R. Yogarajan | |
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Member of Parliament for Colombo District | |
In office 1994–2000 | |
Member of Parliament for National List | |
In office 2001–2004 | |
Preceded by | K. Marimuttu |
In office 2010–2015 | |
Member of the Western Provincial Council | |
In office 1993–1994 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 13 June 1950 |
Political party | United National Party |
Other political affiliations | United National Front for Good Governance |
Occupation | Engineer |
Ramaiah Yogarajan (born 13 June 1950) is a Sri Lankan engineer,politician and former Member of Parliament.
Yogarajan was born on 13 June 1950. [1]
Yogarajan was a member of the Western Provincial Council from 1993 to 1994. [1] [2] He contested the 1994 parliamentary election as one of the United National Party (UNP)'s candidates in Colombo District but failed to get elected. [3] However,he entered Parliament following the assassination of Ossie Abeygunasekera and Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi in October 1994. [3] [4] He contested the 2000 parliamentary election as one of the UNP's candidates in Colombo District but again failed to get elected. [5] However,in July 2001 People's Alliance National List MP K. Marimuttu resigned to take up a diplomatic position and Yogarajan replaced him in Parliament. [5] [6]
Yogarajan contested the 2001 parliamentary election as one of the United National Front (UNF)'s candidates in Colombo District but again failed to get elected. [6] However,after the election he was appointed National List MP by the UNF. [6] [7] He contested the 2004 parliamentary election as one of the UNF's candidates in Colombo District but failed to get elected after coming twelfth amongst the UNF candidates. [8]
Yogarajan,who was the Ceylon Workers' Congress' national organizer,resigned from the party on 30 December 2009 to support common opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka at the presidential election and joined the UNP. [9] [10] After the 2010 parliamentary election he was appointed National List MP by the UNF. [11] [12]
Yogarajan was one of the United National Front for Good Governance's candidates in Nuwara Eliya District at the 2015 parliamentary election but failed to get re-elected after coming 11th amongst the UNFGG candidates. [13] [14]
Election | Constituency | Party | Votes | Result |
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1993 provincial | Elected | |||
1994 parliamentary | Colombo District | UNP | Not elected | |
2000 parliamentary | Colombo District | UNP | Not elected | |
2001 parliamentary | Colombo District | UNF | Not elected | |
2004 parliamentary [8] | Colombo District | UNF | 39,321 | Not elected |
2015 parliamentary [13] | Nuwara Eliya District | UNFGG | 17,225 | Not elected |
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