Sivasakthy Ananthan

Annamalai Nadesu Sivasakthy Ananthan (born 29 July 1964) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.

Hon. Sivasakthy Ananthan MP
சிவசக்தி ஆனந்தன் සිවශක්ති ආනන්දන්
Member of Parliament for Vanni District
In office 2001–2020
Personal details
Born	(1964-07-29) 29 July 1964 (age 60)
Political party	Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front
Other political affiliations	Tamil National Alliance

Early life

Ananthan was born on 29 July 1964.^[1]

Career

Ananthan is a member of the Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF). On 20 October 2001 the All Ceylon Tamil Congress, EPRLF, Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization and Tamil United Liberation Front formed the Tamil National Alliance (TNA).^[2][3] Ananthan contested the 2001 parliamentary election as one of the TNA's candidates in Vanni District. He was elected and entered Parliament.^[4] He was re-elected at the 2004, 2010 and 2015 parliamentary elections.^{[5][6][7][8][9]}

Electoral history

Electoral history of Sivasakthy Ananthan

Election	Constituency	Party	Votes	Result
2001 parliamentary[4]	Vanni District	TNA	14,023	Elected
2004 parliamentary[5]	Vanni District	TNA	29,801	Elected
2010 parliamentary[6]	Vanni District	TNA	11,674	Elected
2015 parliamentary[10]	Vanni District	TNA	25,027	Elected

References

1. "Directory of Members: Sivasakthy Ananthan". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
2. Jeyaraj, D. B. S. "Tamil National Alliance enters critical third phase - 1". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 4 April 2010.
3. "Tamil parties sign MOU". TamilNet. 20 October 2001.
4. "General Election 2001 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2010.
5. "General Election 2004 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2010.
6. "Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Vanni Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2010.
7. "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. 1928/03. 19 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015.
8. "Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015.
9. "Preferential Votes". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015. Archived from the original on 20 August 2015.
10. Jayakody, Pradeep (28 August 2015). "The Comparison of Preferential Votes in 2015 & 2010". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka).