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{{Infobox political party
| name = Tamil People's National Alliance
| native_name = {{lang|ta|தமிழ் மக்கள் தேசிய கூட்டணி}}
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| abbreviation = '''TPNA'''/'''TMTK'''
| leader = [[C. V. Vigneswaran]]
| president = [[Suresh Premachandran]]
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| general_secretary = [[Sivasakthy Ananthan]]
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| headquarters = 26/10, First Lane, Kandy Road, [[Vavuniya]], [[Sri Lanka]].
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| symbol = Fish <br> [[File:Election Symbol Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front Sri Lanka.png|150px]]
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| website = {{url|http://thetmk.org/}}{{Dead link|date=November 2024|url=http://thetmk.org/}}
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The '''Tamil People's National Alliance''' ([[Abbreviation|abbreviated]] '''TPNA'''; {{langx|ta|தமிழ் மக்கள் தேசிய கூட்டணி|translit=Tamiḻ Makkaḷ Tēciya Kūṭṭaṇi}}), also known as the '''Thamizh Makkal Tesiya Kootani''' ([[Abbreviation|abbreviated]] '''TMTK'''), is a [[political alliance]] in [[Sri Lanka]] that represents the country's [[Sri Lankan Tamils|Sri Lankan Tamil]] [[ethnic minority]]. It was formed in February 2020 by a group of [[Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism|Tamil nationalist]] [[List of political parties in Sri Lanka|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 [[Electoral symbol|symbol]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Recognized Political Parties |url=http://elections.gov.lk/en/political_party/political_party_list_E.html |publisher=[[Election Commission of Sri Lanka]] |accessdate=2 August 2020 |location=Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka}}</ref>

==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 Jaffna City Hotel|Tilko Hotel]] in [[Jaffna]] to form the Tamil People's National Alliance (Thamizh Makkal Tesiya Kootani) to contest the [[2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|parliamentary election]].<ref name="DFT100220">{{cite news |title=New alliance for North |url=http://www.ft.lk/news/New-alliance-for-North/56-695397 |accessdate=2 August 2020 |work=[[Daily FT]] |date=10 February 2020 |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref><ref name="AT100220">{{cite news |last1=Rajasingham |first1=K. T. |title=Disgruntled Tamil elements form a new alliance to divides Tamils further |url=http://www.asiantribune.com/node/93393 |accessdate=2 August 2020 |work=[[Asian Tribune]] |date=10 February 2020 |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref> The four parties were:<ref name="DFT100220"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Two Factions in Tamil Politics: History Repeats Itself! |url=https://ceylontoday.lk/print-more/54297 |accessdate=2 August 2020 |work=[[Ceylon Today]] |date=14 March 2020 |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref>
* [[Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front]] (EPRLF), led by former MP [[Suresh Premachandran]]
* Eelam Tamil Self Rule Party (Eela Thamilar Suyatchchi Kazhagam, ETSK), led by provincial minister [[Ananthi Sasitharan]]
* Tamil National Party (Thamizh Thesiya Katchi, TTK), led by former MPs [[M. K. Shivajilingam]] and [[N. Srikantha]]
* [[Tamil People's Alliance]] (Thamizh Makkal Kootani, TMK), led by former [[Chief Minister of the Northern Province|chief minister]] [[C. V. Vigneswaran]]

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.<ref name="DFT100220"/><ref name="AT100220"/>

Vigneswaran's is the alliance's leader while Premachandran is president and [[Sivasakthy Ananthan]] is general-secretary.<ref name="DM240320">{{cite news |last1=Jeyaraj |first1=D. B. S. |authorlink1= |title=How Will the TNA fare at Parliamentary Election? |url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/opinion/How-Will-the-TNAfare-at-Parliamentary-Election/172-185559 |accessdate=2 August 2020 |work=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)|The Daily Mirror]] |date=24 March 2020 |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Polls at last; lacklustre election campaign ends tonight |url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/200802/columns/polls-at-last-lacklustre-election-campaign-ends-tonight-411316.html |accessdate=2 August 2020 |work=[[The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|The Sunday Times]] |date=2 August 2020 |location=Colombo, Sri Lanka}}</ref> 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.<ref name="DM240320"/>

==Electoral history==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size:100%"
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! valign=bottom rowspan=2|Election
! colspan=3|[[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern Province]]
! colspan=3|[[Eastern Province, Sri Lanka|Eastern Province]]
! colspan=3|National
|-
! width="50"|Votes || width="50"|% || width="40"|Seats
! width="50"|Votes || width="50"|% || width="40"|Seats
! width="50"|Votes || width="50"|% || width="40"|Seats

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| align=left|[[2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2020 Parliamentary]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Parliamentary Election - 05-08-2020 Official Election Results|url=https://elections.gov.lk/web/wp-content/uploads/election-results/parliamentary-elections/Votes_Seats_NL_SBP_02.pdf|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka}}</ref> || 44,716 || 7.89% || 1 || 6,585 || 0.73% || 0 || '''51,301''' || '''0.44%''' || '''1'''
|}

==Election results==
===2020 Parliamentary General Election===

{{Tamil People's National Alliance 2020 parliamentary election results}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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Harpreet Singh Kohli at 01:21, 22 November 2024