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	Election Symbol	Founded	Current leader	MPs As 2020	MPCs As 2012,2013 2014 Mar. 2014 Sep.	MLGs As 2018
Abhinava Nivahal Peramuna^{[lower-alpha 2]} අභිනව නිවහල් පෙරමුණ அபிநவ சுதந்திர முன்னணி			M. B. Thaminimulla
All Lanka Tamil Great Council^{[lower-alpha 3]} 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^{[lower-alpha 4]} 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^{[lower-alpha 5]} 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^{[lower-alpha 6]} ලංකා ජනතා පක්ෂය இலங்கை மக்கள் கட்சி
Liberal Democratic Party ලිබරල් ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පක්ෂය லிபரல் சனநாயகக் கட்சி	75Px	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 ^{[lower-alpha 7]} 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^{[lower-alpha 8]} සමාජවාදී සමානතා පක්ෂය சோசலிச சமத்துவக் கட்சி		1968
Socialist Party of Sri Lanka ශ්‍රී ලංකා සමාජවාදී පක්ෂය இலங்கை சோசலிஸ்ட் கட்சி		2006
Socialist People's Forum^{[lower-alpha 9]} සමාජවාදී ජනතා සංසදය சோசலிச மக்கள் மன்றம்
Socialist People's Front^{[lower-alpha 10]} 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^{[lower-alpha 11]} 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^{[lower-alpha 12]} එක්සත් ජාතික සන්ධානය ஐக்கிய தேசிய கூட்டமைப்பு
United National Freedom Front එක්සත් ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණ ஐக்கிய தேசிய சுதந்திர முன்னணி						20 / 8,356
United Peace Alliance^{[lower-alpha 13]} 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

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Buddhist People's Front බොදු ජන පෙරමුණ பௌத்த மக்கள் முன்னணி
Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist) ලංකා කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂය (මාඕවාදී) இலங்கை கம்யூனிஸ்ட் கட்சி (மாவோயிஸ்ட்)	1964
Ceylon Democratic Unity Alliance ලංකා ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී එක්සත් සන්ධානය இலங்கை ஜனநாயக ஐக்கிய கூட்டணி	2002	T. V. Chennan
Democratic National Front ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ජාතික පෙරමුණ ஜனநாயக தேசிய முன்னணி		N. Kumaraguruparan	DTNF
Democratic People's Congress ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී මහජන කොංග්‍රසය ஜனநாயக மக்கள் காங்கிரஸ்		Praba Ganesan	DTNF
Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front ඊළාම් ජාතික ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ ஈழ தேசிய ஜனநாய விடுதலை முன்னணி	1987
Muslim Tamil National Alliance මුස්ලිම් දෙමළ ජාතික සන්ධානය முஸ்லிம் தமிழ் தேசிய கூட்டமைப்பு		Azath Salley
People's Freedom Front ජනතා නිදහස් පෙරමුණ மக்கள் சுதந்திர முன்னணி	1991
People's Liberation Solidarity Front මහජන විමුක්ති සහයෝගිතා පෙරමුණ மக்கள் விடுதலை ஒற்றுமை முன்னணி	1997	Kamal Karunadasa
People's Tamil Congress මහජන දෙමළ කොංග්‍රසය மக்கள் தமிழ் காங்கிரஸ்		L. P. Shanmuganathan
Revolutionary Workers Party^{[lower-alpha 14]} විප්ලවවාදී කම්කරු පක්ෂය புரட்சிகர தொழிலாளர் கட்சி	1968
United Citizens’ Front එක්සත් පුරවැසි පෙරමුණ ஐக்கிய குடிமக்கள் முன்னணி		Tissa Attanayake
United National Alternative Front එක්සත් ජාතික විකල්ප පෙරමුණ ஐக்கிய தேசிய மாற்று முன்னணி	2000
Upcountry National Front කඳුරට ජාතික පෙරමුණ மலையக தேசிய முன்னணி	2000	Rishi Senthil Raj
Green Party of Sri Lanka ශ්‍රී ලංකා හරිත පක්ෂය இலங்கை பசுமைக் கட்சி
Our National Front අපේ ජාතික පෙරමුණ எமது தேசிய முன்னணி	2009	Upulangani Malagamuwa
Sri Lanka National Force^{[lower-alpha 15]} ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජාතික බලය ஸ்ரீ லங்கா தேசிய சக்தி
Sri Lanka Vanguard Party ශ්‍රී ලංකා පෙරටුගාමී පක්ෂය இலங்கை முன்னிலை கட்சி
Progressive Tamil Party ප්‍රගතිශීලී දෙමළ පක්ෂය முற்போக்குத்த தமிழர் கச்சி
Vijaya Dharani National Council විජය ධරණි ජාතික සභාව விஜய தரணி தேசிய கவுன்சில்
Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front(Suresh Wing) ඊලාම් ජනතා විප්ලවවාදී විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ ஈழ மக்கள் புரட்சிகர விடுதலை முன்னணி	2000	Suresh Premachandran
Ealam Tamil Self Rule Party ඊලාම් තමිලර් සුයාට්ච්චි කච්චි ஈழத் தமிழர் சுயாட்சிக் கட்சி		Ananthi Sasitharan
Tamil National Party දෙමළ ජාතික පක්ෂය தமிழரசுக் கட்சி		M. K. Shivajilingam N. Srikantha

Defunct/dormant parties

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	Founded	Dissolved	Notes
All Ceylon Islamic United Front සමස්ත ලංකා ඉස්ලාමීය එක්සත් පෙරමුණ அகில இலங்கை இஸ்லாமிய ஐக்கிய முன்னணி	1960
All Ceylon Malay Political Union සමස්ත ලංකා මැලේ දේශපාලන සංගමය அகில இலங்கை மலாய் அரசியல் ஒன்றியம்	1944
Aziz Democratic Workers Congress අසීස් ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී කම්කරු කොංග්‍රසය அஜீஸ் ஜனநாயக தொழிலாளர் காங்கிரஸ்
Bolshevik Samasamaja Party^{[lower-alpha 16]} බොල්ෂෙවික් සමසමාජ පක්ෂය போல்ஷிவிக் சமசமாஜ கட்சி	1948	1950	Absorbed into the Lanka Sama Samaja Party
Buddhist Republican Party බෞද්ධ ජනරජ පක්ෂය புத்த குடியரசு கட்சி	1952
Ceylon National Congress ලංකා ජාතික කොංග්‍රසය இலங்கை தேசிய காங்கிரஸ்	11 December 1919
Lanka Democratic Party ලංකා ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පක්ෂය இலங்கை சனநாயகக் கட்சி			Absorbed into the Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party
Lanka Mahajana Sabha ලංකා මහජන සභාව லங்கா மகாஜன சபை	1919
Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Alternative Group) ලංකා සමසමාජ පක්ෂය (විකල්ප කණ්ඩායම) லங்கா சமசமாஜ கட்சி (மாற்றுக் குழு)
Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Revolutionary) ලංකා සමසමාජ පක්ෂය (විප්ලවවාදී) லங்கா சமசமாஜ கட்சி (புரட்சிகர)	1964
Muslim United Liberation Front මුස්ලිම් එක්සත් විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ முஸ்லிம் ஐக்கிய விடுதலை முன்னணி
National Alliance ජාතික සන්ධානය தேசியக் கூட்டணி
National Democratic Movement ජාතික ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ව්‍යාපාරය தேசிய ஜனநாயக இயக்கம்
National Democratic Party ජාතික ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පක්ෂය தேசிய ஜனநாயக கட்சி
National Democratic People's Alliance ජාතික ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ජනතා සන්ධානය தேசிய ஜனநாயக மக்கள் கூட்டமைப்பு	4 February 2008
National Liberation Front ජාතික විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ தேசிய விடுதலை முன்னணி
New Democratic Party නව ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පක්ෂය புதிய ஜனநாயகக் கட்சி
New National Front නව ජාතික පෙරමුණ புதிய தேசிய முன்னணி	2011
People's Front of Liberation Tigers විඩුතලෛප් පුලිකල් මක්කල් මුන්නනි விடுதலைப் புலிகள் மக்கள் முன்னணி	1989
Sinhala Heritage සිංහල උරුමය சிங்கள உறுமய			Absorbed into the Jathika Hela Urumaya
Sinhala Maha Sabha සිංහල මහා සභාව சிங்கள மகா சபை	1936		Absorbed into the United National Party
Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් සමාජවාදී පක්ෂය ஸ்ரீலங்கா சுதந்திர சோசலிச கட்சி	1964		Absorbed into the United National Party
Sri Lanka National Congress ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජාතික කොංග්‍රසය இலங்கை தேசிய காங்கிரஸ்	2009	2011	Absorbed into the Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Sri Lanka Sama Samaja Party ශ්‍රී ලංකා සමසමාජ පක්ෂය இலங்கை சம சமாஜ கட்சி	1982	1983	Absorbed into the Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Swaraj Party ස්වරාජ් පක්ෂය ஸ்வராஜ் கட்சி
United Lanka Congress එක්සත් ලංකා කොංග්‍රසය ஐக்கிய லங்கா காங்கிரஸ்
United Muslim People's Alliance එක්සත් මුස්ලිම් ජනතා සන්ධානය ஐக்கிய முஸ்லிம் மக்கள் கூட்டமைப்பு
United National Alliance එක්සත් ජාතික සන්ධානය ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கூட்டமைப்பு
Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party විප්ලවකාරි ලංකා සමසමාජ පක්ෂය விப்லவகாரி லங்கா சம சமாஜ கட்சி	1950	1959	Absorbed into the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
Workers' Liberation Front කම්කරු විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ தொழிலாளர் விடுதலை முன்னணி

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[6] Formerly New Left Front, Left Front.

[7] Formerly Okkoma Wesiyo Okkoma Rajawaru Sanvidhanaya.

[8] Formerly All Lanka Tamil United Front.

[9] Formerly Tamil Democratic National Alliance.

[10] Political wing of Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students.

[11] Formerly Sinhala Ravaya.

[12] Formerly Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya.

[13] Formerly Revolutionary Communist League.

[14] Formerly Nationalities Unity Organisation.

[15] Formerly Socialist Alliance.

[16] Formerly Tamil United Front.

[17] Formerly Muslim National Alliance.

[18] Formerly Muslim Liberation Front.

[19] Formerly Revolutionary Samasamaja Party.

[20] Formerly Patriotic National Front.

[21] Formerly Bolshevik-Leninist Party of India, Ceylon and Burma.

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	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	72 / 225
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	12 / 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

	Symbol	Political position	Ideology	Founded	Leader	MPs	Notes
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

	Symbol	Political position	Ideology	Founded	Dissolved	Notes
Left Liberation Front^{[lower-alpha 1]} 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	Social democracy 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)
Freedom People's Alliance නිදහස් ජනතා සන්ධානය சுதந்திர மக்கள் கூட்டணி		Centre-left to far-left	Social democracy Sinhalese nationalism Anti-Rajapaksa politics	11 January 2023	2024

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
	United National Party එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி		Centre-right	Conservatism	6 September 1946	Ranil Wickremesinghe	3 / 225	112 / 455	2,385 / 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
	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
	Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal තමිළ් මක්කල් විඩුදලෛප් පුළිකල් தமிழ் மக்கள் விடுதலைப் புலிகள்		Syncretic		2004	S. Chandrakanthan	1 / 225		53 / 8,356
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB)
	Samagi Jana Balawegaya සමගි ජනබලවේගය ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சக்தி		Centre-right	Liberal conservatism Social democracy	2020	Sajith Premadasa	38 / 225
	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
	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
Supreme Lanka Coalition (ULS)
	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
	Sri Lanka People's Party ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහජන පක්ෂය ஶ்ரீ லங்கா மக்கள் கட்சி				22 January 1984	Asanka Nawaratne	1 / 225		1 / 8,356
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
	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	12 / 225	248 / 455	1,032 / 8,356
	National Congress ජාතික කොංග්‍රසය தேசிய காங்கிரஸ்		Centre	Muslim minority politics		A. L. M. Athaullah	1 / 225		26 / 8,356

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