United National Party
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United National Party
එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி |
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| Abbreviation | UNP |
| Leader | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| General Secretary | Kabir Hashim |
| Founder | Don Stephen Senanayake |
| Founded | September 6, 1946 |
| Merger of | Ceylon National Congress, Sinhala Maha Sabha |
| Headquarters | "Sirikotha House", 400 Kotte Road, Pitakotte, Sri Jayawardenapura |
| Youth wing | United Youth Front |
| Ideology |
Conservatism, Economic liberalism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| National affiliation | United National Front |
| International affiliation | International Democrat Union |
| Regional affiliation | Asia Pacific Democrat Union |
| Colors | Green |
| Parliament of Sri Lanka |
106 / 225
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| Sri Lankan Provincial Councils |
112 / 417
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| Local Government |
1,157 / 4,327
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| Election symbol | |
Elephant
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The United National Party, often abbreviated as UNP (Sinhalese: එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය, pronounced Eksath Jathika Pakshaya, Tamil: ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி), is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main ruling party in the government of Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe. The UNP is considered to have right-leaning, pro-capitalist, and liberal conservative policies.
At the last legislative elections in Sri Lanka, held on August 17, 2015, the UNP was the leading member of the coalition United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG), which won 106 seats, an increase of 46 since the 2010 election, and 45.66% of the popular vote. It beat the United People's Freedom Alliance, a left-leaning coalition, which won 44.38% of the vote. The Front held a majority in parliament with the support of some UPFA members and made Ranil Wickremesinghe prime minister. The UNP had previously been the governing party or in the governing coalition from 1947 to 1956, from 1965 to 1970, from 1977 to 1994 and 2001 to 2004. In total, the UNP governed Sri Lanka (formerly known as Ceylon) for 38 of 69 years of its independent history. The UNP also had control of the executive presidency from the presidency's formation in 1978 to 1994.
The UNP is a conservative party to the right of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, favouring a more neo-liberal market-oriented economy. The UNP is also member of the International Democrat Union.
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