M. Velu Kumar

M. Velu Kumar (born 16 January 1973) is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial minister and Member of Parliament.[1]

Hon.
M. Velu Kumar
MP
வேலு குமார்
වේලු කුමාර්
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Assumed office
August 2020
ConstituencyKandy District
In office
August 2015 – March 2020
ConstituencyKandy District
Member of the Central Provincial Council
In office
2013–2015
ConstituencyKandy District
Personal details
Born (1973-01-16) 16 January 1973
Political partyDemocratic People's Front
Other political
affiliations		Samagi Jana Balawegaya
Alma materUniversity of Colombo

Early life

Velu Kumar was born on 16 January 1973.[1] He was educated at Thalathuoya Tamil Maha Vidyalayam, Asoka Vidyalayam, Kandy and St. Sylvester's College, Kandy.[2] After school he joined the University of Colombo, graduating with a B.B.A. degree.[2]

Career

Velu Kumar is a member of the Democratic People's Front.[3][4] He was elected one of the vice-presidents of the Tamil Progressive Alliance in June 2015.[5]

Velu Kumar contested the 2013 provincial council election as one of the United National Front electoral alliance's candidates in Kandy District and was elected to the Central Provincial Council.[6][7] He contested the 2015 parliamentary election as one of the United National Front for Good Governance electoral alliance's candidates in Kandy District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[8][9][10] He was re-elected at the 2020 parliamentary election.[11][12]

Electoral history
Electoral history of M. Velu Kumar
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
2013 provincial[7]Kandy DistrictDemocratic People's FrontUnited National Front18,159Elected
2015 parliamentary[9]Kandy DistrictDemocratic People's FrontUnited National Front for Good Governance62,556Elected
2020 parliamentary[12]Kandy DistrictDemocratic People's FrontSamagi Jana Balawegaya57,445Elected

References
  1. "Directory of Members: Velu Kumar". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  2. "New members of Parliament". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  3. "Tamil Progressive Alliance Ties Up With UNP In Lankan Polls". Asian Mirror. 11 July 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  4. "I will visit Valigamam North high security zone if army shoot me. I'm proud to die on this land: Wigneswaran". Lankasri News. 6 December 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  5. "Tamil Progressive Alliance elects working committee". Eye Sri Lanka. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  6. "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Provincial Councils Elections Act, No. 2 OF 1988 - Central Province Provincial Council" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 1829/33. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 25 September 2013. p. 2A. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  7. "PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2013 – Results and preferential votes: Central Province". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  8. "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - The Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 1928/3. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 19 August 2015. p. 3A. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  9. "Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  10. Jayakody, Pradeep (28 August 2015). "The Comparison of Preferential Votes in 2015 & 2010". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  11. "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981 3" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2187/26. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 8 August 2020. p. 3A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  12. "General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Kandy District". Ceylon Today. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
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