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.infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive 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agent" style="line-height:1.3em;">Thilanga Sumathipala</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;">Chandrika Kumarathunga</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">20 January 2004<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2004-01-20</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Dissolved</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">9 December 2019</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">People's Alliance</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance">Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label" style="line-height:1.3em;">301 T. B. Jayah Mawatha, <a href="/wiki/Maradana" title="Maradana">Colombo 10</a>, Sri Lanka</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Youth_wing" title="Youth wing">Youth wing</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">Nidahas Tharuna Peramuna</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_ideologies" title="List of political ideologies">Ideology</a></th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_socialism" title="Democratic socialism">Democratic socialism</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Political_spectrum" title="Political spectrum">Political position</a></th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Left-wing_politics" title="Left-wing politics">Left-wing</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 0.8em;">Election symbol</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">Betel Leaf<br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Upfa.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/25/Upfa.png/100px-Upfa.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/25/Upfa.png/150px-Upfa.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/25/Upfa.png/200px-Upfa.png 2x" data-file-width="254" data-file-height="310" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="padding-top:0;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-top:0.3em; border-top:2px solid #2A2B87;"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Politics of Sri Lanka">Politics of Sri Lanka</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Sri_Lanka" title="List of political parties in Sri Lanka">Political parties</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Elections in Sri Lanka">Elections</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>United People's Freedom Alliance</b> (<b>UPFA</b>; <a href="/wiki/Sinhala_language" title="Sinhala language">Sinhala</a>: <span lang="si">එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් සන්ධානය</span> <i>Eksath Janathā Nidahas Sandānaya</i>; <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a>: <span lang="ta">ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சுதந்திரக் கூட்டணி</span>) was a <a href="/wiki/Political_party" title="Political party">political alliance</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a> founded by former <a href="/wiki/President_of_Sri_Lanka" title="President of Sri Lanka">Sri Lankan president</a> <a href="/wiki/Chandrika_Kumaratunga" title="Chandrika Kumaratunga">Chandrika Kumaratunga</a> in 2004 and dissolved by former <a href="/wiki/President_of_Sri_Lanka" title="President of Sri Lanka">Sri Lankan President</a> <a href="/wiki/Maithripala_Sirisena" title="Maithripala Sirisena">Maithripala Sirisena</a> in 2019. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The United People's Freedom Alliance was born out of a <a href="/wiki/Memorandum_of_understanding" title="Memorandum of understanding">memorandum of understanding</a> signed by the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a> (SLFP) and the <a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna</a> (JVP) in 2004. The agreement was the result of a year's negotiations between the two parties, and broadly outlined common goals in the areas of the <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Economy of Sri Lanka">economy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Demographics of Sri Lanka">ethnic harmony</a>, democracy, <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Culture of Sri Lanka">culture</a> and <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Foreign relations of Sri Lanka">foreign policy</a>, areas in which the two parties shared common disagreements with the ruling <a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a>-led <a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United National Front (Sri Lanka)">United National Front</a>, which was <a href="/wiki/2001_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">in power at the time</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The agreement did not go into specifics on how differences between the two parties would be resolved, particularly in the area of their differing visions of the solution to the country's <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_civil_war" title="Sri Lankan civil war">ethnic problem</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fundamentally, the memorandum was used as a coalition declaration for the upcoming parliamentary elections, and was a revisiting of the unsuccessful coalition attempt before the <a href="/wiki/2001_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2001 parliamentary elections</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-rise_and_fall_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rise_and_fall-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The coalition was, in effect, an attempt to oust the ruling UNP based on negative public opinion of its handling of the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_civil_war" title="Sri Lankan civil war">Sri Lankan Civil War</a>, both in terms of its approach to negotiating with the <a href="/wiki/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam">LTTE</a> and a perceived free hand given to Western interference in the country's democracy through the <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norwegian</a>-led peace process.<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name of the alliance is believed to have been heavily influenced by the JVP, who insisted it be named <i>Eksath Janathā Nidahas Sandānaya</i> (<a href="/wiki/Sinhala_language" title="Sinhala language">Sinhala</a>: United People's Freedom Alliance) such that it preceded in the alphabetical order the <i>Eksath Jāthika Pakshaya</i> (<a href="/wiki/Sinhala_language" title="Sinhala language">Sinhala</a>: United National Party) on the Sinhala ballot paper.<sup id="cite_ref-rise_and_fall_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rise_and_fall-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The influence of the JVP (and later the <a href="/wiki/Jathika_Hela_Urumaya" title="Jathika Hela Urumaya">Jathika Hela Urumaya</a>) has been identified as one of the reasons for the nationalist leanings of the alliance.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A collection of left-leaning political parties then entered the alliance at various dates after January 2004 with memorandums of understanding of their own. These parties included the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Mahajana_Pakshaya" title="Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya">Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Desha_Vimukthi_Janatha_Pakshaya" title="Desha Vimukthi Janatha Pakshaya">Desha Vimukthi Janatha Pakshaya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna">Mahajana Eksath Peramuna</a>, the <a href="/wiki/National_Congress_(Sri_Lanka)" title="National Congress (Sri Lanka)">National Congress Party</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Muslim_National_Unity_Alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim National Unity Alliance">Muslim National Unity Alliance</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Communist Party of Sri Lanka">Communist Party of Sri Lanka</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Lanka_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Lanka Sama Samaja Party">Lanka Sama Samaja Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-rise_and_fall_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rise_and_fall-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/2004_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">April 2004 election</a>, the UPFA won 45.6% of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats, limiting the UNP to just 82 seats.<sup id="cite_ref-UPFA-BBC_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UPFA-BBC-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite the <a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Democratic_Party" title="Eelam People's Democratic Party">Eelam People's Democratic Party</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Devananda" title="Douglas Devananda">Douglas Devananda</a> (the party's sole <a href="/wiki/Member_of_parliament" title="Member of parliament">MP</a>) joining the UPFA soon after the election, the alliance formed a minority government, lacking 7 seats for an outright majority.<sup id="cite_ref-rise_and_fall_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rise_and_fall-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three MPs from the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">Sri Lanka Muslim Congress</a> defected to the UPFA on 9 August 2004, while the <a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Workers%27_Congress" title="Ceylon Workers' Congress">Ceylon Workers' Congress</a> (CWC) joined the alliance on 3 September with eight sitting MPs, stabilizing the UPFA's position.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One more CWC MP, Vadivel Suresh, crossed over on 14 December 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-rise2_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rise2-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nevertheless, the alliance faced difficulties exerting control or influence in parliament in its early days, notably during the vote for <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka">Speaker</a>, where it was unable to get its own ranks to vote for a UPFA candidate.<sup id="cite_ref-rise2_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rise2-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The JVP broke away from the alliance on 16 June 2005 with its 39 MPs choosing to sit in opposition, citing differences with the SLFP leadership, particularly those stemming from Chandrika Kumaratunga's proposed Tsunami Relief Council (which the JVP had strongly opposed), and her appointment of Mahinda Rajapaksa as <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Prime Minister of Sri Lanka">Prime Minister</a>, an appointment that the JVP believed should have (and was promised would have) gone to <a href="/wiki/Lakshman_Kadirgamar" title="Lakshman Kadirgamar">Lakshman Kadirgamar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-rise_and_fall_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rise_and_fall-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The breakaway was followed by a landmark <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Supreme Court of Sri Lanka">Supreme Court</a> ruling that declared that Kumaratunga's term in office would end on 21 December 2005, and ordered the <a href="/wiki/Election_Commission_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Election Commission of Sri Lanka">Election Commission</a> to hold presidential elections before November 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-rise_and_fall_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rise_and_fall-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The breakaway notwithstanding, the UPFA contested <a href="/wiki/2005_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2005 Sri Lankan presidential election">the election on 17 November</a> with <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a> as its candidate and party leader; Rajapaksa defeated UNP candidate <a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a> with 50.29% of the vote. The 2005 election has since been plagued by accusations of <a href="/wiki/Electoral_fraud" title="Electoral fraud">manipulation</a>, with opponents of Rajapaksa and the UPFA accusing Rajapakse of paying off the LTTE to force ethnic <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamils" title="Sri Lankan Tamils">Tamils</a> to boycott the election through its proxy the <a href="/wiki/Tamil_National_Alliance" title="Tamil National Alliance">Tamil National Alliance</a>, depriving Wickremesinghe of a key part of the UNP's electoral base. </p><p>Four further sets of defections to the UPFA took place between 2006 and 2008: </p> <ul><li>25 January 2006 – 2 <a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a> MPs (<a href="/wiki/Keheliya_Rambukwella" title="Keheliya Rambukwella">Keheliya Rambukwella</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Samarasinghe" title="Mahinda Samarasinghe">Mahinda Samarasinghe</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-rise2_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rise2-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>28 January 2007 – 18 UNP MPs (<a href="/wiki/Lakshman_Yapa_Abeywardena" title="Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena">Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rohitha_Bogollagama" title="Rohitha Bogollagama">Rohitha Bogollagama</a>, <a href="/wiki/P._Dayaratna" title="P. Dayaratna">P. Dayaratna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dharmadasa_Banda" title="Dharmadasa Banda">Dharmadasa Banda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Navin_Dissanayake" title="Navin Dissanayake">Navin Dissanayake</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edward_Gunasekara" title="Edward Gunasekara">Edward Gunasekara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bandula_Gunawardane" title="Bandula Gunawardane">Bandula Gunawardane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karu_Jayasuriya" title="Karu Jayasuriya">Karu Jayasuriya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gamini_Lokuge" title="Gamini Lokuge">Gamini Lokuge</a>, <a href="/wiki/M._H._Mohamed" title="M. H. Mohamed">M. H. Mohamed</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milinda_Moragoda" title="Milinda Moragoda">Milinda Moragoda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Musthaffa" title="Mohamed Musthaffa">Mohamed Musthaffa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hemakumara_Nanayakkara" title="Hemakumara Nanayakkara">Hemakumara Nanayakkara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neomal_Perera" title="Neomal Perera">Neomal Perera</a>, <a href="/wiki/G._L._Peiris" title="G. L. Peiris">G. L. Peiris</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rajitha_Senaratne" title="Rajitha Senaratne">Rajitha Senaratne</a>, <a href="/wiki/C._A._Suriyaarachchi" title="C. A. Suriyaarachchi">C. A. Suriyaarachchi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mano_Wijeyeratne" title="Mano Wijeyeratne">Mano Wijeyeratne</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Wijesekara" title="Mahinda Wijesekara">Mahinda Wijesekara</a>) and 6 <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">Sri Lanka Muslim Congress</a> MPs. Four of the SLMC defectors (<a href="/wiki/Hasen_Ali" title="Hasen Ali">Hasen Ali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cassim_Faizal" title="Cassim Faizal">Cassim Faizal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rauff_Hakeem" title="Rauff Hakeem">Rauff Hakeem</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Basheer_Segu_Dawood" title="Basheer Segu Dawood">Basheer Segu Dawood</a>) returned to the opposition on 12 December 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-rise2_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rise2-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>30 January 2007 – 8 <a href="/wiki/Jathika_Hela_Urumaya" title="Jathika Hela Urumaya">Jathika Hela Urumaya</a> MPs<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>28 December 2008 – all 12 MPs of the JVP-breakaway <a href="/wiki/National_Freedom_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="National Freedom Front">National Freedom Front</a>, led by <a href="/wiki/Wimal_Weerawansa" title="Wimal Weerawansa">Wimal Weerawansa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>In addition, the UPFA managed to gain control of eight of the nine <a href="/wiki/Provincial_government_in_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Provincial government in Sri Lanka">Provincial Councils</a> between 2008 and 2009, breaking away from the tradition of holding provincial elections on a single date, utilizing <a href="/wiki/Eelam_War_IV" title="Eelam War IV">victories on the war front</a> as part of their provincial election campaigns.<sup id="cite_ref-rise2_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rise2-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The end of the civil war in May 2009 is considered to have solidified the UPFA's hold on power. Mahinda Rajapaksa contested the presidential election <a href="/wiki/2010_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2010 Sri Lankan presidential election">again in January 2010</a> as the UPFA candidate, defeating the <a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="New Democratic Front (Sri Lanka)">New Democratic Front</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Sarath_Fonseka" title="Sarath Fonseka">Sarath Fonseka</a>, Rajapska's erstwhile ally and former <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Sri_Lanka_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Sri Lanka Army">Commander of the Sri Lanka Army</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fonseka and the NDF rejected the election result, while the Election Commission provided conflicting accounts of the transparency of the polls.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The UPFA government denied the allegations and had Fonseka arrested and imprisoned on charges of treason and sedition.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/2010_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">Parliamentary elections</a> were held in April 2010, and was won by the UPFA again with a 45.60% share of the vote (105/225 seats). The alliance was not able to realize its campaign goal of a two-thirds majority (required for constitutional reform), however, although a subsequent series of opposition defections helped the alliance gain this majority and push through several constitutional amendments, including the removal of presidential term limits.<sup id="cite_ref-rise2_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rise2-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The UPFA administration initiated several infrastructure developments between 2010 and 2015, including the country's <a href="/wiki/Expressways_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Expressways of Sri Lanka">first expressway network</a> and the beautification of <a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Deepening rifts within the Sri Lanka Freedom Party emerged during Rajapaksa's presidency, culminating in SLFP General Secretary and <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Health,_Nutrition_and_Indigenous_Medicine#Ministers" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine">Minister of Health</a> <a href="/wiki/Maithripala_Sirisena" title="Maithripala Sirisena">Maithripala Sirisena</a> defecting from the UPFA on 21 November 2014 to contest the <a href="/wiki/2015_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2015 Sri Lankan presidential election">2015 presidential elections</a> as part a candidate of the UNP-led <a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="New Democratic Front (Sri Lanka)">New Democratic Front</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The defection resulted in a loss of power for the UPFA in parliament, as several others followed Sirisena to the opposition.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sirisena won the prematurely-called election with a 51.28% majority, and appointed UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe as the prime minister of a transitional <a href="/wiki/Coalition_government" title="Coalition government">coalition government</a> dominated by the UNP and supported by Sirisena loyalists in the SLFP and UPFA, while the faction of Rajapaksa loyalists decided to sit in the opposition.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sirisena's victory resulted in Rajapaksa handing over the chairmanship of the SLFP to Sirisena on 16 January, while the UPFA Central Committee voted unanimously to appoint Sirisena as leader of the UPFA on 16 March 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-chairman_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chairman-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Parliament was dissolved by Sirisena in June 2015 for <a href="/wiki/2015_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">fresh parliamentary elections</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the election, the party won 95 seats (42.38%, down nearly 20% from the previous election) and signed a memorandum of understanding with the United National Party four days later on 21 August, forming a <a href="/wiki/National_unity_government" title="National unity government">national government</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MoUsign_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MoUsign-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The MoU cited economic development, ensuring freedom and democracy (particularly through implementation of the 19th amendment enacted by the short-lived transitional government), reduction of corruption, development of the health and education sectors, improving foreign relations, securing the rights of women and children, support and development of the arts and culture, and general mutual cooperation between the UPFA and UNP for a period of two years.<sup id="cite_ref-MoUsign_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MoUsign-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 9 February, the Rajapaksa faction (consisting of 52 of the 95 UPFA MPs elected) formed an informal coalition named the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Opposition_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Joint Opposition (Sri Lanka)">Joint Opposition</a> and sat in the opposition acting as an independent faction of the UPFA, citing, among other factors, Sirisena's defection and cooperation with the UNP as a betrayal to core SLFP/UPFA voters and principles.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The MoU was allowed to lapse in April 2017 and was not renewed; senior UPFA members have cited the results of the <a href="/wiki/Arjuna_Mahendran#Controversy" title="Arjuna Mahendran">bond issuance scam</a> investigation as being a key point of contention between the two political entities and a central determinant of future collaboration with the UNP.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Policies">Policies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Policies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>UPFA states on its Facebook page that it "stand[s] for Social Justice, Good Governance, Human Rights, Freedom of Education & Expression, Right for Information and above all Freedom on Social Media in Sri Lanka". The only two languages used on its Facebook page were <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sinhala_language" title="Sinhala language">Sinhalese</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Overview">Overview</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Major policy issues </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Policy </th> <th>Description </th></tr> <tr> <td>Women </td> <td>The alliance had few female lawmakers but was generally supportive of expanding women's rights. </td></tr> <tr> <td>LGBT </td> <td>The alliance appointed the first transgender governor of the island in modern history; however, it remained restrained in its support of LGBT matters and blocked a motion to erase Section 375a from law. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tamils </td> <td>The UPFA used only English and Sinhalese on its Facebook page. It has stated that it preferred "to retain the unitary state of Sri Lanka".<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Youth_wing">Youth wing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Youth wing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The UPFA had no formal youth wing, utilizing the Sri Lanka Freedom Party's youth wing as its main organization for youth outreach, with constituent parties using their own youth organizations. In 2010, <a href="/wiki/Namal_Rajapaksa" title="Namal Rajapaksa">Namal Rajapaksa</a> founded the <i>Nil Balakaya</i> (Blue Brigade) as a united youth organization for the alliance, incorporating the SLFP youth front and envisioning a supporting role targeting the 2010 presidential election in particular.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Nil Balakaya has been the subject of controversy, being accused of civil disturbances, intimidation and abuse of power; as such, the body was dissolved by the Sirisena unity government in February 2015, and the SLFP youth wing renamed the <i>Nidahas Tharuna Peramuna</i> (Free Youth Front), returning to its pre-2010 status as the chief youth outreach organ of the alliance.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Member_parties">Member parties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Member parties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following parties were part of the United People's Freedom Alliance at its dissolution: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Mahajana_Pakshaya" title="Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya">Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Workers%27_Congress" title="Ceylon Workers' Congress">Ceylon Workers' Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Communist Party of Sri Lanka">Communist Party of Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desha_Vimukthi_Janatha_Pakshaya" title="Desha Vimukthi Janatha Pakshaya">Desha Vimukthi Janatha Pakshaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Left_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Democratic Left Front (Sri Lanka)">Democratic Left Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Democratic_Party" title="Eelam People's Democratic Party">Eelam People's Democratic Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eelavar_Democratic_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="Eelavar Democratic Front">Eelavar Democratic Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna">Mahajana Eksath Peramuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Freedom_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="National Freedom Front">National Freedom Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Makkal_Viduthalai_Pulikal" title="Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal">Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal</a></li> <li>Sri-<a href="/wiki/Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization" title="Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization">TELO</a> (Uthayan faction)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leadership">Leadership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leaders">Leaders</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chandrika_Kumaratunga" title="Chandrika Kumaratunga">Chandrika Kumaratunga</a> (20 January 2004 – 19 November 2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a> (20 November 2005 – 13 March 2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maithripala_Sirisena" title="Maithripala Sirisena">Maithripala Sirisena</a> (14 March 2015 – 9 December 2019)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_secretaries">General secretaries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: General secretaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Susil_Premajayanth" class="mw-redirect" title="Susil Premajayanth">Susil Premajayanth</a> (20 January 2004 – 14 August 2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiswa_Warnapala" title="Wiswa Warnapala">Wiswa Warnapala</a> (14 August 2015 – 27 February 2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Amaraweera" title="Mahinda Amaraweera">Mahinda Amaraweera</a> (8 March 2016 – 22 November 2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thilanga_Sumathipala" title="Thilanga Sumathipala">Thilanga Sumathipala</a> (30 November 2022 – present)<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;"> <caption>Sri Lanka parliamentary elections </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Election year </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>Vote % </th> <th>Seats won </th> <th>+/– </th> <th>Government </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2004_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2004</a> </th> <td align="center">4,223,970 </td> <td align="center">45.60% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">105 / 225</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #0D3B90; width: 47%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 105 </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Government </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2010_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2010</a> </th> <td align="center">4,846,388 </td> <td align="center">60.33% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">144 / 225</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #0D3B90; width: 64%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 39 </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Government </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2015_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2015</a> </th> <td align="center">4,732,664 </td> <td align="center">42.38% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">95 / 225</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #0D3B90; width: 42%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 49 </td> <td style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Government/Opposition<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;"> <caption>Sri Lanka presidential elections </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Election year </th> <th>Candidate </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>Vote % </th> <th>Result </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2005_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2005 Sri Lankan presidential election">2005</a> </th> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a></b> </td> <td align="center"><b>4,887,152</b> </td> <td align="center"><b>50.29%</b> </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Won </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2010_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2010 Sri Lankan presidential election">2010</a> </th> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a></b> </td> <td align="center"><b>6,015,934</b> </td> <td align="center"><b>57.88%</b> </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Won </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2015_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2015 Sri Lankan presidential election">2015</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a> </td> <td align="center">5,768,090 </td> <td align="center">47.58% </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Lost<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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the <a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a>, while the rest stayed in the opposition</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-59">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> Even though Rajapaksa was defeated, the winner Sirisena was a member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and subsequently became the UPFA chairman</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li 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Freedom Party">1977–1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party#Under_Chandrika_Kumaratunga_(1994–2005)" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">1994–2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party#Under_Mahinda_Rajapaksa_(2005–2015)" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">2005–2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party#Under_Maithripala_Sirisena_(2015–2024)" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">2015–2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party#Internal_crisis" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:rgb(0, 0, 255);color:white;"><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party"><span style="color:white">Leaders</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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W. R. D. Bandaranaike">S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._P._de_Silva" title="C. P. de Silva">C. P. de Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirimavo_Bandaranaike" title="Sirimavo Bandaranaike">Sirimavo Bandaranaike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrika_Kumaratunga" title="Chandrika Kumaratunga">Chandrika Kumaratunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maithripala_Sirisena" title="Maithripala Sirisena">Maithripala Sirisena</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:rgb(0, 0, 255);color:white;">General-Secretaries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Aluwihare" title="Bernard Aluwihare">Bernard Aluwihare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badi-ud-din_Mahmud" title="Badi-ud-din Mahmud">Badi-ud-din Mahmud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_de_Silva_Kularatne" title="Patrick de Silva Kularatne">Patrick de Silva Kularatne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dharmasiri_Senanayake" title="Dharmasiri Senanayake">Dharmasiri Senanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._B._Dissanayake" title="S. B. Dissanayake">S. B. Dissanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maithripala_Sirisena" title="Maithripala Sirisena">Maithripala Sirisena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anura_Priyadharshana_Yapa" title="Anura Priyadharshana Yapa">Anura Priyadharshana Yapa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duminda_Dissanayake" title="Duminda Dissanayake">Duminda Dissanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rohana_Lakshman_Piyadasa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rohana Lakshman Piyadasa (page does not exist)">Rohana Lakshman Piyadasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dayasiri_Jayasekara" title="Dayasiri Jayasekara">Dayasiri Jayasekara</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:rgb(0, 0, 255);color:white;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Parliaments_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Parliaments of Sri Lanka"><span style="color:white">Governments</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Parliament_of_Ceylon" title="3rd Parliament of Ceylon">3rd Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=5th_Parliament_of_Ceylon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="5th Parliament of Ceylon (page does not exist)">5th Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=7th_Parliament_of_Ceylon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="7th Parliament of Ceylon (page does not exist)">7th Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1st_National_State_Assembly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1st National State Assembly (page does not exist)">1st National State Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="10th Parliament of Sri Lanka">10th Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="11th Parliament of Sri Lanka">11th Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13th_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="13th Parliament of Sri Lanka">13th Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="14th Parliament of Sri Lanka">14th Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="15th Parliament of Sri Lanka">15th Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="16th Parliament of Sri Lanka">16th Parliament</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:rgb(0, 0, 255);color:white;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sri_Lankan_cabinets" title="List of Sri Lankan cabinets"><span style="color:white">Cabinets</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/S._W._R._D._Bandaranaike_cabinet" title="S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike cabinet">S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dahanayake_cabinet" title="Dahanayake cabinet">Dahanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_cabinet" title="First Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet">Sirimavo Bandaranaike I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_cabinet" title="Second Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet">Sirimavo Bandaranaike II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumaratunga_cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="Kumaratunga cabinet">Kumaratunga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajapaksa_cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajapaksa cabinet">M. Rajapaksa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Sirisena_cabinet" title="First Sirisena cabinet">Sirisena I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Sirisena_cabinet" title="Second Sirisena cabinet">Sirisena II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Sirisena_cabinet" title="Third Sirisena cabinet">Sirisena III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Gotabaya_Rajapaksa_cabinet" title="First Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet">G. Rajapaksa I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Gotabaya_Rajapaksa_cabinet" title="Second Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet">G. 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href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka_Nidahas_Farmers%E2%80%99_Organization&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sri Lanka Nidahas Farmers’ Organization (page does not exist)">Sri Lanka Nidahas Farmers’ Organization</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka_Nidahas_Sewaka_Sangamaya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sri Lanka Nidahas Sewaka Sangamaya (page does not exist)">Sri Lanka Nidahas Sewaka Sangamaya</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka_Nidahas_Medical_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sri Lanka Nidahas Medical Group (page does not exist)">Sri Lanka Nidahas Medical Group</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka_Nidahas_Students%E2%80%99_Organization&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sri Lanka Nidahas Students’ Organization (page does not exist)">Sri Lanka Nidahas Students’ Organization</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka_Nidahas_Fishermen_and_Domestic_Industrialists_organization&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sri Lanka Nidahas Fishermen and Domestic Industrialists organization (page does not exist)">Sri Lanka Nidahas Fishermen and Domestic Industrialists organization</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka_Nidahas_Cultural_Organization&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sri Lanka Nidahas Cultural Organization (page does not exist)">Sri Lanka Nidahas Cultural Organization</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka_Nidahas_Lawyers_Organization&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sri Lanka Nidahas Lawyers Organization (page does not exist)">Sri Lanka Nidahas Lawyers Organization</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka_Nidahas_Provincial_Council_members%E2%80%99_Association&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sri Lanka Nidahas Provincial Council members’ Association (page does not exist)">Sri Lanka Nidahas Provincial Council members’ Association</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka_Nidahas_Association_of_members_of_local_authority&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sri Lanka Nidahas Association of members of local authority (page does not exist)">Sri Lanka Nidahas Association of members of local authority</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka_Nidahas_Management_Assistant_Union&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sri Lanka Nidahas Management Assistant Union (page does not exist)">Sri Lanka Nidahas Management Assistant Union</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Graduates_Association&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Graduates Association (page does not exist)">Sri Lanka Freedom Graduates Association</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka_Freedom_development_Officer_Association&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sri Lanka Freedom development Officer Association (page does not exist)">Sri Lanka Freedom development Officer Association</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nil_Balakaya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nil Balakaya (page does not exist)">Nil Balakaya</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:rgb(0, 0, 255);color:white;">Alliances</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna_(1956)" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (1956)">Mahajana Eksath Peramuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United Front (Sri Lanka)">United Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">People's Alliance (PA)</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance">Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (SLPFA)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_People%27s_Alliance" title="Freedom People's Alliance">Freedom People's Alliance (FPA)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="New Democratic Front (Sri Lanka)">New Democratic Front (NDF)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:rgb(0, 0, 255);color:white;">Factions & spin offs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Socialist_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Podujana_Peramuna" title="Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna">Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="New Lanka Freedom Party">New Lanka Freedom Party</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:rgb(0, 0, 255);color:white;">Related organisations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Sri Lanka Sama Samaja Party">Sri Lanka Sama Samaja Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Mahajana_Pakshaya" title="Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya">Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:rgb(0, 0, 255);color:white;">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party_MPs" title="List of Sri Lanka Freedom Party MPs">List of MPs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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class="navbox-group" style="background:#e04f62;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Parliaments_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Parliaments of Sri Lanka"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Governments</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/13th_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="13th Parliament of Sri Lanka">13th Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="17th Parliament of Sri Lanka">17th Parliament</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#e04f62;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sri_Lankan_cabinets" title="List of Sri Lankan cabinets"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Cabinets</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" 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Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Progressive_Alliance" title="Tamil Progressive Alliance">Tamil Progressive Alliance</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_People%27s_Front" title="Democratic People's Front">Democratic People's Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Union_of_Workers_(Sri_Lanka)" title="National Union of Workers (Sri Lanka)">National Union of Workers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Up-Country_People%27s_Front" title="Up-Country People's Front">Up-Country People's Front</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(politics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Third party (politics)">Third parties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Ilankai_Tamil_Arasu_Kachchi" title="Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi">Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="New Democratic Front (Sri Lanka)">NDF</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Workers%27_Congress" title="Ceylon Workers' Congress">Ceylon Workers' Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna">Mahajana Eksath Peramuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Unity_Alliance" title="National Unity Alliance">National Unity Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Congress_(Sri_Lanka)" title="National Congress (Sri Lanka)">National Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="New Lanka Freedom Party">New Lanka Freedom Party</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Mahajana_Pakshaya" title="Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya">Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></b></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Podujana_Peramuna" title="Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna">Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sarvajana_Balaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sarvajana Balaya">Sarvajana Balaya</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mawbima_Janatha_Pakshaya" title="Mawbima Janatha Pakshaya">Mawbima Janatha Pakshaya</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Tamil_National_Alliance" title="Democratic Tamil National Alliance">DTNA</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization" title="Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization">Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tamil_National_People%27s_Front" title="Tamil National People's Front">TNPF</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All_Ceylon_Tamil_Congress" title="All Ceylon Tamil Congress">All Ceylon Tamil Congress</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Labour_Party" title="Sri Lanka Labour Party">Sri Lanka Labour Party</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others outside parliament</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bahujana_Nidahas_Peramuna" title="Bahujana Nidahas Peramuna">Bahujana Nidahas Peramuna</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bodu_Jana_Peramuna&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bodu Jana Peramuna (page does not exist)">Bodu Jana Peramuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Communist_Party_(Maoist)" title="Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist)">Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Democratic_Unity_Alliance" title="Ceylon Democratic Unity Alliance">Ceylon Democratic Unity Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Communist Party of Sri Lanka">Communist Party of Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crusaders_for_Democracy" title="Crusaders for Democracy">Crusaders for Democracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Left_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Democratic Left Front (Sri Lanka)">Democratic Left Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Democratic Party (Sri Lanka)">Democratic Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_United_National_Front" title="Democratic United National Front">Democratic United National Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unity_Alliance" title="Democratic Unity Alliance">Democratic Unity Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eelam_National_Democratic_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front">Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Democratic_Party" title="Eelam People's Democratic Party">Eelam People's Democratic Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Revolutionary_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front">Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front</a> (Padmanaba)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_People%27s_Front" title="Freedom People's Front">Freedom People's Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontline_Socialist_Party" title="Frontline Socialist Party">Frontline Socialist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Janatha_Sevaka_Pakshaya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Janatha Sevaka Pakshaya (page does not exist)">Janatha Sevaka Pakshaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jathika_Hela_Urumaya" title="Jathika Hela Urumaya">Jathika Hela Urumaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jathika_Nidahas_Peramuna" title="Jathika Nidahas Peramuna">Jathika Nidahas Peramuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lanka_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Lanka Sama Samaja Party">Lanka Sama Samaja Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lanka_Sama_Samaja_Party_(Alternative_Group)" title="Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Alternative Group)">Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Alternative Group)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Liberal Democratic Party (Sri Lanka)">Liberal Democratic Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motherland_People%27s_Party" title="Motherland People's Party">Motherland People's Party</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Democratic_Movement_(Sri_Lanka)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Democratic Movement (Sri Lanka) (page does not exist)">National Democratic Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nava_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Nava Sama Samaja Party">Nava Sama Samaja Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist_Party" title="New Democratic Marxist–Leninist Party">New Democratic Marxist–Leninist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Sinhala_Heritage" title="New Sinhala Heritage">New Sinhala Heritage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Power_of_People%27s_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Our Power of People's Party">Our Power of People's Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Organisation_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="People's Liberation 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