Podiappuhamy Piyasena

Honourable
Podiappuhamy Piyasena
MP
පොඩි අප්පුහාම් පියසේන
பொடியப்புகாமி பியசேன
Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
for Ampara District
In office
2010–2015
Personal details
Born (1961-04-03) 3 April 1961
Political party United People's Freedom Alliance
Religion Buddhist

Podiappuhamy H. P. Piyasena (born 3 April 1961) is a Sri Lankan politician and former Member of Parliament.

Early life

Piyasena was born on 3 April 1961.[1]

Career

Piyasena was one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Ampara District at the 2010 parliamentary election. He was elected and entered Parliament.[2] Piyasena was the first Sinhalese to be elected parliament from a Tamil political party (his father is Sinhalese and his mother is Tamil).[3][4]

In September 2010 Piyasena defected to the ruling United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA).[5] He was one of the UPFA's candidates in Ampara District at the 2015 parliamentary election but failed to get re-elected after coming eighth amongst the UPFA candidates.[6]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Podiappuhamy Piyasena
Election Constituency Party Votes Result
2010 parliamentary[2] Ampara District TNA 11,139 Elected
2015 parliamentary[6] Ampara District UPFA 4,901 Not elected

References

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