yesterday, giving me the privilege of representing North East Hampshire in the House of Commons once again.@TellRanil

Jayawardena who polled 37,754(66%) votes obtained a majority of 27,772 over his nearest contender Barry Jones from the Labour party who obtained 9982(17%)votes.

Jayawardena’s majority amounted to 48.19% in terms of percentage. The overall voter turnout in North East Hampshire was 76.35%

Among Other candidates at the hustings were Graham Cockerill of the Liberal Democrats who got 6,987 votes(12%) and the Green Party’s Chas Spradbery who polled 1476 votes(3%).

Mike Gascoigne of the United Kingdom Independence Party polled 1061 votes(2%) while Independent candidate Robert Blay got 367 votes.

Ranil Jayawrdene was first elected to the British parliament in the 2015 elections when he contested North East Hampshire as a 29 year old.He polled 35,573 votes. His closest rival Graham Cockerill of the Liberal Democratic party got only 5657 votes in 2015.