The Democratic United National Front ( DUNF ; Sinhala : ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී එක්සත් ජාතික පෙරමුණ , romanized: Prajathanthrvadi Eksath Jathika Peramuna , Tamil : ஜனநாயக ஐக்கிய தேசிய முன்னணி ) 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 .
2-571: 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
4-879: 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 . This article about a Sri Lankan political party is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Assassination of Lalith Athulathmudali Too Many Requests If you report this error to
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