Podiappuhamy Piyasena

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Podiappuhamy Piyasena
MP
පොඩි අප්පුහාම් පියසේන
பொடியப்புகாமி பியசேன
Member of Parliament
for Ampara District
In office
2010–2015
Personal details
Born (1961-04-03) 3 April 1961 (age 63)
Political party United People's Freedom Alliance

Podiappuhamy H. P. Piyasena (born 3 April 1961) is a Sri Lankan politician and former Member of Parliament.

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Early life

Piyasena was born on 3 April 1961. [1]

Career

Piyasena was one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Ampara District at the 2010 parliamentary election. He was elected and entered Parliament. [2] Piyasena was the first Sinhalese to be elected parliament from a Tamil political party (his father is Sinhalese and his mother is Tamil). [3] [4]

In September 2010 Piyasena defected to the ruling United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA). [5] He was one of the UPFA's candidates in Ampara District at the 2015 parliamentary election but failed to get re-elected after coming eighth amongst the UPFA candidates. [6]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Podiappuhamy Piyasena
ElectionConstituencyPartyVotesResult
2010 parliamentary [2] Ampara District TNA 11,139Elected
2015 parliamentary [6] Ampara District UPFA 4,901Not elected

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References

  1. "Directory of Members: P. Piyasena". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. 1 2 "Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Digamadulla Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2010.
  3. Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (17 April 2010). "T.N.A. PERFORMS CREDITABLY IN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) . Archived from the original on 23 May 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
  4. Chandrapala, Wasantha (18 April 2010). "The 'Sinhalaya' on the TNA ticket". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) . Retrieved 18 April 2010.
  5. Arthur Wamanan (12 June 2011). "TNA defector will not join TMVP". The Nation (Sri Lanka) . Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  6. 1 2 "Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) . 19 August 2015.