People's Tamil Congress

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People's Tamil Congress
Leader	L. P. Shanmuganathan
Secretary-General	L. P. Shanmuganathan
National affiliation	Democratic National Alliance
Politics of Sri Lanka Political parties Elections

People's Tamil Congress is an unregistered extraparliamentary Sri Lankan political party led by L. P. Shanmuganathan. In the 2005 presidential election the party supported Mahinda Rajapaksa but in the 2010 election the supported the opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka. In the April 2010 parliamentary election People's Tamil Congress participated as a part of General Fonseka's Democratic National Alliance. Party leader Shanmuganathan was candidate in Colombo Electoral District but neither he nor any party member was elected.

v t e Political parties in Sri Lanka
Major parties	NPP Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna SJB All Ceylon Makkal Congress Freedom People's Congress Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Tamil Progressive Alliance Democratic People's Front National Union of Workers Up-Country People's Front United Republican Front
Third parties	Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi NDF Ceylon Workers' Congress Mahajana Eksath Peramuna National Unity Alliance National Congress New Lanka Freedom Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya United National Party Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Sarvajana Balaya Communist Party of Sri Lanka Democratic Left Front Jathika Nidahas Peramuna Lanka Sama Samaja Party Mawbima Janatha Pakshaya Our Power of People's Party Pivithuru Hela Urumaya DTNA People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (Democratic People's Liberation Front) Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization TNPF All Ceylon Tamil Congress Sri Lanka Labour Party
Others outside parliament	Bahujana Nidahas Peramuna Bodu Jana Peramuna Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist) Ceylon Democratic Unity Alliance Crusaders for Democracy Democratic Party Democratic United National Front Democratic Unity Alliance Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front Eelam People's Democratic Party Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (Padmanaba) Freedom People's Front Frontline Socialist Party Janatha Sevaka Pakshaya Jathika Hela Urumaya Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Alternative Group) Liberal Democratic Party Motherland People's Party National Democratic Movement Nava Sama Samaja Party New Democratic Party New Sinhala Heritage People's Tamil Congress Revolutionary Workers Party Siva Senai Social Democratic Party Socialist Equality Party Socialist Party Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal Tamil People's National Alliance Tamil United Liberation Front United Citizen’s Front United Socialist Party
Former political parties	All Ceylon Islamic United Front All Ceylon Malay Political Union Aziz Democratic Workers Congress Bolshevik Samasamaja Party Buddhist Republican Party Ceylon Labour Party Ceylon National Congress Jathika Vimukthi Peramuna Lanka Democratic Party Lanka Mahajana Sabha Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Revolutionary) People's Front of Liberation Tigers Sinhala Maha Sabha Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party Sri Lanka Sama Samaja Party United Lanka Congress Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party
Former political alliances	SLFP-led alliances Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (1956–1957) United Front (1968–1977) People's Alliance (1994–2004) United People's Freedom Alliance (2004–2019) Joint Opposition (2015–2018) Freedom People's Alliance (2023–2024) UNP-led alliances United National Front (2001–2020) Democratic National Alliance Left Liberation Front Socialist Alliance Tamil National Liberation Alliance
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