United National Party
Election year Seats won +/- Head of Government Result for the party
1947 42 / 95 0 D. S. Senanayake Government
1952 54 / 95 13 Dudley Senanayake Government
1956 8 / 95 46 S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Opposition
1960 ( March ) 50 / 151 42 Dudley Senanayake Government
1960 ( July ) 30 / 151 20 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Opposition
1965 66 / 151 36 Dudley Senanayake Government
1970 17 / 151 49 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Opposition
1977 140 / 168 123 Junius Richard Jayewardene Government
1989 125 / 225 15 Ranasinghe Premadasa Government
1994 94 / 225 31 Dingiri Banda Wijetunga Opposition
2000 89 / 225 5 Chandrika Kumaratunga Opposition
2001 109 / 225 20 Chandrika Kumaratunga Government
2004 82 / 225 27 Chandrika Kumaratunga Opposition
2010 60 / 225 22 Mahinda Rajapaksa Opposition
2015 106 / 225 46 Maithripala Sirisena Government
Electoral history -- Parliamentary
The United National Party, often abbreviated as UNP (, ), is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main ruling party in the government of Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe. The UNP is considered to have right-leaning, pro-capitalist, and liberal conservative policies. At the last legislative elections in Sri Lanka, held on 17 August 2015, the UNP was the leading member of the coalition United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG), which won 106 seats, an increase of 46 since the 2010 election, and 45.66% of the popular vote. It beat the United People's Freedom Alliance, a left-leaning coalition, which won 44.38% of the vote. The Front held a majority in parliament with the support of some UPFA members and made Ranil Wickremesinghe prime minister. The UNP had previously been the governing party or in the governing coalition from 1947 to 1956, from 1965 to 1970, from 1977 to 1994 and 2001 to 2004. In total, the UNP governed Sri Lanka (formerly known as Ceylon) for 38 of 69 years of its independent history. The UNP also had control of the executive presidency from the presidency's formation in 1978 to 1994. The UNP is a conservative party to the right of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, favouring a more neo-liberal market-oriented economy. The UNP is also member of the International Democrat Union.