Politics of Sri Lanka Political parties in Sri Lanka Elections in Sri Lanka: Parliament: 2001 - 2004 The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (ශ්රී ලංකා in Sinhala / இலங்கை in Tamil) (known as Ceylon before 1972) is a tropical island nation off the southeast coast of the Indian subcontinent. ... Government The President of the Republic, directly elected for a 6-year term, is chief of state, head of government, and commander in chief of the armed forces. ... A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues with the aim to participate in power, usually by participating in elections. ... Politics of Sri Lanka Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in Sri Lanka ... Legislative elections were held in Sri Lanka on December 6, 2001. ... Legislative elections were held in Sri Lanka on 2 April 2004. ...
The Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya (Sri Lanka People's Party) is a political party in Sri Lanka. Founded in 1984 by Sri Lanka Freedom Party. Was led by Chandrika Kumaratunga1985-1990. A political party is a political organization that subscribes to a certain ideology and seeks to attain political power within a government. ... The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (ශ්රී ලංකා in Sinhala / இலங்கை in Tamil) (known as Ceylon before 1972) is a tropical island nation off the southeast coast of the Indian subcontinent. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mrs. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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A second group, the SriLanka People's Party (SLMP--Sri LankaMahajanaPakshaya), was formed in 1984 by a daughter of Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Chandrika Kumaratunge, and her husband Vijay Kumaratunge.
The Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) was founded in 1935 and remained in the late 1980s one of the very few MarxistLeninist parties in the world to associate itself with the revolutionary doctrines of Leon Trotsky.
The Communist Party of SriLanka (CPSL) was established in 1943 and continued in the late 1980s to follow the direction of the Soviet Union on matters of ideology.
SriLanka is somewhat pear-shaped, with its apex in the north.
During the early nineteenth century, the population of SriLanka was small and concentrated in the southwestern part of the island and in the Jaffna Peninsula in the north.
The foremost concentration of the Sri Lankan Tamils lies in the Jaffna Peninsula and in the adjacent districts of the northern lowlands.