Desha Vimukthi Janatha Pakshaya

The Desha Vimukthi Janatha Pakshaya (DVJP) (National Liberation People's Party) is a political party in Sri Lanka. It is currently a member of the Socialist Alliance and the Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance.

The party's general secretary is D. Kalansooriya.

History

The DVJP was founded in 1988.

During the last legislative elections on 2 April 2004, the party was part of the United People's Freedom Alliance, which won 45.6% of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats.

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Political parties in Sri Lanka

Major parties

• SLPFA
  • Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
  • Ceylon Workers' Congress
  • Desha Vimukthi Janatha Pakshaya
  • Eelam People's Democratic Party
  • Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
  • Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal
• United National Party

• SJB
  • All Ceylon Makkal Congress
  • Freedom People's Congress
  • Jathika Hela Urumaya
  • New Lanka Freedom Party
  • Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
  • Tamil Progressive Alliance
    • Democratic People's Front
    • National Union of Workers
    • Up-Country People's Front

Third parties

Larger	Sri Lanka Freedom Party Supreme Lanka Coalition Communist Party of Sri Lanka Democratic Left Front Jathika Nidahas Peramuna Lanka Sama Samaja Party Our Power of People's Party Pivithuru Hela Urumaya Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya
Smaller	TNA Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi DTNA People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (Democratic People's Liberation Front) Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization NPP Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna TNPF All Ceylon Tamil Congress National Congress Tamil People's National Alliance

Others outside parliament

• Bahujana Nidahas Peramuna
• Bodu Jana Peramuna
• Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist)
• Ceylon Democratic Unity Alliance
• Crusaders for Democracy
• Democratic Party
• Democratic United National Front
• Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front
• Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (Padmanaba)
• Freedom People's Front
• Frontline Socialist Party
• Janatha Sevaka Pakshaya
• Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Alternative Group)
• Liberal Democratic Party
• Mawbima Janatha Pakshaya
• Motherland People's Party
• National Democratic Movement
• Nava Sama Samaja Party
• New Democratic Party
• New Democratic Front
• New Sinhala Heritage
• People's Tamil Congress
• Revolutionary Workers Party
• Siva Senai
• Social Democratic Party
• Socialist Equality Party
• Socialist Party
• Sri Lanka Labour Party
• United Citizen’s Front
• United Socialist Party

Former political parties

• All Ceylon Islamic United Front
• All Ceylon Malay Political Union
• Aziz Democratic Workers Congress
• Bolshevik Samasamaja Party
• Buddhist Republican Party
• Ceylon Labour Party
• Ceylon National Congress
• Jathika Vimukthi Peramuna
• Lanka Democratic Party
• Lanka Mahajana Sabha
• Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Revolutionary)
• People's Front of Liberation Tigers
• Sinhala Maha Sabha
• Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party
• Sri Lanka Sama Samaja Party
• United Lanka Congress
• Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party

Former political alliances

• SLFP-led alliances
  • Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (1956–1957)
  • United Front (1968–1977)
  • People's Alliance (1994–2004)
  • United People's Freedom Alliance (2004–2019)
  • Joint Opposition (2015–2018)
  • Freedom People's Alliance (2023–2024)
• UNP-led alliances
  • United National Front (2001–2020)
• Democratic National Alliance
• Left Liberation Front
• National Unity Alliance
• Socialist Alliance
• Tamil National Liberation Alliance

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