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. 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:
Constituency 1 (New South Wales) Candidate Votes % Sivasambu Brabaakaran Dharshan Gunasingam Ramalingam Karunanithy Balasingham Prabhakaran Sinnapu Victor Rajakulendran Kulasegaram Sanchayan Seran Sribalan Total
Constituency 2 (Victoria) Candidate Votes % Janani Balachandran U/C* ElectedDominic Savio Santhiapillai U/C* ElectedThuraisingam Shanmugananthakumar U/C* Elected
Constituency 4 (Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania) Candidate Votes % Apiramy Visuvanathan U/C* Elected
Constituency 5 (Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia)
Canada Election was held on 2 May 2010 in Canada to elect 25 members across five districts:
District 1 (Toronto GTA & Vicinities) Candidate Votes % Tharani Prapaharan 4,967 15.50% ElectedThiru S. Thiruchelvam 4,936 15.40% ElectedM. K. Eelaventhan 4,161 12.98% ElectedPon Balarajan 3,777 11.79% ElectedJoe Antony 3,388 10.57% ElectedPiraba 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) Candidate Votes % Vanitha Rajendram 8,451 15.07% ElectedEsan Kulasekaram 7,810 13.92% ElectedWaran Vaithilingam 6,523 11.63% ElectedMariampillai Anjalo Yogendran 6,478 11.55% ElectedSuresh Ratnabalan 6,109 10.89% ElectedSelvanayaki 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) Candidate Votes % Iyampillai (Shan) Shanmuganathan 5,049 16.96% ElectedSuren Mahendran 5,002 16.80% ElectedSam Sangarasivam 4,997 16.79% ElectedRam Sivalingam 4,993 16.77% ElectedBalan Ratnarajah 4,844 16.27% ElectedS. 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) Candidate Votes % Luxan Sivapragasapillai 3,221 14.14% ElectedMaharajah (Nanthan) Nanthakumar 2,818 12.37% ElectedNiruthan Nagalingam 2,794 12.27% ElectedKanthiah Theiventhiran 2,690 11.81% ElectedMajendran (Indran) Raveendran 2,586 11.35% Bhuvan-Endra Nadarajah 2,557 11.22% ElectedManoharan 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) Candidate Votes % Sivasothy Jeyamathy U/C* ElectedNagendra Katpana U/C* ElectedMokanasingham Markandu U/C* ElectedMuthukumarasamy Ratna U/C* ElectedSothinathan Sumughan U/C* Elected
Denmark Election was held on 2 May 2010 in Denmark to elect three members:
Candidate 1Sjælland 2 Syddanmark 3 Midt& NordJylland Totalvotes % Remmon Washington 375 963 1,400 2,738 32.63% ElectedSukenthini Nimalanathan 370 943 1,313 2,626 31.30% ElectedMaheswaran Ponnampalam 338 916 1,296 2,550 30.39% ElectedElayaraj 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 Eligible Voters c6,500 Turnout c48%
France Election was held on 2 May 2010 in France to elect 10 members across eight constituencies:
Constituency 1 (Electoral District 75) Candidate Votes % Christian Gregory Rajamalar Gunsegaralingam Balachandran Sivaguuru Mahintan Sivasubramaniam
Constituency 2 (Electoral District 93) Candidate Votes % Rayappu Arulanantham Collins Mickeal ElectedRamesh Pathmanathan Kirushanthi Sakthithasan Elected
Constituency 3 (Electoral Districts 78 & 95) Candidate Votes % Ariyaratnam Kanagasabai Balasundaram Paramanathan Sutharsan Sivagurunathan
Constituency 4 (Electoral District 94) Candidate Votes % Balachandran Nagalingam U/C* Elected
Constituency 5 (Electoral District 92) Candidate Votes % Thiruchchoti Thirukulasingam ElectedBalakanesan Thamotharampillay
Constituency 6 (Electoral Districts 77 & 91) Candidate Votes % Subashini Kuruparanathan U/C* Elected
Constituency 7 (Northern France) Candidate Votes % Sasikumar Saravanamuththu U/C* Elected
Constituency 8 (Southern France) Candidate Votes % Krishanth Tharmendran U/C* Elected
Germany Election was held on 2 May 2010 in Germany to elect one member in one constituency: Election is due to held on 16 May 2010 to elect seven members in two constituencies.
Constituency 1 (Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Sachsen-Anhalt, Sachsen, Thüringen) Candidate Votes % Vithiya Jeyasangar 441 70.11% ElectedVazuki Thangarajah 188 29.89% Valid Votes 629 100.00% Rejected Votes 1 Total Polled 630
Constituency 2 (Bremen, Hamburg, Niedersachsen, Schleswig-Holstein) Candidate Votes % Rajaratnam Jeyachandran U/C* ElectedRenuga Logeswaran U/C* Elected
Constituency 3 (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Candidate Votes % Gratian James Alston| Mughunthan Indralingam Subramaniam Paramananthan Thaniga Subramaniam Rasiah Thanabalasundaram Nadarajah Thiruchelvam Valid Votes Rejected Votes Total Polled
Constituency 4 (Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland) Candidate Votes % 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:
Electorate 1 (Northern - Auckland) Candidate Votes % Theva Rajan U/C* Elected
Electorate 2 (Southern - Wellington) Candidate Votes % 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:
Candidate Votes % Sivakanesan Thillaiampalam 2,449 ElectedJeyasri Balasubramaniam 2,342 ElectedMurali Sivanandan 2,321 ElectedOthers Total Voters 3,511 Eligible Voters c6,500 Turnout c54%
Switzerland Election was held on 2 May 2010 in Switzerland to elect 10 members across seven constituencies:
Constituency 1 (Bern, Solothurn) Candidate Votes % Suganya Puthirasigamani 1,880 30.99% ElectedSuntharalingam Virakathi 1,846 30.43% ElectedThileepan Krishnasamy 1,367 22.54% Suresh Selvaratnam 973 16.04% Total 6,066 100.00%
Constituency 2 (Zurich, Schaffhausen, Thurgau) Candidate Votes % Jeyam Selvarajah 1,058 29.36% ElectedThayananth Alvaipillai 854 23.70% ElectedSreetharan Ramanathan 645 17.90% Ilango Visvalingam 530 14.71% Devarajah Markandu 517 14.35% Total 3,604 100.00%
Constituency 3 (Basel, Aargau, Jura) Candidate Votes % Baskaralingam Mahalingam U/C* Elected
Constituency 4 (Luzern, Zug, Nidwalden, Uri, Obwalden, Schwyz) Candidate Votes % Balan Sivapatham 515 44.90% ElectedKanapathipillai Uruthiran 412 35.92% Balachandran Amuthaharan 220 19.18% Total 1,147 100.00%
Constituency 5 (Vaud, Valais, Genève, Fribourg, Neuchâtel) Candidate Votes % Sukinthan Murugaiah U/C* ElectedRajinithevi Sinnathamby U/C* Elected
Constituency 6 (Graubünden, Glarus, St. Gallen) Candidate Votes % Srisajeetha Sivarajah 1,002 85.79% ElectedSountharajah Muthukumar 166 14.21% Total 1,168 100.00%
Constituency 7 (Tessin, Ticino) Candidate Votes % Mahenthirampillai Sellathurai 111 50.92% ElectedDeivendran 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:
Constituency 1 (North East London) Candidate Votes % Arththy Arumugam 4,154 16.81% ElectedSasithar Maheswaran 3,796 15.37% ElectedShanmuganathan Kaviraj 3,758 15.21% ElectedSelvarajah Sellathurai 2,796 11.32% ElectedManivannan 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) Candidate Votes % Nicholas Manoranjan U/C* ElectedJanarthanan Pulenthiran U/C* Elected
Constituency 3 (South West London) Candidate Votes % David Joseph Paramasivan Karthikesan Jeyashanker Murugiah Namasivayam Sathiyamoorthy Ruthirapathy Sekar Vasuky Somaskanda Vadivelu Surendran Thanikasalam Thayaparan Appathurai Vairavamoorthy
Constituency 4 (North West London) Candidate Votes % Senathirajah Jeyanandamoorthy 8,357 16.58% ElectedDeluxon Morris 6,334 12.57% ElectedBalambigai Murugadas 5,879 11.67% ElectedLalithasorubiny Pratheeparaj 5,521 10.96% ElectedJeyavani Atchuthan 5,446 10.81% ElectedSugirthakalas 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) Candidate Votes % 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:
Region 1 (New England) Candidate Votes % Suba Suntharalingam U/C* Elected
Region 2 (New York) Candidate Votes % Jeyaprakash Jeyalingam ElectedSellathurai K. Dhayaparan Total
Region 3 (New Jersey) Candidate Votes % Shan Sundaram U/C* Elected
Region 4 (Mid Atlantic) Candidate Votes % Prabharan Ponnuthurai U/C* Elected
Region 5 (South) Candidate Votes % Ranjan Selva U/C* Elected
Region 6 (Mid West) Candidate Votes % Thave Thavendrarajah U/C* Elected
Region 7 (North West) Candidate Votes % Siva Sangary U/C* Elected
Region 8 (South West) Candidate Votes % Alex Doss U/C* Elected
Region 9 (National) Candidate Votes % Gerard Francis U/C* ElectedVisvanathan Rudrakumaran U/C* Elected
See also Tamil Eelam independence referendums, 2009-2010 Vaddukoddai Resolution
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