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31,000 vote in Canadian TGTE elections

[TamilNet, Monday, 03 May 2010, 21:48 GMT]
25 representatives have been elected from Canada in the elections where 31,072 voters took part. Tharani Prapaharan topped Toronto GTA and Vicinities list with 4,967, Vanitha Rajendram topped Eastern Ontario with 8,451, Iyampillai (Shan) Shanmuganathan received 5,049 votes in Western Ontario and Maharajah (Nanthan) Nanthakumar in Quebec & Eastern Canada. Five candidates have been elected without contest in Western Canada.

In December 2009, 48,583 voters took part in Tamil referendum on independent and sovereign Tamil Eelam.

Names of the TGTE representatives elected from Canada follow:

District 1: Toronto GTA and Vicinities
Votes polled:7,006

1. Tharani Prapaharan (4,967)
2. Thiru  S. Thiruchelvam (4,936)
3. M.K. Ealaventhan (4,161)
4. Pon Balarajan (3,777)
5. Joe Antony (3,388)

Tharani Prapaharan	Thiru S. Thiruchelvam	M.K. Ealaventhan	Pon Balarajan
Joe Antony

District 2: Eastern Ontario
Votes polled:12,026

1. Vanitha Rajendram (8,451)
2. Esan Kulasekaram (7,810)
3. Waran Vaithilingam (6,523)
4. Mariampillai Anjalo Yogendran (6,478)
5. Suresh Ratnabalan (6,109)

Vanitha Rajendram	Esan Kulasekaram	Waran Vaithilingam	Mariampillai Anjalo Yogendran
Suresh Ratnabalan

District 3: Western Ontario
Votes polled:6,621

1. Iyampillai (Shan) Shanmuganathan (5,049)
2. Suren Mahendran (5,002)
3. Sam Sangarasivam (4,997)
4. Ram Sivalingam (4,993)
5. Balan Ratnarajah (4,844)

Iyampillai (Shan) Shanmuganathan	Suren Mahendran	Sam Sangarasivam	Ramalingam Sivalingam
Balan Ratnarajah

District 4: Quebec & Eastern Canada
Votes polled: 5,419

1. Kanthiah Theiventhiran (2,690)
2. Maharajah (Nanthan) Nanthakumar (2,818)
3. Niruthan Nagalingam (2,794)
4. Luxan Sivapragasapillai (3,221)
5. Bhuvan-Endra Nadarajah (2,557)

Maharajah (Nanthan) Nanthakumar

Niruthan Nagalingam

Luxan Sivapragasapillai

Bhuvan-Endra Nadarajah

District 5: Western Canada
(Elected uncontested)

1. Mokanasingham Markandu  
2. Sothinathan Sumughan
3. Nagendra Katpana
4. Muthukumarasamy Ratna
5. Sivasothy Jeyamathy

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