Communist Party of Sri Lanka
Communist Party of Sri Lanka ශ්රී ලංකාවේ කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂය இலங்கை கம்யூனிஸ்ட் கட்சி | |
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| General Secretary | Dr G. Weerasinghe |
| Founder | S. A. Wickramasinghe |
| Founded | 1943 |
| Split from | LSSP |
| Headquarters | 91 Dr N.M. Perera Mawatha, Colombo 08 |
| Newspaper | Aththa Forward Deshabhimani |
| Youth wing | Communist Youth Federation |
| Membership (1960) | 1900 |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism–Leninism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| National affiliation | Sarvajana Balaya Formerly: FPA ULS SLPFA UPFA PA United Front United Left Front |
| International affiliation | IMCWP |
| Parliament of Sri Lanka | 0 / 225 |
| Local Government | 13 / 7,842 |
| Election symbol | |
| Star | |
| Party flag | |
| Website | |
| cpsl.lk | |
The Communist Party of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකාවේ කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂය, romanized: Sri Lankavay Komiyunist Pakshaya; Tamil: இலங்கை கம்யூனிஸ்ட் கட்சி, romanized: Ilankai Komyunist Katche) is a communist party in Sri Lanka. In the 2004 legislative election, the party was part of the United People's Freedom Alliance that won 45.6% of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats.