Communist Party of Sri Lanka

Communist Party of Sri Lanka
ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂය
இலங்கை கம்யூனிஸ்ட் கட்சி
General SecretaryDr G. Weerasinghe
FounderS. A. Wickramasinghe
Founded1943; 81 years ago (1943)
Split fromLSSP
Headquarters91 Dr N.M. Perera Mawatha,
Colombo 08
NewspaperAththa
Forward
Deshabhimani
Youth wingCommunist Youth Federation
Membership (1960)1900[1]
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Political positionFar-left
National affiliationULS
PA
Formerly:
FPA
SLPFA
UPFA
United Front
United Left Front
International affiliationIMCWP[2]
Parliament of Sri Lanka
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Election symbol
Star
Party flag
Website
cpsl.lk

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.

  1. ^ Benjamin, Roger W.; Kautsky, John H.. Communism and Economic Development, in The American Political Science Review, Vol. 62, No. 1. (Mar., 1968), p. 122.
  2. ^ "20 IMCWP, Participants List". SolidNet. Retrieved 16 February 2019.