S. Kajendran

Honourable S. Kajendran MP
செல்வராசா கஜேந்திரன் සෙල්වරාසා ගජේන්ද්‍රන්
Member of Parliament for National List
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 August 2020
Member of Parliament for Jaffna District
In office 2004–2010
Personal details
Born	(1974-10-29) 29 October 1974 (age 50)
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Political party	Tamil National People's Front

Selvarajah Kajendran (Tamil: செல்வராசா கஜேந்திரன்; born 29 October 1974) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and a Member of Parliament of Sri Lanka.

Early life

Kajendran was born on 29 October 1974.^[1] He was president of the Jaffna University Student Union in 2001/02.^[2]

Career

Kajendran was selected by the militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to be one of the Tamil National Alliance's (TNA) candidates in Jaffna District at the 2004 parliamentary election.^[3] He was elected and entered Parliament.^[4] In March 2010 Kajendran, along with fellow TNA MPs Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam and Pathmini Sithamparanathan, left the TNA and formed the Tamil National People's Front (TNPF).^[5][6]

Kajendran contested the 2010 parliamentary election as one of the TNPF's candidates in Jaffna District but the TNPF failed to win any seats in Parliament.^[7][8] In February 2011 Kajendran became general secretary of the TNPF.^[9] He contested the 2015 parliamentary election as one of the TNPF's candidates in Jaffna District but again the TNPF failed to win any seats in Parliament.^[10][11]

Electoral history

Electoral history of S. Kajendran

Election	Constituency	Party	Votes	Result
2004 parliamentary[4]	Jaffna District	TNA	112,077	Elected
2010 parliamentary	Jaffna District	TNPF		Not elected
2015 parliamentary	Jaffna District	TNPF		Not elected
2020 parliamentary	Jaffna District	TNPF		Not elected

References

1. "Directory of Past Members: Selvarajah Kajendren". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
2. "Jaffna Uni students hold balance of power". The Nation (Sri Lanka). 28 March 2010.
3. 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.
4. "General Election 2004 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2010.
5. 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.
6. "Tamil National Peoples Front launched in Jaffna". TamilNet. 1 March 2010.
7. "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. 1643/07. 2 March 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 November 2014.
8. "Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Jaffna District Final District Result". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014.
9. "TNPF announces Central Committee, prepares party constitution". TamilNet. 24 February 2011.
10. "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.
11. "Parliamentary Election - 17-08-2015 Electoral District: Jaffna Final District Result". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015.

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