| Tamil People's National Alliance | |
| Native Name: | Tamil: தமிழ் மக்கள் தேசிய கூட்டணி |
| Abbreviation: | TPNA/TMTK |
| Leader: | C. V. Vigneswaran |
| President: | Suresh Premachandran |
| General Secretary: | Sivasakthy Ananthan |
| Split: | Tamil National Alliance |
| Headquarters: | 26/10, First Lane, Kandy Road, Vavuniya, Sri Lanka. |
| Ideology: | Tamil nationalism |
| Seats1 Title: | Parliament |
| Seats2 Title: | Provincial Councils |
| Seats3 Title: | Local Government |
| Symbol: | Fish |
| Country: | Sri Lanka |
The Tamil People's National Alliance (abbreviated TPNA; Tamil: தமிழ் மக்கள் தேசிய கூட்டணி|translit=Tamiḻ Makkaḷ Tēciya Kūṭṭaṇi), also known as the Thamizh Makkal Tesiya Kootani (abbreviated TMTK), is a political alliance in Sri Lanka that represents the country's Sri Lankan Tamil 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]
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]
| valign=bottom rowspan=2 | 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 | |