S. Kishore

Sri Lankan politician

Hon.
S. Kishore
MP
Member of Parliament
for Vanni District
In office
2004–2010
Personal details
Born (1962-05-12) 12 May 1962 (age 62)
Political partyTamil United Liberation Front

Sivanathan Kishore (Tamil: சிவநாதன் கிசோர்; born 12 May 1962) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament.

Early life

Kishore was born on 12 May 1962.[1]

Career

Kishore was a Red Cross official for 14 years.[2][3] He was arrested by the Sri Lanka Army in April 1999 and handed over to the Terrorist Investigation Division.[4][5] He was released in August 2000 after 16 months in detention.[6]

Kishore was selected by the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to be one of the Tamil National Alliance's (TNA) candidates in Vanni District at the 2004 parliamentary election.[7] He was elected and entered Parliament.[8]

In 2010, after the LTTE's military defeat in the civil war, the TNA deselected most of its LTTE appointed MPs, including Kishore.[9] He subsequently joined the governing United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA).[9] He contested the 2010 parliamentary election as one of the UPFA's candidates in Vanni District but failed to get elected after coming ninth amongst the UPFA candidates.[10]

Kishore contested the 2015 parliamentary election as one of the Tamil United Liberation Front's (TULF) candidates in Vanni District but again the TULF failed to win any seats in Parliament.[11][12][13]

Electoral history

Electoral history of S. Kishore
Election Constituency Party Votes Result
2004 parliamentary[8] Vanni District TNA 17,653 Elected
2010 parliamentary[10] Vanni District UPFA 1,262 Not elected
2015 parliamentary Vanni District TULF Not elected

References

  1. ^ "Directory of Past Members: Sivanathan Kissor". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ Chandraprema, C. A. (12 June 2009). ""The Tamils have now been left on the road" – Sivanathan Kishore". The Island (Sri Lanka).
  3. ^ "LTTE covert operations uncovered". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 2 May 1999.
  4. ^ "Security forces detain Red Cross official". TamilNet. 27 April 1999.
  5. ^ "Red Cross Official questioned in courts". TamilNet. 10 May 1999.
  6. ^ "Court releases Vavuniya Red Cross head". TamilNet. 28 August 2000.
  7. ^ Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (3 April 2010). "Tamil National Alliance enters critical third phase-2". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 16 May 2010.
  8. ^ a b "General Election 2004 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2010.
  9. ^ a b 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 28 April 2010.
  10. ^ a b "Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Vanni Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2010.
  11. ^ "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. 1923/03. 13 July 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015.
  12. ^ "Parliamentary Election - 17-08-2015 - Official Election Results ALL ISLAND RESULTS". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  13. ^ "Parliamentary Election - 17-08-2015 Electoral District: Vanni Final District Result". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
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