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Charles Nirmalanathan
சார்ல்ஸ் நிர்மலநாதன்
Member of Parliament
for Vanni District
Assumed office
2015
Personal details
Born (1975-11-24) 24 November 1975 (age 49)
Political partyIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi
Other political
affiliations
Tamil National Alliance
EthnicitySri Lankan Tamil

Iruthayanathan Charles Nirmalanathan (Template:Lang-ta; born 24 November 1975) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and a Member of Parliament.

Early life

Nirmalanathan was born on 24 November 1975.[1]

Career

Nirmalanathan is president of the Vavuniya Citizens Committee.[2]

Nirmalanathan contested the 2013 provincial council election one of the Tamil National Alliance's (TNA) candidates in Mannar District but failed to get elected to the Northern Provincial Council after coming fourth amongst the TNA candidates.[3] He was one of the TNA candidates in Vanni District at the 2015 parliamentary election. He was elected and entered Parliament.[4][5][6][7][8]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Charles Nirmalanathan
Election Constituency Party Votes Result
2013 provincial[3] Mannar District TNA 12,153 Not elected
2015 parliamentary[9] Vanni District TNA 34,620 Elected

References

  1. ^ "Directory of Members: I. Charles Nirmalanathan". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ Thambiah, Mirudhula (25 August 2015). "Tamils in N-E and plantations A paradigm shift in voting patterns". Ceylon Today.
  3. ^ a b "Provincial Council Elections 2013 Preferential votes". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 24 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-12-10. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ACT, No. 1 OF 1981" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1928/03. 19 August 2015.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Preferential Votes". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "PM Ranil receives highest Preferential votes with 500,566". hirunews.lk. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  8. ^ "Preferential votes- General Election 2015". adaderana.lk. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  9. ^ Jayakody, Pradeep (28 August 2015). "The Comparison of Preferential Votes in 2015 & 2010". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka).