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Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization தமிழீழ விடுதலை இயக்கம் දෙමළ ඊලාම් විමුක්ති සංවිධානය | |
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| President | Selvam Adaikalanathan |
| Secretary | G. Karunakaran |
| Founder | Nadarajah Thangathurai, Selvarajah Yogachandran (Kuttimani) |
| Founded | 1969 (organisation) 1987 (political party) |
| Headquarters | 34 Ammankovil Road, Pandarikulam, Vavuniya |
| Ideology | Tamil nationalism |
| National affiliation | Tamil National Alliance |
| Parliament | 3 / 225
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| Light House | |
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| Website | |
| telo.org | |
The Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO) is an Eelam Tamil organisation which campaigned for the establishment of an independent Tamil Eelam in the northeast of Sri Lanka during 1972-1987 which later accepted the December 19th proposals. The TELO was originally created as a militant group, and functioned as such until 1986, when most of its membership was killed in a conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Its surviving members reorganised themselves as a political party, and it continues to function as such today.
The TELO currently has two Members of Parliament. It is part of the Tamil National Alliance, a coalition of Tamil parties which won 2.9% of the popular vote and 14 out of 225 seats at the 2010 parliamentary election in Sri Lanka.