G. Karunakaran | |
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கோ. கருணாகரன் ගෝවින්දන් කරුණාකරන් | |
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka | |
Assumed office 2020 | |
Constituency | Batticaloa District |
In office 1989–1994 | |
Constituency | Batticaloa District |
Member of the Eastern Provincial Council | |
In office 2012–2017 | |
Constituency | Batticaloa District |
Personal details | |
Born | Govinthan Karunakaran 1 October 1963 |
Political party | Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization |
Other political affiliations | Tamil National Alliance |
Govinthan Karunakaran (Tamil :கோவிந்தன்கருணாகரன்;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]
Election | Constituency | Party | Alliance | Votes | Result | ||
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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 |
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