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:

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 positionIdeologyFoundedLeaderMPs
Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance
Sinhala; Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පොදුජන සන්ධානය
Tamil: ஶ்ரீ லங்கா பொதுஜன சுதந்திர கூட்டமைப்பு
Big tentSocial 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-rightLiberal conservatism
Social democracy
Sajith Premadasa
bgcolor=Supreme Lanka Coalition
උත්‍ත‍ර ලංකා සභාගය
உத்தர லங்கா சபாகய
Left-wing to far-leftLeft-wing nationalism
Sinhalese nationalism
Anti-Rajapaksa politics
Wimal Weerawansa
Tamil National Alliance
Sinhala; Sinhalese: දෙමළ ජාතික සන්ධානය
Tamil: தமிழ்த் தேசியக் கூட்டமைப்பு
Centre-leftTamil nationalism
Federalism
R. Sampanthan
Democratic Tamil National Alliance
Sinhala; Sinhalese: දෙමළ ජාතික සන්ධානය
Tamil: தமிழ்த் தேசியக் கூட்டமைப்பு
Centre-leftTamil nationalism
National People's Power
Sinhala; Sinhalese: ජාතික ජන බලවේගය
Tamil: தேசிய மக்கள் சக்தி
Left-wingSocial democracy
Socialism
Anti-imperialism
Anura Kumara Dissanayake
Tamil National People's Front
Sinhala; Sinhalese: ද්‍රවිඩ ජාතික ජනතා පෙරමුණ
Tamil: தமிழ்த் தேசியத்திற்கான மக்கள் முன்னணி
Centre-leftTamil nationalism
Tamil People's National Alliance
Sinhala; Sinhalese: දෙමළ ජනතා ජාතික සන්ධානය
Tamil: தமிழ் மக்கள் தேசிய கூட்டணி
Centre-leftTamil nationalismC. V. Wigneswaran

Other parliamentary alliances

AllianceSymbolPolitical positionIdeologyFoundedLeaderMPsNotes
bgcolor=orangeTamil Progressive Alliance
දෙමළ ප්‍රගතිශීලී සන්ධානය
தமிழ் முற்போக்கு கூட்டணி
CentreTamil nationalism
Indian Tamil interests
Mano GanesanAllied with the SJB
bgcolor=redDemocratic Tamil National Front
ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී දෙමළ ජාතික පෙරමුණ
மக்களாட்சி தமிழ்த் தேசிய முன்னணி
Tamil nationalismV. AnandasangareeAllied with the SLPFA
Muslim National Alliance
මුස්ලිම් ජාතික සන්ධානය
முஸ்லிம் தேசிய கூட்டமைப்பு
CentreMuslim minority politicsAllied with the SJB

Defunct/dormant alliances

AllianceSymbolPolitical positionIdeologyFoundedDissolvedNotes
Left Liberation Front
වාමාංශික විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ
இடது விடுதலை முன்னணி
Far-leftCommunism
Trotskyism
People's Alliance
පොදු ජන එක්සත් පෙරමුණ
மக்கள் கூட்டணி
Big tent2004Most members joined the UPFA
National Unity Alliance
ජාතික සමගි සන්ධානය
தேசிய ஐக்கியக் கூட்டமைப்பு
CentreMuslim minority politicsMost members joined the SLFP
Tamil National Liberation Alliance
දෙමළ ජාතික විමුක්ති සන්ධානය
தமிழ் தனிநாடு விடுதலை கூட்டணி
Tamil nationalismMembers joined the TNA
Democratic National Alliance
ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ජාතික සන්ධානය
ஜனநாயகக் கட்சி
Big tent
United National Front
එක්සත් ජාතික පෙරමුණ
ஐக்கிய தேசிய முன்னணி
Centre-rightConservatism2020Most members joined the SJB
United People's Freedom Alliance
එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් සන්ධානය
ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சுதந்திரக் கூட்டணி
Centre-leftSocial democracy
Sinhalese nationalism
9 December 2019Most members joined the SLPFA
Joint Opposition
ඒකාබද්ධ විපක්ෂය
கூட்டு எதிர்ப்பு
Right-wingRight-wing populism
Social democracy
Sinhalese nationalism
Anti-federalism
Anti-imperialism
Pro-Rajapaksa politics
2018Most members joined the SLPFA
bgcolor=Socialist Alliance
Sinhala; Sinhalese: සමාජවාදී සන්ධානය
Tamil: சோசலிஸ்ட் கூட்டணி
Left-wing to far-leftSocialism
Communism
Freedom People's Alliance
Sinhala; Sinhalese: නිදහස් ජනතා සන්ධානය
Tamil: சுதந்திர மக்கள் கூட்டணி
Centre-left to far-leftSocial 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.

PartyElection SymbolPolitical positionIdeologyFoundedLeaderMPsMPCsMLGs
Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (SLPFA)
bgcolor=Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Sinhala; Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණ
Tamil: இலங்கை பொதுஜன முன்னணி
Right-wingNeoconservatism
Sinhalese nationalism
Right-wing populism
Mahinda Rajapaksa
bgcolor=United National Party
Sinhala; Sinhalese: එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය
Tamil: ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி
Centre-rightConservatism
bgcolor=Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
Sinhala; Sinhalese: මහජන එක්සත් පෙරමුණ‍
Tamil: மகாஜன எக்சத் பெரமுன
Left-wingLeft-wing nationalismDinesh Gunawardena
bgcolor=Eelam People's Democratic Party
Sinhala; Sinhalese: ඊලාම් ජනතා ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පක්ෂය
Tamil: ஈழ மக்களாட்சி கட்சி
SyncreticDouglas Devananda
Ceylon Workers' Congress
Sinhala; Sinhalese: ලංකා කම්කරු කොංග්‍රසය
Tamil: இலங்கை தொழிலாளர் காங்கிரஸ்
CentreAgrarian socialism
Indian Tamil interests
Jeewan Thondaman
bgcolor=Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal
Sinhala; Sinhalese: තමිළ් මක්කල් විඩුදලෛප් පුළිකල්
Tamil: தமிழ் மக்கள் விடுதலைப் புலிகள்
SyncreticS. Chandrakanthan
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB)
bgcolor=Samagi Jana Balawegaya
Sinhala; Sinhalese: සමගි ජනබලවේගය
Tamil: ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சக்தி
Centre-rightLiberal conservatism
Social democracy
Sajith Premadasa
bgcolor=Freedom People's Congress
Sinhala; Sinhalese: නිදහස ජනතා සභාව
Tamil: சுதந்திர மக்கள் காங்கிரஸ்
CentreFiscal 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
CentreMuslim minority politicsRauff Hakeem
bgcolor=All Ceylon Makkal Congress
Sinhala; Sinhalese: සමස්ත ලංකා මහජන කොංග්‍රසය
Tamil: அகில இலங்கை மக்கள் காங்கிரஸ்
CentreMuslim minority politics
bgcolor=Democratic People's Front
Sinhala; Sinhalese: ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ජනතා පෙරමුණ
Tamil: மக்களாட்சி மக்கள் முன்னணி
CentreIndian Tamil interestsMano Ganesan
bgcolor=National Union of Workers
Sinhala; Sinhalese: ජාතික කම්කරු සංගමය
Tamil: தொழிலாளர் தேசிய சங்கம்
CentreIndian Tamil interestsPalani Digambaran
bgcolor=Up-Country People's Front
Sinhala; Sinhalese: කඳුරට ජනතා පෙරමුණ
Tamil: மலையக மக்கள் முன்னணி
CentreIndian Tamil interestsV. 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-wingSinhalese Buddhist nationalismVen.Omalpe Sobhitha Thero
bgcolor=blueNew Lanka Freedom Party
Sinhala; Sinhalese: නව ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය
Tamil: புதிய இலங்கை சுதந்திரக் கட்சி
Centre-leftSocial 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-leftSinhalese nationalism
Anti-federalism
Wimal Weerawansa
bgcolor=Communist Party of Sri Lanka
Sinhala; Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂය
Tamil: இலங்கை இனவாத கட்சி
Far-leftCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
D. E. W. Gunasekera
bgcolor=Democratic Left Front
Sinhala; Sinhalese: ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී වාමාංශික පෙරමුණ
Tamil: மக்களாட்சி இடதுசாரி முன்னணி
Left-wingSocialismVasudeva Nanayakkara
bgcolor=Lanka Sama Samaja Party
Sinhala; Sinhalese: ලංකා සම සමාජ පක්ෂය
Tamil: இலங்கை சமசமாஜக் கட்சி
Far-leftCommunism
Trotskyism
Tissa Vitharana
bgcolor=Pivithuru Hela Urumaya
Sinhala; Sinhalese: පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය
Tamil: பிவிதுரு ஹெல உருமய
Right-wingSinhalese Buddhist nationalismUdaya Gammanpila
bgcolor=Our Power of People's Party
Sinhala; Sinhalese: අපේ ජන බල පක්ෂය
Tamil: நமது மக்கள் சக்தி கட்சி
Right-wing to far-rightSinhalese Buddhist nationalismVen.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-leftTamil nationalismS. Shritharan
Democratic Tamil National Alliance (DTNA)
bgcolor=Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization
Sinhala; Sinhalese: ද්‍රවිඩ ඊලම් විමුක්ති සංවිධානය
Tamil: தமிழீழ விடுதலை இயக்கம்
SyncreticTamil nationalismSelvam Adaikalanathan
bgcolor=Democratic People's Liberation Front
Sinhala; Sinhalese: ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ
Tamil: மக்கட்தலை மக்கள் விடுதலை முன்னணி
Centre-leftTamil nationalism
National People's Power (NPP)
bgcolor=Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
Sinhala; Sinhalese: ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ
Tamil: மக்கள் விடுதலை முன்னணி
Far-leftCommunism
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-leftTamil nationalismGajendrakumar Ponnambalam
Tamil People's National Alliance (TPNA)
bgcolor=Tamil People's Council
Sinhala; Sinhalese: දෙමළ ජනතා සභාව
Tamil: தமிழ் மக்கள் மகாசபை
CentreTamil nationalismC. V. Wigneswaran
Other parties
bgcolor=Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Sinhala; Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය
Tamil: இலங்கை சுதந்திரக் கட்சி
Centre-leftSocial democracy
Sinhalese nationalism
Left-wing nationalism
Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe
bgcolor=National Congress
Sinhala; Sinhalese: ජාතික කොංග්‍රසය
Tamil: தேசிய காங்கிரஸ்
CentreMuslim minority politicsA. L. M. Athaullah

Other registered parties

PartyElection SymbolFoundedCurrent leaderMPs
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=orangeSiva 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

PartyElection SymbolFoundedCurrent leaderAlliance
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. KumaraguruparanDTNF
bgcolor=Democratic People's Congress
Sinhala; Sinhalese: ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී මහජන කොංග්‍රසය
Tamil: ஜனநாயக மக்கள் காங்கிரஸ்
Praba GanesanDTNF
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

PartySymbolFoundedDissolvedleaderNotes
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

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.