New Sinhala Heritage

New Sinhala Heritage
Leader	Sarath Manamendra
Founder	Sarath Manamendra
Founded	2006
Election symbol
Bow & Arrow
Politics of Sri Lanka Political parties Elections

New Sinhala Heritage (Sinhalese: Nava Sihala Urumaya) is a Sri Lankan political party founded in 2006 by former United National Party member Sarath Manamendra. The party became a member of the UNP-led United National Front in November 2009.^[1]

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. New Sinhala Heritage got no seats. It was expelled from the DNA in November 2010.^[2]

References

Larger	TNA Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (Democratic People's Liberation Front) Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization

Smaller	Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Democratic Tamil National Front Democratic People’s Congress Eelam People's Democratic Party Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students (Eelavar Democratic Front) Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (Sri wing) Tamil United Liberation Front

Others outside parliament

Former political parties

Former political alliances

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