Left Liberation Front Explained

Left Liberation Front
Colorcode:Red
Leader:Vikramabahu Karunaratne
Ideology:Communism
Trotskyism
Headquarters:17 Barracks Lane, Colombo 02
Website:nssp.info
Country:Sri Lanka
Lang1:Sinhala
Lang2:Tamil
Leader1 Title:Secretary
Leader1 Name:Leenus Jayatilake
Founded:1998
Predecessor:New Left Front
Colors:Red
Symbol:Umbrella

The Left Liberation Front is a far-left electoral coalition in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1998 as the New Left Front by the Nava Sama Samaja Party, former members of the People's Alliance, and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna.

The alliance has changed its name twice from the New Left Front: firstly to Left Front and secondly to Left Liberation Front in early 2010.

Members

Its current members are:

Elections

In the 2005 Sri Lankan presidential election, the New Left Front's candidate Chamil Jayaneththi came sixth of thirteen, with 9,296 votes.