The Tamil National Alliance was a political alliance in Sri Lanka which represented the Sri Lankan Tamil minority of the country. It was formed in October 2001 by a group of moderate Tamil nationalist parties and former Tamil 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,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.
Veerasingham Anandasangaree is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician,former Member of Parliament and leader of the Tamil United Liberation Front. He is commonly known as Sangaree. A vocal critic of violence committed by all sides,Sangaree is a supporter of federalism similar to that of India as a solution to Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.
Nadarajah Raviraj was a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician who served as 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.
Rajavarothiam Sampanthan was a Sri Lankan politician and lawyer who led the Tamil National Alliance from 2001 until his death in 2024. He was a Member of Parliament from 2001 until his death,and previously 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 former Member of Parliament. He was the leader of the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) from 2014 to 2024,the main constituent party 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. The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 13.
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.
