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This article lists political parties in Sri Lanka.

Alliances

Parliamentary alliances

Alliance		Symbol	Political position	Ideology	Founded	Leader	MPs
	Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පොදුජන සන්ධානය ஶ்ரீ லங்கா பொதுஜன சுதந்திர கூட்டமைப்பு	—	Big tent	Social democracy[1][2] Sinhalese nationalism[3] Anti-federalism[4] Anti-imperialism[5] Pro-Rajapaksa politics	31 October 2019	Mahinda Rajapaksa	103 / 225
	Samagi Jana Balawegaya සමගි ජනබලවේගය ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சக்தி		Centre-right	Liberal conservatism Social democracy	10 February 2020	Sajith Premadasa	58 / 225
	Freedom People's Alliance නිදහස් ජනතා සන්ධානය சுதந்திர மக்கள் கூட்டணி		Centre-left to far-left	Democratic socialism Sinhalese nationalism Anti-Rajapaksa politics	11 January 2023		37 / 225
	Tamil National Alliance දෙමළ ජාතික සන්ධානය தமிழ்த் தேசியக் கூட்டமைப்பு	—	Centre-left	Tamil nationalism Federalism	20 October 2001	R. Sampanthan	6 / 225
	Democratic Tamil National Alliance දෙමළ ජාතික සන්ධානය தமிழ்த் தேசியக் கூட்டமைப்பு		Centre-left	Tamil nationalism	13 January 2023		4 / 225
	National People's Power ජාතික ජන බලවේගය தேசிய மக்கள் சக்தி		Far-left	Communism Anti-imperialism	2015	Anura Kumara Dissanayake	3 / 225
	Tamil National People's Front ද්‍රවිඩ ජාතික ජනතා පෙරමුණ தமிழ்த் தேசியத்திற்கான மக்கள் முன்னணி		Centre-left	Tamil nationalism	28 February 2010	Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam	2 / 225
	Tamil People's National Alliance දෙමළ ජනතා ජාතික සන්ධානය தமிழ் மக்கள் தேசிய கூட்டணி		Centre-left	Tamil nationalism	9 February 2020	C. V. Wigneswaran	1 / 225

Other parliamentary alliances

Alliance		Symbol	Political position	Ideology	Founded	Leader	MPs	Notes
	Supreme Lanka Coalition උත්‍ත‍ර ලංකා සභාගය உத்தர லங்கா சபாகய	—	Left-wing to far-left	Left-wing nationalism Sinhalese nationalism Anti-Rajapaksa politics	4 September 2022	Wimal Weerawansa	11 / 225	Allied with the FPA
	Tamil Progressive Alliance දෙමළ ප්‍රගතිශීලී සන්ධානය தமிழ் முற்போக்கு கூட்டணி	—	Centre	Tamil nationalism Indian Tamil interests	3 June 2015	Mano Ganesan	6 / 225	Allied with the SJB
	Democratic Tamil National Front ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී දෙමළ ජාතික පෙරමුණ மக்களாட்சி தமிழ்த் தேசிய முன்னணி	—		Tamil nationalism	4 May 2016	V. Anandasangaree	2 / 225	Allied with the SLPFA
	Muslim National Alliance මුස්ලිම් ජාතික සන්ධානය முஸ்லிம் தேசிய கூட்டமைப்பு		Centre	Muslim minority politics			1 / 225	Allied with the SJB

Defunct/dormant alliances

Alliance		Symbol	Political position	Ideology	Founded	Dissolved	Notes
	Left Liberation Front[a] වාමාංශික විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ இடது விடுதலை முன்னணி	—	Far-left	Communism Trotskyism	1998
	People's Alliance පොදු ජන එක්සත් පෙරමුණ மக்கள் கூட்டணி		Big tent		1994	2004	Most members joined the UPFA
	National Unity Alliance ජාතික සමගි සන්ධානය தேசிய ஐக்கியக் கூட்டமைப்பு		Centre	Muslim minority politics	1999	2010	Most members joined the SLFP
	Tamil National Liberation Alliance දෙමළ ජාතික විමුක්ති සන්ධානය தமிழ் தனிநாடு விடுதலை கூட்டணி	—		Tamil nationalism	22 February 2010	25 June 2011	Members joined the TNA
	Democratic National Alliance ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ජාතික සන්ධානය ஜனநாயகக் கட்சி		Big tent		22 November 2009
	United National Front එක්සත් ජාතික පෙරමුණ ஐக்கிய தேசிய முன்னணி	—	Centre-right	Conservatism	21 October 2001	2020	Most members joined the SJB
	United People's Freedom Alliance එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් සන්ධානය ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சுதந்திரக் கூட்டணி		Centre-left	Democratic socialism Sinhalese nationalism	20 January 2004	9 December 2019	Most members joined the SLPFA
	Joint Opposition ඒකාබද්ධ විපක්ෂය கூட்டு எதிர்ப்பு	—	Right-wing	Right-wing populism Social democracy Sinhalese nationalism Anti-federalism Anti-imperialism Pro-Rajapaksa politics	2015	2018	Most members joined the SLPFA
	Socialist Alliance සමාජවාදී සන්ධානය சோசலிஸ்ட் கூட்டணி		Left-wing to far-left	Socialism Communism	2006 (2006)	2021 (2021)

Parties

Parliamentary registered parties

Party		Election Symbol	Political position	Ideology	Founded	Leader	MPs	MPCs	MLGs
Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (SLPFA)
	Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණ இலங்கை பொதுஜன முன்னணி		Right-wing	Neoconservatism Sinhalese nationalism Right-wing populism	November 2016	Mahinda Rajapaksa	99 / 225		3,369 / 8,356
	Mahajana Eksath Peramuna මහජන එක්සත් පෙරමුණ‍ மகாஜன எக்சத் பெரமுன		Left-wing	Left-wing nationalism	1959	Dinesh Gunawardena	2 / 225
	Eelam People's Democratic Party ඊලාම් ජනතා ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පක්ෂය ஈழ மக்களாட்சி கட்சி		Syncretic		November 1987	Douglas Devananda	2 / 225	2 / 455	98 / 8,356
	Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal තමිළ් මක්කල් විඩුදලෛප් පුළිකල් தமிழ் மக்கள் விடுதலைப் புலிகள்		Syncretic		2004	S. Chandrakanthan	1 / 225		53 / 8,356
	Ceylon Workers' Congress ලංකා කම්කරු කොංග්‍රසය இலங்கை தொழிலாளர் காங்கிரஸ்		Centre	Agrarian socialism Indian Tamil interests	1939	Jeewan Thondaman	2 / 225	4 / 455	59 / 8,356
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB)
	Samagi Jana Balawegaya සමගි ජනබලවේගය ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சக்தி		Centre-right	Liberal conservatism Social democracy	2020	Sajith Premadasa	37 / 225
	Sri Lanka Muslim Congress ශ්‍රී ලංකා මුස්ලිම් කොංග්‍රසය சிறீலங்கா முஸ்லிம் காங்கிரசு		Centre	Muslim minority politics	1981	Rauff Hakeem	5 / 225	13 / 455	74 / 8,356
	All Ceylon Makkal Congress සමස්ත ලංකා මහජන කොංග්‍රසය அகில இலங்கை மக்கள் காங்கிரஸ்		Centre	Muslim minority politics	2005	Rishad Bathiudeen	4 / 225	1 / 455	65 / 8,356
	Democratic People's Front ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ජනතා පෙරමුණ மக்களாட்சி மக்கள் முன்னணி		Centre	Indian Tamil interests		Mano Ganesan	2 / 225	2 / 455
	National Union of Workers ජාතික කම්කරු සංගමය தொழிலாளர் தேசிய சங்கம்		Centre	Indian Tamil interests		Palani Digambaran	2 / 225
	Up-Country People's Front කඳුරට ජනතා පෙරමුණ மலையக மக்கள் முன்னணி		Centre	Indian Tamil interests	1989	V. Radhakrishnan	2 / 225	1 / 455
	Democratic National Movement ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ජනතා ව්‍යාපරය மக்கட்தலை நாடு இயக்கம்					Aruna de Zoysa	1 / 225		9 / 8,356
	Jathika Hela Urumaya ජාතික හෙළ උරුමය ஜாதிக எல உறுமய		Right-wing	Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism	February 2004	Ven.Omalpe Sobhitha Thero	1 / 225
	New Lanka Freedom Party නව ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය புதிய இலங்கை சுதந்திரக் கட்சி		Centre-left	Social democracy Sinhalese nationalism Left-wing nationalism	2020	Kumara Welgama	1 / 225
Freedom People's Alliance (FPA)
	Sri Lanka Freedom Party ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය இலங்கை சுதந்திரக் கட்சி		Centre-left	Social democracy Sinhalese nationalism Left-wing nationalism	2 December 1951	Maithripala Sirisena	14 / 225	248 / 455	1,032 / 8,356
	Freedom People's Congress නිදහස ජනතා සභාව சுதந்திர மக்கள் காங்கிரஸ்	—	Centre	Fiscal conservatism Anti-corruption Anti-nepotism Anti-Rajapaksa politics	2 September 2022	Dullas Alahapperuma	13 / 225
	Jathika Nidahas Peramuna ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණ தேசிய சுதந்திர முன்னணி		Centre-left	Sinhalese nationalism Anti-federalism	2008	Wimal Weerawansa	6 / 225	1 / 455
	Communist Party of Sri Lanka ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂය இலங்கை இனவாத கட்சி		Far-left	Communism Marxism–Leninism	1943	D. E. W. Gunasekera	1 / 225		1 / 8,356
	Democratic Left Front ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී වාමාංශික පෙරමුණ மக்களாட்சி இடதுசாரி முன்னணி		Left-wing	Socialism	1999	Vasudeva Nanayakkara	1 / 225
	Lanka Sama Samaja Party ලංකා සම සමාජ පක්ෂය இலங்கை சமசமாஜக் கட்சி		Far-left	Communism Trotskyism	18 December 1935	Tissa Vitharana	1 / 225		1 / 8,356
	Pivithuru Hela Urumaya පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය பிவிதுரு ஹெல உருமய		Right-wing	Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism		Udaya Gammanpila	1 / 225
	Our Power of People's Party අපේ ජන බල පක්ෂය நமது மக்கள் சக்தி கட்சி		Right-wing to far-right	Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism		Ven.Galgodaatte Gnanasara Thero	1 / 225
Tamil National Alliance (TNA)
	Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi ශ්‍රී ලංකා දෙමළ රාජ්‍ය පක්ෂය இலங்கைத் தமிழரசுக் கட்சி		Centre-left	Tamil nationalism	18 December 1949	Mavai Senathirajah	6 / 225	41 / 455	407 / 8,356
Democratic Tamil National Alliance (DTNA)
	Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization ද්‍රවිඩ ඊලම් විමුක්ති සංවිධානය தமிழீழ விடுதலை இயக்கம்		Syncretic	Tamil nationalism	1979	Selvam Adaikalanathan	3 / 225
	Democratic People's Liberation Front ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ மக்கட்தலை மக்கள் விடுதலை முன்னணி		Centre-left	Tamil nationalism	1988	D. Siddarthan	1 / 225
National People's Power (NPP)
	Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ மக்கள் விடுதலை முன்னணி		Far-left	Communism Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism Revolutionary socialism Anti-imperialism Progressivism	14 May 1965	Anura Kumara Dissanayake	3 / 225	15 / 455	431 / 8,356
Tamil National People's Front (TNPF)
	All Ceylon Tamil Congress අකිල ඉලංකෙයි තමිල් කොංග්‍රස් அகில இலங்கைத் தமிழ்க் காங்கிரஸ்		Centre-left	Tamil nationalism	29 August 1944	Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam	2 / 225		102 / 8,356
Tamil People's National Alliance (TPNA)
	Tamil People's Council දෙමළ ජනතා සභාව தமிழ் மக்கள் மகாசபை		Centre	Tamil nationalism		C. V. Wigneswaran	1 / 225
Other parties
	United National Party එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி		Centre-right	Conservatism	6 September 1946	Ranil Wickremesinghe	1 / 225	112 / 455	2,385 / 8,356
	National Congress ජාතික කොංග්‍රසය தேசிய காங்கிரஸ்		Centre	Muslim minority politics		A. L. M. Athaullah	1 / 225		26 / 8,356
	Sri Lanka People's Party ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහජන පක්ෂය ஶ்ரீ லங்கா மக்கள் கட்சி				22 January 1984	Asanka Nawaratne	1 / 225		1 / 8,356

Other registered parties

Party		Election Symbol	Founded	Current leader	MPs As 2020	MPCs As 2012,2013 2014 Mar. 2014 Sep.	MLGs As 2018
	Abhinava Nivahal Peramuna[b] අභිනව නිවහල් පෙරමුණ அபிநவ சுதந்திர முன்னணி			M. B. Thaminimulla
	All Lanka Tamil Great Council[c] සමස්ත ලංකා දෙමළ මහාසභාව அகில இலங்கை தமிழர் மகாசபை		December 2005	K. Vigneswaran
	Arunalu People's Front අරුණළු ජනතා පෙරමුණ அருணலு மக்கள் முன்னணி
	Citizen's Front පුරවැසි පෙරමුණ பிரஜைகள் முன்னணி			Sri Ranga Jeyaratnam
	Democratic National Alliance ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ජාතික සන්ධානය மக்களாட்சி தேசியக் கூட்டணி		22 November 2009	Sarath Fonseka
	Democratic National Congress ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ජාතික කොංග්‍රසය ஜனநாயக தேசிய காங்கிரஸ்
	Democratic Party ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පක්ෂය சனநாயகக் கட்சி		1 April 2013	Sarath Fonseka		17 / 455
	Democratic Tamil National Alliance[d] ජනනායක තමිළ් තේසිය කුට්ටනි மக்களாட்சி தமிழ் தேசிய கூட்டணி
	Democratic Unity Alliance එක්සත් ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී සන්ධානය ஜனநாயக ஐக்கிய முன்னணி					1 / 455	8 / 8,356
	Democratic United National Front ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී එක්සත් ජාතික පෙරමුණ ஜனநாயக ஐக்கிய தேசிய முன்னணி		1990	Ariyawansa Dissanayake			5 / 8,356
	Desha Vimukthi Janatha Pakshaya දේශ විමුක්ති ජනතා පක්ෂය தேச விமுக்தி ஜனதா பக்ஷய		1988
	Eelavar Democratic Front[e] ඊලවර් ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පෙරමුණ ஈழவர் ஜனநாயக முன்னணி
	Equality Party සමනතා පක්ෂය சமத்துவக் கட்சி
	Eros Democratic Front ඊරෝස් ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පෙරමුණ ஈரோஸ் ஜனநாயக முன்னணி
	Freedom People's Front නිදහස් ජනතා පෙරමුණ சுதந்திர மக்கள் முன்னணி		30 December 2022	Nalaka Godahewa	1 / 225
	Frontline Socialist Party පෙරටුගාමී සමාජවාදී පක්ෂය முன்னிலை சோசலிசக் கட்சி		9 April 2012
	Lanka People's Party[f] ලංකා ජනතා පක්ෂය இலங்கை மக்கள் கட்சி
	Liberal Democratic Party ලිබරල් ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පක්ෂය லிபரல் சனநாயகக் கட்சி		19 January 1987	Kamal Nissanka			1 / 8,356
	Mawbima Janatha Pakshaya මව්බිම ජනතා පක්ෂය தாய்நாடு ஜனதா கட்சி		11 October 2023	Dilith Jayaweera
	Motherland People's Party [g] මව්බිම ජනතා පක්‍ෂය மௌவ்பிம ஜனதா பக்ஷய		2009	Harischandra Wijayatunga
	National Development Front ජාතික සංවර්ධන පෙරමුණ தேசிய அபிவிருத்தி முன்னணி		July 2000	Dr. Sarath Bandaranayake
	National Front for Good Governance යහපාලනය සඳහා වූ ජාතික පෙරමුණ நல்லாட்சிக்கான தேசிய முன்னணி			Abdul Rahman
	National Peace Front ජාතික සමගි පෙරමුණ தேசிய ஒற்றுமை முன்னணி
	National People's Party ජාතික ජනතා පක්ෂය தேசிய மக்கள் கட்சி						10 / 8,356
	Nava Sama Samaja Party නව සමසමාජ පක්ෂය நவ சம சமாஜக் கட்சி		1977	Vikramabahu Karunaratne
	New Democratic Front නව ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පෙරමුණ புதிய சனநாயக முன்னணி			Shamila Perera
	New Democratic Marxist–Leninist Party නව ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී මාක්ස්වාදී ලෙනින්වාදී පක්ෂය புதிய ஜனநாயக மார்க்சிஸ்ட் லெனினிஸ்ட் கட்சி
	New Sinhala Heritage නව සිහළ උරුමය நவ சிஹல உறுமய		2006	Sarath Manamendra
	Patriotic United National Party දේශප්‍රේමී එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය தேசப்பற்றுள்ள ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி
	People's Alliance පොදු ජන එක්සත් පෙරමුණ பொது ஜன முன்னணி		1994
	People's Servants Party ජනතා සේවක පක්ෂය மக்கள் சேவகர்கள் கட்சி		June 2015
	People's Welfare Front ජන සෙත පෙරමුණ ஜனசெத பெரமுண						3 / 8,356
	Samabima Party සමබිම පක්ෂය சமபிம கட்சி
	Sinhaladeepa Jathika Peramuna සිංහලදීප ජාතික පෙරමුණ சிங்களதீப தேசிய முன்னணி
	Siva Senai சிவா சேனை		12 October 2016	Maravanpulavu Sachchithananthan
	Social Democratic Party of Sri Lanka ශ්‍රී ලංකා සමාජ ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පක්ෂය இலங்கை சமூக ஜனநாயகக் கட்சி
	Socialist Equality Party[h] සමාජවාදී සමානතා පක්ෂය சோசலிச சமத்துவக் கட்சி		1968
	Socialist Party of Sri Lanka ශ්‍රී ලංකා සමාජවාදී පක්ෂය இலங்கை சோசலிஸ்ட் கட்சி		2006
	Socialist People's Forum[i] සමාජවාදී ජනතා සංසදය சோசலிச மக்கள் மன்றம்
	Socialist People's Front[j] සමාජවාදී ජනතා පෙරමුණ சோசலிச மக்கள் முன்னணி		2006 (2006)
	Sri Lanka Labour Party ශ්‍රී ලංකා කම්කරු පක්ෂය ஸ்ரீலங்கா தொழிலாளர் கட்சி
	Sri Lanka Progressive Front ශ්‍රී ලංකා ප්‍රගතිශීලී පෙරමුණ ஸ்ரீலங்கா முற்போக்கு முன்னணி		1996	J. A. Peter Nelson Perera
	Tamil Progressive Alliance දෙමළ ප්‍රගතිශීලී සන්ධානය தமிழ் முற்போக்கு கூட்டணி		3 June 2015
	Tamil Social Democratic Party දෙමළ සමාජ ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍ර පක්‍ෂය தமிழ் சமூக ஜனநாயக கட்சி
	Tamil United Liberation Front[k] ද්‍රවිඩ එක්සත් විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ தமிழர் விடுதலைக் கூட்டணி		4 May 1972	V. Anandasangaree			78 / 8,356
	The Second Generation දෙවන පරපුර இரண்டாம் தலைமுறை
	United Congress Party එක්සත් කොංග්‍රස් පක්ෂය ஐக்கிய காங்கிரஸ் கட்சி
	United Democratic Front එක්සත් ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පෙරමුණ ஐக்கிய ஜனநாயக முன்னணி
	United Lanka Great Council එක්සත් ලංකා මහා සභාව ஐக்கிய இலங்கை மகா சபை			Nath Amarakone
	United Lanka People's Party එක්සත් ලංකා පොදුජන පක්ෂය எக்சத் லங்கா பொதுஜன பக்ஷய
	United Left Front එක්සත් වාමාංශික පෙරමුණ ஐக்கிய இடது முன்னணி			Jayampathy Wickramaratne			1 / 8,356
	United National Alliance[l] එක්සත් ජාතික සන්ධානය ஐக்கிய தேசிய கூட்டமைப்பு
	United National Freedom Front එක්සත් ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණ ஐக்கிய தேசிய சுதந்திர முன்னணி						20 / 8,356
	United Peace Alliance[m] එක්සත් සාම සන්ධානය ஐக்கிய சமாதான முன்னணி
	United People's Freedom Alliance එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් සන්ධානය ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சுதந்திரக் கூட்டணி		20 January 2004
	United People's Party එක්සත් මහජන පක්‍ෂය ஐக்கிய மக்கள் கட்சி						5 / 8,356
	United Republican Front එක්සත් ජනරජ පෙරමුණ ஐக்கிய குடியரசு முன்னணி
	United Socialist Party එක්සත් සමාජවාදි පකෂය ஐக்கிய சோசலிச கட்சி		1989	Siritunga Jayasuriya

Unregistered parties

Defunct/dormant parties

Notes

References

• "Political parties". 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. Retrieved 11 March 2004.
• "The List of Political Party/Group in Sri Lanka (1945-2004)". Sri Lanka Statistics.