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'''Chandranehru Chandrakanthan''' ({{langx|ta|சந்திரநேரு சந்திரகாந்தன்}}; born 12 April 1970) is a [[Sri Lankan Tamil people|Sri Lankan Tamil]] politician and former Member of Parliament.<br />
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==Early life and family==<br />
Chandrakanthan was born on 12 April 1970.<ref>{{cite web|title=Directory of Past Members: Chandranehru, Chandrakanthan|url=http://www.parliament.lk/en/members-of-parliament/directory-of-past-members/viewMember/1569|publisher=[[Parliament of Sri Lanka]]}}</ref> He is the son of assassinated [[Tamil National Alliance]] (TNA) MP [[A. Chandranehru]].<ref name=TN270906>{{cite news|title=Chandrakanthan sworn in as TNA national list parliamentarian|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=19732|work=[[TamilNet]]|date=27 September 2006}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Chandrakanthan was appointed as a TNA [[National List Member of Parliament|National List]] MP in the [[Parliament of Sri Lanka|Sri Lankan Parliament]] in September 2006, replacing [[Joseph Pararajasingam]] who had been assassinated in December 2005.<ref name=TN270906/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Ferdinando|first1=Shamindra|title=National List MPs, replacements – certainly not the people’s choice|url=https://www.island.lk/2008/02/15/news25.html|work=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=15 February 2008}}</ref> He contested the [[2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2010 parliamentary election]] as one of the TNA's candidates in [[Ampara Electoral District|Ampara District]] but failed to get elected after coming second amongst the TNA candidates.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/GE2010_preferences/Digamadulla_pref_GE2010.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100513034732/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/GE2010_preferences/Digamadulla_pref_GE2010.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-05-13 |title=Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Digamadulla Preferences |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Members of 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka}}<br />
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[[Category:1970 births]]<br />
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[[Category:Members of the 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka]]<br />
[[Category:People from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka]]<br />
[[Category:Sri Lankan Christians]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil National Alliance politicians]]<br />
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