United National Front (Sri Lanka)
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United National Front
Eksath Jathika Peramuna එක්සත් ජාතික පෙරමුණ ஐக்கிய தேசிய முன்னணி |
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| Leader | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| Founded | October 2001 |
| Headquarters | Sirikotha Mandiraya, No. 400, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte |
| Ideology |
Conservatism, Liberal conservatism |
| Political position | Centre-Right |
| Parliament of Sri Lanka |
106 / 225
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| Elephant | |
The United National Front (Sinhalese: එක්සත් ජාතික පෙරමුණ) is an electoral alliance in Sri Lanka, formed by the United National Party, the alliance currently represents 7 parties including the largest Muslim party Sri Lanka Muslim Congress and the Sinhala Nationalist Jathika Hela Urumaya. The UNF is current governing party in the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
The UNF was formed as an alliance in 2001 to battle president Kumaratunga's SLFP led People's Alliance in 2001 parliamentary election. Initial members were the United National Party, the Ceylon Workers' Congress, the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress and the Western People's Front. The alliance won the election by securing 109 seats in the parliament, which was 4 seats short of a majority. UNF government had been in limbo since October 2003, when President Kumaratunga declared a state of emergency and took three key cabinet portfolios for her party. During the campaign, she argued that prime minister Wickremasinghe had been too soft on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and promised to take a harder line. The UNF, for its part, stressed the economic gains that had been made with the ceasefire and the need to find a negotiated solution to the civil war. Eventually, President Kumaratunga dissolved the parliament and called an election in 2004, which UNF lost to newly formed United People's Freedom Alliance. In 2006, CWC left the alliance to join UPFA.
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