title: K. Thurairetnasingam
text: # K. Thurairetnasingam
  
  Kathirgamathamby Thurairetnasingam (Tamil: கதிர்காமத்தம்பி துரைரத்தினசிங்கம்; 4 January 1941 – 17 May 2021) was a Sri Lankan Tamil civil servant, politician and Member of Parliament.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Thurairetnasingam was born on 4 January 1941.
  
  ## Career
  
  Thurairetnasingam was a Divisional Director of Education.
  
  Thurairetnasingam was one of the Tamil National Alliance's (TNA) candidates in Trincomalee District at the 2001 parliamentary election but failed to get elected after coming second amongst the TNA candidates. However, in June 2002 he entered Parliament when he was appointed a National List Member of Parliament for the TNA, replacing M. Sivasithamparam who had died on 5 June 2002. He was one of the TNA's candidates in Trincomalee District at the 2004 parliamentary election. He was elected and re-entered Parliament. Thurairetnasingam did not contest the 2010 parliamentary election for personal reasons.
  
  Thurairetnasingam was one of the TNA's candidates in Trincomalee District at the 2015 parliamentary election but failed to get elected after coming second amongst the TNA candidates. However, after the election he was appointed a TNA National List MP in Parliament.
  
  ## Death
  
  Thurairetnasingam died from COVID-19 on 17 May 2021, aged 80.
  
  ## Electoral history
  
  Electoral history of K. Thurairetnasingam :
  
  | Election | Constituency | Party | Votes | Result |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2001 parliamentary | Trincomalee District | TNA | | Not elected |
  | 2004 parliamentary | Trincomalee District | TNA | 34,773 | Elected |
  | 2015 parliamentary | Trincomalee District | TNA | 14,779 | Not elected |
  