2010 Transnational Constituent Assembly of Tamil Eelam election explained
See main article: Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam. In 2010 elections were held in Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora communities to elect members to the first Transnational Constituent Assembly of Tamil Eelam.
Background
One of the main recommendations of the Advisory Committee on the Formation of a Provisional Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam was that a Transnational Constituent Assembly be formed consisting of 135 members.[1] Of these, 115 would be elected and the remaining 20 shall consist of delegates selected by the elected assembly to represent regions where elections aren't feasible.
The distribution of the 115 elected representatives is: Australia 10; Benelux 3; Canada 25; Denmark 3; Finland 1; France 10; Germany 10; Ireland 1; Italy 3; New Zealand 2; Norway 3; South Africa 3; Sweden 1; Switzerland 10; UK 20; and USA 10.
The distribution of the 20 appointed delegates is: Caribbean & South America 1; India 5; Malaysia 3; Mauritius 1; Middle East 2; Oceania 1; Rest of Africa 1; Rest of Asia 1; Rest of Europe 1; Singapore 2; and South Africa 2.
Working groups were established in countries with significant diaspora communities to organise elections.
Results
Australia
Election is due to held on 22 May 2010 to elect four members in one constituency (NSW). Five members from three constituencies have already been elected unopposed:[2]
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Sivasambu Brabaakaran | | | |
Dharshan Gunasingam | | | |
Ramalingam Karunanithy | | | |
Balasingham Prabhakaran | | | |
Sinnapu Victor Rajakulendran | | | |
Kulasegaram Sanchayan | | | |
Seran Sribalan | | | |
Total | | | | |
Constituency 2 (Victoria)
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Janani Balachandran | U/C* | | Elected |
Dominic Savio Santhiapillai | U/C* | | Elected |
Thuraisingam Shanmugananthakumar | U/C* | | Elected | |
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| U/C* | | Elected | |
Canada
Election was held on 2 May 2010 in Canada to elect 25 members across five districts:[3] [4] [5]
District 1 (Toronto GTA & Vicinities)
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Tharani Prapaharan | 4,967 | 15.50% | Elected |
Thiru S. Thiruchelvam | 4,936 | 15.40% | Elected |
| 4,161 | 12.98% | Elected |
Pon Balarajan | 3,777 | 11.79% | Elected |
Joe Antony | 3,388 | 10.57% | Elected |
Piraba Nalliah | 3,175 | 9.91% | |
Deva Sabapathy | 2,754 | 8.59% | |
Sri Bavan Sri-Skanda-Rajah | 2,691 | 8.40% | |
Nimal Vinayagamoorthy | 2,197 | 6.86% | |
Total | 32,046 | 100.00% | |
Valid Votes | 7,004 | | |
Rejected Votes | 2 | | |
Total Polled | 7,006 | | | |
District 2 (Eastern Ontario)
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Vanitha Rajendram | 8,451 | 15.07% | Elected |
Esan Kulasekaram | 7,810 | 13.92% | Elected |
Waran Vaithilingam | 6,523 | 11.63% | Elected |
Mariampillai Anjalo Yogendran | 6,478 | 11.55% | Elected |
Suresh Ratnabalan | 6,109 | 10.89% | Elected |
Selvanayaki Sridas | 4,632 | 8.26% | |
Vin Mahalingam | 3,845 | 6.85% | |
R. Rajkumar Nada | 3,692 | 6.58% | |
Jeyabalan Alagaratnam | 3,594 | 6.41% | |
Srisangar (Shean) Sinnarajah | 2,541 | 4.53% | |
Henry Kirupairajah | 2,420 | 4.31% | |
Total | 56,095 | 100.00% | |
Valid Votes | 12,021 | | |
Rejected Votes | 5 | | |
Total Polled | 12,026 | | | |
District 3 (Western Ontario)
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Iyampillai (Shan) Shanmuganathan | 5,049 | 16.96% | Elected |
Suren Mahendran | 5,002 | 16.80% | Elected |
Sam Sangarasivam | 4,997 | 16.79% | Elected |
Ram Sivalingam | 4,993 | 16.77% | Elected |
Balan Ratnarajah | 4,844 | 16.27% | Elected |
S. M. Thanapalan Marakandu | 2,501 | 8.40% | |
Charles Devasagayam | 2,382 | 8.00% | |
Total | 29,768 | 100.00% | |
Valid Votes | 6,617 | | |
Rejected Votes | 4 | | |
Total Polled | 6,621 | | | |
District 4 (Quebec & Eastern Canada)
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Luxan Sivapragasapillai | 3,221 | 14.14% | Elected |
Maharajah (Nanthan) Nanthakumar | 2,818 | 12.37% | Elected |
Niruthan Nagalingam | 2,794 | 12.27% | Elected |
Kanthiah Theiventhiran | 2,690 | 11.81% | Elected |
Majendran (Indran) Raveendran | 2,586 | 11.35% | |
Bhuvan-Endra Nadarajah | 2,557 | 11.22% | Elected |
Manoharan Majooran | 2,435 | 10.69% | |
Muthuckumaru Sivananthan | 1,886 | 8.28% | |
Roy Yarl Vaanan Wignarajah | 1,793 | 7.87% | |
Total | 22,780 | 100.00% | |
Valid Votes | | | |
Rejected Votes | | | |
Total Polled | 5,491 | | | |
District 5 (Western Canada)
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Sivasothy Jeyamathy | U/C* | | Elected |
Nagendra Katpana | U/C* | | Elected |
Mokanasingham Markandu | U/C* | | Elected |
Muthukumarasamy Ratna | U/C* | | Elected |
Sothinathan Sumughan | U/C* | | Elected | |
Denmark
Election was held on 2 May 2010 in Denmark to elect three members:[6] [7]
align=left width="210" valign=bottom | Candidate ! | align=left width="50" valign=bottom | 1Sjæl land ! | align=left width="50" valign=bottom | 2 Syddan mark ! | align=left width="50" valign=bottom | 3 Midt & Nord Jylland ! | align=left width="50" valign=bottom | Total Votes ! | align=left width="40" valign=bottom | % ! | align=left width="50" valign=bottom | |
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Remmon Washington | 375 | 963 | 1,400 | 2,738 | 32.63% | Elected |
Sukenthini Nimalanathan | 370 | 943 | 1,313 | 2,626 | 31.30% | Elected |
Maheswaran Ponnampalam | 338 | 916 | 1,296 | 2,550 | 30.39% | Elected |
Elayaraj Kannan Sithamparanathan | 43 | 122 | 311 | 476 | 5.67% | |
Total | 1,126 | 2,944 | 4,320 | 8,390 | 100.00% | |
Valid Votes | 385 | 1,054 | 1,605 | 3,044 | | |
Rejected Votes | 8 | 25 | 25 | 58 | | |
Total Polled | 393 | 1,079 | 1,630 | 3,102 | | |
align=left colspan=4 | Eligibile Voters | c6,500 | | |
align=left colspan=4 | Turnout | c48% | | | |
France
Election was held on 2 May 2010 in France to elect 10 members across eight constituencies:[8]
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Christian Gregory | | | |
Rajamalar Gunsegaralingam | | | |
Balachandran Sivaguuru | | | |
Mahintan Sivasubramaniam | | | | |
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Rayappu Arulanantham | | | |
Collins Mickeal | | | Elected |
Ramesh Pathmanathan | | | |
Kirushanthi Sakthithasan | | | Elected | |
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Ariyaratnam Kanagasabai | | | |
Balasundaram Paramanathan | | | |
Sutharsan Sivagurunathan | | | | |
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Balachandran Nagalingam | U/C* | | Elected | |
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Thiruchchoti Thirukulasingam | | | Elected |
Balakanesan Thamotharampillay | | | | |
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Subashini Kuruparanathan | U/C* | | Elected | |
Constituency 7 (Northern France)
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Sasikumar Saravanamuththu | U/C* | | Elected | |
Constituency 8 (Southern France)
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Krishanth Tharmendran | U/C* | | Elected | |
Germany
Election was held on 2 May 2010 in Germany to elect one member in one constituency:[9] [10] Election is due to held on 16 May 2010 to elect seven members in two constituencies.
align=left width="200" | Candidate ! | align=left width="50" | Votes ! | align=left width="40" | % ! | align=left width="50" | |
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Vithiya Jeyasangar | 441 | 70.11% | Elected |
Vazuki Thangarajah | 188 | 29.89% | |
Valid Votes | 629 | 100.00% | |
Rejected Votes | 1 | | |
Total Polled | 630 | | | |
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Rajaratnam Jeyachandran | U/C* | | Elected |
Renuga Logeswaran | U/C* | | Elected | |
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Gratian James Alston | | | | | - | Mughunthan Indralingam | | | |
Subramaniam Paramananthan | | | |
Thaniga Subramaniam | | | |
Rasiah Thanabalasundaram | | | |
Nadarajah Thiruchelvam | | | |
Valid Votes | | | |
Rejected Votes | | | |
Total Polled | | | | |
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Paramu Ananthasingam | | | |
Rajivan Arunasalam | | | |
Ananther Boopathy–Balavadivetkaran | | | |
Piriyatharsieni Manoharan | | | |
Nadarajah Rajendra | | | |
Selvaratnam Ratnaroopan | | | |
Valid Votes | | | |
Rejected Votes | | | |
Total Polled | | | | |
New Zealand
Two members across two electorates were elected unopposed:[11]
Electorate 1 (Northern - Auckland)
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Theva Rajan | U/C* | | Elected | |
Electorate 2 (Southern - Wellington)
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K. S. Naguleswaran | U/C* | | Elected | |
Norway
Election was held on 2 May 2010 across 17 centres in Norway to elect three members on a nationwide constituency:[12]
align=left width="200" | Candidate ! | align=left width="50" | Votes ! | align=left width="40" | % ! | align=left width="50" | |
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Sivakanesan Thillaiampalam | 2,449 | | Elected |
Jeyasri Balasubramaniam | 2,342 | | Elected |
Murali Sivanandan | 2,321 | | Elected |
Others | | | |
Total | | | |
Voters | 3,511 | | |
Eligibile Voters | c6,500 | | |
Turnout | c54% | | | |
Switzerland
Election was held on 2 May 2010 in Switzerland to elect 10 members across seven constituencies:[13] [14]
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Suganya Puthirasigamani | 1,880 | 30.99% | Elected |
Suntharalingam Virakathi | 1,846 | 30.43% | Elected |
Thileepan Krishnasamy | 1,367 | 22.54% | |
Suresh Selvaratnam | 973 | 16.04% | |
Total | 6,066 | 100.00% | | |
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Jeyam Selvarajah | 1,058 | 29.36% | Elected |
Thayananth Alvaipillai | 854 | 23.70% | Elected |
Sreetharan Ramanathan | 645 | 17.90% | |
Ilango Visvalingam | 530 | 14.71% | |
Devarajah Markandu | 517 | 14.35% | |
Total | 3,604 | 100.00% | | |
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align=left valign=top | Baskaralingam Mahalingam | valign=top | U/C* | | align=left valign=top | Elected | |
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Balan Sivapatham | 515 | 44.90% | Elected |
Kanapathipillai Uruthiran | 412 | 35.92% | |
Balachandran Amuthaharan | 220 | 19.18% | |
Total | 1,147 | 100.00% | | |
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Sukinthan Murugaiah | U/C* | | Elected |
Rajinithevi Sinnathamby | U/C* | | Elected | |
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Srisajeetha Sivarajah | 1,002 | 85.79% | Elected |
Sountharajah Muthukumar | 166 | 14.21% | |
Total | 1,168 | 100.00% | | |
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Mahenthirampillai Sellathurai | 111 | 50.92% | Elected |
Deivendran Arulanandam | 107 | 49.08% | |
Total | 218 | 100.00% | | |
United Kingdom
Election was held on 2 May 2010 in the United Kingdom to elect 20 members across five constituencies:[15] [16] [17]
Constituency 1 (North East London)
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Arththy Arumugam | 4,154 | 16.81% | Elected |
Sasithar Maheswaran | 3,796 | 15.37% | Elected |
Shanmuganathan Kaviraj | 3,758 | 15.21% | Elected |
Selvarajah Sellathurai | 2,796 | 11.32% | Elected |
Manivannan Pathmanabhan | 2,608 | 10.56% | |
Vasuki Muruhathas | 2,006 | 8.12% | |
Arumugam Kandiah Manoharan | 1,956 | 7.92% | |
Senthinathan Suntherampillai | 990 | 4.01% | |
Total | 24,705 | 100.00% | | |
Constituency 2 (South East London)
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Nicholas Manoranjan | U/C* | | Elected |
Janarthanan Pulenthiran | U/C* | | Elected | |
Constituency 3 (South West London)
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David Joseph | | | |
Paramasivan Karthikesan | | | |
Jeyashanker Murugiah | | | |
Namasivayam Sathiyamoorthy | | | |
Ruthirapathy Sekar | | | |
Vasuky Somaskanda | | | |
Vadivelu Surendran | | | |
Thanikasalam Thayaparan | | | |
Appathurai Vairavamoorthy | | | | |
Constituency 4 (North West London)
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| 8,357 | 16.58% | Elected |
Deluxon Morris | 6,334 | 12.57% | Elected |
Balambigai Murugadas | 5,879 | 11.67% | Elected |
Lalithasorubiny Pratheeparaj | 5,521 | 10.96% | Elected |
Jeyavani Atchuthan | 5,446 | 10.81% | Elected |
Sugirthakalas Gobiratnam | 4,959 | 9.84% | |
Sugantha Mala Radhakrishnan | 3,988 | 7.91% | |
Nimalan Seevaratnam | 3,678 | 7.30% | |
Sockalingam Yogalingam | 2,739 | 5.44% | |
Sivapoosam Sukumar | 1,753 | 3.48% | |
Sivasambu Sivarajah | 1,741 | 3.45% | |
Total | 50,395 | 100.00% | | |
Constituency 5 (Outside London)
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Vanniyasingam Gunaseelan | | | |
Reginald Kingston | | | |
Navaratnam Paramakumaran | | | |
Logeswaran Sivasubramaiyam | | | |
Sinnathurai Sriranjan | | | |
Arumugam Vivekanandarajah | | | | |
United States
Elections were held on 2 May 2010 in the United States to elect 10 members across nine regions, though eight regions were uncontested:[18]
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Suba Suntharalingam | U/C* | | Elected | |
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Jeyaprakash Jeyalingam | | | Elected |
Sellathurai K. Dhayaparan | | | |
Total | | | | |
Region 3 (New Jersey)
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Shan Sundaram | U/C* | | Elected | |
Region 4 (Mid Atlantic)
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Prabharan Ponnuthurai | U/C* | | Elected | |
Region 5 (South)
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Ranjan Selva | U/C* | | Elected | |
Region 6 (Mid West)
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Thave Thavendrarajah | U/C* | | Elected | |
Region 7 (North West)
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Siva Sangary | U/C* | | Elected | |
Region 8 (South West)
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Alex Doss | U/C* | | Elected | |
Region 9 (National)
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Gerard Francis | U/C* | | Elected |
| U/C* | | Elected | |
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Formation of a Provisional Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam: Final report based on the study by the Advisory Committee. 15 March 2010. Provisional Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam. 9 May 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100428004020/http://govtamileelam.org/gov/index.php/component/ftpsystem/?func=download&file=TGTE_AC_Report_English.pdf. 28 April 2010. dead. dmy-all.
- Web site: Election of Representatives from Australia to the Constituent Assembly of Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam. TGTE Australia. 15 May 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100510073710/http://www.tgte-au.info/TGTE_AUSTRALIA.html. 10 May 2010. dead. dmy-all.
- Web site: Election Results. Committee for the Formation of a Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam - Canada. 9 May 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100506022842/http://www.cptgte.org/cptgte/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=144&Itemid=319. 6 May 2010. dead. dmy-all.
- News: 31,000 vote in Canadian TGTE elections. 3 May 2010. TamilNet. 9 May 2010.
- News: Tamils' transnational elections 'an experiment in democracy' . Reinhart. Anthony. 1 May 2010. The Globe and Mail. 9 May 2010.
- Web site: Committee for the formation of a Provisional Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam. Committee for the formation of a Provisional Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam. 9 May 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100429091809/http://tamilvalg.dk/tgte/. 29 April 2010. dead. dmy-all.
- News: Eezham Tamils in Denmark elect 3 representatives for TGTE. 3 May 2010. TamilNet. 9 May 2010.
- News: Third party required to resolve TGTE election dispute in France. TamilNet. 12 May 2010. 15 May 2010.
- Web site: Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam - Germany. Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam - Germany. 9 May 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100417084311/http://www.tgte-germany.de/. 17 April 2010. dead. dmy-all.
- News: Germany elects first representative for TGTE. 4 May 2010. TamilNet. 9 May 2010.
- News: TGTE member from New Zealand speaks on Vaddukkoaddai Resolution. TamilNet. 10 May 2010. 9 May 2010.
- News: Candidates of common opinion elected in Norway for TGTE. 3 May 2010. TamilNet. 9 May 2010.
- Web site: Country Working Group for the Formation of a Provisional Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam - Swiss. Country Working Group for the Formation of a Provisional Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam - Swiss. 9 May 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100425041856/http://www.tgte-swiss.ch/. 25 April 2010. dead. dmy-all.
- News: TGTE election results for Switzerland announced. 3 May 2010. TamilNet. 9 May 2010.
- Web site: Results - TGTE Election 02-05-2010. Election Commission for the Formation of a Provisional Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam. 9 May 2010.
- News: Jeyananthamoorthy tops TGTE list in UK. 3 May 2010. TamilNet. 9 May 2010.
- News: Cancellation tactics make potential candidates withdraw from TGTE elections. TamilNet. 11 May 2010. 15 May 2010.
- Web site: Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam - Election Commission of the United States. Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam - Election Commission of the United States. 9 May 2010.