Selvam Adaikalanathan

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Early life

Adaikalanathan was born 10 June 1962.[1] He hails from Mannar in northern Sri Lanka. At the age of 15 he joined the Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO), a Tamil militant group fighting for an independent state of Tamil Eelam in northern and eastern Sri Lanka.[2] He took on the nom de guerre Selvam. Adaikalanathan took on the leadership/presidency of TELO following the killing of Sri Sabaratnam by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on 5 May 1986.[2]

Political career

Adaikalanathan was one of the ENDLF/EPRLF/TELO/TULF alliance's candidates in Vanni District at the 1989 parliamentary election but failed to get elected after coming third amongst the alliance candidates.[3][4] He was one TELO's candidates for Vanni District at the 2000 parliamentary election. He was elected and entered Parliament.[5]

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).[6][7] Adaikalanathan contested the 2001 parliamentary election as one of the TNA's candidates in Vanni District. He was elected and re-entered Parliament.[8] He was re-elected at the 2004, 2010 and 2015 parliamentary elections.[9][10][11][12][13] He was elected Deputy Chairman of Committees when the new Parliament met on 1 September 2015.[14][15]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Selvam Adaikalanathan
Election Constituency Party Votes Result
1989 parliamentary[4] Vanni District TELO 5,771 Not elected
2000 parliamentary[5] Vanni District TELO 15,490 Elected
2001 parliamentary[8] Vanni District TNA 28,548 Elected
2004 parliamentary[9] Vanni District TNA 39,535 Elected
2010 parliamentary[10] Vanni District TNA 17,366 Elected
2015 parliamentary[16] Vanni District TNA 26,397 Elected

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