New Left Front
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The Left Liberation Front is a left wing electoral coalition in Sri Lanka
. It was founded in 1998 as the New Left Front by the Nava Sama Samaja Party
, former members of the People's Alliance
, and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
. Its current members are:
In the Sri Lankan presidential election, 2005
, the New Left Front's candidate Chamil Jayaneththi came sixth of thirteen, with 9,296 votes.
The alliance has changed its name twice: firstly to Left Front and secondly to Left Liberation Front in early 2010.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
. It was founded in 1998 as the New Left Front by the Nava Sama Samaja Party
Nava Sama Samaja Party
The Nava Sama Samaja Pakshaya is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was formed through the expulsion from the Lanka Sama Samaja Party of the Vama Samsamja tendency led by Dr Vickrambahu , Sumanasiri Liyanage and others. Siritunga Jayasuriya and Vasudeva Nanayakkara joined later...
, former members of the People's Alliance
People's Alliance
People's Alliance may refer to:*The People's Alliance , Belgian political party which split in 2001 into the Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie and Spirit...
, and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...
. Its current members are:
- Democratic Left Front
- National Democratic Movement
- Nava Sama Samaja PartyNava Sama Samaja PartyThe Nava Sama Samaja Pakshaya is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was formed through the expulsion from the Lanka Sama Samaja Party of the Vama Samsamja tendency led by Dr Vickrambahu , Sumanasiri Liyanage and others. Siritunga Jayasuriya and Vasudeva Nanayakkara joined later...
- New Democratic Party
In the Sri Lankan presidential election, 2005
Sri Lankan presidential election, 2005
The Sri Lankan presidential election of 2005 was the fifth presidential election of Sri Lanka. Nominations were accepted on 7 September 2005, and the election was held on 17 November 2005. Electoral participation was 73.73%...
, the New Left Front's candidate Chamil Jayaneththi came sixth of thirteen, with 9,296 votes.
The alliance has changed its name twice: firstly to Left Front and secondly to Left Liberation Front in early 2010.