R. Sampanthan
Arunasalam Thangathurai | |
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Member of Parliament for Trincomalee | |
In office 21 July 1977 – 7 September 1983 | |
Preceded by | B. Neminathan |
Majority | 15,144 |
Personal details | |
Born | 5 February 1933 |
Nationality | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Rajavarothiam Sampanthan (
Early life and family
Sampanthan was born 5 February 1933.
Sampanthan married Leeladevi, daughter of P. K. Rudra.[4] They have two sons (Sanjeevan and Senthuran) and one daughter (Krishanthini).[4]
Career
After qualifying Sampanthan practised law in Trincomalee.[5]
Sampanthan joined the
On 14 May 1972 the ITAK,
Sampanthan was one of the ENDLF/EPRLF/TELO/TULF alliance's candidates in Trincomalee District at the 1989 parliamentary election but the alliance failed to win any seats in the district.[12][13] He was one of the TULF's candidates in Trincomalee District at the 1994 parliamentary election but failed to get re-elected after coming second amongst the TULF candidates.[14] However, he re-entered Parliament in 1997 following the assassination of A. Thangathurai on 5 July 1997.[15][16] He was one of the TULF's candidates in Trincomalee District at the 2000 parliamentary election but the TULF failed to win any seats in the district.[17][18][19]
On 20 October 2001 the ACTC, Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front, Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization and TULF formed the Tamil National Alliance (TNA).[20][21] Sampanthan became the leader of the TNA. Sampanthan contested the 2001 parliamentary election as one of the TNA's candidates in Trincomalee District. He was elected and re-entered Parliament.[22]
Soon after its formation the TNA began to make a more pro-
Sampanthan was re-elected in the 2004, 2010 and 2015 parliamentary elections.[27][28][29][30][31] The Speaker of the Parliament recognised Sampanthan as Leader of the Opposition on 3 September 2015.[32][33][34] During the 2015 Sri Lankan presidential election, the TNA, under his leadership, decided to back Maithripala Sirisena as the common opposition candidate.[35] Sirisena went on to win the election and became the president replacing the incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Electoral history
Election | Constituency | Party | Votes | Result |
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1977 parliamentary[10] | Trincomalee | TULF | 15,144 | Elected |
1989 parliamentary[13] | Trincomalee District | TULF | 6,048 | Not elected |
1994 parliamentary[36] | Trincomalee District | TULF | 19,525 | Not elected |
2000 parliamentary | Trincomalee District | TULF | Not elected | |
2001 parliamentary[22] | Trincomalee District | TNA | 40,110 | Elected |
2004 parliamentary[27] | Trincomalee District | TNA | 47,735 | Elected |
2010 parliamentary[28] | Trincomalee District | TNA | 24,488 | Elected |
2015 parliamentary[37] | Trincomalee District | TNA | 33,834 | Elected |
Further reading
- "Sri Lanka not interested in 13th Amendement implementation: Sri Lankan MP R Sampanthan". Economic Times. 27 August 2014 – via PTI.
- "R Sampanthan as Lankan opposition leader gives hope: DMK". Economic Times. 5 September 2015 – via PTI.
References
- ^ "Sampanthan Chosen As New Leader Of The Opposition". Colombo Telegraph. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ^ "Ethnic Tamil lawmaker becomes opposition leader in Sri Lanka for first time in decades". Fox News. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ^ a b c "Directory of Members: Rajavarothiam Sampanthan". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
- ^ a b c d e f g Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon (PDF). pp. 173–174.
- ^ a b c d e "Who is Rajavarothayam Sampanthan". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka). 29 June 2008.
- ^ Ross, Russell R.; Savada, Andrea Matles, eds. (1990). Sri Lanka : A Country Study (PDF). Library of Congress. p. 51.
- ISBN 81-85880-52-2.
- ISBN 978-1-105-01908-1.
- ^ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 23: Srimavo's constitutional promiscuity". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 13 February 2002.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2011.
- ^ Wickramasinghe, Wimal (18 January 2008). "Saga of crossovers, expulsions and resignations etc. Referendum for extention [sic] of Parliament". The Island (Sri Lanka).
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1989" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009.
- ^ a b de Silva, W. P. P.; Ferdinando, T. C. L. 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka (PDF). Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. p. 182. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Trinco awaits nomination". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 24 August 1997.
- Press Association. 4 September 2015. p. A4.
- ^ Ramakrishnan, T. (3 September 2015). "TNA's Sampanthan becomes opposition leader in Sri Lankan parliament". The Hindu.
- ^ Ferdinando, Shamindra (8 October 2000). "Sampanthan asks police to probe Mahindapura massacre". The Island (Sri Lanka).
- ^ "TULF candidates for Trincomalee decided". TamilNet. 27 August 2000.
- ^ "Parliamentary General Election 10.10.2000 - Trincomalee District". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012.
- The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). Archived from the originalon 4 April 2010.
- ^ "Tamil parties sign MOU". TamilNet. 20 October 2001.
- ^ a b "General Election 2001 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015.
- ^ "Objection against TNA using HOUSE symbol rejected". TamilNet. 28 February 2004. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
- The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka).
- ^ "Mavai elected as ITAK's new leader". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 7 September 2014.
- ^ "Mavai replaces Sampanthan as ITAK leader". Tamil Guardian. 6 September 2014.
- ^ a b "General Election 2004 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2010.
- ^ a b "Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Trincomalee Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2010.
- The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1928/03. 19 August 2015. Archived from the original(PDF) on 23 September 2015.
- The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015.
- ^ "Preferential Votes". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015. Archived from the original on 20 August 2015.
- The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 3 September 2015.
- ^ "R. Sampanthan appointed Opposition Leader". The Nation (Sri Lanka). 3 September 2015.
- ^ "Tamil MP Sampanthan to lead Sri Lanka opposition". BBC News. 3 September 2015.
- ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
- ^ "Sampanthan for Trinco". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 13 July 1997.
- The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka).
External links
- R. Sampanthan on Twitter
- Srinivasan, Meera (29 November 2020). "NSA Ajit Doval meets Sri Lankan Tamil leader Sampanthan". The Hindu.