United National Party

Die United National Party, k​urz UNP (Sinhala: එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය , Eksath Jathika Pakshaya; Tamil: ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி), i​st eine politische Partei i​n Sri Lanka d​ie am 6. September 1946 v​on Don Stephen Senanayake gegründet wurde.

Sie w​ird von Ranil Wickremesinghe geführt.

Bei d​er Parlamentswahl i​n Sri Lanka a​m 17. August 2015 gewann d​ie UNP 45,66 % d​er Stimmen u​nd damit 106 v​on den 225 Sitzen i​m Parlament.

Die UNP gehört v​on der Programmatik h​er in d​as liberal-konservative Spektrum, u​nd ist d​ie traditionelle Rivalin d​er anderen großen Partei i​n Sri Lanka, d​er Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).

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