S. Kajendran
S. Kajendran | |
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செல்வராசா கஜேந்திரன் සෙල්වරාසා ගජේන්ද්රන් | |
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Member of Parliament for National List | |
Assumed office 20 August 2020 | |
Member of Parliament for Jaffna District | |
In office 2004–2010 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 29 October 1974 |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Political party | Tamil National People's Front |
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
[edit]Kajendran was born on 29 October 1974.[1] He was president of the Jaffna University Student Union in 2001/02.[2]
Career
[edit]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
[edit]Election | Constituency | Party | Votes | Result |
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2004 parliamentary[4] | Jaffna District | TNA | 112,077 | Elected |
2010 parliamentary | Jaffna District | TNPF | Not elected | |
2015 parliamentary | Jaffna District | TNPF | Not elected | |
2020 parliamentary | Jaffna District | TNPF | Not elected |
References
[edit]- ^ "Directory of Past Members: Selvarajah Kajendren". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
- ^ "Jaffna Uni students hold balance of power". The Nation (Sri Lanka). 28 March 2010.
- ^ 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 May 2010.
- ^ a b "General Election 2004 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2010.
- ^ Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (17 April 2010). "T.N.A. Performs creditably in parliamentary elections". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 28 April 2010.
- ^ "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" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1643/07. 2 March 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 November 2014.
- ^ "Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Jaffna District Final District Result". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014.
- ^ "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" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1923/03. 13 July 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015.
- ^ "Parliamentary Election - 17-08-2015 Electoral District: Jaffna Final District Result". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015.
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