Selvam Adaikalanathan

Honourable
Selvam Adaikalanathan
MP
செல்வம் அடைக்கலநாதன்
සෙල්වම් අඩෛක්කලනාදන්
Deputy Chairman of Committees of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Assumed office
1 September 2015
Preceded by Murugesu Chandrakumar
Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
for Vanni District
Assumed office
2000
Personal details
Born Amirthanathan Adaikalanathan
(1962-06-10) 10 June 1962
Political party Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization
Other political
affiliations
Tamil National Alliance
Religion Roman Catholic
Ethnicity Sri Lankan Tamil

Amirthanathan Adaikalanathan (Tamil: அமிர்தநாதன் அடைக்கலநாதன்; born 10 June 1962; commonly known as Selvam Adaikalanathan) is a Sri Lankan Tamil militant turned politician and Member of Parliament. He is the leader of the Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO), a member of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA).

Early life

Adaikalanathan was born 10 June 1962.[1] He hails from Mannar in northern Sri Lanka. At the age of 15 he joined the Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO), a Tamil militant group fighting for an independent state of Tamil Eelam in northern and eastern Sri Lanka.[2] He took on the nom de guerre Selvam. Adaikalanathan took on the leadership/presidency of TELO following the killing of Sri Sabaratnam by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on 5 May 1986.[2]

Political career

Adaikalanathan was one of the ENDLF/EPRLF/TELO/TULF alliance's candidates in Vanni District at the 1989 parliamentary election but failed to get elected after coming third amongst the alliance candidates.[3][4] He was one TELO's candidates for Vanni District at the 2000 parliamentary election. He was elected and entered Parliament.[5]

On 20 October 2001 the All Ceylon Tamil Congress, Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front, TELO and Tamil United Liberation Front formed the Tamil National Alliance (TNA).[6][7] Adaikalanathan contested the 2001 parliamentary election as one of the TNA's candidates in Vanni District. He was elected and re-entered Parliament.[8] He was re-elected at the 2004, 2010 and 2015 parliamentary elections.[9][10][11][12][13] He was elected Deputy Chairman of Committees when the new Parliament met on 1 September 2015.[14][15]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Selvam Adaikalanathan
Election Constituency Party Votes Result
1989 parliamentary[4] Vanni District TELO 5,771 Not elected
2000 parliamentary[5] Vanni District TELO 15,490 Elected
2001 parliamentary[8] Vanni District TNA 28,548 Elected
2004 parliamentary[9] Vanni District TNA 39,535 Elected
2010 parliamentary[10] Vanni District TNA 17,366 Elected
2015 parliamentary[16] Vanni District TNA 26,397 Elected

References

  1. "Directory of Members: Selvam Adaikalanathan". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. 1 2 "We are on the correct path'". Frontline (magazine) 21 (21). 9 October 2004.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1989" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  4. 1 2 de Silva, W. P. P.; Ferdinando, T. C. L. 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka (PDF). Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. p. 184.
  5. 1 2 "General Election 2000 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  6. Jeyaraj, D. B. S. "Tamil National Alliance enters critical third phase - 1". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 4 April 2010.
  7. "Tamil parties sign MOU". TamilNet. 20 October 2001.
  8. 1 2 "General Election 2001 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  9. 1 2 "General Election 2004 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  10. 1 2 "Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Vanni Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  11. "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ACT, No. 1 OF 1981" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1928/03. 19 August 2015.
  12. "Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015.
  13. "Preferential Votes". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015.
  14. "Thilanga appointed Deputy Speaker". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 1 September 2015.
  15. "Thilanga appointed Deputy Speaker". Ceylon Today. 1 September 2015.
  16. Jayakody, Pradeep (28 August 2015). "The Comparison of Preferential Votes in 2015 & 2010". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka).

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