Final Result
Total |
Yes |
No |
Spoilt |
64,692 |
64,256 |
185 |
251 |
99.33% |
0.29% |
0.39% |
99.33%
Said YES for Tamil Eelam
VKR GB Results - Breakdown
Eligibility of Voters
On the polling day no personal detail of the voter will be recorded by the official and contrary to outside speculation there are no fees (you do not have to pay any money to vote).
The voter must reside in Great Britain (England, Scotland & Wales) and must be at least 18 years old. In addition they should meet one of the following criteria:
a) Born in Sri Lanka and has Tamil as the mother tongue.
b) Has a spouse who was born in Sri Lanka and has Tamil as the mother tongue.
c) Descendants of (a) and (b) born outside Sri Lanka
வாக்களிப்பதற்கான தகுதிகள்
வாக்காளர் பெரிய பிரித்தானியாவில் (இங்கிலாந்து ஸ்கொட்லாந்து மற்றும் வேல்ஸ்) வசிப்பவராக இருப்பதுடன் ஆகக் குறைந்தது 18 வயதானவராக இருத்தல் வேண்டும். அத்துடன் அவர் பின்வரும் வகைமைகளுள் ஒன்றை உடையவராகவும் இருத்தல் வேண்டும். :
அ) இலங்கையில் பிறந்தவராகவும் தமிழைத் தாய்மொழியாகக் கொண்டவராகவும் இருத்தல்
ஆ) மனைவியோ கணவரோ இலங்கையில் பிறந்தவராகவும் அவரின் தாய்மொழி தமிழாகவும் இருத்தல் வேண்டும்.
இ) அ) அல்லது ஆ) விலுள்ளவரின் குடும்ப வழித்தோன்றலாக இலங்கைக்கு வெளியே பிறந்தவராக இருத்தல்.
Voting Dates
Voters are able to cast their vote in any polling station; they are not restricted to the one nearer to their place of residence.
Within Greater London (Inside M25):
Polling closed
Outside Greater London (Outside M25):
Polling closed
Ballot on the Vaddukoddai Resolution:
The statement for the ballot conducted among Eelam Tamils in Great Britain to find out the present validity of the political fundamentals of the Vaddukoddai Resolution, declared by all Tamil Political parties in 1976 and was endorsed by the Tamils in the 1977 General election in the Island of Sri Lanka.
“I aspire for the formation of the independent and sovereign state of Tamil Eelam in the North and East territory of the island of Sri Lanka on the basis that the Tamils in the island of Sri Lanka make a distinct nation, have a traditional homeland and have the right to Self-Determination.”
The Fundamentals of the Vaddukoddai Resolution of 1976
This resolution was proclaimed in 1976 before the armed conflict started in Sri Lanka. We are conducting this poll to gauge ‘the political will’ of the Tamils in Great Britain, it was important to go further back in history to the Vaddukoddai Resolution of 1976, which for the first time concretely demanded a reestablishment of an independent and sovereign state for Tamils.
The Vaddukoddai Resolution was declared by all Tamil political parties in 1976 after having had several meetings with Tamil organisations and it was endorsed by an overwhelming majority of Tamils in the 1977 General Election in the island of Sri Lanka, which was the last election held democratically under peaceful situation.
We are now putting forward this question once again to the Tamils in Great Britain to find out the current validity of the political fundamentals set by the Vaddukoddai Resolution of 1976 that called for the creation of Tamil Eelam.