Subramanyam Noharathalingam ( ta, சுப்பிரமணியம் நோகராதலிங்கம், translit=Cuppiramaṇiyam Nōkarātaliṅkam; born 7 June 1963), commonly known as Vino Noharathalingam, is a

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politician and

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Early life

Noharathalingam was born on 7 June 1963.

Career

Noharathalingam contested the 2000 parliamentary election as one of the

Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization The Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO) is an Eelam Tamil organisation which campaigned for the establishment of an independent Tamil Eelam in the northeast of Sri Lanka during 1972-1987 which later accepted the December 19th proposals. T ...

(TELO)'s candidates in Vanni District and was elected to the

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. On 20 October 2001 the

All Ceylon Tamil Congress All Ceylon Tamil Congress ( ta, அகில இலங்கைத் தமிழ்க் காங்கிரஸ்), is the oldest Tamil political party in Sri Lanka. History The ACTC was founded in 1944 by G.G. Ponnambalam. Ponnambalam ask ...

Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front The Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF) is a series of Sri Lankan political parties and a former militant separatist group. Militant separatists The EPRLF was formed in 1980 by K. Pathmanabha (Padmanaba), Douglas Devananda, Su ...

, TELO and

Tamil United Liberation Front The Tamil United Liberation Front ( ta, தமிழர் ஐக்கிய விடுதலை முன்னணி, translit=Tamil Onrupattatu Viduthulai Munnai, si, ද්‍රවිඩ එක්සත් විමුක්ති ප� ...

formed 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 ...

(TNA). Noharathalingam contested the 2001 parliamentary election as one of the TNA's candidates in Vanni District but failed to get re-elected. Noharathalingam contested the 2004 parliamentary election as one of the TNA's candidates in Vanni District and was re-elected to Parliament. He was re-elected at the 2010 parliamentary election. He contested the 2015 parliamentary election as one of the TNA's candidates in Vanni District but failed to get elected after coming 6th amongst the TNA candidates. Noharathalingam contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a TNA candidate in Vanni District and was re-elected to Parliament.

Electoral history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Noharathalingam, Vino 1963 births Living people Members of the 11th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 14th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka People from Northern Province, Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Hindus Sri Lankan Tamil politicians Sri Lankan Tamil rebels Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization politicians Tamil National Alliance politicians