Vino Noharathalingam

Hon.
Vino Noharathalingam
MP
வினோ நோகராதலிங்கம்
Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
for Vanni District
In office
2000–2001
In office
2004–2015
Personal details
Born (1963-06-07) 7 June 1963
Nationality Sri Lankan
Political party Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization
Other political
affiliations		 Tamil National Alliance
Ethnicity Sri Lankan Tamil

Subramanyam Noharathalingam (Tamil: சுப்பிரமணியம் நோகராதலிங்கம்; born 7 June 1963; commonly known as Vino Noharathalingam) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament.

Early life

Noharathalingam was born on 7 June 1963.[1]

Career

Noharathalingam was one Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization's (TELO) candidates for Vanni District at the 2000 parliamentary election. He was elected and entered 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. He was one TNA's candidates for Vanni District at the 2004 parliamentary election. He was elected and re-entered Parliament.[5] He was re-elected at the 2010 parliamentary election.[6] He failed to get re-elected at the 2015 parliamentary election after coming sixth amongst the TNA candidates.[7]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Vino Noharathalingam
Election Constituency Party Votes Result
2000 parliamentary[2]Vanni DistrictTELO10,959Elected
2001 parliamentaryVanni DistrictTNANot elected
2004 parliamentary[5]Vanni DistrictTNA28,252Elected
2010 parliamentary[6]Vanni DistrictTNA12,120Elected
2015 parliamentary[7]Vanni DistrictTNA17,721Not elected

References

  1. ↑ "Directory of Members: S. Vino". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. 1 2 "General Election 2000 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-08-26. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
  3. ↑ Jeyaraj, D. B. S. "Tamil National Alliance enters critical third phase - 1". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 4 April 2010.
  4. ↑ "Tamil parties sign MOU". TamilNet. 20 October 2001.
  5. 1 2 "General Election 2004 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2011-08-04.
  6. 1 2 "Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Vanni Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-05-13. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
  7. 1 2 "Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015.
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