P. Ariyanethiran
Hon. P. Ariyanethiran | |
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பா. அரியநேத்திரன் | |
Member of Parliament for Batticaloa District | |
In office 2004–2015 | |
Preceded by | Kingsley Rasanayagam |
Personal details | |
Born | (1955-02-01) 1 February 1955 (age 69) |
Political party | Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi |
Other political affiliations | Tamil National Alliance |
Pakkiyaselvam Ariyanethiran (Tamil: பாக்கியசெல்வம் அரியநேத்திரன்; born 1 February 1955)[1] is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician. He was a Member of Parliament from the Batticaloa District from 2004 to 2015, representing the Tamil National Alliance.
Political career
Ariyanethiran was trustee of Kokkatticholai Sivan Temple and editor of Thamil Alai (Tamil Wave), a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam newspaper.[2] He was selected by the LTTE as one of the Tamil National Alliance's (TNA) candidates in the Batticaloa District at the 2004 parliamentary election but failed to get elected after placing fifth amongst the TNA candidates.[3] However, Ariyanethiran entered Parliament in May 2004 following the resignation of Kingsley Rasanayagam.[4] It has been alleged that the LTTE abducted and forced Rasanayagam to resign to make way for Ariyanethiran.[5]
Ariyanethiran was re-elected at the 2010 parliamentary election.[6] He failed to get re-elected at the 2015 parliamentary election.[7]
In 2024, Ariyanethiran was nominated by a number of Tamil political parties as their common candidate of the upcoming presidential elections. The Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi notably did not endorse Ariyanethiran.[8]
Electoral history
Election | Constituency | Party | Votes | Result | |
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2004 parliamentary[3] | Batticaloa District | TNA | 35,377 | Not elected | |
2010 parliamentary[6] | Batticaloa District | TNA | 16,504 | Elected | |
2015 parliamentary | Batticaloa District | TNA | Not elected | ||
2024 presidential | Sri Lanka | Ind | TBA | TBA |
References
- ^ "Directory of Members: P. Ariyanethiran". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
- ^ Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (24 October 2004). "The killing of Kingsley Rasanayagam". The Sunday Leader. Archived from the original on 28 November 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ^ a b "General Election 2004 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2010.
- ^ "Parliament meets Tuesday, one SLMC MP crosses over to govt. bench". TamilNet. 18 May 2004.
- ^ Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (3 April 2010). "TAMIL NATIONAL ALLIANCE ENTERS CRITICAL THIRD PHASE -2". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ^ a b "Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Batticaloa Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2010.
- ^ Santiago, Melanie (18 August 2015). "General Election 2015: Several former MPs will not return to parliament". News First.
- ^ Walpola, Thilina (9 August 2024). "Some Tamil parties field common candidate". Retrieved 10 August 2024.
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- Batticaloa Electoral District (1947–1989)
- Current District: Batticaloa Electoral District
- Seat A: Chelliah Rajadurai
- Seat B: Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar
- Abdul Lathiff Sinnalebbe
- P. R. Selvanayagam
- M. L. Ahamed Fareeth
- Ahamed Rizvi Sinnalebbe
- (1989 – 1994): Govinthan Karunakaran
- Alathipody Gunaseelan
- Prince Casinader
- Sam Tambimuttu (Until 1990)
- Replaced by Joseph Pararajasingham
- M. L. A. M. Hizbullah
- (1994 – 2000): Joseph Pararajasingham
- Ponnambalam Selvarasa
- Krishnapillai Thurairajasingam
- M. L. A. M. Hizbullah
- Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana
- (2000 – 2001): Abdul Cader
- Nimalan Soundaranayagam
- Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana
- Joseph Pararajasingham
- S. Ganeshamoorthy
- (2001 – 2004): Thambirajah Thangavadivel
- Gnanamuttu Krishnapillai
- Joseph Pararajasingham
- M. L. A. M. Hizbullah
- M. B. Mohideen Abdul Cader
- (2004 – 2010): Thanmanpillai Kanagasabai
- Thangeswary Kathiraman
- Senathirajah Jeyanandamoorthy
- Kingsley Rasanayagam
- Pakkiyaselvam Ariyanethiran
- Ameer Ali Shihabdeen
- (2010 – 2015): M. L. A. M. Hizbullah
- Seeniththamby Yogeswaran
- Ponnambalam Selvarasa
- Pakkiyaselvam Ariyanethiran
- Basheer Segu Dawood