National People's Power

National People's Power ජාතික ජන බලවේගය தேசிய மக்கள் சக்தி
Abbreviation	NPP
Leader	Anura Kumara Dissanayake
General Secretary	Nihal Abeysinghe
Founder	Anura Kumara Dissanayake
Founded	13 July 2019 (5 years ago) (2019-07-13) [1]
Preceded by	National Movement for People's Power
Headquarters	464/20 Pannipitiya Road, Pelawatta, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka
Youth wing	NPP Youth[a]
Women's wing	Progressive Women’s Collective
Ideology	Socialism[2][3] Left-wing populism[4][5][6] Factions: Progressivism Marxism Reformism
Political position	Left-wing[7]
Colors	Pink
Slogan	Let The Real People Win
Provincial Councils	15 / 455
Local Government	436 / 8,356
Election symbol
Compass
Website
npp.lk
Politics of Sri Lanka Political parties Elections

The National People's Power (NPP) or Jathika Jana Balawegaya (JJB) is a socialist political alliance in Sri Lanka led by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna. It was established in 2019.^[1][8]

The NPP consists of 21 political parties and other organisations.^[9] It contests in elections under the compass symbol. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is the current leader of the electoral coalition and Nihal Abeysinghe is the general secretary.^[10][11]

The NPP was formed by the members of the leftist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna and over 20 other parties, worker unions, women's rights groups and youth organizations including members of ethnic communities.

During the 2020 parliamentary elections, the NPP aimed to surpass the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna and win a majority of seats in parliament.^{[citation needed]} However, the SLPP achieved a landslide victory in the elections as the ruling party, while the Samagi Jana Balawegaya became the main opposition party. The NPP only secured 3 seats and remained a third party. Dissanayake later said in a speech that he was not satisfied with the SLPP's victory and the NPP's defeat. When the 20th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka was announced, the NPP launched a protest against it.^[12][13]

The NPP saw a surge in popular support during the 2022 Sri Lankan protests, amid dissatisfaction with the incumbent political establishment and the economic crisis. In the first vote count of the 2024 presidential election, NPP presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake won a plurality of the vote, with 42.31%.^[14] Once the second round of vote counting concluded, Dissanayake was declared the winner and elected president, securing 55.89% of the vote.^[15] The following day, Dissanayake formed an interim 3-member NPP government.^[16]

The NPP is composed of 21 groups, including political parties, youth organizations, women's groups, trade unions, and civil society organizations.^[9]

The National People's Power is ideologically left-wing populist^[17] and working-class centred. The NPP is led by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, the main communist party of Sri Lanka.^[18] The NPP promotes a unique Sri Lankan economic model based on socialist principles and considers both neoliberalism and 'classical socialism' to be failures.^[19] The NPP claims to oppose excessive privatization^[20] and supports the state maintaining a role in energy, financial markets, and sectors directly related to national security while limiting involvement in profit-driven businesses.^[21]

• Deshapremi Janatha Vyaparaya
• Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist)