Democratic People's Liberation Front

Democratic People's Liberation Front (DPLF; Tamil: ஜனநாயக மக்கள் விடுதலை முன்னணி) a registered political party in Sri Lanka and a front of the People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE).

Democratic People's Liberation Front ஜனநாயக மக்கள் விடுதலை முன்னணி
President	Dharmalingam Siddarthan
Secretary-General	Subramaniam Sathananthan
Founded	1987
Headquarters	16 Haig Road, Bambalapitiya, Colombo 4
Ideology	Tamil nationalism
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History

DPLF was established in 1987. While People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam was fighting the LTTE and other paramilitary factions in the North, they decided to enter democratic politics and gain power in parliament.

Even after their entrance to democratic politics, they would participate in battles such as the 1988 Maldives coup d'etat.^[1] PLOTE would enter parliament in 2001.^{[citation needed]}

From 2001 to 2004 DPLF had D. Siddarthan, elected from Vanni Electoral District. DPLF lost its parliamentary representation in the 2004 elections.^{[citation needed]}

Electoral history

Parliamentary

Election year	Votes	Vote %	Seats won	+/–	Government
1989	18,502	0.33%	0 / 225		Extra parliamentary
1994	38,028	0.48%	3 / 225	3	Opposition[a]
2000	20,848	0.24%	0 / 225	3	Extra parliamentary
2001	16,669	0.19%	1 / 225	1	Opposition
2004	7,326	0.08%	0 / 225	1	Extra parliamentary
2010	6,036	0.08%	0 / 225		Extra parliamentary
2015	Part of TNA		2 / 225	2	Opposition
2020			1 / 225	1	Opposition
2024	Part of DTNA		0 / 225	1	Extra parliamentary

Notes

1. As part of the EROS–PLOTE–TELO