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Janani Jananayagam
Personal details
Born
Jaffna, Sri Lanka[1]
PartyIndependent
Alma materUniversity of Manchester
Imperial College London
INSEAD
OccupationProject Manager
Websitehttp://vote4jan.org/beta/

Janani Jananayagam (Tamil: ஜனனி (ஜான்) ஜனநாயகம்) is a British Tamil banking professional, activist and politician. She was an independent candidate for the London region in the 2009 European Parliamentary elections.[2]

Early life

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Jan was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka but spent most of her youth in Nigeria and Zambia where her parents were teachers.[1] Later she and her parents emigrated to the United Kingdom.[3] She studied at the University of Manchester and graduated with distinction in computing and information systems. She later received a master's degree in applied mathematics from Imperial College London and a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD business school.[4][5]

Professional career

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After a period in computing research and development Jan moved into the banking industry. She currently works in the London and German offices of a leading Italian bank as a project manager. She is involved in the setting up of e-commerce ventures.[6] Jananayagam has written columns in the Tamil Guardian that focused on Sri Lanka's treatment of Tamils.

European Parliament candidate

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Jan stood as an independent candidate for the London region in the 2009 European Parliamentary elections. She did not win a seat, but garnered 2.86% of the vote.[7] The main policies on which she campaigned on were:[8]

  • Civil rights and individual freedom
  • Financial transparency and effective regulation
  • Equality and diversity
  • Small businesses and entrepreneurship
  • Ethical foreign policy
  • Animal welfare

She campaigned against the British National Party.[9]

She had been endorsed by the Oscar-nominated musician Maya Arulpragasam (MIA).[1] MIA started an online campaign in support of Jan and offered a free song.[1]

Despite winning many votes for an Independent, she did not win a seat against competitive parties. Jan came 8th out of the 19 parties/independents contesting London after receiving 50,014 votes (2.86%).[10] This was more than the combined vote for all other independent candidates across the whole of the UK.[11] Her £5000 deposit was returned, as she got more than the 2.5% threshold in the vote.[7]

Votes received by Jan for each London borough:

BoroughVotes%PosBoroughVotes%PosBoroughVotes%Pos
Barking and Dagenham[12]3861.08%10thHammersmith & Fulham[13]1400.35%13thLewisham[14]1,9923.76%8th
Barnet[15]1,2341.51%8thHaringeyNewham[16]3,5207.40%3rd
Bexley[17]3780.62%11thHarrow[18]6,85611.00%3rdRedbridge[19]4,9107.81%6th
Brent[20]4,8678.33%5thHavering[21]2030.33%13thRichmond upon Thames[22]1470.28%13th
Bromley[23]6190.71%9thHillingdon[24]2,4333.96%7thSouthwark[25]1630.30%13th
Camden[26]1210.26%15thHounslow[27]1,0542.09%8thSutton[28]1,6643.40%7th
Croydon[29]3,1283.87%8thIslington[30]1280.30%15thTower Hamlets[31]1090.24%16th
Ealing[32]4,7166.51%6thKensington & Chelsea[33]700.26%15thWaltham Forest[34]1,4932.86%8th
Enfield[35]1,1941.83%8thKingston upon Thames[36]2,1505.16%6thWandsworth[37]9281.35%8th
Greenwich[38]7731.53%9thLambeth[39]1760.31%14thWestminster[40]1000.27%16th
HackneyMerton[41]3,9607.95%6thCity of London[42]40.19%=14th

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "MIA's endorsement expected to boost Jananayagam's MEP prospects". TamilNet. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
  2. ↑ "Candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. Archived from the original on 10 May 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
  3. ↑ "British Tamil contests seat for European Parliament". TamilNet. 15 May 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
  4. ↑ "Potent Tamil voice for European Parliament". TamilNet. 31 May 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
  5. ↑ "INSEAD hails TAG co-founder Jananayagam | Tamil Guardian".
  6. ↑ "Tamil campaigner Euro vote boost". BBC. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  7. 1 2 "Independents in European Elections | Independent Network". Archived from the original on 26 January 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  8. ↑ "Policies". Vote4Kan. Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
  9. ↑ "Election Manifesto" (PDF). TamilNet. 31 May 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
  10. ↑ "European Election 2009: London". BBC News. 8 June 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
  11. ↑ "European Election 2009: UK Results". BBC News. 8 June 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
  12. ↑ "European Parliamentary Election Results". London Borough of Barking & Dagenham. Archived from the original on 11 April 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  13. ↑ "Hammersmith & Fulham declaration" (PDF). London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  14. ↑ "Lewisham Council – Documents – European Parliamentary Election 4 June 2009". London Borough of Lewisham. Archived from the original on 23 May 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
  15. ↑ "Barnet declaration" (PDF). London Borough of Barnet. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  16. ↑ "European Parliamentary Election results 2009". Newham Council. Archived from the original on 12 June 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  17. ↑ "Bexley declaration" (PDF). London Borough of Bexley. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  18. ↑ "European Parliamentary Election – Thursday 4th June 2009". Harrow Council. 4 June 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  19. ↑ "European Election results". Redbridge i. Retrieved 9 June 2009.[permanent dead link]
  20. ↑ "Election results for Brent". Brent Council. Archived from the original on 12 June 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  21. ↑ "Euro Election Results". Havering Council. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  22. ↑ "Richmond upon Thames declaration" (PDF). London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  23. ↑ "European Parliamentary Election 4 June 2009 – result of poll for the local counting area of Bromley". London Borough of Bromley. Archived from the original on 15 April 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  24. ↑ "Hillingdon declaration" (PDF). London Borough of Hillingdon. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
  25. ↑ "Southwark declaration" (PDF). London Borough of Southwark. Retrieved 9 June 2009. [dead link]
  26. ↑ "European Parliamentary election results". Camden Council. Archived from the original on 5 September 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  27. ↑ "Hounslow declaration" (PDF). London Borough of Hounslow. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  28. ↑ "Election and other news". London Borough of Sutton. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  29. ↑ "Croydon declaration" (PDF). Croydon Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  30. ↑ "European Parliamentary Election 2009". Islington Council. Archived from the original on 3 June 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  31. ↑ "Results of the European Parliament Election for Tower Hamlets on June 4 2009". Tower Hamlets Council. Archived from the original on 11 June 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  32. ↑ "European Elections 2009". Ealing Council. Archived from the original on 10 June 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  33. ↑ "European Parliamentary Elections on 4 June 2009". Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea. Archived from the original on 13 June 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  34. ↑ "European election results". Waltham Forest Council. Archived from the original on 30 May 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  35. ↑ "Enfield declaration" (PDF). Enfield Council. Retrieved 9 June 2009. [dead link]
  36. ↑ "European Parliamentary Election 2009 – Results". Royal Kingston. Archived from the original on 12 June 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  37. ↑ "Wandsworth declaration" (PDF). Wandsworth Borough Council. Retrieved 9 June 2009.[permanent dead link]
  38. ↑ "Greenwich declaration" (PDF). Greenwich Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  39. ↑ "Lambeth declaration" (PDF). Lambeth Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  40. ↑ "Westminster declaration". Westminster City Council. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  41. ↑ "Merton declaration" (PDF). Merton Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  42. ↑ "City of London declaration". Westminster City Council. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
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