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| Voters arriving at a polling station to cast their votes on Thursday.Pix: Northeastern Monitor/Theva Athiran |
The ruling National Peoples’ Power (NPP) emerged as the leading political party in North and Eastern provinces pushing Ilankai traditional Tamil nationalistic parties to second rank.
With NPP securing 12 seats in total across the two provinces, the Thamil Arasu Katchchi (ITAK) returned 8 seats including one bonus seat along with the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress and Samagi Jana Balawegaya receiving two seats each.
Following are the MPs who have been elected to the Tenth Parliament from electorates across North and Eastern provinces based on the preferential vote results:
Jaffna
1.Sivagnanam Shritharan (ITAK): 32,833 votes
2.Ilankumaran Karunanathan (NPP): 32,102 votes
3.Ramanathan Arcuna (Ind. 17): 20,487 votes
4.Dr. Sribavanadarajah Shanmuganathan (NPP): 20,430 votes
5.Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam (AITC): 15,135 votes
6.Rajeevan Jeyachandramoorthy (NPP) :17000
Batticalao
1. Shanakiyan Rasamanickam (ITAK) - 65,458
2. Gnanamuththu Srinesan(ITAK) - 22,773
3. Ilaiyathambi Srinath(ITAK) - 21,202
4. Kandasami Prabhu (NPP) - 14,856
5. M.L.A.M. Hizbullah (SLMC) - 32,410
Trincomalee
1. Arun Hemachandra (NPP)- 38,368
2. Roshan Akmeemana (NPP)- 25,814
3.Imran Maharoof (SJB)- 22,779
4. Shanmugam Kugathasan(ITAK) - 18,470
Vanni
1. Selvathambi Thilakanathan (NPP) - 10,652
2. Arumugam Jegadishwaran (NPP) - 9,280
3. Thurairasa Ravikaran (ITAK) - 11,215
4. Rishad Bathiudeen (SJB)- 21,018
5. A.Adaikkalanathan (DTNA) - 5,695
6. Cader Masthan (SLLP)- 13,511
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