Hon.
T. Kalaiarasan
MP
த. கலையரசன்
තවරාසා කලයියරසන්
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Assumed office
2020
ConstituencyNational List
Member of the Eastern Provincial Council
In office
2012–2017
ConstituencyAmpara District
Personal details
Born
Thavarasa Kalaiarasan

(1970-04-16) 16 April 1970
Political partyIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi
Other political
affiliations		Tamil National Alliance

Thavarasa Kalaiarasan (Tamil: தவராசா கலையரசன்; born 16 April 1970) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician, former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.[1]

Kalaiarasan was born on 16 April 1970.[1] He is a member of the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi.[2] He was chairman of Navithanveli Divisional Council.[2][3]

Kalaiarasan contested the 2012 provincial council election as one of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) electoral alliance's candidates in Ampara District and was elected to the Eastern Provincial Council (EPC).[4] He contested the 2015 parliamentary election as one of the TNA's candidates in Ampara District but failed to get elected after coming 2nd amongst the TNA candidates.[5][6][7] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as one of the TNA's candidates in Ampara District but the alliance failed to win any seats in the district.[8][9] However, following the election he was appointed to the Parliament of Sri Lanka as a National List MP representing the TNA.[10][11][12]

Electoral history of T. Kalaiarasan
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
2012 provincial[13]Ampara DistrictIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiTamil National Alliance12,122Elected
2015 parliamentary[6]Ampara DistrictIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiTamil National Alliance14,723Not elected
2020 parliamentaryAmpara DistrictIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiTamil National AllianceNot elected

References

  1. 1 2 "Directory of Members: Thavaraja Kalai Arasan". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  2. 1 2 Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (22 August 2020). "Future course of defeated ITAK leader "Maavai" Senathirajah". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "Meet your new parliamentarians". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 23 August 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "Preferential votes". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - The Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 1923/3. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 13 July 2015. p. 290A. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  7. ↑ "Preferential Votes". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 19 August 2015. Archived from the original on 20 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - The Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981 - Notice Under Section 24(1) (b) and (d)" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2179/7. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 9 June 2020. p. 320A. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  9. ↑ "General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Digamadulla District". Ceylon Today. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  10. ↑ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections - 2020 - Declaration under Article 99A of the Constitution" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2188/2. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 10 August 2020. p. 2A. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  11. ↑ "National List members of SLPP, AITC, ITAK gazetted". Ceylon Today. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  12. ↑ "SLPP, ITAK & ACTC National List MPs announced via Extraordinary Gazette". News First. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  13. ↑ "Ampara preferences" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2014.


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