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Encyclopedia > United People's Freedom Alliance
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Sri Lanka


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Politics of Sri Lanka,
Subseries of the Politics series Image File history File links Upfa. ... Large flag of Sri Lanka Image originally derived from the public domain flags of the CIA World Factbook. ... The Politics of Sri Lanka reflect the historical and political differences between the two main ethnic groups, the majority Sinhala and the minority Tamils, who are concentrated in the north and east of the island. ... Look up Politics on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Politics (disambiguation) Democracy History of democracy List of democracy and elections-related topics List of years in politics List of politics by country articles Political corruption Political economy Political movement Political parties of the world Political party Political psychology Political sociology Political...

President: Mahinda Rajapakse
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Political parties in Sri Lanka
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Ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka The following is a list of Sri Lankan presidents. ... Mahinda Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa (born November 18, 1945), Sri Lankan politician, became Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on April 6, 2004, following the victory of the United Peoples Freedom Alliance in the April 2, 2004 Sri Lankan legislative elections. ... The following is a list of Sri Lankan Prime Ministers: Don Stephen Senanayake (February 4, 1948 - March 26, 1952) Dudley Shelton Senanayake (March 26, 1952 - October 12, 1953) John Lionel Kotalawela (October 12, 1953 - April 12, 1956) Solomon Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike (April 12, 1956 - September 26, 1959) Wijeyananda Dahanayake (September... Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (b. ... This article lists political parties in Sri Lanka. ... 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 Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka describes the ongoing conflict between the majority Sinhala-speaking Buddhists and minority Tamils (mostly Hindu) on the island-nation of Sri Lanka. ...

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The United People's Freedom Alliance is a political alliance in Sri Lanka. The alliance was formed by: A political party is a political organization that subscribes to a certain ideology and seeks to attain political power within a government. ...

At a later stage ahead of the 2004 elections the Communist Party of Sri Lanka and the Lanka Sama Samaja Party signed a memorandum of understanding with UPFA, so that CPSL and LSSP candidates would take part in elections of the UPFA symbol. The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (Sri Lanka Nidahas Pakshaya) is a political party in Sri Lanka, led by Chandrika Kumaratunga. ... The Peoples Liberation Front (Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna) is a Marxist Sri Lankan political party in Sri Lanka. ... The Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya (Sri Lanka Peoples Party) is a political party in Sri Lanka. ... The Muslim National Unity Alliance is a political party in Sri Lanka. ... The Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (Peoples United Front) is a left-wing political party in Sri Lanka. ... The Deshiya Jathika Vimukthi Peramuna is a political party in Sri Lanka. ... Democratic United National Front (Tamil: ஜனநாயக ஐக்கிய தேசிய முன்னணி), a political party in Sri Lanka. ... Desha Vimukthi Janatha Party (National Liberation Peoples Party), a political party in Sri Lanka. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... CPSL May Day poster in Kandy CPSL Kandy provincial election candidate, CYF President Raja Uswetakeiyyawa Communist Youth Federation The Communist Party of Sri Lanka is a communist political party in Sri Lanka. ... The Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Sri Lanka Equal Society Party - LSSP) is a trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. ...


At the last legislative elections, 2 april 2004, the alliance party won 45.6 % of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats. A legislature is a governmental deliberative body with the power to adopt laws. ... Politics of Sri Lanka Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in Sri Lanka ...


Note : In April 2005 a key coalition party, JVP, left the alliance, causing the current government headed by President Chandrika Kumaratunga to become a minority governement in the Sri Lankan parliament.


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Chandrika Kumaratunga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (633 words)
She currently heads the United People's Freedom Alliance which is an electoral coalition in which the SLFP is the largest party.
Chandrika herself was elected Prime Minister of a People's Alliance government on August 19, 1994 and President in the presidential elections held shortly thereafter in November, an election which ended 17 years of UNP rule.
However, President Kumaratunga's People's Alliance party (PA) and the leftist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna or JVP (People's Liberation Front) formed the United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) in January 2004.
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