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Left Liberation Front
LeaderVikramabahu Karunaratne
SecretaryLeenus Jayatilake
Founded1998
Preceded byNew Left Front
Headquarters17 Barracks Lane, Colombo 02
IdeologyCommunism
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The Left Liberation Front is a far-left electoral coalition in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1998 as the New Left Front by the Nava Sama Samaja Party, former members of the People's Alliance, and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna.

The alliance has changed its name twice from the New Left Front: firstly to Left Front and secondly to Left Liberation Front in early 2010.

Members

Its current members are:

Elections

In the 2005 Sri Lankan presidential election, the New Left Front's candidate Chamil Jayaneththi came sixth of thirteen, with 9,296 votes.

See also

Political parties in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Major parties
Third parties
Others outside parliament
Former political parties
Former political alliances
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