G. Karunakaran
Govinthan Karunakaran (alias Jana) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician, provincial councillor and former Member of Parliament.
G. Karunakaran | |
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Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Batticaloa District | |
In office 1989–1994 | |
Member of the Eastern Provincial Council for Batticaloa District | |
Assumed office 2012 | |
Personal details | |
Political party | Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization |
Other political affiliations | Tamil National Alliance |
Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Karunakaran contested the 1989 parliamentary election as one of the Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization's candidates in Batticaloa District and was elected to Parliament.[1] He contested the 2012 provincial council election as one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Batticaloa District and was elected to the Eastern Provincial Council (EPC).[2] 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.[3]
References
- "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1989" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009.
- "Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2014.
- "Eastern Province Chief Minister assumes duties". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 30 September 2012.
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