Tamil People's National Alliance

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Tamil People's National Alliance
தமிழ் மக்கள் தேசிய கூட்டணி
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Election symbol
Fish
Party flag
Website
thetmk.org

The Tamil People's National Alliance (

ethnic minority. It was formed in February 2020 by a group of Tamil nationalist parties after they broke away from the Tamil National Alliance. The alliance is recognised by the Election Commission of Sri Lanka as registered political party with the fish as its symbol.[1]

History

On 9 February 2020 four parties, consisting of dissident members of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), signed a memorandum of understanding at the Tilko Hotel in Jaffna to form the Tamil People's National Alliance (Thamizh Makkal Tesiya Kootani) to contest the parliamentary election.[2][3] The four parties were:[2][4]

The TPNA claimed that it would give alternative leadership for the Tamil people as the TNA, which had dominated Tamil politics since its formation in 2001, had moved away from its manifesto and had failed to deliver on the pledges made to the Tamil people of north-eastern Sri Lanka.[2][3]

Vigneswaran's is the alliance's leader while Premachandran is president and Sivasakthy Ananthan is general-secretary.[5][6] The alliance has an eleven-member governing council chaired by Vigneswaran - six from the TMK, two each from the EPRLF and TTK and one from the ETSK.[5]

Electoral history

Election Northern Province Eastern Province National
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
2020 Parliamentary[7] 44,716 7.89% 1 6,585 0.73% 0 51,301 0.44% 1

Election results

2020 Parliamentary General Election

In the

Sri Lankan parliament
.

Votes and seats won by the TPNA by electoral district

Electoral
District
Votes % Seats Turnout TPNA MPs
Jaffna 35,927 10.00% 1 68.92%
TPA
)
Vanni 8,789 4.23% 0 39.60%
Batticaloa 4,960 1.66% 0 76.83%
Trincomalee 1,625 0.76% 0 78.62%
Total 51,301 0.44% 1 75.89%
Source:"Parliamentary General Election – 2020".

References

  1. ^ "Recognized Political Parties". Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Election Commission of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "New alliance for North". Daily FT. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b Rajasingham, K. T. (10 February 2020). "Disgruntled Tamil elements form a new alliance to divides Tamils further". Asian Tribune. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Two Factions in Tamil Politics: History Repeats Itself!". Ceylon Today. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 14 March 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  5. ^
    The Daily Mirror
    . Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Polls at last; lacklustre election campaign ends tonight". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 2 August 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Parliamentary Election - 05-08-2020 Official Election Results" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.

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