Especially, the UPFA does not have a single woman in its national list.

Former MP Kamala Ranatunga has criticized the UPFA for not including her in the national list, but vows to remain loyal to the SLFP.

Malani Fonseka too, has been excluded from the UPFA’s national list.

The UPFA national list comprises

A.H.M. Fowzie, Prof. G.L. Peiris, Dew Gunasekara, Prof. Tissa Vitarana, Prof. Mohamed Hussein Rizwi Shariff, Dr. Sarath Amunugama, Tissa Attanayake, Dilan Perera, Jeyaratnam Sri Ranga, Reginald Cooray, Jeevan Kumaratunga, Tiran Alles, Malith Jayatilake, Shiral Chirantha Lakthilake, Prof. Colvin Gunatilake, Prabha Ganeshan, Faizer Mustafa, Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha, Prof. Kapila Gunasekara, Dr. B.A. Ratnapala, H.M. Charitha Herath, Karupaiah Ganeshamurthi, Leslie Devendra, Somaweera Chandrasiri, M.S. Uduma Lebbe, Jayantha Weerasinghe, Piyasiri Wijenayake, M.M. Muzammil and Gevindu Kumaratunga.