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=== Parliamentary elections ===
=== Parliamentary elections ===
Following his crossover to the SJB, Jayawickrama unsuccessfully contested the [[2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election]] from the Matara District.{{cite web |title=Nomination List... Parliamentary General Election 2020 - Matara |url=https://cmev.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/matara.pdf |publisher=Centre for Monitoring Election Violence |access-date=10 December 2024}} was third on the preferences list for the SJB in Matara, which only returned two SJB MPs to Parliament.{{cite web |title=Harin, Ruwan and Rehan defeated in bid for Parliament seat |url=https://www.dailymirror.lk/latest-news/Harin-Ruwan-and-Rehan-defeated-in-bid-for-Parliament-seat/342-296064 |website=www.dailymirror.lk |publisher=Daily Mirror |date=15 November 2024 |access-date=10 December 2024}}
Following his crossover to the SJB, Jayawickrama unsuccessfully contested the [[2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election]] from the Matara District.{{cite web |title=Nomination List... Parliamentary General Election 2020 - Matara |url=https://cmev.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/matara.pdf |publisher=Centre for Monitoring Election Violence |access-date=10 December 2024}} was third on the preferences list for the SJB in Matara, which only returned two SJB MPs to Parliament.{{cite web |title=Harin, Ruwan and Rehan defeated in bid for Parliament seat |url=https://www.dailymirror.lk/latest-news/Harin-Ruwan-and-Rehan-defeated-in-bid-for-Parliament-seat/342-296064 |website=www.dailymirror.lk |publisher=Daily Mirror |date=15 November 2024 |access-date=10 December 2024}}

Rehan Jayawickreme contested the 2024 Sri Lankan parliamentary election from the Matara District as a candidate of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya but was not elected; only one SJB candidate from the district was returned to Parliament.{{cite web |title=General Election 2024 – Matara District Results |url=https://election.adaderana.lk/general-election-2024/district_result.php?dist_id=Matara |website=Ada Derana |access-date=26 April 2026}}{{cite web |title=Rehan Jayawickreme to quit politics after election loss |url=https://www.dailymirror.lk/video/108/12420 |website=Daily Mirror |date=16 November 2024 |access-date=26 April 2026}}


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