K. Thurairetnasingam

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National List
In office
2015–2020
In office
2002–2004
Preceded byM. Sivasithamparam
Member of Parliament
for Trincomalee District
In office
2004–2010
Personal details
Born(1941-01-04)4 January 1941
Died17 May 2021(2021-05-17) (aged 80)
Political party
Sri Lankan Tamil

Kathirgamathamby Thurairetnasingam (

Sri Lankan Tamil
civil servant, politician and Member of Parliament.

Early life

Thurairetnasingam was born on 4 January 1941.[1]

Career

Thurairetnasingam was a Divisional Director of Education.[1]

Thurairetnasingam was one of the

National List Member of Parliament for the TNA, replacing M. Sivasithamparam who had died on 5 June 2002.[2] He was one of the TNA's candidates in Trincomalee District at the 2004 parliamentary election. He was elected and re-entered Parliament.[3] Thurairetnasingam did not contest the 2010 parliamentary election for personal reasons.[4]

Thurairetnasingam was one of the TNA's candidates in Trincomalee District at the 2015 parliamentary election but failed to get elected after coming second amongst the TNA candidates.[5] However, after the election he was appointed a TNA National List MP in Parliament.[6][7]

Death

Thurairetnasingam died from COVID-19 on 17 May 2021, aged 80.[8]

Electoral history

Electoral history of K. Thurairetnasingam
Election Constituency Party Votes Result
2001 parliamentary Trincomalee District TNA Not elected
2004 parliamentary[3] Trincomalee District TNA 34,773 Elected
2015 parliamentary[5] Trincomalee District TNA 14,779 Not elected

References

  1. ^ a b "Directory of Members: K. Thurairetnasingam". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ a b "New TNA national list MP from Muttur east". TamilNet. 23 June 2002.
  3. ^ a b "General Election 2004 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2010.
  4. ^ "ITAK submits candidates' list to contest Trincomalee district". TamilNet. 24 February 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
  5. ^
    The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)
    . 19 August 2015.
  6. ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION — 2015 Declaration under Article 99A of the Constitution" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1929/04. 24 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015.
  7. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)
    . 24 August 2015.
  8. ^ "Former MP K. Thurairethnasingham". Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.