T. Kalaiarasan Explained
Thavarasa Kalaiarasan (Tamil: தவராசா கலையரசன்; born 16 April 1970) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician, former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.[1]
Kalaiarasan was born on 16 April 1970.[1] He is a member of the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi.[2] He was chairman of Navithanveli Divisional Council.[2] [3]
Kalaiarasan contested the 2012 provincial council election as one of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) electoral alliance's candidates in Ampara District and was elected to the Eastern Provincial Council (EPC).[4] He contested the 2015 parliamentary election as one of the TNA's candidates in Ampara District but failed to get elected after coming 2nd amongst the TNA candidates.[5] [6] [7] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as one of the TNA's candidates in Ampara District but the alliance failed to win any seats in the district.[8] [9] However, following the election he was appointed to the Parliament of Sri Lanka as a National List MP representing the TNA.[10] [11] [12]
Election! scope=col| Constituency | scope=col colspan="2" | Party | scope=col colspan="2" | Alliance | scope=col | Votes | scope=col | Result |
|---|
| 2012 provincial[13] | | | | | | | Elected |
| | | | | | | Not elected |
| | | | | | | Not elected | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Directory of Members: Thavaraja Kalai Arasan . . 8 September 2020 . Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka.
- News: Jeyaraj . D. B. S. . Future course of defeated ITAK leader "Maavai" Senathirajah . 8 September 2020 . . 22 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- News: Meet your new parliamentarians . 7 September 2020 . . 23 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- News: Preferential votes . 8 September 2020 . . 10 September 2012 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- 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 . 13 July 2015 . 1923/3 . 290A . 11 August 2015 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- News: Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo . 8 September 2020 . . 19 August 2015 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- News: Preferential Votes . . 19 August 2015 . https://archive.today/20150820025307/http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=political/preferential-votes-2 . 20 August 2015 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - The Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981 - Notice Under Section 24(1) (b) and (d) . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 9 June 2020 . 2179/7 . 320A . 10 June 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- News: General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Digamadulla District . 8 September 2020 . . 7 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections - 2020 - Declaration under Article 99A of the Constitution . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 10 August 2020 . 2188/2 . 2A . 11 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- News: National List members of SLPP, AITC, ITAK gazetted . 8 September 2020 . . 11 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- News: SLPP, ITAK & ACTC National List MPs announced via Extraordinary Gazette . 8 September 2020 . . 10 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- Web site: Ampara preferences . . https://web.archive.org/web/20140429080352/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/ele_2012/Candidates/Ampara%20preference.pdf . 29 April 2014 . Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka . 10.
