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Sampanthan">R. Sampanthan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><span class="nowrap">Secretary-General</span></th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Mavai_Senathirajah" title="Mavai Senathirajah">Mavai Senathirajah</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Deputy President</th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/A._Vinayagamoorthy" title="A. Vinayagamoorthy">A. Vinayagamoorthy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Deputy Secretary</th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Selvam_Adaikalanathan" title="Selvam Adaikalanathan">Selvam Adaikalanathan</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Suresh_Premachandran" title="Suresh Premachandran">Suresh Premachandran</a></li></ul></div></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;">20 October 2001<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2001-10-20</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Dissolved</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">2024</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;">6, 1st Lane,<br />Point Pedro Road,<br /><a href="/wiki/Jaffna" title="Jaffna">Jaffna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</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;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist nowrap"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamil_Nationalism" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan Tamil Nationalism">Tamil nationalism</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Regionalism_(politics)" title="Regionalism (politics)">Regionalism</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Federalism" title="Federalism">Federalism</a></li><li><b>Formerly:</b></li><li><a href="/wiki/Separatism" title="Separatism">Separatism</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Political_spectrum" title="Political spectrum">Political position</a></th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Centre-left_politics" title="Centre-left politics">Centre-left</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Colours</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#F7E20F; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Yellow" title="Yellow">Yellow</a><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#DF220C; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Red" title="Red">Red</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: #F7E20F; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Provincial_Councils_(Sri_Lanka)" class="mw-redirect" title="Provincial Councils (Sri Lanka)">Provincial Councils</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">41 / 455</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; 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padding-top:0.3em; border-top:2px solid #F7E20F;"><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 National Alliance</b> (<b>TNA</b>; <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a>: <span lang="ta">தமிழ்த் தேசியக் கூட்டமைப்பு</span> <a href="/wiki/ISO_15919" title="ISO 15919">ISO 15919</a>: <i>tamiḻt tēciyakkūṭṭamaippu</i>) was a <a href="/wiki/Political_alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="Political alliance">political alliance</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a> which represented the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamil_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan Tamil people">Sri Lankan Tamil</a> <a href="/wiki/Minority_group" title="Minority group">minority</a> of the country. It was formed in October 2001 by a group of moderate <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamil_nationalism" title="Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism">Tamil nationalist</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Sri_Lanka" title="List of political parties in Sri Lanka">parties</a> and former <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamil_militant_groups" title="Sri Lankan Tamil militant groups">Tamil militant groups</a>. The alliance originally supported <a href="/wiki/Self-determination" title="Self-determination">self-determination</a> in an <a href="/wiki/Autonomous" class="mw-redirect" title="Autonomous">autonomous</a> state (<a href="/wiki/Tamil_Eelam" title="Tamil Eelam">Tamil Eelam</a>) for the island's Tamils. It supported negotiations with the rebel <a href="/wiki/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam">Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam</a> (LTTE) to resolve the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_civil_war" title="Sri Lankan civil war">civil war</a> in Sri Lanka. The TNA was considered a political proxy of the LTTE, with the LTTE personally selecting some of its candidates, even though its leadership maintains it never supported the LTTE and merely negotiated with the LTTE just as the government did.<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><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-OberstMalik2013_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OberstMalik2013-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kluver2007_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kluver2007-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Soon after its formation in 2001, the alliance began to make a more pro-LTTE stance, supporting their "freedom struggle" and recognizing them as the sole representative of the <a href="/wiki/Tamils" title="Tamils">Tamils</a>. In an interview, <a href="/wiki/Selvam_Adaikalanathan" title="Selvam Adaikalanathan">Selvam Adaikalanathan</a> explained that 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 stood as a united front. Since the end of the civil war and the defeat of the <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Tigers" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamil Tigers">Tamil Tigers</a>, the TNA has dropped the demand for an independent state, saying that it is ready to accept <a href="/wiki/Federalism" title="Federalism">federalism</a> and regional self-rule. The TNA and its supporters have been subject to numerous attacks during its existence and three of its sitting Members of Parliament have been <a href="/wiki/List_of_assassinations_of_the_Sri_Lankan_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="List of assassinations of the Sri Lankan Civil War">assassinated</a>, allegedly by <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan government">government</a>-backed paramilitary groups.<sup id="cite_ref-TN160308_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TN160308-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015, TNA consisted of four parties: the <a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Revolutionary_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front">Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ilankai_Tamil_Arasu_Kachchi" title="Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi">Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi</a> (ITAK), the <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> and the <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization" title="Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization">Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The alliance began to fall apart during the lead-up to the <a href="/wiki/2024_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2024 Sri Lankan presidential election">2024 presidential election</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in the following <a href="/wiki/2024_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2024 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">parliamentary election</a>, the Tamil nationalist vote was split between several parties, including the ITAK, the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Tamil_National_Alliance" title="Democratic Tamil National Alliance">Democratic Tamil National Alliance</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Tamil_People%27s_Alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamil People's Alliance">Tamil People's Alliance</a>, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Eros_Democratic_Front&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eros Democratic Front (page does not exist)">Eros Democratic Front</a>, the <a href="/wiki/All_Ceylon_Tamil_Congress" title="All Ceylon Tamil Congress">All Ceylon Tamil Congress</a> (ACTC) and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=People%27s_Struggle_Alliance&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="People's Struggle Alliance (page does not exist)">People's Struggle Alliance</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the end of its parliametary lifespan, the TNA had 10 members in the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Parliament of Sri Lanka">national parliament</a>. It controlled the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_Northern_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of the Northern Province">provincial government</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Northern Province, Sri Lanka">Northern Province</a> and was part of the provincial government in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Eastern Province, Sri Lanka">Eastern Province</a>. It also controlled 33 <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Local government in Sri Lanka">local authorities</a> in the north and east. The leader of the alliance, <a href="/wiki/R._Sampanthan" title="R. Sampanthan">R. Sampanthan</a>, served as the leader of the opposition from September 2015 to December 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tamil_National_Alliance&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1246091330">.mw-parser-output .sidebar{width:22em;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 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Ceylon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colebrooke-Cameron_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Colebrooke-Cameron Commission">Colebrooke-Cameron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Ceylon_Mission" title="American Ceylon Mission">American Ceylon Mission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wesleyan_Methodist_Mission,_North_Ceylon" title="Wesleyan Methodist Mission, North Ceylon">Wesleyan Methodist Mission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaffna_Youth_Congress" title="Jaffna Youth Congress">Jaffna Youth Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donoughmore_Commission" title="Donoughmore Commission">Donoughmore Commission</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Post independence</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soulbury_Commission" title="Soulbury Commission">Soulbury Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamil_nationalism" title="Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism">Nationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_state_sponsored_colonisation_schemes" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan state sponsored colonisation schemes">Colonisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinhala_Only_Act" title="Sinhala Only Act">Sinhala Only Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riots_in_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Riots in Sri Lanka">Riots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nehru-Kotelawala_Pact" title="Nehru-Kotelawala Pact">1954 pact</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandaranaike%E2%80%93Chelvanayakam_Pact" title="Bandaranaike–Chelvanayakam Pact">1957 Pact</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirima-Shastri_Pact" class="mw-redirect" title="Sirima-Shastri Pact">1964 pact</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirima-Gandhi_Pact" class="mw-redirect" title="Sirima-Gandhi Pact">1974 pact</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Policy_of_standardization" class="mw-redirect" title="Policy of 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class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 20 October 2001 a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the <a href="/wiki/All_Ceylon_Tamil_Congress" title="All Ceylon Tamil Congress">All Ceylon Tamil Congress</a> (ACTC), <a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Revolutionary_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front">Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front</a> (EPRLF), <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization" title="Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization">Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization</a> (TELO) and <a href="/wiki/Tamil_United_Liberation_Front" title="Tamil United Liberation Front">Tamil United Liberation Front</a> (TULF).<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the 2001 parliamentary election, the TNA, contesting under the name and symbol of the TULF, received 348,164 votes (3.89%) and won 15 out of 225 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Parliament of Sri Lanka">Sri Lankan parliament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Soon after its formation, the TNA began to make a more pro-LTTE stance, supporting their "freedom struggle" and recognising them as the sole representative of the Sri Lankan Tamils.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This caused a split within the TULF. Some members of the TULF, led by its president <a href="/wiki/V._Anandasangaree" title="V. Anandasangaree">V. Anandasangaree</a>, were opposed to the LTTE. Anandasangaree refused to allow the TNA to use the TULF name during the <a href="/wiki/2010_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2004 parliamentary election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This caused the members of TULF who wished to remain with the TNA to resurrect the <a href="/wiki/Illankai_Tamil_Arasu_Kachchi" class="mw-redirect" title="Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi">Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi</a> (ITAK) political party.<sup id="cite_ref-DM180513_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DM180513-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the 2004 parliamentary election the TNA, contesting under the name and symbol of the ITAK, received 633,654 votes (6.84%) and won 22 out of 225 seats in parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The TNA boycotted the 2008 local authority election in <a href="/wiki/Batticaloa_District" title="Batticaloa District">Batticaloa District</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2008_Sri_Lanka_Eastern_Provincial_Council_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council elections">2008 Eastern Provincial Council election</a> due to threats posed by the government backed <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Makkal_Viduthalai_Pulikal" title="Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal">Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal</a> (TMVP) paramilitary group and opposition to the de-merger of the <a href="/wiki/North_Eastern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="North Eastern Province, Sri Lanka">North Eastern Province</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The civil war ended in May 2009 after the LTTE were defeated by the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_military" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan military">Sri Lankan military</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/Report_of_the_Secretary-General%27s_Panel_of_Experts_on_Accountability_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Report of the Secretary-General's Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka">United Nations report</a> found that as many as 40,000 civilians may have been killed in the final months of the civil war, mostly as a result of indiscriminate shelling by the Sri Lankan military.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are widespread allegations that both sides committed atrocities and human rights violations including <a href="/wiki/Alleged_war_crimes_during_the_final_stages_of_the_Sri_Lankan_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Alleged war crimes during the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War">war crimes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The TNA has consistently campaigned for an independent international investigation into the alleged war crimes.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2010_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2010 Sri Lankan presidential election">2010 presidential election</a>, the TNA supported common opposition candidate <a href="/wiki/Sarath_Fonseka" title="Sarath Fonseka">Sarath Fonseka</a> who, as <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Army_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Commander of the Army (Sri Lanka)">Commander</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Army" title="Sri Lanka Army">Sri Lanka Army</a>, had played a key role in the LTTE's defeat.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2010 the TNA dropped its demand for a separate Tamil state, advocating instead a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federal</a> solution with significant <a href="/wiki/Devolution" title="Devolution">devolution</a> and merger of the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Northern Province, Sri Lanka">Northern</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Eastern Province, Sri Lanka">Eastern</a> <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Provinces of Sri Lanka">provinces</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2010 ACTC and its leader <a href="/wiki/Gajendrakumar_Ponnambalam" title="Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam">Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam</a>, along with fellow TNA MPs <a href="/wiki/S._Kajendran" title="S. Kajendran">S. Kajendran</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pathmini_Sithamparanathan" title="Pathmini Sithamparanathan">Pathmini Sithamparanathan</a>, left the TNA and formed the <a href="/wiki/Tamil_National_People%27s_Front" title="Tamil National People's Front">Tamil National People's Front</a> (TNPF).<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the <a href="/wiki/2010_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2010 parliamentary election</a> the TNA received 233,190 votes (2.90%) and won 14 out of 225 seats in parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2013_Sri_Lankan_provincial_council_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2013 Sri Lankan provincial council election">2013 provincial council election</a>, the first elections for provincial councils in the Northern Province, the TNA secured nearly 80% of the votes, winning 30 of the 38 seats on the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Provincial_Council" title="Northern Provincial Council">Northern Provincial Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The TNA's <a href="/wiki/C._V._Vigneswaran" title="C. V. Vigneswaran">C. V. Vigneswaran</a> was sworn in as the first democratically elected <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_(Sri_Lanka)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister (Sri Lanka)">Chief Minister</a> of the Northern Province on 7 October 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2015_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2015 Sri Lankan presidential election">2015 presidential election</a>, the TNA supported common opposition candidate <a href="/wiki/Maithripala_Sirisena" title="Maithripala Sirisena">Maithripala Sirisena</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Newly elected president Sirisena formed a national unity government after the election but the TNA chose not to join the new government, saying that, although the TNA supported Sirisena's policies for political reform, a political solution must first be found to address Tamil grievances before the TNA would consider joining the government.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The TNA was however represented by its leader Sampanthan on the National Executive Council.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2015 the TNA joined an all party provincial government in the Eastern Province.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two TNA provincial councillors were appointed to the province's Board of Ministers.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2015_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2015 parliamentary election</a>, the TNA received 515,963 votes (4.62%) and won 16 out of 225 seats in parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the election, Sampanthan was recognised as <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Sri Lanka)">Leader of the Opposition</a> in parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Manifesto_and_policies">Manifesto and policies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tamil_National_Alliance&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Manifesto and policies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tamil National Alliances manifesto were based on what is known as the <a href="/wiki/Thimpu_principles" title="Thimpu principles">Thimpu principles</a> amongst Sri Lankan Tamil nationalists.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But the TNA later rejected separatism preferring power devolution to the provinces and stated that they accept that Sri Lanka is a united state and the TNA does not intent to form a <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Eelam" title="Tamil Eelam">separate state</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The current political manifesto and policies of the TNA are,<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>The Tamils are a distinct People and from time immemorial have inhabited this island together with the Sinhalese People and others</li> <li>The contiguous preponderantly Tamil-speaking Northern and Eastern provinces is the historical habitation of the Tamil-speaking Peoples</li> <li>The Tamil People are entitled to the right to self-determination</li> <li>Power sharing arrangements must be established in a unit of a merged Northern and Eastern Provinces based on a Federal structure, in a manner also acceptable to the Tamil-speaking Muslim people</li> <li>Devolution of power on the basis of shared sovereignty shall necessarily be over land, law and order, socio-economic development including health and education, resources and fiscal powers.</li></ul> <p>The TNA also stands for, </p> <ul><li>There must be meaningful de-militarization resulting in the return to the pre-war situation as it existed in 1983 before the commencement of hostilities by the removal of armed forces, military apparatuses and High Security/Restricted Zones from the Northern and Eastern Provinces</li> <li>Tamil People who have been displaced in the North and the East due to the conflict must be speedily resettled in their original places; housing provided, their livelihoods restored and their dignity respected</li> <li>An independent International Investigation must be conducted into the allegations of violations of international human rights and humanitarian laws made against both the Government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE during the last stages of the war, the truth ascertained and justice to victims and reparation including compensation must be ensured</li> <li>Persons who are detained without charges must be released promptly and a general amnesty should be granted to all other political prisoners</li> <li>There must be finality reached with regard to thousands of missing persons and compensation must be paid to the next of kin</li> <li>Tamils who fled the country must be permitted to return to their homes and a conducive atmosphere created for their return</li> <li>A comprehensive programme for the development of the North and East including the creation of employment opportunities for the youth will be undertaken with the active support of the Sri Lankan State, the Tamil Diaspora and the International Community</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Attacks_and_assassinations">Attacks and assassinations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tamil_National_Alliance&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Attacks and assassinations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Human rights in Sri Lanka">Human rights in Sri Lanka</a></div> <p>The TNA and its supporters have been subject to numerous attacks during its existence. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Batticaloa_Electoral_District" title="Batticaloa Electoral District">Batticaloa District</a> parliamentary candidate Rajan Sathiyamoorthy was shot dead on 30 March 2004 at his home in <a href="/wiki/Batticaloa" title="Batticaloa">Batticaloa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The LTTE was blamed for the assassination.<sup id="cite_ref-TN160308_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TN160308-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Former <a href="/wiki/Ampara_Electoral_District" title="Ampara Electoral District">Ampara District</a> MP <a href="/wiki/A._Chandranehru" title="A. Chandranehru">A. Chandranehru</a> was shot dead on 7 February 2005 as he was travelling in <a href="/wiki/Batticaloa_District" title="Batticaloa District">Batticaloa District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The government backed <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Makkal_Viduthalai_Pulikal" title="Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal">Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal</a> (TMVP) and <a href="/wiki/Eelam_National_Democratic_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front">Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front</a> (ENDLF) paramilitary groups claimed responsibility for the assassination.<sup id="cite_ref-TN160308_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TN160308-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/National_List_Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="National List Member of Parliament">National List</a> MP <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Pararajasingham" title="Joseph Pararajasingham">Joseph Pararajasingham</a> was shot dead on 25 December 2005 as he attended <a href="/wiki/Midnight_Mass" title="Midnight Mass">Midnight Mass</a> in Batticaloa.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The government backed <a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Democratic_Party" title="Eelam People's Democratic Party">Eelam People's Democratic Party</a> (EPDP) and TMVP paramilitary groups have been blamed the assassination.<sup id="cite_ref-TN160308_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TN160308-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pararajasingham's nominated replacement Vanniasingham Vigneswaran was shot dead on 7 April 2006 in <a href="/wiki/Trincomalee" title="Trincomalee">Trincomalee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TN160308_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TN160308-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The TMVP was blamed for the assassination.<sup id="cite_ref-TN160308_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TN160308-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Former <a href="/wiki/Jaffna_Electoral_District" title="Jaffna Electoral District">Jaffna District</a> MP <a href="/wiki/S._Sivamaharajah" title="S. Sivamaharajah">S. Sivamaharajah</a> was shot dead on 20 August 2006 outside his home in <a href="/wiki/Tellippalai" title="Tellippalai">Tellippalai</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The EPDP was blamed for the assassination.<sup id="cite_ref-TN160308_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TN160308-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jaffna District MP <a href="/wiki/Nadarajah_Raviraj" title="Nadarajah Raviraj">Nadarajah Raviraj</a> was shot dead on 10 November 2006 as left his home in <a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a> for work.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The TNA blamed the assassination on paramilitary groups working with the army.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The EPDP and <a href="/wiki/Gotabhaya_Rajapaksa" class="mw-redirect" title="Gotabhaya Rajapaksa">Gotabhaya Rajapaksa</a>, brother of <a href="/wiki/President_of_Sri_Lanka" title="President of Sri Lanka">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a>, were also blamed.<sup id="cite_ref-TN160308_6-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TN160308-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jaffna District MP <a href="/wiki/K._Sivanesan_(member_of_parliament)" class="mw-redirect" title="K. Sivanesan (member of parliament)">K. Sivanesan</a> was killed by <a href="/wiki/Claymore_mines" class="mw-redirect" title="Claymore mines">claymore mines</a> on 6 March 2008 near <a href="/wiki/Maankulam" class="mw-redirect" title="Maankulam">Maankulam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mullaitivu_District" title="Mullaitivu District">Mullaitivu District</a> as he returned home to <a href="/wiki/Mallavi" title="Mallavi">Mallavi</a> after attending Parliament in <a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The TNA blamed the assassination on the army's <a href="/wiki/Deep_Penetration_Unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Deep Penetration Unit">Deep Penetration Unit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TN160308_6-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TN160308-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 7 March 2011 Jaffna District MP <a href="/wiki/S._Shritharan" title="S. Shritharan">S. Shritharan</a> was travelling in a van on the <a href="/wiki/A12_highway_(Sri_Lanka)" class="mw-redirect" title="A12 highway (Sri Lanka)">A12 highway</a> near Nochchiyagama, <a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura_District" title="Anuradhapura District">Anuradhapura District</a> when three men standing by a white van parked on the roadside pulled out guns and started shooting and throwing hand grenades at Shritharan's van.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sritharan's police guard fired back, forcing the attackers to flee in their white van which had no number plates. No one was hurt in the incident. Shritharan has blamed the EPDP, a government backed paramilitary group, for the assassination attempt.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A TNA <a href="/wiki/2011_Sri_Lankan_local_government_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Sri Lankan local government elections">local election</a> campaign meeting in <a href="/wiki/Alaveddy" title="Alaveddy">Alaveddy</a> on 16 June 2011 was attacked allegedly by army personnel.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A mob, allegedly from the security forces, attacked a TNA meeting at MP S. Shritharan's in <a href="/wiki/Kilinochchi" title="Kilinochchi">Kilinochchi</a> on 30 March 2013, injuring 13.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/2013_Sri_Lankan_provincial_council_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2013 Sri Lankan provincial council election">2013 provincial council election</a> campaign TNA activist Rasiah Kavithan was clubbed to death by <a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">United People's Freedom Alliance</a> supporters on 16 September 2013 in <a href="/wiki/Puthukkudiyiruppu_(Mullaitivu)" title="Puthukkudiyiruppu (Mullaitivu)">Puthukkudiyiruppu</a>, Mullaitivu District.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A group of around 70 armed men in military uniform attacked the home of TNA provincial council candidate <a href="/wiki/Ananthi_Sasitharan" title="Ananthi Sasitharan">Ananthi Sasitharan</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chulipuram" title="Chulipuram">Chulipuram</a> on 20 September 2013, injuring some of her supporters and an election monitor.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tamil_National_Alliance&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parliamentary">Parliamentary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tamil_National_Alliance&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Parliamentary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th valign="bottom" rowspan="2">Election </th> <th colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Northern Province, Sri Lanka">Northern Province</a> </th> <th colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Eastern Province, Sri Lanka">Eastern Province</a> </th> <th colspan="3">National </th></tr> <tr> <th width="50">Votes</th> <th width="50">%</th> <th width="40">Seats </th> <th width="50">Votes</th> <th width="50">%</th> <th width="40">Seats </th> <th width="50">Votes</th> <th width="50">%</th> <th width="40">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2001_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2001 Parliamentary</a><sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>144,274</td> <td>51.32%</td> <td>9</td> <td>191,194</td> <td>30.81%</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>348,164</b></td> <td><b>3.89%</b></td> <td><b><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">15 / 225</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #F7E20F; width: 7%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2004_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2004 Parliamentary</a><sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>348,155</td> <td>82.03%</td> <td>13</td> <td>285,499</td> <td>39.96%</td> <td>7</td> <td><b>633,654</b></td> <td><b>6.84%</b></td> <td><b><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">22 / 225</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #F7E20F; width: 10%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2010_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2010 Parliamentary</a><sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>106,792</td> <td>41.80%</td> <td>8</td> <td>126,398</td> <td>21.89%</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>233,190</b></td> <td><b>2.90%</b></td> <td><b><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">14 / 225</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #F7E20F; width: 6%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2015_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2015 Parliamentary</a><sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>297,463</td> <td>63.96%</td> <td>9</td> <td>218,500</td> <td>29.31%</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>515,963</b></td> <td><b>4.62%</b></td> <td><b><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">16 / 225</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #F7E20F; width: 7%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2020_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2020 Parliamentary</a><sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>182,883</td> <td>32.26%</td> <td>6</td> <td>144,285</td> <td>16.09%</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>327,168</b></td> <td><b>2.82%</b></td> <td><b><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">10 / 225</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #F7E20F; width: 4%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Provincial">Provincial</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tamil_National_Alliance&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Provincial"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th valign="bottom" rowspan="2">Election </th> <th colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Northern Province, Sri Lanka">Northern Province</a> </th> <th colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Eastern Province, Sri Lanka">Eastern Province</a> </th> <th colspan="3">National </th></tr> <tr> <th width="50">Votes</th> <th width="50">%</th> <th width="40">Seats </th> <th width="50">Votes</th> <th width="50">%</th> <th width="40">Seats </th> <th width="50">Votes</th> <th width="50">%</th> <th width="40">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2012_Sri_Lankan_provincial_council_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Sri Lankan provincial council election">2012 Provincial</a><sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>193,827</td> <td>30.59%</td> <td>11</td> <td><b>-</b></td> <td><b>-</b></td> <td><b>-</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2013_Sri_Lankan_provincial_council_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2013 Sri Lankan provincial council election">2013 Provincial</a><sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>353,595</td> <td>78.48%</td> <td>30</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td><b>-</b></td> <td><b>-</b></td> <td><b>-</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local">Local</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tamil_National_Alliance&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Local"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th valign="bottom" rowspan="2">Election </th> <th colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Northern Province, Sri Lanka">Northern Province</a> </th> <th colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Eastern Province, Sri Lanka">Eastern Province</a> </th> <th colspan="3">National </th></tr> <tr> <th width="50">Votes</th> <th width="50">%</th> <th width="40">Seats </th> <th width="50">Votes</th> <th width="50">%</th> <th width="40">Seats </th> <th width="50">Votes</th> <th width="50">%</th> <th width="40">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left">2006 Local<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>96,466</td> <td>21.69%</td> <td>69</td> <td><b>-</b></td> <td><b>-</b></td> <td><b>-</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2009_Sri_Lankan_local_government_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 Sri Lankan local government elections">2009 Local</a><sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>12,287</td> <td>36.99%</td> <td>13</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td><b>-</b></td> <td><b>-</b></td> <td><b>-</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2011_Sri_Lankan_local_government_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Sri Lankan local government elections">2011 Local</a><sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>190,625</td> <td>62.87%</td> <td>226</td> <td>64,453</td> <td>13.06%</td> <td>49</td> <td><b>255,078</b></td> <td><b>2.99%</b></td> <td><b>275</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election_results">Election results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tamil_National_Alliance&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Election results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2001_parliamentary_election">2001 parliamentary election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tamil_National_Alliance&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2001 parliamentary election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the first parliamentary election contested by the <a class="mw-selflink selflink">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 href="/wiki/Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization" title="Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization">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 href="/wiki/Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization" title="Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization">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 href="/wiki/Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization" title="Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization">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 href="/wiki/Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization" title="Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization">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+National+Alliance" class="Z3988"></span></small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2004_parliamentary_election">2004 parliamentary election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tamil_National_Alliance&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2004 parliamentary 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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 href="/wiki/Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization" title="Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization">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 href="/wiki/Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization" title="Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization">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 href="/wiki/Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization" title="Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization">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 href="/wiki/Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization" title="Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization">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+National+Alliance" class="Z3988"></span></small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_parliamentary_election">2010 parliamentary election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tamil_National_Alliance&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2010 parliamentary 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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 href="/wiki/Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization" title="Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization">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 href="/wiki/Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization" title="Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization">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+National+Alliance" class="Z3988"></span></small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2015_parliamentary_election">2015 parliamentary election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tamil_National_Alliance&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 2015 parliamentary election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. 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href="/w/index.php?title=Bodu_Jana_Peramuna&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bodu Jana Peramuna (page does not exist)">Bodu Jana Peramuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Communist_Party_(Maoist)" title="Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist)">Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Democratic_Unity_Alliance" title="Ceylon Democratic Unity Alliance">Ceylon Democratic Unity Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Communist Party of Sri Lanka">Communist Party of Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crusaders_for_Democracy" title="Crusaders for Democracy">Crusaders for Democracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Left_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Democratic Left Front (Sri Lanka)">Democratic Left Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Democratic Party (Sri Lanka)">Democratic Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_United_National_Front" title="Democratic United National Front">Democratic United National Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unity_Alliance" title="Democratic Unity Alliance">Democratic Unity Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eelam_National_Democratic_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front">Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Democratic_Party" title="Eelam People's Democratic Party">Eelam People's Democratic Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Revolutionary_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front">Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front</a> (Padmanaba)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_People%27s_Front" title="Freedom People's Front">Freedom People's Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontline_Socialist_Party" title="Frontline Socialist Party">Frontline Socialist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Janatha_Sevaka_Pakshaya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Janatha Sevaka Pakshaya (page does not exist)">Janatha Sevaka Pakshaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jathika_Hela_Urumaya" title="Jathika Hela Urumaya">Jathika Hela Urumaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jathika_Nidahas_Peramuna" title="Jathika Nidahas Peramuna">Jathika Nidahas Peramuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lanka_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Lanka Sama Samaja Party">Lanka Sama Samaja Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lanka_Sama_Samaja_Party_(Alternative_Group)" title="Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Alternative Group)">Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Alternative Group)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Liberal Democratic Party (Sri Lanka)">Liberal Democratic Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motherland_People%27s_Party" title="Motherland People's Party">Motherland People's Party</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Democratic_Movement_(Sri_Lanka)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Democratic Movement (Sri Lanka) (page does not exist)">National Democratic Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nava_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Nava Sama Samaja Party">Nava Sama Samaja Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist_Party" title="New Democratic Marxist–Leninist Party">New Democratic Marxist–Leninist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Sinhala_Heritage" title="New Sinhala Heritage">New Sinhala Heritage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Power_of_People%27s_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Our Power of People's Party">Our Power of People's Party</a></li> <li><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> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_People%27s_Liberation_Front" title="Democratic People's Liberation Front">Democratic People's Liberation Front</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Tamil_Congress" title="People's Tamil Congress">People's Tamil Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pivithuru_Hela_Urumaya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (page does not exist)">Pivithuru Hela Urumaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Workers_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Revolutionary Workers Party (Sri Lanka)">Revolutionary Workers Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siva_Senai" title="Siva Senai">Siva Senai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Social Democratic Party of Sri Lanka">Social Democratic Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Equality_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)">Socialist Equality Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Socialist Party of Sri Lanka">Socialist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Makkal_Viduthalai_Pulikal" title="Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal">Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_People%27s_National_Alliance" title="Tamil People's National Alliance">Tamil 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 href="/wiki/All_Ceylon_Malay_Political_Union" title="All Ceylon Malay Political Union">All Ceylon Malay Political Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aziz_Democratic_Workers_Congress" title="Aziz Democratic Workers Congress">Aziz Democratic Workers Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolshevik_Samasamaja_Party" title="Bolshevik Samasamaja Party">Bolshevik Samasamaja Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhist_Republican_Party" title="Buddhist Republican Party">Buddhist Republican Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Labour_Party" title="Ceylon Labour Party">Ceylon Labour Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceylon_National_Congress" title="Ceylon National Congress">Ceylon National Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jathika_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Jathika Vimukthi Peramuna">Jathika Vimukthi Peramuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lanka_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Lanka Democratic Party">Lanka Democratic Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lanka_Mahajana_Sabha" 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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 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Lankan Tamils">List of Sri Lankan Tamils</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" 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%">Ancient</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/History_of_Eastern_Tamils" title="History of Eastern Tamils">History of Eastern Tamils</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tissamaharama_Tamil_Brahmi_inscription" class="mw-redirect" title="Tissamaharama Tamil Brahmi inscription">Tissamaharama inscription</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annaicoddai_seal" class="mw-redirect" title="Annaicoddai seal">Annaicoddai seal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ketheeswaram_temple" title="Ketheeswaram temple">Ketheeswaram temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koneswaram_temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Koneswaram temple">Koneswaram temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munneswaram_temple" title="Munneswaram temple">Munneswaram temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenavaram_temple" title="Tenavaram temple">Tenavaram temple</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Jaffna_kingdom" title="Jaffna kingdom">Jaffna kingdom</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/History_of_the_Jaffna_kingdom" title="History of the Jaffna kingdom">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aryacakravarti_dynasty" title="Aryacakravarti dynasty">Aryacakravarti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaffna_Palace_ruins" class="mw-redirect" title="Jaffna Palace ruins">Jaffna Palace ruins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kotagama_inscriptions" class="mw-redirect" title="Kotagama inscriptions">Kotagama inscriptions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_conquest_of_the_Jaffna_kingdom" title="Portuguese conquest of the Jaffna kingdom">Portuguese conquest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vannimai" class="mw-redirect" title="Vannimai">Vannimai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanniar_(Chieftain)" title="Vanniar (Chieftain)">Vanniar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demala_Hatpattu" title="Demala Hatpattu">Demala Hatpattu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Colonial</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/American_Ceylon_Mission" title="American Ceylon Mission">American Ceylon Mission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wesleyan_Methodist_Mission,_North_Ceylon" title="Wesleyan Methodist Mission, North Ceylon">Wesleyan Methodist Mission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaffna_Youth_Congress" title="Jaffna Youth Congress">Jaffna Youth Congress</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Post-colonial</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_Lankan_Tamil_nationalism" title="Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism">Nationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_state_sponsored_colonisation_schemes" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan state sponsored colonisation schemes">Colonisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinhala_Only_Act" title="Sinhala Only Act">Sinhala Only Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riots_in_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Riots in Sri Lanka">Riots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandaranaike%E2%80%93Chelvanayakam_Pact" title="Bandaranaike–Chelvanayakam Pact">Bandaranaike–Chelvanayakam Pact</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Policy_of_standardisation" title="Policy of standardisation">Standardisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamil_militant_groups" title="Sri Lankan Tamil militant groups">Militancy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaddukoddai_Resolution" title="Vaddukoddai Resolution">Vaddukoddai Resolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Eelam" title="Tamil Eelam">Tamil Eelam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burning_of_Jaffna_library" class="mw-redirect" title="Burning of Jaffna library">Burning of Jaffna library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_July" title="Black July">Black July</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_civil_war" title="Sri Lankan civil war">Civil war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Northern_Province_Council_resolution_on_genocide_of_Tamils" title="2015 Northern Province Council resolution on genocide of Tamils">NPC Resolution on Genocide</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Politics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" 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%">Government</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/Northern_Provincial_Council" title="Northern Provincial Council">Northern Provincial Council</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_Northern_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of the Northern Province">Government of the Northern Province</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Northern_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of Northern Province">Governors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chief_Ministers_of_Northern_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Chief Ministers of Northern Province">Chief Ministers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Provincial_Council" title="Eastern Provincial Council">Eastern Provincial Council</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Eastern_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of Eastern Province">Governors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chief_Ministers_of_Eastern_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Chief Ministers of Eastern Province">Chief Ministers</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">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_Tamil_Congress" title="All Ceylon Tamil Congress">All Ceylon Tamil Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Party (Sri Lanka)">Federal Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_United_Liberation_Front" title="Tamil United Liberation Front">Tamil United Liberation Front</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Tamil National Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Tamil_National_Alliance" title="Democratic Tamil National Alliance">Democratic Tamil National Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_National_People%27s_Front" title="Tamil National People's Front">Tamil National People's Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_People%27s_National_Alliance" title="Tamil People's National Alliance">Tamil People's National Alliance</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sri_Lankan_Tamil_militant_groups" title="List of Sri Lankan Tamil militant groups">Militant groups</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/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">EORS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam">LTTE</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 href="/wiki/Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization" title="Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization">TELO</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Diaspora</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/British_Tamils_Forum" title="British Tamils Forum">British Tamils Forum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Tamil_Congress" title="Canadian Tamil Congress">Canadian Tamil Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Tamil_Sangams_of_North_America" title="Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America">Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Global_Tamil_Forum" title="Global Tamil Forum">Global Tamil Forum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamils_Against_Genocide" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamils Against Genocide">Tamils Against Genocide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Youth_Organisation" title="Tamil Youth Organisation">Tamil Youth Organisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transnational_Government_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam">Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eelam" 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