Nalliah Kumaraguruparan ( ta, நல்லையா குமரகுருபரன்; si, නල්ලය්යා කුමරගුරුපරන්) is a Sri Lankan Tamil accountant, politician and former provincial councillor. He is leader of the Democratic National Front.

Career

Kumaraguruparan was one of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress's (ACTC) candidates in Jaffna District at the 1989 parliamentary election but the ACTC failed to win any seats in

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. He contested the 1994 parliamentary election as part of an

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group in Colombo District but the group failed to win any seats in Parliament. Kumaraguruparan was elected general-secretary of the ACTC in January 2000. He was later senior deputy president of the party. Kumaraguruparan joined the

Western People's Front The Western People's Front, currently named the Democratic People's Front ( ta, ஜனநாயக மக்கள் முன்னணி, translit=Jaṉanāyaka Makkaḷ Muṉṉaṇi; si, ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී ජන ...

(WPF) in May 2004. He contested the 2004 provincial election as one of the WPF's candidates in Colombo District but failed to get elected after coming third amongst the WPF candidates. He contested the 2006 local government election as a WPF candidate and was elected to

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. Kumaraguruparan served as general-secretary of the WPF. Kumaraguruparan contested the 2009 provincial council election as one of the United National Front's (UNF) candidates in Colombo District and was elected to the Western Provincial Council. He contested the 2010 parliamentary election as one of the UNF's candidates in Colombo District but failed to get elected after coming tenth amongst the UNF candidates. He contested the 2014 provincial election as one of the

Democratic People's Front The Western People's Front, currently named the Democratic People's Front ( ta, ஜனநாயக மக்கள் முன்னணி, translit=Jaṉanāyaka Makkaḷ Muṉṉaṇi; si, ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී ජන ...

's (DPF) candidates in Colombo District but failed to get re-elected. Shortly afterwards Kumaraguruparan fell out with the DPF leadership and was expelled from the party. Kumaraguruparan then founded a party called Democratic National Front. He contested the 2015 parliamentary election as one of the

United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance (abbreviated UPFA; si, එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් සන්ධානය ''Eksath Janathā Nidahas Sandānaya''; ta, ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சுதந்திரக� ...

's (UPFA) candidates in Colombo District but failed to get elected after coming 19th amongst the UPFA candidates.

Electoral history

References

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