Hon.
Shanthi Sriskantharajah
MP
Member of Parliament
for National List
Assumed office
2015
Personal details
Born (1965-10-28) 28 October 1965 (age 58)
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partyIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi
Other political
affiliations		Tamil National Alliance
OccupationCivil servant
EthnicitySri Lankan Tamil

Shanthi Sriskantharajah (born 28 October 1965) is a Sri Lankan Tamil civil servant, politician and Member of Parliament.

Early life

Sriskantharajah was born on 28 October 1965.[1]

Career

Sriskantharajah is a member of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service and a former Deputy Director of Planning.[2] She is a member of the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK).[3]

She was one of the Tamil National Alliance's (TNA) candidates in Vanni District at the 2015 parliamentary election but failed to get elected after coming fifth amongst the TNA candidates.[4] However, after the election she was appointed as a TNA National List MP in Parliament.[5][6]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Shanthi Sriskantharajah
Election Constituency Party Votes Result
2015 parliamentary[4] Vanni District TNA 18,081 Not elected

References

  1. ^ "Directory of Members: Shanthi Sriskandarasa". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ "TNA announces nominees on national list". Tamil Diplomat. 24 August 2015.
  3. ^ "TNA hands over nominations for all five districts of north and east". Tamil Diplomat. 10 July 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015.
  5. ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION — 2015 Declaration under Article 99A of the Constitution" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1929/04. 24 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015.
  6. ^ "TNA names its national List MPs". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 24 August 2015.
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