Sarvajana Balaya is a political alliance in Sri Lanka founded in 2024. It is led by media mogul, entrepreneur and lawyer
Dilith Jayaweera. Initially, the alliance consisted of Jayaweera's own party, the
Mawbima Janatha Pakshaya, and several other
left-wing nationalist
Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy either as a whole or of certain social hierarchies. Left-wing poli ...
parties.
Member parties
The Sarvajana Balaya consists of the following parties:
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Mawbima Janatha Pakshaya
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Communist Party of Sri Lanka
The Communist Party of Sri Lanka (; ) is a communist party in Sri Lanka. In the 2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2004 legislative election, the party was part of the United People's Freedom Alliance that won 45.6% of the popular vote and ...
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Democratic Left Front
The Democratic Left Front was formed as a non-sectarian and non-authoritarian anti-capitalist front in South Africa. It was formed from the ''Conference for a Democratic Left'' launched in 2008, at an event held in Johannesburg in January 2011. It ...
(formerly)
*Independent MP's Forum
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Jathika Nidahas Peramuna (formerly)
*National Organization for Duty
*Pivithuru Hela Urumaya
Electoral history
Presidential
On 4 August 2024,
Dilith Jayaweera was announced as the presidential candidate of the Sarvajana Balaya in the
2024 Sri Lankan presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Sri Lanka on 21 September 2024. Incumbent President of Sri Lanka, president Ranil Wickremesinghe ran for re-election as an Independent politician, independent candidate, making him the first sitting president ...
. Jayaweera submitted his nomination under the
Communist Party to contest under the "star" symbol. Jayaweera came in sixth place in the first round, receiving 122,396 votes.
Parliamentary
The Sarvajana Balaya contested the
2024 parliamentary election, but failed to win a single seat and won only one national list seat. Sarvajana Balaya nominated Dilith Jayaweera as its national list MP.
Local
References
{{Sri Lankan political parties
2024 establishments in Sri Lanka
Organizations established in 2024
Political parties established in 2024
Political party alliances in Sri Lanka
Sinhalese nationalist parties
Socialist parties in Sri Lanka