Left Liberation Front

Left Liberation Front
Left Liberation Front
Leader Vikramabahu Karunaratne
Secretary Leenus Jayatilake
Founded 1998
Preceded by New Left Front
Headquarters 17 Barracks Lane, Colombo 02
Ideology Communism, Trotskyism
Election symbol
Umbrella
Website
nssp.info
Politics of Sri Lanka
Political parties
Elections

The Left Liberation Front is a left wing electoral coalition in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1998 as the New Left Front by the Nava Sama Samaja Party, former members of the People's Alliance, and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna. Its current members are:

In the Sri Lankan presidential election, 2005, the New Left Front's candidate Chamil Jayaneththi came sixth of thirteen, with 9,296 votes.

The alliance has changed its name twice: firstly to Left Front and secondly to Left Liberation Front in early 2010.


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