V. Balachandran (Sri Lankan politician)

For the Indian politician, see V. Balachandran.

Hon.
V. Balachandran
MP
Member of Parliament
for Vanni District
In office
1994–2000
Personal details
Born (1951-12-18) 18 December 1951 (age 72)
Political partyDemocratic People's Liberation Front
Other political
affiliations		People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam
EthnicitySri Lankan Tamil

Vaithilingam Balachandran (born 18 December 1951) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former member of parliament.

Balachandran was born on 18 December 1951.[1] He is a Hindu.[1]

Balachandran contested the 1994 parliamentary election as one of the Democratic People's Liberation Front's candidates in Vanni District and was elected to Parliament.[2] He contested the 2001 and 2010 parliamentary elections as a DPLF candidate in Vanni District but failed to get elected on each occasion.[3][4][5][6]

  1. ^ a b "Balachandran, Vythilingam". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1994" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  3. ^ "ELECTORAL DISTRICT No. 11 — VANNI" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 3 November 2001.
  4. ^ "General Election 2001 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  5. ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ACT, No. 1 OF 1981 Notice Under Section 24(1) GENERAL ELECTIONS OF MEMBERS OF THE PARLIAMENT" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1643/07. 2 March 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  6. ^ "Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Vanni Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2013.