{{for|the Romanian political alliance|People's Democratic Front (Romania)}} {{More sources needed|date=May 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox political party |name = Democratic People's Front |native_name = ஜனநாயக மக்கள் முன்னணி<br>ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී ජනතා පෙරමුණේ |lang1 = |name_lang1 = |lang2 = |name_lang2 = |logo = |colorcode = red |leader = Mano Ganesan |chairperson = |president = |secretary_general = M.Paraneetharan |founder = |leader1_title = |leader1_name = |slogan = |founded = 2000 |dissolved = |merger = |split = |predecessor = Western People's Front |merged = |successor = |headquarters = 72 Bankshall Street, Colombo 11 |newspaper = |student_wing = |youth_wing = |membership_year = |membership = |ideology = |religion = |regional = Tamil Progressive Alliance |national = Samagi Jana Balawegaya |international = |european = |europarl = |affiliation1_title = |affiliation1 = |colors = |seats1_title = Parliament of Sri Lanka |seats1 = {{Composition bar|1|225|red}} |seats2_title = |seats2 = | seats3_title = Local Government | seats3 = {{Infobox political party/seats|09|7842|Hex=#FF0000}} |symbol = Ladder |flag = |website = |country = Sri Lanka |footnotes = }} The '''Western People's Front''', currently named the '''Democratic People's Front''' ({{langx|ta|ஜனநாயக மக்கள் முன்னணி|translit=Jaṉanāyaka Makkaḷ Muṉṉaṇi}}; {{langx|si|ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී ජනතා පෙරමුණේ}} ''Prajathanthravadi Janatha Peramunay''), is a political party in Sri Lanka active in the Western Province.

The WPF was originally founded as a trade union, which then became a political party under the leadership of Mano Ganesan.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ekanayake |first=Charudaththa |title=Mapping Sri Lanka's Political Parties: Actors and Evolutions |publisher=Verité Research |year=2017 |location=Colombo |pages=30}}</ref> It draws most of its support from the Tamil population of Colombo.

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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20081218073939/http://www.kumaraguruparan.tk/ WPF Democratic People's Front Deputy Leader's website] (archived 18 December 2008)

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