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'''Shanakiyan Ragul Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam''' (born 20 September 1990) is a [[Sri Lankan Tamils|Sri Lankan Tamil]] politician and [[Member of Parliament (Sri Lanka)|Member of Parliament]].<ref name="PoS">{{cite web |title=Directory of Members: Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam |url=https://www.parliament.lk/en/members-of-parliament/directory-of-members/viewMember/3394 |publisher=[[Parliament of Sri Lanka]] |access-date=7 September 2020 |location=Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka}}</ref>
'''Shanakiyan Ragul Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam''' (born 20 September 1990) is a [[Sri Lankan Tamils|Sri Lankan Tamil]] politician and [[Member of Parliament (Sri Lanka)|Member of Parliament]].<ref name="PoS">{{cite web |title=Directory of Members: Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam |url=https://www.parliament.lk/en/members-of-parliament/directory-of-members/viewMember/3394 |publisher=[[Parliament of Sri Lanka]] |access-date=7 September 2020 |location=Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka}}</ref>


Rasamanickam was born on 20 September 1990.<ref name="PoS"/> He is the grandson of former MP [[S. M. Rasamanickam]].<ref name="DM080820">{{cite news |last1=Jeyaraj |first1=D. B. S. |author-link1=D. B. S. Jeyaraj |title=TNA suffers electoral setback in North and East polls |url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/opinion/TNA-suffers-electoral-setback-in-North-and-East-polls/172-193440 |access-date=7 September 2020 |work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)|The Daily Mirror]] |date=8 August 2020 |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref><ref name="NW040920">{{cite news |title=Social media praise for New TNA MP’s trilingual speaking ability displayed in his maiden speech in Parliament |url=http://www.newswire.lk/2020/09/04/social-media-praise-for-new-tna-mps-trilingual-speaking-ability-displayed-in-his-maiden-speech-in-parliament/ |access-date=7 September 2020 |work=NewsWire |date=4 September 2020 |location=Nugegoda, Sri Lanka}}</ref> He was educated at [[Trinity College, Kandy]].<ref name="NW040920"/> He was the [[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]]'s organiser in Paddiruppu.<ref name="TG040820">{{cite news |title=Sri Lanka’s big Facebook spenders |url=https://www.tamilguardian.com/content/sri-lanka%E2%80%99s-big-facebook-spenders |access-date=7 September 2020 |work=[[Tamil Guardian]] |date=4 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Rajaputhran for Paddiruppu, Arundika for Wennappuwa |url=http://archive.srilankamirror.com/news/5445-rajaputram-for-padirpuwa-arundika-for-wennappuwa |access-date=7 September 2020 |work=Sri Lanka Mirror |date=21 February 2013 |location=Nugegoda, Sri Lanka}}</ref> He was an associate of the [[Rajapaksa family|Rajapaksa regime]] and [[Buddhist extremism|extremist]] [[Buddhist monk]] Sumanarathna, and a supporter of paramilitary leader [[Pillayan]].<ref name="TG040820"/> He is currently a member of [[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]].<ref name="DM080820"/>
Rasamanickam was born on 20 September 1990.<ref name="PoS"/> He is the grandson of former MP [[S. M. Rasamanickam]].<ref name="DM080820">{{cite news |last1=Jeyaraj |first1=D. B. S. |author-link1= |title=TNA suffers electoral setback in North and East polls |url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/opinion/TNA-suffers-electoral-setback-in-North-and-East-polls/172-193440 |access-date=7 September 2020 |work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)|The Daily Mirror]] |date=8 August 2020 |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref><ref name="NW040920">{{cite news |title=Social media praise for New TNA MP's trilingual speaking ability displayed in his maiden speech in Parliament |url=http://www.newswire.lk/2020/09/04/social-media-praise-for-new-tna-mps-trilingual-speaking-ability-displayed-in-his-maiden-speech-in-parliament/ |access-date=7 September 2020 |work=NewsWire |date=4 September 2020 |location=Nugegoda, Sri Lanka}}</ref> He was educated at [[Trinity College, Kandy]].<ref name="NW040920"/> He was the [[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]]'s organiser in Paddiruppu.<ref name="TG040820">{{cite news |title=Sri Lanka's big Facebook spenders |url=https://www.tamilguardian.com/content/sri-lanka%E2%80%99s-big-facebook-spenders |access-date=7 September 2020 |work=[[Tamil Guardian]] |date=4 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Rajaputhran for Paddiruppu, Arundika for Wennappuwa |url=http://archive.srilankamirror.com/news/5445-rajaputram-for-padirpuwa-arundika-for-wennappuwa |access-date=7 September 2020 |work=Sri Lanka Mirror |date=21 February 2013 |location=Nugegoda, Sri Lanka |archive-date=31 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031181743/http://archive.srilankamirror.com/news/5445-rajaputram-for-padirpuwa-arundika-for-wennappuwa |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was an associate of the [[Rajapaksa family|Rajapaksa regime]] and [[Buddhist extremism|extremist]] [[Buddhist monk]] Sumanarathna, and a supporter of paramilitary leader [[Pillayan]].<ref name="TG040820"/> He is currently a member of [[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]].<ref name="DM080820"/>


Rasamanickam contested the [[2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2015 parliamentary election]] as one of the [[United People's Freedom Alliance]] (UPFA) [[electoral alliance]]'s candidates in [[Batticaloa Electoral District|Batticaloa District]] but the alliance failed to win any seats in the district.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - The Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981 |work=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary |date=13 July 2015 |issue=1923/3 |page=270A |url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2015/7/1923-03_E.pdf |access-date=11 August 2015 |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref><ref name="DM190815">{{cite news |title=Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo |url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/83949/ranil-tops-with-over-500-000-votes-in-colombo |access-date=7 September 2020 |work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)|The Daily Mirror]] |date=19 August 2015 |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref> He contested the [[2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2020 parliamentary election]] as a [[Tamil National Alliance]] electoral alliance candidate in Batticaloa District and was elected to the [[Parliament of Sri Lanka]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981 |work=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary |date=8 August 2020 |issue=2187/26 |page=6A |url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2020/8/2187-26_E.pdf |access-date=9 August 2020 |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref><ref name="CT070820">{{cite news |title=General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Batticaloa District |url=https://ceylontoday.lk/news/general-election-2020-preferential-votes-of-batticaloa-district |access-date=7 September 2020 |work=[[Ceylon Today]] |date=7 August 2020 |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Parasuraman |first1=Lakshme |title=Over 60 new faces in Parliament |url=http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2020/08/09/news-features/over-60-new-faces-parliament |access-date=7 September 2020 |work=[[Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)|Sunday Observer]] |date=9 August 2020 |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref>
Rasamanickam contested the [[2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2015 parliamentary election]] as one of the [[United People's Freedom Alliance]] (UPFA) [[electoral alliance]]'s candidates in [[Batticaloa Electoral District|Batticaloa District]] but the alliance failed to win any seats in the district.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - The Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981 |magazine=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary |date=13 July 2015 |issue=1923/3 |page=270A |url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2015/7/1923-03_E.pdf |access-date=11 August 2015 |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref><ref name="DM190815">{{cite news |title=Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo |url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/83949/ranil-tops-with-over-500-000-votes-in-colombo |access-date=7 September 2020 |work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)|The Daily Mirror]] |date=19 August 2015 |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref> He contested the [[2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2020 parliamentary election]] as a [[Tamil National Alliance]] electoral alliance candidate in Batticaloa District and was elected to the [[Parliament of Sri Lanka]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981 |magazine=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary |date=8 August 2020 |issue=2187/26 |page=6A |url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2020/8/2187-26_E.pdf |access-date=9 August 2020 |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref><ref name="CT070820">{{cite news |title=General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Batticaloa District |url=https://ceylontoday.lk/news/general-election-2020-preferential-votes-of-batticaloa-district |access-date=7 September 2020 |work=[[Ceylon Today]] |date=7 August 2020 |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka |archive-date=27 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027100203/https://ceylontoday.lk/news/general-election-2020-preferential-votes-of-batticaloa-district |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Parasuraman |first1=Lakshme |title=Over 60 new faces in Parliament |url=http://archives1.sundayobserver.lk/2020/08/09/news-features/over-60-new-faces-parliament |access-date=7 September 2020 |work=[[Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)|Sunday Observer]] |date=9 August 2020 |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref>


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| [[2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2015 parliamentary]] || [[Batticaloa Electoral District|Batticaloa District]] || style="background:{{Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color}};"| || [[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]] || style="background:{{United People's Freedom Alliance/meta/color}};"| || [[United People's Freedom Alliance]] || align=right|{{Nts|}} || Not elected
| [[2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2015 parliamentary]] || [[Batticaloa Electoral District|Batticaloa District]] || style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}};"| || [[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]] || style="background:{{party color|United People's Freedom Alliance}};"| || [[United People's Freedom Alliance]] || align=right|{{Nts|}} || Not elected
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| [[2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2020 parliamentary]]<ref name="CT070820"/> || [[Batticaloa Electoral District|Batticaloa District]] || style="background:{{Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi/meta/color}};"| || [[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]] || style="background:{{Tamil National Alliance/meta/color}};"| || [[Tamil National Alliance]] || align=right|{{Nts|33332}} || '''Elected'''
| [[2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2020 parliamentary]]<ref name="CT070820"/> || [[Batticaloa Electoral District|Batticaloa District]] || style="background:{{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}};"| || [[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]] || style="background:{{party color|Tamil National Alliance}};"| || [[Tamil National Alliance]] || align=right|{{Nts|33332}} || '''Elected'''
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Latest revision as of 21:04, 18 November 2024

Hon.
Shanakiya Rasamanickam
MP
சாணக்கியன் இராசமாணிக்கம்
ශානකියා රසමානික්කම්
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Incumbent
Assumed office
2020
ConstituencyBatticaloa District
Personal details
Born
Shanakiyan Ragul Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam

(1990-09-20) 20 September 1990 (age 34)
Political partyIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi
Other political
affiliations		Tamil National Alliance

Shanakiyan Ragul Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam (born 20 September 1990) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.[1]

Rasamanickam was born on 20 September 1990.[1] He is the grandson of former MP S. M. Rasamanickam.[2][3] He was educated at Trinity College, Kandy.[3] He was the Sri Lanka Freedom Party's organiser in Paddiruppu.[4][5] He was an associate of the Rajapaksa regime and extremist Buddhist monk Sumanarathna, and a supporter of paramilitary leader Pillayan.[4] He is currently a member of Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi.[2]

Rasamanickam contested the 2015 parliamentary election as one of the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) electoral alliance's candidates in Batticaloa District but the alliance failed to win any seats in the district.[6][7] He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Tamil National Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Batticaloa District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[8][9][10]

Electoral history of Shanakiya Rasamanickam
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
2015 parliamentary Batticaloa District Sri Lanka Freedom Party United People's Freedom Alliance Not elected
2020 parliamentary[9] Batticaloa District Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi Tamil National Alliance 33,332 Elected

References

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  1. ^ a b "Directory of Members: Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (8 August 2020). "TNA suffers electoral setback in North and East polls". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Social media praise for New TNA MP's trilingual speaking ability displayed in his maiden speech in Parliament". NewsWire. Nugegoda, Sri Lanka. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Sri Lanka's big Facebook spenders". Tamil Guardian. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Rajaputhran for Paddiruppu, Arundika for Wennappuwa". Sri Lanka Mirror. Nugegoda, Sri Lanka. 21 February 2013. Archived from the original on 31 October 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - The Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 1923/3. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 13 July 2015. p. 270A. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2187/26. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 8 August 2020. p. 6A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  9. ^ a b "General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Batticaloa District". Ceylon Today. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  10. ^ Parasuraman, Lakshme (9 August 2020). "Over 60 new faces in Parliament". Sunday Observer. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
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