{"id":809,"date":"2015-08-18T03:19:28","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T03:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southasiantimes.com.au\/?p=809"},"modified":"2015-08-23T13:02:12","modified_gmt":"2015-08-23T13:02:12","slug":"sri-lankatna-becomes-third-biggest-party-in-sri-lanka-with-16-parliamentary-seats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.southasiantimes.com.au\/?p=809","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka:TNA becomes third biggest party in Sri Lanka with 16 parliamentary seats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tiger-tna-page-2-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-819\" src=\"http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tiger-tna-page-2-2-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"tiger tna-page-2 (2)\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tiger-tna-page-2-2-300x190.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tiger-tna-page-2-2-1024x649.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tiger-tna-page-2-2.jpg 1104w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Results from the Tamil-dominated North-East reveal an overwhelming victory for the Tamil National Alliance.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Receiving the greatest number of votes in Jaffna, Vanni and Batticaloa, the TNA has secured <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"> 16 parliamentary seats, which places it as the third biggest party in Sri Lanka. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">As the results of the preferential votes come through, in the Jaffna district, S Sritharan received 72,158 votes, Mavai Senathirajah 58,782 votes, M A Sumanthiran 58,043 votes, Siddarththan 53,743 votes and E Saravanabavan 43,719 votes.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">In comparison to the 2010 parliamentary election results, initial results in the predominantly Tamil speaking regions indicate a rise in support for the TNA and Tamil National People&#8217;s Front (TNPF), which both agreed on the necessity for an international accountability process into Sri Lanka&#8217;s mass atrocities.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Results from the Tamil-dominated North-East reveal an overwhelming victory for the Tamil National Alliance. 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