Democratic United National Front

Template:Short description Template:Multiple issues Template:Infobox political party The Democratic United National Front (DUNF; Template:Langx, Template:Langx) is a political party in Sri 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.

Electoral history

Presidential

Election year	Candidate	Votes	Vote %	Result
1999	Ariyawansa Dissanayaka	4,039	0.05%	Template:No2
2010	Mohomad Cassim Mohomad Ismail	39,226	0.38%	Template:No2
2019	Ariyawansa Dissanayake	34,537	0.26%	Template:No2
2024	Suranjeewa Anoj de Silva	12,898	0.10%	Template:No2

Provincial elections

Election year	Votes	Vote %	Seats won
1993Template:Efn	928,391	14.54%	Template:Composition bar
2004Template:Efn	218	0.00%	Template:Composition bar
2008–09Template:Efn	107	0.00%	Template:Composition bar

References

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