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The National People's Power (NPP), or Jathika Jana Balawegaya (JJB), is a Social democratic and socialist political alliance in Sri Lanka. It was established in 2019 [2] by Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna. [3][4][5] It consists of 28 political parties and other organisations. It contests in elections under the ...
The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB; Sinhala: සමගි ජනබලවේගය, romanized: Samagi Janabalavēgaya, Tamil: ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சக்தி, romanized: Aikkiya Makkaḷ Cakti, 'United People's Power') is a political alliance [3][4] led by Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa. [5][6][7] It is the largest ...
t. e. Janatha Vimukti Peramuna leadership at May Day Celebration in Colombo in 1999. Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna[ a ] (JVP / PLF; lit.'People's Liberation Front') is a Marxist–Leninist communist party in Sri Lanka. [ 6 ] The party was formerly a revolutionary movement and was involved in two armed uprisings against the government of Sri Lanka ...
The UNF was the governing party of the Parliament of Sri Lanka from 2015 to 2020. The alliance once consisted of 7 parties, including the largest Muslim party in Sri Lanka, the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress, and the Sinhalese nationalist Jathika Hela Urumaya. Since 2020, however, the alliance has been rendered mostly nugatory, with the alliance ...
Following the establishment of the Senate and the House of Representatives in Ceylon under the Soulbury Commission, the House of Representatives had six members appointed by the Governor-General, on the advice of the Prime Minister to represent important interests which were not represented or inadequately represented in the House, they were usually from the European and Burgher communities ...
Political parties. Elections. The United National Party (UNP; Sinhala: එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය, romanized: Eksath Jāthika Pakshaya, Tamil: ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி, romanized: Aikkiya Tēciyak Kaṭci) is a centre-right [1][2] political party in Sri Lanka. [3] The UNP has served as the ...
The All Ceylon Makkal Congress (Tamil: அகில இலங்கை மக்கள் காங்கிரஸ், romanized: Akila Ilaṅkai Makkaḷ Kāṅkiras; Sinhala: සමස්ත ලංකා මහජන කොංග්රසය Samasta Lanka Muslim Kongrasaya) is a registered political party in Sri Lanka. [1] It was founded ...
t. e. Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on 5 August 2020 to elect 225 members to Sri Lanka's 16th Parliament. [1][2][3] 16,263,885 people were eligible to vote in the election, 31.95% of whom were young voters. [4][5] The incumbent Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance coalition claimed a landslide victory in the election, winning ...