The Full Form of JVP is Janata Vimukthi Peramuna.

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (People’s Liberation Front), often abbreviated as JVP (Sinhala: ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ; Tamil: மக்கள் விடுதலை முன்னணி, romanized: Makkal Viduthalai Munnai) is a Communist and Marxist–Leninist party and a political movement in Sri Lanka. The movement was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 (SLFP) and 1987–89 (UNP).

The movement entered democratic politics in 1977 when President JR Jayawardene released the JVP leader Rohan Wijeweera from prison. Subsequently, Rohana Wijeweera contested the Presidential Elections in 1982 and obtained 4.16% of the votes cast. He had been convicted through a Criminal Justice Commission (CJC) for conspiring to violently overthrow the State. The JVP has been a third party in overall Sri Lankan politics since then.