Vino Noharathalingam Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
Vino Noharathalingam
Native Name:Tamil: வினோ நோகராதலிங்கம்
සුබ්‍රමනියම් නොකාරතලිංගම්
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office1:Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Constituency1:Vanni District
Term Start1:2020
Constituency2:Vanni District
Term Start2:2004
Term End2:2015
Constituency3:Vanni District
Term Start3:2000
Term End3:2001
Birth Name:Subramanyam Noharathalingam
Birth Date:7 June 1963
Party:Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization
Otherparty:Tamil National Alliance

Subramanyam Noharathalingam (Tamil: சுப்பிரமணியம் நோகராதலிங்கம்|translit=Cuppiramaṇiyam Nōkarātaliṅkam; born 7 June 1963), commonly known as Vino Noharathalingam, is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.[1]

Early life

Noharathalingam was born on 7 June 1963.[1]

Career

Noharathalingam contested the 2000 parliamentary election as one of the Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO)'s candidates in Vanni District and was elected to the Parliament.[2] 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).[3] [4] Noharathalingam contested the 2001 parliamentary election as one of the TNA's candidates in Vanni District but failed to get re-elected.[5] [6] [7]

Noharathalingam contested the 2004 parliamentary election as one of the TNA's candidates in Vanni District and was re-elected to Parliament.[8] He was re-elected at the 2010 parliamentary election.[9] [10] He contested the 2015 parliamentary election as one of the TNA's candidates in Vanni District but failed to get elected after coming 6th amongst the TNA candidates.[11] [12] [13]

Noharathalingam contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a TNA candidate in Vanni District and was re-elected to Parliament.[14] [15] [16]

Electoral history

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Not elected
Elected
2010 parliamentary[17] Elected
Not elected
2020 parliamentary[18] Elected

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Directory of Members: S. Noharathalingam . . 25 September 2020 . Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. News: Tamil parties sign MOU . 25 September 2020 . . 20 October 2001.
  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 . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 3 November 2001 . 170A . https://web.archive.org/web/20040406183229/http://www.priu.gov.lk/Election/vanni/vanni1.pdf . 6 April 2004 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  6. News: Tamil Alliance files nominations in East and Vavuniya . 25 September 2020 . . 26 October 2001.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. News: General Elections 2010 -- Preferential Votes . 25 September 2020 . . 11 April 2010 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  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 . 13 July 2015 . 1923/3 . 254A . 11 August 2015 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  12. News: Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo . 25 September 2020 . . 19 August 2015 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. News: General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Vanni District . 25 September 2020 . . 7 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  16. News: Jeyaraj . D. B. S. . TNA suffers electoral setback in North and East polls . 25 September 2020 . . 8 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  17. 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.
  18. News: General Election Preferential Votes . 25 September 2020 . . 8 August 2020 . Colombo Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka . 2.