S. Kajendran Explained
Selvarajah Kajendran (Tamil: செல்வராசா கஜேந்திரன்; born 29 October 1974) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and a Member of Parliament of Sri Lanka.
Early life
Kajendran was born on 29 October 1974.[1] He was president of the Jaffna University Student Union in 2001/02.[2]
Career
Kajendran was selected by the militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to be one of the Tamil National Alliance's (TNA) candidates in Jaffna District at the 2004 parliamentary election.[3] He was elected and entered Parliament.[4] In March 2010 Kajendran, along with fellow TNA MPs Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam and Pathmini Sithamparanathan, left the TNA and formed the Tamil National People's Front (TNPF).[5] [6]
Kajendran contested the 2010 parliamentary election as one of the TNPF's candidates in Jaffna District but the TNPF failed to win any seats in Parliament.[7] [8] In February 2011 Kajendran became general secretary of the TNPF.[9] He contested the 2015 parliamentary election as one of the TNPF's candidates in Jaffna District but again the TNPF failed to win any seats in Parliament.[10] [11]
Electoral history
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Notes and References
- Web site: Directory of Past Members: Selvarajah Kajendren. Parliament of Sri Lanka.
- News: Jaffna Uni students hold balance of power. The Nation (Sri Lanka). 28 March 2010.
- News: Jeyaraj. D. B. S.. Tamil National Alliance enters critical third phase-2. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 3 April 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100516020551/http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/index.php/opinion1/7441.html. 16 May 2010.
- Web site: General Election 2004 Preferences. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100304015514/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Preference2004GE.pdf. 2010-03-04.
- News: Jeyaraj. D. B. S.. T.N.A. Performs creditably in parliamentary elections. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 17 April 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100428064301/http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/index.php/opinion1/8325-tna-performs-creditably-in-parliamentary-elections.html. 28 April 2010.
- News: Tamil National Peoples Front launched in Jaffna. TamilNet. 1 March 2010.
- PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ACT, No. 1 OF 1981 Notice Under Section 24(1) GENERAL ELECTIONS OF MEMBERS OF THE PARLIAMENT. 2 March 2010. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1643/07. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141101220555/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2010/PDF/Mar/1643_7/1643_7%28E%29.pdf. 1 November 2014.
- Web site: Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Jaffna District Final District Result. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. dead. https://archive.today/20141101142058/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/parliamentary_elections/10Z.html. 2014-11-01.
- News: TNPF announces Central Committee, prepares party constitution. TamilNet. 24 February 2011.
- PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ACT, No. 1 OF 1981 Notice Under Section 24(1) GENERAL ELECTIONS OF MEMBERS OF THE PARLIAMENT. 13 July 2015. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1923/03. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223757/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jul/1923_03/1923_03E.pdf. 23 September 2015.
- Web site: Parliamentary Election - 17-08-2015 Electoral District: Jaffna Final District Result. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. dead. https://archive.today/20150907080746/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/2015GE/10Z.html. 2015-09-07.
