Sinhala Maha Sabha

Sinhalese Great Assembly Sinhala Maha Sabha
Sinhala name	සිංහල මහා සභා
Tamil name	சிங்கள மகா சபை
Founder	S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Founded	1936
Merged into	United National Party
Politics of Sri Lanka Political parties Elections

The Sinhala Maha Sabha (Sinhala:සිංහල මහා සභා) was a political party in Sri Lanka (Ceylon at the time) founded by Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike in 1934-35, in order to promote Sinhalese culture and community interests. Backing the United National Party from 1946, it left the UNP with Bandaranaike in 1951 to form the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.

Political parties in Sri Lanka

Major parties

UNFGG/UNF

UPFA

Third parties

Larger	TNA Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (Democratic People's Liberation Front) Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization

Smaller	Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna

Others outside parliament

Bahujana Nidahas Peramuna
Bodu Jana Peramuna
Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist)
Ceylon Democratic Unity Alliance
Crusaders for Democracy
Democratic United National Front
Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front
Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (Padmanaba)
Left Liberation Front
- Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Alternative Group)
- National Democratic Movement
- Nava Sama Samaja Party
- New Democratic Party
Janatha Sevaka Pakshaya
Muslim National Unity Alliance
New Democratic Front
New Sinhala Heritage
People's Tamil Congress
Revolutionary Workers Party
Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya
Socialist Equality Party
Socialist Party
Sri Lanka Labour Party
Tamil National People's Front (All Ceylon Tamil Congress)
Tamil United Liberation Front
United Citizen’s Front
United Socialist Party

Former political parties

Former political alliances

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