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Parliamentary Election - 2020 Parliamentary Election - 2020 Name of each Recognized Political party/Independent Group Names of Candidates as setout in the Nomination Paper Source: Sri Lankan Election Commission Northern Province: Electoral District - 11 - Vanni Ahila ilankai thamil congress 1. Sivapatham Kajenthirakumar 2. Subramaniyam Thavabalasingam 3. Thanabalasuntharam Thamilalagan 4. Thangarasa Nirainjan 5. Kanagaijah Alakenthiran 6. Ariyakutti Sellaththambi Thilaganathan 7. Mery Regina Saseenthirasingham 8. Antony Amirthanathan Thatcroos 9. Sellaththurai Sriranganathan Our Power of People Party 1. Jacob Jelawrence 2. Kosala Paththinige 3. Asurasinha Rajamanthrilage Priyantha Jayasooma 4. Jayasekara Vithanage Sameera 5. Wijesooriya Mudiyanselage Rohana Udaya Kumara 6. Balasuriya Arachchige Rohana Priyankara 7. Nissanka Arachchige Don Nimal 8. Krishnarathna Wasala Mudalige sandaya Kumudini Krishnarathna 9. Wijesooriya Mudiyanselage Malindi Purnima Wijesooriya Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi 1. A.Adaikkalanathan 2. Pathmanathan Sathiyalingam 3. Kanthar Thamotharampillai Linganathan 4. Iruthayanathan charles Nirmalanathan 5. Shanthi Srikantharasha 6. Kandaiah Sivalingam 7. Sivappiragasam Sivamohan 8. Arumugam Senthilnathan Mayuran 9. S.Noharathalingam Eelam People's Democratic Party 1. Anthonippillai Jeyaraj 2. Kulasingam Thileepan 3. Suppaiah Chandru 4. Rasu Kuganeshwaran 5. Raththinam Jegatheesan 6. Joseph Sutharsan 7. Saveriyaan Ponavanthoor Lembert 8. Rasanayagam Emilivictor 9. Sivaramalingam Giritharan United National Party 1. James Primlas Costa 2. Kandaiah Thillaimohan 3. Wickramasinga Arachchilage Ariyarathna 4. Siril Appuhamy Jude Amalraj 5. Udage Arachchilage Mahinda Kularathna 6. Tetchanamoorthi Kirubagaran 7. Muthusamy Mukunthakajan 8. Abdul Sameeyu Muhammadu Faszmi 9. Payagala Baduge Don Joy Wilfred Nanayakkara Janasetha Peramuna 1. Paindikulame Sri Jinarathana Thero 2. Dingiri Manikage Sameera Senarath 3. Babelage Nihal Pushpa Kumara 4. Sanjaya Kumara 5. Tharuka Dissanayaka 6. Kasun Devapriya 7. Krishantha Nandasoma 8. Tharindu Ekanayaka 9. Iresha Kalhari Jathika Jana Balawegaya 1. Rathnayaka Hettige Upali Samarasingha 2. Savariyan Santhiogu Lambert 3. Hewa Kokawalage Padmasiri Jayanada 4. Ramasami Panchalingam 5. Kalaichelvam Howshiha 6. Karuppaiya Selvanayagam 7. Appuhamige Anura Chandrasekara 8. Sapin Appuhami Gamini Jayawardana 9. Kapuruhamige Ranjith Bandara Tamil Makkal Thesiya Kuttani 1. Annamalai Nadesu Sivashakthi 2. Thillayampalam Gengatharan 3. Loods Malini Venittan 4. Vadivelu Rasaraththinam 5. Panchaadsaram Umapathi 6. Gnanaseelan Gunaseelan 7. Sinnaththambi Raashan 8. Gopalasami Satkunabalan 9. Parnaanthu Jeewanayakam Sathanantham Social Democratic Party of Tamils 1. Pararasasingam Uthayarasa 2. Veeravaahu Roobo Sivamoorthy 3. Santhaampillai Jesuthasan 4. Sinnachchaami Thirugnanam 5. Thavarasa Sasirohan 6. Sunthararajah Suman 7. Easwaralingam Sathuthas Abraham lingan 8. Kandaiah Chandramohan 9. Kingsly Anton Baskarraj Tamil United Liberation Fornt 1. Arumugam Udayasekar 2. Sittu Nahalingam 3. Sakthivelu Sivakumar 4. Gunarasa Lavan 5. Thanabalasingham Kamalathevi 6. Sivalingam Gowrimanohari 7. Muththaiya Masilamani 8. Kandasamy Srikanth 9. Iyaththurai Yogeswaran Frontline Socialist Party 1. Gamini Sirisena 2. Thavalam Pittiya Muthiyaansalaage Laasaantha Madhavi Senarath 3. kalyani Veeraraj 4. Thurairasa Sivakumar 5. Sembukkutti Aarachchige Dhon Joseph 6. Rankothgedhera Nirmala Dhamayanthi 7. Muththarige Dhon Lionel Perera 8. Kanthasami Sasikala 9. Sinna Iya Arasakumaran Democratic Left Front 1. Praba Ganesan 2. Anastrian Manokaran Ansly Sasikaran 3. Perinpam Nigethan 4. Nagarasa Balasundharam 5. Joseph Jude Pirasanth 6. Rasarathinam Viknaraja 7. Viswanathan Shankaralingam 8. Kanthapillai Vijinthan 9. Yogeswaran Pirasath Balasubramaniam The Libaral Paty 1. Hettiarachchige Sujith Jeewantha 2. Dapakara Gedara Thusara Madusanka 3. Subashana Sathyajith Subawickrama 4. Merlin Liyoni Malawenna Dasanayake 5. Vilvarajah Sujeetharan 6. Balasubramaniyam Haresh 7. Jayantha Kulathunga 8. Batagollage Kasun Nilanka 9. Keselwaththa Gam Acharige Chamila Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna 1. Khadar Khadar Masthan 2. Arachchige Don Dharmapala Senevirathna 3. Rathnapriya Bandu 4. Sathasivam Kanagarathnam 5. Alawaththa Kankanamalage Janaka Nanda Kumara 6. Basir Ahmadhu Jazaar 7. Vellasami Mahendran 8. Selvarasa Selvakumaran 9. S.M. Premarathna Sumathipala Socialist Party of Sri Lanka 1. Nadarasa Thevakrishnan 2. Ponnampalam Baleshwaran 3. Thiyakarasa Pirathaap 4. Iykakannu Krishnakumar 5. Thevarasa Siththiparitha 6. P.Jenfrancis Coonghe 7. Suppaiah Navaraththinam 8. Rasasekaram Thanushan 9. Suntharam Sivayogarasa Samagi Jana Balawegaya 1. Abdul Rizhaak Bathiutheen 2. Farook Hunais 3. Mahalingam Thayananthan 4. Thangavelu Pageerathan 5. Maduththeen Jeyananthan Croos 6. Richard Antony Hemilas Rogan 7. Bathurdeen Ameed Seijadheen 8. Punchi Appuhamige Karunaathasha 9. Roobasingha Gamaghe Rasika Priyatharsini Sinhaladeepa Jathika Peramuna 1. Ambagahawawe Sangharakkhitha Thero 2. Keerawalla Aarachchige Chamod Gimhana Keerawalla 3. Senavirathna Dissanayakage Lalith S. Maithripala Dissanayaka 4. Wijayarathna Mudalige Ajith Jinasiri Rathnayaka 5. Dissanayake Bandage Weerakoon 6. Lansakara Jayakodi Aarachchilage Premarathna 7. Kiriappuwage Sumathipala Jayakodi 8. Kuruppu Mudiyanselage Nalin Chinthaka Wijayawardhana 9. Silpaadhipathige Shantha Sri Devapriya Independent Group 01 1. Poornananda Eshwara Sharma Ingara Sharma 2. Arumugam Amirthalingam 3. Vadivelu Krishnakumar 4. Rasanayagam Sivananthan 5. Sathyaseelan Lakshan 6. Mathivathanan Gnanashiyamala 7. Pakkiyarasa Sathananthan 8. Iknesiyas Akilan Thushanthini 9. Selvarasa Nanthakumar Independent Group 02 1. Balakrishnan KrishnaIlanko 2. Jayakodi Arachchilage Ruwan Anurudhdha 3. Rasa Pathmaraasa 4. Rengasami Daniyel 5. Sellaiah Sasilan 6. Gnanasegaram Rejinold Nishanthan 7. Thayaparan Thangarasa 8. Angusami Sri Kaviyalagan 9. Krushnapillai Shanmugarasa Independent Group 03 1. Godauda Pathiranage Neel Shantha 2. Herath Mudiyanselage Keerthi Rathna Bandara 3. Aasiri Nuwan Priyadarshana Somarathna 4. ketawalawaththe Gedara Vipula Kumara Karunathilaka 5. Seewanantham Sujikaran 6. Arunasalam Sathyavel 7. Thangarasa Jeyaseelan 8. Ananthalatha Shanmugarasa 9. Meris Anjala Saththiyoogu Independent Group 04 1. M.F.R.Mohamed Najeem 2. A.K.Jabris 3. J.Janseer 4. T.M.Thanseel 5. L.Faheer 6. M.I.Rafik 7. S.Nahsabeel 8. S.Muhaideen bawa 9. A.S.Jamanullah Independent Group 05 1. M.P.Nadaraj 2. Ponnaiya Ratnam 3. S.M.A.Devakumar 4. Dilaiksana Manivannan 5. Muththaiya Gurusami 6. Ramana Mailvahanam 7. Kalimuththu Sivalingam 8. Jeyachandran Suppurasa 9. Selvarajah Kidnasami Independent Group 06 1. Mohamed Thoubeek Mohamed Askar 2. Junaid Mohamed Fahuminas 3. Faarook Nihaal 4. Mohamed Saleem Mohamed Rihaas 5. Burhanudheen Mohamed Pawsaan 6. Abdull Gapoor Mohamed Ajhar 7. Mohideen Paavaa Mohamed Anees 8. Thulbikhan Mohamed Suhayith 9. Haneefa Mohamed Saajakhan Independent Group 07 1. Thiyagarasa Raveendran 2. Sellaththambi Kamalahasan 3. Thayanithi Sivakumar 4. Mahendrarasa Thavarasasingham 5. Palaniyaandi Selvakumar 6. Arunagirinathan Sajeepan 7. Krishnarasa Tharanitharan 8. Keyser John Easekkiyes Richman Antanios Ponnaiyahdias 9. Arulappu Amalathas Independent Group 08 1. Noor Muhammad Muhammad Faris 2. Jagupar Siththik Abdul Rafeek 3. Muhaideenthambi Muhammad azeem 4. Amalathasan Jesuthasan Soosai 5. Adam Muhammad Sameem 6. Udumalebbey Muhammed Arafath 7. Muhuseen Muhammad Nafeel 8. Iyachamy Gurusamy 9. Savinasadullah Muhammad Sajas Independent Group 09 1. Mohideen Thambi Muhammdu Nijash 2. Abdul Kapoor Mishfah 3. Archchunan Kannan 4. Saman Punchihewa 5. Kanagarathnam Thangarasa 6. Kadirgamaththaiya Pushpamanoharan 7. Paramadas Kuvidasan 8. Sivalingarasa Dinoth 9. Abdul Kapoor Navashtheen Independent Group 10 1. Sivakkulanthai Nadaraj 2. Maheswaran pirabakaran 3. Supiramaniyam Surenthiran 4. Chiththiraivelu Janarththanan 5. Sinnaiah Ganeshan 6. Nadarajah Navaneethan 7. Rasaiyah Krishnamoorthi 8. Kathirkamanathan Ganeshamoorthi 9. Sivalingam Kalavathy Independent Group 11 1. Kachu Muhammed Irfan 2. Kiyas Muhammad Kisam 3. Muhammad Kanoon Muhammad Sapras 4. Kachu Muhammed Ilmuddeen 5. Muhammad Siththeek Muhammad Arshath 6. Jamjam Muhammad Riskan 7. Meeranshahip Muhammadu Niraz 8. Meeran Shahipp Muhammad Nipras 9. Rasath Kader Muhammad Rukshan Independent Group 12 1. Bathiudeen Mohamed Rifkhan 2. Shauhail Mohamed Hisham 3. Abdhul Karim Aslim 4. Tajudeen Mohamed Imtiyas 5. Segu Fareed Muhammadu Rameez 6. Meerasahibu Meerhasan 7. Aboobucker Mohamed Jaseel 8. Mohamed Sheriff Nazar 9. Muhamed Jamaldeen Mohamadu Lahir Independent Group 13 1. Ismail Mohammadu Riyaabu 2. Abdul Hameedu Sanoos 3. Mohamed Hanifa Mohideen Pichai 4. Muthu Mohamed Saibudeen 5. Mohamed Nazar Naizar 6. Mohamed Yoosuf Mohamed Wahd 7. Hameed Marikkar Mohamed Kamil 8. Mohammathu Ameen Muzammil 9. Abdul Azeez Ramees Independent Group 14 1. Meera Mohideen Sanoon 2. Subair Sarmeen 3. Mohamed Nizar Mohamed Rizad 4. Abdul Salam Mujeeb 5. Mohamed Kaldeen Mohamed Ali 6. Mohamed Rizaan Mohamed Nafath 7. Sivakumar Thilaxana 8. Abdul azees Kislak 9. Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed Raseek Independent Group 15 1. Mohamed Suleiman Mohamed Miswar 2. Sariptheen Salahutheen 3. Ilanganathan Sanujan 4. Mohideenkani Cheku Aarithu 5. Liyana Aarachchilage Nivudan Silva 6. Palaniandy Manokaran 7. Ambikaipagan Gajanraj 8. Herath Hamilage Manoj Jeevan Bandara 9. Mahendran Sujith Independent Group 16 1. Mohideen Mohamed Laarees 2. Subaideen Riyasdeen 3. Balasubramaniyam Kaviyananth 4. Abubakker
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