Pathmini Sithamparanathan is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician

Politician

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 and former Member of Parliament

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In 2004 Pathmini was selected by the Tamil Tigers as a Tamil National Alliance

Tamil National Alliance

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 (TNA) parliamentary candidate. Pathmini represented the Jaffna

Jaffna Electoral District

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 multi-member electoral district

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 for the TNA in the Sri Lankan Parliament between April 2004

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 and February 2010.

In 2010, after the Tamil Tigers' defeat in the civil war

Sri Lankan civil war

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, the TNA deselected most of its Tamil Tiger appointed MPs, including Pathmini. She subsequently joined the newly formed Tamil National People's Front

Tamil National People's Front

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 (TNPF) and stood as one of its candidates in Jaffna District in the 2010 parliamentary election

Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2010

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. The TNPF failed to win any seats in Parliament.