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Democratic United National Front
ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී එක්සත් ජාතික පෙරමුණ
ஜனநாயக ஐக்கிய தேசிய முன்னணி
AbbreviationDUNF
LeaderAriyawansa Dissanayake
SecretaryAriyawansa Dissanayake
Founded1992
Split fromUnited National Party
Headquarters47 A First Lane, Rawathawatta, Moratuwa
Beruwala Pradeshiya Sabha
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Attanagalla Pradeshiya Sabha
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Kotikawatta-Mulleriyawa Pradeshiya Sabha
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Election symbol
Eagle
Website
dunf.lk/index.html
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    • The Democratic United National Front (DUNF; Sinhala: ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී එක්සත් ජාතික පෙරමුණ, romanized: Prajathanthrvadi Eksath Jathika Peramuna, Tamil: ஜனநாயக ஐக்கிய தேசிய முன்னணி) is a political partyinSri Lanka. It was founded in the early 1990s by a group of United National Party dissidents who were critical of then-incumbent president Ranasinghe Premadasa. The party was led by Lalith Athulathmudali, Gamini Dissanayake who shared a joint presidency and G. M. Premachandra.

    On 23 April 1993, Lalith Athulathmudali was assassinated during an election campaign rally. The DUNF underwent a major split and Athulathmudali's widow, Srimani Athulathmudali, launched the Democratic United National Lalith Front as a separate political party. This party would later be renamed as the New Democratic Front.

    At the 2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary elections, the party was part of the SLFP-led United People's Freedom Alliance, which won 45.6% of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats.

    In December 2009, the DUNF joined the UNP-led United National Front. However, in February 2010 they left the UNF to join the Democratic National Alliance led by Sarath Fonseka.


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