Vaithilingam Balachandran (born 18 December 1951) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former member of parliament.
V. Balachandran | |
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Member of Parliament for Vanni District | |
In office 1994–2000 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 18 December 1951 |
Political party | Democratic People's Liberation Front |
Other political affiliations | People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam |
Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Balachandran was born on 18 December 1951.[1] He is a Hindu.[1]
Balachandran contested the 1994 parliamentary election as one of the Democratic People's Liberation Front's candidates in Vanni District and was elected to Parliament.[2] He contested the 2001 and 2010 parliamentary elections as a DPLF candidate in Vanni District but failed to get elected on each occasion.[3][4][5][6]
References
edit- ^ a b "Balachandran, Vythilingam". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1994" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ "ELECTORAL DISTRICT No. 11 — VANNI" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 3 November 2001.
- ^ "General Election 2001 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ "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. 1643/07. 2 March 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ "Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Vanni Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2013.