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Prof. Uthurawala Dhammarathana Thero<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">General Secretary</th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Sagara_Kariyawasam" title="Sagara Kariyawasam">Sagara Kariyawasam</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Basil_Rajapaksa" title="Basil Rajapaksa">Basil Rajapaksa</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;">2016<span class="noprint">; 8 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2016</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Split from</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a><sup id="cite_ref-Jayatilleka_2017_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jayatilleka_2017-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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;">The Sri Lanka National Front</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;">1316 Nelum Mawatha, Jayanthipura, <a href="/wiki/Battaramulla" title="Battaramulla">Battaramulla</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></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;">Sri Lanka People's 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/Conservatism" title="Conservatism">Conservatism</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Sinhalese_Buddhist_nationalism" title="Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism">Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li><a href="/wiki/Right-wing_populism" title="Right-wing populism">Right-wing populism</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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/Right-wing" class="mw-redirect" title="Right-wing">Right-wing</a><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></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/Sri_Lanka_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance">Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">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:#87171A; color:white;"> </span> Maroon</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Slogan</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><i>අපි අපේ රට හදමු!</i><br />('Let's Build Our Country!')</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" 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protest in front of the Presidential Secretariat" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Anti-government_protest_in_Sri_Lanka_2022.jpg/250px-Anti-government_protest_in_Sri_Lanka_2022.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Anti-government_protest_in_Sri_Lanka_2022.jpg/375px-Anti-government_protest_in_Sri_Lanka_2022.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Anti-government_protest_in_Sri_Lanka_2022.jpg/500px-Anti-government_protest_in_Sri_Lanka_2022.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4640" data-file-height="2610" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-above" style="font-size:smaller;"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rajapaksa_family" title="Rajapaksa family">Rajapaksa family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Corruption in Sri Lanka">Corruption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Politics of Sri Lanka">Politics</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Background</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Existing political culture</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content plainlist" style="text-align:mid"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Authoritarianism" title="Authoritarianism">Authoritarianism</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bribery_in_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bribery in Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">Bribery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Censorship_in_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Censorship in Sri Lanka">Censorship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Corruption in Sri Lanka">Corruption</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cronyism_in_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cronyism in Sri Lanka (page does not exist)"> Cronyism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enforced_disappearances_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Enforced disappearances in Sri Lanka">Enforced disappearances</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Extrajudicial_killings_in_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Extrajudicial killings in Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">Extrajudicial killings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fake_news" title="Fake news">Fake news</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gender_inequality_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Gender inequality in Sri Lanka">Gender inequality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hate_speech" title="Hate speech">Hate speech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Impunity" title="Impunity">Impunity</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kleptocracy_in_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kleptocracy in Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">Kleptocracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepotism_in_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Nepotism in Sri Lanka">Nepotism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_families_in_Sri_Lanka" title="List of political families in Sri Lanka">Political dynasties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_and_state_terrorism" title="Sri Lanka and state terrorism">State terrorism</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Pre-2022 political instabilty</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content plainlist" style="text-align:mid"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2015_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2015 Sri Lankan presidential election">2015 presidential election</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2015_alleged_Sri_Lankan_coup_attempt" title="2015 alleged Sri Lankan coup attempt">coup attempt</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2015 parliamentary election</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/15th_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="15th Parliament of Sri Lanka">15th parliament (Yahapalana Government)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Bank_of_Sri_Lanka_bond_scandal" title="Central Bank of Sri Lanka bond scandal">Central Bank bond scandal</a></li> <li>anti-Muslim riots <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2018_anti-Muslim_riots_in_Sri_Lanka" title="2018 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_anti-Muslim_riots_in_Sri_Lanka" title="2019 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka">2019</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Sri_Lankan_constitutional_crisis" title="2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis">2018 constitutional crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Sri_Lanka_Easter_bombings" title="2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings">2019 Easter bombings</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2019 Sri Lankan presidential election">2019 presidential election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2020 parliamentary election</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/16th_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="16th Parliament of Sri Lanka">16th parliament</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_economic_crisis_(2019%E2%80%93present)" title="Sri Lankan economic crisis (2019–present)">Economic crisis (2019–present)</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Causes</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content plainlist" style="text-align:mid"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Sri_Lanka" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka">COVID-19 pandemic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_economic_crisis_(2019%E2%80%93present)#Tax_cuts_and_money_creation" title="Sri Lankan economic crisis (2019–present)">Tax cuts and money creation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gotabaya_Rajapaksa#Agricultural_catastrophe" title="Gotabaya Rajapaksa">Agricultural catastrophe</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lankan_foreign_exchange_crisis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sri Lankan foreign exchange crisis (page does not exist)">Foreign exchange crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Russian invasion of Ukraine">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Global_energy_crisis_(2021%E2%80%932023)" title="Global energy crisis (2021–2023)">Global energy crisis</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Effects</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content plainlist" style="text-align:mid"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2022_Sri_Lankan_political_crisis" title="2022 Sri Lankan political crisis">Political crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_and_the_International_Monetary_Fund" title="Sri Lanka and the International Monetary Fund">IMF loan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poverty_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Poverty in Sri Lanka">Poverty</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/2022_Sri_Lankan_political_crisis" title="2022 Sri Lankan political crisis">Political crisis (2022–present)</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Opponents & demands</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content plainlist" style="text-align:mid"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><b>Opponents</b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rajapaksa_family" title="Rajapaksa family">Rajapaksa family</a> & <a class="mw-selflink selflink">SLPP</a> politicians</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a> & <a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> politicians</li></ul> <ul><li><b>Demands</b></li></ul> <p>1. Resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa 2. Accountability for corruption 3. Economic reforms 4. Access to essential services 5. Political reforms 6. Youth participation </p> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/2022_Sri_Lankan_protests" title="2022 Sri Lankan protests">Protests</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content plainlist" style="text-align:mid"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Occupy_Galle_Face" class="mw-redirect" title="Occupy Galle Face">Occupy Galle Face</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gotagogama" class="mw-redirect" title="Gotagogama">Gotagogama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Sri_Lankan_protests#Mynagogama" title="2022 Sri Lankan protests">Mynagogama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Sri_Lankan_protests#Black_Monday_attacks_on_protesters" title="2022 Sri Lankan protests">Black Monday attacks on protesters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Sri_Lankan_protests#Resignation_of_Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="2022 Sri Lankan protests">Resignation of Mahinda Rajapaksa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Sri_Lankan_protests#9_July:_Storming_of_President's_House" title="2022 Sri Lankan protests">Storming of President's House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exile_of_Gotabaya_Rajapaksa" title="Exile of Gotabaya Rajapaksa">Flight & Exile of Gotabaya Rajapaksa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Sri_Lankan_protests#Departures_to_foreign_states" title="2022 Sri Lankan protests">Flight of Rajapaksa family and associates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe#Crackdown_on_anti-government_protests" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Crackdown on protests</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Government overthrow</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content plainlist" style="text-align:mid"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/16th_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="16th Parliament of Sri Lanka">16th Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gotabaya_Rajapaksa#Presidency_(2019–2022)" title="Gotabaya Rajapaksa">Rajapaksa Administration</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Gotabaya_Rajapaksa_cabinet" title="First Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet">Rajapaksa cabinet I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Gotabaya_Rajapaksa_cabinet" title="Second Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet">II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Gotabaya_Rajapaksa_cabinet" title="Third Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet">III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Gotabaya_Rajapaksa_cabinet" title="Fourth Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet">IV</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2022 Sri Lankan presidential election">2022 Presidential election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe#Presidency_(2022–2024)" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Wickremesinghe Administration</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wickremesinghe_cabinet" title="Wickremesinghe cabinet">Wickremesinghe cabinet</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Elections of 2024</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content plainlist" style="text-align:mid"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2024_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2024 Sri Lankan presidential election">2024 Presidential</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Dissanayake_cabinet" title="First Dissanayake cabinet">Dissanayake cabinet</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2024 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2024 parliamentary</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/17th_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="17th Parliament of Sri Lanka">17th Parliament</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Elpitiya_Pradeshiya_Sabha_election" title="2024 Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha election">2024 Elpitiya</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Legacy</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Legacy</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content plainlist" style="text-align:mid"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Art_of_the_Aragalaya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Art of the Aragalaya (page does not exist)">Art of the Aragalaya</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-below hlist" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid; border-bottom:#aaa 1px solid;"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:A_coloured_voting_box.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/A_coloured_voting_box.svg/16px-A_coloured_voting_box.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/A_coloured_voting_box.svg/24px-A_coloured_voting_box.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/A_coloured_voting_box.svg/32px-A_coloured_voting_box.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="160" /></a></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Politics" title="Portal:Politics">Politics</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/16px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/24px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/32px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Sri_Lanka" title="Portal:Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Aragalaya" title="Template:Aragalaya"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Aragalaya" title="Template talk:Aragalaya"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Aragalaya" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Aragalaya"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Sri Lanka People's Front</b> (<a href="/wiki/Sinhala_language" title="Sinhala language">Sinhala</a>: <span lang="si">ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණ</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Sinhala-language romanization"><i lang="si-Latn">Śrī Laṃkā Podujana Peramuna</i></span>; <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a>: <span lang="ta">இலங்கை பொதுஜன முன்னணி</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Tamil-language romanization"><i lang="ta-Latn">Ilaṅkai Potujaṉa Muṉṉaṇi</i></span>), commonly known by its Sinhalese name <b>Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna</b> (<b>SLPP</b>), is a <a href="/wiki/Political_party_in_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Political party in Sri Lanka">political party in Sri Lanka</a>. It was the ruling party in Sri Lanka from 2019 to 2022 and was the largest party in <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Parliament of Sri Lanka">parliament</a> from 2020 to 2024.<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> Previously a <a href="/wiki/Minor_political_party" class="mw-redirect" title="Minor political party">minor political party</a> known as the <b>Sri Lanka National Front</b> (<b>SLNF</b>) and <b>Our Sri Lanka Freedom Front</b> (<b>OSLFF</b>), it was relaunched in 2016 as the SLPP and the party became the base for members of the <a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">United People's Freedom Alliance</a> loyal to its former leader <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Rajapaksa_family" title="Rajapaksa family">Rajapaksa family</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Jayakody_2017_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jayakody_2017-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The party was formed as a result of a split from the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a> (SLFP), a <a href="/wiki/Centre-left" class="mw-redirect" title="Centre-left">centre-left</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sinhalese_nationalist" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhalese nationalist">Sinhalese nationalist</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Post-colonial" class="mw-redirect" title="Post-colonial">post-colonial</a> party.<sup id="cite_ref-Srinivasan_2019_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Srinivasan_2019-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The SLPP borrowed some elements of the SLFP ideology but not its economic outlook,<sup id="cite_ref-Srinivasan_2019_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Srinivasan_2019-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is opposed to <a href="/wiki/Federalism_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Federalism in Sri Lanka">federalism in Sri Lanka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Jeyaraj_2019_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jeyaraj_2019-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The party is led by Mahinda Rajapaksa,<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> a former <a href="/wiki/President_of_Sri_Lanka" title="President of Sri Lanka">president of Sri Lanka</a>. <a href="/wiki/Sagara_Kariyawasam" title="Sagara Kariyawasam">Sagara Kariyawasam</a> is the general secretary of the party. <a href="/wiki/G._L._Peiris" title="G. L. Peiris">G. L. Peiris</a> was formerly the chairman of the party before defecting to form the <a href="/wiki/Freedom_People%27s_Congress" title="Freedom People's Congress">Freedom People's Congress</a>.<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> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sri_Lanka_National_Front">Sri Lanka National Front</h3></div> <p>The Sri Lanka National Front (Sri Lanka Jathika Peramuna) contested the <a href="/wiki/2001_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election</a> in 15 of the 22 <a href="/wiki/Electoral_districts_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Electoral districts of Sri Lanka">electoral districts</a> across the country. The party failed to win a single seat in the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Parliament of Sri Lanka">Parliament of Sri Lanka</a> after securing 719 votes (about 0.01% of all votes cast).<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The SLNF contested again in the <a href="/wiki/2004_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election</a> in 17 of the 22 electoral districts but once again failed to win any seats in Parliament after securing 493 votes (0.01%).<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> SLNF leader Wimal Geeganage contested the <a href="/wiki/2005_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2005 Sri Lankan presidential election">2005 Sri Lankan presidential election</a> and came in eighth after securing 6,639 votes (0.07%).<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>The SLNF contested the <a href="/wiki/2010_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election</a> in 19 of the 22 electoral districts but failed to win any seats in Parliament after securing 5,313 votes (0.07%) across the country.<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> Geeganage contested in the <a href="/wiki/2015_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2015 Sri Lankan presidential election">2015 Sri Lankan presidential election</a> and came in last place, at 19th, after securing 1,826 votes (0.02%).<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Our_Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Front">Our Sri Lanka Freedom Front</h3></div> <p>In 2015, the SLNF changed its name to Our Sri Lanka Freedom Front (Ape Sri Lanka Nidahas Peramuna) and its symbol from the cricket bat to a <a href="/wiki/Flower_bud" class="mw-redirect" title="Flower bud">flower bud</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In early 2016, OSLFF leader Geeganage hinted that a change in the party leadership was soon to come.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Founding">Founding</h3></div> <p>In November 2016, the OSLFF relaunched itself as the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, a <a href="/wiki/Political_front" class="mw-redirect" title="Political front">political front</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Opposition_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Joint Opposition (Sri Lanka)">Joint Opposition</a>, and appointed <a href="/wiki/G._L._Peiris" title="G. L. Peiris">G. L. Peiris</a>, the country's former <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Minister of Foreign Affairs (Sri Lanka)">minister of foreign affairs</a> and Rajapaksa ally, as its chairman.<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><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> Attorney <a href="/wiki/Sagara_Kariyawasam" title="Sagara Kariyawasam">Sagara Kariyawasam</a>, a former organizer of the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a> and attorney for former president Rajapaksa and his brother, former defense secretary <a href="/wiki/Gotabaya_Rajapaksa" title="Gotabaya Rajapaksa">Gotabaya Rajapaksa</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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><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> was appointed as the party secretary. The flower bud remained as the symbol of the party.<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><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> <a href="/wiki/Basil_Rajapaksa" title="Basil Rajapaksa">Basil Rajapaksa</a>, another brother of Rajapaksa, joined the SLPP shortly after it was relaunched.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Electoral_successes">Electoral successes</h3></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/2018_Sri_Lankan_local_elections" title="2018 Sri Lankan local elections">2018 Sri Lankan local elections</a>, in a surprise result, the SLPP won a 40% plurality of votes, emerging as the party with the most councilors and local authorities;<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> they won 239 <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Local government in Sri Lanka">Local Government Bodies</a> including Municipals Councils, Urban Councils, and Pradeshiya Sabhas.<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> The SLPP contested in the election under its flower bud symbol.<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 the <a href="/wiki/2019_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2019 Sri Lankan presidential election">2019 Sri Lankan presidential election</a>, the younger brother of the Rajapaksas contested in the elections as the SLPP candidate and later won the election and was sworn in as the new <a href="/wiki/President_of_Sri_Lanka" title="President of Sri Lanka">president of Sri Lanka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/2020_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election</a>, the SLPP won a landslide victory and a clear majority in the parliament, winning 116 seats in Parliament. Five members of the Rajapaksa family won seats in the parliament, and the former president Rajapaksa was sworn in as the new <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Prime Minister of Sri Lanka">prime minister of Sri Lanka</a>.<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> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Economic_crisis">Economic crisis</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_economic_crisis_(2019%E2%80%93present)" title="Sri Lankan economic crisis (2019–present)">Sri Lankan economic crisis (2019–present)</a></div> <p>The Rajapaksa administration introduced massive tax cuts in late 2019,<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> which lead to a drop in government revenue that was soon compounded with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw the island nation losing its lucrative US$3 billion tourism industry that put 200,000 out of work in 2020 and most of 2021. Although the export sector picked up by 2021 and tourism started picking up, it appeared that Sri Lanka was facing its most severe <a href="/wiki/Economic_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="Economic crisis">economic crisis</a> since its independence in 1948 due to the loss of revenue from tax cuts, rampant money printing and unsustainable borrowings. By end of 2021, Sri Lanka was facing a <a href="/wiki/Debt_crisis" title="Debt crisis">debt crisis</a> with a possibility of <a href="/wiki/Sovereign_default" title="Sovereign default">sovereign default</a>. According to a poll conducted by <a href="/wiki/Verit%C3%A9_Research" title="Verité Research">Verité Research</a> in March 2022, the government's approval rating had fallen to just 10% as a result of the crisis.<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> </p><p>Following severe shortages of fuel, the state owned <a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Electricity_Board" title="Ceylon Electricity Board">Ceylon Electricity Board</a> was forced to implement 10–13 hour power cuts across the island in late March. The SLPP government was beginning to grow increasingly unpopular. This triggered the <a href="/wiki/2022_Sri_Lankan_protests" title="2022 Sri Lankan protests">2022 Sri Lankan protests</a>, which demanded the resignation of <a href="/wiki/Gotabaya_Rajapaksa" title="Gotabaya Rajapaksa">Gotabaya Rajapaksa</a> and other key officials from the Rajapaksa family.<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><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> On 3 April, several ministers in the <a href="/wiki/Second_Gotabaya_Rajapaksa_cabinet" title="Second Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet">second Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet</a> submitted their resignations. This included three ministers from the Rajapaksa family: <a href="/wiki/Chamal_Rajapaksa" title="Chamal Rajapaksa">Chamal Rajapaksa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Basil_Rajapaksa" title="Basil Rajapaksa">Basil Rajapaksa</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Namal_Rajapaksa" title="Namal Rajapaksa">Namal Rajapaksa</a>.<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> The president was to announce the new cabinet the following day. On 18 April, Rajapaksa appointed 17 new cabinet members, selected among his party members. This move was seen as a sign of Rajapaksa's lack of willingness to listen and adhere to the protesters' demands.<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> </p><p>On 9 May, Rajapaksa tendered his resignation as prime minister to the president.<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> Rajapaksa was heavily criticised by netizens and the public for resigning after instigating violence against peaceful protests.<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> <a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a> was sworn in as the new prime minister on 12 May. Eventually, protests peaked on 9 July, after large numbers of protesters gathered at Chatham Street, near the <a href="/wiki/President%27s_House,_Colombo" title="President's House, Colombo">President's House, Colombo</a>, demanding his immediate resignation. Protesters also broke into the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Secretariat_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Presidential Secretariat (Sri Lanka)">Presidential Secretariat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Temple_Trees" title="Temple Trees">Temple Trees</a>, the prime minister's official residence,<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> and gathered around the private residence at <a href="/wiki/115_Fifth_Lane" title="115 Fifth Lane">115 Fifth Lane</a> of Wickremesinghe. The <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka">speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka</a> issued a statement that night that Rajapaksa would resign from office on 13 July.<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><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> Political parties including the country's <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Sri Lanka)">opposition</a> agreed to form an all-party interim government after the president's resignation.<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><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> Wickremesinghe also announced that he would be willing to resign as prime minister, saying that he would do so once a new government was formed.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Self-exile_and_resignation_of_Gotabaya_Rajapaksa">Self-exile and resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa</h4></div> <p>On the morning of 13 July, Rajapaksa fled Sri Lanka and appointed Wickremesinghe as acting president in his absence. Rajapaksa emailed a letter of resignation to the speaker of the parliament on 14 July the next day, thus marking the end of Rajapaksa's presidency.<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> The news of his resignation was celebrated by the public mainly at <a href="/wiki/Galle_Face_Green" title="Galle Face Green">Galle Face</a> and also in the other parts of Colombo.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 15 July, the parliamentary speaker <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Yapa_Abeywardena" title="Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena">Mahinda Yapa Abewardhana</a> announced the official resignation of Rajapaksa.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wickremesinghe was officially sworn in as the acting president,<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> and was later elected in the <a href="/wiki/2022_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2022 Sri Lankan presidential election">2022 Sri Lankan presidential election</a> by the Parliament of Sri Lanka to complete the remainder of Rajapaksa's term.<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>During the 2022 Sri Lankan presidential election, <a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Gunawardena" title="Dinesh Gunawardena">Dinesh Gunawardena</a> temporarily succeeded Mahinda Rajapaksa as the <i>de facto</i> leader of the SLPP.<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> Gunawardena would later become Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. On 15 December 2023, the National Convention of the SLPP was held, in which Mahinda Rajapaksa was reappointed as the party leader.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2024_presidential_election">2024 presidential election</h3></div> <p>In 2024, there was much speculation whether the SLPP would field its own candidate or endorse incumbent president <a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2024_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2024 Sri Lankan presidential election">2024 presidential election</a>. In late July 2024, the SLPP announced that it would not endorse Wickremesinghe in the election.<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> On 7 August 2024, the SLPP announced <a href="/wiki/Namal_Rajapaksa" title="Namal Rajapaksa">Namal Rajapaksa</a>, son of Mahinda Rajapaksa, as its candidate in the 2024 presidential election. He was the youngest candidate in the election.<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> Rajapaksa was eliminated after the first vote count, placing 4th behind <a href="/wiki/Anura_Kumara_Dissanayake" title="Anura Kumara Dissanayake">Anura Kumara Dissanayake</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sajith_Premadasa" title="Sajith Premadasa">Sajith Premadasa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a> and winning only 2.57% of the popular vote.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2024_Parliamentary_election"><a href="/wiki/2024_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2024 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2024 Parliamentary election</a></h3></div> <p>From the election results so far it is apparent that the <a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Power" title="National People's Power">NPP</a> is on the threshold of obtaining a two-thirds majority in Parliament , or fall slightly short. The SLPP managed to secure only 3 seats including one bonus seat (national list) in the Parliament through the results of the 2024 Election. The number of total votes obtained by the SLPP, once the largest party in Parliament from 2020 to 2024, was only 350,429 (3.14%) in this year’s parliamentary poll.<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> </p><p>If the NPP gets a two-thirds majority, it is the first time under the Proportional Representation system that one party has got a two thirds majority in Parliament. In <a href="/wiki/2010_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2010</a> the <a href="/w/index.php?title=United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="United People's Freedom Alliance (Sri Lanka) (page does not exist)">United People's Freedom Alliance</a> and in 2020 the SLPP fell just short of a two thirds and had to get the support of some opposition members to get a two thirds majority.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ideology">Ideology</h2></div> <p>The SLPP split from the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a> (SLFP), a <a href="/wiki/Centre-left" class="mw-redirect" title="Centre-left">centre-left</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sinhalese_nationalist" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhalese nationalist">Sinhalese nationalist</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Post-colonial" class="mw-redirect" title="Post-colonial">post-colonial</a> party, which political scientist <a href="/wiki/Jayadeva_Uyangoda" title="Jayadeva Uyangoda">Jayadeva Uyangoda</a> described as "a progressive, social democratic, centre-left political party, that made tremendous contribution to social change and democracy".<sup id="cite_ref-Srinivasan_2019_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Srinivasan_2019-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The SLPP borrowed the elements of nationalism from the SLFP but not its economic outlook.<sup id="cite_ref-Srinivasan_2019_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Srinivasan_2019-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The party is opposed to <a href="/wiki/Federalism_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Federalism in Sri Lanka">federalism in Sri Lanka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Jeyaraj_2019_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jeyaraj_2019-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, the SLPP began to outperform the SLFP, which did not field a candidate in the <a href="/wiki/2019_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2019 Sri Lankan presidential election">2019 presidential election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Srinivasan_2019_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Srinivasan_2019-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The split and rightward turn of the SLPP,<sup id="cite_ref-Jayatilleka_2017_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jayatilleka_2017-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which moved towards <a href="/wiki/Neo-nationalism" title="Neo-nationalism">neo-nationalism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Right-wing_populism" title="Right-wing populism">right-wing populism</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Gunawardena_2019_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gunawardena_2019-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Jayasuriya_2019_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jayasuriya_2019-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> corresponded with the shifts of the nation's two other major parties: <a href="/wiki/Anura_Kumara_Dissanayake" title="Anura Kumara Dissanayake">Anura Kumara Dissanayake</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Leftist" class="mw-redirect" title="Leftist">leftist</a> <a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna</a> moved closer to <a href="/wiki/Social_democracy" title="Social democracy">social democracy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Democratic_socialism" title="Democratic socialism">democratic socialism</a>, while <a href="/wiki/Sajith_Premadasa" title="Sajith Premadasa">Sajith Premadasa</a>'s free-market oriented <a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a> (and later the <a href="/wiki/Samagi_Jana_Balawegaya" title="Samagi Jana Balawegaya">Samagi Jana Balawegaya</a>) became more supportive of <a href="/wiki/Welfare" class="mw-redirect" title="Welfare">welfare</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Srinivasan_2019_11-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Srinivasan_2019-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Uyangoda described the SLPP as "a right wing, neo-conservative party that favours authoritarianism", and commented: "Though ironically created by the SLFP, the SLPP doesn't replace it, it merely displaces it. The SLPP will undoubtedly tread a free market-oriented path but have Mahinda Rajapaksa to disguise its policy in state-capitalist rhetoric."<sup id="cite_ref-Srinivasan_2019_11-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Srinivasan_2019-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ahead of the 2019 elections, Deshika Elapata, a junior researcher of the European Institute for Asian Studies, described the SLPP as "a socially right-wing and economically left-wing party rooted in Sinhalese nationalism and social democracy".<sup id="cite_ref-Elapata_2019_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elapata_2019-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Presidential">Presidential</h3></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Election year </th> <th>Candidate </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th> <th>Result </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/2005_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2005 Sri Lankan presidential election"><b>2005</b></a></td> <td>Wimal Geeganage</td> <td align="right">6,639</td> <td align="right">0.07%</td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Lost </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/2015_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2015 Sri Lankan presidential election"><b>2015</b></a></td> <td>Wimal Geeganage</td> <td align="right">1,826</td> <td align="right">0.02%</td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Lost </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/2019_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2019 Sri Lankan presidential election"><b>2019</b></a></td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Gotabaya_Rajapaksa" title="Gotabaya Rajapaksa">Gotabaya Rajapaksa</a></b></td> <td align="right"><b>6,924,255</b></td> <td align="right"><b>52.25%</b></td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/2022_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2022 Sri Lankan presidential election"><b>2022</b></a><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><b>Supported <a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a></b> </td> <td align="right"><b>134 (E.V)</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>61.19%</b> </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dullas_Alahapperuma" title="Dullas Alahapperuma">Dullas Alahapperuma</a></td> <td align="right">82 (E.V)</td> <td align="right">37.44%</td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Lost </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/2024_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2024 Sri Lankan presidential election"><b>2024</b></a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Namal_Rajapaksa" title="Namal Rajapaksa">Namal Rajapaksa</a></td> <td align="right">342,781</td> <td align="right">2.57%</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></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/2001_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2001</a> </th> <td align="center">719 </td> <td align="center">0.01% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 225</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #87171A; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td>Wimal Geeganage </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Extra-parliamentary </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2004_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2004</a> </th> <td align="center">493 </td> <td align="center">0.01% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 225</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #87171A; width: 0%; 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> </td> <td>Wimal Geeganage </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Extra-parliamentary </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2010_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2010</a> </th> <td align="center">5,313 </td> <td align="center">0.07% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 225</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #87171A; width: 0%; 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> </td> <td>Wimal Geeganage </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Extra-parliamentary </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2020_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2020</a> </th> <td>6,853,690 </td> <td>59.09% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">100 / 225</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #87171A; width: 44%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> <small>(As a single party)</small> <div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">145 / 225</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #87171A; width: 64%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> <small>(All seats won by the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance">Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance</a>)</small> </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> 100 </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> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2024 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2024</a> </th> <td>350,429 </td> <td>3.14% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">3 / 225</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #87171A; width: 1%; 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> 142 </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-heading3"><h3 id="Local">Local</h3></div> <table class="sortable wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Election year </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>Vote % </th> <th>Councillors </th> <th>Local Authorities </th> <th>+/– </th> <th>Leader </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2018_Sri_Lankan_local_elections" title="2018 Sri Lankan local elections">2018</a> </th> <td align="center">5,006,837 </td> <td align="center">40.47% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">3,436 / 8,327</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #87171A; width: 41%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">231 / 340</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #87171A; width: 68%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><i>New</i> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2019_Elpitiya_Pradeshiya_Sabha_election" title="2019 Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha election">2019 (Elpitiya)</a> </th> <td align="center">23,372 </td> <td align="center">56.3% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">17 / 29</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #87171A; width: 59%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 1</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #87171A; width: 100%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Elpitiya_Pradeshiya_Sabha_election" title="2024 Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha election">2024 (Elpitiya)</a> </th> <td align="center">3,597 </td> <td align="center">9.91% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">3 / 30</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #87171A; width: 10%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 1</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #87171A; width: 0%; 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> 14 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2018_Sri_Lankan_constitutional_crisis" title="2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis">2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Sri_Lankan_political_crisis" title="2022 Sri Lankan political crisis">2022 Sri Lankan political crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Sri_Lankan_protests" title="2022 Sri Lankan protests">2022 Sri Lankan protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajapaksa_family" title="Rajapaksa family">Rajapaksa family</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-69"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-69">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">This was an <a href="/wiki/Indirect_election" title="Indirect election">indirect election</a>. 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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 navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Ilankai_Tamil_Arasu_Kachchi" title="Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi">Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="New Democratic Front (Sri Lanka)">NDF</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Workers%27_Congress" title="Ceylon Workers' Congress">Ceylon Workers' Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna">Mahajana Eksath Peramuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Unity_Alliance" title="National Unity Alliance">National Unity Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Congress_(Sri_Lanka)" title="National Congress (Sri Lanka)">National Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="New Lanka Freedom Party">New Lanka Freedom Party</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Mahajana_Pakshaya" title="Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya">Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></b></li></ul></li> <li><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sarvajana_Balaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sarvajana Balaya">Sarvajana Balaya</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mawbima_Janatha_Pakshaya" title="Mawbima Janatha Pakshaya">Mawbima Janatha Pakshaya</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Tamil_National_Alliance" title="Democratic Tamil National Alliance">DTNA</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization" title="Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization">Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tamil_National_People%27s_Front" title="Tamil National People's Front">TNPF</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All_Ceylon_Tamil_Congress" title="All Ceylon Tamil Congress">All Ceylon Tamil Congress</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Labour_Party" title="Sri Lanka Labour Party">Sri Lanka Labour Party</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others outside parliament</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bahujana_Nidahas_Peramuna" title="Bahujana Nidahas Peramuna">Bahujana Nidahas Peramuna</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bodu_Jana_Peramuna&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bodu Jana Peramuna (page does not exist)">Bodu Jana Peramuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Communist_Party_(Maoist)" title="Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist)">Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Democratic_Unity_Alliance" title="Ceylon Democratic Unity Alliance">Ceylon Democratic Unity Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Communist Party of Sri Lanka">Communist Party of Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crusaders_for_Democracy" title="Crusaders for Democracy">Crusaders for Democracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Left_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Democratic Left Front (Sri Lanka)">Democratic Left Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Democratic Party (Sri Lanka)">Democratic Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_United_National_Front" title="Democratic United National Front">Democratic United National Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unity_Alliance" title="Democratic Unity Alliance">Democratic Unity Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eelam_National_Democratic_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front">Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Democratic_Party" title="Eelam People's Democratic Party">Eelam People's Democratic Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Revolutionary_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front">Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front</a> (Padmanaba)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_People%27s_Front" title="Freedom People's Front">Freedom People's Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontline_Socialist_Party" title="Frontline Socialist Party">Frontline Socialist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Janatha_Sevaka_Pakshaya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Janatha Sevaka Pakshaya (page does not exist)">Janatha Sevaka Pakshaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jathika_Hela_Urumaya" title="Jathika Hela Urumaya">Jathika Hela Urumaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jathika_Nidahas_Peramuna" title="Jathika Nidahas Peramuna">Jathika Nidahas Peramuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lanka_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Lanka Sama Samaja Party">Lanka Sama Samaja Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lanka_Sama_Samaja_Party_(Alternative_Group)" title="Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Alternative Group)">Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Alternative Group)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Liberal Democratic Party (Sri Lanka)">Liberal Democratic Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motherland_People%27s_Party" title="Motherland People's Party">Motherland People's Party</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Democratic_Movement_(Sri_Lanka)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Democratic Movement (Sri Lanka) (page does not exist)">National Democratic Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nava_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Nava Sama Samaja Party">Nava Sama Samaja Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist_Party" title="New Democratic Marxist–Leninist Party">New Democratic Marxist–Leninist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Sinhala_Heritage" title="New Sinhala Heritage">New Sinhala Heritage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Power_of_People%27s_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Our Power of People's Party">Our Power of People's Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Organisation_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam">People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_People%27s_Liberation_Front" title="Democratic People's Liberation Front">Democratic People's Liberation Front</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Tamil_Congress" title="People's Tamil Congress">People's Tamil Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pivithuru_Hela_Urumaya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (page does not exist)">Pivithuru Hela Urumaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Workers_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Revolutionary Workers Party (Sri Lanka)">Revolutionary Workers Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siva_Senai" title="Siva Senai">Siva Senai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Social Democratic Party of Sri Lanka">Social Democratic Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Equality_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)">Socialist Equality Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Socialist Party of Sri Lanka">Socialist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Makkal_Viduthalai_Pulikal" title="Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal">Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_People%27s_National_Alliance" title="Tamil People's National Alliance">Tamil People's National Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_United_Liberation_Front" title="Tamil United Liberation Front">Tamil United Liberation Front</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Citizen%E2%80%99s_Front&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="United Citizen’s Front (page does not exist)">United Citizen’s Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Republican_Front" title="United Republican Front">United Republican Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Socialist_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)">United Socialist Party</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former political parties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All_Ceylon_Islamic_United_Front" title="All Ceylon Islamic United Front">All Ceylon Islamic United Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Ceylon_Malay_Political_Union" title="All Ceylon Malay Political Union">All Ceylon Malay Political Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aziz_Democratic_Workers_Congress" title="Aziz Democratic Workers Congress">Aziz Democratic Workers Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolshevik_Samasamaja_Party" title="Bolshevik Samasamaja Party">Bolshevik Samasamaja Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhist_Republican_Party" title="Buddhist Republican Party">Buddhist Republican Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Labour_Party" title="Ceylon Labour Party">Ceylon Labour Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceylon_National_Congress" title="Ceylon National Congress">Ceylon National Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jathika_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Jathika Vimukthi Peramuna">Jathika Vimukthi Peramuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lanka_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Lanka Democratic Party">Lanka Democratic Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lanka_Mahajana_Sabha" title="Lanka Mahajana Sabha">Lanka Mahajana Sabha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lanka_Sama_Samaja_Party_(Revolutionary)" title="Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Revolutionary)">Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Revolutionary)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Front_of_Liberation_Tigers" title="People's Front of Liberation Tigers">People's Front of Liberation Tigers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinhala_Maha_Sabha" title="Sinhala Maha Sabha">Sinhala Maha Sabha</a></li> <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_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Sri Lanka Sama Samaja Party">Sri Lanka Sama Samaja Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Lanka_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="United Lanka Congress">United Lanka Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viplavakari_Lanka_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party">Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former political alliances</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a>-led alliances <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna_(1956)" title="Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (1956)">Mahajana Eksath Peramuna</a> (1956–1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United Front (Sri Lanka)">United Front</a> (1968–1977)</li> 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