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Selvam Adaikalanathan

Amirthanathan Adaikalanathan (Tamil: அமிர்தநாதன் அடைக்கலநாதன், romanized: Amirtanātaṉ Aṭaikkalanātaṉ; born 10 June 1962), commonly known as Selvam Adaikalanathan, is a Sri Lankan Tamil militant turned politician and Member of Parliament.[1] He was the Deputy chairman of committees of the Parliament of Sri Lanka from September 2015 to March 2020.[2] He is the leader of the Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization, a member of the Tamil National Alliance.

Early life

Adaikalanathan was born 10 June 1962.[1] He hails from Mannar in northern Sri Lanka.[3] 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.[3] 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.[3]

Political career

Adaikalanathan contested the 1989 parliamentary election as a ENDLF/EPRLF/TELO/TULF electoral alliance candidate in Vanni District but failed to get elected after coming 3rd amongst the alliance candidates.[4][5] He contested the 2000 parliamentary election as one of the TELO's candidates in Vanni District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[6]

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).[7][8] Adaikalanathan contested the 2001 parliamentary election as one of the TNA's candidates in Vanni District and was re-elected to Parliament.[9] He was re-elected at the 2004, 2010 and 2015 parliamentary elections.[10][11][12][13][14] He was elected Deputy chairman of committees of the Parliament of Sri Lanka when the new parliament met on 1 September 2015.[15][16]

Adaikalanathan was re-elected at the 2020 parliamentary election.[17][18][19]

Electoral history

References

  1. ^ a b "Directory of Members: Selvam Adaikkalanathan". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Handbook of Parliament: Deputy Chairpersons of Committees". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "We are on the correct path'". Frontline. Vol. 21, no. 21. Chennai, India. 9 October 2004. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b de Silva, W. P. P.; Ferdinando, T. C. L. 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka (PDF). Colombo Sri Lanka: Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. p. 184. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Results of Parliamentary General Election – 1989" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Election Commission of Sri Lanka. p. 33. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Parliamentary General Election - 2000 - Preferences" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2010.
  7. ^ Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (27 March 2010). "Tamil National Alliance enters critical third phase – 1". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 4 April 2010.
  8. ^ "Tamil parties sign MOU". TamilNet. 20 October 2001. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Parliamentary General Election - 2001 - Preferences" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2010.
  10. ^ a b "Parliamentary General Election - 2004 - Preferences" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections. p. 199. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2010.
  11. ^ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - The Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 1649/2. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 12 April 2010. p. 4A. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  12. ^ "General Elections 2010 -- Preferential Votes" (PDF). The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 11 April 2010. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  13. ^ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - The Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 1928/3. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 19 August 2015. p. 5A. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  14. ^ "Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  15. ^ "Thilanga appointed Deputy Speaker". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  16. ^ "Thilanga appointed Deputy Speaker". Ceylon Today. Colombo. Sri Lanka. 1 September 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015.
  17. ^ "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. No. 2187/26. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 8 August 2020. p. 5A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  18. ^ "General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Vanni District". Ceylon Today. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  19. ^ Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (8 August 2020). "TNA suffers electoral setback in North and East polls". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  20. ^ "Parliamentary General Election - 2010 - Vanni Preferences" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2010.
  21. ^ Jayakody, Pradeep (28 August 2015). "The Comparison of Preferential Votes in 2015 & 2010". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  22. ^ "General Election Preferential Votes". Daily News. Colombo Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka. 8 August 2020. p. 2. Retrieved 25 September 2020.