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{{Short description|Sri Lankan politician}}
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|honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable|Hon.]]
|name = P. Ariyanethiran
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'''Pakkiyaselvam Ariyanethiran''' ({{langx|ta|பாக்கியசெல்வம் அரியநேத்திரன்}}; born 1 February 1955)<ref>{{cite web|title=Directory of Members: P. Ariyanethiran|url=http://www.parliament.lk/en/members-of-parliament/directory-of-members/viewMember/1519|publisher=[[Parliament of Sri Lanka]]}}</ref> is a [[Sri Lankan Tamil]] politician. He was a Member of Parliament from the [[Batticaloa Electoral District|Batticaloa District]] from 2004 to 2015, representing the [[Tamil National Alliance]].

==Political career==
Ariyanethiran was trustee of Kokkatticholai Sivan Temple and editor of ''Thamil Alai'' (Tamil Wave), a [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] newspaper.<ref>{{cite news|last=Jeyaraj|first=D. B. S.|title=The killing of Kingsley Rasanayagam|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/archive/20041024/issues.htm|work=[[The Sunday Leader]]|date=24 October 2004|author-link=|access-date=24 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111128081244/http://www.thesundayleader.lk/archive/20041024/issues.htm|archive-date=28 November 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was selected by the LTTE as one of the [[Tamil National Alliance]]'s (TNA) candidates in the [[Batticaloa Electoral District|Batticaloa District]] at the [[2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2004 parliamentary election]] but failed to get elected after placing fifth amongst the TNA candidates.<ref name=pe04>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Preference2004GE.pdf|title=General Election 2004 Preferences|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304015514/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Preference2004GE.pdf|archive-date=2010-03-04}}</ref> However, Ariyanethiran entered [[Sri Lankan Parliament|Parliament]] in May 2004 following the resignation of [[Kingsley Rasanayagam]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=12026|title=Parliament meets Tuesday, one SLMC MP crosses over to govt. bench|date=18 May 2004|publisher=[[TamilNet]]}}</ref> It has been alleged that the LTTE abducted and forced Rasanayagam to resign to make way for Ariyanethiran.<ref>{{cite news|last=Jeyaraj|first=D. B. S.|title=TAMIL NATIONAL ALLIANCE ENTERS CRITICAL THIRD PHASE -2|url=http://print.dailymirror.lk/opinion1/7441.html|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=3 April 2010|author-link=|access-date=24 July 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716044816/http://print.dailymirror.lk/opinion1/7441.html|archive-date=16 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Ariyanethiran was re-elected at the [[2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2010 parliamentary election]].<ref name=pe10>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/GE2010_preferences/Batticaloa_pref_GE2010.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100513034530/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/GE2010_preferences/Batticaloa_pref_GE2010.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-05-13|title=Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Batticaloa Preferences|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka}}</ref> He failed to get re-elected at the [[2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2015 parliamentary election]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Santiago|first1=Melanie|title=General Election 2015: Several former MPs will not return to parliament|url=http://newsfirst.lk/english/2015/08/several-former-mps-will-not-return-to-parliament/107443|work=[[News First]]|date=18 August 2015}}</ref>

In 2024, Ariyanethiran was nominated by a number of Tamil political parties as their common candidate of the [[2024 Sri Lankan presidential election|2024 presidential election]]s. The [[Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]] notably did not endorse Ariyanethiran.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Walpola |first=Thilina |date=2024-08-09 |title=Some Tamil parties field common candidate |url=http://island.lk/some-tamil-parties-field-common-candidate/ |access-date=2024-08-10 |language=en-US}}</ref> Although Ariyanethiran only won 1.7% of the national vote, his performance was considerably stronger in the Tamil-majority districts of the [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|North]] and [[Eastern Province, Sri Lanka|East]]. In the [[Jaffna Electoral District|Jaffna district]], Ariyanethiran became the 2nd most-voted candidate, beating the likes of president [[Ranil Wickremesinghe]] and NPP candidate [[Anura Kumara Dissanayake]]. In [[Vanni Electoral District|Vanni]], he was the 3rd most-voted.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Federal |first=The |date=2024-09-23 |title=Sri Lanka polls {{!}} Most Tamil votes go to Premadasa, not to ‘common Tamil candidate’ |url=https://thefederal.com/category/international/most-tamil-votes-go-to-premadasa-not-to-common-tamil-candidate-146182 |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=thefederal.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://election.newswire.lk/ |title=Presidential Election 2024 |publisher=Newswire |date=22 September 2024 |accessdate=24 September 2024 |archive-date=24 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240924023914/https://election.newswire.lk/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Electoral history==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
|+ Electoral history of P. Ariyanethiran
! scope=col|Election
! scope=col|Constituency
! scope=col colspan="2"|Party
! scope=col|Votes
! scope=col|Result
|-
| [[2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2004 parliamentary]]<ref name=pe04/> || [[Batticaloa Electoral District|Batticaloa District]] || style="background:{{party color|Tamil National Alliance}};"| || [[Tamil National Alliance|TNA]] || align=right|{{Nts|35377}} || {{no2|Not elected}}
|-
| [[2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2010 parliamentary]]<ref name=pe10/> || [[Batticaloa Electoral District|Batticaloa District]] || style="background:{{party color|Tamil National Alliance}};"| || [[Tamil National Alliance|TNA]] || align=right|{{Nts|16504}} || {{yes2|Elected}}
|-
| [[2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2015 parliamentary]] || [[Batticaloa Electoral District|Batticaloa District]] || style="background:{{party color|Tamil National Alliance}};"| || [[Tamil National Alliance|TNA]] || || {{no2|Not elected}}
|-
| [[2024 Sri Lankan presidential election|2024 presidential]] || [[Sri Lanka]] || style="background:{{party color|Independent}};"| || [[Independent politician|Ind]] || 226,343 || {{no2|Lost}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Members of the Sri Lankan Parliament from Batticaloa}}
{{Members of 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka}}
{{Members of 14th Parliament of Sri Lanka}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1955 births]]
[[Category:Candidates in the 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election]]
[[Category:Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi politicians]]
[[Category:Members of the 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:Members of the 14th Parliament of Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:People from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:Sri Lankan Hindus]]
[[Category:Tamil politicians]]
[[Category:Tamil National Alliance politicians]]

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