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Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a
political partyA political party is a political organization that seeks to attain and maintain political power within government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns...
in
Sri LankaSri Lanka , officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka , is an island country in South Asia, located about off the southern coast of India...
. The party was formed at a meeting held at
KattankudyKattankudy is a town in Eastern province of Sri Lanka, notable for being one of the most densely populated cities in South Asia and the most densely populated Muslim region in the World. It was the site of the Kattankudi mosque massacre of 1990....
in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders.
At the last legislative
electionsElections in Sri Lanka gives information on election and election results in Sri Lanka.Sri Lanka elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a six year term by the people...
, held on 2 April, 2004, the party won 2.0 % of the popular vote and 5 out of 225 seats. The party represents the
MuslimIslam in Sri Lanka is practiced by a group of minorities who make up approximately 8% of the population. The Muslim community is divided into three main ethnic groups: the Sri Lankan Moors, the Indian Muslims, and the Malays, each with its own history and traditions...
community of Sri Lanka.
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