imported>Entranced98: Importing Wikidata short description: "Sri Lankan politician"

2025-02-17T09:37:26Z

Importing Wikidata short description: "Sri Lankan politician"

New page

{{Short description|Sri Lankan politician}}
{{use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable|Hon.]]
|name = Pathmini Sithamparanathan
|native_name = பத்மினி சிதம்பரநாதன்
|native_name_lang = ta
|honorific-suffix = [[Member of Parliament|MP]]
|image =
|imagesize =
|constituency_MP = [[Jaffna Electoral District|Jaffna District]]
|parliament = Sri Lankan
|majority =
|term_start1 = 2004
|term_end1 = 2010
|predecessor1 =
|successor1 =
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|07|26|df=yes}}
|birth_place =
|birth_name =
|death_date =
|death_place =
|citizenship =
|nationality =
|party = [[Tamil National People's Front]]
|otherparty =
|spouse =
|partner =
|relations =
|children =
|residence =
|alma_mater =
|occupation =
|profession =
|website =
|footnotes =
|blank1 =
|data1 =
}}
'''Pathmini Sithamparanathan''' ({{langx|ta|பத்மினி சிதம்பரநாதன்}}; born 26 July 1954) is a [[Sri Lankan Tamil]] politician and former member of parliament.

==Early life==
Sithamparanathan was born on 26 July 1954.<ref>{{cite web|title=Directory of Past Members: Pathmini Sithamparanathan|url=http://www.parliament.lk/en/members-of-parliament/directory-of-past-members/viewMember/1510|publisher=[[Parliament of Sri Lanka]]}}</ref>

==Career==
Sithamparanathan was selected by the [[Sri Lankan Tamil militant groups|militant]] [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] (LTTE) to be one of the [[Tamil National Alliance]]'s (TNA) candidates in [[Jaffna Electoral District|Jaffna District]] at the [[2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2004 parliamentary election]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jeyaraj|first1=D. B. S.|author-link1=|title=Tamil National Alliance enters critical third phase-2|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/index.php/opinion1/7441.html|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=3 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516020551/http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/index.php/opinion1/7441.html|archive-date=16 May 2010}}</ref> She was elected and entered [[Parliament of Sri Lanka|Parliament]].<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> In March 2010 Sithamparanathan, along with fellow TNA MPs [[Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam]] and [[S. Kajendran]], left the TNA and formed the [[Tamil National People's Front]] (TNPF).<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jeyaraj|first1=D. B. S.|author-link1=|title=T.N.A. Performs creditably in parliamentary elections|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/index.php/opinion1/8325-tna-performs-creditably-in-parliamentary-elections.html|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=17 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100428064301/http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/index.php/opinion1/8325-tna-performs-creditably-in-parliamentary-elections.html|archive-date=28 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Tamil National Peoples Front launched in Jaffna|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31285|work=[[TamilNet]]|date=1 March 2010}}</ref>

Sithamparanathan contested the [[2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2010 parliamentary election]] as one of the TNPF's candidates in Jaffna District but the TNPF failed to win any seats in Parliament.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2010/PDF/Mar/1643_7/1643_7(E).pdf|date=2 March 2010|title=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|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary|volume=1643/07|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101220555/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2010/PDF/Mar/1643_7/1643_7%28E%29.pdf|archive-date=1 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/parliamentary_elections/10Z.html|title=Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Jaffna District Final District Result|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141101142058/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/parliamentary_elections/10Z.html|archive-date=2014-11-01}}</ref> In February 2011 Sithamparanathan became one of the vice-presidents of the TNPF.<ref>{{cite news|title=TNPF announces Central Committee, prepares party constitution|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=33589|work=[[TamilNet]]|date=24 February 2011}}</ref> She contested the [[2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2015 parliamentary election]] as one of the TNPF's candidates in Jaffna District but again the TNPF failed to win any seats in Parliament.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jul/1923_03/1923_03E.pdf|date=13 July 2015|title=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|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary|volume=1923/03|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223757/http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Jul/1923_03/1923_03E.pdf|archive-date=23 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/2015GE/10Z.html|title=Parliamentary Election - 17-08-2015 Electoral District: Jaffna Final District Result|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150907080746/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/2015GE/10Z.html|archive-date=2015-09-07}}</ref>

==Electoral history==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
|+ Electoral history of Pathmini Sithamparanathan
! scope=col|Election
! scope=col|Constituency
! scope=col|Party
! scope=col|Votes
! scope=col|Result
|-
| [[2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2004 parliamentary]]<ref name=pe04/> || [[Jaffna Electoral District|Jaffna District]] || [[Tamil National Alliance|TNA]] || align=right|{{Nts|68240}} || '''Elected'''
|-
| [[2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2010 parliamentary]] || [[Jaffna Electoral District|Jaffna District]] || [[Tamil National People's Front|TNPF]] || || Not elected
|-
| [[2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2015 parliamentary]] || [[Jaffna Electoral District|Jaffna District]] || [[Tamil National People's Front|TNPF]] || || Not elected
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

{{Members of the 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sithamparanathan, Pathmini}}
[[Category:1954 births]]
[[Category:21st-century Sri Lankan women politicians]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Members of the 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:Politicians from Northern Province, Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:Sri Lankan Hindus]]
[[Category:Tamil politicians]]
[[Category:Sri Lankan Tamil women]]
[[Category:Sri Lankan Tamil people]]
[[Category:Tamil National Alliance politicians]]
[[Category:Women legislators in Sri Lanka]]

Pathmini Sithamparanathan - Revision history

imported>Entranced98: Importing Wikidata short description: "Sri Lankan politician"