{{short description|Former paramilitary group and a current political party in Sri Lanka}} {{Infobox political party | name = Tamil Peoples Liberation Tigers | native_name = தமிழ் மக்கள் விடுதலைப்புலிகள் | logo = | abbreviation = '''TMVP''' | leader = | chairman = Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan | president = | secretary_general = | founder = Karuna Amman | leader1_title = General Secretary | leader1_name = Poopalapillai Prasanthan | colorcode = #F13826 | slogan = | founded = {{Start date and age|2004}} | dissolved = | merger = | split = Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam | predecessor = Karuna Group | merged = | successor = | headquarters = No - 91, Vavikkarai Road-01 Batticaloa. | newspaper = | student_wing = | youth_wing = | membership_year = | membership = | ideology = | religion = | national = New Democratic Front<br>'''Former:'''<br>Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance<br>United People's Freedom Alliance | international = | european = | europarl = | affiliation1_title = | affiliation1 = | colors = | seats1_title = Parliament of Sri Lanka | seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|225|{{party color|Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal}}}} | seats2_title = Sri Lankan Provincial Councils | seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|455|{{party color|Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal}}}} | seats3_title = Local Government | seats3 = {{Composition bar|37|8327|{{party color|Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal}}}} | symbol = Boat<br/>File:Election Symbol Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal Sri Lanka.jpg | flag = | website = {{url|https://tmvp.lk}} | country = Sri Lanka | footnotes = }} '''Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal''' ('''TMVP''';<ref>{{cite news| url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7288942.stm | work=BBC News | title=Ex-Tamil Tigers win local polls | date=March 11, 2008 | access-date=May 24, 2010}}</ref><ref>http://www.slelections.gov.lk/lauthorities/2006_results/KORALEPATTU_PRADESHIYA_SABHA.html{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}</ref> {{langx|ta|தமிழ் மக்கள் விடுதலைப்புலிகள்}}, {{langx|en|'''Tamil Peoples Liberation Tigers'''}}), formerly known as the "'''Karuna Group'''", is a political party in Sri Lanka. It was formed by Karuna Amman (Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan), a former leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, after he defected from the organization in 2004. Initially a paramilitary group that supported the Sri Lankan government in its fight against the Tamil Tigers, the TMVP was registered as a political party in 2007.
Under deputy leader Pillayan (Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan), they contested their first provincial elections in 2008, winning a majority in the Eastern Provincial Council. Members of the TMVP continued to carry arms until at least 2008 under the auspices of the Sri Lankan government, which they claimed to be for their own safety from the Tamil Tigers.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/sinhala/news/story/2008/11/081114_tmvp_colombo TMVP president shot dead] BBC News - November 14, 2008</ref> The group was believed to be working with the Sri Lankan Army.<ref name=HRW15141>{{Citation | title = Sri Lanka: Karuna Group Abducts Children for Combat | journal =Human Rights Watch | date =August 9, 2007 | url=http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/01/24/slanka15141.htm }}</ref> They have been accused of human rights violation by local and international human rights organizations.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7657668.stm Renegade sworn in as Sri Lanka MP BBC] BBC News - October 8, 2008</ref>
Following its entrance to democratic politics, the party aligned with the ruling United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA).<ref>{{Cite web |title=UPFA-TMVP alliance to pick CM after polls — if elected |url=https://www.sundaytimes.lk/080323/News/news005.html |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=www.sundaytimes.lk}}</ref> In 2020, it would align with the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-11 |title=Three parties to support SLPP in forming a two-thirds majority |url=https://www.themorning.lk/articles/94752 |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=Latest in the News Sphere {{!}} The Morning}}</ref> and manage to win a seat parliament for the first time, with Pillayan winning the most preferential votes in Batticaloa while the party would come in second place in the district.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pilleyan leads Batticaloa preferential votes |url=https://adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=66287 |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=adaderana.lk |language=en}}</ref> In the 2024 presidential elections, Pillayan pledged to support then-incumbent president Ranil Wickremesinghe in his bid for reelection.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pillayan to also back Ranil at upcoming presidential poll |url=https://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=100031 |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=www.adaderana.lk |language=en}}</ref> The TMVP failed to win any seats in the 2024 general election.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Live Sri Lanka Parliamentary Election Results 2024 {{!}} Real-Time Results |url=https://results.elections.gov.lk/allisland.php |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=results.elections.gov.lk}}</ref>
==History== The break-up between the LTTE and the Batticaloa-based Karuna group occurred in March 2004.<ref name=HRW1>{{Citation | title =Abuses during armed conflict | journal =Human Rights Watch | issue =1(C) | date =August 9, 2007 | url =http://hrw.org/englishwr2k7/docs/2007/01/11/slanka14837.htm | url-status =dead | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070929205439/http://hrw.org/englishwr2k7/docs/2007/01/11/slanka14837.htm | archive-date =September 29, 2007 }}</ref> Karuna and others felt that LTTE leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran had become a dictator of a state that used Northern Tamils to oppress the Eastern Tamils<ref>[http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2006/06/30/2003316444 Ex-Tigers vow to keep up attacks] Taipei Times - June 30, 2006</ref> and that Eastern Tamils were not given due recognition for "laying down their lives in disproportionate numbers for the northern leadership".<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/may/07/randeepramesh.theobserver Tigers tear each other apart] The Guardian - May 7, 2006</ref> Together with Indian-based Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front, TVMP has formed Tamileela Iykkiya Viduthalai Munnani as a united front. The purported aim and the motive of the party are to safeguard the rights of Tamils within the Eastern Province.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6524869.stm A date with a renegade rebel Tiger]</ref>
The president of TMVP was Kumaraswamy Nandagopan<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/sinhala/news/story/2008/10/081023_tmvp_police We need police powers - TMVP] BBC - October 23, 2008</ref> until he was assassinated in November 2008<ref>[http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200811142122.htm Top TMVP member shot dead in Sri Lanka] The Hindu - November 14, 2008</ref> and the general secretary G.E. Gnanarajah. The third in command is Mangalan Master.<ref>{{Citation | last = Kamalendran | first = Chris | title = Pillayan ready to make way for Karuna | newspaper = The Sunday Times | date = July 6, 2008 | url = http://www.sundaytimes.lk/080706/News/timesnews003.html}}</ref>
Since its formation, the group worked with the Sri Lankan Army to combat the Tamil Tigers.<ref name="HRW15141"/> They have been accused of using children to combat the LTTE and have allegedly committed human rights violations in the East of the island.<ref name=HRW2>{{Citation | title =Sri Lanka | journal =Human Rights Watch | date =August 9, 2007 | url =http://hrw.org/englishwr2k7/docs/2007/01/11/slanka14837.htm | url-status =dead | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070929205439/http://hrw.org/englishwr2k7/docs/2007/01/11/slanka14837.htm | archive-date =September 29, 2007 }}</ref> The TMVP, in conjunction with the Government of Sri Lanka on December 1, 2008 signed an action plan stating that they would cease the recruitment of child soldiers and that they would also release from combat all child soldiers.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081207070217/http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/05/stories/2008120556361500.htm Mullathivu vulnerable: Colombo] The Hindu - December 5, 2008</ref>
==Internal affairs== ===Internal struggles=== The TMVP has been affected by internal struggles between Colonel Karuna and Pillaiyan. Small skirmishes broke out between the Pillaiyan and Karuna factions with some fatalities in May 2007,<ref>[http://www.asiantribune.com/index.php?q=node/6113 Karuna continues to threaten Editor, Asian Tribune] Asian Tribune - June 11, 2007</ref> October 2007,<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071019041830/http://www.colombopage.com/archive_07/October17142816SL.html Sri Lanka's Eastern Province tense due to internal clashes of the paramilitaries]}} Colombo Page - October 17, 2007</ref> and in May 2008. However, Dheeban the Trincomalee district leader of the TMVP, denied a split claiming "the split between Karuna and Pillaiyan is a mere media fabrication".<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/sinhala/news/story/2007/12/printable/071207_karuna_trincomalee Karuna 'still our leader' - TMVP] BBC News - December 7, 2007</ref>
In mid-October 2008, Karuna cadres ransacked the office of Pillaiyan, leading to government consternation and intervention.<ref>[http://www.sundaytimes.lk/081019/News/sundaytimesnews_03.html Karuna pulls ‘puli’ out of party] Sunday Times.lk - October 19, 2008</ref> That same week, the Karuna faction took over the "Thamil Alai" newspaper, the organ of the TMVP, which had been run by Pillaiyan in Karuna's absence.<ref>[http://www.sibernews.com/news/sri-lanka/-2008101811222/ Karuna 'seizes' TMVP newspaper] SiberNews - October 18, 2008</ref> However in late October, Karuna "made it a point to emphasise that there were no differences between them".<ref>[http://indiatoday.digitaltoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&issueid=31&id=18967&Itemid=1§ionid=61 In the east, a fragile peace] India Today - October 31, 2008</ref> Due to the internecine feuds between varying factions of the TMVP, the Government of Sri Lanka has decided it would begin the disarmament of the feuding groups in early 2009.<ref>[http://www.sundaytimes.lk/081228/News/sundaytimesnews_01.html TMVP to be disarmed] Daily Mirror - December 28, 2008</ref> As tensions flared up in late 2009, the government began putting restrictions on the placement of TMVP political signs in cities of the East of Sri Lanka.<ref>[http://www.sundaytimes.lk/090920/News/nws_02.html Pillayan-Karuna clash intensifies in East] The Sunday Times - September 20, 2009</ref>
===Proposed name change=== "Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Koddani" (Koodani meaning alliance) is a new Tamil political party in Sri Lanka that has been proposed by Colonel Karuna, as either a splinter group of,<ref>[http://www.army.lk/morenewsfet.php?id=6840 Karuna Drops ‘Pulikal’] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224105642/http://www.army.lk/morenewsfet.php?id=6840 |date=2008-12-24 }} Sri Lanka Army - December 23, 2008</ref> or a new name for the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal. However, Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan has denied that this has proposed, stating "When I met him (Karuna) and asked about this, he said that there was no such thing".<ref>[http://www.lankatimes.com/fullstory.php?id=13628 TMVP name stands says Pillayan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090529075101/http://www.lankatimes.com/fullstory.php?id=13628 |date=2009-05-29 }} Lanka Times - December 23, 2008</ref> The name change has been floated around because Karuna and related figures feel the word "Puligal" meaning Tiger, implies association with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.<ref>[https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2008/10/12/new03.asp TMVP to drop ‘Tiger’ label] Sunday Observer - October 12, 2008</ref> The TMVP 11 member politburo is currently deliberating on the issue, with Karuna threatening to start the new party if it is not approved.<ref>[http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=36171 Karuna Amman to register new party?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226130748/http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=36171 |date=2008-12-26 }} Daily Mirror - December 26, 2008</ref> However Karuna spokesman D. Kamalanathan denied both that a name change would take place and that there was a rift within the party, attributing the rumours to those against the TMVP.<ref>[http://www.lankatimes.com/fullstory.php?id=13960 Karuna won't form new party] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090529075031/http://www.lankatimes.com/fullstory.php?id=13960 |date=2009-05-29 }} Lanka Times - January 4, 2009</ref>
==Human rights violations== ===General rights violations=== The group has been accused by the Human rights organizations Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International of recruiting children, torture, assassinations and engaging in extortion in its war against the LTTE. Human Rights Watch claimed that from June 2006 to December 2006 they have forcefully recruited several hundred children.<ref name=HRW2/><ref name=HRW3>{{Citation | title =Complicit in Crime: State Collusion in Abductions and Child Recruitment by the Karuna Group | journal =Human Rights Watch | volume =19 | date =January 2007 | url =https://www.hrw.org/reports/2007/srilanka0107/ | access-date =2016-12-04 | archive-date =2016-08-19 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160819072826/https://www.hrw.org/reports/2007/srilanka0107/ | url-status =dead }}</ref><ref name=AI>{{Citation | title =Sri Lanka: Armed groups infiltrating refugee camps | journal =Amnesty International | date =August 9, 2007 | url =http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGASA370072007 | url-status =dead | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070911192546/http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGASA370072007 | archive-date =September 11, 2007 }}</ref> The TMVP has also been accused of being involved in kidnappings for ransom of wealthy, predominantly Tamil, businessmen to raise money in Colombo and other towns. Some businessmen were allegedly killed because their family could not pay the ransom.<ref name=HRWRTW>{{Citation | title =Enforced Disappearances and Abductions | journal =Human Rights Watch | date =August 2007 | url =https://www.hrw.org/en/node/10799/section/6}}</ref> Media has reported that these abductions were linked to the Security forces in these abductions, either directly facilitating them or providing a cover and not taking any action against them.<ref name = HRWRTW/> One such abducted man alleged that while he was being transported, from his workplace in Colombo, his abduction vehicle came across Army checkpoints but was not rescued.<ref name = HRWRTW/>
In 2006, the Tamil Human Rights group UTHR also accused the TMVP of taking part in death squad activity against civilians.<ref>University Teachers for Human Rights (Jaffna), "[http://www.uthr.org/SpecialReports/spreport21.pdf When Indignation is Past and the Dust Settles] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606133641/http://www.uthr.org/SpecialReports/spreport21.pdf |date=2013-06-06 }}", Special Report No. 21, May 15, 2006. Retrieved April 5, 2007</ref>
===Connection with the Sri Lankan State=== The group is also believed to be actively working with the Sri Lankan Army. According to Human Rights Watch in one incident, the children who were abducted by the TMVP cadres were being held in a store across a Sri Lankan military camp. The parents of the abducted children pleaded with the military but no actions were taken. It was reported that two army men talked to the TMVP cadres and then walked away .<ref name=HRW15141 /> Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch said, “The government is fully aware of the abductions but allows them to happen because it’s eager for an ally against the Tamil Tigers”. The Human Rights Watch further added that it would be impossible to transport abducted children without the complicity of the Sri Lankan Army. In addition, civilians claimed seeing many TMVP cadres at Army checkpoints and claimed that they checked ID's of the people.<ref>{{Citation | title = Complicity in crimes | journal =Human Rights Watch | issue =1(C) | date =August 9, 2007 | url=http://hrw.org/reports/2007/srilanka0107/srilanka0107web.pdf }}</ref> The Human Rights Watch further claimed that they saw a top Karuna Eastern commander riding atop an army personnel carrier. They also claimed that Armed Karuna cadre openly roamed the streets in Batticaloa district in sight of security forces, and in some cases they jointly patrolled with the police.<ref name=IR807>{{Citation | title =Impunity reigns | journal =Human Rights Watch | issue =1(C) | date =August 9, 2007 | url =http://hrw.org/reports/2007/srilanka0807/1.htm#_Toc173322236}}</ref> According to UTHR, a local Human rights organization, two children who escaped from the TMVP later surrendered to the Sri Lankan Army. The children were taken back to the TMVP camp allegedly by the Sri Lankan Army and was later beaten to death.<ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.uthr.org/bulletins/bul42.htm|title = UTHR|work = University Teachers for Human Rights|publisher = UTHR|date = 9 August 2007|archive-date = 10 August 2007|access-date = 10 August 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070810032504/http://www.uthr.org/bulletins/bul42.htm|url-status = dead}}</ref> Another such incident happened in Trincomalee where the abducted children by the TMVP were taken to a Sri Lankan Navy check point. Soon the Sri Lankan Navy personnel came on motorcycles and escorted the Karuna men and their abducted children to the TMVP office. TMVP has also been alleged to have killed INGO workers. Ragunathan Ramalingam, a worker for the International INGO (World Concern), was asked to come to a Navy checkpoint. He was allegedly shot dead when he reached the check point.<ref>{{cite news | url =http://www.uthr.org/SpecialReports/spreport23.htm | title =The Choice between Anarchy and International Law with Monitoring | work =University Teachers for Human Rights |publisher = UTHR|date = 9 August 2007}}</ref> Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission claimed that they saw TMVP pass through a checkpoint unchecked. It claimed that a white van, belonging to TMVP cadres, was transporting two 15-year-old boys and four armed civilians passed through an Army check point unchecked. However, the police maintained that they were instructed to check all vehicles and arrest any armed civilians.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.slmm.lk/W_Report/2007%2010%2008-14%20SLMM%20Weekly%20Report.pdf |title = SLMM WEEKLY MONITORING REPORT |work = SLMM |publisher = SLMM |date = 15 October 2007 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
==Political== ===Batticaloa local council elections, March 2008=== The local council elections of the Batticaloa district was held on March 10, 2008 after 10 years. The Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) party won all the 9 councils with 70% of high majority of votes also the polling reported as peaceful. The Batticaloa town was the only local council that TMVP contested under the banner of ruling United People's Freedom Alliance.<ref name=BBCe>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7288942.stm|title=Ex-Tamil Tigers win local polls|publisher=BBC News|date=11 March 2008}}</ref>
The largest Tamil party Tamil National Alliance totally boycotting these polls. United National party (UNP) also boycotted the polls by telling candidates not to run but some UNP candidates names' showed up on the voting list. Both groups claim unfair elections took place. TNA claimed it wasn't safe for them to operate in the east because the TMVP group was armed. TMVP threatened TNA MP's and also captured alive family members of TNA MP prior to the elections. The BBC News reported that unnamed human rights groups claimed TMVP used violence before the election and therefore the elections were "tainted". Independent candidate Rasiah Thurairatnam claimed that people voted out of fear for the TMVP.<ref name=BBCe/>
===Eastern Provincial Council elections, May 2008=== {{main|2008 Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council elections}} The Eastern Provincial Council elections was held on May 10, 2008. The 37 member provincial council election won by the ruling UPFA with the highest number of 20 seats, UNP 15 seats, JVP and other Tamil party 1 each. The TMVP members were contested under the UPFA banner and the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) members contested under the UNP banner. The present TMVP leader Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias ''Pillayan'' has gained the highest number of 41,936 preferential votes from Batticaloa district.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7394488.stm|title=Sri Lankan government wins vote|publisher=BBC News|date=11 May 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sinhala/news/story/2008/05/080511_pillayan_cm|title='I am eligible' says Pillayan|publisher=BBC News|date=11 May 2008}}</ref>
==Electoral history== ===Parliamentary=== {| class="sortable wikitable" |- ! Election year ! Party leader ! Votes ! Vote % ! Seats won ! +/– ! Government
|- ! 2010 | rowspan=4 | Sivanesathurai<br>Chandrakanthan | align=center | 20,284 | align=center | 0.25% | {{Composition bar|0|225|hex={{party color|Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal}}}} | {{steady}} | {{no2|Extra-parliamentary}}
|- ! 2015 | colspan=2 align=center | As a part of UPFA | {{Composition bar|0|225|hex={{party color|Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal}}}} | {{steady}} | {{no2|Extra-parliamentary}}
|- ! 2020 | align=center | 67,692 | align=center | 0.58% | {{Composition bar|1|225|hex={{party color|Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal}}}} | {{increase}} 1 | {{yes2|Government}} |- !2024 | align=center | 34,440 | align=center |0.31% | {{Composition bar|0|225|hex={{party color|Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal}}}} | {{decrease}} 1 | {{no2|Extra-parliamentary}} |}
===Provincial Council=== {| class="sortable wikitable" |+Eastern Provincial Council |- ! Election year ! Party leader ! Votes ! Vote % ! Seats won ! +/– ! Government
|- ! 2008 |rowspan=2| Sivanesathurai<br>Chandrakanthan | rowspan=2 colspan=2 align=center| As a part of UPFA | {{Composition bar|6|37|hex={{party color|Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal}}}} | {{increase}} 6 | {{yes2|Government}}
|- !2012 | {{Composition bar|1|37|hex={{party color|Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal}}}} | {{decrease}} 5 | {{yes2|Government}} |}
===Local=== {|class="sortable wikitable" |- !Election year !Votes !Vote % !Councillors !+/– !Local Authorities !+/– |- !2011 |align=center| 4,622 |align=center| 0.05% |{{composition bar|3|4327|hex={{party color|Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal}}}} | ''New'' |{{composition bar|0|322|hex={{party color|Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal}}}} | ''New'' |- !2018 |align=center| 44,062 |align=center| 0.36% |{{composition bar|36|8327|hex={{party color|Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal}}}} |{{increase}} 33 |{{composition bar|2|341|hex={{party color|Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal}}}} |{{increase}} 2 |- !2025 |align=center|39,791 |align=center|0.38% |{{composition bar|37|8793|hex={{party color|Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal}}}} |{{increase}} 1 |{{composition bar|1|341|hex={{party color|Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal}}}} |{{decrease}} 1 |}
==== Results by council (2025) ==== {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:right" |+ ! Council ! Votes ! % ! {{abbr|Pos.|Position}} ! Seats |- ! Batticaloa MC | align=center| 4,303 | align=center| 10.09 | {{decrease}} 4th | {{Composition bar|3|34|background-color=#DDDDDD|{{party color|Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal}}}} |- ! Eravur UC | align=center| 642 | align=center| 4.32 | {{increase}} 5th | {{Composition bar|2|17|background-color=#DDDDDD|{{party color|Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal}}}} |- ! Eravur Pattu PS | align=center| 5,393 | align=center| 13.39 | {{decrease}} 3rd | {{Composition bar|4|32|background-color=#DDDDDD|{{party color|Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal}}}} |- ! Koralaipattu PS | align=center| 5,407 | align=center| 15.65 | {{decrease}} 3rd | {{Composition bar|4|26|background-color=#DDDDDD|{{party color|Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal}}}} |- ! Koralaipattu North PS | align=center| 5,157 | align=center| 37.87 | {{steady}} '''1st''' | {{Composition bar|7|19|background-color=#DDDDDD|{{party color|Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal}}}} |- ! Manmunal South and Eruvil Pattu PS | align=center| 3,894 | align=center| 12.55 | {{Increase}} 3rd | {{Composition bar|2|20|background-color=#DDDDDD|{{party color|Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal}}}} |- ! Manmunal Pattu PS | align=center| 948 | align=center| 5.11 | {{decrease}} 7th | {{Composition bar|1|17|background-color=#DDDDDD|{{party color|Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal}}}} |- ! Manmunai West PS | align=center| 2,630 | align=center| 16.55 | {{steady}} 2nd | {{Composition bar|3|19|background-color=#DDDDDD|{{party color|Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal}}}} |- ! Manmunal South West PS | align=center| 5,135 | align=center| 33.65 | {{increase}} 2nd | {{Composition bar|6|16|background-color=#DDDDDD|{{party color|Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal}}}} |- ! Porthivu Pattu PS | align=center| 6,009 | align=center| 29.75 | {{increase}} 2nd | {{Composition bar|5|16|background-color=#DDDDDD|{{party color|Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal}}}} |}
==See also== *Military use of children in Sri Lanka *2006 murder of TRO workers in Sri Lanka
==References== {{Reflist|2}} {{Sri Lankan political parties}} {{Sri Lankan Civil War}}
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