List of political parties in Sri Lanka
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This article lists political parties in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party. In the last decades, the United National Party and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party have been the largest parties by far. The general rule, however, has become coalition politics, since neither SLFP nor UNP are able to gather parliamentary majorities. Tamil areas are generally dominated by Tamil parties.
Alliances
Parliamentary alliances
Alliance | Sinhala name | Tamil name | Symbol | Founded | Leader | |
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Tamil National Alliance | දෙමළ ජාතික සන්ධානය | தமிழ்த் தேசியக் கூட்டமைப்பு | N/A[lower-alpha 1] | 20 October 2001 | R. Sampanthan | |
United National Front for Good Governance | එක්සත් යහපාලන ජාතික පෙරමුණ | நல்லாட்சிக்கான ஐக்கிய தேசிய முன்னணி | N/A[lower-alpha 2] | 2005 | Ranil Wickremesinghe | |
United People's Freedom Alliance | එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් සන්ධානය | ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சுதந்திரக் கூட்டணி | Betel Leaf | 20 January 2004 | Maithripala Sirisena |
Extra-parliamentary alliances
Alliance | Sinhala name | Tamil name | Symbol | Founded | Leader | |
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Democratic Tamil National Front | ஜனநாயக தமிழ்த் தேசிய முன்னணி | N/A | 4 May 2016 | V. Anandasangaree | ||
Tamil National People's Front | ද්රවිඩ ජාතික ජනතා පෙරමුණ | தமிழ்த் தேசியத்திற்கான மக்கள் முன்னணி | N/A[lower-alpha 3] | 28 February 2010 | Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam |
Defunct/dormant alliances
Alliance | Sinhala name | Tamil name | Symbol | Founded | Dissolved | Notes | |
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Democratic National Alliance | ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී ජාතික සන්ධානය | சனநாயகத் தேசியக் கூட்டணி | Trophy | 22 November 2009 | |||
Democratic Tamil National Alliance[lower-alpha 4] | ජනනායක තමිළ් තේසිය කුට්ටනි | ஜனநாயக தமிழ் தேசிய கூட்டணி | Brass Lamp | Most members have joined the TNA | |||
Left Liberation Front[lower-alpha 5] | இடது விடுதலை முன்னணி | N/A | 1998 | ||||
National Unity Alliance | N/A | 1999 | 2010 | ||||
People's Alliance | පොදු ජන එක්සත් පෙරමුණ | மக்கள் கூட்டணி | Chair | 1994 | Most members have joined the UPFA | ||
Socialist Alliance | සමාජවාදී ජනතා පෙරමුණ | சோஷலிஸ மக்கள் முன்னணி | Clay Lamp | 2006 | All members part of the UPFA | ||
Tamil National Liberation Alliance | N/A | 22 February 2010 | 25 June 2011 | Members have joined the TNA | |||
Tamil Progressive Alliance | தமிழ் முற்போக்கு கூட்டணி | N/A | 3 June 2015 | All members part of the UNFGG | |||
United National Front | එක්සත් ජාතික පෙරමුණ, ශ්රී ලංකාව | ஐக்கிய தேசிய முன்னணி | N/A[lower-alpha 6] | 21 October 2001 | Most members have joined the UNFGG |
Parties
Parliamentary parties
Party | Sinhala name | Tamil name | Symbol | Alliance | Founded | Leader | |
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All Ceylon Makkal Congress[lower-alpha 7] | සමස්ත ලංකා මුස්ලිම් කොංග්රසය | அகில இலங்கை மக்கள் காங்கிரசு | Peacock | UNFGG | 2005 | Rishad Bathiudeen | |
Ceylon Workers' Congress[lower-alpha 8] | ලංකා කම්කරු කොංග්රසය | இலங்கை தொழிலாளர் காங்கிரஸ் | Cockerel | UPFA | 1939 | Arumugam Thondaman | |
Communist Party of Sri Lanka | ශ්රී ලංකාවේ කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂය | இலங்கை கம்யூனிஸ்ட் கட்சி | Star | UPFA/ SA | 1943 | D. E. W. Gunasekera | |
Democratic Left Front | ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී වාමාංශික පෙරමුණ | ஜனநாயக இடதுசாரி முன்னணி | Clock | UPFA/ SA | 1999 | Vasudeva Nanayakkara | |
Democratic National Movement[lower-alpha 9] | ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී ජනතා ව්යාපරය | ருஹுணு ஜனதா பக்ஷய | Motor Car | UNFGG | Aruna de Zoysa | ||
Democratic People's Front[lower-alpha 10] | ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී ජනතා පෙරමුණ | ஜனநாயக மக்கள் முன்னணி | Ladder | UNFGG/ TPA | Mano Ganesan | ||
Democratic People's Liberation Front[lower-alpha 11] | ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ | ஜனநாயக மக்கள் விடுதலை முன்னணி | Anchor | TNA | 1988 | D. Siddarthan | |
Eelam People's Democratic Party | ඊලාම් ජනතා ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී පක්ෂය | ஈழ மக்கள் ஜனநாயகக் கட்சி | Veena | UPFA/ DTNF | November 1987 | Douglas Devananda | |
Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front | ඊලාම් ජනතා විප්ලවවාදී විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ | ழமக்கள் புரட்சிகர விடுதலை முன்னணி | Flower | TNA | 1980 | Suresh Premachandran | |
Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[lower-alpha 12] | ඉලංගෙයි තමිළ් අරසු කච්චි | இலங்கைத் தமிழரசுக் கட்சி | House | TNA | 18 December 1949 | Mavai Senathirajah | |
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ | மக்கள் விடுதலை முன்னணி | Bell | N/A | 14 May 1965 | Anura Kumara Dissanayake | |
Jathika Hela Urumaya | ජාතික හෙළ උරුමය | ஜாதிக எல உறுமய | Conch Shell | UNFGG | February 2004 | Omalpe Sobhitha Thero | |
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | මහජන එක්සත් පෙරමුණ | மகாஜன எக்சத் பெரமுன | Cartwheel | UPFA | 1959 | Dinesh Gunawardena | |
National Freedom Front | ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණ | தேசிய சுதந்திர முன்னணி | Panchaudaya | UPFA | 2008 | Wimal Weerawansa | |
National Union of Workers | ජාතික කම්කරු සංගමය | தொழிலாளர் தேசிய சங்கம் | N/A | UNFGG/ TPA | Palani Digambaran | ||
Pivithuru Hela Urumaya | N/A | UPFA | Udaya Gammanpila | ||||
Sri Lanka Freedom Party | ශ්රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය | இலங்கை சுதந்திரக் கட்சி | Hand | UPFA | 2 December 1951 | Maithripala Sirisena | |
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | ශ්රී ලංකා මුස්ලිම් කොංග්රසය | சிறீலங்கா முஸ்லிம் காங்கிரசு | Tree | UNFGG | 1981 | Rauff Hakeem | |
Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization | ද්රවිඩ ඊලම් විමුක්ති සංවිධානය | தமிழீழ விடுதலை இயக்கம் | Light House | TNA | 1979 | Selvam Adaikalanathan | |
United Left Front | N/A | UNFGG | Jayampathy Wickramaratne | ||||
United National Party | එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය | ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி | Elephant | UNFGG | 6 September 1946 | Ranil Wickremesinghe | |
Up-Country People's Front | කඳුරට ජනතා පෙරමුණ | மலையக மக்கள் முன்னணி | Mammoty | UNFGG/ TPA | 1989 | V. Radhakrishnan |
Other registered parties
Party | Sinhala name | Tamil name | Symbol | Alliance | Founded | Leader | |
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All Are Citizens All Are Kings Organization | ඔක්කොම වැසියෝ ඔක්කොම රජවරු සංවිධානය | ஒக்கொம வெஸியோ ஒக்கொம ரஜவரு அமைப்பு | Till | N/A | M. B. Thaminimulla | ||
All Lanka Tamil Great Council[lower-alpha 13] | අඛිල ඉලඞ්කෛයි ද්රවිඩ මහාසභා | அகில இலங்கை தமிழர் மகாசபை | Ship | N/A | December 2005 | K. Vigneswaran | |
All Ceylon Tamil Congress | අකිල ඉලංකෙයි තමිල් කොංග්රස් | அகில இலங்கைத் தமிழ்க் காங்கிரஸ் | Bicycle | TNPF | 29 August 1944 | Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam | |
Buddhist People's Front | බොදු ජන පෙරමුණ | பொது ஜன பெரமுண | Cobra | N/A | |||
Citizen's Front | පුරවැසි පෙරමුණ | பிரஜைகள் முன்னணி | Omnibus | UPFA | Sri Ranga Jeyaratnam | ||
Democratic Party | ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී පක්ෂය | சனநாயகக் கட்சி | Flaming Torch | 1 April 2013 | |||
Democratic United National Front | ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී එක්සත් ජාතික පෙරමුණ | ஜனநாயக ஐக்கிய தேசிய முன்னணி | Eagle | N/A | 1990 | Ariyawansa Dissanayake | |
Democratic Unity Alliance | එක්සත් ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී සන්ධානය | ஜனநாயக ஐக்கிய முன்னணி | Two Leaves | N/A | |||
Desha Vimukthi Janatha Pakshaya | දේශ විමුක්ති ජනතා පක්ෂය | தேச விமுக்தி ஜனதா பக்ஷய | Ear of Paddy | UPFA/ SA | 1988 | ||
Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (Padmanaba wing)[lower-alpha 14] | ඊලාම් ජනතා විප්ලවවාදී විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ | ழமக்கள் புரட்சிகர விடுதலை முன்னணி | Candle | N/A | 2000 | T. Sridharan, Varatharaja Perumal | |
Eelavar Democratic Front[lower-alpha 15] | ඊලවර් ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී පෙරමුණ | ஈழவர் ஜனநாயக முன்னணி | Plough | UPFA/ DTNF | |||
Frontline Socialist Party | පෙරටුගාමී සමාජවාදී පක්ෂය | முன்னிலை சோசலிசக் கட்சி | Sledgehammer | N/A | 9 April 2012 | ||
Green Party of Sri Lanka | ශ්රී ලංකා හරිත පක්ෂය | இலங்கை பசுமைக் கட்சி | Goblet | N/A | |||
Lanka Sama Samaja Party | ලංකා සම සමාජ පක්ෂය | லங்கா சமசமாஜக் கட்சி | Key | UPFA/ SA | 18 December 1935 | ||
Liberal Party of Sri Lanka | ලිබරල් පක්ෂය | லிபரல் கட்சி | Book | N/A | 1987 | Rajiva Wijesinha | |
Motherland People's Party[lower-alpha 16] | මව්බිම ජනතා පක්ෂය | மௌவ்பிம ஜனதா பக்ஷய | Aeroplane | N/A | 2009 | Harischandra Wijayatunga | |
Muslim National Alliance | මුස්ලිම් ජාතික සන්ධානය | முஸ்லிம் தேசிய கூட்டமைப்பு | Pair of Scales | N/A | |||
National Congress[lower-alpha 17] | ජාතික කොංග්රසය | தேசிய காங்கிரஸ் | Horse | UPFA | A. L. M. Athaullah | ||
National Development Front | ජාතික සංවර්ධන පෙරමුණ | ஜாதிக சங்வர்தன பெரமுன | Coconut | N/A | Achala Asoka Suraweera | ||
National Peoples Party | ජාතික ජනතා පක්ෂය | தேசிய மக்கள் கட்சி | Electric Bulb | N/A | |||
Nationalities Unity Organisation | ජාතීන්ගේ සමඟි සංවිධානය | தேசிய இனங்களின் ஐக்கியத்துக்கான அமைப்பு | Umbrella | N/A | |||
Nava Sama Samaja Party | නව සමසමාජ පක්ෂය | நவ சம சமாஜக் கட்சி | Table | LLF | 1977 | Vikramabahu Karunaratne | |
New Democratic Front | නව ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී පෙරමුණ | புதிய சனநாயக முன்னணி | Swan | N/A | Shamila Perera | ||
New Sinhala Heritage | නව සිහළ උරුමය | நவ சிஹல உறுமய | Bow & Arrow | N/A | 2006 | Sarath Manamendra | |
Our National Front | අපේ ජාතික පෙරමුණ | எமது தேசிய முன்னணி | Telephone | N/A | 2009 | Upulangani Malagamuwa | |
People's Welfare Front | ජන සෙත පෙරමුණ | ஜனசெத பெரமுண | Tractor | N/A | |||
Socialist Equality Party[lower-alpha 18] | සමාජවාදී සමානතා පක්ෂය | சோசலிச சமத்துவக் கட்சி | Pair of Scissors | N/A | 1968 | ||
Sri Lanka Labour Party | ශ්රී ලංකා කම්කරු පක්ෂය | ஸ்ரீலங்கா தொழிலாளர் கட்சி | Kangaroo | N/A | |||
Sri Lanka National Force[lower-alpha 19] | ශ්රී ලංකා ජාතික බලය | ஸ்ரீ லங்கா தேசிய சக்தி | Flag | N/A | |||
Sri Lanka People's Front[lower-alpha 20] | Flower Bud | N/A | Wimal Geeganage | ||||
Sri Lanka People's Party | ශ්රී ලංකා මහජන පක්ෂය | இலங்கை மக்கள் கட்சி | Eye | UPFA/ SA | 22 January 1984 | ||
Sri Lanka Progressive Front | ශ්රී ලංකා ප්රගතිශීලී පෙරමුණ | ஸ்ரீலங்கா முற்போக்கு முன்னணி | Flower Vase | UPFA | 1996 | J. A. Peter Nelson Perera | |
Sri Lanka Vanguard Party | ශ්රී ලංකා පෙරටුගාමී පක්ෂය | இலங்கை முன்னிலை கட்சி | Envelope | N/A | |||
Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal | තමිළ් මක්කල් විඩුදලෛප් පුළිකල් | தமிழ் மக்கள் விடுதலைப் புலிகள் | Boat | UPFA | 2004 | S. Chandrakanthan | |
Tamil United Liberation Front[lower-alpha 21] | ද්රවිඩ එක්සත් විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ | தமிழர் விடுதலைக் கூட்டணி | Sun | DTNF | 4 May 1972 | V. Anandasangaree | |
United Democratic Front | එක්සත් ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී පෙරමුණ | ஐக்கிய ஜனநாயக முன்னணி | Rabbit | N/A | |||
United Lanka People's Party | එක්සත් ලංකා පොදුජන පක්ෂය | எக்சத் லங்கா பொதுஜன பக்ஷய | Cup | N/A | |||
United Peace Front[lower-alpha 22] | එක්සත් සාම පෙරමුණ | ஐக்கிய சமாதான முன்னணி | Butterfly | N/A | |||
United People's Party | එක්සත් මහජන පක්ෂය | ஐக்கிய மக்கள் கட்சி | Mobile Phone | N/A | |||
United Socialist Party | එක්සත් සමාජවාදි පකෂය | ஐக்கிய சோசலிச கட்சி | Tri-shaw | N/A | 1989 | Siritunga Jayasuriya |
Unregistered parties
Party | Sinhala name | Tamil name | Alliance | Founded | Leader | |
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Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist) | N/A | 1964 | ||||
Ceylon Democratic Unity Alliance | N/A | 2002 | T. V. Chennan | |||
Democratic National Front | UPFA/ DTNF | N. Kumaraguruparan | ||||
Democratic People's Congress | UPFA/ DTNF | Praba Ganesan | ||||
Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front | ඊළාම් ජාතික ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ | ஈழ தேசிய ஜனநாய விடுதலை முன்னணி | N/A | 1987 | ||
Muslim Tamil National Alliance | UNFGG | Azath Salley | ||||
National Front for Good Governance | UNFGG | Abdul Rahman | ||||
People's Freedom Front | N/A | 1991 | ||||
People's Liberation Solidarity Front | N/A | 1997 | Kamal Karunadasa | |||
People’s Servants Party | ජනතා සේවක පක්ෂය | N/A | June 2015 | |||
People's Tamil Congress | N/A | L. P. Shanmuganathan | ||||
Revolutionary Workers Party[lower-alpha 23] | N/A | 1968 | ||||
Socialist Party of Sri Lanka | N/A | 2006 | ||||
United Citizens’ Front | UPFA | Tissa Attanayake | ||||
United Lanka Great Council | N/A | Nath Amarakone | ||||
United National Alternative Front | N/A | 2000 |
Defunct parties
Party | Sinhala name | Tamil name | Founded | Dissolved | Notes | |
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All Ceylon Islamic United Front | 1960 | |||||
All Ceylon Malay Political Union | 1944 | |||||
Aziz Democratic Workers Congress | ||||||
Bolshevik Samasamaja Party[lower-alpha 24] | 1948 | 1950 | Absorbed into the Lanka Sama Samaja Party | |||
Buddhist Republican Party | 1952 | |||||
Ceylon National Congress | இலங்கை தேசிய காங்கிரஸ் | 11 December 1919 | ||||
Lanka Democratic Party | இலங்கை சனநாயகக் கட்சி | Absorbed into the Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party | ||||
Lanka Mahajana Sabha | 1919 | |||||
Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Alternative Group) | ||||||
Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Revolutionary) | 1964 | |||||
Muslim United Liberation Front | ||||||
National Alliance | ||||||
National Democratic Movement | ||||||
National Democratic People's Alliance | தேசிய ஜனநாயக மக்கள் கூட்டமைப்பு | 4 February 2008 | ||||
National Liberation Front | ||||||
New Democratic Party | ||||||
New National Front | 2011 | |||||
People's Front of Liberation Tigers | விடுதலைப் புலிகள் மக்கள் முன்னணி | 1989 | ||||
Sinhala Heritage | Absorbed into the Jathika Hela Urumaya | |||||
Sinhala Maha Sabha | සිංහල මහා සභා | சிங்கள மகா சபை | 1936 | Absorbed into the United National Party | ||
Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party | 1964 | Absorbed into the United National Party | ||||
Sri Lanka National Congress | 2009 | 2011 | Absorbed into the Sri Lanka Freedom Party | |||
Sri Lanka Sama Samaja Party | 1982 | 1983 | Absorbed into the Sri Lanka Freedom Party | |||
United Lanka Congress | ||||||
United Muslim People's Alliance | ||||||
United National Alliance | ||||||
Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party | 1950 | 1959 | Absorbed into the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | |||
Workers' Liberation Front | කම්කරැ පක්ෂය |
Notes
- ↑ The TNA contests under the name and house symbol of the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi.
- ↑ The UNFGG contests under the name and elephant symbol of the United National Party.
- ↑ The TNPF contests under the name and bicycle symbol of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress.
- ↑ Formerly Tamil Democratic National Alliance.
- ↑ Formerly New Left Front, Left Front.
- ↑ The UNF contests under the name and elephant symbol of the United National Party.
- ↑ Formerly All Ceylon Muslim Congress.
- ↑ Formerly Ceylon Indian Congress.
- ↑ Formerly Ruhuna People's Party.
- ↑ Formerly Western People's Front.
- ↑ Political wing of People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam.
- ↑ Also known as the Federal Party.
- ↑ Formerly All Lanka Tamil United Front.
- ↑ Previously Varatharaja wing.
- ↑ Political wing of Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students.
- ↑ Formerly Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya.
- ↑ Also known as National Muslim Congress.
- ↑ Formerly Revolutionary Communist League.
- ↑ Formerly Patriotic National Front.
- ↑ Formerly Sri Lanka National Front, Our Sri Lanka Freedom Front.
- ↑ Formerly Tamil United Front.
- ↑ Formerly Muslim Liberation Front.
- ↑ Formerly Revolutionary Samasamaja Party.
- ↑ Formerly Bolshevik-Leninist Party of India, Ceylon and Burma.
References
- "Political parties". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
- "Sri Lanka". Leftist Parties of the World. 22 June 2004.
- "The List of Political Party/Group in Sri Lanka (1945-2004)". Sri Lanka Statistics.
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