Hon.
S. Yogeswaran
MP
சீ. யோகேஸ்வரன்
Yogeswaran in February 2017
Member of Parliament
for Batticaloa District
Assumed office
8 April 2010
Personal details
Born (1970-04-26) 26 April 1970
Political partyIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi
Other political
affiliations		Tamil National Alliance
EthnicitySri Lankan Tamil

Seeniththamby Yogeswaran (Tamil: சீனித்தம்பி யோகேஸ்வரன்; born 26 April 1970) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.

Early life

Yogeswaran was born on 26 April 1970.[1]

Career

Yogeswaran was one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates for Batticaloa District at the 2010 parliamentary election. He was elected and entered Parliament.[2] He was re-elected at the 2015 parliamentary election.[3][4][5]

Electoral history

Electoral history of S. Yogeswaran
Election Constituency Party Votes Result
2010 parliamentary[2]Batticaloa DistrictTNA20,569Elected
2015 parliamentary[6]Batticaloa DistrictTNA34,049Elected

References

  1. ↑ "Directory of Members: Seeniththamby Yoheswaran". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. 1 2 "Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Batticaloa Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2010.
  3. ↑ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ACT, No. 1 OF 1981" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1928/03. 19 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Preferential Votes". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015. Archived from the original on 20 August 2015.
  6. ↑ Jayakody, Pradeep (28 August 2015). "The Comparison of Preferential Votes in 2015 & 2010". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka).
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