Podiappuhamy Piyasena

Honourable Podiappuhamy Piyasena MP
පොඩි අප්පුහාම් පියසේන பொடியப்புகாமி பியசேன
Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Ampara District
In office 2010–2015
Personal details
Born	3 April 1961
Political party	United People's Freedom Alliance
Religion	Buddhist

Podiappuhamy H. P. Piyasena (born 3 April 1961) is a Sri Lankan politician and former Member of Parliament.

Early life

Piyasena was born on 3 April 1961.^[1]

Career

Piyasena was one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Ampara District at the 2010 parliamentary election. He was elected and entered Parliament.^[2] Piyasena was the first Sinhalese to be elected parliament from a Tamil political party (his father is Sinhalese and his mother is Tamil).^[3][4]

In September 2010 Piyasena defected to the ruling United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA).^[5] He was one of the UPFA's candidates in Ampara District at the 2015 parliamentary election but failed to get re-elected after coming eighth amongst the UPFA candidates.^[6]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Podiappuhamy Piyasena

Election	Constituency	Party	Votes	Result
2010 parliamentary[2]	Ampara District	TNA	11,139	Elected
2015 parliamentary[6]	Ampara District	UPFA	4,901	Not elected

References

1. "Directory of Members: P. Piyasena". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
2. "Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Digamadulla Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
3. Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (17 April 2010). "T.N.A. PERFORMS CREDITABLY IN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka).
4. Chandrapala, Wasantha (18 April 2010). "The 'Sinhalaya' on the TNA ticket". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 18 April 2010.
5. Arthur Wamanan (12 June 2011). "TNA defector will not join TMVP". The Nation (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 12 June 2011.
6. "Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 19 August 2015.