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List of political parties in Sri Lanka

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This article lists political parties in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka has a multi-party political system. Starting from the early 1950s, Sri Lankan politics was mostly dominated by two political parties and their respective coalitions:

Recently, however, the influence of the two parties has diminished significantly. In 2016, the right-wing populist Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna led by former president Mahinda Rajapaksa split from the SLFP, and following an unexpected victory in the 2018 local elections, replaced the SLFP as a main party, before becoming the ruling party following its victories in the 2019 presidential election and 2020 parliamentary election.

Meanwhile, the UNP suffered a split of its own in the lead-up to the 2020 parliamentary election, when deputy leader Sajith Premadasa split from the UNP and formed the Samagi Jana Balawegaya to contest in the election. The SJB-led coalition won the 2nd most seats in the election, thus making the SJB the main opposition party, while the UNP suffered an overwhelming defeat, only winning one national list seat.

Following widespread dissatisfaction with the traditional Sri Lankan political parties amidst the 2022 Sri Lankan protests, in 2024, the left-wing National People's Power, a political alliance led by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, saw a surge in popular support. Formerly a third party, the NPP emerged as the main left-wing party of Sri Lanka, winning both the presidential and parliamentary elections that year.[1]

Other notable parties include the Tamil nationalist Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi and the Islamist Sri Lanka Muslim Congress.

Alliances

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Parliamentary alliances

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Alliance Symbol Political position Ideology Founded Leader MPs MPCs MLGs
National People's Power
ජාතික ජන බලවේගය
தேசிய மக்கள் சக்தி
Left-wing Socialism
Left-wing populism
Progressivism
Reformism
2019 Anura Kumara Dissanayake
159 / 225
0 / 455
15 / 8,741
Samagi Jana Balawegaya
සමගි ජන බලවේගය
ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சக்தி
Centre-right Liberal conservatism
Social democracy
2020 Sajith Premadasa
40 / 225
0 / 455
6 / 8,741
New Democratic Front
නව ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පෙරමුණ
புதிய சனநாயக முன்னணி
Centre-right Big tent
Economic liberalism
1995 Ranil Wickremesinghe
5 / 225
0 / 455
0 / 8,741
Sarvajana Balaya
සර්වජන බලය
சர்வஜன அதிகாரம்
Centre-left to far-left Big tent
Sinhalese nationalism
2024 Dilith Jayaweera
1 / 225
0 / 455
0 / 8,741
Democratic Tamil National Alliance
ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී දෙමළ ජාතික සන්ධානය
சனநாயக தமிழ் தேசிய கூட்டணி
Centre-left Tamil nationalism 2023
1 / 225
0 / 455
0 / 8,741
Tamil National People's Front
ද්‍රවිඩ ජාතික ජනතා පෙරමුණ
தமிழ் தேசிய மக்கள் முன்னணி
Centre-left Tamil nationalism 2010 Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam
1 / 225
0 / 455
0 / 8,741

Other alliances

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Alliance Symbol Political position Ideology Founded Leader MPs MPCs MLGs Notes
Tamil Progressive Alliance
දෙමළ ප්‍රගතිශීලී සන්ධානය
தமிழ் முற்போக்கு கூட்டணி
Centre-left Tamil nationalism
Indian Tamil interests
2015 Mano Ganesan
2 / 225
0 / 455
0 / 8,741
Allied with the SJB

Parties

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Parliamentary registered parties

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Party Election Symbol Political position Ideology Founded Leader MPs MPCs MLGs
National People's Power (NPP)
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ
மக்கள் விடுதலை முன்னணி
Far-left Communism
Marxism–Leninism
Anti-revisionism
Revolutionary socialism
Anti-imperialism
Progressivism
1965 Anura Kumara Dissanayake
159 / 225
0 / 455
15 / 8,741
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB)
Samagi Jana Balawegaya
සමගි ජනබලවේගය
ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சக்தி
Centre-right Liberal conservatism
Social democracy
2020 Sajith Premadasa
36 / 225
0 / 455
6 / 8,741
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
ශ්‍රී ලංකා මුස්ලිම් කොංග්‍රසය
சிறீலங்கா முஸ்லிம் காங்கிரசு
Centre Muslim minority politics 1981 Rauff Hakeem
4 / 225
0 / 455
0 / 8,741
All Ceylon Makkal Congress
සමස්ත ලංකා මහජන කොංග්‍රසය
அகில இலங்கை மக்கள் காங்கிரஸ்
Centre Muslim minority politics 2005 Rishad Bathiudeen
2 / 225
0 / 455
0 / 8,741
National Union of Workers
ජාතික කම්කරු සංගමය
தொழிலாளர் தேசிய சங்கம்
Centre Indian Tamil interests 1965 Palani Digambaran
1 / 225
0 / 455
0 / 8,741
Up-Country People's Front
කඳුරට ජනතා පෙරමුණ
மலையக மக்கள் முன்னணி
Centre Indian Tamil interests 1989 V. Radhakrishnan
1 / 225
0 / 455
0 / 8,741
New Democratic Front (NDF)
People's United Freedom Alliance
පොදු ජන එක්සත් නිදහස් සන්ධානය
மக்கள் ஐக்கிய சுதந்திரக் கூட்டணி
2024 Dinesh Gunawardene
2 / 225
0 / 455
1 / 8,741
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය
இலங்கை சுதந்திரக் கட்சி
Centre-left Social democracy
Sinhalese nationalism
Left-wing nationalism
1951 Disputed
2 / 225
0 / 455
0 / 8,741
United National Party
එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය
ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி
Centre-right Liberal conservatism
Economic liberalism
1946 Ranil Wickremesinghe
1 / 225
0 / 455
0 / 8,741
Ceylon Workers' Congress
ලංකා කම්කරු කොංග්‍රසය
இலங்கை தொழிலாளர் காங்கிரஸ்
Centre Agrarian socialism
Indian Tamil interests
1939 Jeewan Thondaman
1 / 225
0 / 455
0 / 8,741
Sarvajana Balaya (SB)
Mawbima Janatha Pakshaya
මව්බිම ජනතා පක්ෂය
தாய்நாடு ஜனதா கட்சி
Centre-left Sinhalese nationalism 2023 Dilith Jayaweera
1 / 225
0 / 455
0 / 8,741
Democratic Tamil National Alliance (DTNA)
Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization
ද්‍රවිඩ ඊලම් විමුක්ති සංවිධානය
தமிழீழ விடுதலை இயக்கம்
Syncretic Tamil nationalism 1979 Selvam Adaikalanathan
1 / 225
0 / 455
0 / 8,741
Tamil National People's Front (TNPF)
All Ceylon Tamil Congress
අකිල ඉලංකෙයි තමිල් කොංග්‍රස්
அகில இலங்கைத் தமிழ்க் காங்கிரஸ்
Centre-left Tamil nationalism 1944 Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam
1 / 225
0 / 455
0 / 8,741
Other parties
Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi
ශ්‍රී ලංකා දෙමළ රාජ්‍ය පක්ෂය
இலங்கைத் தமிழரசுக் கட்சி
Centre-left Tamil nationalism 1949 S. Shritharan
8 / 225
0 / 455
0 / 8,741
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණ
இலங்கை பொதுஜன முன்னணி
Right-wing Neoconservatism
Sinhalese nationalism
Right-wing populism
2016 Mahinda Rajapaksa
3 / 225
0 / 455
3 / 8,741
Sri Lanka Labour Party
ශ්‍රී ලංකා කම්කරු පක්ෂය
ஸ்ரீலங்கா தொழிலாளர் கட்சி
1998 A. S. P. Liyanage
1 / 225
0 / 455
0 / 8,741

Other registered parties

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Party Election Symbol Founded Current leader MPs MPCs MLGs
All Ceylon Tamil Mahasabha[a]
සමස්ත ලංකා දෙමළ මහාසභා
அகில இலங்கை தமிழர் மகாசபை
2005 K. Vigneswaran
Our Power of People's Party
අපේ ජන බල පක්ෂය
நமது மக்கள் சக்தி கட்சி
Ven.Galgodaatte Gnanasara Thero
New Independent Front[b]
අභිනව නිවහල් පෙරමුණ
புதிய சுதந்திர முன்னணி
M. B. Thaminimulla
Arunalu People's Front
අරුණළු ජනතා පෙරමුණ
அருணலு மக்கள் முன்னணி
Eros Democratic Front
ඊරෝස් ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පෙරමුණ
ஈரோஸ் ஜனநாயக முன்னணி
Eelam People's Democratic Party
ඊලාම් ජනතා ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පක්ෂය
ஈழ மக்களாட்சி கட்சி
1987 Douglas Devananda
Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front
ඊලාම් ජනතා විප්ලවවාදී විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ
ஈழமக்கள் புரட்சிகர விடுதலை முன்னணி
1980 K. Pathmanabha
Varatharajah Perumal
United Republican Front
එක්සත් ජනරජ පෙරමුණ
ஐக்கிய குடியரசு முன்னணி
2023 Patali Champika Ranawaka
United National Freedom Front
එක්සත් ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණ
ஐக்கிய தேசிய சுதந்திர முன்னணி
United National Alliance[c]
එක්සත් ජාතික සන්ධානය
ஐக்கிய தேசிய கூட்டமைப்பு
Democratic Unity Alliance
එක්සත් ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී සන්ධානය
ஜனநாயக ஐக்கிய முன்னணி
2004 Z. A. Naseer Ahamed
United Democratic Voice
එක්සත් ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී හඬ
ஐக்கிய ஜனநாயகக் குரல்
Ranjan Ramanayake
United People's Party
එක්සත් මහජන පක්‍ෂය
ஐக்கிய மக்கள் கட்சி
United Left Front
එක්සත් වාමාංශික පෙරමුණ
ஐக்கிய இடது முன்னணி
Jayampathy Wickramaratne
United Socialist Party
එක්සත් සමාජවාදි පක්ෂය
ஐக்கிய சோசலிச கட்சி
United Peace Alliance[d]
එක්සත් සාම සන්ධානය
ஐக்கிய சமாதான முன்னணி
People's Struggle Alliance
ජන අරගල සන්ධානය
மக்கள் போராட்டக் கூட்டணி
People's Servants Party
ජනතා සේවක පක්ෂය
மக்கள் சேவகர்கள் கட்சி
2015
People's Welfare Front
ජන සෙත පෙරමුණ
ஜனசெத பெரமுண
National Congress
ජාතික කොංග්‍රසය
தேசிய காங்கிரஸ்
A. L. M. Athaullah
National People's Party
ජාතික ජනතා පක්ෂය
தேசிய மக்கள் கட்சி
Jathika Nidahas Peramuna
ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණ
தேசிய சுதந்திர முன்னணி
2008 Wimal Weerawansa
National Democratic Front
ජාතික ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පෙරමුණ
தேசிய ஜனநாயக முன்னணி
Aruna de Zoysa
National Development Front
ජාතික සංවර්ධන පෙරමුණ
தேசிய அபிவிருத்தி முன்னணி
2000 Dr. Sarath Bandaranayake
National Peace Front
ජාතික සමගි පෙරමුණ
தேசிய ஒற்றுமை முன்னணி
Tamil People's Alliance
දෙමළ ජනතා සන්ධානය
தமிழ் மக்கள் கூட்டணி
C. V. Wigneswaran
Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal
තමිළ් මක්කල් විඩුදලෛප් පුළිකල්
தமிழ் மக்கள் விடுதலைப் புலிகள்
2004 S. Chandrakanthan
Tamil Social Democratic Party
දෙමළ සමාජ ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍ර පක්‍ෂය
தமிழ் சமூக ஜனநாயக கட்சி
The Second Generation
දෙවන පරපුර
இரண்டாம் தலைமுறை
Uvindu Wijeweera
Patriotic People's Power
දේශප්‍රේමී ජනතා බලවේගය
தேசபக்தி மக்கள் சக்தி
Desha Vimukthi Janatha Pakshaya
දේශ විමුක්ති ජනතා පක්ෂය
தேச விமுக்தி ஜனதா பக்ஷய
1988
Tamil United Liberation Front[e]
ද්‍රවිඩ එක්සත් විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ
தமிழர் விடுதலைக் கூட்டணி
1972 V. Anandasangaree
New Democratic Marxist–Leninist Party
නව ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී මාක්ස්වාදී ලෙනින්වාදී පක්ෂය
புதிய ஜனநாயக மார்க்சிஸ்ட் லெனினிஸ்ட் கட்சி
New Lanka Freedom Party
නව ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය
புதிய இலங்கை சுதந்திரக் கட்சி
2020
Nava Sama Samaja Party
නව සමසමාජ පක්ෂය
நவ சம சமாஜக் கட்சி
1977 Vikramabahu Karunaratne
New Sinhala Heritage
නව සිහළ උරුමය
நவ சிஹல உறுமய
2006 Sarath Manamendra
Freedom People's Front
නිදහස් ජනතා පෙරමුණ
சுதந்திர மக்கள் முன்னணி
2022 Nalaka Godahewa
Pivithuru Hela Urumaya
පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය
பிவிதுரு ஹெல உருமய
Udaya Gammanpila
Frontline Socialist Party
පෙරටුගාමී සමාජවාදී පක්ෂය
முன்னிலை சோசலிசக் கட்சி
2012
People's Alliance
පොදු ජන එක්සත් පෙරමුණ
பொது ஜன முன்னணி
1994
Democratic United National Front
ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී එක්සත් ජාතික පෙරමුණ
ஜனநாயக ஐக்கிய தேசிய முன்னணி
1990 Ariyawansa Dissanayake
Democratic People's Liberation Front
ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ
மக்கட்தலை மக்கள் விடுதலை முன்னணி
1988 D. Siddarthan
Democratic National Alliance
ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ජාතික සන්ධානය
மக்களாட்சி தேசியக் கூட்டணி
2009
Democratic People's Front
ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ජනතා පෙරමුණ
மக்களாட்சி மக்கள் முன்னணி
Mano Ganesan
Democratic Party
ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පක්ෂය
சனநாயகக் கட்சி
2013 Sarath Fonseka
Democratic Left Front
ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී වාමාංශික පෙරමුණ
மக்களாட்சி இடதுசாரி முன்னணி
1999 Vasudeva Nanayakkara
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
මහජන එක්සත් පෙරමුණ‍
மகாஜன எக்சத் பெரமுன
1959 Dinesh Gunawardena
United National Front for Good Governance
යහපාලනය සඳහා වූ ජාතික පෙරමුණ
நல்லாட்சிக்கான ஐக்கிய தேசிய முன்னணி
Abdul Rahman
Lanka Sama Samaja Party
ලංකා සම සමාජ පක්ෂය
இலங்கை சமசமாஜக் கட்சி
1935 Tissa Vitharana
Liberal Democratic Party
ලිබරල් ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පක්ෂය
லிபரல் சனநாயகக் கட்சி
1987 Kamal Nissanka
Sri Lanka People's Party
ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහජන පක්ෂය
ஶ்ரீ லங்கா மக்கள் கட்சி
1984 Asanka Nawaratne
Communist Party of Sri Lanka
ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂය
இலங்கை இனவாத கட்சி
1943 D. E. W. Gunasekera
Social Democratic Party of Sri Lanka
ශ්‍රී ලංකා සමාජ ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පක්ෂය
இலங்கை சமூக ஜனநாயகக் கட்சி
2017 Rohan Pallewatta
Socialist Party of Sri Lanka
ශ්‍රී ලංකා සමාජවාදී පක්ෂය
இலங்கை சோசலிஸ்ட் கட்சி
2006
Samabima Party
සමබිම පක්ෂය
சமபிம கட்சி
Socialist Equality Party[f]
සමාජවාදී සමානතා පක්ෂය
சோசலிச சமத்துவக் கட்சி
1968
Sinhaladeepa Jathika Peramuna
සිංහලදීප ජාතික පෙරමුණ
சிங்களதீப தேசிய முன்னணி
Eelavar Democratic Front[g]
ඊලවර් ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පෙරමුණ
ஈழவர் ஜனநாயக முன்னணி
1975 Eliyathamby Ratnasabapathy
V. Balakumaran
Shankar Rajee
United People's Freedom Alliance
එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් සන්ධානය
ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சுதந்திரக் கூட்டணி
2004
United Lanka People's Party
එක්සත් ලංකා පොදුජන පක්ෂය
எக்சத் லங்கா பொதுஜன பக்ஷய
United Lanka Mahasabha
එක්සත් ලංකා මහා සභාව
ஐக்கிய இலங்கை மகா சபை
Nath Amarakone
Lanka People's Party[h]
ලංකා ජනතා පක්ෂය
இலங்கை மக்கள் கட்சி
Sri Lanka Progressive Front
ශ්‍රී ලංකා ප්‍රගතිශීලී පෙරමුණ
ஸ்ரீலங்கா முற்போக்கு முன்னணி
1996 J. A. Peter Nelson Perera

Unregistered parties

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Party Election Symbol Founded Current leader Alliance
Freedom People's Congress
නිදහස ජනතා සභාව
சுதந்திர மக்கள் காங்கிரஸ்
2022 Dullas Alahapperuma SJB
Democratic National Front
ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ජාතික පෙරමුණ
ஜனநாயக தேசிய முன்னணி
Praba Ganesan DNA
Jathika Hela Urumaya
ජාතික හෙළ උරුමය
ஜாதிக எல உறுமய
February 2004 Ven.Omalpe Sobhitha Thero SJB
Our National Front
අපේ ජාතික පෙරමුණ
எமது தேசிய முன்னணி
2009 Upulangani Malagamuwa
United Lanka National Front
එක්සත් ලංකා ජාතික පෙරමුණ
ஐக்கிய இலங்கை தேசிய முன்னணி
Buddhist People's Front
බොදු ජන පෙරමුණ
பௌத்த மக்கள் முன்னணி
Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist)
ලංකා කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂය (මාඕවාදී)
இலங்கை கம்யூனிஸ்ட் கட்சி (மாவோயிஸ்ட்)
1964
Ceylon Democratic Unity Alliance
ලංකා ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී එක්සත් සන්ධානය
இலங்கை ஜனநாயக ஐக்கிய கூட்டணி
2002 T. V. Chennan
Democratic People's Congress
ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී මහජන කොංග්‍රසය
ஜனநாயக மக்கள் காங்கிரஸ்
Praba Ganesan DTNF
Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front
ඊළාම් ජාතික ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ
ஈழ தேசிய ஜனநாய விடுதலை முன்னணி
1987
Muslim Tamil National Alliance
මුස්ලිම් දෙමළ ජාතික සන්ධානය
முஸ்லிம் தமிழ் தேசிய கூட்டமைப்பு
Azath Salley
People's Freedom Front
ජනතා නිදහස් පෙරමුණ
மக்கள் சுதந்திர முன்னணி
1991
People's Liberation Solidarity Front
මහජන විමුක්ති සහයෝගිතා පෙරමුණ
மக்கள் விடுதலை ஒற்றுமை முன்னணி
1997 Kamal Karunadasa
People's Tamil Congress
මහජන දෙමළ කොංග්‍රසය
மக்கள் தமிழ் காங்கிரஸ்
L. P. Shanmuganathan
Revolutionary Workers Party[i]
විප්ලවවාදී කම්කරු පක්ෂය
புரட்சிகர தொழிலாளர் கட்சி
1968
United Citizens’ Front
එක්සත් පුරවැසි පෙරමුණ
ஐக்கிய குடிமக்கள் முன்னணி
Tissa Attanayake
United National Alternative Front
එක්සත් ජාතික විකල්ප පෙරමුණ
ஐக்கிய தேசிய மாற்று முன்னணி
2000
Upcountry National Front
කඳුරට ජාතික පෙරමුණ
மலையக தேசிய முன்னணி
2000 Rishi Senthil Raj
Green Party of Sri Lanka
ශ්‍රී ලංකා හරිත පක්ෂය
இலங்கை பசுமைக் கட்சி
Sri Lanka National Force[j]
ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජාතික බලය
ஸ்ரீ லங்கா தேசிய சக்தி
Sri Lanka Vanguard Party
ශ්‍රී ලංකා පෙරටුගාමී පක්ෂය
இலங்கை முன்னிலை கட்சி
Progressive Tamil Party
ප්‍රගතිශීලී දෙමළ පක්ෂය
முற்போக்குத்த தமிழர் கச்சி
Vijaya Dharani National Council
විජය ධරණි ජාතික සභාව
விஜய தரணி தேசிய கவுன்சில்
Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front(Suresh Wing)
ඊලාම් ජනතා විප්ලවවාදී විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ
ஈழ மக்கள் புரட்சிகர விடுதலை முன்னணி
2000 Suresh Premachandran
Ealam Tamil Self Rule Party
ඊලාම් තමිලර් සුයාට්ච්චි කච්චි
ஈழத் தமிழர் சுயாட்சிக் கட்சி
Ananthi Sasitharan
Tamil National Party
දෙමළ ජාතික පක්ෂය
தமிழரசுக் கட்சி
M. K. Shivajilingam
N. Srikantha
Democratic Tamil National Front
ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී දෙමළ ජාතික පෙරමුණ
மக்களாட்சி தமிழ்த் தேசிய முன்னணி
4 May 2016 V. Anandasangaree
Muslim National Alliance
මුස්ලිම් ජාතික සන්ධානය
முஸ்லிம் தேசிய கூட்டமைப்பு

Defunct/dormant

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Alliances

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Alliance Political position Ideology Founded Dissolved Notes
Left Liberation Front[k]
වාමාංශික විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ
இடது விடுதலை முன்னணி
Far-left Communism
Trotskyism
1998
United Front
සමගි පෙරමුණ
ஐக்கிய முன்னணி
Left-wing Big tent 1968 1977
People's Alliance
පොදු ජන එක්සත් පෙරමුණ
மக்கள் கூட்டணி
Big tent 1994 2004 Most members joined the UPFA
National Unity Alliance
ජාතික සමගි සන්ධානය
தேசிய ஐக்கியக் கூட்டமைப்பு
Centre Muslim
minority politics
1999 2010 Most members joined the SLFP
Tamil National Liberation Alliance
දෙමළ ජාතික විමුක්ති සන්ධානය
தமிழ் தனிநாடு விடுதலை கூட்டணி
Tamil nationalism 22 February 2010 25 June 2011 Members joined the TNA
Democratic National Alliance
ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ජාතික සන්ධානය
ஜனநாயகக் கட்சி
Big tent 22 November 2009
United National Front
එක්සත් ජාතික පෙරමුණ
ஐக்கிய தேசிய முன்னணி
Centre-right Conservatism 21 October 2001 2020 Most members joined the SJB
United People's Freedom Alliance
එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් සන්ධානය
ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சுதந்திரக் கூட்டணி
Centre-left Social democracy
Sinhalese nationalism
20 January 2004 9 December 2019 Most members joined the SLPFA
Joint Opposition
ඒකාබද්ධ විපක්ෂය
கூட்டு எதிர்ப்பு
Right-wing Right-wing populism
Social democracy
Sinhalese nationalism
Anti-federalism
Anti-imperialism
Pro-Rajapaksa politics
2015 2018 Most members joined the SLPFA
Socialist Alliance
සමාජවාදී සන්ධානය
சோசலிஸ்ட் கூட்டணி
Left-wing to far-left Socialism
Communism
2006 (2006) 2021 (2021)
Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance
ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පොදුජන සන්ධානය
ஶ்ரீ லங்கா பொதுஜன சுதந்திர கூட்டமைப்பு
Big tent Social democracy[2][3]
Sinhalese nationalism[4]
Anti-federalism[5]
Anti-imperialism[6]
Pro-Rajapaksa politics
31 October 2019 5 April 2022 Many members joined the opposition
Freedom People's Alliance
නිදහස් ජනතා සන්ධානය
சுதந்திர மக்கள் கூட்டணி
Centre-left to far-left Social democracy
Sinhalese nationalism
Anti-Rajapaksa politics
11 January 2023 2024
Tamil People's National Alliance
දෙමළ ජනතා ජාතික සන්ධානය
தமிழ் மக்கள் தேசிய கூட்டணி
Centre-left Tamil nationalism 9 February 2020 2024
Tamil National Alliance
දෙමළ ජාතික සන්ධානය
தமிழ்த் தேசியக் கூட்டமைப்பு
Centre-left Tamil nationalism
Federalism
20 October 2001 2024 Most members joined the DTNA

Parties

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Party Symbol Founded Dissolved leader Notes
All Ceylon Islamic United Front
සමස්ත ලංකා ඉස්ලාමීය එක්සත් පෙරමුණ
அகில இலங்கை இஸ்லாமிய ஐக்கிய முன்னணி
1960
All Ceylon Malay Political Union
සමස්ත ලංකා මැලේ දේශපාලන සංගමය
அகில இலங்கை மலாய் அரசியல் ஒன்றியம்
1944
Aziz Democratic Workers Congress
අසීස් ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී කම්කරු කොංග්‍රසය
அஜீஸ் ஜனநாயக தொழிலாளர் காங்கிரஸ்
Bolshevik Samasamaja Party[l]
බොල්ෂෙවික් සමසමාජ පක්ෂය
போல்ஷிவிக் சமசமாஜ கட்சி
1948 1950 Absorbed into the Lanka Sama Samaja Party
Buddhist Republican Party
බෞද්ධ ජනරජ පක්ෂය
புத்த குடியரசு கட்சி
1952
Ceylon National Congress
ලංකා ජාතික කොංග්‍රසය
இலங்கை தேசிய காங்கிரஸ்
11 December 1919
Lanka Democratic Party
ලංකා ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පක්ෂය
இலங்கை சனநாயகக் கட்சி
Absorbed into the Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party
Lanka Mahajana Sabha
ලංකා මහජන සභාව
லங்கா மகாஜன சபை
1919
Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Alternative Group)
ලංකා සමසමාජ පක්ෂය (විකල්ප කණ්ඩායම)
லங்கா சமசமாஜ கட்சி (மாற்றுக் குழு)
Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Revolutionary)
ලංකා සමසමාජ පක්ෂය (විප්ලවවාදී)
லங்கா சமசமாஜ கட்சி (புரட்சிகர)
1964
Muslim United Liberation Front
මුස්ලිම් එක්සත් විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ
முஸ்லிம் ஐக்கிய விடுதலை முன்னணி
National Alliance
ජාතික සන්ධානය
தேசியக் கூட்டணி
National Democratic Movement
ජාතික ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ව්‍යාපාරය
தேசிய ஜனநாயக இயக்கம்
National Democratic Party
ජාතික ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පක්ෂය
தேசிய ஜனநாயக கட்சி
National Democratic People's Alliance
ජාතික ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ජනතා සන්ධානය
தேசிய ஜனநாயக மக்கள் கூட்டமைப்பு
4 February 2008
National Liberation Front
ජාතික විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ
தேசிய விடுதலை முன்னணி
New Democratic Party
නව ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පක්ෂය
புதிய ஜனநாயகக் கட்சி
New National Front
නව ජාතික පෙරමුණ
புதிய தேசிய முன்னணி
2011
People's Front of Liberation Tigers
විඩුතලෛප් පුලිකල් මක්කල් මුන්නනි
விடுதலைப் புலிகள் மக்கள் முன்னணி
1989
Sinhala Heritage
සිංහල උරුමය
சிங்கள உறுமய
Absorbed into the Jathika Hela Urumaya
Sinhala Maha Sabha
සිංහල මහා සභාව
சிங்கள மகா சபை
1936 Absorbed into the United National Party
Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party
ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් සමාජවාදී පක්ෂය
ஸ்ரீலங்கா சுதந்திர சோசலிச கட்சி
1964 Absorbed into the United National Party
Sri Lanka National Congress
ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජාතික කොංග්‍රසය
இலங்கை தேசிய காங்கிரஸ்
2009 2011 Absorbed into the Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Sri Lanka Sama Samaja Party
ශ්‍රී ලංකා සමසමාජ පක්ෂය
இலங்கை சம சமாஜ கட்சி
1982 1983 Absorbed into the Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Swaraj Party
ස්වරාජ් පක්ෂය
ஸ்வராஜ் கட்சி
United Lanka Congress
එක්සත් ලංකා කොංග්‍රසය
ஐக்கிய லங்கா காங்கிரஸ்
United Muslim People's Alliance
එක්සත් මුස්ලිම් ජනතා සන්ධානය
ஐக்கிய முஸ்லிம் மக்கள் கூட்டமைப்பு
United National Alliance
එක්සත් ජාතික සන්ධානය
ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கூட்டமைப்பு
Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party
විප්ලවකාරි ලංකා සමසමාජ පක්ෂය
விப்லவகாரி லங்கா சம சமாஜ கட்சி
1950 1959 Absorbed into the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
Workers' Liberation Front
කම්කරු විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ
தொழிலாளர் விடுதலை முன்னணி

Notes

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  1. ^ Formerly All Lanka Tamil United Front.
  2. ^ Formerly Okkoma Wesiyo Okkoma Rajawaru Sanvidhanaya.
  3. ^ Formerly Muslim National Alliance.
  4. ^ Formerly Muslim Liberation Front.
  5. ^ Formerly Tamil United Front.
  6. ^ Formerly Revolutionary Communist League.
  7. ^ Political wing of Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students.
  8. ^ Formerly Sinhala Ravaya.
  9. ^ Formerly Revolutionary Samasamaja Party.
  10. ^ Formerly Patriotic National Front.
  11. ^ Formerly New Left Front, Left Front.
  12. ^ Formerly Bolshevik-Leninist Party of India, Ceylon and Burma.

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  • "Sri Lanka". Leftist Parties of the World. 22 June 2004. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2004.
  • "The List of Political Party/Group in Sri Lanka (1945-2004)". Sri Lanka Statistics.
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