G. Karunakaran

Govinthan Karunakaran (alias Jana) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician, provincial councillor and former Member of Parliament.

Hon.

G. Karunakaran

MPC
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 partyTamil Eelam Liberation Organization
Other political
affiliations		Tamil National Alliance
EthnicitySri 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
  1. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1989" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-04.
  2. "Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-29.
  3. "Eastern Province Chief Minister assumes duties". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 30 September 2012.


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