The Tamil National Alliance is a political alliance in Sri Lanka that represents the country's Sri Lankan Tamil minority. It was formed in October 2001 by a group of moderate Tamil nationalist parties and former militant groups. The alliance originally supported self-determination in an autonomous state for the island's Tamils. It supported negotiations with the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to resolve the civil war in Sri Lanka. The TNA was considered a political proxy of the LTTE which selected 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.
Nadarajah Raviraj was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician. He was Mayor of Jaffna in 2001 and a Member of Parliament for Jaffna District from 2001 to 2006. A member of the Tamil National Alliance,he was shot dead on 10 November 2006 in Colombo.
Ariyanayagam Chandranehru was a Sri Lankan Tamil merchant seaman,politician and Member of Parliament.
The Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council elections,2008 was held on May 10,2008 to elect members to Sri Lanka’s Eastern Provincial Council. Following the successful completion of local government elections in the Batticaloa District,Sri Lanka’s Elections Department announced on March 14 that the elections for the Eastern Provincial Council were to be held in May,after a lapse of 20 years. It was only the second time direct elections are held to select members for the council,and first time for the Eastern Provincial Council alone,after it was separated from the North-Eastern Provincial Council in 2006.
Rajavarothiam Sampanthan is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and lawyer who has led the Tamil National Alliance since 2001. He has also been a Member of Parliament since 2001,and previously served as a Member of Parliament from 1977 to 1983 and from 1997 to 2000. He was the Leader of the Opposition from September 2015 to December 2018.
Kanagasabai Pathmanathan was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.
Somasundaram Senathirajah born 27 October 1942;commonly known as Mavai Senathirajah) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament. He is the current leader of the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK),a member of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA).
Kathirgamathamby Thurairetnasingam was a Sri Lankan Tamil civil servant,politician and Member of Parliament.
Mahalingam Kanagalingam Shivajilingam is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician,provincial councillor and former Member of Parliament.
Sathasivam Kanagaratnam is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament.
Chandranehru Chandrakanthan is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament.
Kanthar Nallathamby Srikantha is a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer,politician and former Member of Parliament.
Ampara (Digamadulla) Electoral District is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Ampara in the Eastern province. The district currently elects 7 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 436,148 registered electors in 2010.
Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on 8 and 20 April 2010,to elect 225 members to Sri Lanka's 14th Parliament. 14,088,500 Sri Lankans were eligible to vote in the election at 11,102 polling stations. It was the first general election to be held in Sri Lanka following the conclusion of the civil war which lasted 26 years.
Appathurai Vinayagamoorthy was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer,politician and Member of Parliament. He was leader and president of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress.
Podiappuhamy H. P. Piyasena is a Sri Lankan politician and former Member of Parliament.
Govinthan Karunakaran,also known by the alias Jana,is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician,former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.
Ariyanayagam Kaveenthiran Kodeeswaran is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.
Uduma Lebbe Mohamed Mohideen was a Sri Lankan lawyer,politician,Member of Parliament and deputy minister.
Thavarasa Kalaiarasan is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician,former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.
