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