Up-Country People's Front

Not to be confused with Upcountry National Front.

The Up-Country People's Front is a political party in Sri Lanka. It is part of the Tamil Progressive Alliance.

Up-Country People's Front
Leader	Velusami Radhakrishnan
Secretary-General	S. Vijesandiran
Founder	P. Chandrasekaran
Founded	1989
Headquarters	No. 88/2, CWF Building, Dunbar Road, Hatton
Youth wing	Up-Country Youth Front
National affiliation	Samagi Jana Balawegaya
Regional affiliation	Tamil Progressive Alliance
Colors	Red   Black[1]
Parliament of Sri Lanka	1 / 225
Local Government	4 / 7,842
Election symbol
Mammoty
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History

The party was established in 1989. P. Chandrasekaran was the party founder, who died in 2010.

At the 2004 parliamentary elections, the party won 0.5% of the popular vote and 2 out of 225 seats. One was an elected seat and the second member of parliament was appointed through the national list of the United National Party.