M. Velu Kumar

M. Velu Kumar (born 16 January 1973) is a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament.

Hon.

M. Velu Kumar

MP
Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
for Kandy District
Assumed office
2015
Member of the Central Provincial Council for Kandy District
In office
2013–2015
Personal details
Born (1973-01-16) 16 January 1973
Political partyDemocratic People's Front
Alma materUniversity of Colombo

Early life

Velu Kumar was born on 16 January 1973.[1] He was educated at Thalathuoya Tamil Maha Vidyalayam, Asoka Vidyalayam, Kandy and St. Sylvester's College, Kandy.[2] After school he joined the University of Colombo, graduating with a B.B.A. degree.[2]

Career

Velu Kumar is a member of the Democratic People's Front.[3][4] He was elected one of the vice-presidents of the Tamil Progressive Alliance in June 2015.[5]

Velu Kumar contested the 2013 provincial council election as one of the United National Front's (UNF) candidates in Kandy District and was elected to the Central Provincial Council (CPC).[6][7] He was one of the United National Front for Good Governance's candidates in Kandy District at the 2015 parliamentary election. He was elected and entered Parliament.[8][9][10]

Electoral history
Electoral history of M. Velu Kumar
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
2013 provincial[7]Kandy DistrictDemocratic People's FrontUnited National Front18,159Elected
2015 parliamentary[11]Kandy DistrictDemocratic People's FrontUnited National Front for Good Governance62,556Elected

References
  1. "Directory of Members: Velu Kumar". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "New members of Parliament". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 30 August 2015.
  3. "Tamil Progressive Alliance Ties Up With UNP In Lankan Polls". Asian Mirror. 11 July 2015.
  4. "I will visit Valigamam North high security zone if army shoot me. I'm proud to die on this land: Wigneswaran". Lankasri News. 6 December 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  5. "Tamil Progressive Alliance elects working committee". Eye Sri Lanka. 5 June 2015.
  6. "PART I : SECTION (I) ó GENERAL Government Notifications PROVINCIAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS ACT, No. 2 OF 1988 Central Province Provincial Council" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1829/33. 25 September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2013.
  7. "PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2013 ñ Results and preferential votes: Central Province". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 26 September 2013.
  8. "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015.
  9. "Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015.
  10. "Preferential Votes". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015. Archived from the original on 20 August 2015.
  11. Jayakody, Pradeep (28 August 2015). "The Comparison of Preferential Votes in 2015 & 2010". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka).
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