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W. R. D. Bandaranaike">S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike</a></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;">2 September 1951<span class="noprint"> (73 years ago)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1951-09-02</span>)</span></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/Sinhala_Maha_Sabha" title="Sinhala Maha Sabha">Sinhala Maha Sabha</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;">307, T. B. Jayah Mawatha, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Newspaper</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">Singhale, Dinakara</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;">SLFP Youth Front</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;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist nowrap"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Social_democracy" title="Social democracy">Social democracy</a><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></li><li><a href="/wiki/Sinhalese_Buddhist_nationalism" title="Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism">Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism</a></li></ul></div></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/Centre-left_politics" title="Centre-left politics">Centre-left</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Religion</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Theravada_Buddhism" class="mw-redirect" title="Theravada Buddhism">Theravada Buddhism</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">National affiliation</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="New Democratic Front (Sri Lanka)">NDF</a><br /><b>Former:</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna_(1956)" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (1956)">MEP</a><br /><a href="/wiki/United_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United Front (Sri Lanka)">UF</a><br /><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">PA</a><br /><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance">SLPFA</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Freedom_People%27s_Alliance" title="Freedom People's Alliance">FPA</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Colours</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0D3B90; 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padding-top:0.3em; border-top:2px solid #0D3B90;"><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>Sri Lanka Freedom Party</b> (<b>SLFP</b>; <a href="/wiki/Sinhala_language" title="Sinhala language">Sinhala</a>: <span lang="si">ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Sinhala-language romanization"><i lang="si-Latn">Śrī Laṁkā Nidahas Pakṣaya</i></span>; <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a>: <span lang="ta">இலங்கை சுதந்திரக் கட்சி</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Tamil-language romanization"><i lang="ta-Latn">Ilaṅkai Cutantirak Kaṭci</i></span>) is one of the main <a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Sri_Lanka" title="List of political parties in Sri Lanka">political parties</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>. It was founded by <a href="/wiki/S._W._R._D._Bandaranaike" title="S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike">S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike</a> in 1951<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> and has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena since. It first came to power in <a href="/wiki/1956_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election">1956</a> and has served as the predominant ruling party on a number of occasions.<sup id="cite_ref-SLFP-britannica_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SLFP-britannica-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The party is generally considered as having a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Socialism" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Socialism">democratic socialist</a> or <a href="/wiki/Progressivism" title="Progressivism">progressive</a> economic agenda and is often associated with <a href="/wiki/Sinhalese_people" title="Sinhalese people">Sinhalese</a> <a href="/wiki/Nationalism" title="Nationalism">nationalist</a> parties. The party follows a <a href="/wiki/Non-Aligned_Movement" title="Non-Aligned Movement">non-aligned</a> foreign policy but has historically had close ties to socialist nations.<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> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-3"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <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=Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Sri Lanka Freedom Party was founded in 1951, when long-standing <a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a> stalwart <a href="/wiki/S._W._R._D._Bandaranaike" title="S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike">S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike</a> defected from the party and crossed over to the opposition with several of his other close associates. His party, the <a href="/wiki/Sinhala_Maha_Sabha" title="Sinhala Maha Sabha">Sinhala Maha Sabha</a>, was dissolved and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party was inaugurated.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SWRD-History_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SWRD-History-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After Sri Lanka gained its independence, the SLFP represented a form of non-revolutionary <a href="/wiki/Socialism" title="Socialism">socialism</a> and a policy of non-alignment with strong ties to socialist countries. Its social democratic and nationalist policies in the aftermath of Sri Lankan independence supported its rapid rise towards attaining major party status alongside the centre-right United National Party. SLFP founder S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike stated that the basis of the party would be the 'Pancha Maha Balavegaya' (Five Great Forces) which consisted of the native doctors, clergy, teachers, farmers and workers.<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> </p><p>After winning 9 seats in the <a href="/wiki/1952_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="1952 Ceylonese parliamentary election">1952 parliamentary election</a>, Bandaranaike contested the <a href="/wiki/1956_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election">1956 election</a> on a platform of giving true meaning to the independence achieved in 1948.<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> This involved a nationalist, democratic and socialist program which saw the SLFP achieve a huge victory at the 1956 elections and is seen by many observers as a social revolution resulting in the eclipse of the Westernized elite.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Under_S._W._R._D._Bandaranaike_(1956–1959)"><span id="Under_S._W._R._D._Bandaranaike_.281956.E2.80.931959.29"></span>Under S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (1956–1959)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Under S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (1956–1959)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The achievements of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike's term of office include the reverting of major defence facilities from British to local control, initiating a shift in Sri Lanka's foreign policy from the <a href="/wiki/Western_Bloc" title="Western Bloc">West</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Non-Aligned_Movement" title="Non-Aligned Movement">Non-Aligned Movement</a> and lowering the <a href="/wiki/Voting_age" title="Voting age">voting age</a> from 21 to 18 years of age.<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> </p><p>Working people, a core base of support for the party, also benefited through the setting up of an Employee's Provident Fund and the empowerment of peasants through the Paddy Lands Act. The healthcare and education systems were also improved for the benefit of the common man with the establishment of ayurvedic research centres, recognition of native physicians as well as the allowing of students to learn in their mother tongue (rather than only English).<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> </p><p>The S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike government also had a lasting contribution in language policy. In 1956 <a href="/wiki/Sinhala_Only_Act" title="Sinhala Only Act">Sinhala replaced English</a> as the sole official language of Sri Lanka, fulfilling a major election pledge. In reaction to <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamils" title="Sri Lankan Tamils">Tamil</a> unease to this change, the <a href="/wiki/Bandaranaike%E2%80%93Chelvanayakam_Pact" title="Bandaranaike–Chelvanayakam Pact">Bandaranaike–Chelvanayakam Pact</a> was signed to grant official status to the <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil language</a> as well. However, the agreement was vehemently opposed by hardline Sinhalese nationalists led by the UNP and instead a watered down act was passed.<sup id="cite_ref-peebles-history_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-peebles-history-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 1959, Bandaranaike was <a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_S._W._R._D._Bandaranaike" title="Assassination of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike">assassinated</a> by <a href="/wiki/Talduwe_Somarama" title="Talduwe Somarama">Talduwe Somarama</a>, an extremist <a href="/wiki/Buddhist_monk" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddhist monk">Buddhist monk</a> opposed to Bandaranaike's supposed attempts to appease the Tamils. He was replaced as prime minister for an interim period by <a href="/wiki/Wijeyananda_Dahanayake" title="Wijeyananda Dahanayake">Wijeyananda Dahanayake</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Under_Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_(1960–1977)"><span id="Under_Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_.281960.E2.80.931977.29"></span>Under Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1960–1977)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Under Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1960–1977)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Afterwards, the party turned to Bandaranaike's widow <a href="/wiki/Sirimavo_Bandaranaike" title="Sirimavo Bandaranaike">Sirimavo Bandaranaike</a>, who consequently became the world's <a href="/wiki/List_of_elected_or_appointed_female_heads_of_government" class="mw-redirect" title="List of elected or appointed female heads of government">first elected female head of government</a> in <a href="/wiki/July_1960_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="July 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election">1960</a>. Sirimavo Bandaranaike was determined to carry on the program of her late husband and her government pursued several socialist policies during its terms of office from 1960 to 1964 and 1970 to 1977. Sirimavo also initiated the trend of the SLFP forging alliances with other <a href="/wiki/Leftist_parties_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Leftist parties in Sri Lanka">leftist parties</a> such as 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>, a trend which the SLFP continues to this day.<sup id="cite_ref-Britanica_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britanica-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Under Sirimavo Bandaranaike's leadership, SLFP governments <a href="/wiki/Nationalized" class="mw-redirect" title="Nationalized">nationalized</a> key sectors of the economy such as banking and insurance, the Ceylon Transport Board and also all schools then owned by the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Roman Catholic Church</a>. Issues arose during the state takeover of foreign businesses which upset the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">Britain</a>. Consequently, this augmented the SLFP's foreign policy shift towards the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Bloc" title="Eastern Bloc">East</a> and the Non-Aligned Movement. Further, in 1972, the SLFP led government oversaw the introduction of a <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Constitution_of_1972" title="Sri Lankan Constitution of 1972">new constitution</a> which changed the country's name from Ceylon to Sri Lanka and declared Sri Lanka to be a republic.<sup id="cite_ref-Britanica_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britanica-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During her term in office, Sirimavo Bandaranaike achieved high international standing, being chosen as chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Non-Aligned_Movement" title="Non-Aligned Movement">Non-Aligned Movement</a> in 1976 and receiving plaudits as the SLFP-led government attempted to mediate between <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> and <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Sino-Indian_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Sino-Indian war">Sino-Indian war</a>.<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> </p><p>In government, the SLFP had to also overcome a number of challenges to democracy such as the <a href="/wiki/1962_Ceylonese_coup_attempt" title="1962 Ceylonese coup attempt">1962 coup attempt</a>, launched by <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christian</a> officers upset by the increasing number of Buddhist officer corp which had previously been three-fifths Christian. Likewise, in 1971 the SLFP-led government was almost toppled by a violent <a href="/wiki/1971_JVP_insurrection" title="1971 JVP insurrection">Marxist insurrection</a> led by the <a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna</a>, which was eventually put down after it claimed more than a thousand lives.<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> </p><p>Towards the end of Sirimavo Bandaranaike's second term as prime minister, her government had become increasingly unpopular amidst the background of a declining economy and charges of corruption and the SLFP was routed in the <a href="/wiki/1977_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="1977 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">1977 election</a>.<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> This would be the start of the party's 17 years in opposition. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="In_opposition_(1977–1994)"><span id="In_opposition_.281977.E2.80.931994.29"></span>In opposition (1977–1994)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: In opposition (1977–1994)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This period of opposition was made greatly difficult after <a href="/wiki/President_of_Sri_Lanka" title="President of Sri Lanka">President</a> <a href="/wiki/J._R._Jayewardene" title="J. R. Jayewardene">J. R. Jayewardene</a>'s government stripped Sirimavo Bandaranaike of her civic rights for 7 years and expelled her from parliament.<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> As a result, the SLFP fielded <a href="/wiki/Hector_Kobbekaduwa" title="Hector Kobbekaduwa">Hector Kobbekaduwa</a> as their candidate at the <a href="/wiki/1982_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="1982 Sri Lankan presidential election">1982 presidential election</a>, who failed to deliver a strong outcome for the party.<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> The SLFP suffered another blow the same year, when a <a href="/wiki/1982_Sri_Lankan_national_referendum" class="mw-redirect" title="1982 Sri Lankan national referendum">referendum</a> to delay parliamentary elections by 6 years was passed. During this period, the party suffered from internal conflicts, with Sirimavo's son <a href="/wiki/Anura_Bandaranaike" title="Anura Bandaranaike">Anura Bandaranaike</a>, who led the party in parliament after her expulsion, shifting the traditionally socialist party to the <a href="/wiki/Right-wing_politics" title="Right-wing politics">right</a>, while her daughter and future party leader <a href="/wiki/Chandrika_Kumaratunga" title="Chandrika Kumaratunga">Chandrika Kumaratunga</a> led a breakaway party, the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Mahajana_Pakshaya" title="Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya">Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya</a>, in response to her brother's shift.<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> In <a href="/wiki/1989_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">1989</a>, Sirimavo Bandaranaike was reelected to the parliament and took the lead again; she became leader of the opposition. </p><p>In the early 1990s, the existing UNP government had weakened through internal conflicts of its own as well as the descent into <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%931989_JVP_insurrection" title="1987–1989 JVP insurrection">two</a> <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_civil_war" title="Sri Lankan civil war">civil wars</a> and fading public support. New SLFP leaders, most prominently <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a>, had launched successful pada yatra, jana gosha and white flag campaigns against the UNP government during this period.<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> By this time, Anura Bandaranaike had defected to the UNP to receive ministerial appointments, so Kumaratunga, who had returned to the party, was now the undisputed party leader and successor to her mother. Sirimavo Bandaranaike had lost her influence with the electorate and stepped aside as party leader in favor of her daughter.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Under_Chandrika_Kumaratunga_(1994–2005)"><span id="Under_Chandrika_Kumaratunga_.281994.E2.80.932005.29"></span>Under Chandrika Kumaratunga (1994–2005)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Under Chandrika Kumaratunga (1994–2005)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the 1994 <a href="/wiki/1994_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">parliamentary</a> and <a href="/wiki/1994_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="1994 Sri Lankan presidential election">presidential</a> elections, the SLFP saw a successful return to power and Chandrika Kumaratunga was elected the nation's first female president as part of the SLFP-led <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">People's Alliance</a> coalition. Kumaratunga's tenure marked the beginning of the SLFP's shift from the party's initial socialist policies towards a more <a href="/wiki/Centrism" title="Centrism">centrist</a> philosophy that sought to combine both the free market and the SLFP's traditional people-friendly policies.<sup id="cite_ref-Silva,_K.M._2005_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Silva,_K.M._2005-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The People's Alliance government continued with their predecessor's attempts to negotiate with the <a href="/wiki/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam">LTTE</a>, whilst simultaneously attempting to <a href="/wiki/Eelam_War_III" title="Eelam War III">weaken them militarily through force</a>. The SLFP government however initially placed greater emphasis on achieving peace with the Kumaratunga government engaging in numerous peace talks. However, LTTE intransigence limited the policy's effectiveness.<sup id="cite_ref-Silva,_K.M._2005_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Silva,_K.M._2005-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The People's Alliance can be credited however with significant victories on the foreign policy front, with Foreign Affairs Minister <a href="/wiki/Lakshman_Kadirgamar" title="Lakshman Kadirgamar">Lakshman Kadirgamar</a> spearheading successful efforts to further isolate the LTTE internationally.<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> Another achievement of the Kumaratunga administration was the establishment of several new public universities.<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> </p><p>Despite successes on these fronts, the Kumaratunga government also oversaw territorial losses to the LTTE as well as a flagging economy.<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> As a result of this, a UNP government was elected at the <a href="/wiki/2001_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2001 parliamentary elections</a>. In November 2003, Kumaratunga used her presidential powers to take powers away from Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a>'s UNP in the form of important ministries, and the new SLFP-led alliance, the <a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">United People's Freedom Alliance</a>, returned to power at the <a href="/wiki/2004_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2004 parliamentary election</a> with future party leader <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a> being appointed as the prime minister. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Under_Mahinda_Rajapaksa_(2005–2015)"><span id="Under_Mahinda_Rajapaksa_.282005.E2.80.932015.29"></span>Under Mahinda Rajapaksa (2005–2015)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Under Mahinda Rajapaksa (2005–2015)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A rift opened up in the party in 2005 over the choice of its candidate at the <a href="/wiki/2005_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2005 Sri Lankan presidential election">2005 presidential election</a> between the President Kumaratunga-backed <a href="/wiki/Anura_Bandaranaike" title="Anura Bandaranaike">Anura Bandaranaike</a> and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.<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> Many members of the SLFP had been uneasy with Chandrika Kumaratunga's liberal economic policies, <a href="/wiki/Privatization" title="Privatization">privatization</a> of many public institutions as well as several allegations of corruption against her.<sup id="cite_ref-lankaweb.com_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lankaweb.com-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rajapaksa was ultimately selected as the presidential candidate of the SLFP-led United People's Freedom Alliance and was subsequently elected as President. </p><p>Under Mahinda Rajapaksa, the SLFP shifted back to the left towards a social democratic program termed 'Mahinda Chinthana'. Some of the companies privatized by the Kumaratunga administration were re-nationalized such as Shell Gas Lanka.<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> </p><p>The major legacy of this period of UPFA government was bringing an end to the long-running <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_civil_war" title="Sri Lankan civil war">civil war</a> and the reunification of Sri Lanka. This achievement greatly boosted the popularity of the SLFP, leading to convincing victories in both the <a href="/wiki/2010_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2010 Sri Lankan presidential election">presidential</a> and <a href="/wiki/2010_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">parliamentary</a> polls held in 2010.<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> </p><p>In the post-war period, the Rajapaksa administration instituted a large-scale infrastructure and development drive including the construction and renewal of many of Sri Lanka's key roads, mainly using loans from China.<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><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> In 2011, the construction of Sri Lanka's <a href="/wiki/E01_expressway_(Sri_Lanka)" title="E01 expressway (Sri Lanka)">first expressway</a> was completed. Likewise, new coal and renewable energy power plants were built, improving the nation's power generation capacity. Tourism received a boost specially in <a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a> which ranked as the world's fastest growing tourist city in 2015.<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> However, many of these projects launched by Rajapaska (most named after himself) have been called <a href="/wiki/White_elephant" title="White elephant">white elephants</a>, being built ignoring feasibility studies: for example, the <a href="/wiki/Mattala_Rajapaksa_International_Airport" title="Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport">Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport</a> built by Rajapaksa only services one budget carrier and was built in the way of a migratory route for birds.<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> </p><p>Other policies of the Rajapaksa government include programs to aid farmers and agricultural production, such as the re-launch of the farmer's pension scheme and subsidization of fertilizers.<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> </p><p>In the area of foreign policy, the Rajapaksa government was seen to align itself towards the East, in accordance with SLFP tradition. This situation was augmented by the prevailing geopolitical environment, which led some Western nations to criticize the UPFA government regarding accusations of <a href="/wiki/War_crimes_during_the_final_stages_of_the_Sri_Lankan_civil_war" title="War crimes during the final stages of the Sri Lankan civil war">human rights abuses during the civil war</a>.<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> </p><p>During this time the government has been implicated of <a href="/wiki/Enforced_disappearances_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Enforced disappearances in Sri Lanka">political kidnappings</a><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> and claimed the <a href="/wiki/Rajapaksa_family" title="Rajapaksa family">Rajapaksa family</a> was becoming a <a href="/wiki/Dynasty" title="Dynasty">dynasty</a> which ran the country.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> </p><p>The 2010–2015 period of the SLFP-led government was characterized by high economic growth and a reducing <a href="/wiki/Debt-to-GDP_ratio" title="Debt-to-GDP ratio">debt-to-GDP ratio</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the <a href="/wiki/International_Monetary_Fund" title="International Monetary Fund">IMF</a> has said Sri Lanka's national accounts "suffer from insufficient data sources and undeveloped statistical techniques" and opposition legislators have accused Rajapaksa of giving overstated growth estimates. One of the top officials in the statistics office was sacked for disobedience and leaking internal information after he said that economic growth data compiled by the office was inflated.<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> </p><p>Eventually, allegations of corruption and <a href="/wiki/Nepotism" title="Nepotism">nepotism</a> saw Mahinda Rajapaksa lose the presidency to SLFP defector <a href="/wiki/Maithripala_Sirisena" title="Maithripala Sirisena">Maithripala Sirisena</a> in <a href="/wiki/2015_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2015 Sri Lankan presidential election">2015</a>, who ran against him with the support of the UNP and other smaller parties.<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> The UNP consequently regained power despite the UPFA still holding a majority of seats in the legislature. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Under_Maithripala_Sirisena_(2015–2024)"><span id="Under_Maithripala_Sirisena_.282015.E2.80.932024.29"></span>Under Maithripala Sirisena (2015–2024)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Under Maithripala Sirisena (2015–2024)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Soon after Sirisena's victory, Mahinda Rajapaksa handed over leadership of the party to Sirisena, as per the SLFP constitution which states any SLFP member who is president is automatically leader of the party.<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> Soon afterwards, the SLFP split into two main factions: those who were supportive of president Sirisena and were willing to work with the minority UNP government, and the faction loyal to the Rajapaksas, which acted as the main <i>de facto</i> opposition to the new regime.<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><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> <a href="/wiki/Nimal_Siripala_de_Silva" title="Nimal Siripala de Silva">Nimal Siripala de Silva</a> was appointed as parliamentary leader of the SLFP and the official <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Sri Lanka)">Leader of the Opposition</a>. </p><p>During Sirisena's term as president, SLFP members came to dominate the <a href="/wiki/First_Sirisena_cabinet" title="First Sirisena cabinet">cabinet</a> numerically, albeit largely with lower ranking positions. The SLFP, especially the Rajapaksa faction, was instrumental in revising the <a href="/wiki/19th_Amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="19th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka">19th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka</a> proposed by the UNP, so as to reduce the powers of the president without transferring executive powers to the prime minister. However, rigorous attempts by President Sirisena and the SLFP to modify the current and largely unpopular electoral system were unsuccessful due to stiff opposition from the UNP and other smaller parties.<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><p>On 14 August 2015, Sirisena issued a letter stating that pro-Rajapaksa loyalist and General Secretary <a href="/wiki/Anura_Priyadarshana_Yapa" class="mw-redirect" title="Anura Priyadarshana Yapa">Anura Priyadarshana Yapa</a> had been removed from the post, claiming that Yapa was going against the party policy and disobeying the commands of chairman. As a result, Sirsena appointed his loyalist <a href="/wiki/Duminda_Dissanayake" title="Duminda Dissanayake">Duminda Dissanayake</a> as acting General Secretary 48 hours ahead of parliamentary election, and also obtained <a href="/wiki/Temporary_restraining_order" class="mw-redirect" title="Temporary restraining order">court order</a> to prevent <a href="/wiki/Anura_Priyadarshana_Yapa" class="mw-redirect" title="Anura Priyadarshana Yapa">Anura Priyadarshana Yapa</a> from functioning as General Secretary thereafter until 24 August 2015. Eventually, Sirisena sacked both the General Secretaries of the SLFP and the <a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a>.<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> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2015_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2015 parliamentary election</a>, the SLFP-led UPFA won only 95 seats while its opposition, the UNP-led <a href="/wiki/United_National_Front_for_Good_Governance" class="mw-redirect" title="United National Front for Good Governance">UNFGG</a> won 106 seats.<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 <a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a>, who won the elections, invited the SLFP to jointly create a <a href="/wiki/National_unity_government" title="National unity government">national unity government</a> and an agreement was signed between the UNP and SLFP.<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> 45 MPs joined the government and 50 MPs including <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a> remained in the opposition, which resulted in a split within the SLFP.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Alliance_with_the_Sri_Lanka_Podujana_Peramuna_(2019–2022)"><span id="Alliance_with_the_Sri_Lanka_Podujana_Peramuna_.282019.E2.80.932022.29"></span>Alliance with the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (2019–2022)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Alliance with the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (2019–2022)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By 2018, the influence of the SLFP in Sri Lankan politics began to decline, suffering a heavy loss in the <a href="/wiki/2018_Sri_Lankan_local_elections" title="2018 Sri Lankan local elections">2018 local government elections</a> and finishing in third place, while the newly formed <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Podujana_Peramuna" title="Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna">Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna</a> (SLPP) led by former president <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a> placed first, winning 40% of the votes and securing the most number of seats and local authorities.<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><sup id="cite_ref-DM060318_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DM060318-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/2019_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2019 Sri Lankan presidential election">2019 presidential elections</a>, though president Sirisena was eligible to run for a second term, the SLFP chose to endorse SLPP candidate <a href="/wiki/Gotabaya_Rajapaksa" title="Gotabaya Rajapaksa">Gotabaya Rajapaksa</a>, who won the election.<sup id="cite_ref-SLFP_to_support_Rajapaksa_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SLFP_to_support_Rajapaksa-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The SLPP, SLFP and several other smaller parties formed a new political alliance, the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance">Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance</a>, to contest in the <a href="/wiki/2020_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary elections</a>. The new alliance claimed a landslide victory, winning 145 seats in the parliament. </p><p>Between 2021 and 2022, however, the Rajapaksa government was beginning to lose much of its popularity. The ongoing <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%93present_Sri_Lankan_economic_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="2019–present Sri Lankan economic crisis">economic crisis</a> was only getting worse due to poor mismanagement by the government. By 2021, the foreign debt of Sri Lanka had risen to 101% of the nation's GDP. The government was also becoming highly <a href="/wiki/Nepotism" title="Nepotism">nepotistic</a>, with Rajapaksa family brothers <a href="/wiki/Basil_Rajapaksa" title="Basil Rajapaksa">Basil Rajapaksa</a> as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Minister of Finance (Sri Lanka)">finance minister</a> and Mahinda Rajapaksa as prime minister, and several more members of the Rajapaksa family holding prominent positions in the government.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 5 April 2022, amidst <a href="/wiki/2022_Sri_Lankan_protests" title="2022 Sri Lankan protests">increasing</a> <a href="/wiki/2022_Sri_Lankan_political_crisis" title="2022 Sri Lankan political crisis">discontent</a> with the Rajapaksa government, the SLPP began losing many of its key allies in the SLPFA, including the SLFP.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Maithripala Sirisena pledged that the SLFP would become a neutral party and would contest in future elections separately from the SLPP. </p><p>On 11 January 2023, the <a href="/wiki/Freedom_People%27s_Alliance" title="Freedom People's Alliance">Freedom People's Alliance</a> was formed, consisting of the SLFP, the <a href="/wiki/Uttara_Lanka_Sabhagaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Uttara Lanka Sabhagaya">Uttara Lanka Sabhagaya</a> led by <a href="/wiki/Wimal_Weerawansa" title="Wimal Weerawansa">Wimal Weerawansa</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Freedom_People%27s_Congress" title="Freedom People's Congress">Freedom People's Congress</a> led by <a href="/wiki/Dullas_Alahapperuma" title="Dullas Alahapperuma">Dullas Alahapperuma</a>. All three parties were parties formerly aligned with the SLPP-led SLPFA who later defected from the alliance. The political alliance was a short-lived one, formed to contest in the <a href="/wiki/2023_Sri_Lankan_local_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Sri Lankan local elections">2023 local government elections</a> which ultimately never took place. The Freedom People's Congress would again defect to the <a href="/wiki/Samagi_Jana_Balawegaya" title="Samagi Jana Balawegaya">Samagi Jana Balawegaya</a> led by Opposition Leader <a href="/wiki/Sajith_Premadasa" title="Sajith Premadasa">Sajith Premadasa</a> a year later. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Internal_crisis">Internal crisis</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Internal crisis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 4 April 2024, the Colombo District Court issued an interim injunction temporarily preventing Maithripala Sirisena from functioning as the party chairman until 18 April, following a case filed by former SLFP chairman <a href="/wiki/Chandrika_Kumaratunga" title="Chandrika Kumaratunga">Chandrika Kumaratunga</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A few days later, entrance to the SLFP headquarters in Colombo was suspended to all individuals by the police.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 8 April, <a href="/wiki/Nimal_Siripala_de_Silva" title="Nimal Siripala de Silva">Nimal Siripala de Silva</a> was appointed as the acting chairman of the SLFP.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 21 April 2024, the pro-Sirisena faction of the party appointed cabinet minister <a href="/wiki/Wijeyadasa_Rajapakshe" title="Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe">Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe</a> acting chairman of the SLFP.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Now with two acting chairmen, the internal rift within the SLFP worsened further.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rajapakshe revealed that he received several requests from members of the party's central committee to contest in the <a href="/wiki/2024_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2024 Sri Lankan presidential election">upcoming presidential elections</a> as the SLFP candidate.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 12 May 2024, Sirisena announced his resignation as chairman of the SLFP, and the pro-Sirisena faction unanimously voted to appoint Wijeyadasa Rajapakse as the new chairman.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the anti-Sirisena faction of the SLFP still disapproved of the appointment.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of August 2024, the party is split into three factions, with the Sirisena faction supporting Wijeyadasa Rajapakse, running as the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Front in the upcoming presidential election, the Siripala faction supporting incumbent president <a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremasinghe</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Dayasiri_Jayasekara" title="Dayasiri Jayasekara">Dayasiri</a> faction supporting opposition leader <a href="/wiki/Sajith_Premadasa" title="Sajith Premadasa">Sajith Premadasa</a> of <a href="/wiki/Samagi_Jana_Balawegaya" title="Samagi Jana Balawegaya">Samagi Jana Balawegaya</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <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=Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chairperson">Chairperson</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Chairperson"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Portrait</th> <th>Periods in party leadership </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/S._W._R._D._Bandaranaike" title="S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike">S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_S.W.R.D.Bandaranayaka_(1899-1959).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_S.W.R.D.Bandaranayaka_%281899-1959%29.jpg/52px-Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_S.W.R.D.Bandaranayaka_%281899-1959%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="52" height="65" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_S.W.R.D.Bandaranayaka_%281899-1959%29.jpg/78px-Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_S.W.R.D.Bandaranayaka_%281899-1959%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_S.W.R.D.Bandaranayaka_%281899-1959%29.jpg/104px-Official_Photographic_Portrait_of_S.W.R.D.Bandaranayaka_%281899-1959%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4740" data-file-height="5947" /></a></span> </td> <td>1951–1959 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/C._P._de_Silva" title="C. P. de Silva">C. P. de Silva</a> </th> <td> </td> <td>1959–1960 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Sirimavo_Bandaranaike" title="Sirimavo Bandaranaike">Sirimavo Bandaranaike</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sirimavo_Ratwatte_Dias_Bandaranayaka_(1916-2000)_(Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Sirimavo_Ratwatte_Dias_Bandaranayaka_%281916-2000%29_%28Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop%29.jpg/52px-Sirimavo_Ratwatte_Dias_Bandaranayaka_%281916-2000%29_%28Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="52" height="73" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Sirimavo_Ratwatte_Dias_Bandaranayaka_%281916-2000%29_%28Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop%29.jpg/78px-Sirimavo_Ratwatte_Dias_Bandaranayaka_%281916-2000%29_%28Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Sirimavo_Ratwatte_Dias_Bandaranayaka_%281916-2000%29_%28Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop%29.jpg/104px-Sirimavo_Ratwatte_Dias_Bandaranayaka_%281916-2000%29_%28Hon.Sirimavo_Bandaranaike_with_Hon.Lalith_Athulathmudali_Crop%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="461" data-file-height="645" /></a></span> </td> <td>1960–1994 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Chandrika_Kumaratunga" title="Chandrika Kumaratunga">Chandrika Kumaratunga</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chandrika_Kumaratunga_with_PM_Modi_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Chandrika_Kumaratunga_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/52px-Chandrika_Kumaratunga_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="52" height="73" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Chandrika_Kumaratunga_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/78px-Chandrika_Kumaratunga_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Chandrika_Kumaratunga_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/104px-Chandrika_Kumaratunga_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="508" data-file-height="715" /></a></span> </td> <td>1994–2006 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_former_President_of_Sri_Lanka,_Mr._Mahinda_Rajapaksa_meeting_the_Prime_Minister,_Shri_Narendra_Modi,_in_New_Delhi_on_September_12,_2018_(cropped).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/The_former_President_of_Sri_Lanka%2C_Mr._Mahinda_Rajapaksa_meeting_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_September_12%2C_2018_%28cropped%29.JPG/52px-The_former_President_of_Sri_Lanka%2C_Mr._Mahinda_Rajapaksa_meeting_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_September_12%2C_2018_%28cropped%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="52" height="62" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/The_former_President_of_Sri_Lanka%2C_Mr._Mahinda_Rajapaksa_meeting_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_September_12%2C_2018_%28cropped%29.JPG/78px-The_former_President_of_Sri_Lanka%2C_Mr._Mahinda_Rajapaksa_meeting_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_September_12%2C_2018_%28cropped%29.JPG 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Maithripala-_Russia_%28portrait%29.jpg/78px-Maithripala-_Russia_%28portrait%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Maithripala-_Russia_%28portrait%29.jpg/104px-Maithripala-_Russia_%28portrait%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="469" data-file-height="667" /></a></span> </td> <td>2015–2024 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Vacant </th> <td> </td> <td>2024–present </td></tr></tbody></table> <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=Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: General-Secretaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Aluwihare" title="Bernard Aluwihare">Bernard Aluwihare</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saravanamuttu_Thangarajah&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saravanamuttu Thangarajah (page does not exist)">Saravanamuttu Thangarajah</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/J._R._P._Suriyapperuma" title="J. R. P. Suriyapperuma">J. R. P. Suriyapperuma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dharmasiri_Senanayake" title="Dharmasiri Senanayake">Dharmasiri Senanayake</a> (c.1992 – 24 July 2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._B._Dissanayake" title="S. B. Dissanayake">S. B. Dissanayake</a> (August 2000 – October 2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maithripala_Sirisena" title="Maithripala Sirisena">Maithripala Sirisena</a> (October 2001 – 21 November 2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anura_Priyadharshana_Yapa" title="Anura Priyadharshana Yapa">Anura Priyadharshana Yapa</a> (21 November 2014 – 14 August 2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duminda_Dissanayake" title="Duminda Dissanayake">Duminda Dissanayake</a> (14 August 2015 – 3 June 2018)</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> (3 June 2018 – 3 January 2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dayasiri_Jayasekara" title="Dayasiri Jayasekara">Dayasiri Jayasekara</a> (3 January 2019 – 5 September 2023)<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dushmantha_Mithrapala" title="Dushmantha Mithrapala">Dushmantha Mithrapala</a> (acting) (11 September 2023 – 12 May 2024)</i><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Keerthi Udawatte (acting) (12 May 2024 – present)</i><sup id="cite_ref-:0_74-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<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=Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Presidential">Presidential</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Presidential"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Election year </th> <th>Candidate </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th> <th>Result </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1982_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="1982 Sri Lankan presidential election">1982</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hector_Kobbekaduwa" title="Hector Kobbekaduwa">Hector Kobbekaduwa</a> </td> <td align="center">2,548,438 </td> <td align="center">39.07% </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Lost </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1988_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="1988 Sri Lankan presidential election">1988</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Sirimavo_Bandaranaike" title="Sirimavo Bandaranaike">Sirimavo Bandaranaike</a> </td> <td align="center">2,289,860 </td> <td align="center">44.95% </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Lost </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1994_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="1994 Sri Lankan presidential election">1994</a> </th> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Chandrika_Kumaratunga" title="Chandrika Kumaratunga">Chandrika Kumaratunga</a></b> </td> <td align="center"><b>4,709,205</b> </td> <td align="center"><b>62.28%</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/1999_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="1999 Sri Lankan presidential election">1999</a> </th> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Chandrika_Kumaratunga" title="Chandrika Kumaratunga">Chandrika Kumaratunga</a></b> </td> <td align="center"><b>4,312,157</b> </td> <td align="center"><b>51.12%</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/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-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2019_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2019 Sri Lankan presidential election">2019</a> </th> <td><b>Supported <a href="/wiki/Gotabaya_Rajapaksa" title="Gotabaya Rajapaksa">Gotabaya Rajapaksa</a></b> </td> <td align="center"><b>6,924,255</b> </td> <td align="center"><b>52.25%</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/2024_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2024 Sri Lankan presidential election">2024</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wijeyadasa_Rajapakshe" title="Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe">Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe</a><sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">21,306 </td> <td align="center">0.16% </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Lost </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parliamentary">Parliamentary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Parliamentary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Election year </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>Vote % </th> <th>Seats won </th> <th>+/– </th> <th>Leader </th> <th>Result for the party </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1952_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="1952 Ceylonese parliamentary election">1952</a> </th> <td align="center">361,250 </td> <td align="center">15.52% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">9 / 95</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #0D3B90; width: 9%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 9 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/S._W._R._D._Bandaranaike" title="S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike">S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1956_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election">1956</a> </th> <td align="center">1,046,277 </td> <td align="center">39.52% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">51 / 95</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #0D3B90; width: 54%; 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> 42 </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Government </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/March_1960_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="March 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election">1960 (March)</a> </th> <td align="center">647,175 </td> <td align="center">21.28% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">46 / 151</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #0D3B90; width: 30%; 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> 5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/C._P._de_Silva" title="C. P. de Silva">C. P. de Silva</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/July_1960_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="July 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election">1960 (July)</a> </th> <td align="center">1,022,171 </td> <td align="center">33.22% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">75 / 151</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #0D3B90; width: 50%; 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> 29 </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Sirimavo_Bandaranaike" title="Sirimavo Bandaranaike">Sirimavo Bandaranaike</a> </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Government </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1965_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="1965 Ceylonese parliamentary election">1965</a> </th> <td align="center">1,221,437 </td> <td align="center">30.18% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">41 / 151</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #0D3B90; width: 27%; 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> 34 </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1970_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="1970 Ceylonese parliamentary election">1970</a> </th> <td align="center">1,839,979 </td> <td align="center">36.86% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">91 / 151</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #0D3B90; width: 60%; 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> 50 </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Government </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1977_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="1977 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">1977</a> </th> <td align="center">1,855,331 </td> <td align="center">29.72% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">8 / 168</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #0D3B90; width: 5%; 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> 83 </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1989_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">1989</a> </th> <td align="center">1,780,599 </td> <td align="center">31.8% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">67 / 225</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #0D3B90; width: 30%; 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> 59 </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1994_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">1994</a> </th> <td colspan="4" align="center">Was part of <br /> <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">People's Alliance</a> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Chandrika_Kumaratunga" title="Chandrika Kumaratunga">Chandrika Kumaratunga</a> </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Government </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2000_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2000</a> </th> <td colspan="4" align="center">Was part of <br /> <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">People's Alliance</a> </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Government </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2001_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2001</a> </th> <td colspan="4" align="center">Was part of <br /> <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)" title="People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)">People's Alliance</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2004_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2004</a> </th> <td colspan="4" align="center">Was part of <br /> <a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">United People's Freedom Alliance</a> </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Government </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2010_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2010</a> </th> <td rowspan="2" colspan="4" align="center">Was part of <br /> <a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">United People's Freedom Alliance</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a> </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Government </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition <small>(2015)</small><sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2015_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2015</a> </th> <td rowspan="2" colspan="4" align="center">Was part of <br /> <a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">United People's Freedom Alliance</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Maithripala_Sirisena" title="Maithripala Sirisena">Maithripala Sirisena</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Government/Opposition <small>(2015–2018)</small><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition <small>(2018–2019)</small><sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2020_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2020</a> </th> <td rowspan="2" colspan="4" align="center">Was part of <br /> <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance">Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance</a> </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Government <small>(2020–2022)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition <small>(since 2022)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2024 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2024</a> </th> <td colspan="4" align="center">Was part of <br /> <a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="New Democratic Front (Sri Lanka)">New Democratic Front</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organization">Organization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Organization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Sri Lanka Nidahas Bhikku Sanvidanaya</li> <li>Sri Lanka Nidahas Indigenous physicians Organization</li> <li>Sri Lanka Nidahas Teachers Union</li> <li>Sri Lanka Nidahas Farmers' Organization</li> <li>Sri Lanka Nidahas Sewaka Sangamaya</li> <li>Sri Lanka Nidahas Medical Group</li> <li>Sri Lanka Nidahas Students' Organization</li> <li>Sri Lanka Nidahas Fishermen and Domestic Industrialists organization</li> <li>Sri Lanka Nidahas Cultural Organization</li> <li>Sri Lanka Nidahas Lawyers Organization</li> <li>Sri Lanka Nidahas Provincial Council members' Association</li> <li>Sri Lanka Nidahas Association of members of local authority</li> <li>Sri Lanka Nidahas Management Assistant Union</li> <li>Sri Lanka Freedom Graduates Association.</li> <li>Sri Lanka Freedom development Officer Association.</li> <li>Nil Balakaya (officially dissolved after the 2015 presidential elections)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publication">Publication</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Publication"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Singhale</i> – First SLFP journal in 1956 (founding editor Dharma Sri Kuruppu)</li> <li><i>Dinakara</i> – <a href="/wiki/Newspaper" title="Newspaper">Newspaper</a></li></ul> <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=Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party&action=edit&section=18" 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 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Rajapaksa's defeat, the winner, Maithripala Sirisena, was a member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and subsequently became the party chairman.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-81"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-81">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ran as a candidate of the National Democratic Front.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-83"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-83">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">One faction of the party joined the Government of National Unity led by the <a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a> while the other faction sat in the opposition</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=Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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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. 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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 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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 href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">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 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Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_People%27s_Congress" title="Freedom People's Congress">Freedom People's Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">Sri Lanka Muslim 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 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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/People%27s_Liberation_Organisation_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam">People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_People%27s_Liberation_Front" title="Democratic People's Liberation Front">Democratic People's Liberation Front</a>)</li> 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