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Political party in Sri Lanka
The Buddhist Republican Party (abbreviated BRP ) was a nationalist
political party in
Ceylon .
[1] The party was founded by
A. P. de Zoysa in 1952.
[2]
[3]
BRP fielded three candidates in the
1952 parliamentary election .
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[5] The party mustered 3,987 votes (0.17% of the national vote).
[6] The election symbol of the party was a flower.
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References
^ Wiswa Warnapala, Watareke A.
The Sri Lankan Political Scene . New Delhi: Navrang, 1993. p. 225
^ De Silva, G. P. S. Harischandra.
A Statistical Survey of Elections to the Legislatures of Sri Lanka, 1911-1977 . Colombo: Marga Institute, 1979. p. 75
^ Goonatilake, Susantha.
Anthropologizing Sri Lanka: A Eurocentric Misadventure . Bloomington [u.a.]: Indiana Univ. Press, 2001. p. 249
^ Sunday Times .
Gaveshaka recalls significant events in May after Independence
^ Asia Times .
Chapter 14: Post-colonial realignment of political forces
^ Sri Lanka, and T. V. Goonetilleke.
A Hand Book of the Legislatures of Sri Lanka, 1931-85 . [Colombo]: Library of Parliament, 1985. p. 7
^
Parliaments of Ceylon . Associated Newspapers of Ceylon, 1960. p. 30