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  2. Eelam People's Democratic Party - Wikipedia

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    Eelam People's Democratic Party. The Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) is a political party and a pro-government paramilitary organization in Sri Lanka. It is led by its founder Douglas Devananda .

  3. Democratic Party (Sri Lanka) - Wikipedia

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    Democratic Party contested for provincial council elections held on 29 March 2014 and secured 12 seats of two councils. In Southern council 75,532 votes obtaining 3 seats while in western province they got 203,767 votes obtaining 9 seats. Democratic party got defeated badly in the Uva Provisional council election held on 20 September 2014.

  4. Politics of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Politics of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is a unitary multi-party semi-presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Sri Lanka is both head of state and head of government. Executive power is exercised by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet of Ministers. Legislative power is vested in the ...

  5. List of political parties in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2012-08-05. "Sri Lanka". Leftist Parties of the World. 22 June 2004. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011 "The List of Political Party/Group in Sri Lanka (1945-2004)". Sri Lanka Statistics.

  6. 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. United People's Freedom Alliance - Wikipedia

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    The United People's Freedom Alliance was born out of a memorandum of understanding signed by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) in 2004. The agreement was the result of a year's negotiations between the two parties, and broadly outlined common goals in the areas of the economy, ethnic harmony, democracy ...

  8. Elections in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Sri Lanka elects on the national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. Sri Lanka has a multi-party system, with two dominant political parties. All elections are administered by the Election Commission of Sri Lanka .

  9. Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna - Wikipedia

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    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 ...