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During the 2020 Parliamentary elections, the CPSL put forward two candidates, Mahesh
Almedia in Colombo and Weerasumana Weerasinghe in Matara, under the SLPP's Pohottuwa symbol. Dr G. Weerasinghe was nominated for the party's National List. Weerasumana was the only candidate to successfully enter
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pogroms against the Tamil people. The party was banned and leaders including D.E.W. Gunasekera were imprisoned for over a year. The ban was lifted due to the lack of evidence for the charges and intervention from the Soviet embassy. The ban on the JVP and NSSP stayed the same.
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The CPSL had one member of parliament in 2004, party general secretary D.E.W. Gunasekara. Gunasekara expected to become the speaker of the Sri Lankan parliament but lost by a handful of votes. Gunasekara was then sworn in as the
Minister for Constitutional Affairs.
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2072:, CPSL and LSSP initially stayed out. They did, however, sign a memorandum with the UPFA at a later stage and contested the elections on the UPFA platform. CPSL does not, however, consider itself a member of UPFA.
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Gunasekera stepped down as
General Secretary of the CPSL on 30 August 2020. Dr G. Weerasinghe was unanimously elected as the new General Secretary by the Central Committee.
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in 1943 and was a continuation of the United
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that won 45.6% of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats.
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estimated the party membership to be approximately 1900.
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International
Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties
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1985:In 1952 Wickremesinghe's wife, the English-born
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2675:Communist Party of Sri Lanka (Marxist-Leninist)
1963:The CPSL was founded as the Communist Party of
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54:ශ්රී ලංකාවේ කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂය
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3055:Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya
3045:Our Power of People's Party
2893:Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
1987:Doreen Young Wickremasinghe
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3355:Buddhist Republican Party
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3219:Frontline Socialist Party
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3161:Others outside parliament
3136:All Ceylon Tamil Congress
3121:Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
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2967:Democratic People's Front
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3239:Liberal Democratic Party
3035:Jathika Nidahas Peramuna
2914:Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
2899:Ceylon Workers' Congress
2006:Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
344:Ilankai Komyunist Katche
336:இலங்கை கம்யூனிஸ்ட் கட்சி
56:இலங்கை கம்யூனிஸ்ட் கட்சி
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3294:Social Democratic Party
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3188:Crusaders for Democracy
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3019:Supreme Lanka Coalition
3012:Sri Lanka Freedom Party
2984:United Republican Front
2952:New Lanka Freedom Party
2109:Second JVP insurrection
2058:Sri Lanka Freedom Party
2056:, the front led by the
2002:Lanka Sama Samaja Party
1973:Lanka Sama Samaja Party
235:Parliament of Sri Lanka
177:Political position
3563:Ceylon in World War II
3375:Lanka Democratic Party
3319:United Socialist Party
3314:United Citizen’s Front
3309:Sri Lanka Labour Party
3259:Nava Sama Samaja Party
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3050:Pivithuru Hela Urumaya
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3494:Left Liberation Front
3481:United National Front
3410:United Lanka Congress
3030:Democratic Left Front
2927:United National Party
2183:Result for the party
2151:Further information:
2017:U.S. State Department
2015:In the mid-1960s the
2010:Sirimavo Bandaranaike
1995:Sri Lankan parliament
1993:, was elected to the
1880:Democratic centralism
1715:Socialist Alternative
1040:Revolutionary Faction
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288:Politics of Sri Lanka
3380:Lanka Mahajana Sabha
3274:New Sinhala Heritage
3269:New Democratic Front
3264:New Democratic Party
3229:Jathika Hela Urumaya
2767:on 28 November 2007.
2487:Extra parliamentary
2457:Extra parliamentary
2427:Extra parliamentary
2043:Sarath Muttetuwegama
1980:S. A. Wickramasinghe
1925:Communism portal
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188:National affiliation
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988:Tajikistan
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883:Kyrgyzstan
878:Kazakhstan
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298:Elections
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121:Newspaper
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688:Paraguay
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