Democratic People's Liberation Front (DPLF; ) a registered political party in

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

and a front of the

People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam The People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) is a former Tamil militant group that had become a pro-government paramilitary group and political party. PLOTE's political wing is known as the Democratic People's Liberation Front. O ...

(PLOTE).

History

DPLF was established in 1987. While

was fighting the

LTTE The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE; , ; also known as the Tamil Tigers) was a Tamil militant organization, that was based in the northern and eastern Sri Lanka. The LTTE fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam ...

and other paramilitary factions in the North, they decided to enter democratic politics and gain power in parliament. Even after their entrance to democratic politics, they would participate in battles such as the 1988 Maldives coup d'etat. PLOTE would enter parliament in 2001. From 2001 to 2004 DPLF had D. Siddarthan, elected from

Vanni Electoral District Vanni Electoral District () is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district covers the administrative districts of Mannar, Mullaitivu and Vavuniya in the Northern province ...

. DPLF lost its parliamentary representation in the 2004 elections.

Electoral history

Parliamentary

Notes

References

1987 establishments in Sri Lanka * Political parties established in 1987 Political parties in Sri Lanka Tamil National Alliance Sri Lankan Tamil nationalist parties Indian Peace Keeping Force {{SriLanka-party-stub