Sri Lanka Freedom Party
The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය, romanized: Śrī Laṁkā Nidahas Pakṣaya; Tamil: இலங்கை சுதந்திரக் கட்சி, romanized: Ilaṅkai Cutantirak Kaṭci) is one of the major and most well known political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D 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. The party is generally considered as having a democratic socialist or progressive economic agenda and is often associated with nationalist Sinhalese parties. The party follows a Non-Aligned foreign policy but always had close ties to socialist nations.
Sri Lanka Freedom Party ශ්රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය இலங்கை சுதந்திரக் கட்சி | |
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| Chairperson | Maithripala Sirisena |
| Secretary-General | Dayasiri Jayasekara |
| Founder | S.W.R.D Bandaranaike |
| Founded | 2 September 1951 |
| Preceded by | Sinhala Maha Sabha |
| Headquarters | 307, T. B. Jayah Mawatha, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka. |
| Newspaper | Singhale, Dinakara |
| Youth wing | SLFP Youth Front |
| Ideology | Social democracy Sinhalese nationalism Left-wing nationalism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| National affiliation | FPA Former: MEP UF PA UPFA SLPFA |
| Colours | Blue |
| Parliament of Sri Lanka | 11 / 225 |
| Sri Lankan Provincial Councils | 269 / 417 |
| Local Government Bodies | 9 / 340 |
| Election symbol | |
| Hand | |
| Website | |
| www | |
The SLFP is currently one of the main constituent parties of the Freedom People's Alliance.