Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya

The Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya (SLMP; Sri Lanka People's Party) is a political party in Sri
Lanka, founded in 1984 by Vijaya Kumaranatunga.

Contents

 1History
o 1.11980s
o 1.21990s
o 1.32000s

History
1980s
Vijaya Kumaranatunga founded the party in 1984 and led it until his assassination in 1988. His
wife, Chandrika Kumaranatunga, led the party for a short time after his death.
The SLMP supported the Provincial Council Act and ran against the United National
Party (UNP) in 1988. The SLMP candidate, Ossie Abeygunasekera, placed third in that year's
presidential election with 235,719 votes (4.63%). Abeygunasekara served as the party's leader
until he crossed over to the UNP in 1993.
The party lost 117 leading members during the revolution of 1988–89, including Vijaya
Kumaranatunga, Pohoddaramulle Pemaloka Thero, T. B. Wijesuriya, and Deva Bandara
Senarathne.
Shortly after Kumaranatunga's assassination, the SLMP joined with the Communist Party of Sri
Lanka, the Lanka Sama Samaja Party, and the Nava Sama Samaja Party to form the United
Socialist Alliance. In the general election of 1989, the alliance received 160,271 votes (2.86%)
and three seats in Parliament.
1990s
After Abeygunasekera left the party, Y. P. de Silva became its leader. Under him, in 1993, the
SLMP joined the People's Alliance.
The People's Alliance won the 1994 presidential election, and Chandrika
Kumaranatunga became the president of Sri Lanka. In the general election the same year, two
members were elected to Parliament: Bharatha Luxman Premachandra for the Colombo District,
and Y. P. de Silva from the national list. De Silva was named deputy minister of foods.
After de Silva's death, Ranjith Navarathne became the party leader in 1997.
2000s
 In the 2000 general election, Dr Ranjith Navarathne was elected to Parliament in the Kurunegala
District. He signed a memorandum of understanding with the United People's Freedom
Alliance in 2004. In legislative elections on 2 April 2004, the United People's Freedom Alliance
won 45.6% of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats.
Dr Navarathne died on 1 May 2013, and his son, Asanka Nawaratne, the deputy general
secretary of the party, took his place.

Political parties in Sri Lanka

SLPFA
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Ceylon Workers' Congress
Eelam People's Democratic Party
Jathika Nidahas Peramuna
National Congress
Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
Socialist Alliance
Communist Party of Sri Lanka
Democratic Left Front
Desha Vimukthi Janatha Pakshaya
Lanka Sama Samaja Party
Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya
Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal
SJB
All Ceylon Makkal Congress
Jathika Hela Urumaya
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
Tamil Progressive Alliance
Democratic People's Front
National Union of Workers
Up-Country People's Front

Larger TNA
 o Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi
o People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (Democratic People's Liberation Front)
o Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization

 NPP
o Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
 Democratic Tamil National Front
o Eelam People's Democratic Party
o Democratic People’s Congress
Smallero Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students (Eelavar Democratic Front)
o Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (Sri wing)
o Tamil United Liberation Front
 Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front
 UNFGG
o United National Party

Bahujana Nidahas Peramuna

Bodu Jana Peramuna
Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist)
Ceylon Democratic Unity Alliance
Crusaders for Democracy
Democratic Party
Democratic United National Front
Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front
Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (Padmanaba)
Frontline Socialist Party
Liberal Party
Left Liberation Front
Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Alternative Group)
National Democratic Movement
Nava Sama Samaja Party
New Democratic Party
Janatha Sevaka Pakshaya
New Democratic Front
New Sinhala Heritage
People's Tamil Congress
Revolutionary Workers Party
Motherland People's Party
Social Democratic Party
Socialist Equality Party
Socialist Party
Sri Lanka Labour Party
Tamil National People's Front
All Ceylon Tamil Congress
United Citizen’s Front
United Socialist Party

All Ceylon Islamic United Front

All Ceylon Malay Political Union
Aziz Democratic Workers Congress
Bolshevik Samasamaja Party
Buddhist Republican Party
Ceylon National Congress
Lanka Democratic Party
Lanka Mahajana Sabha
Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Revolutionary)
People's Front of Liberation Tigers
Sinhala Maha Sabha
Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party
Sri Lanka Sama Samaja Party
United Lanka Congress
Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party

Sri Lanka Freedom Party led alliances

Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (1956-1957)
United Front (1968-1977)
People's Alliance (1994-2004)
United People's Freedom Alliance (2004-2019)
Joint Opposition (2015-2018)
Democratic National Alliance
National Unity Alliance
Tamil National Liberation Alliance