V. Navaratnam
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Vaithianathan Navaratnam (October 18, 1909 – December 22, 2006) was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament
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Navaratnam was one of the founding members of the Federal Party. He unsuccessfully contested the Kayts
constituency in the 1952 elections for the Sri Lankan Parliament.
Navaratnam won the 1963 by-election
held in Kayts after the death of V. A. Kandiah, the sitting MP
. He retained the seat at the March 1965 elections.
Navaratnam left the Federal Party in 1969. He unsuccessfully contested the Kayts constituency as an independent
candidate in the 1970 and 1977
elections.
Navaratnam was posthumously conferred the title of Naattu Patralar (patriot
) by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
.
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
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Navaratnam was one of the founding members of the Federal Party. He unsuccessfully contested the Kayts
Kayts Electoral District
Kayts Electoral District was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the island of Kayts in Jaffna District, Northern Province. The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka introduced the proportional representation electoral system for electing...
constituency in the 1952 elections for the Sri Lankan Parliament.
Navaratnam won the 1963 by-election
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
held in Kayts after the death of V. A. Kandiah, the sitting MP
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
. He retained the seat at the March 1965 elections.
Navaratnam left the Federal Party in 1969. He unsuccessfully contested the Kayts constituency as an independent
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
candidate in the 1970 and 1977
Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 1977
The 1977 Sri Lankan election heralded the beginning of a new period of Sri Lanka's history - a period of unprecedented violence.-Background:Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike had become extraordinarily unpopular. Her economic policies had led to industrial growth and self-reliance, but was...
elections.
Navaratnam was posthumously conferred the title of Naattu Patralar (patriot
Patriotism
Patriotism is a devotion to one's country, excluding differences caused by the dependencies of the term's meaning upon context, geography and philosophy...
) by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam was a separatist militant organization formerly based in northern Sri Lanka. Founded in May 1976 by Vellupillai Prabhakaran, it waged a violent secessionist and nationalist campaign to create an independent state in the north and east of Sri Lanka for Tamil...
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