List of political parties in Sri Lanka explained

This 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 dominated by two political parties and their respective coalitions:

• • the centre-left social democratic Sri Lanka Freedom Party the centre-right liberal conservative United National Party

Recently, however, the influence of the two parties has diminished significantly. In 2016, the right-wing populist Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna led by former president Mahinda Rajapaksa split from the SLFP, and following an unexpected victory in the 2018 local elections, replaced the SLFP as a main party, before becoming the ruling party following its victories in the 2019 presidential election and 2020 parliamentary election.

Meanwhile, the UNP suffered a split of its own in the lead-up to the 2020 parliamentary election, when deputy leader Sajith Premadasa split from the UNP and formed the Samagi Jana Balawegaya to contest in the election. The SJB-led coalition won the 2nd most seats in the election, thus making the SJB the main opposition party, while the UNP suffered an overwhelming defeat, only winning one national list seat.

Other notable parties include the far-left Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, the Tamil nationalist Tamil National Alliance and the Islamist Sri Lanka Muslim Congress.

Alliances

Parliamentary alliances

Alliance		Symbol	Political position	Ideology	Founded	Leader	MPs
	Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance Sinhala; Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පොදුජන සන්ධානය Tamil: ஶ்ரீ லங்கா பொதுஜன சுதந்திர கூட்டமைப்பு		Big tent	Social democracy^[1] ^[2] Sinhalese nationalism^[3] Anti-federalism^[4] Anti-imperialism^[5] Pro-Rajapaksa politics		Mahinda Rajapaksa
	Samagi Jana Balawegaya Sinhala; Sinhalese: සමගි ජනබලවේගය Tamil: ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சக்தி		Centre-right	Liberal conservatism Social democracy		Sajith Premadasa
bgcolor=		Supreme Lanka Coalition උත්‍ත‍ර ලංකා සභාගය உத்தர லங்கா சபாகய		Left-wing to far-left	Left-wing nationalism Sinhalese nationalism Anti-Rajapaksa politics		Wimal Weerawansa
	Tamil National Alliance Sinhala; Sinhalese: දෙමළ ජාතික සන්ධානය Tamil: தமிழ்த் தேசியக் கூட்டமைப்பு		Centre-left	Tamil nationalism Federalism		R. Sampanthan
	Democratic Tamil National Alliance Sinhala; Sinhalese: දෙමළ ජාතික සන්ධානය Tamil: தமிழ்த் தேசியக் கூட்டமைப்பு		Centre-left	Tamil nationalism
	National People's Power Sinhala; Sinhalese: ජාතික ජන බලවේගය Tamil: தேசிய மக்கள் சக்தி		Left-wing	Social democracy Socialism Anti-imperialism		Anura Kumara Dissanayake
	Tamil National People's Front Sinhala; Sinhalese: ද්‍රවිඩ ජාතික ජනතා පෙරමුණ Tamil: தமிழ்த் தேசியத்திற்கான மக்கள் முன்னணி		Centre-left	Tamil nationalism
	Tamil People's National Alliance Sinhala; Sinhalese: දෙමළ ජනතා ජාතික සන්ධානය Tamil: தமிழ் மக்கள் தேசிய கூட்டணி		Centre-left	Tamil nationalism		C. V. Wigneswaran

Other parliamentary alliances

Alliance		Symbol	Political position	Ideology	Founded	Leader	MPs	Notes
bgcolor=orange		Tamil Progressive Alliance දෙමළ ප්‍රගතිශීලී සන්ධානය தமிழ் முற்போக்கு கூட்டணி		Centre	Tamil nationalism Indian Tamil interests		Mano Ganesan		Allied with the SJB
bgcolor=red		Democratic Tamil National Front ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී දෙමළ ජාතික පෙරමුණ மக்களாட்சி தமிழ்த் தேசிய முன்னணி			Tamil nationalism		V. Anandasangaree		Allied with the SLPFA
	Muslim National Alliance මුස්ලිම් ජාතික සන්ධානය முஸ்லிம் தேசிய கூட்டமைப்பு		Centre	Muslim minority politics				Allied with the SJB

Defunct/dormant alliances

Alliance		Symbol	Political position	Ideology	Founded	Dissolved	Notes
	Left Liberation Front වාමාංශික විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ இடது விடுதலை முன்னணி		Far-left	Communism Trotskyism
	People's Alliance පොදු ජන එක්සත් පෙරමුණ மக்கள் கூட்டணி		Big tent			2004	Most members joined the UPFA
	National Unity Alliance ජාතික සමගි සන්ධානය தேசிய ஐக்கியக் கூட்டமைப்பு		Centre	Muslim minority politics			Most members joined the SLFP
	Tamil National Liberation Alliance දෙමළ ජාතික විමුක්ති සන්ධානය தமிழ் தனிநாடு விடுதலை கூட்டணி			Tamil nationalism			Members joined the TNA
	Democratic National Alliance ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ජාතික සන්ධානය ஜனநாயகக் கட்சி		Big tent
	United National Front එක්සත් ජාතික පෙරමුණ ஐக்கிய தேசிய முன்னணி		Centre-right	Conservatism		2020	Most members joined the SJB
	United People's Freedom Alliance එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් සන්ධානය ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சுதந்திரக் கூட்டணி		Centre-left	Social democracy Sinhalese nationalism		9 December 2019	Most members joined the SLPFA
	Joint Opposition ඒකාබද්ධ විපක්ෂය கூட்டு எதிர்ப்பு		Right-wing	Right-wing populism Social democracy Sinhalese nationalism Anti-federalism Anti-imperialism Pro-Rajapaksa politics		2018	Most members joined the SLPFA
bgcolor=		Socialist Alliance Sinhala; Sinhalese: සමාජවාදී සන්ධානය Tamil: சோசலிஸ்ட் கூட்டணி		Left-wing to far-left	Socialism Communism
	Freedom People's Alliance Sinhala; Sinhalese: නිදහස් ජනතා සන්ධානය Tamil: சுதந்திர மக்கள் கூட்டணி		Centre-left to far-left	Social democracy Sinhalese nationalism Anti-Rajapaksa politics		2024

Parties

Parliamentary registered parties

See main article: 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election.

See main article: 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka.

Party		Election Symbol	Political position	Ideology	Founded	Leader	MPs	MPCs	MLGs
Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (SLPFA)
bgcolor=		Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Sinhala; Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණ Tamil: இலங்கை பொதுஜன முன்னணி		Right-wing	Neoconservatism Sinhalese nationalism Right-wing populism		Mahinda Rajapaksa
bgcolor=		United National Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය Tamil: ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி		Centre-right	Conservatism
bgcolor=		Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Sinhala; Sinhalese: මහජන එක්සත් පෙරමුණ‍ Tamil: மகாஜன எக்சத் பெரமுன		Left-wing	Left-wing nationalism		Dinesh Gunawardena
bgcolor=		Eelam People's Democratic Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: ඊලාම් ජනතා ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පක්ෂය Tamil: ஈழ மக்களாட்சி கட்சி		Syncretic			Douglas Devananda
	Ceylon Workers' Congress Sinhala; Sinhalese: ලංකා කම්කරු කොංග්‍රසය Tamil: இலங்கை தொழிலாளர் காங்கிரஸ்		Centre	Agrarian socialism Indian Tamil interests		Jeewan Thondaman
bgcolor=		Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal Sinhala; Sinhalese: තමිළ් මක්කල් විඩුදලෛප් පුළිකල් Tamil: தமிழ் மக்கள் விடுதலைப் புலிகள்		Syncretic			S. Chandrakanthan
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB)
bgcolor=		Samagi Jana Balawegaya Sinhala; Sinhalese: සමගි ජනබලවේගය Tamil: ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சக்தி		Centre-right	Liberal conservatism Social democracy		Sajith Premadasa
bgcolor=		Freedom People's Congress Sinhala; Sinhalese: නිදහස ජනතා සභාව Tamil: சுதந்திர மக்கள் காங்கிரஸ்		Centre	Fiscal conservatism Anti-corruption Anti-nepotism Anti-Rajapaksa politics		Dullas Alahapperuma
bgcolor=		Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Sinhala; Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී ලංකා මුස්ලිම් කොංග්‍රසය Tamil: சிறீலங்கா முஸ்லிம் காங்கிரசு		Centre	Muslim minority politics		Rauff Hakeem
bgcolor=		All Ceylon Makkal Congress Sinhala; Sinhalese: සමස්ත ලංකා මහජන කොංග්‍රසය Tamil: அகில இலங்கை மக்கள் காங்கிரஸ்		Centre	Muslim minority politics
bgcolor=		Democratic People's Front Sinhala; Sinhalese: ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ජනතා පෙරමුණ Tamil: மக்களாட்சி மக்கள் முன்னணி		Centre	Indian Tamil interests		Mano Ganesan
bgcolor=		National Union of Workers Sinhala; Sinhalese: ජාතික කම්කරු සංගමය Tamil: தொழிலாளர் தேசிய சங்கம்		Centre	Indian Tamil interests		Palani Digambaran
bgcolor=		Up-Country People's Front Sinhala; Sinhalese: කඳුරට ජනතා පෙරමුණ Tamil: மலையக மக்கள் முன்னணி		Centre	Indian Tamil interests		V. Radhakrishnan
bgcolor=		Democratic National Movement Sinhala; Sinhalese: ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ජනතා ව්‍යාපරය Tamil: மக்கட்தலை நாடு இயக்கம்					Aruna de Zoysa
bgcolor=		Jathika Hela Urumaya Sinhala; Sinhalese: ජාතික හෙළ උරුමය Tamil: ஜாதிக எல உறுமய		Right-wing	Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism		Ven.Omalpe Sobhitha Thero
bgcolor=blue		New Lanka Freedom Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: නව ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය Tamil: புதிய இலங்கை சுதந்திரக் கட்சி		Centre-left	Social democracy Sinhalese nationalism Left-wing nationalism		Kumara Welgama
Supreme Lanka Coalition (ULS)
bgcolor=		Jathika Nidahas Peramuna Sinhala; Sinhalese: ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණ Tamil: தேசிய சுதந்திர முன்னணி		Centre-left	Sinhalese nationalism Anti-federalism		Wimal Weerawansa
bgcolor=		Communist Party of Sri Lanka Sinhala; Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂය Tamil: இலங்கை இனவாத கட்சி		Far-left	Communism Marxism–Leninism		D. E. W. Gunasekera
bgcolor=		Democratic Left Front Sinhala; Sinhalese: ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී වාමාංශික පෙරමුණ Tamil: மக்களாட்சி இடதுசாரி முன்னணி		Left-wing	Socialism		Vasudeva Nanayakkara
bgcolor=		Lanka Sama Samaja Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: ලංකා සම සමාජ පක්ෂය Tamil: இலங்கை சமசமாஜக் கட்சி		Far-left	Communism Trotskyism		Tissa Vitharana
bgcolor=		Pivithuru Hela Urumaya Sinhala; Sinhalese: පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය Tamil: பிவிதுரு ஹெல உருமய		Right-wing	Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism		Udaya Gammanpila
bgcolor=		Our Power of People's Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: අපේ ජන බල පක්ෂය Tamil: நமது மக்கள் சக்தி கட்சி		Right-wing to far-right	Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism		Ven.Galgodaatte Gnanasara Thero
	Sri Lanka People's Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහජන පක්ෂය Tamil: ஶ்ரீ லங்கா மக்கள் கட்சி					Asanka Nawaratne
Tamil National Alliance (TNA)
bgcolor=		Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi Sinhala; Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී ලංකා දෙමළ රාජ්‍ය පක්ෂය Tamil: இலங்கைத் தமிழரசுக் கட்சி		Centre-left	Tamil nationalism		S. Shritharan
Democratic Tamil National Alliance (DTNA)
bgcolor=		Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization Sinhala; Sinhalese: ද්‍රවිඩ ඊලම් විමුක්ති සංවිධානය Tamil: தமிழீழ விடுதலை இயக்கம்		Syncretic	Tamil nationalism		Selvam Adaikalanathan
bgcolor=		Democratic People's Liberation Front Sinhala; Sinhalese: ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ Tamil: மக்கட்தலை மக்கள் விடுதலை முன்னணி		Centre-left	Tamil nationalism
National People's Power (NPP)
bgcolor=		Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Sinhala; Sinhalese: ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ Tamil: மக்கள் விடுதலை முன்னணி		Far-left	Communism Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism Revolutionary socialism Anti-imperialism Progressivism		Anura Kumara Dissanayake
Tamil National People's Front (TNPF)
bgcolor=		All Ceylon Tamil Congress Sinhala; Sinhalese: අකිල ඉලංකෙයි තමිල් කොංග්‍රස් Tamil: அகில இலங்கைத் தமிழ்க் காங்கிரஸ்		Centre-left	Tamil nationalism		Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam
Tamil People's National Alliance (TPNA)
bgcolor=		Tamil People's Council Sinhala; Sinhalese: දෙමළ ජනතා සභාව Tamil: தமிழ் மக்கள் மகாசபை		Centre	Tamil nationalism		C. V. Wigneswaran
Other parties
bgcolor=		Sri Lanka Freedom Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය Tamil: இலங்கை சுதந்திரக் கட்சி		Centre-left	Social democracy Sinhalese nationalism Left-wing nationalism		Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe
bgcolor=		National Congress Sinhala; Sinhalese: ජාතික කොංග්‍රසය Tamil: தேசிய காங்கிரஸ்		Centre	Muslim minority politics		A. L. M. Athaullah

Other registered parties

Party		Election Symbol	Founded	Current leader	MPs As 2020	MPCs As 2012,2013 2014 Mar. 2014 Sep.	MLGs As 2018
	Abhinava Nivahal Peramuna Sinhala; Sinhalese: අභිනව නිවහල් පෙරමුණ Tamil: அபிநவ சுதந்திர முன்னணி			M. B. Thaminimulla
bgcolor=		All Lanka Tamil Great Council Sinhala; Sinhalese: සමස්ත ලංකා දෙමළ මහාසභාව Tamil: அகில இலங்கை தமிழர் மகாசபை			K. Vigneswaran
bgcolor=		Arunalu People's Front Sinhala; Sinhalese: අරුණළු ජනතා පෙරමුණ Tamil: அருணலு மக்கள் முன்னணி
	Citizen's Front Sinhala; Sinhalese: පුරවැසි පෙරමුණ Tamil: பிரஜைகள் முன்னணி			Sri Ranga Jeyaratnam
	Democratic National Alliance Sinhala; Sinhalese: ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ජාතික සන්ධානය Tamil: மக்களாட்சி தேசியக் கூட்டணி			Sarath Fonseka
	Democratic National Congress Sinhala; Sinhalese: ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ජාතික කොංග්‍රසය Tamil: ஜனநாயக தேசிய காங்கிரஸ்
	Democratic Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පක්ෂය Tamil: சனநாயகக் கட்சி			Sarath Fonseka
	Democratic Tamil National Alliance Sinhala; Sinhalese: ජනනායක තමිළ් තේසිය කුට්ටනි Tamil: மக்களாட்சி தமிழ் தேசிய கூட்டணி
	Democratic Unity Alliance Sinhala; Sinhalese: එක්සත් ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී සන්ධානය Tamil: ஜனநாயக ஐக்கிய முன்னணி
bgcolor=		Democratic United National Front Sinhala; Sinhalese: ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී එක්සත් ජාතික පෙරමුණ Tamil: ஜனநாயக ஐக்கிய தேசிய முன்னணி			Ariyawansa Dissanayake
	Desha Vimukthi Janatha Pakshaya Sinhala; Sinhalese: දේශ විමුක්ති ජනතා පක්ෂය Tamil: தேச விமுக்தி ஜனதா பக்ஷய
bgcolor=		Eelavar Democratic Front Sinhala; Sinhalese: ඊලවර් ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පෙරමුණ Tamil: ஈழவர் ஜனநாயக முன்னணி
	Equality Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: සමනතා පක්ෂය Tamil: சமத்துவக் கட்சி
bgcolor=		Eros Democratic Front Sinhala; Sinhalese: ඊරෝස් ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පෙරමුණ Tamil: ஈரோஸ் ஜனநாயக முன்னணி
	Freedom People's Front Sinhala; Sinhalese: නිදහස් ජනතා පෙරමුණ Tamil: சுதந்திர மக்கள் முன்னணி			Nalaka Godahewa
	Frontline Socialist Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: පෙරටුගාමී සමාජවාදී පක්ෂය Tamil: முன்னிலை சோசலிசக் கட்சி
	Lanka People's Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: ලංකා ජනතා පක්ෂය Tamil: இலங்கை மக்கள் கட்சி
	Liberal Democratic Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: ලිබරල් ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පක්ෂය Tamil: லிபரல் சனநாயகக் கட்சி			Kamal Nissanka
	Mawbima Janatha Pakshaya Sinhala; Sinhalese: මව්බිම ජනතා පක්ෂය Tamil: தாய்நாடு ஜனதா கட்சி			Dilith Jayaweera
	Motherland People's Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: මව්බිම ජනතා පක්‍ෂය Tamil: மௌவ்பிம ஜனதா பக்ஷய			Harischandra Wijayatunga
	National Development Front Sinhala; Sinhalese: ජාතික සංවර්ධන පෙරමුණ Tamil: தேசிய அபிவிருத்தி முன்னணி			Dr. Sarath Bandaranayake
	National Front for Good Governance Sinhala; Sinhalese: යහපාලනය සඳහා වූ ජාතික පෙරමුණ Tamil: நல்லாட்சிக்கான தேசிய முன்னணி			Abdul Rahman
	National Peace Front Sinhala; Sinhalese: ජාතික සමගි පෙරමුණ Tamil: தேசிய ஒற்றுமை முன்னணி
	National People's Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: ජාතික ජනතා පක්ෂය Tamil: தேசிய மக்கள் கட்சி
	Nava Sama Samaja Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: නව සමසමාජ පක්ෂය Tamil: நவ சம சமாஜக் கட்சி			Vikramabahu Karunaratne
bgcolor=		New Democratic Front Sinhala; Sinhalese: නව ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පෙරමුණ Tamil: புதிய சனநாயக முன்னணி			Shamila Perera
bgcolor=		New Democratic Marxist–Leninist Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: නව ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී මාක්ස්වාදී ලෙනින්වාදී පක්ෂය Tamil: புதிய ஜனநாயக மார்க்சிஸ்ட் லெனினிஸ்ட் கட்சி
bgcolor=		New Sinhala Heritage Sinhala; Sinhalese: නව සිහළ උරුමය Tamil: நவ சிஹல உறுமய			Sarath Manamendra
	Patriotic United National Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: දේශප්‍රේමී එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය Tamil: தேசப்பற்றுள்ள ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி
bgcolor=		People's Alliance Sinhala; Sinhalese: පොදු ජන එක්සත් පෙරමුණ Tamil: பொது ஜன முன்னணி
bgcolor=		People's Servants Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: ජනතා සේවක පක්ෂය Tamil: மக்கள் சேவகர்கள் கட்சி
bgcolor=		People's Welfare Front Sinhala; Sinhalese: ජන සෙත පෙරමුණ Tamil: ஜனசெத பெரமுண
bgcolor=		Samabima Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: සමබිම පක්ෂය Tamil: சமபிம கட்சி
	Sinhaladeepa Jathika Peramuna Sinhala; Sinhalese: සිංහලදීප ජාතික පෙරමුණ Tamil: சிங்களதீப தேசிய முன்னணி
bgcolor=orange		Siva Senai Tamil: சிவா சேனை			Maravanpulavu Sachchithananthan
	Social Democratic Party of Sri Lanka Sinhala; Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී ලංකා සමාජ ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පක්ෂය Tamil: இலங்கை சமூக ஜனநாயகக் கட்சி
	Socialist Equality Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: සමාජවාදී සමානතා පක්ෂය Tamil: சோசலிச சமத்துவக் கட்சி
	Socialist Party of Sri Lanka Sinhala; Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී ලංකා සමාජවාදී පක්ෂය Tamil: இலங்கை சோசலிஸ்ட் கட்சி
	Socialist People's Forum Sinhala; Sinhalese: සමාජවාදී ජනතා සංසදය Tamil: சோசலிச மக்கள் மன்றம்
bgcolor=		Socialist People's Front Sinhala; Sinhalese: සමාජවාදී ජනතා පෙරමුණ Tamil: சோசலிச மக்கள் முன்னணி
bgcolor=		Sri Lanka Labour Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී ලංකා කම්කරු පක්ෂය Tamil: ஸ்ரீலங்கா தொழிலாளர் கட்சி
	Sri Lanka Progressive Front Sinhala; Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී ලංකා ප්‍රගතිශීලී පෙරමුණ Tamil: ஸ்ரீலங்கா முற்போக்கு முன்னணி			J. A. Peter Nelson Perera
	Tamil Progressive Alliance Sinhala; Sinhalese: දෙමළ ප්‍රගතිශීලී සන්ධානය Tamil: தமிழ் முற்போக்கு கூட்டணி
	Tamil Social Democratic Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: දෙමළ සමාජ ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍ර පක්‍ෂය Tamil: தமிழ் சமூக ஜனநாயக கட்சி
	Tamil United Liberation Front Sinhala; Sinhalese: ද්‍රවිඩ එක්සත් විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ Tamil: தமிழர் விடுதலைக் கூட்டணி			V. Anandasangaree
	The Second Generation Sinhala; Sinhalese: දෙවන පරපුර Tamil: இரண்டாம் தலைமுறை
	United Congress Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: එක්සත් කොංග්‍රස් පක්ෂය Tamil: ஐக்கிய காங்கிரஸ் கட்சி
bgcolor=		United Democratic Front Sinhala; Sinhalese: එක්සත් ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පෙරමුණ Tamil: ஐக்கிய ஜனநாயக முன்னணி
	United Lanka Great Council Sinhala; Sinhalese: එක්සත් ලංකා මහා සභාව Tamil: ஐக்கிய இலங்கை மகா சபை			Nath Amarakone
bgcolor=		United Lanka People's Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: එක්සත් ලංකා පොදුජන පක්ෂය Tamil: எக்சத் லங்கா பொதுஜன பக்ஷய
bgcolor=		United Left Front Sinhala; Sinhalese: එක්සත් වාමාංශික පෙරමුණ Tamil: ஐக்கிய இடது முன்னணி			Jayampathy Wickramaratne
bgcolor=		United National Alliance එක්සත් ජාතික සන්ධානය ஐக்கிய தேசிய கூட்டமைப்பு
	United National Freedom Front Sinhala; Sinhalese: එක්සත් ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණ Tamil: ஐக்கிய தேசிய சுதந்திர முன்னணி
	United Peace Alliance Sinhala; Sinhalese: එක්සත් සාම සන්ධානය Tamil: ஐக்கிய சமாதான முன்னணி
	United People's Freedom Alliance Sinhala; Sinhalese: එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් සන්ධානය Tamil: ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சுதந்திரக் கூட்டணி
bgcolor=		United People's Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: එක්සත් මහජන පක්‍ෂය Tamil: ஐக்கிய மக்கள் கட்சி
	United Republican Front Sinhala; Sinhalese: එක්සත් ජනරජ පෙරමුණ Tamil: ஐக்கிய குடியரசு முன்னணி
	United Socialist Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: එක්සත් සමාජවාදි පකෂය Tamil: ஐக்கிய சோசலிச கட்சி			Siritunga Jayasuriya

Unregistered parties

Party		Election Symbol	Founded	Current leader	Alliance
bgcolor=		Buddhist People's Front Sinhala; Sinhalese: බොදු ජන පෙරමුණ Tamil: பௌத்த மக்கள் முன்னணி
bgcolor=		Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist) Sinhala; Sinhalese: ලංකා කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂය (මාඕවාදී) Tamil: இலங்கை கம்யூனிஸ்ட் கட்சி (மாவோயிஸ்ட்)
bgcolor=		Ceylon Democratic Unity Alliance Sinhala; Sinhalese: ලංකා ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී එක්සත් සන්ධානය Tamil: இலங்கை ஜனநாயக ஐக்கிய கூட்டணி			T. V. Chennan
bgcolor=		Democratic National Front Sinhala; Sinhalese: ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ජාතික පෙරමුණ Tamil: ஜனநாயக தேசிய முன்னணி			N. Kumaraguruparan	DTNF
bgcolor=		Democratic People's Congress Sinhala; Sinhalese: ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී මහජන කොංග්‍රසය Tamil: ஜனநாயக மக்கள் காங்கிரஸ்			Praba Ganesan	DTNF
bgcolor=		Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front Sinhala; Sinhalese: ඊළාම් ජාතික ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ Tamil: ஈழ தேசிய ஜனநாய விடுதலை முன்னணி
bgcolor=		Muslim Tamil National Alliance Sinhala; Sinhalese: මුස්ලිම් දෙමළ ජාතික සන්ධානය Sinhala; Sinhalese: முஸ்லிம் தமிழ் தேசிய கூட்டமைப்பு			Azath Salley
bgcolor=		People's Freedom Front Sinhala; Sinhalese: ජනතා නිදහස් පෙරමුණ Tamil: மக்கள் சுதந்திர முன்னணி
bgcolor=		People's Liberation Solidarity Front Sinhala; Sinhalese: මහජන විමුක්ති සහයෝගිතා පෙරමුණ Tamil: மக்கள் விடுதலை ஒற்றுமை முன்னணி			Kamal Karunadasa
bgcolor=		People's Tamil Congress Sinhala; Sinhalese: මහජන දෙමළ කොංග්‍රසය Tamil: மக்கள் தமிழ் காங்கிரஸ்			L. P. Shanmuganathan
bgcolor=		Revolutionary Workers Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: විප්ලවවාදී කම්කරු පක්ෂය Tamil: புரட்சிகர தொழிலாளர் கட்சி
bgcolor=		United Citizens’ Front Sinhala; Sinhalese: එක්සත් පුරවැසි පෙරමුණ Tamil: ஐக்கிய குடிமக்கள் முன்னணி			Tissa Attanayake
bgcolor=		United National Alternative Front Sinhala; Sinhalese: එක්සත් ජාතික විකල්ප පෙරමුණ Tamil: ஐக்கிய தேசிய மாற்று முன்னணி
bgcolor=		Upcountry National Front Sinhala; Sinhalese: කඳුරට ජාතික පෙරමුණ Tamil: மலையக தேசிய முன்னணி			Rishi Senthil Raj
bgcolor=		Green Party of Sri Lanka Sinhala; Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී ලංකා හරිත පක්ෂය Tamil: இலங்கை பசுமைக் கட்சி
bgcolor=		Our National Front Sinhala; Sinhalese: අපේ ජාතික පෙරමුණ Tamil: எமது தேசிய முன்னணி			Upulangani Malagamuwa
bgcolor=		Sri Lanka National Force Sinhala; Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජාතික බලය Tamil: ஸ்ரீ லங்கா தேசிய சக்தி
bgcolor=		Sri Lanka Vanguard Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී ලංකා පෙරටුගාමී පක්ෂය Tamil: இலங்கை முன்னிலை கட்சி
bgcolor=		Progressive Tamil Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: ප්‍රගතිශීලී දෙමළ පක්ෂය Tamil: முற்போக்குத்த தமிழர் கச்சி
bgcolor=		Vijaya Dharani National Council Sinhala; Sinhalese: විජය ධරණි ජාතික සභාව Tamil: விஜய தரணி தேசிய கவுன்சில்
bgcolor=		Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front(Suresh Wing) Sinhala; Sinhalese: ඊලාම් ජනතා විප්ලවවාදී විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ Tamil: ஈழ மக்கள் புரட்சிகர விடுதலை முன்னணி			Suresh Premachandran
bgcolor=		Ealam Tamil Self Rule Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: ඊලාම් තමිලර් සුයාට්ච්චි කච්චි Tamil: ஈழத் தமிழர் சுயாட்சிக் கட்சி			Ananthi Sasitharan
bgcolor=		Tamil National Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: දෙමළ ජාතික පක්ෂය Tamil: தமிழரசுக் கட்சி			M. K. Shivajilingam N. Srikantha

Defunct/dormant parties

Party		Symbol	Founded	Dissolved	leader	Notes
bgcolor=		All Ceylon Islamic United Front Sinhala; Sinhalese: සමස්ත ලංකා ඉස්ලාමීය එක්සත් පෙරමුණ Tamil: அகில இலங்கை இஸ்லாமிய ஐக்கிய முன்னணி
bgcolor=		All Ceylon Malay Political Union Sinhala; Sinhalese: සමස්ත ලංකා මැලේ දේශපාලන සංගමය Tamil: அகில இலங்கை மலாய் அரசியல் ஒன்றியம்
bgcolor=		Aziz Democratic Workers Congress Sinhala; Sinhalese: අසීස් ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී කම්කරු කොංග්‍රසය Tamil: அஜீஸ் ஜனநாயக தொழிலாளர் காங்கிரஸ்
bgcolor=		Bolshevik Samasamaja Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: බොල්ෂෙවික් සමසමාජ පක්ෂය Tamil: போல்ஷிவிக் சமசமாஜ கட்சி					Absorbed into the Lanka Sama Samaja Party
bgcolor=		Buddhist Republican Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: බෞද්ධ ජනරජ පක්ෂය Tamil: புத்த குடியரசு கட்சி
bgcolor=		Ceylon National Congress Sinhala; Sinhalese: ලංකා ජාතික කොංග්‍රසය Tamil: இலங்கை தேசிய காங்கிரஸ்
bgcolor=		Lanka Democratic Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: ලංකා ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පක්ෂය Tamil: இலங்கை சனநாயகக் கட்சி					Absorbed into the Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party
bgcolor=		Lanka Mahajana Sabha Sinhala; Sinhalese: ලංකා මහජන සභාව Tamil: லங்கா மகாஜன சபை
bgcolor=		Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Alternative Group) Sinhala; Sinhalese: ලංකා සමසමාජ පක්ෂය (විකල්ප කණ්ඩායම) Tamil: லங்கா சமசமாஜ கட்சி (மாற்றுக் குழு)
bgcolor=		Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Revolutionary) Sinhala; Sinhalese: ලංකා සමසමාජ පක්ෂය (විප්ලවවාදී) Tamil: லங்கா சமசமாஜ கட்சி (புரட்சிகர)
bgcolor=		Muslim United Liberation Front Sinhala; Sinhalese: මුස්ලිම් එක්සත් විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ Tamil: முஸ்லிம் ஐக்கிய விடுதலை முன்னணி
bgcolor=		National Alliance Sinhala; Sinhalese: ජාතික සන්ධානය Tamil: தேசியக் கூட்டணி
bgcolor=		National Democratic Movement Sinhala; Sinhalese: ජාතික ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ව්‍යාපාරය Tamil: தேசிய ஜனநாயக இயக்கம்
bgcolor=		National Democratic Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: ජාතික ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පක්ෂය Tamil: தேசிய ஜனநாயக கட்சி
bgcolor=		National Democratic People's Alliance Sinhala; Sinhalese: ජාතික ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ජනතා සන්ධානය Tamil: தேசிய ஜனநாயக மக்கள் கூட்டமைப்பு
bgcolor=		National Liberation Front Sinhala; Sinhalese: ජාතික විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ Tamil: தேசிய விடுதலை முன்னணி
bgcolor=		New Democratic Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: නව ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පක්ෂය Tamil: புதிய ஜனநாயகக் கட்சி
bgcolor=		New National Front Sinhala; Sinhalese: නව ජාතික පෙරමුණ Tamil: புதிய தேசிய முன்னணி
bgcolor=		People's Front of Liberation Tigers Sinhala; Sinhalese: විඩුතලෛප් පුලිකල් මක්කල් මුන්නනි Tamil: விடுதலைப் புலிகள் மக்கள் முன்னணி
bgcolor=		Sinhala Heritage Sinhala; Sinhalese: සිංහල උරුමය Tamil: சிங்கள உறுமய					Absorbed into the Jathika Hela Urumaya
bgcolor=		Sinhala Maha Sabha Sinhala; Sinhalese: සිංහල මහා සභාව Tamil: சிங்கள மகா சபை					Absorbed into the United National Party
bgcolor=		Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් සමාජවාදී පක්ෂය Tamil: ஸ்ரீலங்கா சுதந்திர சோசலிச கட்சி					Absorbed into the United National Party
bgcolor=		Sri Lanka National Congress Sinhala; Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජාතික කොංග්‍රසය Tamil: இலங்கை தேசிய காங்கிரஸ்					Absorbed into the Sri Lanka Freedom Party
bgcolor=		Sri Lanka Sama Samaja Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී ලංකා සමසමාජ පක්ෂය Tamil: இலங்கை சம சமாஜ கட்சி					Absorbed into the Sri Lanka Freedom Party
bgcolor=		Swaraj Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: ස්වරාජ් පක්ෂය Tamil: ஸ்வராஜ் கட்சி
bgcolor=		United Lanka Congress Sinhala; Sinhalese: එක්සත් ලංකා කොංග්‍රසය Tamil: ஐக்கிய லங்கா காங்கிரஸ்
bgcolor=		United Muslim People's Alliance Sinhala; Sinhalese: එක්සත් මුස්ලිම් ජනතා සන්ධානය Tamil: ஐக்கிய முஸ்லிம் மக்கள் கூட்டமைப்பு
bgcolor=		United National Alliance Sinhala; Sinhalese: එක්සත් ජාතික සන්ධානය Tamil: ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கூட்டமைப்பு
bgcolor=		Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: විප්ලවකාරි ලංකා සමසමාජ පක්ෂය Tamil: விப்லவகாரி லங்கா சம சமாஜ கட்சி					Absorbed into the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
bgcolor=		Workers' Liberation Front Sinhala; Sinhalese: කම්කරු විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ Tamil: தொழிலாளர் விடுதலை முன்னணி

References

• Web site: Political parties . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . dead . https://archive.today/20120805182845/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pp.html . 2012-08-05 .
• Web site: Sri Lanka. 22 June 2004. Leftist Parties of the World. 11 March 2004. https://web.archive.org/web/20111001203344/http://www.broadleft.org/lk.htm. 1 October 2011. dead.
• Web site: The List of Political Party/Group in Sri Lanka (1945-2004). Sri Lanka Statistics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: BUSINESS TODAY -I Believe in the SLFP. businesstoday.lk.
2. Web site: Re-nationalizing: New economic policy.
3. Web site: Perera. Jehan. Prevent Vicious Cycle From Re-Emerging After Election. peace-srilanka.org. The National Peace Council of Sri Lanka. 30 March 2018.
4. Web site: The Politics of Demonizing Federalism and Depicting It as Separatism. Daily Mirror. 31 October 2019. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
5. Web site: Paradox of Pohottuwa's anti-Americanism with US soft diplomacy in Lankan politics. The Sunday Times. 31 October 2019. Colombo, Sri Lanka.