List of political parties in Sri Lanka

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This article lists political parties in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka has a multi-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.

As at 27 September 2019 there are 70 registered parties.[1]

Alliances

Parliamentary alliances

Alliance Sinhala name Tamil name Symbol Founded Leader
style="background:Template:Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance/meta/color;"| Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පොදුජන සන්ධානය ஶ்ரீ லங்கா பொதுஜன சுதந்திர கூட்டமைப்பு — 31 October 2019 Mahinda Rajapaksa
style="background:Template:Tamil National Alliance/meta/color;"| Tamil National Alliance දෙමළ ජාතික සන්ධානය தமிழ்த் தேசியக் கூட்டமைப்பு —[a] 20 October 2001 R. Sampanthan
style="background:Template:United National Front for Good Governance/meta/color;"| United National Front for Good Governance එක්සත් යහපාලන ජාතික පෙරමුණ நல்லாட்சிக்கான ஐக்கிய தேசிய முன்னணி —[b] 2015 Ranil Wickremesinghe

Extra-parliamentary alliances

Alliance Sinhala name Tamil name Symbol Founded Leader
Democratic Tamil National Front மக்களாட்சி தமிழ்த் தேசிய முன்னணி — 4 May 2016 V. Anandasangaree
style="background:Template:Tamil National People's Front/meta/color;"| Tamil National People's Front ද්‍රවිඩ ජාතික ජනතා පෙරමුණ தமிழ்த் தேசியத்திற்கான மக்கள் முன்னணி —[c] 28 February 2010 Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam

Defunct/dormant alliances

Alliance Sinhala name Tamil name Symbol Founded Dissolved Notes
style="background:Template:Democratic National Alliance (Sri Lanka)/meta/color;"| Democratic National Alliance ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ජාතික සන්ධානය மக்களாட்சி தேசியக் கூட்டணி Trophy 22 November 2009
style="background:Template:Democratic Tamil National Alliance/meta/color;"| Democratic Tamil National Alliance[d] ජනනායක තමිළ් තේසිය කුට්ටනි மக்களாட்சி தமிழ் தேசிய கூட்டணி Brass Lamp Most members joined the TNA
style="background:Template:Left Liberation Front/meta/color;"| Left Liberation Front[e] இடது விடுதலை முன்னணி — 1998
style="background:Template:National Unity Alliance/meta/color;"| National Unity Alliance — 1999 2010
style="background:Template:People's Alliance (Sri Lanka)/meta/color;"| People's Alliance පොදු ජන එක්සත් පෙරමුණ மக்கள் கூட்டணி Chair 1994 2004 Most members joined the UPFA
style="background:Template:Socialist Alliance (Sri Lanka)/meta/color;"| Socialist Alliance සමාජවාදී ජනතා පෙරමුණ பொதுவுடைமை மக்கள் கூட்டணி Clay Lamp 2006 All members part of the SLPFA
Tamil National Liberation Alliance தமிழ் தனிநாடு விடுதலை கூட்டணி — 22 February 2010 25 June 2011 Members joined the TNA
Tamil Progressive Alliance தமிழ் முற்போக்கு கூட்டணி — 3 June 2015 All members part of the UNFGG
style="background:Template:United National Front (Sri Lanka)/meta/color;"| United National Front එක්සත් ජාතික පෙරමුණ, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ஐக்கிய தேசிய முன்னணி —[f] 21 October 2001 Most members joined the UNFGG
style="background:Template:United People's Freedom Alliance/meta/color;"| United People's Freedom Alliance එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් සන්ධානය ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சுதந்திரக் கூட்டணி Betel Leaf
 20 January 2004 9 December 2019 Most members joined the SLPFA

Parties

Parliamentary parties

Party Sinhala name Tamil name Symbol Alliance Founded Leader
style="background:Template:All Ceylon Makkal Congress/meta/color;"| All Ceylon Makkal Congress[g] සමස්ත ලංකා ජනතා කොංග්‍රසය அனைத்து இலங்கை மக்கள் காங்கிரசு Peacock UNFGG 2005 Rishad Bathiudeen
style="background:Template:Ceylon Workers' Congress/meta/color;"| Ceylon Workers' Congress[h] ලංකා කම්කරු කොංග්‍රසය இலங்கை தொழிலாளர் காங்கிரஸ் Cockerel SLPFA 1939 Arumugam Thondaman
style="background:Template:Communist Party of Sri Lanka/meta/color;"| Communist Party of Sri Lanka ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂය இலங்கை இனவாத கட்சி Star SLPFA/
SA		 1943 D. E. W. Gunasekera
style="background:Template:Democratic Left Front (Sri Lanka)/meta/color;"| Democratic Left Front ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී වාමාංශික පෙරමුණ மக்களாட்சி இடதுசாரி முன்னணி Clock SLPFA/
SA		 1999 Vasudeva Nanayakkara
Democratic National Movement[i] ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ජනතා ව්‍යාපරය மக்கட்தலை நாடு இயக்கம் Motor Car UNFGG Aruna de Zoysa
style="background:Template:Democratic People's Front/meta/color;"| Democratic People's Front[j] ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ජනතා පෙරමුණ மக்களாட்சி மக்கள் முன்னணி Ladder UNFGG/
TPA		 Mano Ganesan
style="background:Template:Democratic People's Liberation Front/meta/color;"| Democratic People's Liberation Front[k] ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ மக்கட்தலை மக்கள் விடுதலை முன்னணி Anchor TNA 1988 D. Siddarthan
style="background:Template:Eelam People's Democratic Party/meta/color;"| Eelam People's Democratic Party ඊලාම් ජනතා ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පක්ෂය ஈழ மக்களாட்சி கட்சி Veena SLPFA/
DTNF		 November 1987 Douglas Devananda
style="background:Template:Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front/meta/color;"| Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front ඊලාම් ජනතා විප්ලවවාදී විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ ஈழ மக்கள் புரட்சிகர விடுதலை முன்னணி Flower TNA 1980 Suresh Premachandran
style="background:Template:Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi/meta/color;"| Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[l] ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ දෙමළ රාජ්‍ය පක්ෂය இலங்கைத் தமிழரசுக் கட்சி House TNA 18 December 1949 Mavai Senathirajah
style="background:Template:Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna/meta/color;"| Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ மக்கள் விடுதலை முன்னணி Bell NPP 14 May 1965 Anura Kumara Dissanayake
style="background:Template:Jathika Hela Urumaya/meta/color;"| Jathika Hela Urumaya ජාතික හෙළ උරුමය ஜாதிக எல உறுமய Conch Shell UNFGG February 2004 Omalpe Sobhitha Thero
style="background:Template:Mahajana Eksath Peramuna/meta/color;"| Mahajana Eksath Peramuna මහජන එක්සත් පෙරමුණ‍ மகாஜன எக்சத் பெரமுன Cartwheel SLPFA 1959 Dinesh Gunawardena
style="background:Template:National Freedom Front/meta/color;"| National Freedom Front ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණ தேசிய சுதந்திர முன்னணி Panchaudaya SLPFA 2008 Wimal Weerawansa
style="background:Template:National Union of Workers (Sri Lanka)/meta/color;"| National Union of Workers ජාතික කම්කරු සංගමය தொழிலாளர் தேசிய சங்கம் — UNFGG/
TPA		 Palani Digambaran
Pivithuru Hela Urumaya පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය பிவிதுரு ஹெல உருமய — SLPFA Udaya Gammanpila
style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color;"| Sri Lanka Freedom Party ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය இலங்கை சுதந்திரக் கட்சி Hand SLPFA 2 December 1951 Maithripala Sirisena
style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Muslim Congress/meta/color;"| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress ශ්‍රී ලංකා මුස්ලිම් කොංග්‍රසය சிறீலங்கா முஸ்லிம் காங்கிரசு Tree UNFGG 1981 Rauff Hakeem
style="background:Template:Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization/meta/color;"| Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization ද්‍රවිඩ ඊලම් විමුක්ති සංවිධානය தமிழீழ விடுதலை இயக்கம் Light House TNA 1979 Selvam Adaikalanathan
United Left Front එක්සත් වාමාංශික පෙරමුණ Canoe UNFGG Jayampathy Wickramaratne
style="background:Template:United National Party/meta/color;"| United National Party එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி Elephant UNFGG 6 September 1946 Ranil Wickremesinghe
style="background:Template:Up-Country People's Front/meta/color;"| 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
All Are Citizens All Are Kings Organization ඔක්කොම වැසියෝ ඔක්කොම රජවරු සංවිධානය ஒக்கொம வெஸியோ ஒக்கொம ரஜவரு அமைப்பு Till — M. B. Thaminimulla
All Lanka Tamil Great Council[m] අඛිල ඉලඞ්කෛයි ද්‍රවිඩ මහාසභා அகில இலங்கை தமிழர் மகாசபை Ship — December 2005 K. Vigneswaran
style="background:Template:All Ceylon Tamil Congress/meta/color;"| 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 —
Citizen's Front පුරවැසි පෙරමුණ பிரஜைகள் முன்னணி Omnibus Sri Ranga Jeyaratnam
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (Sri Lanka)/meta/color;"| Democratic Party ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පක්ෂය சனநாயகக் கட்சி Flaming Torch 1 April 2013
Democratic United National Front ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී එක්සත් ජාතික පෙරමුණ ஜனநாயக ஐக்கிய தேசிய முன்னணி Eagle — 1990 Ariyawansa Dissanayake
style="background:Template:Democratic Unity Alliance/meta/color;"| Democratic Unity Alliance එක්සත් ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී සන්ධානය ஜனநாயக ஐக்கிய முன்னணி Two Leaves —
Desha Vimukthi Janatha Pakshaya දේශ විමුක්ති ජනතා පක්ෂය தேச விமுக்தி ஜனதா பக்ஷய Ear of Paddy SLPFA/
SA		 1988
Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front
(Padmanaba wing)[n]		 ඊලාම් ජනතා විප්ලවවාදී විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ ழமக்கள் புரட்சிகர விடுதலை முன்னணி Candle — 2000 T. Sridharan,
Varatharaja Perumal
style="background:Template:Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students/meta/color;"| Eelavar Democratic Front[o] ඊලවර් ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පෙරමුණ ஈழவர் ஜனநாயக முன்னணி Plough DTNF
style="background:Template:Frontline Socialist Party/meta/color;"| Frontline Socialist Party පෙරටුගාමී සමාජවාදී පක්ෂය முன்னிலை சோசலிசக் கட்சி Sledgehammer — 9 April 2012
Green Party of Sri Lanka ශ්‍රී ලංකා හරිත පක්ෂය இலங்கை பசுமைக் கட்சி Goblet —
Liberal Party of Sri Lanka ලිබරල් පක්ෂය லிபரல் கட்சி Book — 1987 Rajiva Wijesinha
style="background:Template:Lanka Sama Samaja Party/meta/color;"| Lanka Sama Samaja Party ලංකා සම සමාජ පක්ෂය இலங்கை சமசமாஜக் கட்சி Key SLPFA/
SA		 18 December 1935 Tissa Vitharana
style="background:Template:Motherland People's Party/meta/color;"| Motherland People's Party[p] මව්බිම ජනතා පක්‍ෂය மௌவ்பிம ஜனதா பக்ஷய Aeroplane — 2009 Harischandra Wijayatunga
Muslim National Alliance මුස්ලිම් ජාතික සන්ධානය முஸ்லிம் தேசிய கூட்டமைப்பு Pair of Scales —
style="background:Template:National Congress (Sri Lanka)/meta/color;"| National Congress[q] ජාතික කොංග්‍රසය தேசிய காங்கிரஸ் Horse SLPFA A. L. M. Athaullah
National Development Front ජාතික සංවර්ධන පෙරමුණ தேசிய அபிவிருத்தி முன்னணி Coconut — July 2000 Dr. Sarath Bandaranayake
National Peoples Party ජාතික ජනතා පක්ෂය தேசிய மக்கள் கட்சி Electric Bulb —
Nationalities Unity Organisation ජාතීන්ගේ සමඟි සංවිධානය தேசிய இனங்களின் ஐக்கியத்துக்கான அமைப்பு Umbrella —
style="background:Template:Nava Sama Samaja Party/meta/color;"| Nava Sama Samaja Party නව සමසමාජ පක්ෂය நவ சம சமாஜக் கட்சி Table LLF 1977 Vikramabahu Karunaratne
style="background:Template:New Democratic Front (Sri Lanka)/meta/color;"| New Democratic Front නව ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පෙරමුණ புதிய சனநாயக முன்னணி Swan — Shamila Perera
New Sinhala Heritage නව සිහළ උරුමය நவ சிஹல உறுமய Bow & Arrow — 2006 Sarath Manamendra
Our National Front අපේ ජාතික පෙරමුණ எமது தேசிய முன்னணி Telephone — 2009 Upulangani Malagamuwa
People's Welfare Front ජන සෙත පෙරමුණ ஜனசெத பெரமுண Tractor —
style="background:Template:Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)/meta/color;"| Socialist Equality Party[r] සමාජවාදී සමානතා පක්ෂය சோசலிச சமத்துவக் கட்சி Pair of Scissors — 1968
Sri Lanka Labour Party ශ්‍රී ලංකා කම්කරු පක්ෂය ஸ்ரீலங்கா தொழிலாளர் கட்சி Kangaroo —
Sri Lanka National Force[s] ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජාතික බලය ஸ்ரீ லங்கா தேசிய சக்தி Flag —
Sri Lanka People's Front[t] Flower Bud — Wimal Geeganage
Sri Lanka People's Party ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහජන පක්ෂය இலங்கை மக்கள் கட்சி Eye SLPFA/
SA		 22 January 1984
Sri Lanka Progressive Front ශ්‍රී ලංකා ප්‍රගතිශීලී පෙරමුණ ஸ்ரீலங்கா முற்போக்கு முன்னணி Flower Vase 1996 J. A. Peter Nelson Perera
Sri Lanka Vanguard Party ශ්‍රී ලංකා පෙරටුගාමී පක්ෂය இலங்கை முன்னிலை கட்சி Envelope —
Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal තමිළ් මක්කල් විඩුදලෛප් පුළිකල් தமிழ் மக்கள் விடுதலைப் புலிகள் Boat SLPFA 2004 S. Chandrakanthan
style="background:Template:Tamil United Liberation Front/meta/color;"| Tamil United Liberation Front[u] ද්‍රවිඩ එක්සත් විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ தமிழர் விடுதலைக் கூட்டணி Sun DTNF 4 May 1972 V. Anandasangaree
United Democratic Front එක්සත් ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පෙරමුණ ஐக்கிய ஜனநாயக முன்னணி Rabbit —
United Lanka People's Party එක්සත් ලංකා පොදුජන පක්ෂය எக்சத் லங்கா பொதுஜன பக்ஷய Cup —
United Peace Front[v] එක්සත් සාම පෙරමුණ ஐக்கிய சமாதான முன்னணி Butterfly —
United People's Party එක්සත් මහජන පක්‍ෂය ஐக்கிய மக்கள் கட்சி Mobile Phone —
style="background:Template:United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)/meta/color;"| United Socialist Party එක්සත් සමාජවාදි පකෂය ஐக்கிய சோசலிச கட்சி Tri-shaw — 1989 Siritunga Jayasuriya

Unregistered parties

Party Sinhala name Tamil name Alliance Founded Leader
Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist) — 1964
Ceylon Democratic Unity Alliance — 2002 T. V. Chennan
Democratic National Front DTNF N. Kumaraguruparan
Democratic People's Congress DTNF Praba Ganesan
Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front ඊළාම් ජාතික ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ ஈழ தேசிய ஜனநாய விடுதலை முன்னணி — 1987
Muslim Tamil National Alliance UNFGG Azath Salley
National Front for Good Governance UNFGG Abdul Rahman
People's Freedom Front — 1991
People's Liberation Solidarity Front — 1997 Kamal Karunadasa
People’s Servants Party ජනතා සේවක පක්ෂය — June 2015
People's Tamil Congress — L. P. Shanmuganathan
Revolutionary Workers Party[w] — 1968
Socialist Party of Sri Lanka — 2006
United Citizens’ Front Tissa Attanayake
United Lanka Great Council — Nath Amarakone
United National Alternative Front — 2000

Defunct parties

Party Sinhala name Tamil name Founded Dissolved Notes
All Ceylon Islamic United Front 1960
All Ceylon Malay Political Union 1944
Aziz Democratic Workers Congress
style="background:Template:Bolshevik Samasamaja Party/meta/color;"| Bolshevik Samasamaja Party[x] 1948 1950 Absorbed into the Lanka Sama Samaja Party
Buddhist Republican Party 1952
Ceylon National Congress இலங்கை தேசிய காங்கிரஸ் 11 December 1919
style="background:Template:Lanka Democratic Party/meta/color;"| 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
style="background:Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party/meta/color;"| 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
style="background:Template:Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party/meta/color;"| Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party 1950 1959 Absorbed into the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
Workers' Liberation Front කම්කරැ පක්ෂය A.E.Gunasinghe|

Notes

  1. ^ The TNA contests under the name and house symbol of the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi.
  2. ^ The UNFGG contests under the name and elephant symbol of the United National Party.
  3. ^ The TNPF contests under the name and bicycle symbol of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress.
  4. ^ Formerly Tamil Democratic National Alliance.
  5. ^ Formerly New Left Front, Left Front.
  6. ^ The UNF contests under the name and elephant symbol of the United National Party.
  7. ^ Formerly All Ceylon Muslim Congress.
  8. ^ Formerly Ceylon Indian Congress.
  9. ^ Formerly Ruhuna People's Party.
  10. ^ Formerly Western People's Front.
  11. ^ Political wing of People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam.
  12. ^ Also known as the Federal Party.
  13. ^ Formerly All Lanka Tamil United Front.
  14. ^ Previously Varatharaja wing.
  15. ^ Political wing of Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students.
  16. ^ Formerly Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya.
  17. ^ Also known as National Muslim Congress.
  18. ^ Formerly Revolutionary Communist League.
  19. ^ Formerly Patriotic National Front.
  20. ^ Formerly Sri Lanka National Front, Our Sri Lanka Freedom Front.
  21. ^ Formerly Tamil United Front.
  22. ^ Formerly Muslim Liberation Front.
  23. ^ Formerly Revolutionary Samasamaja Party.
  24. ^ Formerly Bolshevik-Leninist Party of India, Ceylon and Burma.

References

  • "Political parties". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2012-08-05.
  • "Sri Lanka". Leftist Parties of the World. 22 June 2004. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2004.
  • "The List of Political Party/Group in Sri Lanka (1945-2004)". Sri Lanka Statistics.
  1. ^ https://elections.gov.lk/web/en/political-parties/recognized-political-parties/
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