The alliance is recognised by the Election Commission of Sri Lanka as registered political party with the brass lamp (kuthuvilakku) as its symbol.

[2][3] The TDNA secured 1.30% of the votes in the election, winning a single seat, R. Thurairatnam in Batticaloa District.

[6] The EPRLF (Pathmanabha wing) led by T. Sritharan alias Sugu was not allowed to join the TNA due to the opposition of TNA member EPRLF (Suresh wing) led by Suresh Premachandran.

In December 2022 the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi, the main constituent of the TNA, announced that it would contest the 2023 Sri Lankan local elections on its own.

[7][9] The alliance was joined by the Crusaders for Democracy, EPRLF (Suresh) and the Tamil National Party.