G. Karunakaran Explained

Honorific-Prefix:	Hon.
G. Karunakaran
Native Name:	Tamil: கோ. கருணாகரன் ගෝවින්දන් කරුණාකරන්
Honorific-Suffix:	MP
Office1:	Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Term Start1:	2020
Term Start2:	1989
Term End2:	1994
Office3:	Member of the Eastern Provincial Council
Term Start3:	2012
Term End3:	2017
Birth Name:	Govinthan Karunakaran
Birth Date:	1 October 1963
Party:	Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization
Otherparty:	Tamil National Alliance

Govinthan Karunakaran (Tamil: கோவிந்தன் கருணாகரன்; born 1 October 1963), also known by the alias Jana (Tamil: ஜனா), is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician, former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.^[1]

Karunakaran was born on 1 October 1963.^{[1] [2]} He was educated at Cheddipalayam Maha Vidyalayam and St. Michael's College National School.^[2] Following the Black July anti-Tamil riots he left school in August 1983 and in November 1983 he joined Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO), a Tamil militant group.^{[2] [3]} He received Guerrilla warfare training and June 1987 became TELO's regional leader in Ampara District and Batticaloa District.^[2] Later he became general-secretary of TELO.^[2]

Karunakaran contested the 1989 parliamentary election as one of the ENDLF/EPRLF/TELO/TULF electoral alliance's candidates in Batticaloa District and was elected to the Parliament.^[4] He contested the 2012 provincial council election as one of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) electoral alliance's candidates in Batticaloa District and was elected to the Eastern Provincial Council.^[5] Karunakaran and the other newly elected TNA provincial councillors took their oaths on 28 September 2012 in front of TNA leader and Member of Parliament R. Sampanthan.^[6]

Karunakaran contested the 2015 parliamentary election as one of the TNA's candidates in Batticaloa District but failed to get elected.^{[7] [8]} He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a TNA candidate in Batticaloa District and was re-elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.^{[9] [10]}

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Constituency	scope=col colspan="2"	Party	scope=col colspan="2"	Alliance	scope=col	Votes	scope=col	Result
							Elected
2012 provincial^[11]							Elected
							Not elected
							Elected

Notes and References

1. Web site: Directory of Members: Govindan Karunakaram . . 13 September 2020 . Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka.
2. Book: de Silva . W. P. P. . Ferdinando . T. C. L. . 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka . . Colombo Sri Lanka . 268 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150623233447/http://noolaham.net/project/148/14715/14715.pdf . 23 June 2015.
3. News: Jeyaraj . D. B. S. . TNA suffers electoral setback in North and East polls . 13 September 2020 . . 8 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
4. Web site: Results of Parliamentary General Election – 1989 . . 13 September 2020 . Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka . 33.
5. News: Preferential votes . 13 September 2020 . . 10 September 2012 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
6. News: Eastern Province Chief Minister assumes duties . 13 September 2020 . . 30 September 2012 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
7. Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - The Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981 . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 13 July 2015 . 1923/3 . 269A . 11 August 2015 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
8. News: Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo . 13 September 2020 . . 19 August 2015 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
9. Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981 . The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary . 8 August 2020 . 2187/26 . 6A . 9 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
10. News: General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Batticaloa District . 13 September 2020 . . 7 August 2020 . Colombo, Sri Lanka . 27 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201027100203/https://ceylontoday.lk/news/general-election-2020-preferential-votes-of-batticaloa-district . dead .
11. Web site: Batticaloa preferences . . https://web.archive.org/web/20140429080234/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/ele_2012/Candidates/Batticaloa%20preference.pdf . 29 April 2014 . Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka . 1.