Ponnambalam Selvarasa ( ta, பொன்னம்பலம் செல்வராசா; born 25 July 1946) is a
Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament.
Early life
Selvarasa was born on 25 July 1946.
Career
Selvarasa was one of the
Tamil United Liberation Front
The Tamil United Liberation Front ( ta, தமிழர் ஐக்கிய விடுதலை முன்னணி, translit=Tamil Onrupattatu Viduthulai Munnai, si, ද්රවිඩ එක්සත් විමුක්ති ප ...
's candidates for
Batticaloa District
Batticaloa District ( ta, மட்டக்களப்பு மாவட்டம் ''Maṭṭakkaḷappu Māvaṭṭam''; si, මඩකලපුව දිස්ත්රික්කය ''maḍakalapūva distrikkaya'') is one of the 25 dist ...
at the
1994 parliamentary election. He was elected and entered
Parliament
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.
He failed to get re-elected at the
2000 parliamentary election.
On 20 October 2001 the
All Ceylon Tamil Congress,
Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front
The Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF) is a series of Sri Lankan political parties and a former militant separatist group.
Militant separatists
The EPRLF was formed in 1980 by K. Pathmanabha (Padmanaba), Douglas Devananda, S ...
,
Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization
The Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO) is an Eelam Tamil organisation which campaigned for the establishment of an independent Tamil Eelam in the northeast of Sri Lanka during 1972-1987 which later accepted the December 19th proposals. ...
and TULF formed the
Tamil National Alliance
The Tamil National Alliance ( ta, தமிழ்த் தேசியக் கூட்டமைப்பு ISO 15919: ''tamiḻt tēciyakkūṭṭamaippu''; TNA) is a political alliance in Sri Lanka that represents the country's Sri Lan ...
(TNA).
Selvarasa contested the
2010 parliamentary election as one of the TNA's candidates in Batticaloa District. He was elected and re-entered Parliament.
He failed to get re-elected at the
2015 parliamentary election.
Electoral history
References
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1946 births
Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi politicians
Living people
Members of the 10th Parliament of Sri Lanka
Members of the 14th Parliament of Sri Lanka
People from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan Hindus
Sri Lankan Tamil civil servants
Sri Lankan Tamil politicians
Tamil National Alliance politicians
Tamil United Liberation Front politicians