Jathika Vimukthi Peramuna

Not to be confused with Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna.

Political party in Sri Lanka

National Liberation Front

ජාතික විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ

Abbreviation| JVP/NLF
Founder| K. M. P. Rajaratne
Founded| 1957
Dissolved| 1965
Merged into| United National Party
Headquarters| Polonnaruwa
Ideology| Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism
Corporatism
Political position| Far-right

* Politics of Sri Lanka
* Political parties
* Elections

Jathika Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP; National Liberation Front) was a political party formed in 1957 by the K. M. P. Rajaratne and his wife, Kusuma Rajaratne.[1] The JVP received support from local businesses, and anti-Tamil riots were extreme in villages in which it was active.

## Riots

[edit]

Following the arrangement for talks between Federal Tamils and the government of Ceylon,[2] riots broke out against the country's Tamil population. Several Sinhalese mobs broke into Tamil houses and attacked. The attacks included rape. This violence were higher in the Polonnaruwa district.[3]

Following the riots, the government of Ceylon banned ITAK and the JVP.[4] The bans lasted for several months.

## Coalition government

[edit]

Once the ban on the JVP ended, the JVP contested in democratic elections, and joined the United National Party (UNP).[5] The UNP promised positions to several organisations that were opposed to Marxism.

## Electoral history

[edit]

Sri Lanka Parliamentary Elections  Election year  | Votes  | Vote %  | Seats won  | +/–  | Government

|
|
|
|
|

1960 March | 11,201  | 0.37%  |

2 / 151

|  2  | Opposition
1960 July | 14,030  | 0.46%  |

2 / 151

|  | Opposition
1965 | 18,791  | 0.46%  |

1 / 151

|  1  | Government (1965–1966)
Opposition (since 1966)

## References

[edit]

1. ^ A. Jeyaratnam (2010). Electoral Politics. p. 25.
2. ^ Manor, James (1989). The Expedient Utopian: Bandaranaike and Ceylon. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521371919.
3. ^ "NPC Resolution on Tamil Genocide" (PDF). TamilGuardian. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
4. ^ "The Assassination of Bandaranaike", Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
5. ^ How a Seven Party National "Government was Formed Fifty Years Ago". Daily Mirror SL.

* v
* t
* e

Political parties in Sri Lanka

Major parties|

* NPP
* Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
* SJB
* All Ceylon Makkal Congress
* Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
* Tamil Progressive Alliance
* Democratic People's Front
* National Union of Workers
* Up-Country People's Front

Third parties|

* Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi
* NDF
* Ceylon Workers' Congress
* People's United Freedom Alliance
* Sri Lanka Freedom Party
* United National Party
* Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
* Sarvajana Balaya
* Mawbima Janatha Pakshaya
* DTNA
* Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization
* TNPF
* All Ceylon Tamil Congress
* Sri Lanka Labour Party

Others outside parliament|

* Bahujana Nidahas Peramuna
* Bodu Jana Peramuna
* Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist)
* Ceylon Democratic Unity Alliance
* Communist Party of Sri Lanka
* Crusaders for Democracy
* Democratic Left Front
* Democratic Party
* Democratic United National Front
* Democratic Unity Alliance
* Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front
* Eelam People's Democratic Party
* Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (Padmanaba)
* Freedom People's Congress
* Freedom People's Front
* Frontline Socialist Party
* Janatha Sevaka Pakshaya
* Jathika Hela Urumaya
* Jathika Nidahas Peramuna
* Lanka Sama Samaja Party
* Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Alternative Group)
* Liberal Democratic Party
* Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
* Motherland People's Party
* National Congress
* National Democratic Movement
* Nava Sama Samaja Party
* New Democratic Marxist–Leninist Party
* New Lanka Freedom Party
* New Sinhala Heritage
* Our Power of People's Party
* People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam
* Democratic People's Liberation Front
* People's Tamil Congress
* Pivithuru Hela Urumaya
* Revolutionary Workers Party
* Siva Senai
* Social Democratic Party
* Socialist Equality Party
* Socialist Party
* Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya
* Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal
* Tamil People's National Alliance
* Tamil United Liberation Front
* United Citizen’s Front
* United Republican Front
* United Socialist Party

Former political parties|

* All Ceylon Islamic United Front
* All Ceylon Malay Political Union
* Aziz Democratic Workers Congress
* Bolshevik Samasamaja Party
* Buddhist Republican Party
* Ceylon Labour Party
* Ceylon National Congress
* Jathika Vimukthi Peramuna
* Lanka Democratic Party
* Lanka Mahajana Sabha
* Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Revolutionary)
* People's Front of Liberation Tigers
* Sinhala Maha Sabha
* Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party
* Sri Lanka Sama Samaja Party
* United Lanka Congress
* Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party

Former political alliances|

* SLFP-led alliances
* Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (1956–1957)
* United Front (1968–1977)
* People's Alliance (1994–2004)
* United People's Freedom Alliance (2004–2019)
* Joint Opposition (2015–2018)
* Freedom People's Alliance (2023–2024)

* UNP-led alliances
* United National Front (2001–2020)

* Other
* National Unity Alliance
* Tamil National Liberation Alliance
* Democratic National Alliance
* Left Liberation Front
* Socialist Alliance
* Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (2019–2022)
* Tamil National Alliance

* Portal:Politics
* List of political parties
* Politics of Sri Lanka

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template