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National Liberation Front

ජාතික විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ
National Liberation Front ජාතික විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ
Abbreviation	JVP/NLF
Founder	K. M. P. Rajaratne
Founded	1957
Dissolved	1965
Merged into	United National Party
Headquarters	Polonnaruwa
Ideology	Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism; Corporatism
Political position	Far-right
	Politics of Sri Lanka; Political parties; Elections;

Jathika Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP; National Liberation Front) was a political party formed in 1957 by the K. M. P. Rajaratne and his wife, Kusuma Rajaratne.^[1] The JVP received support from local businesses, and anti-Tamil riots were extreme in villages in which it was active.

Riots

Following the arrangement for talks between Federal Tamils and the government of Ceylon,^[2] riots broke out against the country's Tamil population. Several Sinhalese mobs broke into Tamil houses and attacked. The attacks included rape. This violence were higher in the Polonnaruwa district.^[3]

Following the riots, the government of Ceylon banned ITAK and the JVP.^[4] The bans lasted for several months.

Coalition government

Once the ban on the JVP ended, the JVP contested in democratic elections, and joined the United National Party (UNP).^[5] The UNP promised positions to several organisations that were opposed to Marxism.

Electoral history

Sri Lanka Parliamentary Elections
Election year	Votes	Vote %	Seats won	+/–	Government
1960 March	11,201	0.37%	2 / 151	2	Opposition
1960 July	14,030	0.46%	2 / 151		Opposition
1965	18,791	0.46%	1 / 151	1	Government (1965–1966)
1965	18,791	0.46%	1 / 151	1	Opposition (since 1966)

References

^ A. Jeyaratnam (2010). Electoral Politics. p. 25.
^ Manor, James (1989). The Expedient Utopian: Bandaranaike and Ceylon. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521371919.
^ "NPC Resolution on Tamil Genocide" (PDF). TamilGuardian. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
^ "The Assassination of Bandaranaike", Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
^ How a Seven Party National "Government was Formed Fifty Years Ago". Daily Mirror SL.