List of political parties in Sri Lanka

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This article lists political parties in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party. In the last decades, the United National Party and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party have been the largest parties, by far. The general rule, however, has become coalition politics, since neither SLFP nor UNP are able to gather parliamentary majorities. In the LTTE-controlled northern areas, the two main parties are non-existent.

Contents 1 The parties 1.1 Parliamentary parties 1.2 Other parties 2 Defunct parties 3 See also 4 References

[edit] The parties

[edit] Parliamentary parties

• United People's Freedom Alliance
  • Sri Lanka Freedom Party (Sri Lanka Nidahas Pakshaya)
  • People's Liberation Front (Janatha Vimuktasi Peramuna)
  • Sri Lanka People's Party (Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya)
  • Muslim National Unity Alliance
  • Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (English: People's United Front)
  • Desha Vimukthi Janatha Pakshaya
  • Communist Party of Sri Lanka
  • Democratic United National Front
  • National Liberation People's Party (Desha Vimukthi Janatha Party)
  • Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Lanka Equal Society Party)
• United National Front
  • United National Party (Eksath Jathika Pakshaya)
  • Ceylon Workers' Congress
• Jathika Hela Urumaya (English: National Heritage Party, launched by Sihala Urumaya)
• Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
• Tamil National Alliance (Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi, literally in English: Sri Lanka Tamil Government Party)
  • All Ceylon Tamil Congress
  • Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (Suresh)
  • Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization
  • Tamil United Liberation Front (formerly the Federal Party)
• Up-Country People's Front
• Eelam People's Democratic Party

[edit] Other parties

• Bahujana Nidahas Peramuna (English: Mass Freedom Front)
• Democratic People's Liberation Front
• United Socialist Party
• New Left Front
  • Democratic Left Front
  • National Democratic Movement
  • Nava Sama Samaja Party (English: New Equal Society Party)
  • New Democratic Party
• Liberal Party of Sri Lanka
• Revolutionary Workers Party

[edit] Defunct parties

• Jathika Vimukthi Peramuna
• Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Revolutionary)
• Lanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya
• Tamil Federal Party

[edit] See also

• Index of political parties to browse parties by name
• List of political parties to browse parties by country
• List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name
• Membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals

[edit] References

• http://www.broadleft.org/lk.htm