The Communist Party of Sri Lanka 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.
Bolshevik–Leninist Party of India,Ceylon and Burma (BLPI) was a revolutionary Trotskyist party which campaigned for independence and socialism in South Asia. The party was formed in 1942 as a unification of two Indian groups,with the Lanka Sama Samaja Party of Ceylon. It was recognised as the Indian section of the Fourth International.
Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike,also known as "The Silver Bell of Asia",was a Ceylonese statesman who served as the fourth Prime Minister of the Dominion of Ceylon,serving from 1956 until his assassination. The founder of the left-wing and Sinhalese nationalist Sri Lanka Freedom Party,his tenure saw the country's first left-wing reforms.
The Lanka Sama Samaja Party,often abbreviated as LSSP,is a major Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was the first political party in Sri Lanka,having been founded in 1935 by Leslie Goonewardene,N.M. Perera,Colvin R. de Silva,Philip Gunawardena and Robert Gunawardena. It currently is a member of the main ruling coalition in the government of Sri Lanka and is headed by Tissa Vitharana. The party was founded with Leninist ideals,and is classified as a party with socialist aims.
Patabendi Don Jinadasa Nandasiri Wijeweera,better known as Rohana Wijeweera,was a Sri Lankan Marxist–Leninist political activist,revolutionary,and founder of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna. Wijeweera led the party in two unsuccessful insurrections in Sri Lanka,in 1971 and 1987 to 1989.
The Ceylon Workers' Congress (CWC) is a political party in Sri Lanka that has traditionally represented Sri Lankan Tamils of Indian origin working in the plantation sector of the economy.
Peduru Hewage William de Silva was a 20th-century Marxist/Trotskyist Sri Lankan politician.
Nagalingam Shanmugathasan was a trade unionist and Maoist revolutionary leader in Sri Lanka. He was the General Secretary of the Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist)
The Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist) is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party surged in 1964 following a split in the Ceylon Communist Party. Initially the party just called itself 'Ceylon Communist Party' as well,and was distinguished from the main CCP in Sri Lanka by denominations like 'Ceylon Communist Party (Peking Wing)',etc. In the end of the 1960s the party was one of the major leftist parties in the country. Initially Party was led by Premalal Kumarasiri and N. Shanmugathasan.
Colvin Reginald de Silva was a Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister of Plantation Industries and Constitutional Affairs,prominent member of parliament,Trotskyist leader and lawyer in Sri Lanka. He was one of the founders of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party,the first Marxist party in Sri Lanka.
Edmund Peter Samarakkody was a Ceylonese lawyer,trade unionist,politician and Member of Parliament.
Don Philip Rupasinghe Gunawardena was a Sri Lankan Marxist politician and leftist. A founder of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party,the first political party in Ceylon which was known for having introduced Trotskyism,he later formed the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna and was called 'the Father of Socialism' and as 'the Lion of Boralugoda'. A member of the State Council of Ceylon and the Parliament of Ceylon,he served as the Minister of Agriculture and food under S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike from 1956 to 1959 and as Minister of Industries and Fisheries in the national government under Dudley Senanayake from 1965 to 1970.
Alexander Fairlie Wijemanne was a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician. He was a Minister of Justice as an elected member of the Senate of Ceylon and served as Sri Lankan Ambassador to Italy and Permanent Representative to FAO.
Colonel Candauda Arachchige Dharmapala,OBE,ED was Sri Lankan politician. He was a Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industries,Housing and Social Services and Member of Parliament for Hakmana. He also served as the permanent secretary to the Ministry of Defence,and as Security Adviser to President J. R. Jayewardene.
Vaithianathan Karalasingham was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer,writer,politician and one of the leading members of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party.
Watson Fernando was a Sri Lankan communist politician and trade unionist. He served as president of the Ceylon Communist Party and was a member of the Moratuwa Municipal Council.
Sangarapillai Sivathasan was a Sri Lankan political activist.
The New Democratic Marxist–Leninist Party is a communist party in Sri Lanka. The party emerged in 1978 following a split in the Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist). The party initially called itself 'Ceylon Communist Party (Left)'. The founding general secretary was K.A. Subramaniam,the current is S.K. Senthivel.
Communism in Sri Lanka dates back to 1935,when the Lanka Sama Samaja Party was founded by Trotskyists who campaigned for freedom and independence of Sri Lanka which was then a colony of the British Empire and known as Ceylon.
