Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi

Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi Federal Party இலங்கைத் தமிழர்சுக் கட்சி
Leader	S. Shritharan
President	S. Shritharan
Senior Vice Presidents	P. Selvarasa S. Sittampalam
General Secretary	M. A. Sumanthiran
Treasurer	S. Thiyagarajah
Founder	S. J. V. Chelvanayakam, C. Vanniasingam, E. M. V. Naganathan
Founded	18 December 1949 (1949-12-18)
Split from	All Ceylon Tamil Congress
Headquarters	30 Martin Road, Jaffna
Ideology	Tamil nationalism
National affiliation	Tamil National Alliance (2001–2024) Tamil United Liberation Front (1972–2004)
Colors	Yellow
Parliament	8 / 225
Election symbol
Party flag
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Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK; lit. 'Sri Lanka Tamil State Party'; Tamil: இலங்கைத் தமிழரசுக் கட்சி, Sinhala: ඉලංගෙයි තමිළ් අරසු කච්චි) is a Sri Lankan political party which represents the Sri Lankan Tamil minority in the country. It was originally founded in 1949 as a breakaway faction of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress (ACTC). In 1972, ITAK merged with the ACTC and Ceylon Workers' Congress (CWC) to form the Tamil United Front, which later changed its name to the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF). ITAK remained dormant until 2004 when a split in the TULF resulted in ITAK being re-established as an active political party.^[1] ITAK was the main constituent party of the Tamil National Alliance from 2004 until its dissolution in 2024. As of 2024, the party is the largest Tamil party in Parliament and the third-largest overall, after the National People's Power and the Samagi Jana Balawegaya.^[2]