Communist Party of Sri Lanka

Communist Party of Sri Lanka

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂය
இலங்கை கம்யூனிஸ்ட் கட்சி
Communist Party of Sri Lanka ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂය; இலங்கை கம்யூனிஸ்ட் கட்சி
General Secretary	Dr G. Weerasinghe
Founder	S. A. Wickramasinghe
Founded	1943
Split from	LSSP
Headquarters	91 Dr N.M. Perera Mawatha,; Colombo 08
Newspaper	Aththa; Forward; Deshabhimani
Youth wing	Communist Youth Federation
Membership (1960)	1900
Ideology	Communism; Marxism–Leninism
Political position	Far-left
National affiliation	FPA; ULS; Formerly:; SLPFA; United Front; United Left Front
International affiliation	IMCWP
Parliament of Sri Lanka	1 / 225
Election symbol
	Star
Party flag
Website
	cpsl.lk
	Politics of Sri Lanka; Political parties; Elections;

The Communist Party of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂය, romanized: Sri Lankavay Komiyunist Pakshaya Tamil: இலங்கை கம்யூனிஸ்ட் கட்சி, romanized: Ilankai Komyunist Katche) 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.

^ Benjamin, Roger W.; Kautsky, John H.. Communism and Economic Development, in The American Political Science Review, Vol. 62, No. 1. (Mar., 1968), p. 122.
^ "20 IMCWP, Participants List". SolidNet. Retrieved 16 February 2019.

[1900pc-1] Benjamin, Roger W.; Kautsky, John H.. Communism and Economic Development, in The American Political Science Review, Vol. 62, No. 1. (Mar., 1968), p. 122.

[Participants_List-2] "20 IMCWP, Participants List". SolidNet. Retrieved 16 February 2019.

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