Democratic People's Front ஜனநாயக மக்கள் முன்னணி ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී ජනතා පෙරමුණේ | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Mano Ganesan |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Preceded by | Western People's Front |
| Headquarters | 72 Bankshall Street, Colombo 11 |
| National affiliation | Tamil Progressive Alliance |
| Parliament of Sri Lanka | 2 / 225 |
| 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.
References
[edit]- ^ Ekanayake, Charudaththa (2017). Mapping Sri Lanka's Political Parties: Actors and Evolutions. Colombo: Verité Research. p. 30.
External links
[edit]- WPF Democratic People's Front Deputy Leader's website (archived 18 December 2008)
