Selvarajah Kajendran ( ta, செல்வராசா கஜேந்திரன்; born 29 October 1974) is a

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politician and former Member of Parliament.

Early life

Kajendran was born on 29 October 1974. He was president of the Jaffna University Student Union in 2001/02.

Career

Kajendran was selected by the

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Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE; ta, தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் புலிகள், translit=Tamiḻīḻa viṭutalaip pulikaḷ, si, දෙමළ ඊළාම් විමුක්ති කොටි, t ...

(LTTE) to be one of the

Tamil National Alliance The Tamil National Alliance ( ta, தமிழ்த் தேசியக் கூட்டமைப்பு ISO 15919: ''tamiḻt tēciyakkūṭṭamaippu''; TNA) is a political alliance in Sri Lanka that represents the country's Sri Lankan ...

's (TNA) candidates in Jaffna District at the 2004 parliamentary election. He was elected and entered

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. In March 2010 Kajendran, along with fellow TNA MPs

Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam Gajendrakumar Gangaser Ponnambalam ( ta, கஜேந்திரகுமார் காங்கேசர் பொன்னம்பலம், translit=Kajēntirakumār Kāṅkēcar Poṉṉampalam; born 16 January 1974) is a Sri Lankan lawye ...

and Pathmini Sithamparanathan, left the TNA and formed the Tamil National People's Front (TNPF). Kajendran contested the 2010 parliamentary election as one of the TNPF's candidates in Jaffna District but the TNPF failed to win any seats in Parliament. In February 2011 Kajendran became general secretary of the TNPF. He contested the 2015 parliamentary election as one of the TNPF's candidates in Jaffna District but again the TNPF failed to win any seats in Parliament.

Electoral history

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kajendran, S. 1974 births Living people Members of the 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka People from Northern Province, Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Hindus Sri Lankan Tamil politicians Tamil National Alliance politicians Members of the 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka