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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]

Electoral history of G. Karunakaran
Election Constituency Party Alliance Votes Result
1989 parliamentary[4] Batticaloa District Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization ENDLF/EPRLF/TELO/TULF 25,651 Elected
2012 provincial[11] Batticaloa District Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization Tamil National Alliance 16,536 Elected
2015 parliamentary Batticaloa District Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization Tamil National Alliance Not elected
2020 parliamentary[10] Batticaloa District Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization Tamil National Alliance 26,382 Elected

References

  1. ^ a b "Directory of Members: Govindan Karunakaram". Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka: Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e de Silva, W. P. P.; Ferdinando, T. C. L. 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka (PDF). Colombo Sri Lanka: Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. p. 268. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 June 2015.
  3. ^ Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (8 August 2020). "TNA suffers electoral setback in North and East polls". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Results of Parliamentary General Election – 1989" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Election Commission of Sri Lanka. p. 33. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Preferential votes". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Eastern Province Chief Minister assumes duties". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 30 September 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - The Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 1923/3. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 13 July 2015. p. 269A. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  8. ^ "Ranil tops with over 500,000 votes in Colombo". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Part I : Section (I) — General - Government Notifications - Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. No. 2187/26. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 8 August 2020. p. 6A. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  10. ^ a b "General Election 2020: Preferential votes of Batticaloa District". Ceylon Today. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2020. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Batticaloa preferences" (PDF). Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Department of Elections. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2014.


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