Tamil National Alliance

The Tamil National Alliance or Tamil Government Party ("Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi" or இலங்கைத் தமிழரசுக் கட்சி in Tamil) is a minority Sri Lankan Tamil political party in Sri Lanka.

Origins

It was formed in 2001, just before the 2001 elections, and consists of the

*All Ceylon Tamil Congress
*Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (A faction known as Suresh wing)
*Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization
*Tamil United Liberation Front (formerly the Federal Party)

2004 Election Results

In the April 2004 election in which the SLFP and JVP alliance led by President Kumaratunga came to power, the TNA led by R. Sampanthan won 6.9% of the popular vote and 22 out of 225 seats in the Sri Lankan parliament.

Votes and seats won by TNA by electoral district

TNA Members of Parliament

After the 2004 elections, the parliament is led by a closely divided minority government that has had to work with the TNA in order to pass measures to improve the situation with the LTTE.Fact|date=February 2007 Since late October 2004, the government and the LTTE have made attempts to restart Norwegian brokered peace talks. The TNA has remained the LTTE’s political ally in the peace negotiations.Fact|date=February 2007

Assassination of MPs

In 2005 and 2006, two of its members of parliament Joseph Pararajasingham and Nadarajah Raviraj were killed by unknown gunmen.The TNA Party and the MPs family claims the Sri Lankan Government ordered the killings.

ee also

*Origins of the Sri Lankan civil war
*Sri Lankan civil war
*Tamil militant groups

External Links

* [http://www.tamilalliance.net/ Tamil National Alliance]