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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 District Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi Tamil National Alliance 12,122 Elected
2015 parliamentary[6] Ampara District Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi Tamil National Alliance 14,723 Not elected
2020 parliamentary Ampara District Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi Tamil National Alliance Not elected

References

  1. ^ a b "Directory of Members: Thavaraja Kalai Arasan". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "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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