United Front (Sri Lanka)

The United Front (

The United Front predominantly aimed at the complete decolonization of Sri Lanka.

International support

The United Front was heavily anti-British and pro-Soviet as completely opposed to the foreign policy of the United National Party. The UF was supported by the Soviet Union in order to decolonize the island. The pro-dominion UNP criticized this. The UNP that had a majority of Christians wanted to rebel against it.^[2][3][4]

Electoral history

Sri Lanka Parliamentary Elections Election year Votes Vote % Seats won +/– Result for the party 1970 2,442,402 48.93% 116 / 151 116 Government References ^ "The United Front of Sri Lanka kand the Emerging Violence". ^ The 77-year struggle of the Communist Party ^ Duraisingam, Thambimuttu (2000). Politics and Life in Our Times: Selected Articles Published for Over a Century. Thambimuttu Duraisingam. ^ "The Foreign Policy of Sirimavo Bandaranaike". Retrieved 30 June 2015. This Sri Lankan politics-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v t e