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Govinthan Karunakaran (Tamil: கோவிந்தன் கருணாகரன்; born 1 October 1963), also known by the alias Jana (Tamil: ஜனா), is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician, former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.

Karunakaran was born on 1 October 1963. He was educated at Cheddipalayam Maha Vidyalayam and St. Michael's College National School. Following the Black July anti-Tamil riots he left school in August 1983 and in November 1983 he joined Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO), a Tamil militant group. He received Guerrilla warfare training and June 1987 became TELO's regional leader in Ampara District and Batticaloa District. Later he became general-secretary of TELO.

Karunakaran contested the 1989 parliamentary election as one of the ENDLF/EPRLF/TELO/TULF electoral alliance's candidates in Batticaloa District and was elected to the Parliament. He contested the 2012 provincial council election as one of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) electoral alliance's candidates in Batticaloa District and was elected to the Eastern Provincial Council. Karunakaran and the other newly elected TNA provincial councillors took their oaths on 28 September 2012 in front of TNA leader and Member of Parliament R. Sampanthan.

Karunakaran contested the 2015 parliamentary election as one of the TNA's candidates in Batticaloa District but failed to get elected. He contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a TNA candidate in Batticaloa District and was re-elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.

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Speaker: M. H. Mohamed Prime Minister: Dingiri Banda Wijetunga/Ranil Wickremesinghe Leader of the Opposition: Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Central Province	Kandy Mahinda Abeykoon Tissa Attanayake A. R. M. Abdul Cader Chandraman de Silva Harindra Dunuwille Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed D. M. Jayaratne Lakshman Kiriella Mahahitana Arachchige Daniel Yasaratne Tennakoon Dingiri Banda Wijetunga Premachandra Wijesiri Matale Alick Aluwihare Nandimithra Ekanayake Wijeratne Banda Jambugahapitiyagedera V. G. Jinadasa P. B. Kaviratne Nuwara Eliya Tissa Abeyagoonasekera Ananda Dassanayake S. B. Dissanayake Gamini Dissanayake Renuka Herath Wijesundara Bandara Ranatunga
Eastern Province	Ampara M. H. M. Ashraff Nihal Bakmeewewa Ahangama Polwatte Galappatthige Chandradasa P. Dayaratna Karunasinghe Thewarapperuma J. Thiviyanathan Batticaloa Prince Casinader Alathipody Gunaseelan M. L. A. M. Hizbullah G. Karunakaran Sam Tambimuttu Trincomalee M. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana M. E. H. Maharoof Konamalai Mathavarajah Sivapragasam Ratnarajah
Northern Province	Jaffna Sebastiyampillai Edward Thambu Loganathapillai K. Navaratnam Eliyathamby Pararasasingam Suresh Premachandran Arunasalam Ponniah Selliah Kanapathy Selvanayagam S. Sivamaharajah Joseph George Rajenthiram Eliyathamby Ratnasabapathy G. Yogasangari Vanni Innasimuthu Alfred S. S. M. Abu Bakar R. Kuhaneswaran Rasamanohari Pulendran A. E. Silva
North Central Province	Anuradhapura Janak Mahendra Adhikari Sompala Adhikari D. M. Ariyadasa Chandrasoma Bandara Berty Premalal Dissanayake Lal Dharmapriya Gamage Themiya Hurulle K. B. Ratnayake Polonnaruwa Seid Ahamed Abdul Majeed H. G. P. Nelson Samarasinghe Arachchilage Muthubanda Maithripala Sirisena C. A. Suriyaarachchi
North Western Province	Kurunegala Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Bandaranayaka Upali Mervin Senarath Dasanayaka Herath Mudiyanselage Ariyawardanage Lokubanda S. B. Nawinne Upali Piyasoma A.M. Munidasa Premachandra G. M. Premachandra Lionel Rajapaksa Jayasena Rajakaruna Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake Ariya Rekawa Herath Banda Wanninayaka Sarathchandra Bandara Welagedara Diunugallage Peter Wickramasinghe Ukkubanda Wijekoon Puttalam Harindra Jayanthi Corea Sujatha Dharmawardana Milroy Fernando Harold Herath S. D. R. Jayaratne Festus Perera Ashoka Wadigamangawa
Sabaragamuwa Province	Kegalle Jagath Balasuriya Mohamed Farook Dharmadewa Jayasinghe Samantha Devi Karunaratne Vincent Perera Chandradasa Ranatunga Dharmasiri Senanayake Athauda Seneviratne Mano Wijeyeratne Ratnapura M. L. M. Aboosally Athula Kularatne Attygale Gamini Atukorale Nanda Ellawala Chandrasekara Gankande Helen Mahattaya Liyanage Nanda Mathew Vasudeva Nanayakkara John Seneviratne Wimal Wickramasinghe
Southern Province	Galle Upali Sarath Danston Amarasiri Nandimithra de Soyza Amarasiri Dodangoda Piyasena Gamage Vincent Jayawardene Noel Kariyawasam Rupa Karunathilake Nanda Kumarage Buddhika Kurukularatne Hemakumara Nanayakkara Richard Pathirana Hambantota Hary Abeydheera Ranjit Atapattu Ananda Kularatne Cyril Madduma Baduge Chamal Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa Gunapala Tissakuttiarachchi Matara Gamini Fonseka Madurapala Ediriweera H. R. Piyasiri Mangala Samaraweera Peter Silva Hewagampolage Sirisena Dayananda Wickremasinghe Ranjan Wijayawardhana Mahinda Wijesekara
Uva Province	Badulla Chandra Karunaratne W. J. M. Lokubandara Hema Ratnayake Ravindra Samaraweera Lakshman Senewiratne Madduma Bandara Sethapenage Edwin Wickramarathne Samaraweera Weerawanni Monaragala Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Ariyaratna Dharmadasa Banda Ranjith Madduma Bandara Gunavathi Dissanayake Gamini Vijith Vijithamuni Soysa
Western Province	Colombo Lalith Athulathmudali Jabir Cader Sirisena Cooray Nimal Siripala de Silva Tyronne Fernando C. V. Gunaratne Premaratne Gunasekera Bandula Gunawardane Dinesh Gunawardena Gamini Lokuge Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi M. H. Mohamed Jinadasa Niyathapala Nimal Ransiri Peiris Dickson Sarathchandra Dela Vincent Perera Sunethra Ranasinghe M. S. Sellasamy Stanley Tillekeratne Kingsley Wickramaratne Gampaha John Amaratunga Anura Bandaranaike Sirimavo Bandaranaike Donald Dissanayake Jeyaraj Fernandopulle Mahen Gunasekera Lakshman Jayakody Ariyarathna Jayathilaka Wijayapala Mendis Joseph Michael Perera Paul Perera Sarathchandra Rajakaruna Reggie Ranatunga Sardhatissa Sakalasooriya Ranil Wickremesinghe Mahindra Wijerathna Kalutara Pathirage Don Abeyratne Sumitha Priyanganie Abeyweera Mervin Joseph Cooray Neville Fernando Indradasa Hettiarachchi Thilak Karunaratne Imthiaz Bakeer Markar Anil Moonesinghe Mangala Moonesinghe Sarath Ranawaka Punsiri Samaranayake
National List (29)	Rupa Sriyani Daniel Alec Robertson S. L. Gunasekara Tellipalai Rajaratnam Unfinished

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Speaker: Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena Prime Minister: Mahinda Rajapaksa/Ranil Wickremesinghe/Dinesh Gunawardena/Harini Amarasuriya Leader of the Opposition: Sajith Premadasa
Central (25)	Kandy (12) Dilum Amunugama Mahindananda Aluthgamage Lohan Ratwatte Anuradha Jayaratne Keheliya Rambukwella Wasantha Yapa Bandara Gunathilaka Rajapaksha Udayana Kirindigoda Rauff Hakeem M. H. A. Haleem M. Velu Kumar Lakshman Kiriella Matale (5) Janaka Bandara Tennakoon Nalaka Kottegoda Pramitha Tennakoon Rohana Dissanayake Rohini Kumari Wijerathna Nuwara Eliya (8) Jeevan Thondaman C. B. Ratnayake S. B. Dissanayake Marudapandy Rameshwaran Nimal Piyatissa Palani Digambaran Velusami Radhakrishnan Mailvaganam Udayakumar
Eastern (16)	Ampara (7) A. L. M. Athaullah Wimalaweera Dissanayake Cassim Faizal H. M. M. Harees Muszhaaraff Muthunabeen Thilak Rajapaksha D. Weerasingha Batticaloa (5) Rahul Rajapuththiran Kovinthan Karunakaram Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan Ahamed Nazeer Zainulabdeen Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana Sathasivam Viyalendiran Trincomalee (4) Shariff Thowfeek Imran Maharoof Kapila Athukorala R. Sampanthan K. S. Kugathasan M. A. M. Maharoof Susantha Punchinilame
Northern (13)	Jaffna (7) S. Sritharan M. A. Sumanthiran D. Siddarthan Gankesar Ponnambalam Angajan Ramanathan Douglas Devananda Vishwalingam Vickneshwaran Vanni (6) Charles Nirmalanathan Selvam Adaikalanathan S. Noharathalingam K. Kader Masthan Rishad Bathiudeen Kulasingam Thileepan
North Central (14)	Anuradhapura (9) S. M. Chandrasena Channa Jayasumana Uddika Premarathna S.C. Muthukumarana Asanka Shehan Semasinghe Duminda Dissanayake K. H. Nandasena K. P. S. Kumarasiri Ishak Rahuman Rohana Bandara Polonnaruwa (5) Maithripala Sirisena Roshan Ranasinghe Siripala Gamalath Amarakeerthi Athukorala Jagath Samarawickrama Kins Nelson
North Western (24)	Kurunegala (15) Mahinda Rajapaksa Johnston Fernando Gunapala Rathnasekara Dayasiri Jayasekara Asanka Navarathna Samanpriya Herath D. B. Herath Anura Priyadharshana Yapa Jayarathna Herath Shantha Bandara Sumith Udukumbura Nalin Bandara J. C. Alawathuwala Ashoka Abeysinghe Thushara Indunil Puttalam (9) Sanath Nishantha Jagath Priyankara Piyankara Jayaratne Arundika Fernando Chinthaka Mayadunne Ashoka Priyantha Hector Appuhamy Niroshan Nanayakkara Niroshan Perera Ali Sabri Raheem
Sabaragamuwa (20)	Kegalle (9) Kanaka Herath Ranjith Siyambalapitiya Tharaka Balasuriya Rajika Wickramasinghe Dushmantha Mithrapala Udayakantha Gunathilaka Sudath Manjula Kabir Hashim Sujith Sanjaya Perera Ratnapura (11) Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi Premalal Jayasekara Janaka Wakkumbura Gamini Waleboda Akila Ellawala Vasudeva Nanayakkara Muditha Prishanthi John Seneviratne Hesha Withanage Priyantha Liyanage Thalatha Atukorale Karu Paranawithana
Southern (25)	Galle (9) Ramesh Pathirana Chaminda Sampath Mohan Priyadarshana De Silva Chandima Weerakkody Isuru Dodangoda Shan Wijayalal De Silva Geetha Kumarasinghe Gayantha Karunathilaka Manusha Nanayakkara Bandula Lal Bandarigoda Hambantota (7) Namal Rajapaksa D. V. Chanaka Mahinda Amaraweera Chamal Rajapaksa Upul Galappaththi Ajith Rajapakse Dilip Wedaarachchi Matara (7) Nipuna Ranawaka Karunadasa Kodithuwakku Dullas Alahapperuma Kanchana Wijesekera Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena Weerasumana Weerasinghe Buddhika Pathirana
Uva (13)	Badulla (9) Nimal Siripala de Silva Sudarshana Denipitiya Amith Thenuka Vidanagamage Chamara Sampath Dassanayake Dilan Perera Chaminda Thisakutti Vadivel Suresh A. Aravind Kumar Chaminda Wijesiri Nayana Wasalathilake Monaragala (6) Shasheendra Rajapaksa Kumarasiri Rathnayake Vijitha Berugoda Jagath Pushpakumara Gayashan Nawananda W. H. M. Dharmasena
Western (47)	Colombo (19) Sarath Weerasekara Wimal Weerawansa Udaya Gammanpila Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe Bandula Gunawardane Predeep Saman Kumara Dinesh Gunawardena Madhura Withanage Premnath C. Dolawaththa Gamini Lokuge Susil Premajayantha Jagath Kumara Sajith Premadasa S. M. Marikkar Mujibur Rahman A. H. M. Fowzie Harsha de Silva Patali Champika Ranawaka M. Ganeshan Anura Kumara Dissanayake Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi Gampaha (18) Nalaka Godahewa Prasanna Ranatunga Indika Anuruddha Sisira Jayakody Nimal Lanza Sahan Pradeep Withana Sudarshani Fernandopulle Prasanna Ranaweera Harshani Gunawardhana Lasantha Alagiyawanna Nalin Ruwanjiwa Fernando Milan Sajith Jayathilake Upul Mahendra Rajapaksha Sarath Fonseka Ranjan Ramanayake Ajith Mannapperuma Harshana Rajakaruna Kavinda Jayawardena Vijitha Herath Kalutara (10) Vidura Wickremanayake Rohitha Abeygunawardena Sanjeeva Edirimanna Piyal Nishantha S.A. Jayantha Anupa Pasqual Lalith Ellawala Rajitha Senaratne Mahinda Samarasinghe Lalith Warnakumara Kumara Welgama
National List (29)	SLPFA (17) G. L. Peiris Sagara Kariyawasam Ajith Nivard Cabraal Jayantha Ketagoda Ali Sabry Jayantha Weerasinghe Manjula Dissanayake Ranjith Bandara Charitha Herath Gevindu Kumaratunga A. J. M. Muzammil Tissa Vitharana Yadamini Gunawardena Suren Raghavan Tiran Alles Seetha Arambepola Jayantha Ketagoda Basil Rajapaksa Dhammika Perera Marjan Faleel SJB (7) Harin Fernando Tissa Attanayake Ranjith Madduma Bandara Mayantha Dissanayake Eran Wickramaratne Imthiaz Bakeer Markar Diana Gamage Mujibur Rahman NPP (1) Harini Amarasuriya TNA (1) T. Kalaiarasan TNPF (1) Selvarasa Gajenthiran OPPP (1) Athuraliye Rathana Thero UNP (1) Ranil Wickremesinghe Vajira Abeywardena

• 1963 births
• Alumni of St. Michael's College National School
• Living people
• Members of the 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka
• Members of the 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka
• Members of the Eastern Provincial Council
• People from Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
• Sri Lankan Hindus
• Tamil politicians
• Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization politicians
• Tamil National Alliance politicians