Charles Nirmalanathan

Iruthayanathan Charles Nirmalanathan (Tamil: சார்ல்ஸ் நிர்மலநாதன்; born 24 November 1975) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and a Member of Parliament.

Hon.

Charles Nirmalanathan

MP
சார்ல்ஸ் நிர்மலநாதன்
Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
for Vanni District
Assumed office
2015
Personal details
Born (1975-11-24) 24 November 1975
Political partyIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi
Other political
affiliations		Tamil National Alliance

Early life

Nirmalanathan was born on 24 November 1975.[1]

Career

Nirmalanathan is president of the Vavuniya Citizens Committee.[2]

Nirmalanathan contested the 2013 provincial council election one of the Tamil National Alliance's (TNA) candidates in Mannar District but failed to get elected to the Northern Provincial Council after coming fourth amongst the TNA candidates.[3] He was one of the TNA candidates in Vanni District at the 2015 parliamentary election. He was elected and entered Parliament.[4][5][6][7][8]

Electoral history
Electoral history of Charles Nirmalanathan
Election Constituency Party Votes Result
2013 provincial[3]Mannar DistrictTNA12,153Not elected
2015 parliamentary[9]Vanni DistrictTNA34,620Elected

References
  1. "Directory of Members: I. Charles Nirmalanathan". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. Thambiah, Mirudhula (25 August 2015). "Tamils in N-E and plantations A paradigm shift in voting patterns". Ceylon Today.
  3. "Provincial Council Elections 2013 Preferential votes". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 24 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-12-10.
  4. "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. 1928/03. 19 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015.
  5. "Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015.
  6. "Preferential Votes". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015. Archived from the original on 20 August 2015.
  7. "PM Ranil receives highest Preferential votes with 500,566". hirunews.lk. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  8. "Preferential votes- General Election 2015". adaderana.lk. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  9. Jayakody, Pradeep (28 August 2015). "The Comparison of Preferential Votes in 2015 & 2010". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka).
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