M. K. Shivajilingam
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Honourable M. K. Shivajilingam MP MPC |
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| ம. க. சிவாஜிலிங்கம் | |
| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Jaffna District |
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In office 2001–2010 |
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| Member of the Northern Provincial Council for Jaffna District | |
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Assumed office 2013 |
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| Member of Valvettithurai Urban Council | |
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In office 2011–2013 |
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| Political party | Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization |
| Other political affiliations |
Tamil National Alliance |
| Religion | Hindu |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Mahalingam Kanagalingam Shivajilingam (Tamil: மகாலிங்கம் கனகலிங்கம் சிவாஜிலிங்கம்) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician, provincial councillor and former Member of Parliament.
Shivajilingam is from Valvettithurai in northern Sri Lanka. He is a distant relative of V. Prabhakaran, leader of the militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
Shivajilingam is a member of Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO). He served as chairman of Valvettithurai Urban Council.
On 20 October 2001 the All Ceylon Tamil Congress, Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front, TELO and Tamil United Liberation Front formed the Tamil National Alliance (TNA). Shivajilingam was one of the TNA's candidates in Jaffna District at the 2001 parliamentary election. He was elected and entered Parliament. He was re-elected at the 2004 parliamentary election.
Shivajilingam contested the 2010 presidential election as an independent candidate. He came ninth after securing 9,662 votes (0.09%). In 2010 Shivajilingam left TELO and TNA. He subsequently formed the Tamil National Liberation Alliance (TNLA) with other dissident members of the TNA. Shivajilingam was one of the LLF/TNLA alliance's candidates in Jaffna District at the 2010 parliamentary election but the alliance failed to win any seats in Parliament. In June 2011 TNLA was dissolved and Shivajilingam rejoined TELO and TNA.
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