Democratic People's Front

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Democratic People's Front
ஜனநாயக மக்கள் முன்னணி
ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී ජනතා පෙරමුණේ
LeaderMano Ganesan
Founded2000
Preceded byWestern People's Front
Headquarters72 Bankshall Street, Colombo 11
National affiliationTamil Progressive Alliance
Parliament of Sri Lanka
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Election symbol
Ladder

The Western People's Front, currently named the Democratic People's Front (Tamil: ஜனநாயக மக்கள் முன்னணி, romanized: Jaṉanāyaka Makkaḷ Muṉṉaṇi; Sinhala: ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී ජනතා පෙරමුණේ Prajathanthravadi Janatha Peramunay), is a political party in Sri Lanka active in the Western Province.

WPF was originally a trade union, then converted into a political party under the leadership of Hon. Manoharan Ganesan (Mano Ganesan) (Tamil: மனோ கணேசன்).[1] It draws support from the Tamil population of Colombo. Party leader Ganesan is a former Member of Parliament, elected on a United National Party ticket.

Today this party has one Provincial council seat and four Municipal council seats, and the party has grown a lot with recruiting more members and supporters.

External links[edit]

  1. ^ Ekanayake, Charudaththa (2017). Mapping Sri Lanka's Political Parties: Actors and Evolutions. Colombo: Verité Research. p. 30.