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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