Shanakiya Rasamanickam

Shanakiyan Ragul Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam (born 20 September 1990) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.[1]

Hon.

Shanakiya Rasamanickam

MP
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Assumed office
2020
ConstituencyBatticaloa District
Personal details
Born
Shanakiyan Ragul Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam

(1990-09-20) 20 September 1990
Political partyIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi
Other political
affiliations		Tamil National Alliance

Rasamanickam was born on 20 September 1990.[1] He is the grandson of former MP S. M. Rasamanickam.[2][3] He was educated at Trinity College, Kandy.[3] He was the Sri Lanka Freedom Party's organiser in Paddiruppu.[4][5] He was an associate of the Rajapaksa regime and extremist Buddhist monk Sumanarathna, and a supporter of paramilitary leader Pillayan.[4] He is currently a member of Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi.[2]

Rasamanickam contested the 2015 parliamentary election as one of the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) electoral alliance's candidates in Batticaloa District but the alliance failed to win any seats in the district.[6][7] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Tamil National Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Batticaloa District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[8][9][10]

Electoral history of Shanakiya Rasamanickam
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
2015 parliamentaryBatticaloa DistrictSri Lanka Freedom PartyUnited People's Freedom AllianceNot elected
2020 parliamentary[9]Batticaloa DistrictIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiTamil National Alliance33,332Elected

References
  1. "Directory of Members: Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  2. Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (8 August 2020). "TNA suffers electoral setback in North and East polls". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  3. "Social media praise for New TNA MP's trilingual speaking ability displayed in his maiden speech in Parliament". NewsWire. Nugegoda, Sri Lanka. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  4. "Sri Lanka's big Facebook spenders". Tamil Guardian. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  5. "Rajaputhran for Paddiruppu, Arundika for Wennappuwa". Sri Lanka Mirror. Nugegoda, Sri Lanka. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  6. "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. 270A. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  7. "Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  8. "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. No. 2187/26. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 8 August 2020. p. 6A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  9. "General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Batticaloa District". Ceylon Today. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  10. Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
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