2010 Transnational Constituent Assembly of Tamil Eelam election

Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam January 2020 September 2025 September 2025thumb|200px|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. 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.http://govtamileelam.org/gov/index.php/component/ftpsystem/?func=download&file=TGTE_AC_Report_English.pdf Formation of a Provisional Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam: Final report based on the study by the Advisory Committee 15 March 2010 Provisional Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam 9 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100428004020/http://govtamileelam.org/gov/index.php/component/ftpsystem/?func=download&file=TGTE_AC_Report_English.pdf 28 April 2010 dead dmy-all 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.September 2025 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.September 2025 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.September 2025 Working groups were established in countries with significant diaspora communities to organise elections.September 2025 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:http://www.tgte-au.info/TGTE_AUSTRALIA.html Election of Representatives from Australia to the Constituent Assembly of Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam TGTE Australia 15 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100510073710/http://www.tgte-au.info/TGTE_AUSTRALIA.html 10 May 2010 dead dmy-all 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) January 2011 Canada Election was held on 2 May 2010 in Canada to elect 25 members across five districts:http://www.cptgte.org/cptgte/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=144&Itemid=319 Election Results Committee for the Formation of a Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam - Canada 9 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100506022842/http://www.cptgte.org/cptgte/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=144&Itemid=319 6 May 2010 dead dmy-allhttp://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31671 31,000 vote in Canadian TGTE elections 3 May 2010 TamilNet 9 May 2010https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/tamils-transnational-elections-an-experiment-in-democracy/article1553373/ Tamils' transnational elections 'an experiment in democracy' Reinhart Anthony 1 May 2010 The Globe and Mail 9 May 2010 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:http://tamilvalg.dk/tgte/ Committee for the formation of a Provisional Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam Committee for the formation of a Provisional Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam 9 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100429091809/http://tamilvalg.dk/tgte/ 29 April 2010 dead dmy-allhttp://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31666 Eezham Tamils in Denmark elect 3 representatives for TGTE 3 May 2010 TamilNet 9 May 2010 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:Third party required to resolve TGTE election dispute in France http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=31742 TamilNet 12 May 2010 15 May 2010 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:http://www.tgte-germany.de/ Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam - Germany Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam - Germany 9 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100417084311/http://www.tgte-germany.de/ 17 April 2010 dead dmy-allhttp://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31677 Germany elects first representative for TGTE 4 May 2010 TamilNet 9 May 2010 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:http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31722 TGTE member from New Zealand speaks on Vaddukkoaddai Resolution TamilNet 10 May 2010 9 May 2010 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:http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31659 Candidates of common opinion elected in Norway for TGTE 3 May 2010 TamilNet 9 May 2010 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:http://www.tgte-swiss.ch/ Country Working Group for the Formation of a Provisional Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam - Swiss Country Working Group for the Formation of a Provisional Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam - Swiss 9 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100425041856/http://www.tgte-swiss.ch/ 25 April 2010 dead dmy-allhttp://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31665 TGTE election results for Switzerland announced 3 May 2010 TamilNet 9 May 2010 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:http://www.tgte.uk.net/electedcandidate.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100524121328/http://www.tgte.uk.net/electedcandidate.html usurped 24 May 2010 Results - TGTE Election 02-05-2010 Election Commission for the Formation of a Provisional Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam 9 May 2010http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31669 Jeyananthamoorthy tops TGTE list in UK 3 May 2010 TamilNet 9 May 2010Cancellation tactics make potential candidates withdraw from TGTE elections http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=31733 TamilNet 11 May 2010 15 May 2010 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:http://www.tgte-us.org/ Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam - Election Commission of the United States Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam - Election Commission of the United States 9 May 2010 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 References Category:2010 elections in Europe Category:2010 elections in North America Category:2010 elections in Oceania Category:Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam