Leftist Parties of Sri Lanka

PARTY			PERIODICALS	CONTACT	IDEOL.	INTERNAT.	ELECTION Parl. '04	OTHER
Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist)		CCP(M)			mao.	RIM	-	f. 1964 as split from CCP (now CPSL)
Communist Party of Sri Lanka		CPSL		fax: +94-1-691610	com.	ex-WMR	in UPFA, 2 seats	f. 1943 as split from LSSP
Democratic Left Front		DLF		tel.: +94-75-355631	left. soc.		in NLF	f. 1999
Green Party Sri Lanka					green		-
Lanka Equal Society Party	Lanka Sama Samaja Party	LSSP	Samasamajaya	tel.: +94-1-596903	left. soc.	ex-USFI	in UPFA, 1 seat	f. 1935
Lanka Equal Society Party (Alternative Group)	Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Alternative Group)	LSSP(AG)					in NLF	split from LSSP, led by Chandra Kumarage
Mass Freedom Front	Bahujana Nidahas Peramuna	BNP					-	f. 1991 as split from SLMP
National Democratic Movement		NDM			rad. left.		in NLF	led by Patrick Fernando
National Liberation People's Party	Desha Vimukthi Janatha Pakshaya	DVJP		tel.: +94-1-338812			in UPFA	led by Nihal Perera Podiappuhamy
New Democratic Party		NDP	New Democracy		mao.		in NLF	f. 1991 by Sri Lanka Communist Party (Left)
New Equal Society Party	Nava Sama Samaja Pakshaya	NSSP	Haraya	e-mail	tro.	USFI, ex-CWI	in NLF	f. 1977 as LSSP(New Leadership)
New Left Front		NLF		e-mail	rad. left.		0.091%	f. 1998, alliance of NSSP, NDM, NDP
People's Liberation Front other page, other page, other page	Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	JVP	Sensakhti/Red Power, Niyamuva, Seenuwa	e-mail	left. nat.		in UPFA, 39 seats	f. 1969 as split from CPSL(Marxist-Leninist)
People's Liberation Solidarity Front	Jana Vimukthi Sahayogitha Peramuna	PLSF/JVSP		tel. +94-72-625857			-	f. 1997 as split from JVP
Peoples' United Front	Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	MEP		e-mail	left. nat.		in UPFA, 2 seats	f. 1951 after split from LSSP
Revolutionary Workers Party		RWP	Panthi Satana		tro.	ex-ILCC	-	f. 1968 as split from LSSP(r)
Section of CMI					tro.	IMT	-
Socialist Equality Party		SEP	Tholilalar Pathai, Kamkaru Mawatha	fax: +94-74-612587	tro.	ICFI(3)	0.000011%	f. 1968 as split from LSSP(r)
Spartacist Group India/Lanka					tro.	ICL	-	f. 1981 as split from RWP
Sri Lanka People's Party	Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya	SLMP			soc. dem.		in UPFA	f. 1984 as split from Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP)
Sri Lanka Progressive Front		SLPF		tel.: +94-1-826564	left. nat.		0.0088%	f. 1996 as split from JVP
United People's Freedom Alliance	Eksat Janata Nidahas Sandanaya	UPPA		fax: +94-1-868915	center left.		45.60%, 105 seats	f. 2003, alliance of Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), JVP, LSSP, CPSL, SLMP, DVJP, MEP, National Unity Alliance (NUA)
United Socialist Party		USP	Aramuna, Red Star	e-mail	tro.	CWI	0.16%	f. 1989 as split from NSSP
Tamil Organizations
Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front		ENDLF					-	f. 1987 by splits from EPRLF, TELO and PLOTE
Eelam People's Democratic Party		EPDP		e-mail			0.27%	f. 1986 as split from ERPLF
Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front [Suresh wing]		EPRLF[S]		tel.: +94-1-685826	left. nat.		on TNA list	f. 1980, led by Suresh K. Premachandran
Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front [Varatharaja wing]		EPRLF[V]		fax: +94-1-552840	left. nat.		on EPDP list	f. 2000 as split from EPRLF; led by Varatharaja Perumal
Eelam Revolutionary Organisation		EROS			left. nat.		supported EDPD	f. 1990 by minority of original EROS, led by Shankar Raji
Eelavar Democratic Front		EDF	Pothumai		left. nat.			f. 1989 by majority of Eelam Revolutionary Organisation (EROS) which joined LTTE
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam unofficial page		LTTE	Viduthalai Puligal	e-mail	nat.		supported TNA	f. 1976, pol.-mil.
People's Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam		PLOTE	Tamil Muracu	e-mail	left. nat.		see DPLF	f. 1979 as split from LTTE
Democratic People's Liberation Front		DPLF		tel. +94-1-586289			0.079%
Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization		TELO		fax: +94-1-585620	left. nat.		on TNA list	f. 1974
Tamil National Alliance		TNA					6.84% supported by LTTE	f. 2001, alliance of Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF), All Ceylon Tamil Congress (ACTC), EPRLF[V], TELO
Up-Country Peoples' Front				tel.: +94-1-528286			-	led by Periyasamy Chandrasekeran
Parties probably disbanded Proletarian Vanguard Organization of Ceylon, Workers Marxist League (WML), Workers Voice (Kamkaru Handa)