Vijayakala Maheswaran
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Vijayakala Maheswaran is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician
and Member of Parliament
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Vijayakala has represented the Jaffna
multi-member electoral district
for the United National Front in the Sri Lankan Parliament since April 2010
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Vijayakala is the widow of murdered MP Thiyagarajah Maheswaran
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Politician
A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
and Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
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Vijayakala has represented the Jaffna
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...
multi-member electoral district
Electoral districts in Sri Lanka
The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka provides for the election of members of Parliament from 22 multi-member electoral districts through the proportional representation electoral system....
for the United National Front in the Sri Lankan Parliament since April 2010
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...
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Vijayakala is the widow of murdered MP Thiyagarajah Maheswaran
T. Maheswaran
T. Maheswaran was an ethnic Tamil Sri Lankan Member of Parliament from Colombo. He belonged to the main opposition United National Party and was critic of Rajapakse government's war against Tamil rebels...
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