Podiappuhamy Piyasena

Hon.
Podiappuhamy Piyasena
MP
පොඩි අප්පුහාම් පියසේන
பொடியப்புகாமி பியசேன
Member of Parliament
for Ampara District
In office
2010–2015
Personal details
Born (1961-04-03) 3 April 1961 (age 63)
Political partyUnited People's Freedom Alliance

Podiappuhamy H. P. Piyasena (born 3 April 1961) is a Sri Lankan politician and former Member of Parliament.

Early life

Piyasena was born on 3 April 1961.[1]

Career

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]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Podiappuhamy Piyasena
Election Constituency Party Votes Result
2010 parliamentary[2] Ampara District TNA 11,139 Elected
2015 parliamentary[6] Ampara District UPFA 4,901 Not elected

References

  1. ^ "Directory of Members: P. Piyasena". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ a b "Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Digamadulla Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2010.
  3. ^ 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 23 May 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
  4. ^ Chandrapala, Wasantha (18 April 2010). "The 'Sinhalaya' on the TNA ticket". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 18 April 2010.
  5. ^ Arthur Wamanan (12 June 2011). "TNA defector will not join TMVP". The Nation (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  6. ^ a b "Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015.