V. Balachandran (Sri Lankan politician)

Vaithilingam Balachandran (born 18 December 1951) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament.

For the Indian politician, see V. Balachandran.

Hon.

V. Balachandran

MP
Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament
for Vanni District
In office
1994–2000
Personal details
Born (1951-12-18) 18 December 1951
Political partyDemocratic People's Liberation Front
Other political
affiliations		People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam
EthnicitySri 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
  1. "Balachandran, Vythilingam". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "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.
  3. "ELECTORAL DISTRICT No. 11 — VANNI" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 3 November 2001.
  4. "General Election 2001 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  5. "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.
  6. "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.


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