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Democratic Party of Sri Lanka ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී පක්ෂය | |
|---|---|
| Founder | Sarath Fonseka |
| Leader | Sarath Fonseka |
| Founded | 1 April 2013 (2013-04-01) |
| Dissolved | 30 July 2016 (2016-07-30) |
| Merged into | United National Party |
| Headquarters | 619, Waragoda Road,Kelaniya |
| Ideology | Liberalism |
| Political position | Centre |
| Election symbol | |
Flaming Torch | |
Democratic Party was a political party inSri Lanka led by former army chiefSarath Fonseka.[1] It was registered by the election commission of Sri Lanka in March 2013.[2]
The Democratic Party contested for Provincial council elections held on 21 September 2013 forNorth, North Western & Central Provincial councils. They secured 3 & 2 seats of North western and Central Provincial councils obtaining 46,114 and 45,239 votes form respective provinces. They surprisingly emerged as third in both councils over JVP. However, they were unable to garner any support from North Provincial council where they obtained only 170 votes.
Democratic Party contested forprovincial council elections held on 29 March 2014 and secured 12 seats of two councils. In Southern council 75,532 votes obtaining 3 seats while in western province they got 203,767 votes obtaining 9 seats.
Democratic party got defeated badly in theUva Provisional council election held on 20 September 2014. They could garner only 6076 votes from whole province which was 0.89%. This was a biggest setback for the newly established party.
The Democratic Party has declared its support for the opposition common candidateMaithripala Sirisena. With the decision taken some appointed members left the party includingJayantha Ketagoda (MP).
Party leader field marshal Sarath Fonseka announced he would contest alone forparliamentary election scheduled on 17 August 2015. Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka contested from the Colombo district. Surprisingly DP faced a massive slide in the election in which they could garner only 28,587 votes across the country, resulting in no representation in the 8th parliament of Sri Lanka.[3]
The party joined governingUnited National Front for Good Governance signing an MOU withPrime MinisterRanil Wickramasinghe on 3 February 2016.[4]
On 9 FebruarySarath Fonseka took oath as amember of parliament for the seat vacated by the death ofM. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana[5] giving the party a seat in theParliament.
On 30 July Sarath Fonseka obtained membership of United National Party and Democratic party was dissolved accordingly.[6]
| Election year | Votes | Vote % | Seats won | +/– | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 28,587 | 0.26% | 0 / 225 |  | Not in Parliament |
| 2024 | 283 | 0.00% | 0 / 225 | | Not in Parliament |
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