Senathirajah Jeyananthamoorthy, former TNA parliamentarian of Batticaloa district is elected for Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) topping the list of North West London. He secured 8,357 votes. The others elected from the constituency to TGTE are: Deluxon Morris (6,334), Balambigai Murugadas (5,879), Lalithasorubiny Pratheeparaj (5,521) and Jeyavani Atchuthan (5,446). Meanwhile, another former TNA parliamentarian from the Jaffna district, Mr. M.K.Eelaventhan has been declared elected for TGTE from Canada.
Mr. Jeyanathamoorthy was leading a group of candidates having a common idea on structuring the TGTE.
In 2004, he was elected to the Sri Lankan Parliament securing 44,457 personal preferential votes from the Batticaloa district.
Mr. Jeyanathamoorthy hails from Vaazhaichcheanai. His brother, S. Thiyagachandra was assassinated by armed men allegedly operated by the Sri Lanka Army in August 2007. The former parliamentarian was forced to leave the island due to continuous threats against his life.
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