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- ↑ "General Election 2004 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2010.
- ↑ "TNA parliamentarian Kanagasabai passes away". TamilNet. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
