Selvam Adaikalanathan Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
Selvam Adaikalanathan
Native Name:Tamil: செல்வம் அடைக்கலநாதன்
Sinhala; Sinhalese: සෙල්වම් අඩෛක්කලනාදන්
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office:President of Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization
Term Start:1986
Predecessor:Sri Sabaratnam
Office1:Deputy chairman of committees of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Term Start1:1 September 2015
Term End1:2 March 2020
Predecessor1:Murugesu Chandrakumar
Successor1:Angajan Ramanathan
Office2:Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Constituency2:Vanni District
Term Start2:2000
Birth Name:Amirthanathan Adaikalanathan
Birth Date:10 June 1962
Party:Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization
Otherparty:Tamil National Alliance

Amirthanathan Adaikalanathan (Tamil: அமிர்தநாதன் அடைக்கலநாதன்|translit=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

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Constituencyscope=col colspan="2"Partyscope=col colspan="2"Alliancescope=colVotesscope=colResult
Not elected
Elected
Elected
Elected
2010 parliamentary[20] Elected
2015 parliamentary[21] Elected
2020 parliamentary[22] Elected

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Directory of Members: Selvam Adaikkalanathan . . 24 September 2020 . Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka.
  2. Web site: Handbook of Parliament: Deputy Chairpersons of Committees . . 24 September 2020 . Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka.
  3. We are on the correct path' . 24 September 2020 . . 9 October 2004 . 21 . 21 . Chennai, India.
  4. Book: de Silva . W. P. P. . Ferdinando . T. C. L. . 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka . . Colombo Sri Lanka . 184 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150623233447/http://noolaham.net/project/148/14715/14715.pdf . 23 June 2015.
  5. Web site: Results of Parliamentary General Election – 1989 . . 18 September 2020 . Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka . 33.
  6. Web site: Parliamentary General Election - 2000 - Preferences . . https://web.archive.org/web/20100304015333/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/preference2000GE.PDF . 4 March 2010 . Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka . 5.
  7. News: Jeyaraj . D. B. S. . Tamil National Alliance enters critical third phase – 1 . . 27 March 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100404042520/http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/index.php/opinion1/6933.html . 4 April 2010 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  8. News: Tamil parties sign MOU . 25 September 2020 . . 20 October 2001.
  9. Web site: Parliamentary General Election - 2001 - Preferences . . https://web.archive.org/web/20100304015155/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/preference2001GE.pdf . 4 March 2010 . Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka . 5.
  10. Web site: Parliamentary General Election - 2004 - Preferences . . https://web.archive.org/web/20100304015514/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Preference2004GE.pdf . 4 March 2010 . Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka . 199.
  11. Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - The Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981 . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 12 April 2010 . 1649/2 . 4A . 25 April 2010 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  12. News: General Elections 2010 -- Preferential Votes . 25 September 2020 . . 11 April 2010 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  13. Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - The Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981 . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 19 August 2015 . 1928/3 . 5A . 20 August 2015 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  14. News: Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo . 25 September 2020 . . 19 August 2015 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  15. News: Thilanga appointed Deputy Speaker . 25 September 2020 . . 1 September 2015 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  16. News: Thilanga appointed Deputy Speaker . . 1 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923202034/http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-102533-news-detail-thilanga-appointed-deputy-speaker.html . 23 September 2015 . Colombo. Sri Lanka.
  17. Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981 . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 8 August 2020 . 2187/26 . 5A . 9 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  18. News: General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Vanni District . 25 September 2020 . . 7 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  19. News: Jeyaraj . D. B. S. . TNA suffers electoral setback in North and East polls . 25 September 2020 . . 8 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  20. Web site: Parliamentary General Election - 2010 - Vanni Preferences . . https://web.archive.org/web/20100513035435/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/GE2010_preferences/Vanni_pref_GE2010.pdf . 13 May 2010 . Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka.
  21. News: Jayakody . Pradeep . The Comparison of Preferential Votes in 2015 & 2010 . 25 September 2020 . . 28 August 2015 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  22. News: General Election Preferential Votes . 25 September 2020 . . 8 August 2020 . Colombo Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka . 2.

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