E. Saravanapavan Explained
| Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. |
| E. Saravanapavan |
| Native Name: | ஈ. சரவணபவன் |
| Native Name Lang: | ta |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
| Constituency Mp1: | Jaffna District |
| Parliament1: | Sri Lankan |
| Term Start1: | 8 April 2010 |
| Birth Date: | 15 December 1953 |
| Party: | Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi |
| Otherparty: | Tamil National Alliance |
| Occupation: | Publisher, industrialist |
| Blank1: | Ethnicity |
| Data1: | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Eswarapatham Saravanapavan (ta|ஈஸ்வரபாதம் சரவணபவன்; born 15 December 1953) is a Sri Lankan Tamil newspaper publisher, politician and member of parliament.
Early life
Saravanapavan was born on 15 December 1953.[1] He was educated at Jaffna Hindu College.[2] He has a Diploma in Business Administration.[2]
Career
Saravanapavan is the managing director of the Uthayan and Sudar Oli Tamil newspapers.[3]
Saravanapavan was one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Jaffna District at the 2010 parliamentary election. He was elected and entered Parliament.[4] He was re-elected at the 2015 parliamentary election.[5] [6] [7]
Electoral history
Election! scope=col| Constituency | scope=col | Party | scope=col | Votes | scope=col | Result |
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| | | | Elected |
| 2015 parliamentary[8] | | | | Elected | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Directory of Members: E. Saravanapavan. Parliament of Sri Lanka.
- News: Kotelawala. Himal. New Faces in Parliament. The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 18 April 2010. 8.
- News: ITAK submits candidates' list to contest Jaffna district. 24 February 2010. TamilNet. 14 April 2010.
- Web site: Parliamentary General Election – 2010 Jaffna Preferences . https://web.archive.org/web/20100513035254/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/GE2010_preferences/Jaffna_pref_GE2010.pdf . dead . 13 May 2010 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .
- PART I : SECTION (I) – GENERAL Government Notifications PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ACT, No. 1 OF 1981 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223730/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Aug/1928_03/1928_03%20E.pdf . dead . 23 September 2015 . 19 August 2015 . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 1928/03 .
- News: Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015.
- News: Preferential Votes . . 19 August 2015 .
- News: Jayakody. Pradeep. The Comparison of Preferential Votes in 2015 & 2010. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 28 August 2015.
