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The Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (People's United Front) is a left-wing Political Party in Sri Lanka . At the last Legislative Elections , 2 April 2004, the party was part of the United People's Freedom Alliance that won 45.6% of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats. The name MEP was first used for the electoral alliance led by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party that won the 1956 elections. The current party called MEP was founded in 1959 by Philip Gunawardena . The party was formed on the basis of Gunawardena's previous party, the Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party . Today the party is led by Dinesh Gunawardene, son of Philip Gunawardena. |