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The Up-Country People's Front is a political party in Sri Lanka. It is part of the Tamil Progressive Alliance.
Up-Country People's Front | |
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| Leader | Velusami Radhakrishnan |
| Secretary-General | S. Vijesandiran |
| Founder | P. Chandrasekaran |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Headquarters | No. 88/2, CWF Building, Dunbar Road, Hatton |
| Youth wing | Up-Country Youth Front |
| National affiliation | Samagi Jana Balawegaya |
| Regional affiliation | Tamil Progressive Alliance |
| Colors | Red Black[1] |
| Parliament of Sri Lanka | 1 / 225 |
| Election symbol | |
| Mammoty | |
History
editThe 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.
References
edit- ^ "Upcountry people's front divides". Hiru News. 20 December 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
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