R. Yogarajan | |
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| Member of Parliament forColombo District | |
| In office 1994–2000 | |
| Member of Parliament forNational List | |
| In office 2001–2004 | |
| Preceded by | K. Marimuttu |
| In office 2010–2015 | |
| Member of theWestern Provincial Council | |
| In office 1993–1994 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1950-06-13)13 June 1950 (age 75) |
| Political party | United National Party |
| Other political affiliations | United National Front for Good Governance |
| Occupation | Engineer |
Ramaiah Yogarajan (born 13 June 1950) is aSri Lankan engineer, politician, and former Member of Parliament.
Yogarajan was born on 13 June 1950.[1]
Yogarajan was a member of theWestern Provincial Council from 1993 to 1994.[1][2] He contested the1994 parliamentary election as one of theUnited National Party (UNP)'s candidates inColombo District but failed to get elected.[3] However, he enteredParliament following the assassination ofOssie Abeygunasekera andWeerasinghe Mallimarachchi in October 1994.[3][4] He contested the2000 parliamentary election as one of the UNP's candidates in Colombo District but again failed to get elected.[5] However, in July 2001People's AllianceNational List MP K. Marimuttu resigned to take up a diplomatic position and Yogarajan replaced him in Parliament.[5][6]
Yogarajan contested the2001 parliamentary election as one of theUnited National Front (UNF)'s candidates in Colombo District but again failed to get elected.[6] However, after the election he was appointed National List MP by the UNF.[6][7] He contested the2004 parliamentary election as one of the UNF's candidates in Colombo District but failed to get elected after coming twelfth amongst the UNF candidates.[8]
Yogarajan, who was theCeylon Workers' Congress' national organizer, resigned from the party on 30 December 2009 to support common opposition candidateSarath Fonseka at thepresidential election and joined the UNP.[9][10] After the2010 parliamentary election he was appointed National List MP by the UNF.[11][12]
Yogarajan was one of theUnited National Front for Good Governance's candidates inNuwara Eliya District at the2015 parliamentary election but failed to get re-elected after coming 11th amongst the UNFGG candidates.[13][14]
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| 1994 parliamentary | Colombo District | UNP | Not elected | |
| 2000 parliamentary | Colombo District | UNP | Not elected | |
| 2001 parliamentary | Colombo District | UNF | Not elected | |
| 2004 parliamentary[8] | Colombo District | UNF | 39,321 | Not elected |
| 2015 parliamentary[13] | Nuwara Eliya District | UNFGG | 17,225 | Not elected |
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