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Communist Party of Sri Lanka
Political party in Sri Lanka / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Ceylon Communist Party" redirects here. For the Maoist faction, see Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist).
"United Socialist Party (Ceylon)" redirects here. For the Trotskyist Group, see United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka).
The Communist Party of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකාවේ කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂය, romanized: Sri Lankavay Komiyunist Pakshaya Tamil: இலங்கை கம்யூனிஸ்ட் கட்சி, romanized: Ilankai Komyunist Katche) is a communist party in Sri Lanka. In the 2004 legislative election, the party was part of the United People's Freedom Alliance that won 45.6% of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats.
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Communist Party of Sri Lanka ශ්රී ලංකාවේ කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂය இலங்கை கம்யூனிஸ்ட் கட்சி | |
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General Secretary | Dr G. Weerasinghe |
Founder | S. A. Wickramasinghe |
Founded | 1943 |
Split from | LSSP |
Headquarters | 91 Dr N.M. Perera Mawatha, Colombo 08 |
Newspaper | Aththa Forward Deshabhimani |
Youth wing | Communist Youth Federation |
Membership (1960) | 1900[1] |
Ideology | Communism Marxism–Leninism |
Political position | Far-left |
National affiliation | ULS Formerly: FPA SLPFA UPFA United Front United Left Front |
International affiliation | IMCWP[2] |
Parliament of Sri Lanka | 1 / 225 |
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cpsl.lk | |
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