United Front (Sri Lanka)

Left-wing political alliance in Sri Lanka from 1968-77

For other uses, see United Front.

United Front

සමගි පෙරමුණ

Abbreviation| UF
Founder| Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Founded| 1968
Dissolved| 1977
Preceded by| United Left Front
Ideology| Big tent
Factions:
Communism
Anti-imperialism
Sinhalese nationalism
Social democracy
Political position| Left-wing
Members parties| Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Lanka Sama Samaja Party
Communist Party of Sri Lanka

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The United Front (Sinhala: සමගි පෙරමුණ, romanized: Samagi Peramuna) was a political alliance in Sri Lanka, formed by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) and the Communist Party of Sri Lanka (CPSL) in 1968. It came to power in the 1970 general election.[1]

It was conceived by the LSSP as a front of the working class \- represented by itself and the CPSL - with the petty bourgeoisie \- represented by the SLFP - and by the CPSL as a front of progressive forces.

## Goals

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The United Front predominantly aimed at the complete decolonization of Sri Lanka.

### International support

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The United Front was heavily anti-British and pro-Soviet as completely opposed to the foreign policy of the United National Party. The UF was supported by the Soviet Union in order to decolonize the island. The pro-dominion UNP criticized this. The UNP that had a majority of Christians wanted to rebel against it.[2][3][4]

## Electoral history

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Sri Lanka Parliamentary Elections  Election year  | Votes  | Vote %  | Seats won  | +/–  | Result for the party

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1970 | 2,442,402  | 48.93%  |

116 / 151

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## References

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1. ^ "The United Front of Sri Lanka kand the Emerging Violence".
2. ^ The 77-year struggle of the Communist Party
3. ^ Duraisingam, Thambimuttu (2000). Politics and Life in Our Times: Selected Articles Published for Over a Century. Thambimuttu Duraisingam.
4. ^ "The Foreign Policy of Sirimavo Bandaranaike". Retrieved 30 June 2015.

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History|

* Sinhala Maha Sabha
* 1956–1959
* 1960–1977
* 1977–1994
* 1994–2005
* 2005–2015
* 2015–2024
* 2024

Leaders|

* S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
* C. P. de Silva
* Sirimavo Bandaranaike
* Chandrika Kumaratunga
* Mahinda Rajapaksa
* Maithripala Sirisena
* Nimal Siripala de Silva

General-Secretaries|

* Bernard Aluwihare
* Badi-ud-din Mahmud
* Patrick de Silva Kularatne
* Dharmasiri Senanayake
* S. B. Dissanayake
* Maithripala Sirisena
* Anura Priyadharshana Yapa
* Duminda Dissanayake
* Rohana Lakshman Piyadasa
* Dayasiri Jayasekara

Governments|

* 3rd Parliament
* 5th Parliament
* 7th Parliament
* 1st National State Assembly
* 10th Parliament
* 11th Parliament
* 13th Parliament
* 14th Parliament
* 15th Parliament
* 16th Parliament

Cabinets|

* S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
* Dahanayake
* Sirimavo Bandaranaike I
* Sirimavo Bandaranaike II
* Kumaratunga
* M. Rajapaksa
* Sirisena I
* Sirisena II
* Sirisena III
* G. Rajapaksa I
* G. Rajapaksa II

Party institutions|

* Sri Lanka Nidahas Bhikku Sanvidanaya
* Sri Lanka Nidahas Indigenous physicians Organization
* Sri Lanka Nidahas Teachers Union
* Sri Lanka Nidahas Farmers’ Organization
* Sri Lanka Nidahas Sewaka Sangamaya
* Sri Lanka Nidahas Medical Group
* Sri Lanka Nidahas Students’ Organization
* Sri Lanka Nidahas Fishermen and Domestic Industrialists organization
* Sri Lanka Nidahas Cultural Organization
* Sri Lanka Nidahas Lawyers Organization
* Sri Lanka Nidahas Provincial Council members’ Association
* Sri Lanka Nidahas Association of members of local authority
* Sri Lanka Nidahas Management Assistant Union
* Sri Lanka Freedom Graduates Association
* Sri Lanka Freedom development Officer Association
* Nil Balakaya

Alliances|

* Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
* United Front
* People's Alliance (PA)
* United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA)
* Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (SLPFA)
* Freedom People's Alliance (FPA)
* New Democratic Front (NDF)

Factions & spin offs|

* Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party
* Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
* New Lanka Freedom Party

Related organisations|

* Sri Lanka Sama Samaja Party
* Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya

Related articles|

* List of MPs

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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
* Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist)
* Ceylon Democratic Unity Alliance
* Communist Party
* Crusaders for Democracy
* Democratic Left Front
* Democratic Party
* Democratic United National Front
* Democratic Unity Alliance
* Desha Vimukthi Janatha Pakshaya
* Devana Parapura
* Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front
* Eelam People's Democratic Party
* Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front
* Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students
* Freedom People's Congress
* Freedom People's Front
* Jathika Hela Urumaya
* Jathika Nidahas Peramuna
* Lanka Sama Samaja Party
* Liberal Democratic Party
* Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
* Motherland People's Party
* National Congress
* Nava Sama Samaja 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 Struggle Alliance
* Frontline Socialist Party
* New Democratic Marxist–Leninist Party
* People's Tamil Congress
* Pivithuru Hela Urumaya
* Revolutionary Workers Party
* 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 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 Mahajana Sabha
* Lanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya
* Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Alternative Group)
* 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
* Democratic Tamil National Front
* Left Liberation Front
* Socialist Alliance
* Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (2019–2022)
* Supreme Lanka Coalition
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