Area claimed for 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 .
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]
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.
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]
Candidate Votes % Sivasambu Brabaakaran Dharshan Gunasingam Ramalingam Karunanithy Balasingham Prabhakaran Sinnapu Victor Rajakulendran Kulasegaram Sanchayan Seran Sribalan Total
Candidate Votes % Janani Balachandran U/C* Elected Dominic Savio Santhiapillai U/C* Elected Thuraisingam Shanmugananthakumar U/C* Elected
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Election was held on 2 May 2010 in Canada to elect 25 members across five districts:[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Candidate Votes % Tharani Prapaharan 4,967 15.50% Elected Thiru S. Thiruchelvam 4,936 15.40% Elected M. K. Eelaventhan 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
Candidate Votes % 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
Candidate Votes % 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
Candidate Votes % 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
[ edit ] Candidate Votes % 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
Election was held on 2 May 2010 in Denmark to elect three members:[ 6] [ 7]
Candidate 1Sjæl 2 Syddan 3 MidtJylland Total % 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 Eligibile Voters c6,500 Turnout c48%
Election was held on 2 May 2010 in France to elect 10 members across eight constituencies:[ 8]
Candidate Votes % Christian Gregory Rajamalar Gunsegaralingam Balachandran Sivaguuru Mahintan Sivasubramaniam
Candidate Votes % Rayappu Arulanantham Collins Mickeal Elected Ramesh Pathmanathan Kirushanthi Sakthithasan Elected
Candidate Votes % Ariyaratnam Kanagasabai Balasundaram Paramanathan Sutharsan Sivagurunathan
Candidate Votes % Balachandran Nagalingam U/C* Elected
Candidate Votes % Thiruchchoti Thirukulasingam Elected Balakanesan Thamotharampillay
Candidate Votes % Subashini Kuruparanathan U/C* Elected
[ edit ] Candidate Votes % Sasikumar Saravanamuththu U/C* Elected
[ edit ] Candidate Votes % Krishanth Tharmendran U/C* Elected
Election was held on 2 May 2010 in Germany to elect one member in one constituency:[ 9] [ 10]
Candidate Votes % Vithiya Jeyasangar 441 70.11% Elected Vazuki Thangarajah 188 29.89% Valid Votes 629 100.00% Rejected Votes 1 Total Polled 630
Candidate Votes % Rajaratnam Jeyachandran U/C* Elected Renuga Logeswaran U/C* Elected
Candidate Votes % Gratian James Alston| Mughunthan Indralingam Subramaniam Paramananthan Thaniga Subramaniam Rasiah Thanabalasundaram Nadarajah Thiruchelvam Valid Votes Rejected Votes Total Polled
Candidate Votes % Paramu Ananthasingam Rajivan Arunasalam Ananther Boopathy–Balavadivetkaran Piriyatharsieni Manoharan Nadarajah Rajendra Selvaratnam Ratnaroopan Valid Votes Rejected Votes Total Polled
Two members across two electorates were elected unopposed:[ 11]
Candidate Votes % Theva Rajan U/C* Elected
Candidate Votes % K. S. Naguleswaran U/C* Elected
Election was held on 2 May 2010 across 17 centres in Norway to elect three members on a nationwide constituency:[ 12]
Candidate Votes % 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%
Election was held on 2 May 2010 in Switzerland to elect 10 members across seven constituencies:[ 13] [ 14]
Candidate Votes % 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%
Candidate Votes % 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%
Candidate Votes % Baskaralingam Mahalingam U/C* Elected
Candidate Votes % Balan Sivapatham 515 44.90% Elected Kanapathipillai Uruthiran 412 35.92% Balachandran Amuthaharan 220 19.18% Total 1,147 100.00%
Candidate Votes % Sukinthan Murugaiah U/C* Elected Rajinithevi Sinnathamby U/C* Elected
Candidate Votes % Srisajeetha Sivarajah 1,002 85.79% Elected Sountharajah Muthukumar 166 14.21% Total 1,168 100.00%
Candidate Votes % Mahenthirampillai Sellathurai 111 50.92% Elected Deivendran Arulanandam 107 49.08% Total 218 100.00%
Election was held on 2 May 2010 in the United Kingdom to elect 20 members across five constituencies:[ 15] [ 16] [ 17]
Candidate Votes % 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%
Candidate Votes % Nicholas Manoranjan U/C* Elected Janarthanan Pulenthiran U/C* Elected
Candidate Votes % David Joseph Paramasivan Karthikesan Jeyashanker Murugiah Namasivayam Sathiyamoorthy Ruthirapathy Sekar Vasuky Somaskanda Vadivelu Surendran Thanikasalam Thayaparan Appathurai Vairavamoorthy
Candidate Votes % Senathirajah Jeyanandamoorthy 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%
Candidate Votes % Vanniyasingam Gunaseelan Reginald Kingston Navaratnam Paramakumaran Logeswaran Sivasubramaiyam Sinnathurai Sriranjan Arumugam Vivekanandarajah
Elections were held on 2 May 2010 in the United States to elect 10 members across nine regions, though eight regions were uncontested:[ 18]
Candidate Votes % Suba Suntharalingam U/C* Elected
Candidate Votes % Jeyaprakash Jeyalingam Elected Sellathurai K. Dhayaparan Total
Candidate Votes % Shan Sundaram U/C* Elected
[ edit ] Candidate Votes % Prabharan Ponnuthurai U/C* Elected
Candidate Votes % Ranjan Selva U/C* Elected
[ edit ] Candidate Votes % Thave Thavendrarajah U/C* Elected
[ edit ] Candidate Votes % Siva Sangary U/C* Elected
[ edit ] Candidate Votes % Alex Doss U/C* Elected
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