Shanthi Sriskantharajah

Hon.
Shanthi Sriskantharajah
MP
Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
for National List
Assumed office
2015
Personal details
Born (1965-10-28) 28 October 1965
Nationality Sri Lankan
Political party Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi
Other political
affiliations		 Tamil National Alliance
Occupation Civil servant
Ethnicity Sri Lankan Tamil

Shanthi Sriskantharajah (born 28 October 1965) is a Sri Lankan Tamil civil servant, politician and Member of Parliament.

Early life

Sriskantharajah was born on 28 October 1965.[1]

Career

Sriskantharajah is a member of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service and a former Deputy Director of Planning.[2] She is a member of the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK).[3]

She was one of the Tamil National Alliance's (TNA) candidates in Vanni District at the 2015 parliamentary election but failed to get elected after coming fifth amongst the TNA candidates.[4] However, after the election she was appointed as a TNA National List MP in Parliament.[5][6]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Shanthi Sriskantharajah
Election Constituency Party Votes Result
2015 parliamentary[4]Vanni DistrictTNA18,081Not elected

References

  1. ↑ "Directory of Members: Shanthi Sriskandarasa". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ↑ "TNA announces nominees on national list". Tamil Diplomat. 24 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "TNA hands over nominations for all five districts of north and east". Tamil Diplomat. 10 July 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION — 2015 Declaration under Article 99A of the Constitution" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1929/04. 24 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "TNA names its national List MPs". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 24 August 2015.
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