Sri Lanka People's Party
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Sri Lanka Mahajana Party
Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya |
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| Leader | Asanka Navarathne |
| President | G.M. Karunapala |
| Secretary-General | Asanka Navarathne |
| Founder | Vijaya Kumaranatunga |
| Founded | 1984.01.22 |
| Headquarters | 25, Linkwood Place, Wehera, Kurunegala, Sri Lanka |
| Student wing | Sri Lanka Mahajana Students Union |
| Youth wing | Sri Lanka Mahajana Youth Federation |
| National affiliation | United People's Freedom Alliance, Socialist Alliance |
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| Eye | |
| Website | |
| http://slmp.lk/ | |
The Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya (SLMP; Sri Lanka People's Party) is a political party in Sri Lanka, founded in 1984 by Vijaya Kumaranatunga.
Vijaya Kumaranatunga founded the party in 1984 and led it until his assassination in 1988. His wife, Chandrika Kumaranatunga, led the party for a short time after his death.
The SLMP supported the Provincial Council Act and ran against the United National Party (UNP) in 1988. The SLMP candidate, Ossie Abeygunasekera, placed third in that year's presidential election with 235,719 votes (4.63%). Abeygunasekara served as the party's leader until he crossed over to the UNP in 1993.
The party lost 117 leading members during the revolution of 1988–89, including Vijaya Kumaranatunga, Pohoddaramulle Pemaloka Thero, T. B. Wijesuriya, and Deva Bandara Senarathne.
Shortly after Kumaranatunga's assassination, the SLMP joined with the Communist Party of Sri Lanka, the Lanka Sama Samaja Party, and the Nava Sama Samaja Party to form the United Socialist Alliance. In the general election of 1989, the alliance received 160,271 votes (2.86%) and three seats in Parliament.
After Abeygunasekera left the party, Y. P. de Silva became its leader. Under him, in 1993, the SLMP joined the People's Alliance.
The People's Alliance won the 1994 presidential election, and Chandrika Kumaranatunga became the president of Sri Lanka. In the general election the same year, two members were elected to Parliament: Bharatha Luxman Premachandra for the Colombo District, and Y. P. de Silva from the national list. De Silva was named deputy minister of foods.
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