• several Sri Lanka leftist parties were formed in British colonial Ceylon. Unlike most other Sri Lankan parties, these leftist parties were noncommunal in membership...
    5 KB (701 words) - 03:19, 8 May 2022
  • article lists political parties in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka has a multi-party political system. Starting from the early 1950s, Sri Lankan politics was mostly...
    69 KB (487 words) - 08:57, 20 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Democratic Left Front (Sri Lanka)
    in Sri Lanka, and the Supreme Lanka Coalition, an alliance of seven leftist and nationalist political parties in Sri Lanka led by Wimal Weerawansa. DLF...
    2 KB (94 words) - 04:31, 16 November 2024
  • system, with two dominant political parties. All elections are administered by the Election Commission of Sri Lanka. The president is directly elected...
    3 KB (996 words) - 17:04, 16 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for 2024 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
    elections were held in Sri Lanka on 14 November 2024 to elect 225 members to the new parliament. The 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka was dissolved on 24...
    103 KB (3,492 words) - 13:01, 22 November 2024
  • however, the influence of the two parties has diminished significantly; currently, the two main parties are the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna and the Samagi...
    29 KB (1,791 words) - 11:41, 21 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)
    dissolution in 2004, the alliance consisted of the following parties: Sri Lanka Freedom Party Lanka Sama Samaja Party Communist Party of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Mahajana...
    7 KB (429 words) - 03:06, 28 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Communist Party of Sri Lanka
    The Communist Party of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂය, romanized: Sri Lankavay Komiyunist Pakshaya; Tamil: இலங்கை கம்யூனிஸ்ட் கட்சி...
    12 KB (732 words) - 20:31, 27 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sri Lanka Freedom Party
    political parties of Sri Lanka. It was founded by S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike in 1951 and has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political...
    50 KB (4,427 words) - 09:12, 19 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for 1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
    Kumaratunga, leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, formed a coalition with small leftist parties called the People's Alliance. This was in some ways a revival...
    8 KB (381 words) - 19:35, 19 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
    Liberation Front', PLF) is a leftist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formerly a revolutionary movement and was involved in two armed uprisings against...
    69 KB (6,623 words) - 02:13, 22 November 2024
  • coalition is made up of seven Sri Lankan leftist and nationalist parties who were formerly part of the SLPP-led Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance, before...
    9 KB (738 words) - 03:16, 16 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Socialist Party of Sri Lanka
    centre-right United National Party. Sri Lanka leftist parties "Interview with representatives of the Socialist Party of Sri Lanka (SPSL)". Retrieved 13 July...
    6 KB (319 words) - 08:35, 12 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for 2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
    President Kumaratunga's party, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), and the leftist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna. Other parties that belong to the People's...
    15 KB (794 words) - 16:11, 12 November 2024
  • National People's Power (category Socialist parties in Sri Lanka)
    (JJB) is a centre-left to left-wing political party in Sri Lanka. It is the current ruling party of Sri Lanka, having won the 2024 presidential and parliamentary...
    27 KB (1,437 words) - 07:10, 22 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
    by its Sinhalese name Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), is a political party in Sri Lanka. It was the ruling party in Sri Lanka from 2019 to 2022 and...
    38 KB (3,120 words) - 01:12, 22 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sri Lankan civil war
    The Sri Lankan civil war (Tamil: இலங்கை உள்நாட்டுப் போர், romanized: Ilaṅkai uḷnāṭṭup pōr; Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සිවිල් යුද්ධය, romanized: śrī laṁkāvē...
    271 KB (26,818 words) - 10:50, 17 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for 17th Parliament of Sri Lanka
    17th Parliament of Sri Lanka (10th Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka) is the current Parliament of Sri Lanka, with its membership...
    90 KB (2,001 words) - 19:44, 21 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi
    (lit. 'Sri Lanka Tamil State Party'; Tamil: இலங்கைத் தமிழரசுக் கட்சி, Sinhala: ඉලංගෙයි තමිළ් අරසු කච්චි; ITAK) is a Sri Lankan political party which represents...
    38 KB (1,773 words) - 07:45, 18 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka
    Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka are Tamil people of Indian origin in Sri Lanka. They are also known as Malayaga Tamilar, Hill Country Tamils, Up-Country Tamils...
    39 KB (4,833 words) - 16:51, 22 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lanka Sama Samaja Party
    Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was the first political party in Sri Lanka (then British Ceylon), having been founded in 1935 by Leslie Goonewardene...
    106 KB (9,809 words) - 08:36, 12 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sri Lanka Army
    The Sri Lanka Army (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා යුද්ධ හමුදාව, romanized: Śrī Laṃkā yuddha hamudāva; Tamil: இலங்கை இராணுவம், romanized: Ilankai iraṇuvam) is the...
    97 KB (8,475 words) - 17:16, 21 November 2024
  • in Sri Lanka dates back to 1935, when the Lanka Sama Samaja Party was founded by Trotskyists who campaigned for freedom and independence of Sri Lanka...
    12 KB (1,437 words) - 05:53, 12 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sri Lanka
    Indic text in this article correctly. Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon, and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island...
    253 KB (21,968 words) - 11:38, 21 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist)
    Communist Party (Maoist) is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party surged in 1964 following a split in the Ceylon Communist Party. Initially the party just...
    14 KB (1,198 words) - 17:25, 11 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)
    சோசலிச கட்சி, Aikkiy soōcialica Kaṭci) is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. The party is led by perennial presidential candidate Siritunga Jayasuriya...
    8 KB (560 words) - 18:39, 10 November 2024
  • Sri Lankan Tamil militant groups rose to prominence in the 1970s to fight the state of Sri Lanka in order to create an independent Tamil Eelam in the...
    15 KB (1,651 words) - 21:29, 25 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for History of Sri Lanka
    The history of Sri Lanka is unique because its relevance and richness extend beyond the areas of South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean. The...
    85 KB (10,252 words) - 11:40, 21 November 2024
  • Communist Party of Sri Lanka and Lanka Sama Samaja Party, in coalition governments with numerous other parties  Uruguay (2005–2020) – Communist Party of Uruguay...
    214 KB (1,343 words) - 20:36, 10 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of riots in Sri Lanka
    leftist groups. 1956 anti-Tamil pogrom (Eastern Province) − The first major Sinhalese-Tamil riots in Ceylon. The majority of victims were Sri Lankan Tamils...
    14 KB (1,464 words) - 21:29, 25 October 2024