New Sinhala Heritage ( si, Nava Sihala Urumaya) is a
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
n political party founded in 2006 by former
United National Party
The United National Party, often abbreviated as UNP ( si, එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය, translit=Eksath Jāthika Pakshaya, ta, ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி, translit=Aikkiya Tēciyak Kaṭci), ...
member Sarath Manamendra. The party became a member of the UNP-led
United National Front in November 2009.
In the
January 2010 presidential election party leader Manamendra stood as the party's candidate getting 0.09% of votes. The party contested the
April 2010 general election as a part of the
Democratic National Alliance led by General
Sarath Fonseka
Field Marshal Gardihewa Sarath Chandralal Fonseka ( si, ගාර්දිහේවා සරත් චන්ද්රලාල් ෆොන්සේකා, ta, சரத் பொன்சேகா; born 18 December 1950), commonly know ...
. New Sinhala Heritage got no seats. It was expelled from the DNA in November 2010.
References
Political parties in Sri Lanka
United National Front (Sri Lanka)
2006 establishments in Sri Lanka
Political parties established in 2006
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