The Up-Country People's Front is a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...

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, ...

. It is part of the Tamil Progressive Alliance.

History

The party was established in 1989. P. Chandrasekaran was the party founder, who died in 2010. At the 2004 parliamentary elections, the party won 0.5% of the popular vote and 2 out of 225 seats. One was an elected seat and the second member of parliament was appointed through the national list of the United National Party.

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1989 establishments in Sri Lanka Political parties established in 1989 Sri Lankan politicians Tamil politicians Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka {{SriLanka-party-stub