The ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) fell miles behind, securing only 17% of votes but still faring better than the opposition United National Party (UNP) which failed to secure even 1% of the vote.
The TNA won 30 out of the 38 seats on the Northern Provincial Council. The UPFA secured 7 seats with the remaining seat going to the Sri Lankan Muslim Congress (SLMC).
Statistics from therepublicsquare.com
"The TNA firmly believes that sovereignty lies with the People and not with the State. It is not the government in Colombo that holds the right to govern the Tamil People, but the People themselves. In this regard the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka is flawed in that power is concentrated at the Centre and its Agent, the Governor. Our political philosophy is rooted in a fundamental democratic challenge to the authoritarian state. Our political programme is therefore rooted in the needs and aspirations of the Tamil Speaking People for justice and equality."
- From TNA's 'Manifesto Statement'
Vote and Preferential vote breakdown:
Total votes for North Province:
- Tamil National Alliance (Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi) - 353,595
- United People's Freedom Alliance - 82,838
- Sri Lankan Muslim Congress - 6761
- Independent/Other - 4318
- United National Party - 3062
Jaffna Preferential candidate votes:
- C. V. Vigneswaran (TNA) - 132,255
- Ananthy Sasitharan (TNA) - 87,870
- Dharmalingam Siddharthan (TNA) - 39,715
- Balachandran Kajatheepan (TNA) - 29,669
- E. Arnold (TNA) - 26,888
- Kanthaiah Sivagnanam (TNA) - 26,747
- M. K. Sivajilingam (TNA) - 22,660
- Ainkaralingam Ponnuthurai (TNA) - 22,268
- S. Sugirthan (TNA) - 20,541
- K. Kajanthan (TNA) - 20,179
- Vinthan Kanagaratnam (TNA) - 16,463
- A. Paramsothy (TNA) - 16,359
- Kanthaiah Sarveswaran (TNA) - 14,761
- Kandasamy Kamalendran (UPFA) - 13,632
- V. Sivanesan (TNA) - 13,479
- Angajan Ramanathan (UPFA) - 10,034
Vavuniya Preferential candidate votes:
- P. Sathiyalingam (TNA) - 19,656
- Kanthar Thamotharam Linganathan (TNA) - 11,901
- M. Thiyagarasa (TNA) - 11,681
- I. Inthirarasa (TNA) - 11,535
- Dharmapala Seneviratna (UPFA) - 5148
- A. Jayatilleke (UPFA) - 4806
Kilinochchi Preferential candidate votes:
- Pasupathy Ariyaratnam (TNA) - 27264
- Thambirasa Gurukularasa (TNA) - 26,427
- Subramaniam Pasupathipillai (TNA) - 21,132
- V. Thavanathan (UPFA) - 3753
Mullaitivu Preferential candidate votes:
- Anthony Jeyanathan (TNA) - 9309
- Sivapragasam Sivayogan (TNA) - 9296
- Thurairajah Ravikaran (TNA) - 8868
- Kanagasundram Swamy Veerabahu (TNA) - 8702
- A. Kassim (UPFA) - 1726
Mannar Preferential candidate votes:
- Primus Saraiva (TNA) - 12,927
- Balasubramaniam Denis (TNA) - 12,827
- G. Gunaseelan (TNA) - 12,260
- Rifkan Bathiyutheen (UPFA) - 11,130
- Kabir Muhammad Rayis (SLMC) - 3165
Source onlineuthayan.com and tamilwin.com
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