The Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya (Sri Lanka People's Party) is a political party in Sri Lanka. Founded in 1984 by Vijaya Kumaranatunga. Was led by Vijaya Kumaranatunga until his assassination in 1988. After1988 the party leader was Chandrika Kumaranatunga for a short time. After that Ossie Abeygunasekara was the leader until he was assassinated in 1994. The party lost 114 members during the revolution in 1988-1989. Ossie Abeyagoonasekera contested the Presidential election creating the United Socialist Alliance(USA) in 1989.
At the last legislative elections, 2 April 2004, the party was part of the United People's Freedom Alliance that won 45.6% of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats.
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Political parties in Sri Lanka
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United People's
Freedom Alliance |
- All Ceylon Muslim Congress
- Ceylon Workers' Congress
- Communist Party of Sri Lanka
- Desha Vimukthi Janatha Pakshaya
- Eelam People's Democratic Party
- Eelavar Democratic Front
- Jathika Hela Urumaya
- Lanka Sama Samaja Party
- Liberal Party
- Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
- National Freedom Front
- Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
- Sri Lanka Freedom Party
- Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya
- Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
- Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal
- Up-Country People's Front
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| United National Front |
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| Tamil National Alliance |
- Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (Suresh)
- Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi
- Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization
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| Democratic National Alliance |
- Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
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| Others outside parliament |
- Bahujana Nidahas Peramuna
- Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist)
- Ceylon Democratic Unity Alliance
- Democratic People's Front
- Democratic People's Liberation Front
- Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front
- Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (Padmanaba)
- Left Liberation Front
- Democratic Left Front
- Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Alternative Group)
- National Democratic Movement
- Nava Sama Samaja Party
- New Democratic Party
- Revolutionary Workers Party
- Socialist Equality Party
- Socialist Party
- Tamil National People's Front (All Ceylon Tamil Congress)
- Tamil United Liberation Front
- United Socialist Party
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- Portal:Politics
- List of political parties
- Politics of Sri Lanka
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