Since Sri Lanka gained independence in 1948, the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) has seen a steady number of splits and breakaway factions. Some of the breakaway organisations have succeeded as independent parties, some have become defunct, while others have merged with the parent party or other political parties.
List of breakaway parties
YearPartyFounder(s)RegionStatus1942Bolshevik–Leninist Party of India, Ceylon and BurmaLeslie Goonewardene International1948Communist Party of Sri LankaDr. S. A. WickramasingheNationalBolshevik Samasamaja PartyColvin R de Silva, Leslie Goonewardene and Edmund SamarakkoddyNational1950Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja PartyPhilip GunawardenaNational1959Mahajana Eksath PeramunaPhilip Gunawardena and PH William de SilvaNational1964Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Revolutionary)Edmund Samarakkody, Meryl Fernando, V. Karalasingham and P. Bala TampoeNational1968Revolutionary Workers PartyEdmund SamarakkoddyNationalSocialist Equality PartyKeerthi BalasooriyaNational1972Communist Party of Sri Lanka (Marxist–Leninist)Watson Fernando, Ariyawansa Gunasekara and V.A. KandasamyNational1977Nava Sama Samaja PartyVikramabahu Karunaratne and Sumanasiri LiyanageNational1982Sri Lanka Sama Samaja PartyAnil MoonesingheNational
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