Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (1956)


The Mahajana Eksath Peramuna was electoral alliance founded in 1956. It consisted of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party led by S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party led by Philip Gunawardena and Sinhala Bhasha Peramuna led by Wijeyananda Dahanayake and I.M.R.A. Iriyagolla
The alliance won the 1956 elections and formed the government.
The MEP alliance fell apart Mr I.M.R.A. Iriyagolle resigned and joined the opposition, in 1957, May 1959 after Philip Gunawardena and William de Silva resigned from the government. The VLSSP joined the opposition.
The Mahajana Eksath Peramuna name was carried forward by Philip Gunawardena who founded a new political party called Mahajana Eksath Peramuna in 1959.