Sarvajana Balaya


Sarvajana Balaya is a political alliance in Sri Lanka founded in 2024. It is led by media mogul, entrepreneur and lawyer Dilith Jayaweera. Initially, the alliance consisted of Jayaweera's own party, the Mawbima Janatha Pakshaya, and several other left-wing nationalist parties.

Member parties

The Sarvajana Balaya consists of the following parties:

Electoral history

Presidential

On 4 August 2024, Dilith Jayaweera was announced as the presidential candidate of the Sarvajana Balaya in the 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election. Jayaweera submitted his nomination under the Communist Party to contest under the "star" symbol. Jayaweera came in sixth place in the first round, receiving 122,396 votes.
ElectionCandidateVotes%Result
2024Dilith Jayaweera122,3960.92%

Parliamentary

The Sarvajana Balaya contested the 2024 parliamentary election, but failed to win a single seat and won only one national list seat. Dilith Jayaweera was nominated as the alliance's national list MP.
ElectionVotes%Seats+/–Result
2024178,0061.60%New