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The Buddhist Republican Party (abbreviated BRP) was a nationalist
political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...
in
Ceylon Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
. The party was founded by A. P. de Zoysa in 1952. BRP fielded three candidates in the 1952 parliamentary election. The party mustered 3,987 votes (0.17% of the national vote). The election symbol of the party was a flower.
Parliaments of Ceylon
'. Associated Newspapers of Ceylon, 1960. p. 30


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Defunct political parties in Sri Lanka Nationalist parties in Sri Lanka Political parties in Sri Lanka Political parties established in 1952 1952 establishments in Ceylon {{SriLanka-party-stub