 Complete the following phrase:  Following the death of Sirimevan Godage in 1962, Seayake proposed Ratnayake for the Sri Lanka Freedom Party nomination for the in by-election that followed in Anuradhapura. Having been elected to parliament in the by-election, he was re-elected in the 1965 parliamentary election and the 1970 general election. He was appointed Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Sports in 1970. Following the 