Podiappuhamy Piyasena | |
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පොඩි අප්පුහාම් පියසේන பொடியப்புகாமி பியசேன | |
Member of Parliament for Ampara District | |
In office 2010–2015 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 3 April 1961 |
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.
Piyasena was born on 3 April 1961. [1]
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]
Election | Constituency | Party | Votes | Result |
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2010 parliamentary [2] | Ampara District | TNA | 11,139 | Elected |
2015 parliamentary [6] | Ampara District | UPFA | 4,901 | Not elected |
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