Lanka Sama Samaja Party ලංකා සම සමාජ පක්ෂය லங்கா சமசமாஜக் கட்சி Lanka Equal Society Party
Abbreviation	LSSP
Secretary-General	Leslie Goonewardene (first; 1945–1977)
Leader	N.M. Perera (first; 1947–1959) Tissa Vitharana (current)
Founders	Leslie Goonewardene N.M. Perera Colvin R. de Silva Philip Gunawardena Robert Gunawardena
Founded	18 December 1935 (89 years ago) (1935-12-18)
Headquarters	457 Union Place, Colombo 02
Newspaper	Samasamajaya Janadina daily Janasathiya
Youth wing	Congress of Samasamaja Youth Leagues
Ideology	Communism Trotskyism
Political position	Far-left
National affiliation	Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance
International affiliation	Fourth International
Parliament of Sri Lanka	1 / 225
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The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is one of the largest political parties in Sri Lanka. It is often referred to as LSSP.^[1]

It was the first political party in Sri Lanka (at that time known as British Ceylon). It was established in 1935 by Leslie Goonewardene, N.M. Perera, Colvin R. de Silva, Philip Gunawardena and Robert Gunawardena.

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