Sri Lanka Freedom Party

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The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in government on a number of occasions.

After independence the SLFP represented a form of non-revolutionary socialism and a policy of non-alignment with strong ties to socialist countries.

At the last legislative elections, held on 2 April 2004, the party was the leading party in the United People's Freedom Alliance that won 45.6% of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats.

After the elections the party became the predominant party in government with Mahinda Rajapaksa as prime minister.

Following the 17 November presidential elections, the SLFP candidate Mahinda Rajapaksa was elected President of Sri Lanka - winning 50.3% of the votes cast.

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Political parties in Sri Lanka Flag of Sri Lanka
United People's Freedom Alliance Sri Lanka Freedom Party - People's Liberation Front - Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya - Muslim National Unity Alliance - Mahajana Eksath Peramuna - Desha Vimukthi Janatha Pakshaya - Communist Party of Sri Lanka - Democratic United National Front - Lanka Sama Samaja Party
United National Front United National Party - Western People's Front - Ceylon Workers' Congress
Tamil National Alliance All Ceylon Tamil Congress - Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (Suresh) - Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization - Tamil United Liberation Front
Others in parliament Jathika Hela Urumaya - Sri Lanka Muslim Congress - Up-Country People's Front - Eelam People's Democratic Party
Others outside parliament Bahujana Nidahas Peramuna - Democratic People's Liberation Front - United Socialist Party - New Left Front (DLF, NDM, NSSP, NDP) - Liberal Party of Sri Lanka - Revolutionary Workers Party
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