V. Balachandran (Sri Lankan politician) explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
V. Balachandran
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Constituency Mp:Vanni District
Parliament:Sri Lanka
Term Start1:1994
Term End1:2000
Birth Date:18 December 1951
Party:Democratic People's Liberation Front
Otherparty:People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam
Blank1:Ethnicity
Data1:Sri Lankan Tamil

Vaithilingam Balachandran (born 18 December 1951) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament.

Balachandran was born on 18 December 1951.[1] He is a Hindu.[1]

Balachandran contested the 1994 parliamentary election as one of the Democratic People's Liberation Front's candidates in Vanni District and was elected to Parliament.[2] He contested the 2001 and 2010 parliamentary elections as a DPLF candidate in Vanni District but failed to get elected on each occasion.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Balachandran, Vythilingam. Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1994. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. 2015-08-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20101006015411/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1994%20GENERAL%20ELECTION-SM01.PDF. 2010-10-06. dead.
  3. ELECTORAL DISTRICT No. 11 — VANNI. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 3 November 2001.
  4. Web site: General Election 2001 Preferences. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. 2015-01-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115735/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/preference2001GE.pdf. 2015-09-24. dead.
  5. 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. 12 September 2015. 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. dead. dmy-all.
  6. Web site: Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Vanni Preferences. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. 2013-08-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20100513035435/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/GE2010_preferences/Vanni_pref_GE2010.pdf. 2010-05-13. dead.