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Subramanyam Noharathalingam (Tamil: சுப்பிரமணியம் நோகராதலிங்கம், romanized: Cuppiramaṇiyam Nōkarātaliṅkam; born 7 June 1963), commonly known as Vino Noharathalingam, is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.[1]

Early life

Noharathalingam was born on 7 June 1963.[1]

Career

Noharathalingam contested the 2000 parliamentary election as one of the Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO)'s candidates in Vanni District and was elected to the Parliament.[2] 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).[3][4] Noharathalingam contested the 2001 parliamentary election as one of the TNA's candidates in Vanni District but failed to get re-elected.[5][6][7]

Noharathalingam contested the 2004 parliamentary election as one of the TNA's candidates in Vanni District and was re-elected to Parliament.[8] He was re-elected at the 2010 parliamentary election.[9][10] He contested the 2015 parliamentary election as one of the TNA's candidates in Vanni District but failed to get elected after coming 6th amongst the TNA candidates.[11][12][13]

Noharathalingam contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a TNA candidate in Vanni District and was re-elected to Parliament.[14][15][16]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Vino Noharathalingam
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
2000 parliamentary[2] Vanni District Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization 10,959 Elected
2001 parliamentary Vanni District Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization Tamil National Alliance Not elected
2004 parliamentary[8] Vanni District Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization Tamil National Alliance 28,252 Elected
2010 parliamentary[17] Vanni District Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization Tamil National Alliance 12,120 Elected
2015 parliamentary[12] Vanni District Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization Tamil National Alliance 17,721 Not elected
2020 parliamentary[18] Vanni District Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization Tamil National Alliance 15,180 Elected

References

  1. ^ a b "Directory of Members: S. Noharathalingam". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Parliamentary General Election - 2000 - Preferences" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2010.
  3. ^ Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (27 March 2010). "Tamil National Alliance enters critical third phase – 1". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 4 April 2010.
  4. ^ "Tamil parties sign MOU". TamilNet. 20 October 2001. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  5. ^ "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. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 3 November 2001. p. 170A. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2004.
  6. ^ "Tamil Alliance files nominations in East and Vavuniya". TamilNet. 26 October 2001. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Parliamentary General Election - 2001 - Preferences" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2010.
  8. ^ a b "Parliamentary General Election - 2004 - Preferences" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections. p. 199. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2010.
  9. ^ "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. 1649/2. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 12 April 2010. p. 4A. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  10. ^ "General Elections 2010 -- Preferential Votes" (PDF). The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 11 April 2010. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  11. ^ "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. 254A. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  12. ^ a b "Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  13. ^ "Preferential Votes". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 19 August 2015. Archived from the original on 20 August 2015.
  14. ^ "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. No. 2187/26. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 8 August 2020. p. 5A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  15. ^ "General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Vanni District". Ceylon Today. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  16. ^ Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (8 August 2020). "TNA suffers electoral setback in North and East polls". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  17. ^ "Parliamentary General Election - 2010 - Vanni Preferences" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2010.
  18. ^ "General Election Preferential Votes". Daily News. Colombo Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka. 8 August 2020. p. 2. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
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