P. R. Selvanayagam

Hon.
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	10 August 1936 (age 89)
Ethnicity	Sri Lankan Tamil

Preceded byAbdul Lathiff Sinnalebbe

Succeeded byM. L. Ahamed Fareeth

Born10 August 1936 (age 89)

EthnicitySri 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 in his re-election bid at the 1977 parliamentary election after placing fifth.^[3]

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v t e Members of the Sri Lankan Parliament from Batticaloa
Batticaloa Electoral District (1947–1989) Batticaloa Electoral District (since 1989)
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 Ahamed Rizvi Sinnalebbe
Multi-member (since 1989)	(1989–1994): Govinthan Karunakaran Alathipody Gunaseelan Prince Casinader Sam Tambimuttu 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): Abdul Cader Nimalan Soundaranayagam Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana Joseph Pararajasingham S. Ganeshamoorthy (2001–2004): Thambirajah Thangavadivel Gnanamuttu Krishnapillai Joseph Pararajasingham M. L. A. M. Hizbullah M. B. Mohideen Abdul Cader (2004–2010): Thanmanpillai Kanagasabai Thangeswary Kathiraman Senathirajah Jeyanandamoorthy Kingsley Rasanayagam Replaced by Pakkiyaselvam Ariyanethiran Ameer Ali Shihabdeen (2010–2015): M. L. A. M. Hizbullah Seeniththamby Yogeswaran Ponnambalam Selvarasa Pakkiyaselvam Ariyanethiran Basheer Segu Dawood (2015–2020): G. Sirinesan S. Viyalendiran S. Yogeswaran Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana Ameer Ali Shihabdeen (2020–2024): Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan Shanakiya Rasamanickam G. Karunakaran S. Viyalendiran Ahamed Nazeer Zainulabdeen Replaced by Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana (since 2024): Shanakiya Rasamanickam G. Sirinesan Ilaiyathambi Srinath Kandasami Prabhu M. L. A. M. Hizbullah

v t e ← 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)	M. S. Aluthgamage P. G. Ariyatillake Gamini Dissanayake A. G. Fernando Monty Gopallawa A. C. S. Hameed T. B. M. Herath Tamara Kumari Ilangaratne D. M. Jayaratne T. B. Jayasundera U. P. Y. Jinadasa Hector Kobbekaduwa R. Kulatillake H. M. Navaratne E. L. Senanayake Hemachandra Sirisena Piyasena Tennakoon T. B. Tennekoon Richard Udugama P. B. Unantenne J. D. Weerasekera Noel Wimalasena S. B. Yalegama
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 Senerath Somaratne 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)	T. B. Herath A. M. Jinadasa R. B. Ratnamalala A. M. S. Adikari K. B. Ratnayake Maithripala Senanayake Ratna Deshapriya Senanayake P. M. K. Tennakoon Leelaratne Wijesinghe
North Western Province (16)	S. M. Asenkudhoos M. H. Naina Marikkar Tissa Balalla Augustheenu Fonseka Maithripala Herath S. B. Herat S. D. R. Jayaratne L. B. Jayasena G. W. Samarasinghe Tikiri Banda Subasinghe Mudiyanse Tennakoon Protus Tissera P. B. Wettewa D. P. Wickramasinghe M. A. J. Wijesinghe P. Wijesinghe S. Wijewardena
Sabaragamuwa Province (16)	B. A. P. B. Balasuriya Nanda Ellawala Piyadasa Harischandra P. B. G. Kalugalla V. T. G. Karunaratne Sarath Muttetuwegama Vasudeva Nanayakkara N. M. Perera P. R. Ratnayake Mallikka Ellawala Ratwatte Seetha Seneviratne Dudley Senanayake Rukman Senanayake Athauda Seneviratne W. A. A. Sirisena Dharmadasa Wanniarachchi Dhanapala Weerasekera P. O. Wimalanaga
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 Aelian Mahanaga Nanayakkara George Rajapaksa Lakshman Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa Don Roy Rajapakse Senapala Samarasekera Edirisuriya Tennyson B. Y. Tudawe S. A. Wickramasinghe
Uva Province (10)	R. M. Appuhamy W. P. G. Ariyadasa K. Y. M. Wijeratne Banda B. H. Bandara R. M. Bandara W. M. R. S. B. Delungahawatta A. M. Jayawardena S. A. S. Somapala Raja Welegama D. D. E. Wickremaratne
Western Province (35)	Kusala Abhayawardana Felix Dias Bandaranaike Sirimavo Bandaranaike A. T. Basnayake I. A. Cader Falil Caffoor Somaweera Chandrasiri Dharmasena Attygalle Wimalasiri de Mel Colvin R. de Silva K. C. de Silva Wijayapala Mendis Denzil Fernando Cholomondeley Goonewardene Leslie Goonewardene Vivienne Goonewardene Chandra Gunasekera T. B. Ilangaratne Lakshman Jayakody Bonnie Jayasuriya 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 Herbert Wickramasinghe Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Appointed (6)	Abdul Aziz M. D. S. Jayawardene S. S. Kulatileke Badi-ud-din Mahmud J. E. J. Rodrigo M. C. Subramaniam Chelliah Kumarasuriyar *Appointed MPs were abolished in 1972 by the First Republican Constitution

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 89)
Ethnicity	Sri Lankan Tamil

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