P. Selvarasa

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Hon.
P. Selvarasa
பொன். செல்வராசா
Member of Parliament
for Batticaloa District
In office
1994–2000
In office
2010–2015
Personal details
Born (1946-07-25) 25 July 1946 (age 77)
Political party
Sri Lankan Tamil
ReligionHindu

Ponnambalam Selvarasa (

Sri Lankan Tamil
politician and former Member of Parliament.

Early life

Selvarasa was born on 25 July 1946.[1]

Career

Selvarasa was one of the

Parliament.[2] He failed to get re-elected at the 2000 parliamentary election
.

On 20 October 2001 the All Ceylon Tamil Congress, Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front, Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization and TULF formed the Tamil National Alliance (TNA).[3][4] Selvarasa contested the 2010 parliamentary election as one of the TNA's candidates in Batticaloa District. He was elected and re-entered Parliament.[5] He failed to get re-elected at the 2015 parliamentary election.[6]

Electoral history

Electoral history of P. Selvarasa
Election Constituency Party Votes Result
1994 parliamentary[2] Batticaloa District TULF 17,450 Elected
2000 parliamentary Batticaloa District TULF Not elected
2010 parliamentary[5] Batticaloa District TNA 18,485 Elected
2015 parliamentary Batticaloa District TNA Not elected

References

  1. ^ "Directory of Members: Pon. Selvarasa". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ a b "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1994" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
  3. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original
    on 4 April 2010.
  4. ^ "Tamil parties sign MOU". TamilNet. 20 October 2001.
  5. ^ a b "Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Batticaloa Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2010.
  6. ^ Santiago, Melanie (18 August 2015). "General Election 2015: Several former MPs will not return to parliament". News First.
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