Left Liberation Front

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Left Liberation Front
Leader	Vikramabahu Karunaratne
Secretary	Leenus Jayatilake
Founded	1998
Preceded by	New Left Front
Headquarters	17 Barracks Lane, Colombo 02
Ideology	Communism Trotskyism
Colors	Red
Election symbol
Umbrella
Website
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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

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Its current members are:

Democratic Left Front
National Democratic Movement
Nava Sama Samaja Party
New Democratic Party

Elections

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

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