Selvam Adaikalanathan
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).
Selvam Adaikalanathan MP | |
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செல்வம் அடைக்கலநாதன் සෙල්වම් අඩෛක්කලනාදන් | |
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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 10 June 1962 Mannar, Dominion of Ceylon |
Political party | Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization |
Other political affiliations | Tamil National Alliance |
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
Election | Constituency | Party | Votes | Result |
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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
- "Directory of Members: Selvam Adaikalanathan". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
- "We are on the correct path'". Frontline. 21 (21). 9 October 2004.
- "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1989" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-04.
- de Silva, W. P. P.; Ferdinando, T. C. L. 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka (PDF). Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. p. 184. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-23.
- "General Election 2000 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-08-26.
- 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.
- "Tamil parties sign MOU". TamilNet. 20 October 2001.
- "General Election 2001 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
- "General Election 2004 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-03-04.
- "Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Vanni Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-05-13.
- "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.
- "Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015.
- "Preferential Votes". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015. Archived from the original on 20 August 2015.
- "Thilanga appointed Deputy Speaker". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 1 September 2015.
- "Thilanga appointed Deputy Speaker". Ceylon Today. 1 September 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015.
- Jayakody, Pradeep (28 August 2015). "The Comparison of Preferential Votes in 2015 & 2010". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka).
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