Lanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya

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Political party in Sri Lanka

Ceylon Democratic Party ශ්‍රී ලංකා ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පක්ශය
Abbreviation	LPP
Founded	1960
Succeeded by	Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party
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Lanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya ('Ceylon Democratic Party') was a political party in Sri Lanka. LPP was led by Dr. Wijeyananda Dahanayake. In the 1960 elections LPP was part of the 'Mahajana Eksath Peramuna' coalition, consisting of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party, Jathika Vimukthi Peramuna and LPP.

Ahead of the 1965 elections the link between LPP and SLFP had been broken. LPP won one seat. After the elections LPP gave their support to the United National Party government. Soon thereafter it merged into the Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party, which merged into UNP.

Electoral history

Sri Lanka Parliamentary Elections
Election year	Votes	Vote %	Seats won	+/–	Government
1960 March	135,138	4.44%	4 / 151		Opposition
1960 July	30,207	0.98%	2 / 151	2	Opposition

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Major parties	NPP Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna SJB All Ceylon Makkal Congress Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Tamil Progressive Alliance Democratic People's Front National Union of Workers Up-Country People's Front
Third parties	Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi NDF Ceylon Workers' Congress People's United Freedom Alliance Sri Lanka Freedom Party United National Party Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Sarvajana Balaya Mawbima Janatha Pakshaya DTNA Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization TNPF All Ceylon Tamil Congress Sri Lanka Labour Party
Others outside parliament	Bahujana Nidahas Peramuna Bodu Jana Peramuna Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist) Ceylon Democratic Unity Alliance Communist Party of Sri Lanka Crusaders for Democracy Democratic Left Front Democratic Party Democratic United National Front Democratic Unity Alliance Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front Eelam People's Democratic Party Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (Padmanaba) Freedom People's Congress Freedom People's Front Frontline Socialist Party Janatha Sevaka Pakshaya Jathika Hela Urumaya Jathika Nidahas Peramuna Lanka Sama Samaja Party Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Alternative Group) Liberal Democratic Party Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Motherland People's Party National Congress National Democratic Movement Nava Sama Samaja Party New Democratic Marxist–Leninist Party New Lanka Freedom Party New Sinhala Heritage Our Power of People's Party People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam Democratic People's Liberation Front People's Tamil Congress Pivithuru Hela Urumaya Revolutionary Workers Party Siva Senai Social Democratic Party Socialist Equality Party Socialist Party Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal Tamil People's National Alliance Tamil United Liberation Front United Citizen’s Front United Republican 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) Other National Unity Alliance Tamil National Liberation Alliance Democratic National Alliance Left Liberation Front Socialist Alliance Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (2019–2022) Tamil National Alliance
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References

"There will never be another Daha". The Sunday Times Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2024-11-18.

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