United National Party

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The United National Party (UNP; Sinhala: එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය, romanized: Eksath Jāthika Pakshaya, Tamil: ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி, romanized: Aikkiya Tēciyak Kaṭci) is a centre-right political party in Sri Lanka. Founded by D. S. Senanayake in 1946, the party was one of Sri Lanka's two major political parties for several decades and has governed the country for much of its independent history, either on its own or in coalition. The party experienced a major split ahead of the 2020 parliamentary election, when more than three-quarters of its parliamentary group contested under the Samagi Jana Balawegaya alliance, and won only a single national list seat in Parliament. In 2022, the party returned to government after Ranil Wickremesinghe, who has led the party since 1994, was appointed prime minister and was later elected president by Parliament.

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