Tamil name புதிய ஜனநாயக முன்னணி Secretary Shyamila Perera | Leader Shalila Moonesinghe Founded 2009 | |
Sinhala name නව ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී පෙරමුණ Split from Democratic United National Front | ||
The New Democratic Front (NDF) is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party, founded in 2009, is an offshoot of the Democratic United National Front. It is currently a constituent partner of the United National Front.
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Since 2009 it has been led by Shalila Moonesinghe. The symbol of the party is a swan.
Presidential election—2010
General Sarath Fonseka, a former Chief of Defence Staff and commander of the Sri Lanka Army, was the party's candidate for the 2010 presidential Elections. He was contesting in the elections as the "joint opposition candidate", and was supported by the United National Party (UNP) and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), the two principal opposition parties, among others. He was therefore one of the two main candidates for the election, along with then current President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Presidential election—2015
In December 2014 presidential candidate Maithripala Sirisena deposited his bond for the 2015 presidential Elections, under the "symbol of the swan" of the New Democratic Front. Sirisena won the presidential election on 8 January, and was sworn in as the new President of Sri Lanka on 9 January 2015.