Left Liberation Front

Left Liberation Front
Leader	Vikramabahu Karunaratne
Secretary	Leenus Jayatilake
Founded	1998
Preceded by	New Left Front
Headquarters	17 Barracks Lane, Colombo 02
Ideology	Communism Trotskyism
Election symbol
Umbrella
Website
nssp.info
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The Left Liberation Front is a left wing electoral coalition in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1998 as the New Left Front by the Nava Sama Samaja Party, former members of the People's Alliance, and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna.

The alliance has changed its name twice from the New Left Front: firstly to Left Front and secondly to Left Liberation Front in early 2010.

Members

Its current members are:

In the Sri Lankan presidential election, 2005, the New Left Front's candidate Chamil Jayaneththi came sixth of thirteen, with 9,296 votes.

Larger	TNA Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (Democratic People's Liberation Front) Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization
Smaller	Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Democratic Tamil National Front Democratic People’s Congress Eelam People's Democratic Party Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students (Eelavar Democratic Front) Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (Sri wing) Tamil United Liberation Front

Others outside parliament

Former political parties

Former political alliances

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