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ඊලාම් විමුක්ති සංවිධානය</div></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo" style="padding-top:.4em;padding-bottom:.3em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:TELO_logo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/09/TELO_logo.jpg/250px-TELO_logo.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="61" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/09/TELO_logo.jpg/375px-TELO_logo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/09/TELO_logo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="408" data-file-height="100" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">President</th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Selvam_Adaikalanathan" title="Selvam Adaikalanathan">Selvam Adaikalanathan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Secretary</th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/G._Karunakaran" title="G. Karunakaran">G. Karunakaran</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Nadarajah_Thangathurai" class="mw-redirect" title="Nadarajah Thangathurai">Nadarajah Thangathurai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Selvarajah_Yogachandran" title="Selvarajah Yogachandran">Selvarajah Yogachandran</a> (Kuttimani)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">1969 (organisation)<br />1987 (political party)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label" style="line-height:1.3em;">34 Ammankovil Road, Pandarikulam, <a href="/wiki/Vavuniya" title="Vavuniya">Vavuniya</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_ideologies" title="List of political ideologies">Ideology</a></th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamil_nationalism" title="Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism">Tamil nationalism</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">National affiliation</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Tamil_National_Alliance" title="Tamil National Alliance">Tamil National Alliance</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Parliament of Sri Lanka">Parliament</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 225</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #BE0028; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 0.8em;">Election symbol</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">Light House</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 0.8em;">Party flag</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:TELO_flag.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0c/TELO_flag.gif" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="150" data-file-height="100" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 0.8em;">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.telo.org/">telo.org</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="padding-top:0;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-top:0.3em; border-top:2px solid #BE0028;"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Politics of Sri Lanka">Politics of Sri Lanka</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Sri_Lanka" title="List of political parties in Sri Lanka">Political parties</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Elections in Sri Lanka">Elections</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization</b> (TELO) is an <a href="/wiki/Eelam_Tamils" class="mw-redirect" title="Eelam Tamils">Eelam Tamil</a> organisation which campaigned for the establishment of an independent <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Eelam" title="Tamil Eelam">Tamil Eelam</a> in the northeast of <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a> during 1972-1987 which later accepted the December 19th proposals. The TELO was originally created as a militant group, and functioned as such until 1986, when most of its membership was killed in a conflict with the <a href="/wiki/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam">Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam</a> (LTTE). Its surviving members reorganised themselves as a <a href="/wiki/Political_party" title="Political party">political party</a>, and it continues to function as such today. </p><p>The TELO currently has two Members of <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Parliament of Sri Lanka">Parliament</a>. It is part of the <a href="/wiki/Tamil_National_Alliance" title="Tamil National Alliance">Tamil National Alliance</a>, a coalition of Tamil parties which won 2.9% of the popular vote and 14 out of 225 seats at the <a href="/wiki/2010_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2010 parliamentary election in Sri Lanka</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_history">Early history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The TELO evolved out of the group of Tamil <a href="/wiki/Student_radicals" class="mw-redirect" title="Student radicals">student radicals</a> formed by <a href="/wiki/Nadarajah_Thangathurai" class="mw-redirect" title="Nadarajah Thangathurai">Nadarajah Thangathurai</a> and <a href="/wiki/Selvarajah_Yogachandran" title="Selvarajah Yogachandran">Selvarajah Yogachandran</a> (better known by his <a href="/wiki/Nom_de_guerre" class="mw-redirect" title="Nom de guerre">nom de guerre</a> <i>Kuttimani</i>) in the late 1960s. The group formally constituted itself into an organisation in 1979, inspired in part by the LTTE and the <a href="/wiki/Eelam_Revolutionary_Organisation_of_Students" title="Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students">Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students</a> (EROS). Soon, it had become the most effective of the Tamil militant groups. </p><p>Both Thangathurai and Kuttimani were captured by the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan Army">Sri Lankan Army</a> in 1981 while they were in the process of escaping to <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. For a while after their arrest, the TELO was led by <a href="/wiki/Sri_Sabaratnam" title="Sri Sabaratnam">Sri Sabaratnam</a> as the de facto leader. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="India_and_the_Eelam_National_Liberation_Front">India and the <a href="/wiki/Eelam_National_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam National Liberation Front">Eelam National Liberation Front</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: India and the Eelam National Liberation Front"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The TELO was thereafter relatively dormant until 1983. On 25 July 1983, both Thangathurai and Kuttimani were brutally tortured and killed in a <a href="/wiki/Welikada_prison_massacre" title="Welikada prison massacre">prison riot</a> by Sinhalese prisoners. Sri Sabaratnam then became its head. The trained cadre would be supplied with weaponry, and sent to <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a> to wage a guerrilla war against the army. </p><p>In February 1984, the TELO together with the EROS and the <a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Revolutionary_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front">Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front</a> (EPRLF) set up a common militant front for the Eelam struggle, which was called the <a href="/wiki/Eelam_National_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam National Liberation Front">Eelam National Liberation Front</a>, or ENLF. The LTTE joined the ENLF in April that year. In co-ordination, the groups began carrying out attacks against government positions in <a href="/wiki/Jaffna" title="Jaffna">Jaffna</a>. The TELO used its arms to destroy the main police station in Jaffna, and attack military convoys. The combined assaults led to the near-total disappearance of government authority in Jaffna. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Internal_dissension_and_the_conflict_with_the_LTTE">Internal dissension and the conflict with the LTTE</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Internal dissension and the conflict with the LTTE"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a leader, however, Sri Sabaratnam lacked the charisma which the likes of <a href="/wiki/Prabhakaran" class="mw-redirect" title="Prabhakaran">Prabhakaran</a> had, and he was unable to convey the sense of vision to the TELO which the LTTE had. As a result, the TELO's rapid growth was not backed up by a strong ideology like the LTTE's had been, and a number of its cadre were seen as bullies. Sri Sabaratnam, relying heavily on his association with and support by India, had not acquired the sort of advanced modern weaponry that the LTTE had, and the group therefore began losing its effectiveness. A number of TELO members became unhappy with Sri Sabaratnam's leadership, and dissension grew in the ranks. By 1985, a number of factions had emerged in the TELO. The rivalry between the factions led to the murder of Dass, one of the factional leaders, in April 1986. This led to a split in the organisation, with several dozen members leaving. </p><p>In the meantime, differences with the LTTE were also growing. The LTTE was unhappy with the pro-India stance of the TELO. They also were upset that the TELO was getting by far the largest share of contributions from Sri Lankan Tamil expatriates, even though the TELO was not as active or successful as the LTTE. Prabhakaran also feared that India would use the TELO to have him killed. </p><p>Matters came to a head with the assassination of two prominent Tamil politicians in Jaffna, <a href="/wiki/M._Alalasundaram" title="M. Alalasundaram">M. Alalasundaram</a> and <a href="/wiki/V._Dharmalingam" title="V. Dharmalingam">V. Dharmalingam</a>, in September 1985. The TELO and the LTTE blamed each other for the killings. In February 1986, the LTTE pulled out of the ENLF. On 29 April that year, they launched an all-out assault on the TELO. TELO bases across Jaffna were shelled with mortars. TELO cadres, whether armed or unarmed, came under rifle attack and were shot dead. No quarter was given, according to eyewitnesses. Those who surrendered were shot dead as they laid down their weapons, and those who attempted to flee were shot as they ran. Civilians were warned not to shelter fugitives. The few TELO cadres who managed to find refuge with other armed groups such as the EPRLF or the EROS were nearly the only ones who survived. On 5 May, the TELO's leader Sri Sabaratnam was shot dead by <a href="/wiki/Kittu_(Tamil_militant)" title="Kittu (Tamil militant)">Kittu</a> (Sathasivam Krishnakumar) of the LTTE. In all, over one hundred and twenty five men had been killed, and the TELO had been virtually wiped out. </p><p>The LTTE at the time justified its actions as necessary, arguing that the TELO was being used by India to infiltrate the Eelam struggle and reshape it to its own ends. Several years later, however, in 1990, Kittu, who had directed and led the massacres, admitted that it had been a mistake to kill the cadres of the TELO, although the assassination of the top leaders was justified. </p><p>Some attempts were made during the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Peace_Keeping_Force" title="Indian Peace Keeping Force">Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF)</a> period to revive the TELO as a militant group, and to avenge those killed by the LTTE. They were assisted by the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Army" title="Indian Army">Indian Army</a>, which armed them and used them to try to contain the LTTE, who opposed the IPKF presence. However, they came under constant LTTE attack and suffered heavy casualties, losing as many as 70 in a single attack in September 1987. Once the IPKF withdrew, the military strength of these groups melted away, with most of their members surrendering to the LTTE in fear of reprisals. Since then, the TELO has never revived as an effective militant group. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_TELO_as_a_political_party">The TELO as a political party</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The TELO as a political party"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the killing of Sri Sabaratnam, <a href="/wiki/Selvam_Adaikalanathan" title="Selvam Adaikalanathan">Selvam Adaikalanathan</a> became the leader of the TELO. Following the melting away of its cadre after the IPKF's withdrawal, he decided that the TELO would never recover and therefore eventually reconstituted it as a political party. </p><p>TELO formed an alliance with the <a href="/wiki/Eelam_National_Democratic_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front">Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front</a>, EPRLF and <a href="/wiki/Tamil_United_Liberation_Front" title="Tamil United Liberation Front">Tamil United Liberation Front</a> to contest the <a href="/wiki/1989_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">1989 parliamentary elections</a>. The alliance won 188,593 votes (3.40%), securing 10 of the 225 seats in Parliament. 2 of the 10 alliance MPs were from TELO. </p><p>TELO formed an alliance with EROS and <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Organisation_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam">People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam</a> to contest the <a href="/wiki/1994_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">1994 parliamentary elections</a>. The alliance won 38,028 votes (0.48%), securing 3 of the 225 seats in Parliament. None of the 3 alliance MPs were from TELO. </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2000_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2000 parliamentary elections</a> TELO contested on its own and won 26,112 votes (0.30%), securing 3 of the 225 seats in Parliament. </p><p>The TELO maintained an ambivalent position with relation to the LTTE for some years, but starting from the mid-1990s, it began to take an increasingly pro-LTTE stand. In 2001, it joined the <a href="/wiki/Tamil_National_Alliance" title="Tamil National Alliance">Tamil National Alliance</a>, a coalition of pro-independence Tamil parties, which supported, and was supported by, the LTTE. In an interview, Adaikkalanathan explained the contradiction behind the TELO supporting a group to which it was once opposed. While the TELO does not accept internecine killing and can never forget what the LTTE has done, he says it would be betraying the Tamil people to oppose the LTTE, because victory could only be achieved if all Tamil groups set aside their differences and present a united front.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2001_Parliamentary_General_Election">2001 Parliamentary General Election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2001 Parliamentary General Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the first parliamentary election contested by the <a href="/wiki/Tamil_National_Alliance" title="Tamil National Alliance">Tamil National Alliance</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election,_2001" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2001">5 December 2001 election</a>, the TNA led by <a href="/wiki/Rajavarothiam_Sampanthan" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajavarothiam Sampanthan">Rajavarothiam Sampanthan</a> won 3.88% of the popular vote and 15 out of 225 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan parliament">Sri Lankan parliament</a>. </p><p><b>Votes and seats won by TNA by electoral district</b> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Electoral_districts_in_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Electoral districts in Sri Lanka">Electoral<br />District</a></th> <th style="vertical-align:bottom;">Votes</th> <th style="vertical-align:bottom;">%</th> <th style="vertical-align:bottom;">Seats</th> <th style="vertical-align:bottom;">Turnout</th> <th style="vertical-align:bottom;">TNA MPs </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Ampara_Electoral_District" title="Ampara Electoral District">Ampara</a></td> <td>48,789</td> <td>17.41%</td> <td>1</td> <td>82.51%</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/A._Chandranehru" title="A. Chandranehru">A. Chandranehru</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tamil_United_Liberation_Front" title="Tamil United Liberation Front">TULF</a>) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Batticaloa_Electoral_District" title="Batticaloa Electoral District">Batticaloa</a></td> <td>86,284</td> <td>48.17%</td> <td>3</td> <td>68.20%</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/G._Krishnapillai" title="G. Krishnapillai">G. Krishnapillai</a> (<a href="/wiki/All_Ceylon_Tamil_Congress" title="All Ceylon Tamil Congress">ACTC</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Pararajasingham" title="Joseph Pararajasingham">Joseph Pararajasingham</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tamil_United_Liberation_Front" title="Tamil United Liberation Front">TULF</a>)<br />Thambiraja Thangavadivel (<a class="mw-selflink selflink">TELO</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_Electoral_District" title="Colombo Electoral District">Colombo</a></td> <td>12,696</td> <td>1.20%</td> <td>0</td> <td>76.31%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jaffna_Electoral_District" title="Jaffna Electoral District">Jaffna</a></td> <td>102,324</td> <td>54.84%</td> <td>6</td> <td>31.14%</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/V._Anandasangaree" title="V. Anandasangaree">V. Anandasangaree</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tamil_United_Liberation_Front" title="Tamil United Liberation Front">TULF</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Gajendrakumar_Ponnambalam" title="Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam">Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam</a> (<a href="/wiki/All_Ceylon_Tamil_Congress" title="All Ceylon Tamil Congress">ACTC</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Nadarajah_Raviraj" title="Nadarajah Raviraj">Nadarajah Raviraj</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tamil_United_Liberation_Front" title="Tamil United Liberation Front">TULF</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Mavai_Senathirajah" title="Mavai Senathirajah">Mavai Senathirajah</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tamil_United_Liberation_Front" title="Tamil United Liberation Front">TULF</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/M._K._Shivajilingam" title="M. K. Shivajilingam">M. K. Shivajilingam</a> (<a class="mw-selflink selflink">TELO</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/A._Vinayagamoorthy" title="A. Vinayagamoorthy">A. Vinayagamoorthy</a> (<a href="/wiki/All_Ceylon_Tamil_Congress" title="All Ceylon Tamil Congress">ACTC</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Trincomalee_Electoral_District" title="Trincomalee Electoral District">Trincomalee</a></td> <td>56,121</td> <td>34.83%</td> <td>1</td> <td>79.88%</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/R._Sampanthan" title="R. Sampanthan">R. Sampanthan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tamil_United_Liberation_Front" title="Tamil United Liberation Front">TULF</a>) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Vanni_Electoral_District" title="Vanni Electoral District">Vanni</a></td> <td>41,950</td> <td>44.39%</td> <td>3</td> <td>46.77%</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Selvam_Adaikalanathan" title="Selvam Adaikalanathan">Selvam Adaikalanathan</a> (<a class="mw-selflink selflink">TELO</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Sivasakthy_Ananthan" title="Sivasakthy Ananthan">Sivasakthy Ananthan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Revolutionary_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front">EPRLF</a>)<br />Irasa Kuhaneswaran (<a class="mw-selflink selflink">TELO</a>) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="text-align:left;">National List</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/M._Sivasithamparam" title="M. Sivasithamparam">M. Sivasithamparam</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tamil_United_Liberation_Front" title="Tamil United Liberation Front">TULF</a>), died 5 June 2002<br /><a href="/wiki/K._Thurairetnasingam" title="K. Thurairetnasingam">K. Thurairetnasingam</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tamil_United_Liberation_Front" title="Tamil United Liberation Front">TULF</a>) (replaces <a href="/wiki/M._Sivasithamparam" title="M. Sivasithamparam">M. Sivasithamparam</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>Total</b></td> <td><b>348,164</b></td> <td><b>3.88%</b></td> <td><b>15</b></td> <td><b>76.03%</b></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="6">Source:<small><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.slelections.gov.lk/District2001/district2001.html">"Parliamentary General Election 2001, Final District Results"</a>. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Parliamentary+General+Election+2001%2C+Final+District+Results&rft.pub=Department+of+Elections%2C+Sri+Lanka&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.slelections.gov.lk%2FDistrict2001%2Fdistrict2001.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATamil+Eelam+Liberation+Organization" class="Z3988"></span></small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2004_Parliamentary_General_Election">2004 Parliamentary General Election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2004 Parliamentary General Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election,_2004" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2004">2 April 2004 parliamentary election</a> in which the <a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">United People's Freedom Alliance</a> alliance led by <a href="/wiki/Chandrika_Kumaratunga" title="Chandrika Kumaratunga">President Kumaratunga</a> came to power, the <a href="/wiki/Tamil_National_Alliance" title="Tamil National Alliance">Tamil National Alliance</a> led by <a href="/wiki/Rajavarothiam_Sampanthan" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajavarothiam Sampanthan">Rajavarothiam Sampanthan</a> won 6.84% of the popular vote and 22 out of 225 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan parliament">Sri Lankan parliament</a>. </p><p><b>Votes and seats won by TNA by electoral district</b> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Electoral_districts_in_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Electoral districts in Sri Lanka">Electoral<br />District</a></th> <th style="vertical-align:bottom;">Votes</th> <th style="vertical-align:bottom;">%</th> <th style="vertical-align:bottom;">Seats</th> <th style="vertical-align:bottom;">Turnout</th> <th style="vertical-align:bottom;">TNA MPs </th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Ampara_Electoral_District" title="Ampara Electoral District">Ampara</a></td> <td>55,533</td> <td>19.13%</td> <td>1</td> <td>81.42%</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/K._Pathmanathan" title="K. Pathmanathan">K. Pathmanathan</a>, died 21 May 2009<br /><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Thangathurai_William" title="Thomas Thangathurai William">Thomas Thangathurai William</a>, from 12 June 2009 (replaces <a href="/wiki/K._Pathmanathan" title="K. Pathmanathan">K. Pathmanathan</a>) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Batticaloa_Electoral_District" title="Batticaloa Electoral District">Batticaloa</a></td> <td>161,011</td> <td>66.71%</td> <td>4</td> <td>83.58%</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Senathirajah_Jeyanandamoorthy" class="mw-redirect" title="Senathirajah Jeyanandamoorthy">Senathirajah Jeyanandamoorthy</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Thanmanpillai_Kanagasabai" title="Thanmanpillai Kanagasabai">Thanmanpillai Kanagasabai</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Thangeswary_Kathiraman" title="Thangeswary Kathiraman">Thangeswary Kathiraman</a><br />Kingsley Rasanayagam, resigned April 2004<br /><a href="/wiki/P._Ariyanethiran" title="P. Ariyanethiran">P. Ariyanethiran</a>, from 18 May 2004 (replaces Kingsley Rasanayagam) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jaffna_Electoral_District" title="Jaffna Electoral District">Jaffna</a></td> <td>257,320</td> <td>90.60%</td> <td>8</td> <td>47.38%</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Selvarajah_Kajendren" class="mw-redirect" title="Selvarajah Kajendren">Selvarajah Kajendren</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Gajendrakumar_Ponnambalam" title="Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam">Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam</a> (<a href="/wiki/All_Ceylon_Tamil_Congress" title="All Ceylon Tamil Congress">ACTC</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Suresh_Premachandran" title="Suresh Premachandran">Suresh Premachandran</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Revolutionary_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front">EPRLF</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Nadarajah_Raviraj" title="Nadarajah Raviraj">Nadarajah Raviraj</a> (<a href="/wiki/Illankai_Tamil_Arasu_Kachchi" class="mw-redirect" title="Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi">ITAK</a>), murdered 10 November 2006<br /><a href="/wiki/Mavai_Senathirajah" title="Mavai Senathirajah">Mavai Senathirajah</a> (<a href="/wiki/Illankai_Tamil_Arasu_Kachchi" class="mw-redirect" title="Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi">ITAK</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/M._K._Shivajilingam" title="M. K. Shivajilingam">M. K. Shivajilingam</a> (<a class="mw-selflink selflink">TELO</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/K._Sivanesan_(member_of_parliament)" class="mw-redirect" title="K. Sivanesan (member of parliament)">K. Sivanesan</a>, murdered 6 March 2008<br /><a href="/wiki/Pathmini_Sithamparanathan" title="Pathmini Sithamparanathan">Pathmini Sithamparanathan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Nallathamby_Srikantha" class="mw-redirect" title="Nallathamby Srikantha">Nallathamby Srikantha</a> (<a class="mw-selflink selflink">TELO</a>), from 30 November 2006 (replaces <a href="/wiki/Nadarajah_Raviraj" title="Nadarajah Raviraj">Nadarajah Raviraj</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Solomon_Cyril" title="Solomon Cyril">Solomon Cyril</a>, from 9 April 2008 (replaces <a href="/wiki/K._Sivanesan_(member_of_parliament)" class="mw-redirect" title="K. Sivanesan (member of parliament)">Kidnan Sivanesan</a>) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Trincomalee_Electoral_District" title="Trincomalee Electoral District">Trincomalee</a></td> <td>68,955</td> <td>37.72%</td> <td>2</td> <td>85.44%</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/R._Sampanthan" title="R. Sampanthan">R. Sampanthan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Illankai_Tamil_Arasu_Kachchi" class="mw-redirect" title="Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi">ITAK</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/K._Thurairetnasingam" title="K. Thurairetnasingam">K. Thurairetnasingam</a> (<a href="/wiki/Illankai_Tamil_Arasu_Kachchi" class="mw-redirect" title="Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi">ITAK</a>) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Vanni_Electoral_District" title="Vanni Electoral District">Vanni</a></td> <td>90,835</td> <td>64.71%</td> <td>5</td> <td>66.64%</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Selvam_Adaikalanathan" title="Selvam Adaikalanathan">Selvam Adaikalanathan</a> (<a class="mw-selflink selflink">TELO</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Sivasakthy_Ananthan" title="Sivasakthy Ananthan">Sivasakthy Ananthan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Revolutionary_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front">EPRLF</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Sathasivam_Kanagaratnam" class="mw-redirect" title="Sathasivam Kanagaratnam">Sathasivam Kanagaratnam</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sivanathan_Kisshor" class="mw-redirect" title="Sivanathan Kisshor">Sivanathan Kisshor</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Vino_Noharathalingam" title="Vino Noharathalingam">Vino Noharathalingam</a> (<a class="mw-selflink selflink">TELO</a>) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="text-align:left;">National List</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/M._K._Eelaventhan" title="M. K. Eelaventhan">M. K. Eelaventhan</a>, expelled from Parliament 14 December 2007 for non-attendance<br /><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Pararajasingham" title="Joseph Pararajasingham">Joseph Pararajasingham</a> (<a href="/wiki/Illankai_Tamil_Arasu_Kachchi" class="mw-redirect" title="Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi">ITAK</a>), murdered 24 December 2005<br /><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Nehru_Chandrakanthan" class="mw-redirect" title="Chandra Nehru Chandrakanthan">Chandra Nehru Chandrakanthan</a>, from 27 September 2006 (replaces <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Pararajasingham" title="Joseph Pararajasingham">Joseph Pararajasingham</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Raseen_Mohammed_Imam" title="Raseen Mohammed Imam">Raseen Mohammed Imam</a>, from 5 February 2008 (replaces <a href="/wiki/M._K._Eelaventhan" title="M. K. Eelaventhan">M. K. Eelaventhan</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>Total</b></td> <td><b>633,654</b></td> <td><b>6.84%</b></td> <td><b>22</b></td> <td><b>75.96%</b></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="6">Source:<small><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.slelections.gov.lk/District2004/district2004.html">"Parliamentary General Election 2004, Final District Results"</a>. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Parliamentary+General+Election+2004%2C+Final+District+Results&rft.pub=Department+of+Elections%2C+Sri+Lanka&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.slelections.gov.lk%2FDistrict2004%2Fdistrict2004.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATamil+Eelam+Liberation+Organization" class="Z3988"></span></small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_Parliamentary_General_Election">2010 Parliamentary General Election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2010 Parliamentary General Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election,_2010" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2010">2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election</a>, in which the <a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">United People's Freedom Alliance</a> , led by <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a>, retained power, the <a href="/wiki/Tamil_National_Alliance" title="Tamil National Alliance">Tamil National Alliance</a>, led by <a href="/wiki/Rajavarothiam_Sampanthan" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajavarothiam Sampanthan">Rajavarothiam Sampanthan</a>, won 2.9% of the popular vote and 14 out of 225 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan parliament">Sri Lankan parliament</a>. </p><p><b>Votes and seats won by the TNA by electoral district</b> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Electoral_districts_in_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Electoral districts in Sri Lanka">Electoral<br />District</a></th> <th style="vertical-align:bottom;">Votes</th> <th style="vertical-align:bottom;">%</th> <th style="vertical-align:bottom;">Seats</th> <th style="vertical-align:bottom;">Turnout</th> <th style="vertical-align:bottom;">TNA MPs </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Ampara_Electoral_District" title="Ampara Electoral District">Ampara</a></td> <td>26,895</td> <td>10.47%</td> <td>1</td> <td>64.74%</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Podiappuhamy_Piyasena" title="Podiappuhamy Piyasena">Podiappuhamy Piyasena</a> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Batticaloa_Electoral_District" title="Batticaloa Electoral District">Batticaloa</a></td> <td>66,235</td> <td>36.67%</td> <td>3</td> <td>58.56%</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/P._Ariyanethiran" title="P. Ariyanethiran">P. Ariyanethiran</a> (<a href="/wiki/Illankai_Tamil_Arasu_Kachchi" class="mw-redirect" title="Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi">ITAK</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/P._Selvarasa" title="P. Selvarasa">P. Selvarasa</a> (<a href="/wiki/Illankai_Tamil_Arasu_Kachchi" class="mw-redirect" title="Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi">ITAK</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/S._Yogeswaran" title="S. Yogeswaran">S. Yogeswaran</a> (<a href="/wiki/Illankai_Tamil_Arasu_Kachchi" class="mw-redirect" title="Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi">ITAK</a>) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jaffna_Electoral_District" title="Jaffna Electoral District">Jaffna</a></td> <td>65,119</td> <td>43.85%</td> <td>5</td> <td>23.33%</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Suresh_Premachandran" title="Suresh Premachandran">Suresh Premachandran</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Revolutionary_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front">EPRLF</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/E._Saravanapavan" title="E. Saravanapavan">E. Saravanapavan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Illankai_Tamil_Arasu_Kachchi" class="mw-redirect" title="Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi">ITAK</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Mavai_Senathirajah" title="Mavai Senathirajah">Mavai Senathirajah</a> (<a href="/wiki/Illankai_Tamil_Arasu_Kachchi" class="mw-redirect" title="Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi">ITAK</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/S._Sritharan" class="mw-redirect" title="S. Sritharan">S. Sritharan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Illankai_Tamil_Arasu_Kachchi" class="mw-redirect" title="Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi">ITAK</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/A._Vinayagamoorthy" title="A. Vinayagamoorthy">A. Vinayagamoorthy</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Trincomalee_Electoral_District" title="Trincomalee Electoral District">Trincomalee</a></td> <td>33,268</td> <td>23.81%</td> <td>1</td> <td>62.20%</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/R._Sampanthan" title="R. Sampanthan">R. Sampanthan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Illankai_Tamil_Arasu_Kachchi" class="mw-redirect" title="Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi">ITAK</a>) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Vanni_Electoral_District" title="Vanni Electoral District">Vanni</a></td> <td>41,673</td> <td>38.96%</td> <td>3</td> <td>43.89%</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Selvam_Adaikalanathan" title="Selvam Adaikalanathan">Selvam Adaikalanathan</a> (<a class="mw-selflink selflink">TELO</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Sivasakthy_Ananthan" title="Sivasakthy Ananthan">Sivasakthy Ananthan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Revolutionary_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front">EPRLF</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Vino_Noharathalingam" title="Vino Noharathalingam">Vino Noharathalingam</a> (<a class="mw-selflink selflink">TELO</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">National List</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/M._A._Sumanthiran" title="M. A. Sumanthiran">M. A. Sumanthiran</a> (<a href="/wiki/Illankai_Tamil_Arasu_Kachchi" class="mw-redirect" title="Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi">ITAK</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>Total</b></td> <td><b>233,190</b></td> <td><b>2.90%</b></td> <td><b>14</b></td> <td><b>61.26%</b></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="6">Source:<small><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.slelections.gov.lk/parliamentary_elections/province.html">"Parliamentary General Election – 2010"</a>. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Parliamentary+General+Election+%E2%80%93+2010&rft.pub=Department+of+Elections%2C+Sri+Lanka&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.slelections.gov.lk%2Fparliamentary_elections%2Fprovince.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATamil+Eelam+Liberation+Organization" class="Z3988"></span></small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Hellmann-Rajanayagam, D. (1994) "The Groups and the rise of Militant Secessions". in Manogaram, C. and Pfaffenberger, B. (editors). The Sri Lankan Tamils. Oxford University Press. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8133-8845-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-8133-8845-7">0-8133-8845-7</a></li> <li>Narayan Swamy, M. R. (2002) Tigers of Lanka: from Boys to Guerrillas, Konark Publishers; 3rd ed. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/81-220-0631-0" title="Special:BookSources/81-220-0631-0">81-220-0631-0</a></li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050115001048/http://www.flonnet.com/fl2121/stories/20041022000905200.htm">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'We are on the correct path'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. 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People's National Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_United_Liberation_Front" title="Tamil United Liberation Front">Tamil United Liberation Front</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Citizen%E2%80%99s_Front&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="United Citizen’s Front (page does not exist)">United Citizen’s Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Republican_Front" title="United Republican Front">United Republican Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Socialist_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)">United Socialist Party</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former political parties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All_Ceylon_Islamic_United_Front" title="All Ceylon Islamic United Front">All Ceylon Islamic United Front</a></li> <li><a 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title="Lanka Mahajana Sabha">Lanka Mahajana Sabha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lanka_Sama_Samaja_Party_(Revolutionary)" title="Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Revolutionary)">Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Revolutionary)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Front_of_Liberation_Tigers" title="People's Front of Liberation Tigers">People's Front of Liberation Tigers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinhala_Maha_Sabha" title="Sinhala Maha Sabha">Sinhala Maha Sabha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Socialist_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Sri Lanka Sama Samaja Party">Sri Lanka Sama Samaja Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Lanka_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="United Lanka Congress">United Lanka Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viplavakari_Lanka_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party">Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former political alliances</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a>-led alliances <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna_(1956)" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (1956)">Mahajana Eksath Peramuna</a> (1956–1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United Front (Sri Lanka)">United Front</a> (1968–1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">People's Alliance</a> (1994–2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">United People's Freedom Alliance</a> (2004–2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Opposition_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Joint Opposition (Sri Lanka)">Joint Opposition</a> (2015–2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_People%27s_Alliance" title="Freedom People's Alliance">Freedom People's Alliance</a> (2023–2024)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a>-led alliances <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">United National Front</a> (2001–2020)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_National_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Democratic National Alliance (Sri Lanka)">Democratic National Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Left_Liberation_Front" title="Left Liberation Front">Left Liberation Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Socialist Alliance (Sri Lanka)">Socialist Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_National_Alliance" title="Tamil National Alliance">Tamil National Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_National_Liberation_Alliance" title="Tamil National Liberation Alliance">Tamil National Liberation Alliance</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portal:Politics" title="Portal:Politics">Portal:Politics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ruling_political_parties_by_country" title="List of ruling political parties by country">List of political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Politics of Sri Lanka">Politics of Sri Lanka</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Sri_Lankan_civil_war_(1983–2009)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link 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href="/wiki/Origins_of_the_Sri_Lankan_civil_war" title="Origins of the Sri Lankan civil war">Origins</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamil_nationalism" title="Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism">Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinhalese_Buddhist_nationalism" title="Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism">Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinhala_Only_Act" title="Sinhala Only Act">Sinhala Only Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_anti-Tamil_pogrom" title="1956 anti-Tamil pogrom">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_anti-Tamil_pogrom" title="1958 anti-Tamil pogrom">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaddukoddai_Resolution" title="Vaddukoddai Resolution">Vaddukoddai Resolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_anti-Tamil_pogrom" title="1977 anti-Tamil pogrom">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_anti-Tamil_pogrom" title="1981 anti-Tamil pogrom">1981</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Burning_of_Jaffna_Library" class="mw-redirect" title="Burning of Jaffna Library">Burning of Jaffna Library</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_July" title="Black July">Black July</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Combatants</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Sri Lanka"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Army" title="Sri Lanka Army">Army</a> (<a href="/wiki/Long_Range_Reconnaissance_Patrol_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (Sri Lanka)">LRRP</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Navy" title="Sri Lanka Navy">Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Air_Force" title="Sri Lanka Air Force">Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Police_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lanka Police Service">Police</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special_Task_Force_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Special Task Force (Sri Lanka)">Special Task Force</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Civil_Security_Force" title="Sri Lanka Civil Security Force">Home Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_attacks_on_civilians_attributed_to_Sri_Lankan_government_forces" title="List of attacks on civilians attributed to Sri Lankan government forces">Attacks on civilians</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_assassinated_by_Sri_Lankan_government_forces" class="mw-redirect" title="List of people assassinated by Sri Lankan government forces">Assassinations</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Tamil_Eelam_Flag.svg/23px-Tamil_Eelam_Flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Tamil_Eelam_Flag.svg/35px-Tamil_Eelam_Flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Tamil_Eelam_Flag.svg/45px-Tamil_Eelam_Flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam">LTTE</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Divisions_of_the_Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="Divisions of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam">Divisions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Tigers" title="Air Tigers">Air Tigers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea_Tigers" title="Sea Tigers">Sea Tigers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Tigers" title="Black Tigers">Black Tigers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_attacks_attributed_to_the_LTTE" title="List of attacks attributed to the LTTE">Attacks</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_attacks_attributed_to_the_LTTE,_1970s" title="List of attacks attributed to the LTTE, 1970s">in the 1970s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_attacks_attributed_to_the_LTTE,_1980s" title="List of attacks attributed to the LTTE, 1980s">1980s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_attacks_attributed_to_the_LTTE,_1990s" title="List of attacks attributed to the LTTE, 1990s">1990s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_attacks_attributed_to_the_LTTE,_2000s" title="List of attacks attributed to the LTTE, 2000s">2000s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_assassinated_by_the_Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="List of people assassinated by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam">Assassinations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suicide_bombings_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Suicide bombings in Sri Lanka">Suicide bombings</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_placeholder.svg/23px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_placeholder.svg/35px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_placeholder.svg/45px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="24" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamil_militant_groups" title="Sri Lankan Tamil militant groups">Other militants</a> <span class="nobold"><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/List_of_Sri_Lankan_Tamil_militant_groups" title="List of Sri Lankan Tamil militant groups">list</a>)</span></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eelam_National_Democratic_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front">ENDLF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eelam_National_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam National Liberation Front">ENLF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Revolutionary_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front">EPRLF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eelam_Revolutionary_Organisation_of_Students" title="Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students">EROS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Organisation_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam">PLOTE</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">TELO</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="India"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Peace_Keeping_Force" title="Indian Peace Keeping Force">Indian Peace Keeping Force</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka"><img alt="Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Paramilitary groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Democratic_Party" title="Eelam People's Democratic Party">EPDP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Makkal_Viduthalai_Pulikal" title="Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal">TMVP</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Phases</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eelam_War_I" title="Eelam War I">Eelam War I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_intervention_in_the_Sri_Lankan_civil_war" title="Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan civil war">Indian intervention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eelam_War_II" title="Eelam War II">Eelam War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eelam_War_III" title="Eelam War III">III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eelam_War_IV" title="Eelam War IV">IV</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Theatre_of_Eelam_War_IV" title="Eastern Theatre of Eelam War IV">Eastern</a> / <a href="/wiki/Northern_Theatre_of_Eelam_War_IV" title="Northern Theatre of Eelam War IV">Northern theatres</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major <a href="/wiki/List_of_military_operations_of_the_Sri_Lankan_civil_war" title="List of military operations of the Sri Lankan civil war">battles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kokkilai_offensive" title="Kokkilai offensive">Kokkilai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vadamarachchi_Operation" title="Vadamarachchi Operation">Vadamarachchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Poomalai" title="Operation Poomalai">Poomalai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Pawan" title="Operation Pawan">Pawan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaffna_University_Helidrop" title="Jaffna University Helidrop">Jaffna University Helidrop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Balavegaya" title="Operation Balavegaya">Balavegaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Elephant_Pass" title="First Battle of Elephant Pass">1st Elephant Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pooneryn" title="Battle of Pooneryn">Pooneryn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Riviresa" title="Operation Riviresa">Riviresa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mullaitivu_(1996)" title="Battle of Mullaitivu (1996)">1st Mullaitivu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Weli_Oya_(1995)" title="Battle of Weli Oya (1995)">Weli Oya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Sath_Jaya" title="Operation Sath Jaya">Sath Jaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Vavunathivu_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="1997 Vavunathivu Offensive">Vavunathivu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Jayasikurui" title="Operation Jayasikurui">Jayasikurui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thandikulam%E2%80%93Omanthai_offensive" title="Thandikulam–Omanthai offensive">Thandikulam–Omanthai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Battle_of_Kilinochchi" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 Battle of Kilinochchi">1st Kilinochchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oddusuddan_offensive_(1999)" title="Oddusuddan offensive (1999)">Oddusuddan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_for_the_A-9_highway" title="Battle for the A-9 highway">A-9 highway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Elephant_Pass" title="Second Battle of Elephant Pass">2nd Elephant Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandaranaike_Airport_attack" title="Bandaranaike Airport attack">Bandaranaike Airport attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Point_Pedro_(2006)" title="Battle of Point Pedro (2006)">Point Pedro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jaffna_(2006)" title="Battle of Jaffna (2006)">Jaffna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Thoppigala" title="Battle of Thoppigala">Thoppigala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Vidattaltivu" title="Battle of Vidattaltivu">Vidattaltivu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%932009_Battle_of_Kilinochchi" class="mw-redirect" title="2008–2009 Battle of Kilinochchi">2nd Kilinochchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mullaitivu_(2009)" title="Battle of Mullaitivu (2009)">2nd Mullaitivu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Puthukkudiyirippu" title="Battle of Puthukkudiyirippu">Puthukkudiyirippu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Lanka_Flight_512" title="Air Lanka Flight 512">Air Lanka Flight 512</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Sri_Lanka_Accord" title="Indo-Sri Lanka Accord">Indo-Sri Lanka Accord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expulsion_of_Muslims_from_the_Northern_province_by_LTTE" class="mw-redirect" title="Expulsion of Muslims from the Northern province by LTTE">Expulsions from Northern province</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Lalith_Athulathmudali" title="Assassination of Lalith Athulathmudali">Assassination of Lalith Athulathmudali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi">Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Ranasinghe_Premadasa" title="Assassination of Ranasinghe Premadasa">Assassination of Ranasinghe Premadasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Temple_of_the_Tooth_attack" title="1998 Temple of the Tooth attack">Temple of the Tooth attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lionair_Flight_602" title="Lionair Flight 602">Lionair Flight 602</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandaranaike_Airport_attack" title="Bandaranaike Airport attack">Bandaranaike Airport attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expulsion_of_non-resident_Tamils_from_Colombo" title="Expulsion of non-resident Tamils from Colombo">Expulsions from Colombo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_suicide_air_raid_on_Colombo" title="2009 suicide air raid on Colombo">2009 suicide air raid on Colombo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sri Lanka</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Military</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Army_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Commander of the Army (Sri Lanka)">Army</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tissa_Weeratunga" title="Tissa Weeratunga">Tissa Weeratunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nalin_Seneviratne" title="Nalin Seneviratne">Nalin Seneviratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Wanasinghe" title="Hamilton Wanasinghe">Hamilton Wanasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cecil_Waidyaratne" title="Cecil 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C. A. C. Thisera">H. C. A. C. Thisera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daya_Sandagiri" title="Daya Sandagiri">Daya Sandagiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wasantha_Karannagoda" title="Wasantha Karannagoda">Wasantha Karannagoda</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Air_Force_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Commander of the Air Force (Sri Lanka)">Air Force</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Perera" title="Dick Perera">Dick Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andibuduge_Fernando" class="mw-redirect" title="Andibuduge Fernando">Andibuduge Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makalandage_Gunawardena" class="mw-redirect" title="Makalandage Gunawardena">Makalandage Gunawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Ranasinghe" title="Oliver Ranasinghe">Oliver Ranasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayalath_Weerakkody" title="Jayalath Weerakkody">Jayalath Weerakkody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Perera" title="Donald Perera">Donald Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roshan_Goonetileke" title="Roshan Goonetileke">Roshan Goonetileke</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Civilian</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/J._R._Jayewardene" title="J. R. Jayewardene">J. R. Jayewardene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranasinghe_Premadasa" title="Ranasinghe Premadasa">Ranasinghe Premadasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dingiri_Banda_Wijetunga" title="Dingiri Banda Wijetunga">Dingiri Banda Wijetunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrika_Kumaratunga" title="Chandrika Kumaratunga">Chandrika Kumaratunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">LTTE</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_LTTE" title="List of commanders of the LTTE">Militant</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Velupillai_Prabhakaran" title="Velupillai Prabhakaran">Velupillai Prabhakaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pottu_Amman_(Tamil_militant)" title="Pottu Amman (Tamil militant)">Pottu Amman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thillaiyampalam_Sivanesan" class="mw-redirect" title="Thillaiyampalam Sivanesan">Soosai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinayagamoorthy_Muralitharan" class="mw-redirect" title="Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan">Karuna Amman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Political</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Selvarasa_Pathmanathan" title="Selvarasa Pathmanathan">Selvarasa Pathmanathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anton_Balasingham" title="Anton Balasingham">Anton Balasingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._P._Thamilselvan" title="S. 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