P. Selvarasa Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
P. Selvarasa
Native Name:பொன். செல்வராசா
Native Name Lang:ta
Constituency Mp1:Batticaloa District
Parliament1:Sri Lankan
Term Start1:1994
Term End1:2000
Term Start2:2010
Term End2:2015
Birth Date:25 July 1946
Party:Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi
Otherparty:Tamil National Alliance
Occupation:Retired government officer
Blank1:Ethnicity
Data1:Sri Lankan Tamil
Blank2:Religion
Data2:Hindu

Ponnambalam Selvarasa (Tamil: பொன்னம்பலம் செல்வராசா; born 25 July 1946) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament.

Early life

Selvarasa was born on 25 July 1946.[1]

Career

Selvarasa was one of the Tamil United Liberation Front's candidates for Batticaloa District at the 1994 parliamentary election. He was elected and entered Parliament.[2] He failed to get re-elected at the 2000 parliamentary election.

On 20 October 2001 the All Ceylon Tamil Congress, Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front, Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization and TULF formed the Tamil National Alliance (TNA).[3] [4] Selvarasa contested the 2010 parliamentary election as one of the TNA's candidates in Batticaloa District. He was elected and re-entered Parliament.[5] He failed to get re-elected at the 2015 parliamentary election.[6]

Electoral history

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Directory of Members: Pon. Selvarasa. Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1994. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101006015411/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1994%20GENERAL%20ELECTION-SM01.PDF. 2010-10-06.
  3. News: Jeyaraj. D. B. S.. Tamil National Alliance enters critical third phase - 1. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). https://web.archive.org/web/20100404042520/http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/index.php/opinion1/6933.html. 4 April 2010.
  4. News: Tamil parties sign MOU. TamilNet. 20 October 2001.
  5. Web site: Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Batticaloa Preferences. https://web.archive.org/web/20100513034530/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/GE2010_preferences/Batticaloa_pref_GE2010.pdf. dead. 2010-05-13. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  6. News: Santiago. Melanie. General Election 2015: Several former MPs will not return to parliament. News First. 18 August 2015.