Solomon Cyril
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Solomon Soosaipillai Cyril is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament.
Cyril was a candidate in Jaffna District
but failed to get elected. However, Cyril entered Parliament in April 2008 following the murder of K. Sivanesan
MP in March 2008.
Cyril was not selected as a Tamil National Alliance
candidate for the April 2010 parliamentary election
.
Political career
At the April 2004 parliamentary electionSri Lankan parliamentary election, 2004
Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on 2 April 2004. The ruling United National Party of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was defeated, winning only eighty two seats in the 225-member Sri Lankan parliament. The opposition United People's Freedom Alliance won 105 seats...
Cyril was a candidate in Jaffna District
Jaffna Electoral District
Jaffna Electoral District is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district covers the administrative districts of Jaffna and Kilinochchi in the Northern province...
but failed to get elected. However, Cyril entered Parliament in April 2008 following the murder of K. Sivanesan
K. Sivanesan
Kiddinan Sivanesan was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament. He was killed by a roadside bomb placed by the Sri Lanka Army's Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol .-Early life:...
MP in March 2008.
Cyril was not selected as a Tamil National Alliance
Tamil National Alliance
The Tamil National Alliance is a powerful minority Sri Lankan Tamil political alliance in Sri Lanka. It was formed as an amalgamation of moderate Tamil parties as well as number of former rebel groups...
candidate for the April 2010 parliamentary election
Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2010
The 2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election was held on April 8 and April 20, 2010, to elect 225 members to Sri Lanka's 14th Parliament. 14,088,500 Sri Lankans were eligible to vote in the election at 11,102 polling stations...
.