P. R. Selvanayagam

Hon. P. R. Selvanayagam

Member of the Ceylon Parliament for Batticaloa
In office 1970–1977
Preceded by	Abdul Lathiff Sinnalebbe
Succeeded by	M. L. Ahamed Fareeth

Personal details
Born	(1936-08-10) 10 August 1936 (age 85)
Ethnicity	Sri Lankan Tamil

Princely Rajendran Selvanayagam (born 10 August 1936)^[1] was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.

Selvanayagam stood as an independent candidate in Batticaloa at the 1970 parliamentary election. He came second and entered Parliament as the second member for Batticaloa.^[2] He failed to be re-elected at the 1977 parliamentary election after coming fifth.^[3]

References[]

^ "Selvanayagam, Princely Rajendran". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2009.
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2011.

v t Members of the Sri Lankan Parliament from Batticaloa
Batticaloa Electoral District (1947–1989) Current District: Batticaloa Electoral District
One–member (1947 – 1960)	Ahamed Lebbe Sinnalebbe Robert Kadramer Chelliah Rajadurai
Two–member (1960 – 1989)	Seat A: Chelliah Rajadurai Seat B: Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar Abdul Lathiff Sinnalebbe P. R. Selvanayagam M. L. Ahamed Fareeth
Multi–member (1989 – Present)	(1989 – 1994): Govinthan Karunakaran Prince Casinader Sam Tambimuttu (Until 1990) Replaced by Joseph Pararajasingham M. L. A. M. Hizbullah (1994 – 2000): Joseph Pararajasingham Ponnambalam Selvarasa Krishnapillai Thurairajasingam M. L. A. M. Hizbullah Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana (2000 – 2001): Nimalan Soundaranayagam Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana Joseph Pararajasingham S. Ganeshamoorthy (2001 – 2004): Thambirajah Thangavadivel Gnanamuttu Krishnapillai Joseph Pararajasingham M. L. A. M. Hizbullah (2004 – 2010): Thanmanpillai Kanagasabai Thangeswary Kathiraman Senathirajah Jeyanandamoorthy Kingsley Rasanayagam Pakkiyaselvam Ariyanethiran Ameer Ali Shihabdeen (2010 – 2015): M. L. A. M. Hizbullah Seeniththamby Yogeswaran Ponnambalam Selvarasa Pakkiyaselvam Ariyanethiran Basheer Segu Dawood (2015 – 2020): Gnanamuttu Sirinesan Sathasivam Viyalendiran Seeniththamby Yogeswaran Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana Ameer Ali Shihabdeen (2020 – Present): Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam Govinthan Karunakaran Sathasivam Viyalendiran Naseer Ahamed

v t ← Members of the 7th Parliament of Sri Lanka (1970 (1970)–1977) →
Speaker: Stanley Tillekeratne Prime Minister: Sirimavo Bandaranaike Leader of the Opposition: J. R. Jayewardene
Central Province (23)	P. G. Ariyatillake Gamini Dissanayake Monty Gopallawa Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed T. B. M. Herath Tamara Kumari Ilangaratne D. M. Jayaratne T. B. Jayasundera U. P. Y. Jinadasa Hector Kobbekaduwa E. L. Senanayake Hemachandra Sirisena Piyasena Tennakoon T. B. Tennekoon Richard Udugama P. B. Unantenne J. D. Weerasekera Noel Wimalasena
Eastern Province (11)	M. C. Ahamed K. W. Devanayagam A. L. Abdul Majeed M. A. Abdul Majeed M. M. Mustapha B. Neminathan C. Rajadurai P. R. Selvanayagam S. Thambirajah A. Thangathurai
Northern Province (13)	V. A. Alegacone S. A. Raheem V. Anandasangaree C. Arulampalam S. J. V. Chelvanayakam V. Dharmalingam K. Jeyakody S. Kathiravelupillai C. X. Martyn V. N. Navaratnam K. P. Ratnam X. M. Sellathambu A. Thiagarajah K. Thurairatnam
North Central Province (8)	K. B. Ratnayake Maithripala Senanayake Ratna Deshapriya Senanayake P. M. K. Tennakoon
North Western Province (16)	Tissa Balalla Maithripala Herath S. D. R. Jayaratne Tikiri Banda Subasinghe Mudiyanse Tennakoon Protus Tissera
Sabaragamuwa Province (16)	Nanda Ellawala P. B. G. Kalugalla V. T. G. Karunaratne Sarath Muttetuwegama Vasudeva Nanayakkara N. M. Perera Mallikka Ellawala Ratwatte Seetha Seneviratne Dudley Senanayake Rukman Senanayake Athauda Seneviratne Dharmadasa Wanniarachchi Dhanapala Weerasekera
Southern Province (19)	Sumanapala Dahanayake Wijeyananda Dahanayake Neal de Alwis Ronnie de Mel L. C. de Silva Weerasinghe de Silva Henry William Dissanayake Prins Gunasekera Panini Ilangakoon Albert Kariyawasam M. G. Mendis George Rajapaksa Lakshman Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa Don Roy Rajapakse Senapala Samarasekera B. Y. Tudawe S. A. Wickramasinghe
Uva Province (10)	R. M. Appuhamy W. P. G. Ariyadasa B. H. Bandara
Western Province (35)	Kusala Abhayawardana Felix Dias Bandaranaike Sirimavo Bandaranaike I. A. Cader Falil Caffoor Somaweera Chandrasiri Dharmasena Attygalle Wimalasiri de Mel Colvin R. de Silva Wijayapala Mendis Denzil Fernando Cholomondeley Goonewardene Leslie Goonewardene Vivienne Goonewardene Chandra Gunasekera T. B. Ilangaratne Lakshman Jayakody J. R. Jayewardene Pieter Keuneman A. D. J. L. Leo Mangala Moonesinghe S. Obeyesekera Dayasena Pasqual Paris Perera Joseph Michael Perera R. S. Perera Ranasinghe Premadasa Wilfred Senanayake M. P. de Z. Siriwardena Bernard Soysa V. A. Sugathadasa Vincent Perera S. K. K. Suriarachchi Stanley Tillekeratne Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Appointed (6)	Abdul Aziz S. S. Kulatileke Badi-ud-din Mahmud *Appointed MPs were abolished in 1972 by the First Republican Constitution

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