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{{Infobox MP
|honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable|Honourable]]
|name = Palani Digambaran
|native_name = பழனி திகாம்பரம்
|native_name_lang = ta
|honorific-suffix = [[Member of Parliament|MP]] [[Member of Provincial Council|MPC]]
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|office1 = Minister of Hill Country, New Villages, Infrastructure and Community Development
|president1 = [[Maithripala Sirisena]]
|primeminister1 = [[Ranil Wickremesinghe]]
|term_start1 = 4 September 2015
|term_end1 =
|predecessor1 =
|successor1 =
|office2 = Minister of Plantation Infrastructure Development
|term_start2 = 12 January 2015
|term_end2 = 17 August 2015
|predecessor2 =
|successor2 =
|office3 = Deputy Minister of National Languages and Social Integration
|term_start3 = 21 August 2014
|term_end3 = 10 December 2014
|predecessor3 =
|successor3 =
|constituency_MP4 = [[Nuwara Eliya Electoral District|Nuwara Eliya District]]
|parliament4 = Sri Lankan
|majority4 =
|term_start4 = 2010
|term_end4 =
|predecessor4 =
|successor4 =
|office5 = Member of the [[Central Provincial Council]] for [[Nuwara Eliya Electoral District|Nuwara Eliya District]]
|term_start5 = 2004
|term_end5 = 2010
|predecessor5 =
|successor5 = G. M. M. Piyasiri
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|01|10|df=yes}}
|birth_place =
|death_date =
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|party = [[National Union of Workers (Sri Lanka)|National Union of Workers]]
|otherparty = [[Tamil Progressive Alliance]]
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|religion = [[Hinduism in Sri Lanka|Hindu]]
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|blank1 = Ethnicity
|data1 = [[Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka|Indian Tamil]]
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'''S. Udeiappan Palani Alagan Digambaran''' ({{lang-ta|எஸ். உடையப்பன் பழனி அழகன் திகாம்பரம்}}; born 10 January 1967) is a [[Sri Lanka]]n politician and government minister. He is the leader of the [[National Union of Workers (Sri Lanka)|National Union of Workers]] (NUW), a member of the [[Tamil Progressive Alliance]] (TPA) and [[United National Front for Good Governance]] (UNFGG).


==Early life==
Digambaran was born on 10 January 1967.<ref>{{cite web|title=Directory of Members: Palany Thigambaram|url=http://www.parliament.lk/en/members-of-parliament/directory-of-members/viewMember/3160|publisher=[[Parliament of Sri Lanka]]}}</ref>

==Career==
Digambaran runs a textile business and is leader of the [[National Union of Workers (Sri Lanka)|National Union of Workers]] (NUW).<ref>{{cite news|title=New faces in Parliament|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100418/News/page8.pdf|work=[[The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=18 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Jeyaraj|first1=D. B. S.|authorlink1=D. B. S. Jeyaraj|title=Decline of Tamil representation outside the North and East|url=http://dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/archives/1446|publisher=dbsjeyaraj.com|date=23 April 2010}}</ref>

Digambaran contested the [[Sri Lankan provincial council election, 2004|2004 provincial council election]] as one of the [[Up-Country People's Front]]'s candidates in [[Nuwara Eliya Electoral District|Nuwara Eliya District]] and was elected to the [[Central Provincial Council]].<ref name=pc04>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/2004Provincial.pdf|title=Results of Provincial Council Elections 2004|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka}}</ref> He was re-elected at the [[Sri Lanka Provincial Council elections, 2008–2009|2009 provincial council election]], this times as a [[United National Front (Sri Lanka)|United National Front]] (UNF) candidate.<ref name=pc09>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/Provincial/2009/Central/district/neliyapref.pdf|title=Preferences Nuwara Eliya|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka}}</ref>

Digambaran contested the [[Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2010|2010 parliamentary election]] as one of the UNF candidates in Nuwara Eliya District and was elected to [[Parliament of Sri Lanka|Parliament]].<ref name=pe10>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/GE2010_preferences/Nuwara%20Eliya_pref_GE2010.pdf|title=Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Nuwara Eliya Preferences|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=General Elections 2010 - Preferential Votes|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100411/News/page1.pdf|work=[[The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=11 April 2010}}</ref> The NUW left the UNF alliance on 22 April 2010 after a dispute over [[National List Member of Parliament|National List]] seats.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/index.php/news/front-page-news/8813.html|title=Workers Union leaves UNF|last=Perera|first=Yohan|date=23 April 2010|publisher=[[Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|accessdate=23 April 2010}}</ref> Digambaran continued to be part of the opposition as an [[Independent politician|independent]] MP.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.island.lk/2010/04/23/news19.html|title=NUW to back govt.|last=Indrajith |first=Saman|date=23 April 2010|publisher=Island, Sri Lanka|accessdate=23 April 2010}}</ref> In August 2013 Digambaran and two others were charged with attempting to acquire 12 [[Perch (unit)|perches]] of land and a vehicle by force from their lawful owner but the case was dropped after the defendants offered to compensate the victim for the vehicle.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Weerasooriya|first1=Ananda|title=Bail approved for Digambaram|url=http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-39699-news-detail-bail-approved-for-digambaram.html|work=[[Ceylon Today]]|date=9 August 2013}}</ref>

Digambaran was appointed Deputy Minister of National Languages and Social Integration on 21 August 2014.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Somawardana|first1=Melissa|title=Prabha Ganesan and Digambaran sworn in as Deputy Ministers|url=http://newsfirst.lk/english/2014/08/praba-ganesan-p-digambaran-sworn-deputy-ministers/50251|work=[[News First]]|date=21 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Two more Deputy Ministers take oaths before President in Si Lanka|url=http://www.colombopage.com/archive_14B/Aug21_1408629270CH.php|work=Colombo Page|date=21 August 2014}}</ref> He resigned from the UPFA government on 10 December 2014 to support common opposition candidate [[Maithripala Sirisena]] at the [[Sri Lankan presidential election, 2015|presidential election]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ferdinando|first1=Shamindra|title=Two deputy ministers quit; CWC suffers split|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=115736|work=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=11 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Srinivasan|first1=Meera|title=2 more MPs leave Rajapaksa government|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/south-asia/2-more-mps-leave-rajapaksa-government/article6680195.ece|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=11 December 2014}}</ref> After the election newly elected [[President of Sri Lanka|President]] Sirisena rewarded Digambaran by appointing him Minister of Plantation Infrastructure Development.<ref>{{cite news|title=New Cabinet ministers sworn in|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/61073/new-cabinet-ministers-sworn-in|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=12 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New Cabinet takes oaths|url=http://www.nation.lk/edition/latest-top-stories/item/37306-new-cabinet-takes-oaths.html|work=[[The Nation (Sri Lanka)]]|date=12 January 2015}}</ref>

Digambaran was one of the [[United National Front for Good Governance]]'s candidates in Nuwara Eliya District at the [[Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2015|2015 parliamentary election]]. He was elected and re-entered Parliament.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Aug/1928_03/1928_03%20E.pdf|date=19 August 2015|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ACT, No. 1 OF 1981|journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary|volume=1928/03}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/83949/ranil-tops-with-over-500-000-votes-in-colombo|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=19 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Preferential Votes|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=political/preferential-votes-2|work=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]]|date=19 August 2015}}</ref> He was sworn in as Minister of Hill Country, New Villages, Infrastructure and Community Development on 4 September 2015.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2015/PDF/Sep/1932_07/1932_07%20E.pdf|date=14 September 2015|title=PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President|journal=[[The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]] Extraordinary|volume=1932/07}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New Cabinet|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/86047/new-cabinet|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=4 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The new Cabinet|url=http://www.ceylontoday.lk/16-102824-news-detail-the-new-cabinet.html|work=[[Ceylon Today]]|date=4 September 2015}}</ref>

==Electoral history==
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| [[Sri Lankan provincial council election, 2004|2004 provincial]]<ref name=pc04/> || [[Nuwara Eliya Electoral District|Nuwara Eliya District]] || [[Up-Country People's Front|UCPF]] || align=right|{{Nts|18387}} || '''Elected'''
| [[Sri Lankan provincial council election, 2004|2004 provincial]]<ref name="pc04">{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/2004Provincial.pdf|title=Results of Provincial Council Elections 2004|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka}}</ref> || [[Nuwara Eliya Electoral District|Nuwara Eliya District]] || [[Up-Country People's Front|UCPF]] || align=right|{{Nts|18387}} || '''Elected'''
|-
|-
| [[Sri Lanka Provincial Council elections, 2008–2009|2009 provincial]]<ref name=pc09/> || [[Nuwara Eliya Electoral District|Nuwara Eliya District]] || [[United National Front (Sri Lanka)|UNF]] || align=right|{{Nts|45229}} || '''Elected'''
| [[Sri Lanka Provincial Council elections, 2008–2009|2009 provincial]]<ref name="pc09">{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/Provincial/2009/Central/district/neliyapref.pdf|title=Preferences Nuwara Eliya|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka}}</ref> || [[Nuwara Eliya Electoral District|Nuwara Eliya District]] || [[United National Front (Sri Lanka)|UNF]] || align=right|{{Nts|45229}} || '''Elected'''
|-
|-
| [[Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2010|2010 parliamentary]]<ref name=pe10/> || [[Nuwara Eliya Electoral District|Nuwara Eliya District]] || [[United National Front (Sri Lanka)|UNF]] || align=right|{{Nts|39490}} || '''Elected'''
| [[Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2010|2010 parliamentary]]<ref name="pe10">{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/GE2010_preferences/Nuwara%20Eliya_pref_GE2010.pdf|title=Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Nuwara Eliya Preferences|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka}}</ref> || [[Nuwara Eliya Electoral District|Nuwara Eliya District]] || [[United National Front (Sri Lanka)|UNF]] || align=right|{{Nts|39490}} || '''Elected'''
|-
|-
| [[Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2015|2015 parliamentary]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Jayakody|first=Pradeep|title=The Comparison of Preferential Votes in 2015 & 2010|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/85309/the-comparison-of-preferential-votes-in-2015-2010|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=28 August 2015}}</ref> || [[Nuwara Eliya Electoral District|Nuwara Eliya District]] || [[United National Front for Good Governance|UNFGG]] || align=right|{{Nts|105528}} || '''Elected'''
| [[Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2015|2015 parliamentary]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Jayakody|first=Pradeep|title=The Comparison of Preferential Votes in 2015 & 2010|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/85309/the-comparison-of-preferential-votes-in-2015-2010|work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=28 August 2015}}</ref> || [[Nuwara Eliya Electoral District|Nuwara Eliya District]] || [[United National Front for Good Governance|UNFGG]] || align=right|{{Nts|105528}} || '''Elected'''

Revision as of 17:14, 25 October 2017

Electoral history of Palani Digambaran
Election Constituency Party Votes Result
2004 provincial[1] Nuwara Eliya District UCPF 18,387 Elected
2009 provincial[2] Nuwara Eliya District UNF 45,229 Elected
2010 parliamentary[3] Nuwara Eliya District UNF 39,490 Elected
2015 parliamentary[4] Nuwara Eliya District UNFGG 105,528 Elected

References

  1. ^ "Results of Provincial Council Elections 2004" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ "Preferences Nuwara Eliya" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  3. ^ "Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Nuwara Eliya Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  4. ^ Jayakody, Pradeep (28 August 2015). "The Comparison of Preferential Votes in 2015 & 2010". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka).
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